Habakkuk 1

Maori (Paipera Tapu 2012)

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1Ko te poropititanga i kitea e Hapakuku poropiti.

2Kia pēhea te roa, e Ihowā, o tāku tangi, ā, kāhore koe e rongo? E karanga atu ana ahau ki a koe mō te tutū, ā, kāhore koe e whakaora.

3He aha koe i whakakite mai ai i te kino ki ahau? He aha koe i titiro ai ki te pakeketanga? He pāhua hoki, he tutū tēnei kei tōku aroaro, nā, he totohe tēnei, ā, kei te oho ake he ngangare.

4Nā reira kahakore noa iho te ture, kore tonu ake e puta te whakawā; e karapotia ana hoki te tika e te kino – nā reira, te putanga o te whakawā, he parori kē.

5“Titiro atu ki ngā tauiwi, mātakitaki, kia nui te mīharo! Nō te mea kei te mahi ahau i tētahi mahi i ō koutou rā, he mea e kore e whakaponohia, ki te kōrerotia atu.

6Nō te mea tēnei ka ara i ahau ngā Karari, taua iwi nanakia rā, taua iwi hīkaka tonu rā, e haerea nei e rātou te whānuitanga o te whenua, kia riro ai i a rātou ngā kāinga ehara nei i a rātou.

7“He hanga whakamataku rātou, he mea wehi; i ahu tonu ake i a rātou tā rātou nā whakawā, me tō rātou nā rangatiratanga.

8He tere atu ā rātou hōiho i te reparo, he nanakia atu i te wuruhi o te ahiahi; ka tohatoha noa atu ō rātou kaieke hōiho. Āe rā, ka haere mai anō ā rātou kaieke hōiho i tawhiti; ko tā rātou rere rite tonu ki tā te ēkara e hohoro ana ki te kai.

9“Ko rātou katoa he mahi nanakia i haere mai ai; ko ō rātou kanohi whakamau tonu me te mea ko te hau marangai, me te mea he kirikiri ngā whakarau e aohia ana e rātou.

10Āe rā, e taunu ana ia ki ngā kīngi, ā, hei kata māna ngā rangatira. Ka kata ia ki ngā pā taiepa katoa; ka opehia ake hoki he puehu e ia, ā, riro tonu i a ia.

11Kātahi ia ka wheoro ake ānō he hau, ka whiti atu, ā, ka mahi i te hē; arā a ia, te tangata ko tōna kaha nei tōna atua.”

12He teka ianei nōnamata riro koe, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, e tōku Mea Tapu? E kore mātou e mate. Kua waiho ia e koe, e Ihowā, hei whakawā; kua whakapūmautia ia e koe, e te Kāmaka, hei whiu.

13He kanohi mā rawa ōu, e kore koe e titiro ki te kino, e kore anō e āhei kia mātakitaki koe ki te kino. He aha koe i mātakitaki ai ki te hunga tinihanga, i whakarongo puku ai i te mea ka horomia e te tangata kino te tangata e tika rawa ana i a ia?

14He aha ngā tāngata i meinga ai e koe kia rite ki ngā ika o te moana, ki ngā mea ngōkingōki kāhore nei ō rātou kaiwhakahaere tikanga?

15Ko rātou katoa tangohia ake e ia ki te matau, ka mau i a ia ki roto ki tāna kupenga, e kokoa ana ki tāna rou; nā reira koa ana ia, whakamanamana ana.

16Koia ia i whakahere ai ki tāna kupenga, i tahu whakakakara ai ki tāna rou; nō te mea nā aua mea i whai ngako ai tōna wāhi, i mōmona ai tāna kai.

17He mea anō rānei tērā e whakawāteatia ai e ia tāna kupenga, ā, kore iho e tohungia ngā iwi e patua tonutia ana?

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