Isaías 16

1 Ungā e koutou ngā reme

ki te rangatira o te whenua,

i Hera i te koraha,

ki te maunga o te tamāhine a Hiona.

2 Kei te manu hāereere noa hoki,

kei te mea i makā mai i te kōhanga,

i te rite o ngā tamāhine a Moapa

i ngā kauanga i Aranona.

3 "Kia takoto te whakaaro,

whakaritea te whakawā.

Ko tōu whakamarumaru i te poutūmārōtanga

kia rite ki te pō;

hunā te hunga i peia;

kaua te ātiutiu noa e whakaaturia.

4 Tukua āku whati kia noho ki a koe; tēnā ko Moapa,

ko koe hei piringa mō rātou kei mate i te kaipāhua."

Kua kore hoki te kaiwhakatē,

mutu pū tā te kaipāhua,

kua poto atu ngā kaiwhakatupu kino i runga i te whenua,

5 ā, ka whakapūmautia he torōna i runga i te tohu tangata;

ka nohoia e tētahi i runga i te pono,

i roto anō i te tēneti o Rāwiri;

me te whakawā, me te rapu i te tikanga o te whakawā,

he hohoro hoki ki te mahi i te tika.

6 Kua rongo tātou ki te whakakake o Moapa –

nui atu tōna whakakake, ki tōna whakapehapeha,

ki tōna whakakake, ki tōna pukuriri –

kāhore he tikanga o āna whakamanamana.

7 Mō reira ka auē a Moapa

ki a Moapa, ka auē katoa.

Ka tangi koutou ki ngā keke karepe o Kiriharehete,

kua mōtī rawa.

8 Kua kahakore hoki ngā māra o Hehepona,

me te wāina o Hipima;

he mea whatiwhati nā ngā rangatira o ngā iwi

ōna wāina pai rawa,

i tae nei ki Iatere rawa,

i toro haere atu ki te koraha.

I toha haere ōna peka,

i whiti ki tērā taha o te moana.

9 Mō reira ka tangihia e ahau te wāina o Hipima,

kei te tangi mō Iatere te rite.

Ka whakamākūkū ahau i a koe ki ōku roimata,

e Hehepona, e Ereare;

kua tau hoki te hāmama o te pakanga ki runga ki āu hua raumati,

ki runga ki tāu tapahanga wīti.

10 Kua tangohia atu te hari, me te koa i te māra mōmona;

kāhore hoki he waiata i ngā māra wāina, kāhore he iere harakoa;

e kore ngā kaitakahi e takahi wāina i ā rātou poka wāina;

kua whakamutua e ahau te hāmama o te mahinga wāina.

11 Nā reira, ānō he hāpa ōku whēkau e tangi ana ki a Moapa,

a roto i ahau ki Kiriharehe.

12 Nā, ka puta mai a Moapa,

ka māuiui i runga i te wāhi tiketike,

ā, ka haere ki tōna wāhi tapu īnoi ai,

heoi e kore e taea e ia.

13 Ko te kupu tēnei i kōrerotia e Ihowā mō Moapa i mua. 14 Engari kua kōrero a Ihowā ināianei, kua mea: "Kia toru ngā tau, kia rite ki ngā tau o te kaimahi, ka whakahāweatia te korōria o Moapa, me tōna mano tini; ā, ko te toenga he iti rawa, he kāhore noa iho."

1 Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon. 3 Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nought, destruction ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogancy, and his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nought. 7 Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken. 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea. 9 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen. 10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease. 11 Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres. 12 And it shall come to pass, when Moab presenteth himself, when he wearieth himself upon the high place, and shall come to his sanctuary to pray, that he shall not prevail.

13 This is the word that Jehovah spake concerning Moab in time past. 14 But now Jehovah hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.