Amós 6

1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,

and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria,

the notable men of the chief of the nations,

to whom the house of Israel come!

2 Go to Calneh, and see.

From there go to Hamath the great.

Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

Are they better than these kingdoms?

Is their border greater than your border?

3 Alas for you who put far away the evil day,

and cause the seat of violence to come near,

4 who lie on beds of ivory,

and stretch themselves on their couches,

and eat the lambs out of the flock,

and the calves out of the middle of the stall,

5 who strum on the strings of a harp,

who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

6 who drink wine in bowls,

and anoint themselves with the best oils,

but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

7 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive.

The feasting and lounging will end.

8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of Armies:

"I abhor the pride of Jacob,

and detest his fortresses.

Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

9 It will happen that if ten men remain in one house,

they will die.

10 "When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’

11 "For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces,

and the little house into bits.

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?

Does one plow there with oxen?

But you have turned justice into poison,

and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

13 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say,

‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’

14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,"

says Yahweh, the God of Armies;

"and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."

Te Urupatu o Īharaira

1 Auē te mate mō te hunga e noho hūmārie ana i Hiona,

mō te hunga hoki e whakawhirinaki ana ki te maunga o Hamaria,

ngā tāngata whai ingoa o te tuatahi o ngā iwi,

i tae atu nei te whare o Īharaira ki a rātou!

2 Haere tonu ki Karane titiro ai;

haere atu i reira ki Hāmata nui;

haere tonu atu ki Kāta o ngā Pirihitini.

He pai atu rānei i ēnei kīngitanga?

Nui atu rānei tō rātou rohe i tō koutou rohe?

3 E te hunga e whakamatara atu nā i te rā kino,

e mea nā i te nohoanga o te tutū kia tata mai.

4 E takoto nā i runga i te moenga rei,

e whārōrō nā i runga i ō rātou takotoranga.

E kai nā i ngā reme o te kāhui,

i ngā kūao kau o waenganui i te tūranga kau.

5 E waiata nā i ngā waiata pōauau ki te rangi hātere;

e whakaaroa ana hoki e rātou ngā mea whakatangi,

e pērā ana me Rāwiri;

6 e inu ana i te wāina o ngā peihana,

ā, e whakawahi ana i a rātou ki ngā hinu pai rawa;

kāhore ia ō rātou pōuri mō te aituā o Hōhepa,

7 Nā āianei, ko rātou ki mua ka whakaraua atu o te hunga e whakaraua ana,

ā, ka kore te hākari a te hunga i whārōrō rā.

8 Kua oatitia te Ariki, a Ihowā, e ia anō, e ai tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano:

"E whakarihariha ana ahau ki tā Hākopa e whakaī nā,

e kino ana ki ōna whare kīngi;

mō reira ka tukua atu e ahau te pā

me ngā mea i roto."

9 Nā, ki te toe ngā tāngata kotahi tekau i roto i te whare kotahi, ka mate rātou. 10 Ā, ki te tangohia ake tētahi e tōna matua kēkē, arā e te kaitahu mōna, kia maua mai ai ngā wheua i roto i te whare, ā, ka mea ia ki te tangata i roto rawa i te whare, "He tangata anō rānei tēnā kei a koe nā?" Ā, ka mea ia, "Kāhore!" Kātahi ia ka mea, "Whakarongoa; e kore hoki tātou e whakahua i te ingoa o Ihowā."

11 Nō te mea, nanā, kei te whakahau a Ihowā,

ā, ka patua te whare nui ki ngā pakaru,

te whare iti ki ngā ngātata.

12 E rere rānei te hōiho i runga i te kāmaka?

E parautia rānei a reira ki te kau?

I whakaputaina kētia ai e koutou te whakawā hei au,

ngā hua hoki o te tika hei taru kawa –

13 e koa nā hoki koutou ki te kāhore noa iho,

e mea nā, "He teka ianei kua riro mai he haona i a tātou,

he mea nā tō tātou uaua?

14 "Otiia, nanā, ka ara i ahau tētahi iwi ki a koutou,

e te whare o Īharaira," e ai tā Ihowā, tā te Atua o ngā mano,

"ā, ka whakatupuria kinotia koutou e rātou i te haerenga atu

ki Hāmata, ā tae noa ki te awa o te Arapa."