Amós 2

1 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Ka toru nei ngā pokanga kētanga o Moapa,

āe rā, ka whā, nā, e kore e whakatahuritia atu e ahau te whiu mōna;

nō te mea nāna i tahu ngā wheua

o te kīngi o Ēroma hei kotakota.

2 Engari, ka tukua atu e ahau he ahi ki Moapa,

ā, ka pau i reira ngā whare kīngi o Kirioto;

ā, ka mate a Moapa i runga i te ngangau, i te hāmama,

i te tangi o te tētere.

3 Ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau te kaiwhakawā i roto i a ia,

ka patua rātou tahi ko ngā rangatira katoa o reira,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

He Whakawātanga ki Īharaira

4 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Ka toru nei ngā pokanga kētanga o Hūrā,

āe rā, ka whā, nā, e kore e whakatahuritia atu e ahau te whiu mōna;

nō te mea kua whakahāwea rātou ki te Ture a Ihowā,

kīhai hoki i pupuri i āna tikanga,

ā, kua meinga rātou e ā rātou kōrero teka kia kotiti kē,

i whāia nei e ō rātou mātua.

5 Engari, ka tukua e ahau he ahi ki a Hūrā,

ā, pau ake i reira ngā whare kīngi o Hiruhārama."

6 Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:

"Ka toru nei ngā pokanga kētanga o Īharaira,

āe rā, ka whā, nā, e kore e whakatahuritia atu e ahau te whiu mōna;

nō te mea kua hokona e rātou te tangata tika ki te hiriwa,

te rawakore ki ngā hū e rua.

7 E minamina ana rātou ki te puehu o te whenua i runga i te māhunga o ngā ware;

ā, whakaparoritia ake e rātou te ara o te hunga māhaki;

ā, ka haere te tangata rāua ko tōna pāpā ki te kōtiro kotahi

hei whakapoke i tōku ingoa tapu.

8 Nā, takoto ana rātou ki te taha o ngā āta katoa

i runga i ngā kākahu i hōmai hei taunaha,

ā, i roto i te whare o tō rātou atua kei te inu rātou

i te wāina a te hunga i whakataua nei te hē ki a rātou.

9 "Otiia, i whakangaromia e ahau te Amori i tō rātou aroaro,

ko tōna roa koia anō kei te roa o te hīta,

ā, he kaha ia, pērā i ngā oki.

Heoi, whakangaromia ana e ahau ōna hua i runga,

ōna pakiaka i raro.

10 "I kawea mai anō hoki koutou e ahau i te whenua o Īhipa,

ā, e whā tekau ngā tau i ārahina ai koutou i te koraha,

he mea kia riro mai ai te whenua o te Amori.

11 Ā, i whakaarahia ake e ahau ētahi o ā koutou tama hei poropiti,

ētahi hoki o ā koutou taitama hei Natari.

He teka ianei tēnā, e ngā tama a Īharaira?"

e ai tā Ihowā.

12 "Heoi, i whakainumia e koutou ngā Natari ki te wāina,

ā, i ako hoki ki ngā poropiti,

i mea, ‘Kaua e poropiti!’

13 "Nanā, ka pēhia koutou e ahau ki tō koutou wāhi,

ka pērā i te pēhanga a te kāta

e kī ana i ngā paihere.

14 Nā, ka kore te oma i te tangata tere,

e kore e nui ake te kaha o te tangata kaha,

e kore hoki te mārohirohi e mawhiti i te mate;

15 e kore anō te kaipupuri o te kōpere e tū;

e kore hoki te wae tere e whakaora i a ia anō;

e kore anō hoki te tangata eke hōiho e mawhiti i te mate.

16 Ā, ko te tangata māia i roto i ngā mārohirohi,

ka rere tahanga atu i taua rā,"

e ai tā Ihowā.

1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; 3 and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk. 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes— 7 they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name: 8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah. 12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves. 14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself; 15 neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself; 16 and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.