Vous avez cherché: i treasure the wellbeing of my people (Anglais - Maori)

also, o judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when i returned the captivity of my people.
kua rite hoki he kotinga mau, e hura, ina whakahokia mai e ahau taku iwi i te whakarau

they eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
ko te hara o taku iwi kainga ake e ratou, ko to ratou ngakau anga tonu ki to ratou he

all the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
ka mate i te hoari te hunga hara katoa o taku iwi, ena e ki na, e kore tatou e mau, e kore ano e haukotia e te kino

and shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
ka ki ano ia, opehia ake, opehia ake, whakapaia te ara, hapainga atu te tutukitanga waewae i te ara o taku iwi

but go ye now unto my place which was in shiloh, where i set my name at the first, and see what i did to it for the wickedness of my people israel.
engari haere ra ki toku wahi i hiro, ki te wahi i whakanohoia mataatitia ai e ahau toku ingoa, tirohia taku i mea ai ki reira mo te kino o taku iwi, o iharaira

and now, my daughter, fear not; i will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
na kaua e wehi, e taku tamahine; ka meatia e ahau ki a koe au mea katoa i ki mai ai; e mohio ana hoki te pa katoa o toku iwi he wahine koe e uaua ana ki te pai

for how can i endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can i endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
me pehea hoki e ahei ai ahau te titiro ki te he e pa ki toku iwi? me pehea hoki e ahei ai ahau te titiro ki te hunanga o oku whanaunga

and i will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and i will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that i am the lord.
ka u atu hoki toku mata ki taua tangata, ka meinga ia e ahau he miharotanga hei tohu, hei whakatauki, ka hatepea atu ano ia e ahau i roto i taku iwi; a ka mohio koutou ko ihowa ahau

and if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, i the lord have deceived that prophet, and i will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people israel.
na, ki te he te poropiti i tana korerotanga i tetahi kupu, naku, na ihowa, taua poropiti i he ai, ka pa toku ringa ki a ia, a ka ngaro ia i ahau i roto i taku iwi, i a iharaira

even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
ko nga kirehe mohoao nei hoki, e tukua iho ana te u e ratou, e whakangotea ana e ratou a ratou kuao: kua taikaha te tamahine a toku iwi, kua rite ki nga otereti o te koraha

and i will lay my vengeance upon edom by the hand of my people israel: and they shall do in edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the lord god.
ka tukua atu ano e ahau taku rapu utu ki a eroma, ma taku iwi, ma iharaira e mahi; ka meatia ano e ratou i roto i a eroma nga mea e rite ana ki toku riri, ki toku weriweri; a ka mohio ratou ki taku rapu utu, e ai ta te ariki, ta ihowa

nay, my lord, hear me: the field give i thee, and the cave that is therein, i give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give i it thee: bury thy dead.
kahore, e toku ariki, whakarongo ki ahau: ka hoatu e ahau tena wahi ki a koe, me te ana i reira, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe; ka hoatu e ahau i te aroaro o nga tama o toku iwi: tanumia tou tupapaku

he was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
na te tukino, na te whakawa, tangohia atu ana ia; tena ko tona whakatupuranga, ko wai o ratou i whakaaro kua wehea atu ia i te ao ora? he mahi he hoki na taku iwi i patua ai ia

for the statutes of omri are kept, and all the works of the house of ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that i should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
no te mea e mau ana nga tikanga a omori, me nga mahi katoa a te whare o ahapa, a e haere ana koutou i runga i o ratou whakaaro; kia meinga ai koe e ahau kia ururua, a ko nga tangata o kona hei whakahianga atu; a ka mau ki a koutou te ingoa kino o taku iwi

therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
na me korero e koe tenei kupu ki a ratou, kia hirere iho te roimata o oku kanohi i te po, i te ao, kaua hoki e mutu; no te mea he nui te pakaru i pakaru ai te tamahine a taku iwi, mamae rawa te patunga

and i will bring again the captivity of my people of israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
ka whakahokia mai ano e ahau taku iwi, a iharaira, i te whakarau, a ka hanga e ratou nga pa kua ururuatia, nohoia iho; ka whakato mara waina ano ratou, ka inu i te waina o aua mara: ka mahi kari ano ratou, a ka kai i nga hua o reira

and it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, the lord liveth; as they taught my people to swear by baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
a tenei ake, ki te ako marie ratou ki nga ara o taku iwi, a ka oatitia toku ingoa, ara, e ora ana a ihowa; ki te pera ratou me ratou i whakaako ra i taku iwi kia oatitia a paara; katahi ka hanga ratou ki waenganui i taku iwi

o daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
e te tamahine a taku iwi, whitikiria te kakahu taratara, ka takaoriori ki te pungarehu, hei te tangi ki te huatahi tau tangi ki a koe, kia tiwerawera te tangi: no te mea kihai i aha kua tae mai te kaipahua ki a tatou

and say, thus saith the lord god; woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
mea atu, ko te kupu tenei a te ariki, a ihowa; aue, te mate mo nga wahine e tuitui urunga ana ki nga tuke katoa; e hanga arai ana mo nga mahunga o te roa, o te poto, hei whai wairua! ka whai ranei koutou i nga wairua o taku iwi? ka whakaora rane i i etahi hei wairua ma koutou

and mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of israel, neither shall they enter into the land of israel; and ye shall know that i am the lord god.
ka pa ano toku ringa ki nga poropiti he horihori nei ta ratou kitenga, ki nga tohunga tuaahu teka; e kore ratou e noho ki te runanga o taku iwi, e kore e tuhituhia ki te tuhituhinga o te whare o iharaira, e kore ano e tae ki te whenua o iharaira; a ka mohio koutou ko te ariki ahau, ko ihowa