Ezequiel 2

1 He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you." 2 The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

3 He said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day. 4 The children are impudent and stiff-hearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord*2:4 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." Yahweh says.’ 5 They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them. 6 You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious. 8 But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you."

9 When I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. 10 He spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written in it.

Te Kitenga o te Pukapuka

1 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, e tū ōu waewae ki runga, ā, ka kōrero ahau ki a koe." 2 Nā, kua tae mai te wairua ki roto ki ahau i tāna kōrerotanga ki ahau, i tāna meatanga kia tū ōku waewae ki runga; ā, ka rongo ahau i a ia e kōrero ana ki ahau.

3 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, ka ungā koe e ahau ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ki ngā iwi whakakeke, kua whakakeke nei ki ahau; ko rātou ko ō rātou mātua kua tutū ki ahau ā taea noatia tēnei rā nei anō. 4 Ā, ko ngā tamariki he whakatoi, he kakī mārō. Nā, ka ungā koe e ahau ki a rātou, ā, me kī atu e koe ki a rātou, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā.’ 5 Nā, ko rātou, mā rātou e rongo, mā rātou e kore e rongo, (he whare whakakeke hoki rātou), ka mōhio, nā, i roto i a rātou te poropiti e noho ana. 6 Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kaua e wehi i a rātou, kaua e wehi i ā rātou kupu, ahakoa he tātarāmoa, he tūmatakuru i tōu taha, ā, e noho ana koe i roto i ngā kopiona; kaua e wehi i ā rātou kupu, kaua hoki e pairi ina titiro mai rātou, ahakoa he whare whakakeke rātou. 7 Me kōrero anō e koe āku kupu ki a rātou, mā rātou e whakarongo, mā rātou rānei e kore e whakarongo; nui atu hoki tō rātou whakakeke. 8 Ko koe ia, e te tama a te tangata, whakarongo ki tāku e mea nei ki a koe. Kaua koe e whakakeke, kei rite ki taua whare whakakeke. Hāmama tōu māngai, kainga hoki te mea ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a koe."

9 Nā, i tāku tirohanga atu, nanā, ko tētahi ringa e totoro mai ana ki ahau. Nanā, ko tētahi pukapuka i roto i te ringa. 10 Nā, wherahia ana e ia taua pukapuka ki tōku aroaro, he mea tuhituhi a roto, a waho. Ko te mea i tuhituhia ki reira he tangi, he uhunga, he auē.