1 “ Come down and sit in the dust, O pure daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O people of the Babylonians. For you will no longer be called soft and gentle.

Haere iho, e noho ki te puehu, e te tamahine wahine a Papurona: e noho ki te whenua, kahore he torona, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri he kiri angiangi, he whakatarapi.

2 T ake the heavy stones and grind grain. Take off your face-covering and your clothing. Take the covering off your legs, and cross the rivers.

E mau ki nga kohatu mira, hurihia he paraoa: tangohia ake tou arai, huhua ake te waewae, kia takoto kau te huha; e whiti i nga awa.

3 Y our body will not be covered, and your shame will be seen. I will punish, and will not show pity to any man.”

Ka kitea ou wahi e takoto tahanga ana, ae ra ka kitea tou mea e whakama ai koe: ka rapu utu ahau, e kore ano e whakaae ki tetahi tangata.

4 T he One Who bought us and saves us, the Lord of All is His name, the Holy One of Israel.

Ko to tatou kaihoko, ko Ihowa o nga mano tona ingoa, ko te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

5 “ Sit and be quiet, and go into darkness, O people of the Babylonians. For you will no more be called the queen of nations.

Noho kupukore, haere ki te pouri, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri, ko te wahine rangatira o nga kingitanga.

6 I was angry with My people. I made My chosen nation unclean, and gave them into your hand. You did not show loving-kindness to them. On the older people you made your load very heavy.

I riri ahau ki taku iwi, i whakapokea toku kainga tupu; tukua ana e ahau ki tou ringa; kihai i puta tou aroha ki a ratou, whakataimahatia rawatia iho e koe tau ioka ki te kaumatua.

7 Y ou said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ So you did not think about these things, or remember what might happen.

I mea ano koe, Hei wahine rangatira ahau ake ake: na kihai noa iho tou ngakau i mea ki enei mea; kihai koe i mahara ki tona mutunga.

8 “ So now hear this, you who love the desires of the body, who live without fear of danger. You say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a woman whose husband has died, and I will not lose my children.’

Na whakarongo aianei ki tenei, e te wahine e whai na ki nga ahuareka, e noho kore wehi na, e mea na i roto i tou ngakau, Tenei ahau, kahore atu hoki, ko ahau anake; e kore ahau e noho pouaru, e kore ahau e mohio ki te matenga o nga tamariki.

9 B ut these two things will come upon you all at once in one day. You will lose your children and your husband. All this trouble will come to you, even with all your witchcraft and the strong power of your sinful secret ways.

Otira ka pa whakarere enei e rua ki a koe i te ra kotahi, te matenga o nga tamariki, te pouarutanga; ka pa enei ki a koe i tona tonuitanga, ahakoa te nui o au mahi makutu, te maha rawa o au whaiwhaia.

10 Y ou trusted in your sin and said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and learning have led you the wrong way, for you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

I whakawhirinaki hoki koe ki tou kino, i mea, Kahore he kaititiro moku: ko ou whakaaro nui me tou mohio, na ena koe i whakangau ke; i mea ai koe i tou ngakau, Ko ahau tenei, kahore ke atu, ko ahau anake.

11 M uch trouble will come upon you, and you will not know how to get away from it. Trouble will fall on you, and there will be no way for you to pay that it might go away. You will not know it but all at once you will be destroyed.

Mo reira ka tae mai te kino ki a koe, e kore tona putanga e mohiotia e koe, ka taka ano te he ki a koe, e kore e taea e koe te karo; ka tae hohoro mai ano ki a koe te whakangaro, e kore e mohiotia e koe.

12 “ Keep on with your sinful secret ways and all your witchcraft that you have used since you were young. It might be that you will get something from it. Maybe you can cause fear.

Tena ra, e tu, me au whaiwhaia, me au makutu maha, i mahia ra e koe i tou tamarikitanga ake, me kahore koe e whai pai, me kahore tau e taea.

13 Y ou are tired with your many wise men. Now call the star watchers, those who tell by the stars what will happen in the future, those who tell the future by the new moons. Have them stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Kua hoha koe i te maha o nga whakaaro i whakatakotoria e koe. Tena ra, kia tu nga kaiwhakaaro ki nga rangi, nga kaititiro ki nga whetu, nga mea mohio ki nga marama, kia whakaorangia koe e ratou i nga mea meake tupono ki a koe.

14 S ee, they have become like dry grass. Fire burns them. They cannot take themselves away from the power of the fire. This is no fire for making one warm, or fire to sit by!

Nana, ka rite ratou ki te kakau witi, ka wera i te ahi; e kore ratou e ora i te ngaunga a te ahi: ehara i te ngarahu hei whakamahanatanga, ehara hoki i te ahi hei painatanga.

15 T his is how those are to you, with whom you have worked since you were young. Each one has gone on in his own wrong way. There is no one who can save you.

Na ka pera nga mea ki a koe, i mahi ai koe ki reira: ko te hunga i hokohoko ki a koe mai i tou taitamarikitanga, ka kotiti atu ratou ki tona wahi, ki tona wahi; kahore he kaiwhakaora mou.