Ezequiel 33

1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman, 3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and didn’t take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword come and doesn’t blow the trumpet, and the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

7 "So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me. 8 When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand. 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.

10 "You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, "Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?"’ 11 Tell them, ‘"As I live," says the Lord Yahweh, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?"’

12 "You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins. 13 When I tell the righteous that he will surely live, if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die in his iniquity that he has committed. 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, "You will surely die," if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right, 15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die. 16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.

17 "‘Yet the children of your people say, "The way of the Lord is not fair;" but as for them, their way is not fair. 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein. 19 When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it. 20 Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not fair." House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’"

21 In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city has been defeated!" 22 Now Yahweh’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

23 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 24 "Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’ 25 Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land? 26 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?"’

27 "You shall tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence. 28 I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through. 29 Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed."’

30 "As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’ 31 They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. 32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

33 "When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

Ko Ehekiera te Tūtei o Īharaira

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, kōrero ki ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, mea atu ki a rātou: Ki te kawea e ahau te hoari ki tētahi whenua, ā, ka mau ngā tāngata o te whenua ki tētahi tangata o rātou, ka whakaritea e rātou hei tūtei; 3 mehemea, i tōna kitenga i te hoari e puta ana ki te whenua, ka whakatangihia e ia te tētere, hei whakatūpato i te iwi. 4 Nā, ko te tangata e rongo i te tangi o te tētere, ā, kāhore ia e tūpato, ki te tae mai te hoari, ā, ka riro ia, hei runga anō i tōna māhunga ōna toto. 5 I rongo ia i te tangi o te tētere, ā, kīhai i tūpato; ki runga anō i a ia ōna toto. Tēnā ia, mehemea ia i tūpato, ka mawhiti i a ia tōna wairua. 6 Engari, ki te kite te tūtei i te hoari e puta ana, ā, kīhai i whakatangi i te tētere, kīhai i whakatūpato i te iwi, ā, ka tae mai te hoari, ka riro tētahi o rātou; ka riro ia i runga i tōna kino, otiia ka rapua e ahau ōna toto i te ringa o te tūtei.

7 "Inā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kua waiho koe e ahau hei tūtei mō te whare o Īharaira; ā, me whakarongo koe ki te kupu a tōku māngai, ko koe anō tāku hei whakatūpato i a rātou. 8 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, ‘E te tangata kino, ko te mate kau mōu,’ ki te kore koe e kōrero, e whakatūpato i te tangata kino ki tōna ara; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tōna hē, ka rapua ia e ahau ōna toto i tōu ringa. 9 Tēnā ko tēnei, ka whakatūpato koe i te tangata kino ki tōna ara, kia tahuri mai ia i reira, ā, e kore ia e tahuri mai i tōna ara; ka mate ia i runga i tōna kino, ka ora ia i a koe tōu wairua."

Te Tika me te Mahi Tohu a Ihowā

10 "Nā, ko koe e te tama a te tangata, kōrero ki te whare o Īharaira, ‘Ko tā koutou kī tēnei, e mea nā koutou: "Kei runga i a mātou ō mātou hē, ō mātou hara, ā, ka memeha atu mātou i runga i aua hē; mā te aha rā mātou ka ora ai?" ’ 11 Mea atu ki a rātou, ‘E ora ana ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, kāhore ōku ngākau koa ki te matenga o te tangata kino; engari kia tahuri te tangata kino i tōna ara, kia ora; tahuri mai, tahuri mai koutou i ō koutou ara kino; kia mate hoki koutou hei aha, e te whare o Īharaira?’

12 "Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, me kī atu ki ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, ‘E kore te tika o te tangata tika e whakaora i a ia i te rā e poka kē ai ia; me te kino anō o te tangata kino e kore tērā e whakahinga i a ia i te rā e tahuri mai ai ia i tōna kino; e kore anō te tangata tika e ora i tōna tika i te rā e hara ai ia.’ 13 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata tika, ka ora ia; ā, ka whakawhirinaki ia ki tōna tika, ka mahi hoki i te hē, e kore āna mahi tika katoa e maharatia; engari ka mate ia i runga i tōna hē i mahia e ia. 14 Ki te mea anō ahau ki te tangata kino, ‘Ko te mate kau mōu,’ ā, ka tahuri mai ia i tōna hara, ka mahi i te mea e tika ana, e rite ana – 15 ki te whakahokia te taunaha e te tangata kino, ki te utua te mea i pāhuatia e ia, ki te haere ia i runga i ngā tikanga o te ora, ā, ka kore e mahi i te hē – he pono ka ora ia, e kore ia e mate. 16 E kore tētahi o ōna hara i hara ai ia e maharatia ki a ia. Kua mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana; he pono ka ora ia.

17 "Heoi, kei te mea ngā tamariki a tōu iwi, ‘Kāhore e rite te ara o te Ariki.’ Nā, ko rātou nei, kāhore tō rātou ara e rite. 18 Ki te tahuri atu te tangata tika i tōna tika, ā, ka mahia e ia te hē, ka mate ia i aua hē. 19 Ki te tahuri mai anō te tangata kino i tōna kino, ā, ka mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana, ka ai ēnā hei whakaora i a ia. 20 Heoi, kei te mea nā koutou, ‘Kāhore e rite te ara o te Ariki.’ E te whare o Īharaira, ka rite ki tōna ara, ki tōna ara, tāku whakawā mō koutou."

Te Hingaanga o Hiruhārama

21 Nā, i te tekau mā rua o ngā tau o tō mātou whakaraunga, i te tekau o ngā marama, i te rima o ngā rā o te marama, ka tae mai ki ahau tētahi o ngā oranga o Hiruhārama, ā, ka mea, "Kua patua te pā." 22 Nā, kua pā te ringa o Ihowā ki ahau i te ahiahi i mua ake o te taenga mai o taua oranga nei; meinga ana e ia kia kuihi tōku māngai, ā tae noa mai ia ki ahau i te ata. Nā, kua meinga e ia kia kuihi tōku māngai, ā, kore ake tōku wahangū.

Ngā Mōrehu i Hūrā

23 Nā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i kī ia: 24 "E te tama a te tangata, ko te hunga e noho ana i ēnei ururua i te whenua o Īharaira, e kōrero ana, e mea ana, ‘He kotahi a Āperahama, ā, riro ana i a ia te whenua; ko tātou ia he tokomaha; kua hōmai te whenua ki a tātou hei kāinga tupu.’ 25 Mō reira kī atu ki a rātou, Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko tā koutou kai, he mea kīnaki ki te toto, e anga ana hoki ō koutou kanohi ki ā koutou whakapakoko, e whakaheke toto ana hoki koutou; ā, e mau rānei te whenua i a koutou? 26 Ko tō koutou tūranga ko ā koutou hoari, e mahia ana e koutou te mea whakarihariha, e whakapokea ana e koutou te wahine a tōna hoa, a tōna hoa; ā, e mau rānei te whenua i a koutou?

27 "Kia pēnei tāu kī atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: E ora ana ahau, inā, ka hinga i te hoari te hunga i ngā ururua, ā, ko te tangata i te mata o te pārae, ka hoatu ia e ahau hei kai mā ngā kīrehe, ā, ko te hunga i ngā taumaihi, i ngā ana, ka mate rātou i te mate urutā. 28 Ka ururua rawa i ahau te whenua, ka waiho hei keteketenga, ā, ka mutu te whakapehapeha o tōna kaha; ka ururua anō ngā maunga o Īharaira, e kore e haerea e te tangata. 29 Ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau, ina meinga e ahau te whenua hei ururua, hei keteketenga, mō ā rātou mea whakarihariha katoa i mea ai rātou.

30 "Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, e kōmuhumuhua ana koe e ngā tama a tōu iwi i te taha o ngā pakitara, i ngā tatau anō o ngā whare, e kōrerorero ana tētahi ki tētahi, ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa, e mea ana, ‘Tēnā, kia haere tātou, kia rongo ai tātou i te kupu e puta mai ana i a Ihowā.’ 31 Ā, ko tā rātou haere mai ki a koe rite tonu ki te haerenga mai o te iwi; ko tā rātou noho i tōu aroaro rite tonu anō ki tō tāku iwi; e rongo ana hoki rātou ki āu kupu, kāhore ia e mahi. Ko ō rātou māngai hoki hei whakaahuareka mai, ko ō rātou ngākau kei te whai i tā rātou apo taonga. 32 Nanā, ki a rātou, e rite ana koe ki te waiata rōreka a te reo pai, a te tangata he pai te rangi o tāna mea whakatangi; e rongo ana hoki rātou ki āu kupu, kāhore ia e mahi.

33 "Ā, ina puta tēnei – nanā, tēnei te haere mai nei – kātahi rātou ka mōhio tēnei tonu he poropiti i roto i a rātou e noho ana."