Habacuque 2

Te Whakautu a Ihowā ki a Hapakuku

1 Ka tū ahau ki tāku mahi tiaki,

ka whakanoho i ahau ki te taumaihi.

Ka tūtei atu, ka titiro atu, ko te aha e kīia mai e ia ki ahau,

ā, ko te aha e whakahokia e ahau ina rīria tāku.

2 Nā, ka utua mai tāku e Ihowā, i kī mai ia:

"Tuhituhia te kite;

kia mārama rawa ki ngā papa,

kia tere ai te kaikōrero.

3 Mō tōna wā anō hoki i whakaritea ai te kite,

ā, e whawhai ana ia ki te mutunga, ā, e kore e teka.

Ahakoa roa ia, tatari atu ki a ia;

nō te mea he pono rawa ka puta mai;

e kore e whakaroa.

4 "Nanā, kei te whakakake tōna ngākau,

kāhore e tika i roto i a ia;

mā tōna whakapono ia ka ora ai te tangata tika.

5 Āe rā hoki, he mea nanakia te wāina,

he tangata whakakake, kāhore e āta noho i te kāinga.

Ko tōna hiahia whakanuia ake e ia ānō ko te rēinga,

kei te mate tōna rite, e kore anō e ngata.

E tāwhiua ana hoki e ia ngā iwi katoa ki a ia,

e taupuatia ana ngā tāngata katoa ki a ia."

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6 "E kore ianei e whakahuatia e ēnei katoa he kupu whakatauki mōna, he whakapeka taunu anō mōna, ā, ka mea,

‘Auē te mate mō te tangata e āmi ana i te mea ehara nei i a ia!

He pēhea rā te roa mō te tangata anō e haupū ake ana

i te taunaha ki runga ki a ia?’

7 E kore ianei e maranga ohorere ake ngā kaingau mōu?

E kore ianei e ara ngā kaiwhakatoi i a koe,

ā, ka waiho koe hei taonga pārau mā rātou?

8 Nō te mea he maha ngā iwi i pāhuatia e koe,

nā, ka pāhuatia koe e ngā toenga katoa o ngā iwi –

he mea hoki mō te toto o ngā tāngata, mō te mahi nanakia ki te whenua,

ki te pā, ā, ki ngā tāngata katoa anō i reira.

9 "Auē te mate mō te tangata,

he kino nei te apo i apo taonga ai ia mō tōna whare,

he mea kia tiketike ake ai tōna kōhanga,

kia ora ai ia i te kaha o te kino!"

10 Kua takoto i a koe he whakamā mō tōu whare

i tāu hātepenga atu i ngā iwi maha;

kua hara anō ki tōu wairua ake.

11 Ka karanga hoki te kōhatu i roto i te pakitara,

ka whakahoki kupu anō te kurupae i roto i ngā rākau.

12 "Auē te mate mō te tangata e hanga ana i te pā ki te toto,

e whakaū ana hoki i te pā ki te hē!"

13 He teka ianei nā Ihowā o ngā mano

i māuiui ai ngā tāngata i roto i te ahi,

i ruha ai ngā iwi i te kāhore noa iho?

14 Ka kapi hoki te whenua

i te mātauranga ki te korōria o Ihowā,

ānō ko ngā wai e taupoki ana i te moana.

15 "Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana i tōna hoa kia inu,

e āpiti atu ana i te mea nanakia ki tērā, e whakahaurangi ana hoki i a ia,

kia titiro ai koe ki a rātou e takoto tahanga ana!"

16 E kī ana koe i te whakamā, kāhore i te korōria.

E inu hoki koe, kia waiho ai koe, ānō he mea kokotikore.

Ka anga mai ki a koe te kapu a tō Ihowā ringa matau,

ā, he whakamā whakarihariha ka tau ki runga ki tōu korōria.

17 Ko te mahi nanakia hoki ki Repanōna hei taupoki mōu,

me te whakangaromanga o ngā kararehe i wehingia rā e rātou –

mō te toto hoki o ngā tāngata,

mō te mahi nanakia ki te whenua,

ki te pā, ki ngā tāngata anō o reira.

18 "He aha te pai o te whakapakoko

i whaoa ai e tōna kaihanga –

o te whakapakoko whakarewa anō, o te kaiwhakaako ki te teka?

I whakawhirinaki ai tōna kaihanga ki tāna mahi,

ka mahi i ngā whakapakoko wahangū.

19 Auē te mate mō te tangata e mea ana ki te rākau, ‘Maranga!’

Ki te kōhatu reokore, ‘E ara!’

Mā tēnei koia e whakaako?

Nanā, kua oti te kōura, te hiriwa, te whakapiri ki a ia,

ā, kāhore rawa he wairua i roto.

20 Kei tōna temepara tapu ia a Ihowā.

Whakarongoa, e te whenua katoa, i tōna aroaro!"

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint. 2 And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith. 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them? 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah’s right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory. 17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. 20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.