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 koe ka 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 iho i te ahunga mai o ngā ara katoa, mongamonga noa, i maka rota rātou mō ōna tāngata nunui, ko ōna tāngata rarahi katoa here rawa ki te mekameka.
11Tērā anō koe ka haurangi, ka huna koe; ā, ka rapu koe he wāhi kaha i te wehi o te hoariri.
12Ko ōu pā taiepa katoa ka rite ki te piki he hua mātāmua nei ōna – ki te rurerurea, ka taka ki roto ki te māngai o te tangata e kai ana.
13Nanā, he wāhine ōu tāngata i waenganui i a koe. Ko ngā kūwaha o tōu whenua tuwhera 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 kaihokohoko whakatokomahatia 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 māwhitiwhiti e noho nei i ngā taiepa i 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 wai te pānga tonutanga o tōu kino.