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47  Haere iho, e noho ki te puehu, e te tamahine wahine a Papurona: e noho ki te whenua, kahore he torona, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri he kiri angiangi, he whakatarapi.

E mau ki nga kohatu mira, hurihia he paraoa: tangohia ake tou arai, huhua ake te waewae, kia takoto kau te huha; e whiti i nga awa.

Ka kitea ou wahi e takoto tahanga ana, ae ra ka kitea tou mea e whakama ai koe: ka rapu utu ahau, e kore ano e whakaae ki tetahi tangata.

Ko to tatou kaihoko, ko Ihowa o nga mano tona ingoa, ko te Mea Tapu o Iharaira.

Noho kupukore, haere ki te pouri, e te tamahine a nga Karari; e kore hoki koe e kiia i muri, ko te wahine rangatira o nga kingitanga.

I riri ahau ki taku iwi, i whakapokea toku kainga tupu; tukua ana e ahau ki tou ringa; kihai i puta tou aroha ki a ratou, whakataimahatia rawatia iho e koe tau ioka ki te kaumatua.

I mea ano koe, Hei wahine rangatira ahau ake ake: na kihai noa iho tou ngakau i mea ki enei mea; kihai koe i mahara ki tona mutunga.

Na whakarongo aianei ki tenei, e te wahine e whai na ki nga ahuareka, e noho kore wehi na, e mea na i roto i tou ngakau, Tenei ahau, kahore atu hoki, ko ahau anake; e kore ahau e noho pouaru, e kore ahau e mohio ki te matenga o nga tamariki.

Otira ka pa whakarere enei e rua ki a koe i te ra kotahi, te matenga o nga tamariki, te pouarutanga; ka pa enei ki a koe i tona tonuitanga, ahakoa te nui o au mahi makutu, te maha rawa o au whaiwhaia.

10 I whakawhirinaki hoki koe ki tou kino, i mea, Kahore he kaititiro moku: ko ou whakaaro nui me tou mohio, na ena koe i whakangau ke; i mea ai koe i tou ngakau, Ko ahau tenei, kahore ke atu, ko ahau anake.

11 Mo reira ka tae mai te kino ki a koe, e kore tona putanga e mohiotia e koe, ka taka ano te he ki a koe, e kore e taea e koe te karo; ka tae hohoro mai ano ki a koe te whakangaro, e kore e mohiotia e koe.

12 Tena ra, e tu, me au whaiwhaia, me au makutu maha, i mahia ra e koe i tou tamarikitanga ake, me kahore koe e whai pai, me kahore tau e taea.

13 Kua hoha koe i te maha o nga whakaaro i whakatakotoria e koe. Tena ra, kia tu nga kaiwhakaaro ki nga rangi, nga kaititiro ki nga whetu, nga mea mohio ki nga marama, kia whakaorangia koe e ratou i nga mea meake tupono ki a koe.

14 Nana, ka rite ratou ki te kakau witi, ka wera i te ahi; e kore ratou e ora i te ngaunga a te ahi: ehara i te ngarahu hei whakamahanatanga, ehara hoki i te ahi hei painatanga.

15 Na ka pera nga mea ki a koe, i mahi ai koe ki reira: ko te hunga i hokohoko ki a koe mai i tou taitamarikitanga, ka kotiti atu ratou ki tona wahi, ki tona wahi; kahore he kaiwhakaora mou.

The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
    Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
    queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
    tender or delicate.(D)
Take millstones(E) and grind(F) flour;
    take off your veil.(G)
Lift up your skirts,(H) bare your legs,
    and wade through the streams.
Your nakedness(I) will be exposed
    and your shame(J) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(K)
    I will spare no one.(L)

Our Redeemer(M)—the Lord Almighty(N) is his name(O)
    is the Holy One(P) of Israel.

“Sit in silence,(Q) go into darkness,(R)
    queen city of the Babylonians;(S)
no more will you be called
    queen(T) of kingdoms.(U)
I was angry(V) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(W)
I gave them into your hand,(X)
    and you showed them no mercy.(Y)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.
You said, ‘I am forever(Z)
    the eternal queen!’(AA)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(AB) on what might happen.(AC)

“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security(AD)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.(AE)
I will never be a widow(AF)
    or suffer the loss of children.’
Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,(AG) on a single day:
    loss of children(AH) and widowhood.(AI)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries(AJ)
    and all your potent spells.(AK)
10 You have trusted(AL) in your wickedness
    and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(AM)
Your wisdom(AN) and knowledge mislead(AO) you
    when you say to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(AP) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly(AQ) come upon you.

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(AR)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(AS)
    Let your astrologers(AT) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(AU) you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;(AV)
    the fire(AW) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.(AX)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.
15 That is all they are to you—
    these you have dealt with
    and labored(AY) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
    there is not one that can save(AZ) you.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5