1 I puta mai ano te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau, i mea,

Again 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 say to them: ‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman,

3 M ehemea, i tona kitenga i te hoari e puta ana ki te whenua, ka whakatangihia e ia te tetere, hei whakatupato i te iwi;

when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

4 N a, 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:

then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on 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.

He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life.

6 E ngari 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 sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

7 I na, 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.

“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.

8 K i 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 wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

9 T ena 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.

Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

10 N a 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?

“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?”’

11 M ea 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: ‘ As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’ The Fairness of God’s Judgment

12 N a, 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.

“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’

13 K i 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 that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

14 K i 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;

Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,

15 K i 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.

if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he 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 against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

17 H eoi 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 say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!

18 K i 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 from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

19 K i 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.

But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

20 H eoi 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.

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.” The Fall of Jerusalem

21 N a, 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 twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been captured!”

22 N a, 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 been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. The Cause of Judah’s Ruin

23 N a ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki ahau; i ki ia,

Then 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 who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

25 M o 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?

“Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

26 K o 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?

You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?”’

27 K ia 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.

“Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “ As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.

28 K a 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.

For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass 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.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’ Hearing and Not Doing

30 N a, 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.

“As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes 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.

So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.

32 N ana, 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.

Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do 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.

And when this comes to pass—surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”