Miquéias 5

1 Nā ināianei, ka whakahuihui ā-rōpū koe i a koe,

e te tamāhine a ngā rōpū;

kua oti tātou te whakapae e ia;

ka patua e rātou ki te rākau te pāpāringa

o te kaiwhakawā o Īharaira.

Te Kāwana i Ahu mai i Pēterehema

2 "Nā, ko koe, e Pēterehema Ēparata,

he iti nei i roto i ngā mano o Hūrā,

e puta mai i roto i a koe

tētahi māku hei kāwana mō Īharaira;

ko ōna putanga nōnamata,

nō ngā rā o tua iho."

3 Mō reira rātou ka tukua atu ai e ia,

kia tae rā anō ki te wā e whānau ai tēnei e whakamamae nei;

hei reira ngā toenga o ōna tuākana hoki ai

ki ngā tama a Īharaira.

4 Ā, ka tū ia, ka whāngai i tāna kāhui i runga i te kaha o Ihowā,

i runga hoki i te nui o te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōna Atua;

ā, ka noho rātou; nō te mea ākuanei ia ka nui,

ki ngā pito rā anō o te whenua;

5 ā, ko tēnei tangata hei maunga rongo mō tātou.

Ina tae mai te Ahiriana ki tō tātou whenua,

ā, ka takahi ki ō tātou whare kīngi,

hei reira ara ai i a tātou hei whawhai ki a ia ētahi hēpara tokowhitu

me ētahi tāngata rangatira tokowaru.

6 Ā, ka whakamōtītia e rātou te whenua o Ahiria ki te hoari,

te whenua hoki o Nimiroro i ōna tomokanga.

Nā, ka whakaorangia tātou e ia i te Ahiriana,

ina haere mai ia ki tō tātou whenua,

ina takahi ia i roto i ō tātou rohe.

He Whakawāteatanga me te Whakawhiunga

7 Ā, ka rite ngā toenga o Hākopa

i roto i ngā iwi maha ki te tōmairangi a Ihowā,

ki ngā kōuaua i runga i te tarutaru;

e kore nei e whanga ki te tangata,

e kore anō e tatari ki ngā tama a te tangata.

8 Nā, ka waiho te toenga o Hākopa i roto i ngā tauiwi,

i roto i ngā iwi maha;

ka rite ki te raiona i roto i ngā kararehe o te ngahere,

ki te kūao raiona i roto i ngā kāhui hipi;

nā, ki te tika atu ia i waenga,

ka takatakahia e ia, ka haehaea,

kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora.

9 Whakaarahia tōu ringa ki runga ake i ōu hoariri,

hātepea atu hoki ōu hoariri katoa.

10 "Nā, i taua rā," e ai tā Ihowā

"ka hātepea atu e ahau āu hōiho i roto i a koe,

ka kore anō i ahau āu hāriata;

11 ā, ka whakakorea atu e ahau ngā pā o tōu whenua,

ka wāwāhia anō e ahau ōu pā kaha katoa;

12 ka hātepea atu hoki e ahau ngā mākutu i roto i tōu ringa,

ā, ka kore ngā tohunga māori i roto i a koe.

13 Ka hātepea atu hoki e ahau āu whakapakoko,

me āu pou whakaahua i roto i a koe;

ā, e kore koe e koropiko i muri nei ki te mahi a ōu ringa.

14 Ka hūtia anō e ahau āu Aherimi i roto i a koe;

ā, ka hunā e ahau ōu pā.

15 Ka rapua hoki e ahau he utu i ngā tauiwi

i runga i te riri, i te weriweri,

kīhai nei rātou i whakarongo."

1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 5 And this man shall be our peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border. 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver. 9 Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots: 11 and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds. 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 13 and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands; 14 and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.