1 A ue te mate mo te hunga e haere ana ki raro, ki Ihipa ki te tiki whakauru, e okioki ana ki te hoiho; e whakawhirinaki ana ki te hariata, no te mea he maha, ki te kaieke hoiho ano, no te mea he nui te kaha; kahore ia e titiro ki te Mea Tapu o Ihar aira, kahore hoki e rapu tikanga ki a Ihowa!

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

2 O tiia he whakaaro nui ano ia, ka takina mai ano te kino e ia, e kore ano ana kupu e unuhia e ia: engari ka whakatika ia ki te whare o nga kaimahi i te kino, ki nga whakauru o nga kaimahi i te he.

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

3 N a he tangata nei nga Ihipiana, ehara hoki i te Atua; he kikokiko ano hoki o ratou hoiho, ehara i te wairua. Te whakamarokanga mai o to Ihowa ringa, ka hinga te kaiawhina, taka tonu atu te tangata e awhinatia ana, a ka he ngatahi ratou.

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

4 K o ta Ihowa kupu hoki tenei ki ahau, Ka rite ki te raiona, ki te kuao raiona e hamama ana ki tana tupapaku, i te mea ka karangarangatia nga hepara tokomaha ki a ia, kahore ona wehi ki to ratou reo, e kore ano ia e whakaririka ki to ratou ngangau; ka pera ano te haerenga iho o Ihowa o nga mano ki te whawhai ki runga ki Maunga Hiona me to reira pukepuke.

For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5 K a rite ki nga manu e rere ana ta Ihowa o nga mano tiaki i Hiruharama, ka tiakina, ka whakaorangia, ka tika atu ia na runga, ka araaraia e ia.

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

6 T ahuri ki a ia, kua hohonu rawa nei ta koutou tutu ki a ia, e nga tama a Iharaira.

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

7 A taua ra hoki ka whakahawea te tangata ki ana whakapakoko hiriwa, ki ana whakapakoko koura, i hanga e o koutou ringa ma koutou hei hara.

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

8 H ei reira te Ahiriana ka hinga i te hoari, ehara na te tangata; a ka pau ia i te hoari, ehara i te tangata: a ka rere atu ia i te hoari, ka meinga hoki ana taitamariki kia utu takoha.

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

9 A ka memeha tona kamaka, he wehi hoki, a ka mataku ona rangatira i te kara, e ai ta Ihowa, kei Maunga Hiona nei tana ahi, kei Hiruharama tana oumu.

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.