1 K a tu ahau ki taku mahi tiaki, ka whakanoho i ahau ki te taumaihi, ka tutei atu, ka titiro atu, ko te aha e kiia mai e ia ki ahau, a ko te aha e whakahokia e ahau ina riria taku.

I will stand upon my post of observation and station myself on the tower or fortress, and will watch to see what He will say within me and what answer I will make to the perplexities of my complaint against Him.

2 N a ka utua mai taku e Ihowa; i ki mai ia, Tuhituhia te kite, kia marama rawa ki nga papa, kia tere ai te kaikorero.

And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may read as he hastens by.

3 M o tona wa ano hoki i whakaritea ai te kite, a e whawhai ana ia ki te mutunga, a e kore e teka; ahakoa roa ia, tatari atu ki a ia; no te mea he pono rawa ka puta mai; e kore e whakaroa.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.

4 N ana, kei te whakakake tona ngakau, kahore e tika i roto i a ia: ma tona whakapono ia ki ora ai te tangata tika.

Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the just and the righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness.

5 A e ra hoki, he mea nanakia te waina, he tangata whakakake, kahore e ata noho i te kainga; ko tona hiahia whakanuia ake e ia ano ko te reinga; kei te mate tona rite, e kore ano e ngata, e tawhiua ana hoki e ia nga iwi katoa ki a ia, e tuapuatia an a nga tangata katoa ki a ia:

Moreover, wine and wealth are treacherous; the proud man is restless and cannot stay at home. His appetite is large like that of Sheol and is like death and cannot be satisfied; he gathers to himself all nations and collects all people as if he owned them.

6 E kore ianei e whakahuatia e enei katoa he kupu whakatauki mona, he whakapeka taunu ano mona, a ka mea, Aue, te mate mo te tangata e ami ana i te mea ehara nei i a ia! he pehea ra te roa? mo te tangata ano e haupu ake ana i te taunaha ki runga ki a ia!

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him and in scoffing derision of him say, Woe to him who piles up that which is not his! And who loads himself with promissory notes for usury!

7 E kore ianei e maranga ohorere ake nga kaingau mou? e kore ianei e ara nga kaiwhakatoi i a koe, a ka waiho koe hei taonga parau ma ratou?

Shall not rise up suddenly who shall bite you, exacting usury of you, and those awake who will vex you ? Then you will be booty for them.

8 N o te mea he maha nga iwi i pahuatia e koe, na ka pahuatia koe e nga toenga katoa o nga iwi; he mea hoki mo te toto o nga tangata, mo te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pa, a ki nga tangata katoa ano i reira.

Because you have plundered many nations, all who are left of the people shall plunder you—because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the earth, to the city and all the people who live in each city.

9 A ue, te mate mo te tangata, he kino nei te apo i apo taonga ai ia mo tona whare, he mea kia tiketike ake ai tona kohanga, kia ora ai ia i te kaha o te kino!

Woe to him who obtains wicked gain for his house, to set his nest on high that he may be preserved from calamity and delivered from the power of evil!

10 K ua takoto i a koe he whakama mo tou whare i tau hatepenga atu i nga iwi maha; kua hara ano ki tou wairua ake.

You have devised shame to your house by cutting off and putting an end to many peoples, and you have sinned against and forfeited your own life.

11 K a karanga hoki te kohatu i roto i te pakitara, ka whakahoki kupu ano te kurupae i roto i nga rakau.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

12 A ue, te mate mo te tangata e hanga ana i te pa ki te toto, e whakau ana hoki i te pa ki te he!

Woe to him who builds a town with blood and establishes a city by iniquity!

13 H e teka ianei na Ihowa o nga mano i mauiui ai nga tangata i roto i te ahi, i ruha ai nga iwi i te kahore noa iho?

Behold, is it not by appointment of the Lord of hosts that the nations toil only to satisfy the fire, and the peoples weary themselves only for emptiness, falsity, and futility?

14 K a kapi hoki te whenua i te matauranga ki te kororia o Ihowa, ano ko nga wai e taupoki ana i te moana.

But the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

15 A ue, te mate mo te tangata e mea ana i tona hoa kia inu, e apiti atu ana i te mea nanakia ki tera, e whakahaurangi ana hoki i a ia, kia titiro ai koe ki a ratou e takoto tahanga ana!

Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink, who pours out your bottle to them and adds to it your poisonous and blighting wrath and also makes them drunk, that you may look on their stripped condition and pour out foul shame!

16 E ki ana koe i te whakama, kahore i te kororia: e inu hoki koe, kia waiho ai koe, ano he mea kokotikore: ka anga mai ki a koe te kapu a to Ihowa ringa matau, a he whakama whakarihariha ka tau ki runga ki tou kororia.

You will be filled with shame and contempt instead of glory. Drink also and be like an uncircumcised! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and foul shame shall be upon your own glory!

17 K o te mahi nanakia hoki ki Repanona hei taupoki mou, me te whakangaromanga o nga kararehe i wehingia ra e ratou; mo te toto hoki o nga tangata, mo te mahi nanakia ki te whenua, ki te pa, ki nga tangata ano o reira.

For the violence done to Lebanon will cover and overwhelm you; the destruction of the animals will terrify you on account of men’s blood and the violence done to the land, to the city and all its inhabitants.

18 H e aha te pai o te whakapakoko i whaoa ai e tona kaihanga; o te whakapakoko whakarewa ano, o te kaiwhakaako ki te teka, i whakawhirinaki ai tona kaihanga ki tana mahi, ka mahi i nga whakapakoko wahangu?

What profit is the graven image when its maker has formed it? It is only a molten image and a teacher of lies. For the maker trusts in his own creations when he makes dumb idols.

19 A ue, te mate mo te tangata e mea ana ki te rakau, Maranga; ki te kohatu reokore, E ara! ma tenei koia e whakaako? Nana, kua oti te koura, te hiriwa, te whakapiri ki a ia, a kahore rawa he wairua i roto.

Woe to him who says to the wooden image, Awake! and to the dumb stone, Arise, teach! behold, it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all inside it!

20 K ei tona temepara tapu ia a Ihowa. Whakarongoa, e te whenua katoa, i tona aroaro.

But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep silence before Him.