Micah 2

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Aue, te mate mo te hunga e whakaaro na ki te he, e mahi na i te kino i runga i o ratou moenga! takiri rawa ake te ata kua mahia e ratou, no te mea kei roto i te kaha o to ratou ringa.

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

E hiahia ana ratou ki nga mara, tangohia ake; ki nga whare hoki riro tonu i a ratou: e whakatupuria kinotia ana e ratou tetahi tangata me tona whare, te tangata rawa nei me tona wahi tupu.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

Mo reira ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: Nana, ka whakaaroa e ahau he kino mo tenei hapu, e kore ai e whakawateatia e koutou o koutou kaki i reira, e kore ano koutou e haere whakapehapeha; he kino hoki tenei wa.

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

I taua ra ka ara i a ratou tetahi whakatauki mo koutou, ka tangi hoki i tetahi rangi mamae nui, a ka mea, Kua pahuatia rawatia tatou; kua puta ke i a ia te wahi o taku iwi. Aue, tana wehenga atu i ahau! wehea ana e ia a tatou mara ma te hunga wha kakeke.

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Mo reira kahore he tangata mau hei maka i te taura a te rota i roto i te whakaminenga a Ihowa.

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

Kaua koutou e poropiti: ko ta ratou poropiti tenei. E kore ratou e poropiti ki ena: e kore nga taunu e haere atu.

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

E kiia ianei, e te whare o Hakopa, Kua kuiti te wairua o Ihowa? ko ana mahi ianei enei? He teka ianei he mahi pai ta aku kupu ki te tangata e tika ana te haere?

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Otiia no enei ra nei ano ka whakatika ake taku iwi ano he hoariri: e tihorea atu ana e koutou te koroka i te kakahu o te hunga e haere kore wehi noa atu ana ano he tangata e ngakaukore ana ki te whawhai.

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

Kua oti nga wahine o taku iwi te pei e koutou i roto i o ratou whare ahuareka; kua tangohia e koutou toku kororia i a ratou tamariki nonohi a ake ake.

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Whakatika, haere; ehara hoki tenei i to koutou okiokinga; he mea hoki mo te poke e whakangaro ana, e whakangaro kino rawa ana.

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Ki te korero teka tetahi tangata e haere ana i te hau, i te teka, ki te mea, Ka poropiti ahau ki a koe mo te waina, mo te wai kaha; ko ia rawa ano hei poropiti mo tenei iwi.

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

He pono ka kohikohi ahau i a koe katoa, e Hakopa; he pono ka whakawhaititia e ahau nga morehu o Iharaira; ka huihuia ratou e ahau, ka peratia me nga hipi o Potora: ka rite ki te kahui i waenganui o to ratou taiepa, ka nui to ratou nge i te tini hoki o te tangata.

The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

Kua tae ake te kaiwahi i to ratou aroaro: kua pakaru mai ratou ki waho, kua tika i roto i te kuwaha, kua puta atu ma reira: kua haere atu to ratou kingi i mua i a ratou, a Ihowa i to ratou upoko.