Ezequiel 7

1 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "You, son of man, the Lord Yahweh says to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end is on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways. I will bring on you all your abominations. 4 My eye will not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations will be among you. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’

5 "The Lord Yahweh says: ‘A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it comes. 6 An end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you. Behold, it comes. 7 Your doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land! The time has come! The day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, on the mountains. 8 Now I will shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways. I will bring on you all your abominations. 9 My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways. Your abominations will be among you. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, strike.

10 "‘Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed. Pride has budded. 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness. None of them will remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth. There will be nothing of value among them. 12 The time has come! The day draws near. Don’t let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude. 13 For the seller won’t return to that which is sold, although they are still alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude of it. None will return. None will strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 14 They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but no one goes to the battle, for my wrath is on all its multitude.

15 "‘The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within. He who is in the field will die by the sword. He who is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence. 16 But of those who escape, they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity. 17 All hands will be feeble, and all knees will be weak as water. 18 They will also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads. 19 They will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity. 20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein. Therefore I have made it to them as an unclean thing. 21 I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they will profane it. 22 I will also turn my face from them, and they will profane my secret place. Robbers will enter into it, and profane it.

23 "‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong to cease. Their holy places will be profaned. 25 Destruction comes! They will seek peace, and there will be none. 26 Mischief will come on mischief, and rumor will be on rumor. They will seek a vision of the prophet; but the law will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. 27 The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with desolation. The hands of the people of the land will be troubled. I will do to them after their way, and according to their own judgments I will judge them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’"

Te Parekura Raraka

1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau; i mea: 2 "Nā, e koe, e te tama a te tangata, ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā, ki te whenua o Īharaira: He whakamutunga! Kua tae mai te whakamutunga ki ngā pito e whā o te whenua. 3 Ko āianei te whakamutunga mōu, ka tukua atu e ahau tōku riri ki runga ki a koe, ka rite anō ki ōu ara tāku whakarite mōu; ka hoatu anō e ahau āu mea whakarihariha katoa ki runga ki a koe. 4 E kore anō tōku kanohi e manawapā ki a koe, e kore ahau e tohu. Engari, ka hoatu e ahau te utu o ōu ara ki a koe; ka mau hoki āu mea whakarihariha ki roto i a koe. Ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau.

5 "Ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: He kino! He kino kotahi! Nanā, te haere mai nei. 6 He whakamutunga kua tae mai, kua tae mai te whakamutunga, kei te oho ki a koe; nanā, e haere mai nei. 7 Ko te mea kua rite mōu, tēnei kua tae mai, e te tangata o te whenua. Kua tae mai te wā, kua tata te rā – he rā nō te ngangau, ehara i te rā o te umere harakoa i runga o ngā maunga. 8 Ākuanei ka tata te ringihia e ahau tōku weriweri ki runga ki a koe, ka whakapaua e ahau tōku riri ki a koe, ka rite anō ki ōu ara tāku whakarite mōu; ka hoatu anō e ahau he utu ki a koe mō āu mea whakarihariha katoa. 9 E kore anō tōku kanohi e manawapā; e kore ahau e tohu. Ka rite ki ōu ara tāku e hoatu ai ki a koe, ka mau anō āu mea whakarihariha ki waenganui i a koe. Ā, ka mōhio koutou e whiu ana anō ahau, a Ihowā.

10 "Nanā, te rā! Nanā, kua tae mai! Kua puta te mea kua rite mōu. Kua puāwai te tokotoko, kua kōpuku te whakapehapeha. 11 Kua ara te tutū hei tokotoko mō te kino; e kore e toe tētahi o rātou, tētahi rānei o tō rātou mano, o ō rātou taonga rānei; kāhore anō hoki he arikitanga i roto i a rātou. 12 Kua tae mai te wā, kua tata te rā; kaua te kaihoko mai e koa; kaua anō te kaihoko atu e pōuri, nō te mea ka pā te riri ki tōna mano katoa. 13 Nō te mea ahakoa i te ora rāua, e kore te tangata i te utu e hoki atu ki te mea i hokona; mō ōna mano katoa hoki te whakakitenga, e kore rātou e hoki; e kore anō tētahi e whakakaha i a ia i runga i tōna hē i āna mahi i a ia e ora ana. 14 Kua whakatangihia e rātou te tētere, ā, kua whakaritea ngā mea katoa; heoi kāhore he tangata e haere ana ki te whawhai; nō te mea kei runga tōku riri i ōna mano katoa.

15 "I waho ko te hoari, i roto ko te mate urutā, ko te hemokai; ko te tangata i te pārae ka mate i te hoari; ko te tangata i te pā ka pau i te hemokai, i te mate urutā. 16 Ko ngā mōrehu o rātou e mawhiti, ka mawhiti, ā, ka noho ki ngā maunga, ka rite ki ngā kūkupa o ngā awaawa, tumutumu katoa rātou i runga i tōna hē, i tōna hē. 17 Ka ngoikore katoa ngā ringa, ā, ka ngonge ngā turi ānō he wai. 18 Ka whītikiria anō he kākahu taratara ki a rātou, ka taupokina rātou e te wehi. He whakamā kei ngā mata katoa, ā, i runga i ō rātou māhunga katoa ko te pākira. 19 Ka makā e rātou tā rātou hiriwa ki ngā ara, ka waiho tā rātou kōura hei mea poke. E kore tā rātou hiriwa, tā rātou kōura, e tau hei whakaora i a rātou i te rā o tō Ihowā riri. E kore e ngata ō rātou wairua, e kore anō e kī ō rātou puku i ērā. Ko te tūtukitanga waewae hoki tērā i hē ai rātou. 20 Nā, ko te ātaahua o tōna whakapaipai, nāna i whakawhiwhi ki te korōria. Heoi, hangā ana e rātou ngā āhua o ā rātou mea anuanu, o ā rātou mea whakarihariha ki reira; nō reira meinga iho e ahau hei mea poke ki a rātou. 21 Ka tukua anō e ahau hei taonga parakete ki te ringa o ngā tāngata kē, ki ngā tāngata kino o te whenua, hei taonga pārau; ā, ka whakapokea e rātou. 22 Ka tahuri atu anō tōku mata i a rātou, ā, ka whakapokea e rātou tōku wāhi ngaro; ka tae mai anō ngā kaipāhua ki reira whakapoke ai.

23 "Hangā he mekameka! Kua kī hoki te whenua i ngā hē whakaheke toto; kī tonu hoki te pā i te tutū. 24 Mō reira ka kawea mai e ahau ngā tauiwi kino rawa, ā, ka riro ō rātou whare i a rātou. Ka mutu anō i ahau te whakapehapeha o te hunga kaha ka whakapokea ō rātou wāhi tapu. 25 Kei te haere mai te whakangaromanga; ka rapua e rātou te rangimārie; heoi kāhore noa iho. 26 Ka tae mai te aituā ki runga ki te aituā, te rongo ki runga ki te rongo; ā, ka rapua e rātou tā te poropiti whakakitenga; heoi ka whakakāhoretia te ture i te tohunga, te whakaaro i ngā kaumātua. 27 Ka tangi te kīngi, ko te ngaromanga hoki he kākahu mō te rangatira, ka ohooho anō ngā ringa o te iwi o te whenua. Ka rite ki ō rātou ara tāku e mea ai ki a rātou, kei ā rātou ritenga anō hoki he ritenga mō tāku whakawā i a rātou; ā, ka mōhio rātou ko Ihowā ahau."