Ezequiel 47

1 He brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the temple eastward, for the front of the temple faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the temple, on the south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. Behold, waters ran out on the right side.

3 When the man went out eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits,*47:3 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. 4 Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through waters that were to the waist. 5 Afterward he measured one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be walked through.

6 He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?"

Then he brought me and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, "These waters flow out toward the eastern region and will go down into the Arabah. Then they will go toward the sea and flow into the sea which will be made to flow out; and the waters will be healed. 9 It will happen that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, will live. Then there will be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters have come there, and the waters of the sea will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river comes. 10 It will happen that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many. 11 But its swamps and marshes will not be healed. They will be given up to salt. 12 By the river banks, on both sides, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing."

13 The Lord Yahweh says: "This shall be the border by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions. 14 You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers. This land will fall to you for inheritance.

15 "This shall be the border of the land:

"On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. 17 The border from the sea shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

18 "The east side, between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

19 "The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.

20 "The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

21 "So you shall divide this land to yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe the stranger lives, there you shall give him his inheritance," says the Lord Yahweh.

He Wai e Rere ana i te Temepara

1 Ā, ka whakahokia ahau e ia ki te tatau o te whare. Nā, he wai e pupū mai ana i raro i te paepae o te whare whaka te rāwhiti, (e anga ana hoki te aronga o te whare ki te rāwhiti); ā, i heke mai ngā wai i raro i te taha ki matau o te whare, i te taha ki te tonga o te āta. 2 Kātahi ahau ka ārahina e ia i te ara o te kūwaha ki te raki, ā, ārahina āwhiotia ana nā te ara o waho ki tō waho kūwaha, nā te ara o te kūwaha e anga ana ki te rāwhiti; ā, ko ngā wai e rere ana i te taha ki matau.

3 Nō te haerenga atu o te tangata, i tōna ringa nei te aho, whaka te rāwhiti, kotahi mano ngā whatīanga i whanganga e ia, ā, ka meinga ahau e ia kia tika nā roto i ngā wai; i ngā ponapona te wai. 4 I whanganga anō he mano e ia, ā, meinga ana ahau e ia kia tika nā roto i ngā wai; i ngā turi te wai. I whanganga anō e ia he mano, ā, meinga ana ahau e ia kia tika i waenga; i ngā hope te wai. 5 Muri iho i whanganga e ia he mano; nā, he awa kīhai i taea te whiti; kua neke ake hoki ngā wai e kauhoea, he awa e kore e whitingia. 6 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Ka kite rānei koe i tēnei e te tama a te tangata?"

Kātahi ahau ka ārahina e ia, ka whakahokia ki te pareparenga o te awa. 7 Hoki rawa atu ahau, nā, i te pareparenga o te awa tōna tini o te rākau i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha. 8 Kātahi ia ka mea ki ahau, "E puta atu ana ēnei wai ki te wāhi ki te rāwhiti, ka rere anō ki raro, ki te Arapa tae tonu atu ki te moana. Ko te moana he rerenga atu mō ngā wai i meinga kia puta mai, ka ai hei rongoā mō ngā wai. 9 Nā, ko ngā mea ora katoa e muimui ana, i ngā wāhi katoa e tae atu ai ngā awa, ka ora. Ka tini noa atu hoki ngā ika, nō te mea ka tae ēnei wai ki reira, ā, ka rongoātia ngā wai o te moana, ā, ka ora ngā mea katoa e tae atu ai te awa. 10 Nā, ka tū ngā kaihao ki tōna taha; ā, ka waiho he wāhi i Enekeri ā tae noa ki Ene-Ekeraima hei horahanga mō ngā kupenga; ā, ko ngā ika o aua wāhi ka rite ki ō rātou āhua, ka rite ki ngā ika o te Moana Nui, he tini noa iho. 11 Otiia, e kore e waimāori ngā wāhi oru o reira, me ngā repo o reira; ka tukua atu ki te tote. 12 Nā, ka tupu ki te taha o te awa, ki tōna pareparenga, ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha, ngā rākau kai katoa; e kore ngā rau e memenge, e kore anō ngā hua e kore. Ko ōna hua, hou tonu i ō rātou marama anō, nō te mea i puta mai ō rātou wai i te wāhi tapu. Nā, hei kai tōna hua, hei rongoā tōna rau."

Ngā Rohe Hou o te Whenua

13 Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Hei konei te rohe, e wehewehe ai koutou i te whenua hei kāinga tupu, he mea whakarite ki ngā hapū kotahi tekau mā rua o Īharaira; kia rua ngā wāhi mā Hōhepa. 14 Ka riro hoki a reira i a koutou, tā tētahi, tā tētahi, rite tonu; he wāhi hoki ia i ara ai tōku ringa kia hoatu a reira ki ō koutou mātua. Inā, ka taka mai anō tēnei whenua ki a koutou hei kāinga tupu.

15 "Ko te rohe tēnei o te whenua: I te taha ki te raki, kei te Moana Nui, kei te ara ki Heterono, i te mea ka haere ki Terara; 16 kei Hāmata, kei Perota, (kei Hipiraima i te takiwā o te rohe ki Ramahiku, o te rohe ki Hāmata), kei Hatara Hatikono i te taha o te rohe ki Haurana. 17 Nā, ko te rohe i te moana, kei Hataraenana, kei te rohe ki Ramahiku, me te taha anō ki te raki whaka te raki, kei te rohe ki Hāmata. Ko te taha ki te raki hoki tēnei.

18 "Ko te taha ki te rāwhiti, i waenganui o Haurana, o Ramahiku, o Kireara, me te whenua o Īharaira, ko Horano; me whanganga mai i te rohe ki te raki tae noa ki te moana i te rāwhiti. Ko te taha ki te rāwhiti tēnei.

19 "Nā, ko te taha ki te tonga whaka te tonga ka takoto atu i Tāmara tae noa ki ngā wai o Meripoto Karehe, ki te awa o Īhipa, ki te Moana Nui. Nā, ko te taha tēnei ki te tonga whaka te tonga.

20 "Nā, ko te rohe ki te hauāuru ko te Moana Nui, ka takoto atu i te rohe ki te tonga ā tae noa ki te ritenga atu o Hāmata. Ko te taha tēnei ki te hauāuru.

21 "Nā, me wehe tēnei whenua mō koutou, he mea whakarite ki ngā hapū o Īharaira. 22 Inā, me wehe tēnei whenua, hei kāinga tupu mō koutou, mō ngā tautāngata e noho ana i roto i a koutou, e whānau tamariki i roto i a koutou; ā, kia rite rātou ki tā koutou, ki tā te tangata whenua i roto i a Īharaira; kia taka mai he wāhi mō rātou i roto i a koutou, i roto i ngā hapū o Īharaira. 23 Nā, ko te hapū e noho ai te tautangata, me hoatu e koutou he wāhi mōna ki reira," e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā.