Amós 6

Te Urupatu o Īharaira

1 Auē te mate mō te hunga e noho hūmārie ana i Hiona,

mō te hunga hoki e whakawhirinaki ana ki te maunga o Hamaria,

ngā tāngata whai ingoa o te tuatahi o ngā iwi,

i tae atu nei te whare o Īharaira ki a rātou!

2 Haere tonu ki Karane titiro ai;

haere atu i reira ki Hāmata nui;

haere tonu atu ki Kāta o ngā Pirihitini.

He pai atu rānei i ēnei kīngitanga?

Nui atu rānei tō rātou rohe i tō koutou rohe?

3 E te hunga e whakamatara atu nā i te rā kino,

e mea nā i te nohoanga o te tutū kia tata mai.

4 E takoto nā i runga i te moenga rei,

e whārōrō nā i runga i ō rātou takotoranga.

E kai nā i ngā reme o te kāhui,

i ngā kūao kau o waenganui i te tūranga kau.

5 E waiata nā i ngā waiata pōauau ki te rangi hātere;

e whakaaroa ana hoki e rātou ngā mea whakatangi,

e pērā ana me Rāwiri;

6 e inu ana i te wāina o ngā peihana,

ā, e whakawahi ana i a rātou ki ngā hinu pai rawa;

kāhore ia ō rātou pōuri mō te aituā o Hōhepa,

7 Nā āianei, ko rātou ki mua ka whakaraua atu o te hunga e whakaraua ana,

ā, ka kore te hākari a te hunga i whārōrō rā.

8 Kua oatitia te Ariki, a Ihowā, e ia anō, e ai tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano:

"E whakarihariha ana ahau ki tā Hākopa e whakaī nā,

e kino ana ki ōna whare kīngi;

mō reira ka tukua atu e ahau te pā

me ngā mea i roto."

9 Nā, ki te toe ngā tāngata kotahi tekau i roto i te whare kotahi, ka mate rātou. 10 Ā, ki te tangohia ake tētahi e tōna matua kēkē, arā e te kaitahu mōna, kia maua mai ai ngā wheua i roto i te whare, ā, ka mea ia ki te tangata i roto rawa i te whare, "He tangata anō rānei tēnā kei a koe nā?" Ā, ka mea ia, "Kāhore!" Kātahi ia ka mea, "Whakarongoa; e kore hoki tātou e whakahua i te ingoa o Ihowā."

11 Nō te mea, nanā, kei te whakahau a Ihowā,

ā, ka patua te whare nui ki ngā pakaru,

te whare iti ki ngā ngātata.

12 E rere rānei te hōiho i runga i te kāmaka?

E parautia rānei a reira ki te kau?

I whakaputaina kētia ai e koutou te whakawā hei au,

ngā hua hoki o te tika hei taru kawa –

13 e koa nā hoki koutou ki te kāhore noa iho,

e mea nā, "He teka ianei kua riro mai he haona i a tātou,

he mea nā tō tātou uaua?

14 "Otiia, nanā, ka ara i ahau tētahi iwi ki a koutou,

e te whare o Īharaira," e ai tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano,

"ā, ka whakatupuria kinotia koutou e rātou i te haerenga atu

ki Hāmata, ā tae noa ki te awa o te Arapa."

1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border? 3 —ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

7 Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away. 8 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And when a man’s uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah. 11 For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; 13 ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.