Ezekiela 17
1 HIKI mai la ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la,
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
2 E ke keiki a ke kanaka, e nane aku oe i ka nane, a e olelo nane i ka ohana a Iseraela.
“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use an allegory to the house of Israel,
3 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.
and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that has diverse colors, Has come to Lebanon, And he takes the foliage of the cedar,
4 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;
He has cropped the top of its tender twigs, And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed it in a city of merchants.
5 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.
And he takes of the seed of the land, And puts it in a field of seed, He took [it] by many waters, He has set it in a conspicuous place.
6 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.
And it springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becomes a vine, and makes boughs, And sends forth beautiful branches.
7 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.
And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And behold, this vine has bent its roots toward him, And it has sent out its thin shoots toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
8 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.
On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a good vine.
9 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.
Say, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, And cut off its fruit, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, And not by great strength, or by numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.
10 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.
And behold, the planted thing—does it prosper? When the east wind comes against it, does it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withers.”
11 Hiki mai la no hoi ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la,
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
12 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;
“Now say to the house of rebellion, Have you not known what these [are]? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, And he takes its king, and its princes, And brings them to himself to Babylon.
13 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;
And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, And makes a covenant with him, And brings him into an oath, And he has taken the mighty of the land,
14 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.
That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant—that it may stand.
15 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?
And he rebels against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and many people, Does he prosper? Does he who is doing these things escape? And has he broken covenant and escaped?
16 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.
[As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, Does he not—in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he has despised, And whose covenant he has broken—die with him in the midst of Babylon?
17 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;
And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Does Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mound, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
18 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.
And he despised the oath—to break covenant, And behold, he has given his hand, And all these he has done—he does not escape.
19 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.
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: [As] I live—My oath that he has despised, And My covenant that he has broken, Have I not put it on his head?
20 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.
And I have spread out My snare for him, And he has been caught in My net, And I have brought him to Babylon, And judged him there [for the] trespass That he has trespassed against Me.
21 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.
And all his fugitives, with all his bands, Fall by sword, and those remaining, They are spread out to every wind, And you have known that I, YHWH, have spoken.
22 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.
Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, And I have planted [it] on a high and lofty mountain.
23 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.
In a mountain—the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it has borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a good cedar, And every bird of every [kind of] wing has dwelt under it, They dwell in the shade of its thin shoots.
24 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.
And all trees of the field have known That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, I have set the low tree on high, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, YHWH, have spoken, and have done [it]!”
