Heremaia48

Te Whakawātanga ki Moapa

1Mō Moapa:
Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā o ngā mano, a te Atua o Īharaira:
“Auē te mate mō Nepo, kua pāhuatia hoki!Kua meinga a Kiriataima kia whakamā, kua riro:kua meinga a Mihikapa kia whakamā, kua wāwāhia iho ia.
2Kua kāhore te whakamoemiti mō Moapa;i Hehepona rātou e whakatakoto ana i te kino mōna,‘Haere mai, tātou ka hātepe atu i a ia, kia kore ai tēnā iwi.’Ko koe anō hoki, e Maramene, ka whakanohopukutia koe;ka aru te hoari i a koe.3Ka puta te reo auē i Horonaimi,‘He pāhua, he whakangaromanga nui!’4Ka oti a Moapa te tukituki!He auē ka rangona, nā āna mea ririki.5Ka haere hoki rātou mā te pikinga atu ki Rūhitime te tangi haere tonu;nō te mea i te heketanga ki Horonaimikua rongo rātou i te mamae kino o te auē ki te whakangaromanga.6E rere! Kāhaki i a koutou kia ora ai!Kia rite ai ki te manoao i te koraha!
7“Nō te mea, nāu i whakawhirinaki ki āu mahi, ki āu taonga,koia anō koe ka horo ai;ā, ka riro a Kemoho i te whakarau,rātou tahi ko ōna tohunga, ko ōna rangatira.8Ka tae te kaipāhua ki ngā pā katoa,e kore hoki tētahi pā e puta;ka ngaro te raorao, ka hunā hoki te mānia;ka pērā me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai.9Hoatu he parirau mō Moapa,kia rere atu ai, kia puta ai:ā, ka ururuatia ōna pā,tē ai he tangata hei noho ki reira.
10“Ka kangā te tangata e mahi whakaparahako ana i tā Ihowā mahi,ā, ka kangā hoki te tangata e kore nei e tuku i tāna hoari ki te toto.
11“I runga a Moapa i te rangimārie nō tōna tamarikitanga ake,ā, i āta takoto ia i runga i ōna nganga,kīhai i ringihia atu i tētahi oko ki tētahi oko,kīhai anō hoki ia i riro i te whakarau.Heoi, mau tonu tōna reka ki a ia,ā, kīhai tōna kakara i rerekē.12Mō reira, nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā,”e ai tā Ihowā,“e ungā ai e ahau ki a ia te hunga ringiringi,ā, ka ringihia atu ia e rātou;ā, ka noho tahanga i a rātou āna oko,ka pakaru rikiriki hoki ā rātou pounamu.13Nā, ka whakamā a Moapa ki a Kemoho,ka pērā me te whare o Īharaira i whakamā rā ki Pētēre,ki tā rātou i whakawhirinaki ai.
14“He pēhea tā koutou e kī nā,‘He mārohirohi tātou, he uaua ki te whawhai’?15Kua pāhuatia a Moapa, ā, kua piki atu rātou ki ōna pā,kua heke iho hoki āna taitama, he mea whiriwhiri, kei raro, he parekura,e ai tā te Kīngi, ko Ihowā nei o ngā mano tōna ingoa.16Ka tata te aituā o Moapa te puta,ā, kei te tino kaikā mai te hē mōna.17Tangihia ia, e koutou katoa i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha,e koutou e mōhio ana ki tōna ingoa;kī ake, ‘Anō te whatinga o te rākau kaha,o te tokotoko ātaahua!’
18“E te tamāhine e noho mai nei i Ripono,makere mai i tōu korōria,e noho ki te matewai;nō te mea kua tae te kaipāhua o Moapa ki a koe,kua kore i a ia ōu wāhi kaha.19E te wahine e noho ana i Aroere,e tū ki te ara titiro ai.Ui atu ki te tangata e rere ana, ki te wahine e mawhiti ana;mea atu, ‘He aha kua meatia?’20Kua whakamā a Moapa, kua pakaru;auē, e tangi!Kōrerotia ki Aranona,kua oti a Moapa te pāhua.
21“Kua tae atu anō te whakawā ki te mānia;ki Horono, ki Iahata, ki Mepaata,22ā, ki Ripono, ki Nepo, ki, Pēteripirataima,23ki Kiriataima, ki Petekamuru, Petemeono,24ki Kerioto, ki Potora,ki ngā pā katoa o te whenua o Moapa,ki ngā mea i tawhiti, ki ngā mea e tata ana.25Kua oti te haona o Moapa te pōuto atu,kua whati tōna ringa,”e ai tā Ihowā.26“Meinga ia e koutou kia haurangi;mōna i whakakake ki a Ihowā;ā, ka okeoke a Moapa i roto i tōna ruaki,ā, waiho anō ia hei katanga.27He teka ianei i waiho a Īharaira hei katanga māu?I kitea rānei ia i roto i ngā tāhae?Nō te mea i āu kōrerotanga katoa mōna,e oraora ana te māhunga.28E ngā tāngata o Moapa,whakarērea ngā pā, e noho ki te kāmaka;ā, kia rite ki te kūkupa e hanga neii tōna ōhanga ki ngā taha o te kūwaha o te rua.
29“Kua rongo tātou i te whakahīhī o Moapa –nui atu hoki tōna whakahīhī –i tōna whakakake, i tōna whakamanamana, i tōna whakapehapeha,i te whakahirahira hoki o tōna ngākau.30E mōhio ana ahau ki tōna riri,”e ai tā Ihowā,“otiia kāhore he tikanga;kāhore he rawa o āna whakapehapeha.31Mō reira ka tangi ahau mō Moapa;āe rā, ka auē ahau mō Moapa katoa.Ka uhunga rātou mō ngā tāngata o Kiriherehe.32E te wāina o Hipima,ka tangihia koe e ahau, nui atu i te tangihanga, mō Iatere.Kua whiti ōu peka ki tērā taha o te moana,kua tae rawa ki te moana o Iatere.Kua kōkiri atu te kaipāhua ki āu hua raumati,ki tāu kohikohinga wāina.33Ā, kua whakakāhoretia atu te koa me te harii te māra mōmona, i te whenua hoki o Moapa;ā, kua mutu i ahau he wāina mō ngā takahanga wāina;e kore tētahi e hāmama i te takahanga;ko tō rātou hāmama ehara i te hāmama.
34“Nō te auētanga i Hehepona tae noa ki Ereare,ki Iahata, te puakanga o tō rātou reo,nō Toara tae noa ki Horonaimi, ki Ekerata Herihia,nō te mea ka mokemoke anō hoki ngā wai o Nimirimi.35Ka meinga anō hoki e ahau kia mutui roto i a Moapa,”ai tā Ihowā,“te tangata whakaeke whakahere ki te wāhi tiketike,me te tangata tahu whakakakara ki ōna atua.36Nā reira kei te tangi tōku ngākau ki a Moapa ānō he pūtōrino,kei te tangi hoki tōku ngākau ānō he pūtōrino ki ngā tāngata o Kiriherehe;nā reira kua mōtī ngā mea maha i mahia e ia.37He mea moremore katoa hoki ngā māhunga,ko ngā kumikumi katoa tapahi rawa;he haehaenga kei ngā ringa katoa, he kākahu taratara kei ngā hope.38Kei runga i ngā tuanui katoa o Moapa a kei ōna ara he uhunga kei ngā wāhi katoa;nō te mea kua pakaru i ahau a Moapa,ānō he oko e kore e manakohia,”e ai tā Ihowā.39“Anō tōna wawāhanga! Tā rātou auē!Inā, te tahuritanga mai o te tuarā o Moapa i te whakamā!Nā, ka waiho a Moapa hei katanga,hei whakawehi ki te hunga i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha.”
40Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā:“Nanā, ka rere ia ānō he ēkara,ka roha hoki ōna parirau ki runga ki Moapa.41Kua horo Kerioto,kua riro ngā wāhi kaha,ā, ka rite te ngākau o ngā mārohirohi o Moapa i taua rāki te ngākau o te wahine e whakamamae ana.42Ā, ka hunā a Moapa, ka kore tēnā iwi,mōna i whakakake ki a Ihowā.43Ko te wehi, ko te poka, ko te rore,kei a koe, e te tangata o Moapa,”e ai tā Ihowā.44“Ko te tangata e rere ana i te wehi,ka taka ki te poka;ā, ko te tangata e puta ake ana i te poka,ka mau i te rore.Ka tākina hoki e ahau ki runga ki a ia, arā ki a Moapa,te tau e tirotirohia ai rātou,”e ai tā Ihowā.
45“Ko te hunga i rere, tū ana rātoui raro i te ata o Hehepona, kāhore he kaha;kua puta atu hoki he ahi i Hehepona,he mura i waenganui o Hihona,ā, kua pau te koki o Moapa,te tumuaki hoki o ngā tama a te ngangau.46Auē te mate mōu, e Moapa!Kua hunā te iwi o Kemoho;kua riro hoki āu tama hei whakarau,āu tamāhine hoki hei whakarau.
47“Otiia, ka whakahokia mai anō e ahau a Moapai te whakarau i ngā rā whakamutunga,”e ai tā Ihowā.Heoi anō te whakawā mō Moapa.