Nahumu3

Ka Tata te Turaki

1Auē te mate mō te pā toto!Kua kī katoa i te teka, i te pāhua –kāhore e mutu te muru taonga!2Ko te haruru o te whiu,ko te ngaehe o ngā wīra e kekē ana;ko ngā hōiho e takatakahi ana,ko ngā hāriata e tarapekepeke ana.3Ko ngā kaieke hōiho e ekeeke ana,ko te wheriko o te hoari,ko te kanapa o te tao;ko te tini o te tūpāpaku,me te pūranga nui o ngā tinana mate –ā, kāhore he mutunga o ngā tinana;tūtuki ana te waewae ki ō rātou tinana.4He maha hoki nō ngā kairautanga o te wahine ātaahua i kairau nei;ko te rangatira nei ia o ngā mākutu,e hoko nei i ngā iwi ki āna kairautanga,i ngā hapū anō ki āna mahi mākutu.
5“Nanā, hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu,”e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano,“ka hurahia anō e ahau ngā remu o tōu ki tōu aroaro;ka whakakite anō ahau i a koe e noho tahanga ana ki ngā iwi,me tōu whakamā ki ngā kīngitanga.6Ā, ka makā e ahau he mea whakarihariha ki runga ki a koe,ka whakaititia koe e ahau,ka meinga hei tirohanga atu.7Nā, ko te hunga katoa e kite ana i a koeka rere atu i a koe, ā, ka mea,‘Kua ururuatia a Ninewe; ko wai hei tangi ki a ia?’Me rapu e ahau ki hea he kaiwhakamārie mōu?”
8He pai ake rānei koe i Noamono,i tū nei i roto i ngā awa,he mea karapoti e ngā wai,ko tōna pekerangi ko te moana,nō te moana anō tōna taiepa?9Ko tōna kaha ko Etiopia,ko Īhipa, kāhore hoki he mutunga;he āwhina nōu a Putu, a Rūpimi.
10Heoi, kua whakaraua atu ia,kua riro hei pārau.Ko āna kōhungahunga tāia ihoi te ahunga mai o ngā ara katoa,mongamonga noa,i maka rota rātou mō ōna tāngata nunui,ko ōna tāngata rarahi katoahere rawa ki te mekameka.
11Tērā anō koe ka haurangi,ka huna koe;ā, ka rapu koehe wāhi kaha i te wehi o te hoariri.12Ko ōu pā taiepa katoa ka rite ki te pikihe hua mātāmua nei ōna –ki te rurerurea, ka takaki roto ki te māngai o te tangata e kai ana.13Nanā, he wāhine ōu tāngatai waenganui i a koe.Ko ngā kūwaha o tōu whenuatuwhera pū ki ōu hoariri;ka pau ōu tūtaki i te ahi.
14Utuhia he wai mōu mō te whakapaenga,whakakahangia ōu pā taiepa;haere ki te mahi paru,takatakahia te mea pokepoke,kia ū te tahunga pereki.15Ka pau koe i te ahi i reira,ka hātepea atu koe e te hoari,ko tāna kai i a koe ka rite ki tā te tātarakihi.Whakaraneatia koe, kia rite ki te tātarakihi,whakaraneatia koe, kia rite ki te māwhitiwhiti.16Ko āu kaihokohokowhakatokomahatia ake e koe i ngā whetū o te rangi.Ko tā te tātarakihi he pāhua, ā, rere ana.17Ko ōu tāngata i te pōtae kīngi,ko tō rātou rite kei te māwhitiwhiti,ko ōu rangatira rite tonu ki ngā pōkai māwhitiwhitie noho nei i ngā taiepai te rā māeke i te whitinga o te rā ka rere rātou,kāhore hoki e mōhiotia tō rātou wāhi, kei hea rā?
18Kei te moe āu hēpara,e te kīngi o Ahiria;ko āu metararahi kei te takoto.Kua marara atu tōu iwi ki runga ki ngā maunga,kāhore hoki he kaihuihui.19Kāhore he whakamāhunga i tōu pakaru;he mamae rawa tōu marūtanga.Ko te hunga katoa e rongo ana i te rongo ki a koe,ka papaki ō rātou ringa ki a koe.I kore hoki ki a waite pānga tonutanga o tōu kino.