1 K o te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kei hea ianei te pukapuka whakarere o to koutou whaea, i whakarerea ai ia e ahau? Ko wai ranei te tangata, i ahau ana moni, i hokona atu ai koutou e ahau ki a ia? Nana, he kino no koutou i hokona atu ai koutou, na a kout ou mahi whanoke ano i whakarerea ai to koutou whaea.

Thus says the Lord: Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce with which I put her away, O Israel? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

2 N a te aha i taku haerenga mai i kore ai he tangata, he aha i taku karangatanga i kore ai tetahi e oho ake? kua mutua koia toku ringa, te tau ai te araarai? kua kore ranei he kaha moku hei whakaora? Nana, maku, ma taku kupu riri, ka maroke ai te m oana, ka meinga ai nga awa hei koraha: piro ana o ratou ika i te waikore, ka mate hoki i te matewai.

Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die of thirst.

3 E whakakakahu ana ahau i nga rangi ki te mangu, uhia iho te taratara hei hipoki mo ratou.

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

4 K ua homai ki ahau e te Ariki, e Ihowa, he arero matau, kia mohio ai ahau ki te ata ngarahu atu i te korero ki te tangata e mauiui ana. E whakaara ana ia i tenei ata, i tenei ata, e whakaara ana i toku taringa ki te whakarongo kia pera me ta te hu nga mohio.

'> Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple.

5 K ua oti te whakatuwhera e te Ariki, e Ihowa toku taringa, kihai hoki ahau i tutu, kihai i hoki whakamuri.

The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.

6 T ukua atu ana e ahau toku tuara ki nga kaiwhiu, oku paparinga ki nga kaihutihuti; ko toku kanohi kihai i huna kei whakama, kei tuwhaina.

I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.

7 N o te mea ka awhinatia mai ahau e te Ariki, e Ihowa; koia ahau te whakama ai; koia i whakamarotia ai e ahau toku kanohi ano he kiripaka; e mohio ana hoki ahau e kore ahau e whakama.

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

8 E tata ana te kaiwhakatikatika moku; ko wai hei whawhai ki ahau? kia tu ngatahi taua: ko wai he hoariri moku? kia tata mai ia ki ahau.

He is near Who declares Me in the right. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand forth together! Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me.

9 N ana, ko te Ariki, ko Ihowa, hei awhina moku; ko wai hei whakahe i ahau? Nana, ka tawhitotia katoatia ratou ano he kakahu, ka pau ratou i te purehurehu.

Behold, the Lord God will help Me; who is he who will condemn Me? Behold, they all will wax old and be worn out as a garment; the moth will eat them up.

10 K o wai o koutou e wehi ana i a Ihowa, e rongo ana ki te reo o tana pononga; ko te tangata e haere ana i te pouri, kahore hoki he whakamarama, kia okioki ia ki te ingoa o Ihowa, kia taupuhipuhi atu ki tona Atua.

Who is among you who fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor ? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God.

11 N ana, e koutou katoa e tahu na i te ahi, e whitiki na i a koutou ki nga rama muramura; haere i te marama o ta koutou ahi, i nga rama muramura hoki i whakangihaia na e koutou. Tenei ta toku ringa mo koutou, ka takoto iho koutou me te tangi ano.

Behold, all you who attempt to kindle your own fires, who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!—walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment.