Ezequiel 37

1 Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"

I answered, "Lord Yahweh, you know."

4 Again he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word. 5 The Lord Yahweh says to these bones: "Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live. 6 I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh."’"

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."’"

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

11 Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 You will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it," says Yahweh.’"

15 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, 16 "You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions.’ Then take another stick, and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.’ 17 Then join them for yourself to one another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

18 "When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’ 19 tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand. 20 The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes."’ 21 Say to them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations. They won’t be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. 23 They won’t defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.

24 "‘"My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more. 27 My tent also will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 The nations will know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever more."’"

Te Raorao o ngā Wheua Maroke

1 I pā te ringa o Ihowā ki ahau, ā, kawea ana ahau, arā e tō Ihowā Wairua, tukua iho ana ahau e ia ki waenganui o te raorao; nā, kapi tonu a reira i te wheua. 2 Nā, ka whakahāereerea ahau e ia ki te taha o aua wheua ā taka noa, taka noa; nā, he tini kē i runga i te mata o te raorao; nanā, he maroke rawa aua mea. 3 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, e ora rānei ēnei wheua?"

Anō rā ko ahau, "E mōhio ana koe, e te Ariki, e Ihowā."

4 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Poropiti ki ēnei wheua, mea atu ki a rātou, ‘E ngā wheua maroke nei, whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā. 5 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā ki ēnei wheua: Nanā, ka meinga e ahau he manawa kia tomo ki roto ki a koutou, ā, ka ora koutou. 6 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau he uaua ki runga ki a koutou, ka whakaputaina ake he kikokiko ki a koutou, ka hīpokina koutou ki te kiri, ka hoatu anō e ahau he manawa ki roto ki a koutou, nā, ka ora koutou; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.’ "

7 Heoi, poropititia ana e ahau te mea i whakahaua ki ahau; ā, i ahau e poropiti ana. Nā, he haruru, nā he rū, ā, whakatata ana ngā wheua, tōna wheua ki tōna wheua. 8 Ā, ka titiro atu ahau, nanā, he uaua i runga i a rātou, kua puta ake he kikokiko, ā, he kiri e hīpoki ana i waho ake i a rātou. Otiia, kāhore he manawa i roto i a rātou.

9 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, "Poropiti ki te hau, poropiti, e te tama a te tangata, mea atu hoki ki te hau: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Haere mai i ngā hau e whā, e te manawa, e hā ki runga ki tēnei hunga kua oti nei te patu, kia ora ai rātou." 10 Heoi, ka poropititia e ahau te mea i whakahaua e ia ki ahau. Nā, ko te taenga mai o te manawa ki roto ki a rātou, kua ora, tū ana i runga i ō rātou waewae, he ope tino nui.

11 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, "E te tama a te tangata, ko ēnei wheua ko te whare katoa o Īharaira. Nanā, kei te kī ake rātou, ‘Kua maroke ō tātou wheua, kua ngaro tā tātou i tūmanako ai; kua motuhia kētia tātou.’ 12 Mō reira poropiti, kī atu ki a rātou: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, e tāku iwi, ka huakina ake e ahau ō koutou urupā, ka meinga kia puta ake hoki koutou i ō koutou urupā, ka kawea ki te oneone o Īharaira. 13 Ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau, ina huakina e ahau ō koutou urupā, e tāku iwi, ā, ka meinga koutou e ahau kia puta ake i ō koutou urupā. 14 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau tōku wairua ki roto ki a koutou, ā, ka ora koutou, ā, ka whakanohoia koutou e ahau ki tō koutou ake oneone. Ko reira koutou mōhio ai, nāku, nā Ihowā, i kōrero, ā, nāku anō i mahi, e ai tā Ihowā."

Ngā Rākau e Rua

15 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 16 "Nā, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, tīkina tētahi rākau māu, tuhituhia iho, ‘He mea mō Hūrā, mō ōna hoa anō, mō ngā tama a Īharaira.’ Nā, tīkina atu anō tētahi rākau, tuhituhia iho, ‘He mea mō Hōhepa, ko te rākau o Ēparaima, mō ōna hoa hoki, mō te whare katoa o Īharaira.’ 17 Nā, me hono rāua, tētahi ki tētahi; ā hei rākau kotahi rāua i roto i tōu ringa.

18 "Nā, ki te kōrero ngā tamariki a tōu iwi ki a koe, ki te mea, ‘E kore ianei e whakaaturia e koe ki a mātou he aha te tikanga o ēnei mea āu?’ 19 Mea atu ki a rātou: ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā ka mau ahau ki te rākau o Hōhepa, ki tērā i te ringa o Ēparaima, ki ōna hoa anō, ki ngā iwi o Īharaira; ā, ka whakatakotoria rātou e ahau ki tērā, arā ki te rākau o Hūrā, ka meinga hoki rāua hei rākau kotahi, ā, ka kotahi tonu rāua i roto i tōku ringa.’ 20 Nā, ko ngā rākau e tuhituhi ai koe ki runga, hei roto i tōu ringa i tō rātou aroaro. 21 Ā, ka mea atu koe ki a rātou, Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, ka tangohia e ahau ngā tama a Īharaira i roto i ngā iwi i haere atu nei rātou, ka kohikohia i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, ka kawea ki tō rātou oneone. 22 Ka meinga hoki rātou e ahau hei iwi kotahi ki te whenua, ki ngā maunga o Īharaira; ā, kotahi tonu he kīngi hei kīngi mō rātou katoa; kore ake ō rātou iwi e rua i muri nei, heoi rawa ō rātou wehenga kia rua kīngitanga. 23 Kore ake anō ō rātou poke i ā rātou whakapakoko, i ā rātou mea whakarihariha, i ō rātou kino katoa. Engari, ka whakaorangia rātou e ahau i ō rātou nohoanga katoa, i ngā wāhi i hara ai rātou, ka purea. Ko rātou hoki hei iwi māku, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou.

24 "Ko tāku pononga hoki, ko Rāwiri hei kīngi mō rātou; ā, kotahi tonu te hēpara mō rātou katoa. Ka haere hoki rātou i runga i āku ritenga, ka pupuri i āku tikanga, ka mahi. 25 Ā, ka noho rātou i te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki tāku pononga, ki a Hākopa, ki te wāhi i noho ai ō koutou mātua; ka noho anō rātou ki reira, rātou, ā rātou tama, me ngā tama anō a ā rātou tama ā ake ake; ā, ko tāku pononga, ko Rāwiri hei rangatira mō rātou ā ake ake. 26 Ka whakaritea anō e ahau te kawenata mō te rongo mau ki a rātou; hei kawenata mau tonu tēnā ki a rātou; ka whakanohoia anō rātou e ahau, ka whakanuia, ka whakatūria anō e ahau tōku wāhi tapu ki waenganui i a rātou ā ake ake. 27 Nā, ki a rātou tōku tapenākara; ā, ko ahau hei Atua mō rātou, ko rātou anō hei iwi māku. 28 Ā, ka mōhio ngā tauiwi ko ahau a Ihowā e whakatapu nei i a Īharaira, i te mea kei waenganui nei tōku wāhi tapu i a rātou ā ake ake."