Ezekiela
2:1 Na ka mea ia ki ahau, E te tama a te tangata, e tu ou waewae ki runga, a ka korero ahau
ki a koe.
2:2 Na kua tae mai te wairua ki roto ki ahau i tana korerotanga ki ahau, a whakanohoia ana ahau e ia ki runga ki toku
waewae, i rongo ahau i a ia e korero ana ki ahau.
2:3 Na ka mea ia ki ahau, E te tama a te tangata, ka unga koe e ahau ki nga tama a Iharaira;
ki te iwi whakakeke kua whakakeke ki ahau: ratou ko ratou
kua tutu nga matua ki ahau a taea noatia tenei ra.
2:4 He tamariki whakatoi hoki ratou, he kaki maro. Ka tonoa koe e ahau
ratou; a ka ki atu ki a ratou, Ko te kupu tenei a te Ariki, a Ihowa.
2:5 A ko ratou, ma ratou e rongo, ma ratou ranei e kore e rongo, (no
he whare whakakeke ratou,) ka mohio ano kua a
poropiti i roto ia ratou.
2:6 Na ko koe, e te tama a te tangata, kaua e wehi ia ratou, kaua e pawera ia ratou
kupu, ahakoa he tataramoa, he tumatakuru i a koe, a ka noho koe i waenganui
nga kopiona: kaua e wehi ki a ratou kupu, kaua hoki e pairi ki o ratou kanohi;
ahakoa he whare whakakeke ratou.
2:7 Me korero ano e koe aku kupu ki a ratou, ma ratou e rongo, ma ratou ranei
ma ratou e kore e rongo: nui atu hoki to ratou whakakeke.
2:8 Ko koe ia, e te tama a te tangata, whakarongo ki taku e mea nei ki a koe; Kaua e whakakeke
kia rite ki taua whare whakakeke: hamama tou mangai, kainga te mea ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe.
2:9 Na, i taku tirohanga ake, nana, ko tetahi ringa e totoro mai ana ki ahau; na, he pukapuka
he pukapuka kei roto;
2:10 Na wherahia ana e ia ki toku aroaro; he mea tuhituhi a roto, a waho: a
he mea tuhituhi ki reira he tangi, he uhunga, he aue.