< Nehemiah 13 >
1 And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever:
I A la ua heluheluia ma ka buke o Mose iloko o na pepeiao o ka poe kanaka; a loaa iloko olaila ka mea i kakauia'i, i ole e komo ka Amona a me ka Moaba iloko o ka ahakanaka o ke Akua i ka manawa pau ole;
2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.
No ka mea, aole lakou i hele aku e halawai me ka Iseraela me ka berena a me ka wai, aka, ku e ia lakou a hoolimalima ia Balaama e hoino ia lakou; hoololi no nae ko kakou Akua i ka hoino ana i hoomaikai ana.
3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel.
A lohe lakou i ke kanawai, hookaawale ae la lakou i na malihini a pau mai ka Iseraela aku.
4 And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.
A mamua o keia manawa, o Eliasiba ke kahuna, ia ia i haawiia ke keena o ka hale o ko kakou Akua, he hoalauna no ia no Tobia.
5 And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.
A ua hoomakaukau oia nona, i keena nui kahi a lakou i waiho ai mamua i ka mohai makana, i ka mea ala a me na ipu a me ka hapaumi o ka ai, i ka waina hou a me ka aila, na mea i kauohaiai na na Levi a me ka poe mele a me ka poe kiaipuka; a me ka makana no ka poe kahuna.
6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:
Aka, i keia manawa a pau aole au ma Ierusalema: no ka mea, i ka makahiki kanakolukumamalua o Aretasaseta ke alii o Babulona, hiki aku la au i ke alii, a hala kekahi mau la, nonoi aku la au i ke alii no'u.
7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God.
A hiki mai la au i Ierusalema a ike iho la i ka mea ino a Eliasiba i hana'i no Tobia, i ka hoomakaukau ana i keena nona ma na keena o ka hale o ke Akua.
8 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.
Alaila, eha loa iho la au; a kiola aku la au mawaho i ka ukana o ka hale o Tobia, mai loko aku o ke keena.
9 And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses: and I brought thither again the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
Alaila, kauoha aku la au, a huikala lakou i ke keena; a hoihoi mai la au malaila i na ipu o ka hale o ke Akua, i ka mohai makana a me ka mea ala.
10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country:
A ike iho la au, aole i haawiia mai na haawina no na Levi; a na auhee kela kanaka keia kanaka ma kona aina iho, o na Levi a me ka poe mele, ka poe nana e lawelawe i ka hana.
11 And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.
Alaila, ao aku la au i na luna, a olelo aku la au, No ke aha la i haaleleia'i ka hale o ke Akua? A houluulu mai la au ia lakou, a hoonoho iho la ia lakou ma ko lakou wahi.
12 And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
Alaila, lawe mai la ka Iuda a pau i ka hapaumi o ka ai me ka waina hou a me ka aila ma na keena e waiho ai na mea laa.
13 And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and to them were committed the portions of their brethren.
A hoonoho iho au i na puuku waiwai maluna o na waihona waiwai ia Selomia ke kahuna, a me Zadoka ke kakauolelo, a me Pedaia kekahi o na Levi; a mahope o lakou o Hanana ke keiki a Zakura, ke keiki a Matania; no ka mea, ua manaoia lakou he poe hana pololei, nolaila, na lakou no e mahele na ko lakou poe hoahanau.
14 Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his ceremonies.
E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, no keia hana, aole hoi e holoi iho oe i ko'u lokomaikai a'u i hana'i no ka hale o ko'u Akua, a no kana mau oihana.
15 In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes, and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell.
Ia mau la, ike aku la au ma Iuda i kekahi poe e hehi ana i na lua kaomi waina i ka Sabati, a e halihali ana i na pua, a e hoouka ana i na hoki; a e lawe ana i ka waina, i na hua waina, a me na fiku, a me kela mea keia mea kuai ma Ierusalema i ka Sabati: a papa aku la au ia la no, i ko lakou kuai ana i ka ai.
16 Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in Jerusalem.
Noho iho la iloko olaila na kanaka o Turo i lawe mai i ka ia, a me kela mea keia mea kuai, a kuai iho no i ka Sabati me ka Iuda iloko no o Ierusalema.
17 And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day?
Alaila papa aku la au i na kaukaualii o ka Iuda, a olelo aku au ia lakou, Heaha keia mea hewa a oukou e hana nei, a hana ino i ka la Sabati?
18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by violating the sabbath.
Aole anei i hana ko oukou poe makua pela, a kau mai la ko kakou Akua i keia popilikia a pau maluna o kakou, a maluna o keia kulanakauhale? Aka, e hoomahuahua ana oukou i ka inaina maluna o ka Iseraela i ka oukou hana ino ana i ka Sabati.
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and they shut the gates, and I commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day.
A i ka wa i pouli mai ai na puka o Ierusalema mamua o ka Sabati, olelo aku la au, e pani lakou i na puka, a olelo aku no hoi au, e wehe ole ia lakou a hala ka Sabati; a hoonoho iho la au i kekahi o ka'u poe kauwa ma na puka i komo ole kekahi ukana i ka la Sabati.
20 So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice.
A o ka poe kalepa a me ka poe e kuai ana i kela mea keia mea kuai, akahi a elua hoi ko lakou moe ana mawaho o Ierusalema.
21 And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the wall? if you do so another time, I will lay hands on you. And from that time they came no more on the sabbath.
Alaila papa aku la au ia lakou, a olelo aku la ia lakou, No ke aha la oukou e moe ai ma kahi e pili ana i ka pa? Ina e hana hou oukou pela, e lalau no ko'u lima ia oukou. Mai ia manawa mai, aole lakou i hiki mai i ka Sabati.
22 I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
A olelo aku la au i na Levi, i huikala lakou ia lakou iho, a i hele mai lakou a e malama i na puka i hoano ka la Sabati. No keia mea hoi, e hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, a e ahonui mai oe ia'u e like me ka nui o kou lokomaikai.
23 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.
Eia hoi, ia mau la ike aku la au i kekahi poe o ka Iuda i mare i na wahine o Asedoda, a o Amona, a o Moaba;
24 And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews’ language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.
A he hapa ka olelo ana o ka lakou poe keiki ma ka olelo a Asedoda, aole hoi i ike lakou ke olelo e like me ka Iuda, aka, o like me kela lahuikanaka a me keia lahuikanaka.
25 And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
A papa aku au ia lakou, a hoino aku au ia lakou, a kui aku i kekahi poe o lakou, a huki ae la i ko lakou lauoho, a kena'ku ia lakou e hoohiki ma ke Akua, Aole oukou e haawi aku i ka oukou mau kaikamahine na ka lakou poe keikikane, aole hoi e lawe oukou i ka lakou mau kaikamahine na ka oukou keikikane, aole hoi na oukou iho.
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.
Aole anei i hana hewa o Solomona ke alii o ka Iseraela ma keia mau mea? Ma na lahuikanaka he nui loa, aole alii e like me ia, ua alohaia oia e kona Akua, a ua hoolilo ke Akua ia ia i alii maluna o ka Iseraela a pau; aka, o na wahine o na aina e, alakai no lakou ia ia ma ka hewa.
27 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women?
A e hoolohe anei makou ia oukou e hana i keia hewa nui, a e kipi aku i ko kakou Akua ma ka mare ana i na wahine o na aina e?
28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.
A o kekahi o na keiki a Ioiada, ke keiki a Eliasiba ke kahuna nui, he hunonakane oia na Sanebalata no Horona; a hookuke aku la au ia ia mai o'u aku la.
29 Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.
E hoomanao mai oe ia lakou, e ko'u Akua, no ko lakou hoohaumia ana i ka oihana kahuna, a me ka berita o ka oihana kahuna, a o na Levi.
30 So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:
Pela au i hookaawale aku ai ia lakou mai na malihini aku a pau, a hooponopono iho la au i na oihana a ka poe kahuna a me na Levi, kela kanaka keia kanaka ma kana oihana iho;
31 And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.
A i ka haawi ana mai o ka wahie i na manawa i oleloia'i, a i na hua mua. E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, i mea e pono ai.