Ezequiel 14

1 Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 3 "Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face then comes to the prophet, I Yahweh will answer him there according to the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."’

6 "Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.

7 "‘"For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me, I Yahweh will answer him by myself. 8 I will set my face against that man and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

9 "‘"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from among my people Israel. 10 They will bear their iniquity. The iniquity of the prophet will be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him, 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God," says the Lord Yahweh.’"

12 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 13 "Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal— 14 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness," says the Lord Yahweh.

15 "If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals— 16 though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord Yahweh, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

17 "Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off from it man and animal’— 18 though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord Yahweh, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only would be delivered themselves.

19 "Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal— 20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live," says the Lord Yahweh, "they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness."

21 For the Lord Yahweh says: "How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence—to cut off from it man and animal! 22 Yet, behold, there will be left a remnant in it that will be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they will come out to you, and you will see their way and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it. 23 They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause," says the Lord Yahweh.

Ka Whakatikaina te Whakawātanga a Ihowā

1 Kātahi ka haere mai ētahi o ngā kaumātua o Īharaira ki ahau, noho ana i tōku aroaro. 2 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea ia: 3 "E te tama a te tangata, kua oti i ēnei tāngata ā rātou whakapakoko te whakaara ki ō rātou ngākau, kua waiho e rātou te tūtukitanga waewae, tō rātou hē, ki mua i ō rātou mata; kia rapua koia e rātou he tikanga i ahau? 4 Mō reira kōrero ki a rātou, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko te tangata o te whare o Īharaira e whakaara ana i āna whakapakoko ki tōna ngākau, e whakatakoto ana i te tūtukitanga waewae, i tōna hē, ki mua i tōna mata, ā, e haere mai ana ki te poropiti; ko tāku, ko tā Ihowā, e whakahoki ai ki taua tangata i haere mai rā, ka rite ki te maha o āna whakapakoko. 5 Kia hopukia ai te whare o Īharaira i roto i ō rātou ngākau; kua tangata kē hoki rātou katoa ki ahau, nā ā rātou whakapakoko hoki.

6 "Mō reira mea atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Rīpenetā, tahuri mai i ā koutou whakapakoko; tahuri mai anō ō koutou mata i ā koutou mea whakarihariha katoa.

7 "Ā, ko te tangata o te whare o Īharaira, ko te tautangata anō e noho ana i roto i a Īharaira, e whakatangata kē ana ki ahau, e whakaara ana i āna whakapakoko ki tōna ngākau, e whakatakoto ana i te tūtukitanga waewae, i tōna hē, ki mua i tōna mata, ā, e haere mai ana ki te poropiti ki te rapu i tāku tikanga i a ia; māku ake anō, mā Ihowā, e whakahoki kupu ki a ia. 8 Ka ū atu hoki tōku mata ki taua tangata, ka meinga ia e ahau he mīharotanga hei tohu, hei whakatauki, ka hātepea atu anō ia e ahau i roto i tāku iwi; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.

9 "Nā, ki te hē te poropiti i tāna kōrerotanga i tētahi kupu, nāku, nā Ihowā, taua poropiti i hē ai, ka pā tōku ringa ki a ia, ā, ka ngaro ia i ahau i roto i tāku iwi, i a Īharaira. 10 Ka waha anō e rātou tō rātou hē – ko te hē o te poropiti ka rite ki te hē o te tangata e rapu tikanga ana i a ia – 11 he mea kia kore ai te whare o Īharaira e kotiti atu i te whai i ahau ā muri ake nei, kei poke anō rātou ā muri ake nei i ō rātou pokanga kētanga katoa. Engari, kia waiho ai rātou hei iwi māku, ko ahau hoki hei Atua mō rātou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."

12 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 13 "E te tama a te tangata, ki te hara te whenua ki ahau, ki te nui rawa te hē, ā, ka totoro tōku ringa ki reira, ā, ka whati i ahau tōna tokotoko, te taro; ka ungā anō e ahau te hemokai ki reira, ka hātepea anō e ahau te tangata me te kararehe o reira. 14 Ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru, ko Noa, ko Raniera, ko Hopa, i reira, ko ō rātou wairua ake e ora i a rātou i tō rātou tika, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.

15 "Ki te meinga e ahau he kīrehe kino kia tika nā waenganui i te whenua, ā, ka kore i a rātou, ka whakamōtītia, ā, kāhore he tangata e haere ana i reira i te wehi o ngā kīrehe; 16 ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore e ora ngā tama, ngā tamāhine, i a rātou. Ko rātou anake e ora, ka whakamōtītia ia te whenua.

17 "Ki te kawea atu rānei e ahau te hoari ki runga ki taua whenua, ā, ka mea, ‘E tika, e te hoari, nā waenganui i te whenua,’ ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau te tangata me te kararehe o reira; 18 ahakoa ko ēnei tāngata tokotoru i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore e ora ngā tama, ngā tamāhine i a rātou. Ko rātou anake e ora.

19 "Ki te tukua rānei e ahau te mate urutā ki taua whenua, ā, ka ringihia e ahau tōku weriweri ki runga ki taua wāhi, he mea toto, kia hātepea atu ai te tangata me te kararehe o reira; 20 ahakoa ko Noa, ko Raniera, ko Hopa, i reira, e ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, e kore te tama, te tamāhine rānei e ora i a rātou; ko rātou anake e ora i tō rātou tika.

21 "Nō te mea ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tērā noa ake ina tukua e ahau āku whakawā kino e whā, te hoari, te hemokai, te kīrehe kino, te mate urutā ki Hiruhārama, hei hātepe atu i te tangata, i te kararehe o reira. 22 Otiia, nanā, ka toe ētahi mōrehu ki reira, ā, ka whakaputaina he tama, he tamāhine. Nanā, ka puta rātou ki a koutou, ā, ka kite koutou i tō rātou ara, i ā rātou mahi; ka whai whakamārietanga anō koutou mō te kino i kawea e ahau ki Hiruhārama, arā mō ngā mea katoa i kawea e ahau ki taua wāhi. 23 Ka whai whakamārietanga anō koutou i a rātou, ina kite koutou i tō rātou ara, i ā rātou mahi; ā, ka mōhio koutou, nā, ko tāku mahinga i ngā mea katoa i mahia e ahau ki reira, ehara i te mea kore take, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."