Isaías 64

1 Auē me i haehae koe i ngā rangi, me i heke iho,

me i rere ā-wai ngā maunga i tōu aroaro!

2 Kia rite ki te ngiha o te ahi tahu rārā,

ki te ahi e koropupū ai ngā wai –

kia mōhiotia ai tōu ingoa e ōu hoariri,

kia wiri ai ngā iwi i tōu aroaro!

3 I tāu meatanga i ngā mea wehi kīhai nei i whakaaroa e mātou,

i heke iho koe, rere ā-wai ana ngā maunga i tōu aroaro.

4 Kāhore hoki kia rangona noatia i mua,

kīhai i mōhiotia e te taringa,

kīhai hoki te kanohi i kite i te Atua, ko koe anake,

e mahi nei i ngā mea mō te tangata e tatari ana ki a ia.

5 Ko tāu, he whakatau ki te tangata e koa ana, e mahi ana i te tika,

ki te hunga e mahara ana ki a koe i āu ara.

Nanā, i riri nā koe, he hara hoki nō mātou;

kua roa noa atu mātou ki aua ara,

ā, ka ora rānei mātou?

6 Ko mātou katoa hoki kua rite ki te tangata poke,

ā, ko ō mātou tika ki te kākahu kua paru;

e memenge ana mātou katoa ānō he rau rākau;

kei te hau te rite o ō mātou kino e kāhaki nei i a mātou.

7 Kāhore hoki he tangata e karanga ana ki tōu ingoa,

e whakaoho ana i a ia ki te hopu i a koe;

kua hunā nei hoki e koe tōu mata ki a mātou,

ā, kua hunā mātou e koe nā ō mātou hē.

8 Nā ināianei, e Ihowā, ko koe tō mātou pāpā;

ko mātou te paru, ko koe tō mātou kaipokepoke;

he mahi hoki mātou katoa nā tōu ringa.

9 Kaua, e Ihowā, e whakanuia rawatia te riri,

kaua hoki e mahara tonu ki te kino.

Nanā, titiro mai rā,

he iwi mātou katoa nāu.

10 He koraha kau ōu pā tapu,

he koraha a Hiona, kua ururuatia a Hiruhārama.

11 Ko tō mātou whare tapu, ko tō mātou whare ātaahua,

ko te wāhi i whakamoemiti ai ō mātou mātua ki a koe,

kua waiho hei kānga mā te ahi,

mōtī iho ā mātou mea matenui katoa.

12 Ka whakamanawanui rānei koe, e Ihowā, ki ēnei mea?

Ka whakarongo puku rānei koe?

Ka nui rawa rānei tāu whakatupukino i a mātou?

1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence, 2 as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence. 4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved? 6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.

8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?