1 W hakarongoa i toku aroaro, e nga motu; a kia puta hou mai he kaha mo nga iwi: me neke mai ratou; a me korero ratou: tatou tahi me whakatata ki te whakawa.

“Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.

2 N a wai i whakaara ake tetahi i te rawhiti, i karangatia e ia i runga i te tika ki tona waewae? homai ana e ia nga iwi ki tona aroaro, meinga ana ia e ia hei rangatira mo nga kingi; homai ana ratou e ia ano he puehu ki tana hoari, ano he kakau wit i e aia ana, ki tana kopere.

Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

3 W haia ana ratou e ia, haere ora atu ana ia; ae ra, i te ara kihai i haerea e ona waewae.

He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

4 N a wai oti tenei i mahi, karangaranga ai i nga whakatupuranga mai i te timatanga! Ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko te timatanga, a kei nga whakamutunga, ko ahau nei.

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

5 I kite nga motu, a wehi ana, pairi noa iho nga pito o te whenua, whakatata ana, haere mai ana.

The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.

6 U ru ana ratou ki te mahi a tona hoa, a tona hoa, me ta ratou ki ki tona tuakana, ki tona teina, Kia maia.

Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”

7 N a kei te whakatenatena te kamura i te kaitahu koura, te kaiwhakamaeneene ki te hama, i te tangata e patu ana ki te paepae, ko tana kupu mo te whakapiringa, kei te pai; na whakaukia ana e ia ki te whao, te taea te whakanekeneke.

So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

8 K o koe, e Iharaira, ko taku pononga, ko Hakopa, ko taku i whiriwhiri ai, ko te uri o taku i aroha ai, o Aperahama;

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,

9 K o taku ano i tango mai ai i nga pito o te whenua; he mea karanga nei hoki koe naku i roto i ona topito; ko taku kupu hoki ki a koe, Ko koe taku pononga; he mea whiriwhiri koe naku, kahore koe e maka atu e ahau.

You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’

10 K aua e wehi; kei a koe nei hoki ahau; kaua ano e tirotiro; ko ahau nei hoki tou Atua: maku koe e whakakaha, ae ra, maku koe e awhina, ka tautokona ake ano koe e te ringa matau o toku tika.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

11 N ana, ka whakama, ka numinumi kau te hunga katoa e riri ana ki a koe: ka rite ki te kahore; ka ngaro te hunga e ngangare ana ki a koe.

Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.

12 K a rapua ratou, ou hoariri, e koe, a e kore e kitea; ko te hunga i whawhai ki a koe, ka rite ki te kahore, ki te moti noa iho.

You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

13 N o te mea ko ahau, ko Ihowa, ko tou Atua, kei te pupuri i tou matau, kei te mea ki a koe, Kaua e wehi; ko ahau hei whakauru mou.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

14 K aua e wehi, e te kutukutu, e Hakopa, e nga tangata o Iharaira; maku koe e awhina, e ai ta Ihowa, ta tou kaihoko, ta te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 N ana, kua meinga koe e ahau hei patu witi, koi tonu, hou tonu, he whai niho: ka patua e koe nga maunga, a ngotangota noa; ko nga pukepuke, ka meinga e koe kia rite ki te papapa.

Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.

16 R ererere ana ratou i a koe, kahikina tonutia atu e te hau, titaritaria ake ratou e te paroro: ko koe ia ka hari ki a Ihowa, ka whakamanamana ki te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 E rapu ana nga ware, nga rawakore i te wai, a kahore kau, he ake o ratou arero i te matewai: ka rongo ahau, a Ihowa, ki ta ratou; e kore ahau, te Atua o Iharaira, e whakarere i a ratou.

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18 K a whakapuaretia e ahau he awa ki nga wahi tiketike, he puna wai i waenganui i nga raorao; ka meinga e ahau te koraha hei harotoroto wai, te whenua maroke hei puputanga wai.

I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

19 K a whakatokia e ahau te koraha ki te hita, ki te kowhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rakau hinu; ka tu i ahau te kauri ki te titohea, te rimu, ratou tahi ano ko te ake.

I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

20 K ia kite ai ratou, kia mohio ai, kia mahara ai, kia matau ngatahi ai, he mea mahi tenei na te ringa o Ihowa; na te Mea Tapu o Iharaira tenei i hanga.

that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21 K awea mai ta koutou totohe, e ai ta Ihowa; whakaputaina mai a koutou kupu kaha, e ai ta te Kingi o Hakopa.

Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.

22 M e whakaputa mai e ratou, a me whakaatu mai ki a tatou nga mea meake pono mai: whakaaturia mai e koutou nga mea o te tuatahi, he pehea ranei, kia whakaaroarohia ai e tatou, kia mohiotia ai to ratou mutunga iho; korerotia ranei ki a tatou nga mea e puta a mua.

“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

23 W hakaaturia nga mea e haere ake ana i muri, kia mohio ai matou he atua koutou: tena ra, mahia he pai, he kino ranei, kia wehi ai matou, kia kite ngatahi ai.

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

24 N ana, no te kahore koutou, ko a koutou mahi no te kahore rawa; he mea whakarihariha te tangata nana koutou i whiriwhiri.

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

25 K ua oho mai i ahau tetahi i te raki, a kua tae mai ia; no te rerenga mai o te ra tetahi e karanga ana ki toku ingoa: ko tona taenga mai ki nga rangatira, ano e eke ana ki te paru pokepoke, ano ko te kaihanga rihi e takatakahi ana i te paru.

“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

26 N a wai i whakaatu mai i te timatanga, kia mohio ai tatou? na wai i nga wa onamata, mo ta tatou ki ake, He tika tana? ae ra, kihai i whakaaturia e tetahi, ae ra, kihai i korerotia e tetahi, kihai ano tetahi i rongo i a koutou korero.

Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

27 M aku te kupu tuatahi ki Hiona, Nana, tenei ratou: a ka hoatu e ahau ki Hiruharama he kaikawe i te rongo pai.

I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

28 I titiro ano ahau, a kahore he tangata; na i roto i enei katoa kahore he kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro hei whakahoki kupu mai i taku uinga ki a ratou.

When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

29 N ana, ko ratou katoa he horihori kau; he kore noa iho a ratou mahi: ko a ratou whakapakoko whakarewa he hau, he mea tikangakore.

Behold, all of them, their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.