Ehekiera 21
1 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2 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;
Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop [words] against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3 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.
and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 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.
Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;
5 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.
and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
6 Na reira, aue, e te tama a te tangata: aue ki to ratou aroaro, me te whati tou hope, me te tangi tiwerawera.
Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 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.
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.
8 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
9 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.
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.
10 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.
It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, [saying, ] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?
11 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.
And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, — it is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 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.
Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.
13 He whakamatautau hoki ia; a ka pehea ra mehemea ka kore te tokotoko whakahawea, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa.
For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more]? saith the Lord Jehovah.
14 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.
And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for [the strokes of] the sword shall be doubled the third time: it is the sword of the slain, the sword that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.
15 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.
In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.
16 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.
Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
17 Ka papaki ano ahau i oku ringa, ka whakarite i toku weriweri: naku, na Ihowa, te kupu.
And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken [it].
18 I puta mai ano hoki te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
19 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.
And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come — out of one land shall they both come — and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.
20 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.
Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced [city] of Jerusalem.
21 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.
For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.
22 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.
In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.
23 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.
And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24 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.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
25 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;
And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
26 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.
— thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no [more]. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
27 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.
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [to him].
28 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:
And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, A sword, a sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it furbished, that it may consume, that it may glitter:
29 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.
whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 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.
Restore [it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.
31 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.
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
32 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.
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah have spoken.
