Ezequiel 9

1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, "Cause those who are in charge of the city to draw near, each man with his destroying weapon in his hand." 2 Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand. One man in the middle of them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 The glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side. 4 Yahweh said to him, "Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it."

5 To the others he said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity. 6 Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary."

Then they began at the old men who were before the house.

7 He said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!"

They went out, and struck in the city.

8 While they were killing, and I was left, I fell on my face, and cried, and said, "Ah Lord Yahweh! Will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?"

9 Then he said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’ 10 As for me also, my eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head."

11 Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, "I have done as you have commanded me."

Te Tāurekenga o ngā Kaikoropiko Whakapakoko

1 I karanga anō ia ki ōku taringa, he nui te reo, i mea, "Kia whakatata mai ngā kaitirotiro o te pā, me tāna patu whakangaro i te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei." 2 Nā, tokoono ngā tāngata e haere mai ana i te ara o tō runga kūwaha e anga ana ki te raki, me tāna patu whakamate anō i te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei. Ko tētahi tangata anō i roto i a rātou he rīnena tōna kākahu, he pounamu anō nā te kaituhituhi i tōna taha. Nā, tomo ana rātou, tū ana i te taha o te āta parāhi.

3 Nā, kua kake atu te korōria o te Atua o Īharaira i te kerupa, ko tōna taunga nei tērā, ki te paepae o te whare. Nā, ka karanga tērā ki te tangata, he rīnena nei tōna kākahu, ki tērā kei tōna taha nei te pounamu a te kaituhituhi; 4 ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "E tika nā waenganui i te pā, nā waenga i Hiruhārama, ka whakapiri i tētahi tohu ki ngā rae o ngā tāngata e auē ana, e tangi ana, mō ngā mea whakarihariha katoa e mahia ana i waenganui o konei."

5 I mea anō ia ki ērā atu, me te whakarongo anō ahau, "E tika koutou nā waenganui o te pā i muri i a ia patu ai. Kaua ō koutou kanohi e manawapā, kaua e tohu. 6 Patua kia ngaro te kaumātua, te taitama, te kōtiro, me ngā kōhungahunga, me ngā wāhine; kaua ia e tata ki tētahi tangata i a ia nei te tohu; me tīmata ki tōku wāhi tapu." Nā, kua tīmata rātou ki ngā kaumātua i te aronga o te whare.

7 I mea anō ia ki a rātou, "Whakapokea te whare, whakakīia ngā marae ki te tūpāpaku. Haere koutou!" Heoi, haere ana rātou, nā, kei te patu i roto i te pā. 8 Nā, i a rātou e patu ana, ā, ka mahue ahau, ka tāpapa ahau, ka karanga, ka mea, "Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā! Ka ngaro ianei i a koe ngā mōrehu katoa o Īharaira, i te mea ka ringihia nei e koe tōu weriweri ki runga ki Hiruhārama?"

9 Anō rā ko ia ki ahau, "He nui rawa te hē o te whare o Īharaira rāua ko Hūrā, kua kī hoki te whenua i te toto, kua kī anō te pā i te whakariroinga o te whakawā. E mea ana hoki rātou, ‘Kua mahue te whenua i a Ihowā, e kore a Ihowā e kite.’ 10 Nā, ko ahau nei hoki, e kore tōku kanohi e manawapā, e kore ahau e tohu; ka hoatu e ahau te utu o tō rātou ara ki runga ki tō rātou māhunga."

11 Nā, ko te tangata i te kākahu rīnena, tērā kei tōna taha rā te pounamu mangumangu, kōrerotia ana e ia taua mea, i kī ia, "Kua oti i ahau tāu i whakahau rā ki ahau."