Ezekiel 17
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
HIKI mai la ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la,
2 “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
E ke keiki a ke kanaka, e nane aku oe i ka nane, a e olelo nane i ka ohana a Iseraela.
3 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
A e olelo aku hoi ia lakou, Ke i mai nei Iehova ka Haku penei; He aeto nui, me na eheu nui loa, paapu i na hulu, onionio, hele mai ia i Lebanona, a lawe oia i ka lala kiekie loa o ka laau kedera.
4 He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
Ako ae la oia i ka welau o kona mau lala opiopio, a hali ae la ia i ka aina kalepa, hoonoho hoi ia i ke kulanakauhale o ka poe kalepa;
5 “‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
Lawe hoi oia i hua o ka aina, a kanu hoi ma ka mala hua nui; waiho iho la oia ia ma ka pili wai nui, hoonoho iho la ia me he laau wilou la.
6 It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.
A ulu hoi ia a lilo ia i kumu waina palahalaha, he kino haahaa, huli ae ia kona mau lala mamuli ona, a malalo iho ona kona mau aa: a pela i lilo ia i kumu waina, a manamana ae la na lala, a opuu ae la na manamana.
7 “‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.
Aia hoi kekahi aeto nui me na eheu nui a me na hulu lehulehu; aia hoi, hoololi ae la keia kumu waina i kona mau aa io na la, a hoopuka ae la i kona mau lala io na la i hoopulu oia ia ia ma na kaha o kona mala.
8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’
Ua kanuia ma ka lepo maikai ma na wai nui; i haawi mai ai ia i na lala, a i hoohua mai ai i ka hua; a i lilo ai ia i kumu waina maikai.
9 “Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
E olelo oe, Ke i mai nei Iehova ka Haku; E pomaikai anei? Aole anei e uhuki oia i kona mau aa, a e oki aku i kona mau hua, i mae iho ai ia? E mae auanei no ia ma na lau a pau o kona ulu ana'e, aole me ka mana nui, aole hoi me kanaka he nui e uhuki ai ia me na aa ona.
10 Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’”
Aia hoi, i kanuia, e pomaikai anei ia? Aole anei ia e mae loa, i ka wa e pa mai ai ka makani hikina ia ia? E mae no ia iloko o na kaha i ulu ai ia.
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Hiki mai la no hoi ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la,
12 “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
E olelo, ano, i ka ohana kipi, Aole anei oukou i ike i ke ano o keia mau mea? E olelo aku hoi, Eia hoi, ua hiki mai ke alii o Babulona i Ierusalema, a ua lawe oia i kona alii a me na'lii ona, a ua alakai ia lakou me ia i Babulona;
13 He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
A ua lawe oia i kekahi o ka poe keiki alii, a kuikahi pu ae la oia me ia; a ua lawe oia i kona hoohiki ana ma ke kuikahi; ua lawe aku hoi oia i ka poe ikaika o ka aina;
14 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
I haahaa ai ke aupuni, aole hoi e hiki ke ea'e iluna, aka, ma kona malama ana i kona kuikahi e mau ai ia.
15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
Ua kipi nae oia ia ia i kona hoouna ana i na elele i Aigupita, i haawi mai lakou i na lio, a i kanaka he nui no. E pomaikai anei oia? E pakele anei ka mea hana ia mau mea? A, e uhai paha oia i ke kuikahi a e hoopakeleia anei?
16 “‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
Ma ko'u ola ana, wahi a Iehova ka Haku, he oiaio, ma kahi o ke alii ka mea i hoolilo ia ia i alii, ka mea nona ka hoohiki ana ana i hoowahawaha ai, a o kona berita hoi kana i uhai aku ai, me ia mawaenakonu o Babulona e make ai ia.
17 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
Aole hoi o Parao me kona poe kaua mana, a me kona anaina nui e kokua ia ia i ke kaua, ma ka hana ana i na puu, a me na pakaua, e oki aku ai i na kanaka he nui;
18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
I kona hoowahawaha ana i ka hoohiki ana, ma ka uhai ana i ke kuikahi, i ka wa i haawi ai oia i kona lima, a ua hana hoi oia i keia mau mea a pau, aole ia e pakele.
19 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
Nolaila ke i mai nei Iehova ka Haku penei; Ma ko'u ola ana, oiaio, o ka hoohiki ana no'u, ana i hoowahawaha ai, a me ko'u kuikahi ana i uhai aku ai, oia ka'u e hoopai ai maluna o kona poo.
20 I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
A e hohola au i ka'u upena maluna ona, a e hei oia i ka'u pahele; a e lawe au ia ia ma Babulona, a e hakaka au me ia ilaila, no kona hewa ana i hana hewa mai ai ia'u.
21 All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’
A e pau kona poe auhee me ka puali ona i ka haule i ka pahikaua, a o ka poe koe, e hele liilii lakou i kela makani keia makani; a e ike oukou na'u na Iehova i olelo aku.
22 “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Ke i mai nei o Iehova ka Haku penei; Owau no kekahi e lawe i ko ka lala kiekie loa o ka laau kedera kiekie, a e hoonoho iho au ia mea; e ako hoi au mai luna mai o kona mau lala opiopio i kekahi mea palupalu, a e kanu au ia mea maluna o ka mauna kiekie i hookiekieia.
23 I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
Ma ka mauna kiekie o ka Iseraela e kanu iho ai au ia, a e haawi mai ia i na lala a me ka hua, a e lilo ia i kumu kedera maikai; a malalo iho ona e noho ai na manu a pau ma kela eheu keia eheu: ma ka mala o kona mau lala e noho iho ai lakou.
24 All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’”
A e ike na laau a pau o ka aina, na'u na Iehova i hoohaahaa i ka laau kiekie, a i hookiekie hoi i ka laau haahaa, a i hoomaloo i ka laau uliuli, a i hooulu ae i ka laau maloo: na'u na Iehova i olelo, a i hana aku hoi.
