Isaías 32

1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,

and princes shall rule in justice.

2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,

and a covert from the storm,

as streams of water in a dry place,

as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim,

and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge,

and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

5 The fool will no longer be called noble,

nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

6 For the fool will speak folly,

and his heart will work iniquity,

to practice profanity,

and to utter error against Yahweh,

to make empty the soul of the hungry,

and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil.

He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words,

even when the needy speaks right.

8 But the noble devises noble things,

and he will continue in noble things.

9 Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice!

You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

10 For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women;

for the vintage will fail.

The harvest won’t come.

11 Tremble, you women who are at ease!

Be troubled, you careless ones!

Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked,

and put sackcloth on your waist.

12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vine.

13 Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land;

yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

14 For the palace will be forsaken.

The populous city will be deserted.

The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever,

a delight for wild donkeys,

a pasture of flocks,

15 until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness;

and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

17 The work of righteousness will be peace,

and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation,

in safe dwellings,

and in quiet resting places,

19 though hail flattens the forest,

and the city is leveled completely.

20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,

who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

He Kīngi e Tika ana te Whakahaere

1 Nanā, ka kīngi te kīngi i runga i te tika,

ka whakahaere tikanga anō ngā rangatira i runga i te whakawā.

2 Ā, ka ai he tangata hei kuhunga ina pā te hau,

hei piringa kei mate i te tūpuhi;

ka rite ki ngā awa wai i te wāhi maroke,

ki te ata o te kōhatu nui i te whenua ngaunga rā.

3 Nā, e kore e atarua ngā kanohi o te hunga kite;

ka whakarongo anō te hunga i te taringa rongo.

4 Ka mātauria anō te mātauranga e te ngākau o te hunga pōnānā,

ā, ka hohoro te arero o ngā reo kīkiki ki te kōrero mārama.

5 E kore te wairangi e kīia i muri he ohaoha,

e kore anō te kaiponu e kīia he atawhai.

6 Ka kōrero hoki te tangata nanakia i te nanakia,

ā, ka mahi tōna ngākau i te kino,

kia whakahāwea ai ki te tapu,

kia puta kē ai tāna kōrero ki a Ihowā,

kia noho tahanga ai i a ia te wairua o te tangata matekai,

kia mōtī ai hoki he wai mō te tangata matewai.

7 He kino hoki ngā hanga a te kaiponu;

e whakatakotoria ana e ia he whakaaro kino,

he kōrero teka e hē ai te hunga iti,

ahakoa e tika ana anō ngā kōrero a te rawakore.

8 He ohaoha ia ngā tikanga a te ohaoha;

ā, ka ū ia ki ngā mahi ohaoha.

Ngā Wāhine o Hiruhārama

9 Whakatika e ngā wāhine e noho pai ana,

whakarongo ki tōku reo;

e ngā tamāhine whakaarokore,

kia whai taringa, ki āku kupu.

10 He maha ngā rā i tua atu i te tau

e raruraru ai koutou, e ngā wāhine maharakore;

nō te mea ka kore te whakinga wāina,

e kore hoki e tae mai te kohikohinga.

11 E wiri, e ngā wāhine e noho hūmārie ana;

pōkaikaha noa iho, e te hunga maharakore;

whakarērea ngā kākahu, noho tahanga,

whītikiria he kākahu taratara ki ō koutou hope.

12 Ka papaki rātou ki ngā uma mō ngā māra ātaahua,

mō te wāina hua,

13 ka puta ake te tātarāmoa me te tūmatakuru

ki te oneone o tāku iwi,

inā, ki runga ki ngā whare koa katoa

o te pā hari.

14 Nō te mea ka mahue te whare kīngi,

ka whakarērea te pā tokomaha;

ko te puke me te pourewa

ka waiho hei ana ā ake ake,

hei mea e koa ai ngā kāihe mohoao,

hei wāhi kai mā ngā kāhui;

15 kia ringihia mai rā anō i runga te wairua ki a tātou,

kia meinga rā anō te koraha hei māra whai hua,

kia kīia anō te māra whai hua he ngahere.

Te Rangimārie o te Kīngitanga a Ihowā

16 Ko reira te whakawā noho ai ki te koraha,

ā, hei kāinga te māra hua mō te tika.

17 Ā, ko te mahi a te tika he rongo mau;

ko te whakaotinga o te tika he āta noho, he ngākau ū ā ake ake.

18 Ka noho hoki tāku iwi ki te nohoanga o te rongo mau,

ki ngā kāinga e ū ai te ngākau,

ki ngā okiokinga hūmārie.

19 Ka tārere iho ia te whatu i te hinganga o te ngahere;

ā, ka whakahoroa rawatia te pā ki raro.

20 Anō te hari o koutou,

o te hunga e whakatō ana ki te taha o ngā wai katoa,

e tuku atu ana i ngā waewae o te kau, o te kāihe.