Ezequiel 24

Te Kōhura i Koropupū

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i te iwa o ngā tau, i te tekau o ngā marama, i te tekau o ngā rā o te marama, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, tuhituhia te ingoa o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā kotahi rawa nei; ko te tino rā tēnei i anga nui ai te kīngi o Papurōna ki Hiruhārama. 3 Kōrerotia hoki tētahi kupu whakarite ki te whare whakakeke, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:

Whakaekea te kōhua, whakaekea,

ringihia anō he wai ki roto.

4 Kohikohia anō ōna wāhi ki roto,

ngā wāhi pai katoa, te hūhā, te peke;

whakakīia ki ngā wheua pai rawa.

5 Tīkina te hipi pai rawa,

me haupū ngā wheua ki raro i a ia;

kia nui te koropupūtanga;

āe rā, kōhuatia ōna wheua ki roto.

6 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:

Auē te mate mō te pā toto,

me te kōhua he waikura nei tōna,

kīhai nei tōna waikura i tahia!

Whakaputaina ki waho tēnei wāhi ōna, tēnei wāhi ōna;

kāhore tētahi rota i tau ki runga i a ia.

7 Nō te mea kei roto i a ia ōna toto,

kua waiho e ia ki runga ki te kāmaka;

kīhai i ringihia e ia ki te whenua,

kia hīpokina ai ki te puehu.

8 He mea kia puta ake ai te weriweri ki te rapu utu,

kua waiho e ahau ōna toto

ki runga ki te kāmaka,

kei hīpokina.

9 "Nā reira tēnei kupu a te Ariki, a Ihowā:

Auē te mate mō te pā toto!

Māku anō e whakanui tōna pūranga wahie.

10 Pūrangatia te wahie,

whakaūngia te ahi,

kia pai rawa te kōhua i ngā kiko;

meatia mārietia kia pupuru ngā kai,

kia wera hoki ngā wheua.

11 Ka tū kau, whakatūria ki runga ki ōna ngārahu,

kia mahana ai, kia wera ai tōna parāhi,

kia rewa ai tōna poke i roto,

kia poto ai te waikura.

12 Kua hōhā ia i te mahi;

otiia kīhai tōna waikura nui i puta atu i roto i a ia;

kāhore tōna waikura i kore i te ahi.

13 "He hē kei roto i tōu poke. Nā, mea noa ahau i a koe kia mā, ā, kīhai koe i mā; mō reira e kore tōu poke e whakamākia ā muri ake nei, kia mākona rā anō tōku riri ki a koe.

14 "Nāku, nā Ihowā te kupu. Ka rite, ka mahia anō e ahau, e kore tāku e taka, e kore anō ahau e manawapā, e kore e rīpenetā. Ka rite ki ōu ara, ka rite ki āu mahi tā rātou whakawā mōu, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."

Tō Ehekiera Pōuritanga

15 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 16 "E te tama a te tangata, ka tangohia mai e ahau i tōu taha tā ōu kanohi i hiahia ai, ka whakapāngia ki te mate; kaua anō ia e uhungatia, kaua e tangihia, kaua ōu roimata e puta. 17 E tangi, engari kia ngāwari; kauaka he uhunga tūpāpaku, herea tōu tūpare ki runga ki a koe, kuhua anō ōu hū ki ōu waewae, kaua anō ōu ngutu e āraia, kaua anō e kainga te taro tāngata."

18 Heoi, i kōrero ahau ki te iwi i te ata; ā, i te ahiahi ka mate tōku hoa wahine. Nā, i te ata ka meatia e ahau te mea i whakahaua ki ahau.

19 Nā, ka mea te iwi ki ahau, "E kore ianei e kōrerotia e koe ki a mātou, he aha mō mātou ēnā mea e meatia nā e koe?"

20 Anō rā ko ahau ki a rātou, "I puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 21 Mea atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tēnei ahau te whakapoke nei i tōku wāhi tapu, i tā koutou i whakaī ai, i tā koutou kanohi e hiahia nei, i te mea e manawapātia ana e tō koutou wairua. Nā, ko ā koutou tama, ko ā koutou tamāhine, i mahue nei ki a koutou, ka hinga i te hoari. 22 Ā, ko tā koutou e mea ai ka rite ki tāku i mea nei; e kore ō koutou ngutu e āraia, e kore anō koutou e kai i te taro tāngata. 23 E mau anō ō koutou tūpare ki ō koutou māhunga, ō koutou hū ki ō koutou waewae. E kore koutou e uhunga, e kore e tangi; engari ka memeha atu i runga i ō koutou hē, ka kōingo ki tētahi, ki tētahi. 24 Ā hei tohu a Ehekiera ki a koutou; ka rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia tā koutou e mea ai. Ka pā mai tēnei, ka mōhio koutou ko te Ariki ahau, ko Ihowā.

25 "Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, he teka ianei i te rā e tangohia atu ai e ahau tō rātou kaha, tō rātou koa whakakorōria, tā ō rātou kanohi e hiahia ai, tā ō rātou ngākau e ōkaka tonu ai, ā rātou tama, ā rātou tamāhine, 26 i taua rā ka haere mai te mea i mawhiti ki a koe kia rongo ai ōu taringa? 27 I taua rā ka puaki tōu māngai ki te tangata i mawhiti, ā, ka kōrero, kore ake ōu wahangū; hei tohu hoki koe ki a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."

1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day. 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4 gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust. 8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the rust of it may be consumed. 12 She hath wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust goeth not forth by fire. 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. 14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.

15 Also the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18 So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? 20 Then I said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do: when this cometh, then shall ye know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

25 And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters, 26 that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.