Ehekiera 33
1 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 E te tama a te tangata, korero ki nga tamariki a tou iwi, mea atu ki a ratou, Ki te kawea e ahau te hoari ki tetahi whenua, a ka mau nga tangata o te whenua ki tetahi tangata o ratou, ka whakaritea e ratou hei tutei;
Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, On whatever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land take one man of them, and set him for their watchman:
3 Mehemea, i tona kitenga i te hoari e puta ana ki te whenua, ka whakatangihia e ia te tetere, hei whakatupato i te iwi;
and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;
4 Na, ko te tangata e rongo i te tangi o te tetere, a kahore ia e tupato, ki te tae mai te hoari, a ka riro ia, hei runga ano i tona mahunga ona toto:
and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear [indeed], and [yet] not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his [own] head.
5 I rongo ia i te tangi o te tetere, a kihai i tupato; ki runga ano i a ia ona toto. Tena ia, mehemea ia i tupato, ka mawhiti i a ia tona wairua.
Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul.
6 Engari ki te kite te tutei i te hoari e puta ana, a kihai i whakatangi i te tetere, kihai i whakatupato i te iwi, a ka tae mai te hoari, ka riro tetahi o ratou; ka riro ia i runga i tona kino, otiia ka rapua e ahau ona toto i te ringa o te tutei.
But if the watchman see the sword coming, and do not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword come, and take a soul from amongst them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 Ina, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kua waiho koe e ahau hei tutei mo te whare o Iharaira; a me whakarongo koe ki te kupu a toku mangai, ko koe ano taku hei whakatupato i a ratou.
And you, son of man, I have set you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth.
8 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata kino, E te tangata kino, ko te mate kau mou; ki te kore koe e korero, e whakatupato i te tangata kino ki tona ara; ka mate taua tangata kino i runga i tona he, ka rapua ia e ahau ona toto i tou ringa.
When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; [if] you speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
9 Tena ko tenei ka whakatupato koe i te tangata kino ki tona ara, kia tahuri mai ia i reira, a e kore ia e tahuri mai i tona ara; ka mate ia i runga i tona kino, ka ora ia i a koe tou wairua.
But if you forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but you have delivered your own soul.
10 Na ko koe e te tama a te tangata, korero ki te whare o Iharaira: Ko ta koutou ki tenei, e mea na koutou, Kei runga i a matou o matou he, o matou hara, a ka memeha atu matou i runga i aua he; ma te aha ra matou ka ora ai?
And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have you spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall we live?
11 Mea atu ki a ratou, E ora ana ahau, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa, kahore oku ngakau koa ki te matenga o te tangata kino; engari kia tahuri te tangata kino i tona ara, kia ora: tahuri mai, tahuri mai koutou i o koutou ara kino; kia mate hoki koutou hei aha, e te whare o Iharaira?
Say to them, Thus says the Lord; [As] I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn you heartily from your way; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
12 Na, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, me ki atu ki nga tamariki a tou iwi, E kore te tika o te tangata tika e whakaora i a ia i te ra e poka ke ai ia: me te kino ano o te tangata kino e kore tera e whakahinga i a ia i te ra e tahuri mai ai ia i to na kino; e kore ano te tangata tika e ora i tona tika i te ra e hara ai ia.
Say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous [erring] shall not be able to deliver himself.
13 Ki te mea ahau ki te tangata tika, ka ora ia; a ka whakawhirinaki ia ki tona tika, ka mahi hoki i te he, e kore ana mahi tika katoa e maharatia; engari ka mate ia i runga i tona he i mahia e ia.
When I say to the righteous, [You shall live; and] he trusts in his righteousness, and shall commit iniquity, none of his righteousnesses shall be remembered; in his unrighteousness which he has wrought, in it shall he die.
14 Ki te mea ano ahau ki te tangata kino, Ko te mate kau mou; a ka tahuri mai ia i tona hara, ka mahi i te mea e tika ana, e rite ana;
And when I say to the ungodly, You shall surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgement and justice,
15 Ki te whakahokia te taunaha e te tangata kino, ki te utua te mea i pahuatia e ia, ki te haere ia i runga i nga tikanga o te ora, a ka kore e mahi i te he, he pono ka ora ia, e kore ia e mate.
and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, [and] walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall not die.
16 E kore tetahi o ona hara i hara ai ia e maharatia ki a ia: kua mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana; he pono ka ora ia.
None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgement and righteousness; by them shall he live.
17 Heoi kei te mea nga tamariki a tou iwi, Kahore e rite te ara o te Ariki: na, ko ratou nei, kahore to ratou ara e rite.
Yet the children of your people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.
18 Ki te tahari atu te tangata tika i tona tika, a ka mahia e ia te he, ka mate ia i aua he.
When the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and shall commit iniquities, then shall he die in them.
19 Ki te tahuri mai ano te tangata kino i tona kino, a ka mahia e ia te mea e tika ana, e rite ana, ka ai ena hei whakaora i a ia.
And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgement and righteousness, he shall live by them.
20 Heoi kei te mea na koutou, Kahore e rite te ara o te Ariki. E te whare o Iharaira, ka rite ki tona ara, ki tona ara, taku whakawa mo koutou.
And this is that which you said, The way of the Lord is [not] straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.
21 Na, i te tekau ma rua o nga tau o to matou whakaraunga, i te tekau o nga marama, i te rima o nga ra o te marama, ka tae mai ki ahau tetahi o nga oranga o Hiruharama, a ka mea, Kua patua te pa.
And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.
22 Na, kua pa te ringa o Ihowa ki ahau i te ahiahi i mua ake o te taenga mai o taua oranga nei; meinga ana e ia kia kuihi toku mangai, a tae noa mai ia ki ahau i te ata; na, kua meinga e ia kia kuihi toku mangai, a kore ake toku wahangu.
Now the hand of the Lord had come upon me in the evening, before he came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed.
23 Na ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau; i ki ia,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
24 E te tama a te tangata, ko te hunga e noho ana i enei ururua i te whenua o Iharaira, e korero ana, e mea ana, He kotahi a Aperahama, a riro ana i a ia te whenua; ko tatou ia he tokomaha; kua homai te whenua ki a tatou hei kainga tupu.
Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate [places] on the land of Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.
25 Mo reira ki atu ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa; Ko ta koutou kai, he mea kinaki ki te toto, e anga ana hoki o koutou kanohi ki a koutou whakapakoko, e whakaheke toto ana hoki koutou: a e mau ranei te whenua i a koutou?
26 Ko to koutou turanga ko a koutou hoari, e mahia ana e koutou te mea whakarihariha, e whakapokea ana e koutou te wahine a tona hoa, a tona hoa: a e mau ranei te whenua i a koutou?
27 Kia penei tau ki atu ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa: E ora ana ahau, ina, ka hinga i te hoari te hunga i nga ururua, a, ko te tangata i te mata o te parae, ka hoatu ia e ahau hei kai ma nga kirehe, a, ko te hunga i nga taumaihi, i nga ana, ka mate ratou i te mate uruta.
Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God, [As] I live, surely they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords and they that are in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field, and them that are in the fortified [cities] and them that are in the caves I will kill with pestilence.
28 Ka ururua rawa i ahau te whenua, ka waiho hei keteketenga, a ka mutu te whakapehapeha o tona kaha; ka ururua ano nga maunga o Iharaira, e kore e haerea e te tangata.
And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through.
29 A ka mohio ratou ko Ihowa ahau, ina meinga e ahau te whenua hei ururua, hei keteketenga, mo a ratou mea whakarihariha katoa i mea ai ratou.
And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought.
30 Na, ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, e komuhumuhua ana koe e nga tama a tou iwi i te taha o nga pakitara, i nga tatau ano o nga whare, e korerorero ana tetahi ki tetahi, ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa, e mea ana, Tena, kia haere tatou, kia rongo ai tat ou i te kupu e puta mai ana i a Ihowa.
And [as for] you, son of man, the children of your people are they that speak concerning you by the walls, and in the porches of the houses, and they talk one to another, saying, Let us come together, and let us hear the [words] that proceed from the Lord.
31 A ko ta ratou haere mai ki a koe rite tonu ki te haerenga mai o te iwi; ko ta ratou noho i tou aroaro rite tonu ano ki to taku iwi; e rongo ana hoki ratou ki au kupu, kahore ia e mahi: ko o ratou mangai hoki hei whakaahuareka mai, ko o ratou nga kau kei te whai i ta ratou apo taonga.
They approach you as a people comes together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them: for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.
32 Nana, ki a ratou, e rite ana koe ki te waiata roreka a te reo pai, a te tangata he pai te rangi o tana mea whakatangi; e rongo ana hoki ratou ki au kupu, kahore ia e mahi.
And you are to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned lute, and they will hear your words, but they will not do them.
33 A, ina puta tenei, nana, tenei te haere mai nei, katahi ratou ka mohio tenei tonu he poropiti i roto i a ratou e noho ana.
But whenever it shall come [to pass], they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.
