1 Kings 2
1 As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
Na kua tata nga ra o Rawiri e mate ia; a ka ako ia i tana tama, i a Horomona, ka mea,
2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
E haere ana tenei ahau i te ara o te whenua katoa: na kia kaha, whakatane:
3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
A kia mau ki te whakahau a Ihowa, a tou Atua, kia haere i ana ara, kia mau ki ana tikanga, ki ana whakahau, ki ana whakaritenga, ki ana whakaaturanga, ki nga mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki te ture a Mohi, kia tika ai tau i nga mea katoa e mea ai koe, i nga wahi katoa e tahuri ai koe:
4 and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
Kia mana ai i a Ihowa tana kupu i korero ai ia moku, i mea ia, Ki te tupato au tamariki ki to ratou ara, ki te whakapaua katoatia o ratou ngakau, o ratou wairua, ki te haere i toku aroaro i runga i te pono, e kore e whakakorea, e ai ki tana, teta hi tangata mau mo te torona o Iharaira.
5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
Na e mohio ana hoki koe ki ta Ioapa tama a Teruia i mea ai ki ahau, ki tana i mea ai ki nga rangatira ope tokorua o Iharaira, ki a Apanere tama a Nere, ki a Amaha tama a Ietere, i patua ra e ia, a whakahekea ana nga toto o te whawhai i te wa o te rangimarie, whakahekea ana nga toto o te whawhai ki tona whitiki i tona hope, ki ona hu i ona waewae.
6 So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)
Na kia rite tau e mea ai ki tau i matau ai, a kaua e tukua tona upoko hina kia heke atu ki te rua i runga i te rangimarie. (Sheol h7585)
7 But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
Kia puta ia tou aroha ki nga tama a Paratirai Kireari, kia uru hoki ratou ki te hunga e kai ana ki tau tepu: i pera hoki ratou, i whakatau ki ahau i toku rerenga i tou tuakana, i a Apoharama.
8 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Na kei a koe na a Himei tama a Kera o Pineamine, o Pahurimi, tera i kanga ra ki ahau, kino atu te kanga, i te ra i haere ai ahau ki Mahanaima: otiia i haere mai ki ahau ki raro, ki Horano ki te whakatau i ahau, a oatitia ana a Ihowa e ahau ki a i a; i mea ahau, E kore ahau e whakamate i a koe ki te hoari.
9 Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.” (Sheol h7585)
Na kaua ia e meinga he harakore, he tangata mohio hoki koe, a e matau ana ki tau e mea ai ki a ia; engari kia heke tona upoko hina ki te rua i runga i te toto. (Sheol h7585)
10 Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Na moe ana a Rawiri ki ona matua, a tanumia ana ki te pa o Rawiri.
11 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Ko nga ra i kingi ai a Rawiri ki a Iharaira, e wha tekau tau: e whitu nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Heperona, e toru tekau ma toru ano nga tau i kingi ai ki Hiruharama.
12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Na noho ana a Horomona i runga i te torona o Rawiri, o tona papa, a u rawa tona kingitanga.
13 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
Na ka haere a Aronia tama a Hakiti ki a Patehepa whaea o Horomona. A ka mea tera, I haere mai ranei koe i runga i te pai? A ka mea ia, I runga ano i te pai.
14 Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
A i mea ano ia, He kupu taku ki a koe. A ka mea tera, Korero.
15 “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
Na ka mea ia, E mohio ana koe, i ahau te kingitanga, i anga mai ano nga kanohi o Iharaira katoa ki ahau hei kingi: heoi kua kauparea ketia nei te kingitanga, a riro ana i toku teina: nona hoki, na Ihowa mai.
16 So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
Na kotahi tenei tono aku ki a koe: kaua e whakakahoretia taku. A ka mea tera ki a ia, Korero.
17 Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
Na ka mea ia, Tena, korero ki a Kingi Horomona, e kore hoki ia e whakakahore ki tau, kia homai e ia a Apihaka Hunami hei wahine maku.
18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
Na ka mea a Patehepa, E pai ana, me korero tau e ahau ki te kingi.
19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
Heoi haere ana a Patehepa ki a Kingi Horomona ki te korero ki a ia i ta Aronia. A whakatika ana te kingi ki te whakatau ki a ia, piko ana ki a ia, a ka noho iho ano ki tona torona; a ka meinga e ia kia whakaturia he torona mo te whaea o te kingi, a noho ana tera ki tona ringa matau.
20 “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
Katahi ka mea ia, Kotahi tenei mea iti hei tononga maku ki a koe: kaua taku e whakakahoretia. A ka mea te kingi ki a ia, Tonoa, e toku whaea; e kore hoki ahau e whakakahore ki tau.
21 So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
A ka mea tera, Kia hoatu a Apihaka Hunami hei wahine ma tou tuakana, ma Aronia.
22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
Na ka whakahoki a Kingi Horomona, ka mea ki tona whaea, He aha i tonoa ai e koe a Apihaka Hunami ma Aronia? Tonoa ano hoki te kingitanga mona; ko ia hoki toku tuakana; mona, mo Apiatara tohunga, mo Ioapa tama a Teruia.
23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
Katahi ka oatitia a Ihowa e Kingi Horomona, ka mea, Kia meatia mai tenei e te Atua ki ahau, me tetahi atu mea ano, mehemea ehara i te kupu whakamate mona ano tenei i korerotia nei e Aronia.
24 And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
Tena ra, e ora ana a Ihowa i whakapumau nei i ahau, i whakanoho nei i ahau ki te torona o Rawiri, o toku papa, i mea nei hoki i tetahi whare moku, i te pera me tana i korero ai, ko aianei pu mate ai a Aronia.
25 So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.
Na ka tonoa e Kingi Horomona a Penaia tama a Iehoiara; a rere ana tera ki runga ki a ia, na kua mate.
26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
Na ka mea te kingi ki te tohunga ki a Apiatara, Haere ki Anatoto, ki au mara; e tika ana hoki te mate mou: otiia e kore ahau e whakamate i a koe i tenei ra, no te mea nau i mau te aaka a te Ariki, a Ihowa, i mua i a Rawiri, i toku papa, i mate a no hoki koe i nga mate katoa o toku papa.
27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
Heoi peia ana a Apiatara e Horomona i te mahi tohunga ki a Ihowa; kia tutuki ai te kupu a Ihowa i korero ai ki Hiro mo te whare o Eri.
28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
Na ka tae te rongo ki a Ioapa: i anga hoki a Ioapa ki te whai i a Aronia, engari kahore i tahuri ki a Apoharama. Na rere ana a Ioapa ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, kei te pupuri i nga haona o te aata.
29 It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
A ka korerotia ki a Kingi Horomona, Kua rere a Ioapa ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, na, kei te taha o te aata. Katahi ka unga a Penaia tama a Iehoiara e Horomona, a ka mea ia, Haere, e rere ki runga i a ia.
30 And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
Na ka tae a Penaia ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, ka mea ki a ia, Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi, Puta mai ki waho. Ano ra ko tera, Kahore, engari kia mate ahau ki konei. Na ka whakahokia te korero e Penaia ki te kingi; i mea ia, Ko te kupu tenei a Ioap a, ko tana tenei i whakahoki ai ki ahau.
31 And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
Ano ra ko te kingi ki a ia, Meatia tana i korero ai; rere atu ki runga ki a ia, ka tanu i a ia; kia whakakahoretia atu ai e koe i ahau, i te whare hoki o toku papa, nga toto i whakahekea noatia e Ioapa.
32 The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
A ka whakahokia iho e Ihowa ona toto ki runga ano ki tona matenga, nana hoki i rere ki runga i nga tangata tokorua, ki nga tangata e tika ake ana, e pai ake ana i a ia, a patua iho ki te hoari, kihai ano hoki toku papa, a Rawiri i mohio, ara ki a Apanere tama a Nere, ki te rangatira o te ope o Iharaira, raua ko Amaha tama a Ietere, rangatira o te ope o Hura.
33 Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
Heoi ka hoki iho o raua toto ki runga ki te matenga o Ioapa, ki runga ano ki te matenga o ona uri a ake ake; ki a Rawiri ia, ratou ko ona uri, ko tona whare, ko tona torona, ka mau ta Ihowa rongo a ake ake.
34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
Na ko te haerenga o Penaia tama a Iehoiara ki runga, a rere ana ki runga ki a ia, whakamatea iho; a tanumia iho ia ki tona whare, ki te koraha.
35 And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
A meinga ana e te kingi a Penaia tama a Iehoiara hei rangatira ope i muri i a ia; i meinga e te kingi a Haroko tohunga hei whakakapi mo Apiatara.
36 Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
Na ka tono tangata te kingi ki te karanga i a Himei, a ka mea ki a ia, Hanga he whare mou ki Hiruharama, hei reira noho ai; kaua hoki e haere atu i reira ki hea, ki hea.
37 On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
Ko a te ra hoki e puta ai koe ki waho, e whiti ai i te awa i Kitirono, kia tino mohio koe, ko te mate kau mou; hei runga ano i tou matenga ou toto.
38 “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
Na ka mea a Himei ki te kingi, He pai tena kupu; ka pena tau pononga me ta toku ariki, me ta te kingi i korero mai na. Na he maha nga ra i noho ai a Himeiki Hiruharama.
39 After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
A i te mutunga o nga tau e toru ka tahuti nga pononga tokorua a Himei ki a Akihi tama a Maaka kingi o Kata. A ka korerotia ki a Himei, Nana, ko au pononga tera, kei Kata.
40 So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
Na ko te whakatikanga o Himei, whakanohoia ana tana kaihe, a haere ana ki Kata, ki a Akihi, ki te rapu i ana pononga: heoi haere ana a Himei, a kawea ana mai e ia ana pononga i Kata.
41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,
Na ka korerotia ki a Horomona, i haere atu a Himei i Hiruharama ki Kata, a kua hoki mai ano.
42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
Na ka tono tangata te kingi ki te karanga i a Himei, a ka mea ki a ia, Kahore ianei koe i whakaoatitia e ahau ki a Ihowa, me taku whakaatu ano ki a koe, me taku ki atu ano, Ko te ra e puta ai koe ki waho, e haere ai ki hea ranei, ki hea ranei, k ia tino mohio koe, ko te mate kau mou? I mea mai ano koe ki ahau, He pai te kupu i rongo ai ahau.
43 So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
He aha ra koe te pupuri ai i te oati a Ihowa, i te whakahau i whakahaua ai koe e ahau?
44 The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
I mea ano te kingi ki a Himei, E mohio ana koe, e mohio ana ano tou ngakau, ki te kino katoa, ki tau i mea ai ki toku papa, ki a Rawiri. Na ka whakahokia nei e Ihowa tou kino ki runga ki tou matenga:
45 But King Solomon will be blessed and David’s throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”
Ka manaakitia ia a Kingi Horomona, ka pumau tonu ano te torona o Rawiri i te aroaro o Ihowa a ake ake.
46 Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
Heoi ka whakahau te kingi ki a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, haere ana tera ki waho, rere ana ki runga ki a ia, na kua mate. Na kua pumau te kingitanga i te ringa o Horomona.
