Ezequiel 29

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 3 Speak and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

"Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers,

that has said, ‘My river is my own,

and I have made it for myself.’

4 I will put hooks in your jaws,

and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.

I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers,

with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.

5 I’ll cast you out into the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your rivers.

You’ll fall on the open field.

You won’t be brought together or gathered.

I have given you for food to the animals of the earth

and to the birds of the sky.

6 "‘"All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs."

8 "‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you. 9 The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

"‘"Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’ 10 therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years. 12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."

13 "‘For the Lord Yahweh says: "At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered. 14 I will reverse the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth. There they will be a lowly kingdom. 15 It will be the lowest of the kingdoms. It won’t lift itself up above the nations any more. I will diminish them so that they will no longer rule over the nations. 16 It will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh."’"

17 It came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet he had no wages, nor did his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it. 19 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her multitude, take her plunder, and take her prey. That will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord Yahweh.

21 "In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."

He Kauwhautanga ki Īhipa

1 I te tekau o ngā tau, i te tekau o ngā marama, i te tekau mā rua o ngā rā o te marama, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki a Parao kīngi o Īhipa; poropititia he hē mōna, mō Īhipa katoa hoki. 3 Kōrero, mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā:

Hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu,

e Parao kīngi o Īhipa,

e te tarakona nui e takoto nā

i waenganui i ōna awa;

nāna nei te kupu, ‘Nāku tāku awa,

nāku anō i hanga hei mea māku.’

4 Ā, ka makā e ahau he matau ki ōu kauae,

ka meinga anō e ahau ngā ika o ōu awa kia piri ki ōu unahi.

Ka tangohia mai anō koe e ahau i waenganui o ōu awa,

me ngā ika katoa o ōu awa

e piri ana ki ōu unahi.

5 Ka waiho anō koe e ahau, he mea kua makā atu ki te koraha,

a koe me ngā ika katoa o ōu awa;

ka hinga koe ki runga ki te mata o te pārae;

e kore koe e kohikohia, e kore e huihuia.

Kua tukua atu koe e ahau hei kai

mā te kīrehe o te whenua, mā te manu o te rangi.

6 Ā, ka mōhio ngā tāngata katoa o Īhipa ko Ihowā ahau.

"He kākaho hoki rātou kua waiho nei hei tokotoko mō te whare o Īharaira. 7 Nō te hopukanga atu a tō rātou ringa i a koe, whati pū koe, haea ana e koe ō rātou pokohiwi katoa. I tō rātou okiokinga ki runga ki a koe, whati pū koe, wiri ana i a koe ō rātou hope katoa.

8 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tēnei ahau te kawe nei i te hoari ki runga ki a koe, ka hātepea atu anō e ahau te tangata me te kararehe i roto i a koe. 9 Ka ururuatia anō te whenua o Īhipa, ka tūheatia; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau.

"Mōna hoki i kī, ‘Nāku te awa, nāku anō i hanga.’ 10 Mō reira hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu, mō ōu awa, ka meinga anō e ahau te whenua o Īhipa kia ururua rawa, hei tūhea, i te Taumaihi o Hewene tae noa atu ki te rohe o Etiopia. 11 E kore tētahi waewae tangata e tika nā reira, e kore anō te waewae kararehe e tika nā reira, e whā tekau ngā tau e kore ai a reira e nohoia. 12 Ka meinga anō e ahau te whenua o Īhipa kia tūheatia i waenganui o ngā whenua tūhea, me ōna pā i roto i ngā pā kua ururuatia, e whā tekau ngā tau e tūhea ai. Ka marara anō i ahau ngā Īhipiana ki roto ki ngā iwi, ka tītaria ki ngā whenua.

13 "Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te mutunga o ngā tau e whā tekau ka huihuia mai e ahau ngā Īhipiana i roto i ngā iwi i whakamararatia atu ai rātou. 14 Ka whakahokia mai e ahau a Īhipa i te whakarau, ka whakahokia rātou ki te whenua o Pātoro, ki te whenua i tupu mai ai rātou, ā, hei kīngitanga iti rātou ki reira. 15 Ko te iti rawa ia i roto i ngā kīngitanga, e kore anō e neke ake i muri nei ki runga ake i ngā iwi. Māku hoki rātou e whakaiti, e kore ai rātou e whakahaere tikanga i roto i ngā iwi. 16 E kore anō e waiho hei okiokinga mō te whare o Īharaira, hei whakamahara ki te hē, i a rātou ka anga nei, ka whai i a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko te Ariki ahau, ko Ihowā."

Ka Pāhua a Papurōna i Īhipa

17 Nā, i te rua tekau mā whitu o ngā tau, i te tuatahi o ngā marama, i te tuatahi o ngā rā o te marama, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 18 E te tama a te tangata, he nui te mahi i whakamahia ai tāna ope e Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna ki Tāira. Pākira katoa ngā mātenga, pahore katoa ngā pokohiwi, kāhore hoki he utu i a ia, rātou ko tāna ope mō Tāira, mō te mahi i mahi ai ia ki reira. 19 Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, ka hoatu e ahau te whenua o Īhipa ki a Nepukareha kīngi o Papurōna, ā, ka riro i a ia ōna mano, ka pāhuatia ōna taonga. Ka murua hoki āna mea, ā, ko tēnā hei utu ki tāna ope. 20 Kua hoatu e ahau te whenua o Īhipa ki a ia hei utu mō tāna mahi i mahi ai ia; ko tā rātou hoki i mahi ai, he mea māku, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.

21 "Ā taua rā ka meinga e ahau he haona kia wana mō te whare o Īharaira, ka hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe he kuihitanga mō te māngai i waenganui i a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."