Miquéias 7

Te Hēnga Katoa o te Iwi

1 Auē te mate i ahau!

He rite hoki ahau ki ngā kohikohinga o ngā hua raumati,

ki ngā hamunga i te wā e whawhaki karepe ana.

Kāhore he tautau hei kai;

e hiahia ana tōku wairua ki te hua piki mātāmua.

2 Kua ngaro te tangata tapu i runga i te whenua,

kāhore hoki he tangata tika i roto i ngā tāngata;

kei te whanga katoa rātou ki te toto;

kei te whai rātou i tōna hoa, i tōna hoa ki te kupenga.

3 Kei runga ō rātou ringa i te mea kino kia mahia mārietia e rātou;

ka tono te rangatira, kei te tatari hoki te kaiwhakawā kia utua;

ā, ko te tangata nui, e puaki ana i a ia te nanakia o tōna wairua;

nā, whiria tahitia ake e rātou.

4 Ko te tangata pai o rātou, rite tonu ki te tūmatakuru;

ko te mea tino tika, kino atu i te taiepa tātarāmoa.

Kua tae mai te rā o āu tūtei, arā te rā e whiua ai koe;

ko āianei rātou pōkaikaha ai.

5 Kaua e whakapono ki te hoa,

kaua e whakawhirinaki ki te kaiārahi;

kaiponuhia ngā tatau o tōu māngai

ki te wahine e takoto nā i tōu uma.

6 E whakaiti ana hoki te tama ki te pāpā,

e whakatika atu ana te kōtiro ki tōna whaea,

te hunaonga ki tōna hungawai wahine;

ko ngā hoariri o te tangata ko ngā tāngata o tōna whare.

7 Tēnā ko ahau, ka titiro ahau ki a Ihowā;

ka tatari ahau ki te Atua o tōku whakaoranga;

tērā tōku Atua e rongo ki ahau.

Ka Mauria te Whakaoranga e Ihowā

8 Kei whakamanamana ki ahau e tōku hoariri;

ki te hinga ahau, ka ara anō ahau;

ki te noho ahau i te pōuri,

ko Ihowā hei whakamārama mōku.

9 Māku e waha te riri, o Ihowā,

kua hara nei hoki ahau ki a ia;

kia tohe rā anō ia i tāku tohe,

kia whakarite rā anō i tāku whakawā.

Ka whakaputaina ahau e ia ki waho ki te mārama,

ā, ka kite ahau i tōna tika.

10 Kātahi tōku hoariri ka kite,

ā, ka taupokina e te whakamā;

i kī mai rā hoki ia ki ahau,

"Kei hea a Ihowā, tōu Atua?"

Ka kite ōku kanohi i taua wahine;

ākuanei ia takahia ai,

pērātia ai me te paru o ngā ara.

He Poropiti mō te Whakaoranga

11 He rā hei hanganga mō ōu taiepa!

Ā taua rā ka matara rawa atu te tikanga i whakatakotoria.

12 Ā taua rā ka haere mai rātou ki a koe,

mai i Ahiria me ngā pā o Īhipa,

mai i Īhipa ki te awa,

mai i tētahi moana ki tētahi,

i tētahi maunga ki tētahi maunga.

13 Otiia ka ururuatia te whenua,

he mea mō te hunga e noho ana i reira,

mō ngā hua hoki o ā rātou mahi.

14 Whāngaia tāu iwi ki tāu rākau,

ngā hipi o tōu kāinga tupu,

e noho mokemoke nei i te ngahere

i waenganui o Karamere;

kia kai rātou ki Pahana, ki Kireara,

kia pērā me ngā rā o mua.

15 "Ka rite ki ngā rā i haere mai ai koe i te whenua o Īhipa,

ka whakaaturia e ahau ki a ia ngā mea whakamīharo."

16 Ka kite ngā iwi, ka whakamā

ki tō rātou mārohirohi katoa;

ka kōpania tō rātou māngai ki tō rātou ringa,

ā, ka turi ō rātou taringa.

17 Ka mitimiti rātou i te puehu, ānō he nākahi;

ka oho wiri mai rātou i ō rātou piringa kōpiri,

ānō ko ngā mea ngōkingōki o te whenua;

ka haere wehi mai rātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua,

ā, ka mataku ki a koe.

Te Aroha o Ihowā ki a Īharaira

18 Ko wai he Atua hei rite mōu, e muru nei i te hē,

e whakarere noa nei i te poka kē

o ngā mōrehu o tōna wāhi tupu?

E kore ia e kawe tonu i tōna riri ā ake ake,

nō te mea e ngākau nui ana ia ki te tohu tangata.

19 Tērā ia e tahuri anō, ka aroha ki a tātou;

ka pēhia e ia ō tātou kino ki raro ki ōna waewae.

Ka pangā anō e koe ō rātou hara

ki ngā rire o te moana.

20 Ka whakatutukitia e koe te mea tika ki a Hākopa,

te aroha ki a Āperahama,

ko tāu i oati ai ki ō mātou mātua

i ngā rā ō mua.

1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig. 2 The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together. 4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 11 A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed. 12 In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13 Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15 As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show unto them marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf. 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness. 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.