Ezequiel 38

1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords; 5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes—even many peoples with you.

7 "‘"Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them. 8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought out of the peoples and they will dwell securely, all of them. 9 You will ascend. You will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you."

10 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. 11 You will say, ‘I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 to take the plunder and to take prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.’ 13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’"’

14 "Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It will happen in the latter days that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me when I am sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes."

17 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them? 18 It will happen in that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh, "that my wrath will come up into my nostrils. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken. Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel, 20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains," says the Lord Yahweh. "Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, torrential rains with great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. 23 I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."’

Mā Koko e Whakaeke

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tōu mata ki Koko, o te whenua o Makoko, ki te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara, ka poropiti atu he hē mōna; 3 mea atu hoki: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nanā, hei hoariri tēnei ahau mōu, e Koko, e te rangatira o Roho, o Meheke, o Tūpara. 4 Ka whakatahuritia anō koe e ahau, ka whakamaua he matau ki ōu kauae, ā, ka whakaputaina koe ki waho, me tōu ope katoa, ngā hōiho, me ngā kaieke hōiho, he mea whakakākahu rātou katoa ki ngā kākahu o te whawhai, he ope nui me te puapua, me te whakangungu rākau, ā, he hāpai hoari rātou katoa. 5 Ko Pahia, ko Etiopia, ko Putu ō rātou hoa; rite katoa rātou i te whakangungu rākau, i te pōtae whawhai; 6 ā, Kōmere, me ōna rōpū katoa; te whare o Tokārama, o ngā pito rawa ki te raki, rātou ko ōna ope katoa, arā, ko ngā iwi maha i tōu taha.

7 "Kia noho rite koe, āe rā, whakatikatika i a koe, i a koe me ōu rōpū katoa kua huihui nei ki a koe, ā, ko koe hei kaitiaki mō rātou. 8 Kia maha ngā rā ka tirohia koe, i ngā tau whakamutunga ka tae koe ki te whenua i whakahokia mai i te hoari, i kohikohia mai i roto i ngā iwi maha, ki ngā maunga o Īharaira kua ururua noa ake. Heoi, kua oti te whakaputa mai i roto i ngā iwi, ā, ka noho hūmārie rātou katoa. 9 Ā, ka kake koe, ka haere mai koe me te paroro, ā, ka rite koe ki te kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua, a koe, me ōu rōpū katoa, koutou tahi ko ngā iwi maha.

10 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Nā, i taua rā ka puta ake he mea i tōu ngākau, ā, ka whakaaroa e koe he whakaaro nanakia. 11 Ā, ka mea koe, ‘Ka haere ahau ki te whenua i ngā pā kore taiepa; ka tae ahau ki te hunga e āta noho ana, e noho wehikore ana, e noho ana rātou katoa kāhore he taiepa, kāhore he tūtaki, kāhore he kēti; 12 ki te pāhua i ngā taonga, ki te tango mea parakete; tahuri tonu tōu ringa ki ngā wāhi ururua kua nohoia, ki te iwi kua oti te kohikohi mai i roto i ngā tauiwi, ā, kua whiwhi ki te kararehe, ki te taonga, e noho ana i waenganui o te whenua.’ 13 Nā, ka mea a Hēpā, a Rerana, rātou ko ngā kaihokohoko o Tarahihi, me ngā kūao raiona katoa o reira ki a koe, ‘Kua tae mai rānei koe ki te pāhua taonga? Kua whakaminea rānei e koe tāu hui ki te tango i ngā mea parakete? Ki te mau atu i te hiriwa, i te kōura, ki te tango i ngā kararehe, i ngā taonga, ki te pāhua i ngā taonga maha?’

14 "Mō reira, e te tama a te tangata, poropiti, mea atu ki a Koko: Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: I te rā e noho hūmārie ai tāku iwi a Īharaira, e kore ianei e mōhiotia e koe? 15 Ā, tērā koe e haere mai i tōu wāhi i ngā pito rawa ki te raki, koutou ko ngā iwi maha, ko rātou katoa i runga i te hōiho, he hui nui, he ope nui. 16 Ā, ka whakaekea e koe tāku iwi a Īharaira, me te mea he kapua e taupoki ana i te whenua; ā, i ngā rā whakamutunga ka kawea koe e ahau ki te whawhai ki tōku whenua, kia mōhio ai ngā tauiwi ki ahau, ina ka whakatapua ahau i runga i a koe, e Koko, i tā rātou tirohanga."

He Whakawātanga i a Koko

17 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ko koe rānei tērā i kōrerotia rā e ahau, arā e āku pononga, e ngā poropiti o Īharaira, i ngā rā onamata, i poropititia hoki e rātou i aua rā, he maha ngā tau, tāku kawenga i a koe ki a rātou? 18 Nā, ā taua rā, ā te rā e haere mai ai a Koko ki te whenua o Īharaira, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā, ka puta ake tōku weriweri ki ōku pongāihu. 19 Kua kōrero hoki ahau i runga i tōku hae, i runga i te ahi o tōku riri: He pono i taua rā ka nui te rū ki te whenua o Īharaira; 20 ā, ka wiri ngā ika o te moana ki tōku aroaro, ngā manu anō o te rangi, ngā kīrehe o te pārae, ngā mea ngōkingōki katoa e ngōkingōki ana i runga i te whenua, me ngā tāngata katoa i runga i te mata o te whenua, ka turakina iho hoki ngā maunga, ka hinga ngā wāhi poupou, ka hinga anō ngā taiepa katoa ki te whenua. 21 Ā, ka karangatia e ahau he hoari hei patu mōna, puta noa i ōku maunga katoa, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā; ā, ko te hoari a tēnā tangata, a tēnā tangata, ka anga atu ki tōna hoa, ki tōna hoa. 22 Ā, ko tāku mea hei totohe ki a ia, he mate urutā, he toto; ka uaina iho anō e ahau he ua, he waipuke, he whatu nui, he ahi, he whānāriki, ki a ia, ki ōna rōpū, ki ngā iwi maha e whai ana i a ia. 23 Nā, ka whakanui ahau i ahau, ka whakatapu anō ahau i ahau; ā, ka mōhiotia ahau i te tirohanga a ngā iwi maha, ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."