Ezequiel 38

Mā Koko e Whakaeke

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki Koko, o te whenua o Makoko, ki te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara, ka poropiti atu he hē mōna; 3 mea atu hoki: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu, e Koko, e te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara. 4 Ka whakatahuritia anō koe e ahau, ka whakamaua he matau ki ōu kauae, ā, ka whakaputaina koe ki waho, me tōu ope katoa, ngā hōiho, me ngā kaieke hōiho, he mea whakakākahu rātou katoa ki ngā kākahu o te whawhai, he ope nui me te puapua, me te whakangungu rākau, ā, he hāpai hoari rātou katoa. 5 Ko Pahia, ko Etiopia, ko Putu ō rātou hoa; rite katoa rātou i te whakangungu rākau, i te pōtae whawhai; 6 ā, Kōmere, me ōna rōpū katoa; te whare o Tokārama, o ngā pito rawa ki te raki, rātou ko ōna ope katoa, arā, ko ngā iwi maha i tōu taha.

7 "Kia noho rite koe, āe rā, whakatikatika i a koe, i a koe me ōu rōpū katoa kua huihui nei ki a koe, ā, ko koe hei kaitiaki mō rātou. 8 Kia maha ngā rā ka tirohia koe, i ngā tau whakamutunga ka tae koe ki te whenua i whakahokia mai i te hoari, i kohikohia mai i roto i ngā iwi maha, ki ngā maunga o Īharaira kua ururua noa ake. Heoi, kua oti te whakaputa mai i roto i ngā iwi, ā, ka noho hūmārie rātou katoa. 9 Ā, ka kake koe, ka haere mai koe me te paroro, ā, ka rite koe ki te kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua, a koe, me ōu rōpū katoa, koutou tahi ko ngā iwi maha.

10 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, i taua rā ka puta ake he mea i tōu ngākau, ā, ka whakaaroa e koe he whakaaro nanakia. 11 Ā, ka mea koe, ‘Ka haere ahau ki te whenua i ngā pā kore taiepa; ka tae ahau ki te hunga e āta noho ana, e noho wehikore ana, e noho ana rātou katoa kāhore he taiepa, kāhore he tūtaki, kāhore he kēti; 12 ki te pāhua i ngā taonga, ki te tango mea parakete; tahuri tonu tōu ringa ki ngā wāhi ururua kua nohoia, ki te iwi kua oti te kohikohi mai i roto i ngā tauiwi, ā, kua whiwhi ki te kararehe, ki te taonga, e noho ana i waenganui o te whenua.’ 13 Nā, ka mea a Hēpā, a Rerana, rātou ko ngā kaihokohoko o Tarahihi, me ngā kūao raiona katoa o reira ki a koe, ‘Kua tae mai rānei koe ki te pāhua taonga? Kua whakaminea rānei e koe tāu hui ki te tango i ngā mea parakete? Ki te mau atu i te hiriwa, i te kōura, ki te tango i ngā kararehe, i ngā taonga, ki te pāhua i ngā taonga maha?’

14 "Mō reira, e te tama a te tangata, poropiti, mea atu ki a Koko: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā e noho hūmārie ai tāku iwi a Īharaira, e kore ianei e mōhiotia e koe? 15 Ā, tērā koe e haere mai i tōu wāhi i ngā pito rawa ki te raki, koutou ko ngā iwi maha, ko rātou katoa i runga i te hōiho, he hui nui, he ope nui. 16 Ā, ka whakaekea e koe tāku iwi a Īharaira, me te mea he kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua; ā, i ngā rā whakamutunga ka kawea koe e ahau ki te whawhai ki tōku whenua, kia mōhio ai ngā tauiwi ki ahau, ina ka whakatapua ahau i runga i a koe, e Koko, i tā rātou tirohanga."

He Whakawātanga i a Koko

17 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko koe rānei tērā i kōrerotia rā e ahau, arā e āku pononga, e ngā poropiti o Īharaira, i ngā rā onamata, i poropititia hoki e rātou i aua rā, he maha ngā tau, tāku kawenga i a koe ki a rātou? 18 Nā, ā taua rā, ā te rā e haere mai ai a Koko ki te whenua o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ka puta ake tōku weriweri ki ōku pongāihu. 19 Kua kōrero hoki ahau i runga i tōku hae, i runga i te ahi o tōku riri: He pono i taua rā ka nui te rū ki te whenua o Īharaira; 20 ā, ka wiri ngā ika o te moana ki tōku aroaro, ngā manu anō o te rangi, ngā kīrehe o te pārae, ngā mea ngōkingōki katoa e ngōkingōki ana i runga i te whenua, me ngā tāngata katoa i runga i te mata o te whenua, ka turakina iho hoki ngā maunga, ka hinga ngā wāhi poupou, ka hinga anō ngā taiepa katoa ki te whenua. 21 Ā, ka karangatia e ahau he hoari hei patu mōna, puta noa i ōku maunga katoa, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā; ā, ko te hoari a tēnā tangata, a tēnā tangata, ka anga atu ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa. 22 Ā, ko tāku mea hei totohe ki a ia, he mate urutā, he toto; ka uaina iho anō e ahau he ua, he waipuke, he whatu nui, he ahi, he whānāriki, ki a ia, ki ōna rōpū, ki ngā iwi maha e whai ana i a ia. 23 Nā, ka whakanui ahau i ahau, ka whakatapu anō ahau i ahau; ā, ka mōhiotia ahau i te tirohanga a ngā iwi maha, ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: 4 and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with thee.

7 Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them. 9 And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.

10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device: 11 and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates; 12 to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth securely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army; 16 and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou he of whom I spake in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, that prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him unto all my mountains, saith the Lord Jehovah: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 22 And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.