Ezequiel 17

1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; 3 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. 4 He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.

5 "‘"He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree. 6 It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.

7 "‘"There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it. 8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine."’

9 "Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people. 10 Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew."’"

11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 12 "Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon. 13 He took one of the royal offspring,*17:13 or, seed and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land, 14 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?

16 "‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die. 17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons. 18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.

19 "Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken. 20 I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. 21 All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’

22 "The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches. 24 All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish.

"‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’"

Ngā Ēkara e rua me te Manga Wāina

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, whakaaria atu he paki, kōrerotia atu he kupu whakarite ki te whare o Īharaira. 3 Mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: He ēkara nui, he nui ngā parirau, he roroa ngā hou, kapi tonu i te huruhuru, he mea kōtingotingo, i haere mai ia ki Repanōna, tangohia ana e ia te kāuru rawa o te hīta. 4 Katohia ana e ia te pito o ōna manga ngāwari, kawea ana ki te whenua hokohoko, waiho iho e ia i te pā o ngā kaihokohoko.

5 "I tīkina anō e ia ētahi o ngā purapura o te whenua, whakatōkia iho e ia ki te māra hua, kawea ana e ia ki te taha o ngā wai maha, whakatōkia ana ānō he wirou. 6 Ā, ka tupu taua mea, he wāina pāpaku e torotoro ana, ko ōna manga i anga atu ki a ia, ā, ko ōna pakiaka i raro i a ia. Nā, ka whakawāina, ka tupu ōna manga, ā, ka totoro ōna peka.

7 "Nā tērā anō tētahi atu ēkara nui, he nunui ngā parirau, ā, he maha ngā huruhuru. Nā, i piko atu ngā pakiaka o te wāina nei ki a ia, i toro atu ōna manga ki a ia i ngā wāhi i whakatōkia ai, kia whakamākūkūtia ai e ia. 8 He mea whakatō ia ki te māra pai ki te taha o ngā wai maha, kia tupu ai he manga, kia hua ai he hua, kia tino pai ai taua wāina.

9 "Mea atu koe: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E tupu rānei? E kore ianei e hūtia atu e ia ōna pakiaka? E kore ianei e tapahia ōna hua, e maroke ai, e maroke anō ai ōna rau katoa e pihi ana? Ahakoa kāhore e nui te ringa, e nui rānei te iwi hei huaranga. 10 Āe rā, nā, i te mea kua whakatōkia, e tupu rānei? E kore ianei e maroke rawa ina pā te hau marangai ki a ia? Ka maroke anō i te tupuranga i pihi ai."

11 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 12 "Tēnā, mea atu ki te whare whakakeke: Kāhore rānei koutou e mōhio ki te tikanga o ēnei mea? Mea atu: Nanā, i tae mai te kīngi o Papurōna ki Hiruhārama, ā, tangohia ana e ia tō reira kīngi, ō reira rangatira, kawea ana ki Papurōna. 13 Nā, i mau ia ki te uri kīngi, whakaritea ana he kawenata ki a ia; i whakaoatitia anō ia e ia, (ā, mauria atu ana anō e ia te hunga nunui o te whenua), 14 kia tūtūā ai tōna kīngitanga, kia kaua ai e ara ake ki runga, engari he tūranga mōna ko te pupuri i tāna kawenata. 15 Heoi, whakakeke ana ia ki a ia, ungā ana e ia āna karere ki Īhipa kia hōmai ētahi hōiho ki a ia, me ētahi tāngata, he tini. E tika rānei tāna? E mawhiti rānei te kaimahi o ēnei mea? E whakatakā rānei e ia te kawenata, ā, mawhiti ake?

16 "E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, inā, i te wāhi anō o te kīngi nāna nei ia i whakakīngi, nāna nei te oati i whakahāweatia e ia, nāna nei te kawenata i whakatakā e ia, i tōna taha anō i waenganui o Papurōna ka mate ia. 17 Nā, e kore a Parao me tāna ope nui, me tōna huihui nui, e whai wāhi ki a ia i te whawhai, ina whakahaupūtia ake e rātou he pukepuke, hangā rānei he taumaihi, e hātepea atu ai ngā tāngata tokomaha. 18 Kua whakahāweatia hoki e ia te oati, i tāna whakatakanga i te kawenata; nanā, kua hoatu e ia tōna ringa, otiia kua mahia e ia ēnei mea katoa; e kore ia e mawhiti.

19 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E ora ana ahau, inā ka utua e ahau ki runga ki tōna mātenga tāku oati i whakahāweatia e ia, me tāku kawenata i whakatakā e ia. 20 Ka horahia anō e ahau tāku kupenga ki runga ki a ia, ā, ka mau ia i tāku rore, ka kawea anō ia e ahau ki Papurōna, ka whakawākia e ahau ki reira mō tōna hē i hē ai ia ki ahau. 21 Nā, ko ōna whati katoa, i roto i ōna rōpū katoa, ka hinga i te hoari, ka whakamararatia atu hoki ngā mōrehu ki ngā hau katoa; ā, ka mōhio koutou nāku, nā Ihowā, te kupu."

Ko te Mutunga anō, ka Whakanuia a Īharaira

22 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka tangohia anō e ahau tētahi wāhi o te kāuru o te hīta tiketike, ā, ka whakatupuria. Ka katohia mai e ahau tētahi mea ngāwari i te matamata o ōna rārā hou, ā, ka whakatōkia ki runga ki te maunga tiketike e pūrero ana ki runga. 23 Ka whakatōkia e ahau ki te maunga tiketike o Īharaira; ā, ka wana ōna manga, ka hua ngā hua, ā, ko te putanga, he hīta pai; ka noho hoki ngā manu katoa, ia parirau, ia parirau, ki raro i a ia; ka noho rātou ki te taumarumarunga iho o ōna manga. 24 Ā, ka mōhio ngā rākau katoa o te pārae, nāku, nā Ihowā. I whakaiti te rākau tiketike, nāku i tiketike ai te rākau pāpaku. Nāku i whakamaroke te rākau kaiota, nāku hoki i tupu ai te rākau maroke.

"Nāku, nā Ihowā, te kupu, nāku anō i mahi."