Ezekiela
17:1 A hiki mai ka olelo a Iehova ia'u, i mai la.
17:2 E ke keiki a ke kanaka, e nane aku, a e olelo nane i ko ka hale o
Iseraela;
17:3 A e olelo aku, Ke i mai nei Iehova ka Haku, penei; He ʻaeto nui me nā ʻēheu nui,
ua loloa, piha i ka hulu, na waihooluu like ole
Lebanona, a lawe aku la i ka lala kiekie loa o ke kedera.
17: 4. Oki iho la ia i ka piko o kona mau lala, a lawe aku ia ia i ka aina o
kalepa; Ua hoonoho oia ia mea ma ke kulanakauhale o ka poe kalepa.
17: 5. Lawe ae la hoi oia i ka hua o ka aina, a kanu iho la ia mea i hua
kahua; Hoonoho iho la oia ia ia ma na wai nui, a hoonoho iho la ia me he laau wilou la.
17:6 A ulu aʻela ia, a lilo i kumu waina palahalaha o haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe, nona nā lālā
huli ae la ia ia, a malalo iho ona kona mau aa: a lilo ia i a
waina, a hoohua mai i na lala, a opuu ae la i na lala.
17:7 He ʻaeto nui ʻē aʻe me nā ʻēheu nui a me nā hulu he nui.
aia hoʻi, hū aʻela kēia kumu waina i kona aʻa iā ia, a pana akula iā ia
nā lālā i ona lā, i hoʻohāinu ʻo ia iā ia ma nā ʻauwaha ona
mahiko.
17: 8. Ua kanuia ma ka lepo maikai ma na wai nui, i hua mai ai
i mau lala, i hua mai ai i ka hua, i lilo ia i kumu waina maikai.
17:9 E olelo oe, Ke i mai nei Iehova ka Haku, penei; E holomua anei? aole anei ia e huki
E hooki i kona mau aa, a e oki i kona hua, i mae? ia
E mae ia ma na lau a pau o kona punawai, me ka ikaika ole
a i ʻole nā kānaka he nui e uhuki i ke aʻa.
17:10 LK ʻAe, ke kanu ʻia nei, e pōmaikaʻi paha? aole loa anei
maloʻo, ke pā mai ka makani hikina? e mae ia ma na auwaha
kahi i ulu ai.
17:11 A hiki mai ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova iaʻu, ʻī maila.
17:12 LK ʻĀnō e ʻōlelo aku i ka ʻohana kipi, ʻAʻole anei ʻoukou i ʻike i ke ʻano o kēia mau mea?
e hai aku ia lakou, Aia hoi, ua hiki mai ke alii o Babulona i Ierusalema, a ua loaa ia ia
Lawe aku la lakou i ko laila alii, a me ko laila poe alii, a alakai aku la ia lakou me ia
i Babulona;
17:13 A ua lawe ia i na mamo a ke alii, a ua hana i berita me ia.
ua hoohiki ia ia: ua lawe hoi oia i ka poe ikaika o ka aina.
17:14 I mea e haʻahaʻa ai ke aupuni, i ʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ia iho, akā
i ku paa ai ma ka malama ana i kana berita.
17:15. Aka, kipi aku la oia ia ia i kona hoouna ana i kana mau elele i Aigupita
hāʻawi paha lākou iā ia i nā lio a me nā kānaka he nui. E pōmaikaʻi anei ʻo ia? e hana anei ia
i pakele i ka mea hana ia mau mea? e uhaki paha ia i ka berita, a lilo
hāʻawi ʻia?
17:16 Me aʻu e ola nei, wahi a Iēhova ka Haku, ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kahi o ke aliʻi
e noho ana ka mea i hoolilo ia ia i alii, nona ka hoohiki ana i hoowahawaha ai, a nona ka berita
Ua uhaʻi ʻo ia, ʻo ia pū me ia i waenakonu o Babulona e make ai.
17:17 ʻAʻole hoʻi e hana ʻo Paraʻo me kona poʻe koa ikaika a me ka lehulehu
ia ia i ke kaua, ma ke kukulu ana i mau puu, a me ke kukulu ana i na pakaua e oki ai
nui na kanaka:
17:18 No ka mea, ua hoowahawaha oia i ka hoohiki ana ma ka uhai ana i ka berita, aia hoi,
haawi i kona lima, a ua hana i keia mau mea a pau, aole ia e pakele.
17:19 No laila, ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova ka Haku. Ma ko'u ola ana, he oiaio no ka'u hoohiki ana
ua hoowahawaha, a o ka'u berita ana i uhai ai, owau no ia
ka uku ma kona poo iho.
17:20 A e hohola aku au i kaʻu ʻupena ma luna ona,
a e lawe au iā ia i Babulona, a e hoʻopaʻapaʻa aku au iā ia ma laila no kāna
i ka hewa ana i hana hewa mai ai ia'u.
17:21 A ʻo kona poʻe mahuka a pau me kona mau pūʻali a pau, e hāʻule lākou i ka pahi kaua, a
ʻo ka poʻe i koe, e hoʻopuehu ʻia lākou i nā makani a pau;
na'u na Iehova i olelo.
17:22 Ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova ka Haku. E lawe no hoi au i ka lala kiekie loa o ka
na kedera kiekie, a nana no e kukulu; E ʻoki au mai ka piko o kāna ʻōpiopio
He lala palupalu, a e kanu iho ia ma ka mauna kiekie a kaulana.
17:23 Ma ka mauna kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻIseraʻela e kanu ai au iā ia
e hoohua mai i na lala, a e hua mai i ka hua, a e lilo i kedera maikai: a malalo iho
e noho no na manu a pau o kela eheu keia eheu; ma ke aka o na lala
ma laila lākou e noho ai.
17:24 A e ike na laau a pau o ke kula, na'u na Iehova i lawe mai
ilalo ka laau kiekie, ua hookiekie i ka laau haahaa, ua maloo i ka uliuli
laau, a ua hooulu i ka laau maloo: na'u na Iehova i olelo a
ua hana.