1 O h that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Aue, me he wai toku mahunga! me he puna roimata oku kanohi, kia tangihia ai e ahau nga tupapaku o te tamahine a taku iwi i te ao, i te po!

2 O h that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Aue, me he tihokahoka toku, he mea na te tira haere i te koraha! kia whakarerea ai e ahau taku iwi, kia mawehe ai i roto i a ratou, he hunga puremu katoa nei hoki ratou, he huihuinga no te hunga tinihanga.

3 A nd they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Me te mea he kopere na ratou o ratou arero e whakapikoa ana hei korero teka: kua tupu kaha ake ratou i runga i te whenua, kahore ia mo te pono; engari e koni atu ana i te kino ki te kino, kahore hoki o ratou mohio ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa.

4 T ake ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Kia tupato i o koutou hoa, e tenei, e tenei, kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te tuakana, ki te teina: no te mea he maminga rawa ta nga tuakana, ta nga teina katoa; kei runga ano i te ngautuara te haere o nga hoa katoa.

5 A nd they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Ka tinihangatia e ratou tona hoa, tona hoa, kahore hoki he pono o te korero; kua whakaakona e ratou o ratou arero ki te korero teka; ruha noa ratou i te mahinga i te he.

6 T hy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

Kei waenga tinihanga koe e noho ana: na te tinihanga ratou te pai ai ki te mohio ki ahau, e ai ta Ihowa.

7 T herefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

Heoi ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Nana, ka whakarewa ahau i a ratou, ka whakamatau i a ratou; me pehea hoki ahau, ko te tamahine nei ia a taku iwi?

8 T heir tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

Ko te rite i to ratou arero kei te kopere whakamate; he korero tinihanga tana: he korero pai ta te mangai o tetahi ki tona hoa, kei roto ia i tona ngakau e whanga ana mona.

9 S hall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

E kore ianei ahau e whiu i a ratou mo enei mea? e ai ta Ihowa; e kore ianei toku wairua e rapu utu i te iwi penei?

10 F or the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

He whakaaro ki nga maunga i ara ai taku tangi, taku aue, he whakaaro ki nga puninga o te koraha taku uhunga; no te mea kua wera, kahore tetahi tangata e tika na reira, kahore e rangona te reo o nga kararehe; ko nga manu o te rangi, ko nga karare he, putere atu ana, kua riro.

11 A nd I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Ka meinga hoki e ahau a Hiruharama hei puranga, hei nohoanga kuri mohoao, ka meinga ano e ahau nga pa o Hura kia ururuatia, te ai he tangata.

12 W ho is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

Ko wai te tangata whakaaro nui e matau ana ki tenei? i korerotia ano ki a wai e te mangai o Ihowa, mana e whakaatu? he aha ra te whenua i whakangaromia ai, i wera ai, ano ko te koraha, kahore he tangata e tika ana i reira?

13 A nd Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

Ano ra ko Ihowa, Mo ratou i whakarere i taku ture i hoatu e ahau ki to ratou aroaro, a kihai i whakarongo ki toku reo, kihai i haere i taua ara;

14 b ut have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

Na haere ana ratou i nga tikanga maro o o ratou ngakau; kei te wahi i nga Paarimi i whakaakona nei e o ratou matua ki a ratou.

15 t herefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Heoi ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, a te Atua o Iharaira, Tenei ahau te whangai nei i a ratou, i tenei iwi, ki te taru kawa, te whakainu nei i a ratou ki te wai kawa.

16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Ka whakamararatia ano ratou e ahau ki roto ki nga iwi kihai nei i mohiotia e ratou, e o ratou matua: ka unga ano e ahau te hoari hei whai i a ratou a poto noa ratou i ahau.

17 T hus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa o nga mano, Whakaaroa e koutou, karangatia hoki nga wahine tangi kia haere mai; unga tangata ki nga wahine whakaaro nui kia haere mai.

18 a nd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Kia hohoro ano te ara o ta ratou tangi mo tatou, kia tarere ai nga roimata o o tatou kanohi, kia maringi iho ai nga wai o o tatou kamo.

19 F or a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.

No te mea e rangona ana te reo tangi i Hiona, Ano to tatou pahuatanga! Nui atu to tatou whakama, no te mea kua mahue i a tatou te whenua, no te mea kua turakina mai e ratou o tatou nohoanga.

20 Y et hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

Whakarongo raia, e nga wahine, ki te kupu a Ihowa, kia riro ano i o koutou taringa te kupu a tona mangai; whakaakona a koutou tamahine ki te tangi, nga hoa hoki o tenei, o tenei, ki te uhunga.

21 F or death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

No te mea kua tae ake te mate ki roto ki o tatou matapihi, kua tomo ki o tatou whare kingi, hautope atu ai i nga kohungahunga i waho, i nga taitamariki ano hoki i nga huanui.

22 S peak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.

Korero, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Tera nga tinana o nga tangata e hinga ano he whakawairakau ki te mata o te mara, ano he kutanga witi i muri i te kaitapahi, a kahore he kaikohi.

23 T hus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kaua te tangata whakaaro nui e whakamanamana ki tona whakaaro nui, kaua hoki te marohirohi e whakamanamana ki tona marohirohi; kaua te tangata taonga e whakamanamana ki ona taonga;

24 b ut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

Engari ko tenei hei whakamanamananga ma te tangata whakamanamana, ara kua whai whakaaro ia, kua mohio ki ahau, ko Ihowa, ahau, ko te kaimahi o te mahi tohu, o te whakawa, o te tika i runga i te whenua: ko aku hoki enei e whakaahuareka ai, e ai t a Ihowa.

25 B ehold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:

Nana, kei te haere mai nga ra, e ai ta Ihowa, e whiua ai e ahau te hunga katoa i kotia i roto i to ratou kotingakore;

26 E gypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

Ko Ihipa, ko Hura, ko Eroma, ko nga tama a Amona, ko Moapa, ko te hunga katoa e noho ana i te koraha, e whakaihoa nei nga tapa o o ratou makawe: he mea kokotikore hoki nga iwi katoa; ko te whare katoa ano o Iharaira, he mea kokotikore te ngakau.