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.

On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.

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 Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

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 yet the vision for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

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.

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

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:

And also, because the wine treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

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!

Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo him who is multiplying not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

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?

Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to 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 thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence the land, the city, and all dwelling in it.

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!

Wo him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand 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.

Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful thy soul.

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

For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth 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!

Wo him who is building a city by blood, And establishing 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?

Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

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.

For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover a 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!

Wo him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

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.

Thou hast been filled -- shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing on thine honour.

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 violence Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence the land, the city, and all dwelling in it.

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 hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make 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.

Wo him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

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

And Jehovah in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!