Ezequiel 36

1 You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, "You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word. 2 The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, "Aha!" and, "The ancient high places are ours in possession!"’ 3 therefore prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;" 4 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: The Lord Yahweh says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around; 5 therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey."’ 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations." 7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’

8 "‘"But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will come to you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 11 I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will never again bereave them of their children."

13 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’ 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more," says the Lord Yahweh. 15 "I won’t let you hear the shame of the nations any more. You won’t bear the reproach of the peoples any more, and you won’t cause your nation to stumble any more," says the Lord Yahweh.’"

16 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 17 "Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’ 21 But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

22 "Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh," says the Lord Yahweh, "when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.

24 "‘"For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them. 28 You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and will multiply it, and lay no famine on you. 30 I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

31 "‘"Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 I don’t do this for your sake," says the Lord Yahweh. "Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel."

33 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built. 34 The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by. 35 They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations that are left around you will know that I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places and planted that which was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and I will do it."

37 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so the waste cities will be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’"

He Manaakitanga ki a Īharaira

1 "Nā, ko koe e te tama a te tangata, poropiti atu ki ngā maunga o Īharaira, mea atu: E ngā maunga o Īharaira, whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā. 2 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, kua mea nei te hoariri ki a koutou, ‘Ha! Nā, kua riro mai hoki mō tātou ngā pukepuke onamata!’ 3 Mō reira, poropiti atu, mea atu: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, kua meinga nā koutou e rātou kia tū kau, kua horomia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, i riro ai koutou mā ngā toenga o ngā iwi, i hāpainga ake ai e ngā ngutu o ngā arero kapetau, i kōrerotia kinotia ai e te iwi. 4 Mō reira, e ngā maunga o Īharaira whakarongo ki te kupu a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā, ki ngā maunga, ki ngā pukepuke, ki ngā awa, ki ngā awaawa, ki ngā ururua kua takoto kau, ki ngā pā kua mahue, kua riro nei hei pāhuatanga, hei katanga mā ngā toenga o ngā iwi ā tawhio noa. 5 Nā reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: He pono he ahi tōku hae, i ahau i kōrero ai i te hē mō ngā toenga o ngā iwi, mō Ēroma katoa anō; mō tā rātou meatanga i tōku whenua hei kāinga mō rātou, pau katoa te ngākau ki te koa, kino tonu te hinengaro, mō tērā kia peia atu, kia waiho hei taonga pārau.

6 "Nā reira, poropititia te whenua o Īharaira, kī atu ki ngā maunga, ki ngā pukepuke, ki ngā awa, ki ngā awaawa: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, kua kōrero ahau i runga i tōku hae, i tōku weriweri, nō te mea e mau ana ki a koutou te whakamā o ngā tauiwi. 7 Nā reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Kua ara tōku ringa kua mea, He pono, ko ngā iwi i tētahi taha o koutou, i tētahi taha, ka mau ki a rātou tō rātou whakamā.

8 "Ko koutou ia, e ngā maunga o Īharaira, ka wana ō koutou manga, ka whai hua koutou mā tāku iwi, mā Īharaira; ka tata hoki rātou te puta. 9 Nō te mea, nanā, ka aro ahau ki a koutou, ka tahuri ki a koutou, ā, ka ngakia koutou, ka whakatōkia. 10 Ka tini anō i ahau ngā tāngata ki a koutou, te whare katoa o Īharaira, rātou katoa, ā, ka nohoia ngā pā, ka hangā anō ngā ururua. 11 Ka tini anō i ahau ngā tāngata ki a koutou, me ngā kararehe; ā, ka tini rātou, ka hua; ka meinga hoki koutou e ahau kia nohoia, kia pērā me tō mua, ā, ka pai atu tāku e mea ai ki a koutou i tō ō koutou tīmatanga; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau. 12 Āe rā, ka meinga koutou e ahau kia hāereerea e te tāngata, e tāku iwi, e Īharaira; ka riro koe i a rātou, ka waiho hoki koe hei kāinga tupu mō rātou, ā, heoi anō matenga o ā rātou tamariki i a koe.

13 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, kua kōrerotia nei ki a koutou, ‘He kai tāngata koe, e te whenua, e whakamate ana i ngā tamariki a tōu iwi.’ 14 Nā reira e kore koe e kai tāngata ā muri ake nei, e kore anō e hinga i a koe ōu iwi ā muri nei, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā. 15 Heoi anō āku meatanga kia rangona ki a koe te numinumi i ngā iwi, e kore anō e mau ki a koe i ngā wā i muri te tāwai a ngā iwi; e kore anō koe e mea i ngā waewae o ōu iwi kia tūtuki ā ake ake, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."

Te Whakahoutanga o Īharaira

16 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 17 "E te tama a te tangata, i te nohoanga o te whare o Īharaira i tō rātou oneone, i whakapokea a reira e rātou ki tō rātou ara, ki ā rātou mahi. Ko tō rātou ara i tōku aroaro, rite tonu ki te poke o te wahine e paheke ana. 18 Heoi, ringihia ana e ahau tōku weriweri ki runga ki a rātou, mō te toto i tāhoroa e rātou ki runga ki te whenua, mō ā rātou whakapakoko hoki i whakapokea ai a reira e rātou. 19 Ā, whakamararatia atu ana rātou e ahau ki roto ki ngā iwi, tītaria atu ana ki ngā whenua; rite tonu ki tō rātou ara, ki ā rātou mahi tāku whakarite mō rātou. 20 Ā, i tō rātou taenga ki ngā iwi i haere atu ai rātou, whakanoatia ana e rātou tōku ingoa tapu, i a rātou i kī rā mō rātou, ‘Ko te iwi tēnei a Ihowā, ā, kua puta atu rātou i tōna whenua.’ 21 Otiia, i whai whakaaro ahau ki tōku ingoa tapu i whakanoatia nei e te whare o Īharaira i roto i ngā tauiwi i haere atu ai rātou.

22 "Mō reira kī atu ki te whare o Īharaira: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ehara i te mea he whakaaro ki a koutou i mahi ai ahau i tēnei, e te whare o Īharaira; engari ki tōku ingoa tapu i whakanoatia nei e koutou i roto i ngā tauiwi i haere atu ai koutou. 23 Ka whakatapua anō e ahau tōku ingoa nui i whakanoatia nei i roto i ngā tauiwi, ko tā koutou rā i whakanoa ai i roto i a rātou; ā, ka mōhio ngā tauiwi ko Ihowā ahau, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ina whakatapua ahau i roto i a koutou i tō rātou aroaro.

24 "Ka tangohia mai hoki koutou e ahau i roto i ngā tauiwi, ka whakaminea i ngā whenua katoa, ka kawea mai anō ki tō koutou oneone. 25 Ka tāuhiuhia anō koutou e ahau ki te wai mā, ā, ka mā koutou. Ka purea koutou e ahau, ā, kore iho ō koutou poke katoa, ā koutou whakapakoko katoa. 26 Ka hoatu anō e ahau he ngākau hou ki a koutou, ka hoatu anō e ahau he wairua hou ki roto ki a koutou; ka tangohia anō e ahau te ngākau kōhatu i roto i ō koutou kikokiko, ā, ka hoatu he ngākau kikokiko ki a koutou. 27 Nā, ka hoatu e ahau tōku wairua ki roto ki a koutou, ā, ka meinga koutou e ahau kia haere i runga i āku tikanga, ka puritia anō e koutou āku ritenga, ka mahia. 28 Ā, ka noho koutou ki te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki ō koutou mātua, ko koutou hoki hei iwi māku, ko ahau hei Atua mō koutou. 29 Ka whakaorangia anō koutou e ahau i ō koutou poke katoa. Ka karangatia hoki e ahau te wīti, ka whakanuia hoki e ahau, e kore anō te hemokai e tukua e ahau ki a koutou. 30 Ā, ka meinga e ahau kia maha ngā hua o te rākau me ngā mau o te māra, ā, heoi anō te tāwai hemokai mō koutou i roto i ngā tauiwi. 31 Kātahi koutou ka mahara ki ō koutou ara kino, ki ā koutou mahi kāhore nei e pai; ā, ka anuanu koutou ki a koutou anō i ō koutou aroaro mō ō koutou kino, mō ā koutou mea whakarihariha hoki. 32 Ehara i te mea he whakaaro ki a koutou i mahi ai ahau i tēnei, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, kia mōhio koutou. Kia whakamā koutou, kia numinumi kau ki ō koutou ara, e te whare o Īharaira.

33 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā e purea ai e ahau ō koutou hē katoa, ka meinga e ahau ngā pā kia nohoia, ā, ka hangā ngā ururua. 34 Nā, ko te whenua i takoto kau rā, ka ngakia; he ururua rā hoki i mua ki te titiro a te hunga katoa e tika ana nā reira. 35 Ā, ka kōrerotia, ‘Ko tēnei whenua i takoto kau rā, kua rite ki te kāri o Erene. Nā, ko ngā pā kua ururuatia, ko ērā i takoto kau rā, ko ngā mea pakaru, kua oti te taiepa, e nohoia ana.’ 36 Kātahi ka mōhio ngā iwi kua mahue i tētahi taha o koutou, i tētahi taha, kua hangā e ahau, e Ihowā, ngā wāhi i pakaru, ā, kua whakatōkia e ahau ngā wāhi kua ururuatia. Nāku, nā Ihowā te kupu, māku anō e mahi.

37 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Tēnei ake ka uia tēnei ki ahau e te whare o Īharaira, kia meatia ki a rātou; ka tokomaha rātou i ahau, me te mea he kāhui te tangata. 38 Ka rite ki te kāhui mō te whakahere, ki te kāhui o Hiruhārama i ōna hākari nunui; ka pēnā anō ngā pā kua ururuatia, ka kapi i ngā kāhui tāngata; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."