Ezekiel 21
1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
2 “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
E te tama a te tangata, anga atu tou mata ki Hiruharama, kia maturuturu iho tau kupu ki nga wahi tapu, poropititia he he mo te whenua o Iharaira;
3 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
Mea atu hoki ki te whenua o Iharaira, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Nana, hei hoariri ahau mou, ka maunu ano i ahau taku hoari i roto i tona takotoranga, ka hatepea atu e ahau te tangata tika raua ko te tangata he i roto i a koe.
4 Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
Na, ka hatepea atu nei e ahau i roto i a koe te tangata tika raua ko te tangata he, ka maunu ano taku hoari i roto i tona takotoranga ki nga kikokiko katoa i te tonga tae noa ki te raki.
5 Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
A ka mohio nga kikokiko katoa, naku, na Ihowa, i unu taku hoari i roto i tona takotoranga: e kore ano e hoki a muri iho.
6 But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
Na reira, aue, e te tama a te tangata: aue ki to ratou aroaro, me te whati tou hope, me te tangi tiwerawera.
7 And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
A ki te mea ratou ki a koe, He aha koe i aue ai? katahi koe ka mea, Mo te rongo; kei te haere mai hoki: a ngohe iho nga ngakau katoa, ngoikore katoa nga ringa, ka he ano nga wairua katoa, ko nga turi katoa kei te wai te rite: nana, te haere mai n ei, ka oti ano hoki, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa.
8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
9 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
E te tama a te tangata, poropiti atu, ki atu, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa: Ki atu, He hoari, he hoari, whakakoi rawa, oro rawa.
10 it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
I whakakoia ai kia nui, ai te parekura: i orohia ai kia uira ai. Kia koa koia tatou? ko te tokotoko ia o taku tama e whakahawea ana ki nga rakau katoa.
11 The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
I hoatu ano e ia kia orohia, hei mea e maua e te ringa: ko te hoari, ae, kua oti te whakakoi, kua oti te oro, kia hoatu ai ki te ringa o te kaipatu.
12 Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
E tangi, aue, e te tama a te tangata: no te mea kei runga i taku iwi, kei runga i nga rangatira katoa o Iharaira: kua tukua atu ratou ki te hoari me taku iwi: mo reira papaki ki tou huha.
13 Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’
He whakamatautau hoki ia; a ka pehea ra mehemea ka kore te tokotoko whakahawea, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa.
14 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Ko koe na, e te tama a te tangata, poropiti atu, pakipaki i ou ringa; tukua kia tuatoru whakakoromeketanga o te hoari, o te hoari nana nga tupapaku; ko te hoari ia nana te tangata rahi, tera e tupapaku nei i ona patunga, tae tonu atu ki o ratou ruma o roto rawa.
15 So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
Kua oti te mata o te hoari te whakatika atu e ahau ki o ratou kuwaha katoa, kia ngohengohe ai o ratou ngakau, kia maha ai o ratou tutukitanga: anana! kua oti te whakakanapa, koi tonu, hei mea mo te patu.
16 Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
Huihui i a koe, ka anga ki matau; tatai i a koe, ka anga ki maui; ki te wahi e u atu ai tou mata.
17 I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’
Ka papaki ano ahau i oku ringa, ka whakarite i toku weriweri: naku, na Ihowa, te kupu.
18 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
I puta mai ano hoki te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
Ko koe hoki, e te tama a te tangata, whakaritea etahi ara mou kia rua, hei haerenga mai mo te hoari a te kingi o Papurona: ka puta mai raua e rua i te whenua kotahi; waitohungia hoki tetahi wahi, waitohungai i te ahunga mai o te ara ki te pa.
20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Whakaritea he ara e haere mai ai te hoari ki Rapa o nga tama a Amona, ki a Hura, ki era i Hiruharama, i te pa taiepa.
21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
I tu hoki te kingi o Papurona ki te pekanga o te ara, ki te ahunga mai o nga ara e rua, ki te ui ki nga tuaahu: i rurutia hoki e ia ana pere, i uia he tikanga ki nga whakapakoko, i titiro ki te ate.
22 In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
I tona ringa matau ko te tuaahu mo Hiruharama, hei whakarite i nga mea wawahi, hei mea e hamama ai te mangai i te parekura, e ara ai te reo i te hamamatanga, hei whakarite i nga mea wawahi mo nga kuwaha, kia haupuria ake ano he pukepuke, kia han ga he taumaihi.
23 It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
A ki ta ratou, hei tuaahu teka tena ki ta ratou titiro, ki ta te hunga ra i oati i nga oati: otiia ka maharatia e ia te kino, kia mau ai ratou.
24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
Na reira ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa, Na, kua meinga na e koutou to koutou kino kia maharatia, i to koutou he ka hurahia, i o koutou hara ka kitea i roto i a koutou mahi katoa; na, ka maharatia na koutou, ka mau koutou i te ringa.
25 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Na, ko koe, e te mea kino kua tupapaku na, e te rangatira o Iharaira, nou nei te ra kua tae mai, i te wa o te he i te mutunga;
26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa, Whakarerea atu te potae, waiho atu te karauna: e kore tenei e penei tonu a muri ake: ko te iti whakanuia ake, ko te nui whakaititia iho.
27 A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
Ka porohurihia e ahau, ka porohurihia, ka porohurihia; e kore noa iho ano tenei, kia tae mai ra ano te tangata mana; a maku e hoatu ki a ia.
28 Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
Ko koe hoki, e te tama a te tangata, poropiti atu, mea atu, Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa mo nga tama a Amona, mo ta ratou tawai; mea atu ano, Ko te hoari, ko te hoari, kua oti te unu: oro rawa mo te patu, kia kai ai, koia i uira ai:
29 while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
Me te teka mai a aua matakite ki a koe, me te homai teka a te tuaahu ki a koe, kia hoatu ai koe ki runga ki nga kaki o te hunga i patua, o te hunga kino kua tae mai nei to ratou ra, i te wa o te he i te mutunga.
30 Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
Meinga kia hoki atu ia ki tona takotoranga. Hei te wahi i hanga ai koe, hei te whenua i whanau ai koe, hei reira ahau whakawa ai i a koe.
31 I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
Ka ringihia ano e ahau toku riri ki runga ki a koe; ka pupuhi ano ahau ki runga ki a koe ki te ahi o toku riri; ka hoatu ano koe e ahau ki te ringa o nga tangata poauau, e mohio ana ki te whakangaro.
32 You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
Ka waiho koe hei wahie mo te ahi; ka heke ou toto ki waenganui o te whenua; heoi ano maharatanga ki a koe; naku hoki, na Ihowa te kupu.
