1 H ear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa, e nga tama a Iharaira; he tautohe hoki ta Ihowa ki nga tangata o te whenua, no te mea kahore he pono, kahore he tohu tangata, kahore he matauranga ki te Atua i te whenua.

2 B y swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Te oati! te korero teka! te kohuru! te tahae! te puremu! pakaru mai ana ratou; te toto, pa tonu ki te toto.

3 T herefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Mo reira te whenua ka pouri, ko ona tangata katoa ka tangi, me nga kirehe o te parae, me nga manu o te rangi; ka whakakorea ano nga ika o te moana.

4 Y et let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Kaua ia te tangata e whakawa, e whakahe i tetahi tangata: e rite ana hoki tou iwi ki te hunga e totohe ana ki te tohunga.

5 T herefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

Na ka hinga koe i te awatea, me te poropiti, ka hinga ngatahi korua i te po; ka whakangaromia ano hoki e ahau tou whaea.

6 M y people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Ka ngaro taku iwi i te kore matauranga: kua paopao na koe ki te matauranga, na ka paopao ano ahau ki a koe hei tohunga maku: kua wareware na koe ki te ture a tou Atua, ka wareware ano ahau ki au tamariki.

7 A s they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

I te mea ka nui ratou, katahi ratou ka hara ki ahau: whakaputaina ketia ana e ahau to ratou kororia hei whakama.

8 T hey eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Ko te hara o taku iwi kainga ake e ratou, ko to ratou ngakau anga tonu ki to ratou he.

9 A nd there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

Ko te tukunga iho, rite iwi, rite tohunga: a ka whiua ratou e ahau mo o ratou ara, ka utua a ratou mahi.

10 F or they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

Ka kai hoki ratou, a e kore e makona: ka moepuku a e kore e tokomaha; mo ta ratou whakarere i nga mahara ki a Ihowa.

11 W horedom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Riro pu te hinengaro i te moepuku, i te waina, i te waina hou.

12 M y people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

E ui tikanga ana taku iwi ki a ratou rakau, ko to ratou tokotoko ano hoki hei whakaatu tikanga ki a ratou: kua pohehe hoki ratou i te wairua o te moepuku, kua maunu atu i raro i to ratou Atua ki te puremu.

13 T hey sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

E patu ana ratou i nga patunga tapu i runga i nga tihi o nga maunga, e tahu whakakakara ana i runga i nga pukepuke, i raro i nga oki, i nga papara, i nga terepini, he pai hoki no te taumarumarunga iho: mo reira ka moepuku a koutou tamahine, ka p uremu a koutou wahine.

14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

E kore ahau e whiu i a koutou tamahine ina moepuku, i a koutou wahine ina puremu; ko nga tane nei hoki he mea wehe atu ki nga wahine moepuku, ko ratou tahi ko nga wahine kairau kei te mea patunga tapu: mo reira ka hinga te iwi kahore nei o ratou matauranga.

15 T hough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

Ahakoa koe, e Iharaira, kairau noa, kaua a Hura e he; a kaua hoki koutou e haere mai ki Kirikara, kaua hoki e haere ki runga ki Peteawene, a kaua e oati, Kei te ora a Ihowa.

16 F or Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Kua whakangutungutu hoki a Iharaira, tona rite kei te kuao kau e whakatotoi ana: akuanei ratou whangaia ai e Ihowa, peratia ai me te reme i te wahi whanui.

17 E phraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Kua honoa a Eparaima ki nga whakapakoko: tukua atu ki tana.

18 T heir drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Ko te mea e inumia ana e ratou kua kawa; he moepuku tonu ta ratou; a he whakama ta o ratou rangatira e matenui ana.

19 T he wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Kua oti ia te kopaki e te hau ki roto ki ona parirau; ka whakama hoki ratou ki a ratou patunga tapu.