Nehemiah 9

1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

Pea ko eni ʻi hono uofulu mā fā ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ni naʻe kātoa fakataha ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaukai, mo e ngaahi kofu tauangaʻa naʻe pani ʻaki ʻae efu.

2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Pea naʻe fakamavae ʻakinautolu ʻe he hako ʻo ʻIsileli mei he kakai muli kotoa pē, ʻonau tuʻu ʻo vete ʻenau ngaahi angahala, mo e hia ʻa ʻenau ngaahi tamai.

3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

Pea naʻa nau tuʻu hake ʻi honau potu, pea lau ʻi he tohi ʻoe fono ʻa Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, ʻi hono vahe fā ʻe taha ʻoe ʻaho; pea ʻi hono vahe ʻe taha naʻa nau vete, pea hū kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua.

4 Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ki he tuʻunga ʻae kau Livai, ko Sesua, mo Pani, mo Katimieli, mo Sepania, mo Puni, mo Selepea, mo Pani, mo Kinani, ʻonau tangi ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua.

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Pea pehē ai ʻe he kau Livai, ko Sesua, mo Katimieli, mo Pani, mo Hasapenia, mo Selepea, mo Hotisa, mo Sepania, mo Pitaia, “Tuʻu ki ʻolunga pea fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ke taʻengata, pea taʻengata: pea fakafetaʻi ki ho huafa ʻoku nāunauʻia, ʻaia kuo fakahikihiki he māʻolunga lahi ʻi he ngaahi fakafetaʻi kotoa pē mo e fakaongo lelei.

6 Thou art the LORD, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Ko koe, ʻio, ko koe pe, ko Sihova tokotaha pe: naʻa ke fakatupu ʻae langi, ko e langi ʻoe ngaahi langi, mo honau ngaahi tokolahi kotoa pē, ʻae fonua mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai, ko e ngaahi tahi, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai, pea ʻoku ke fakatolonga ʻakinautolu kotoa pē; pea ʻoku hū kiate koe ʻae ngaahi tokolahi ʻoe langi.

7 Then art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

Ko koe ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua, naʻa ke fili ʻa ʻEpalame, mo ke ʻomi ia kituaʻā mei Ua ʻoe kakai Kalitia, pea naʻa ke fakahingoa ia ko ʻEpalahame;

8 and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, even to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

Pea naʻa ke ʻilo hono loto naʻe angatonu ʻi ho ʻao, mo ke fai ʻae fuakava mo ia ke foaki ʻae fonua ʻoe kakai Kēnani, mo e kakai Heti, mo e kakai ʻAmoli, mo e kakai Pelesi, mo e kakai Sepusi, mo e kakai Keakasa, ʻoku ou pehē ke foaki ia ki hono hako, pea kuo ke fakahoko ʻa hoʻo ngaahi folofola: he ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni:

9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

Naʻa ke mamata ki he ngaahi mamahi ʻo ʻemau ngaahi tamai ʻi ʻIsipite, mo ke ongoʻi ʻenau tangi ʻi he Tahi Kulokula;

10 and shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them; and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.

Pea naʻa ke fakahā ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga mo e ngaahi mana kia Felo, pea ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo hono fonua: he naʻa ke ʻiloʻi ʻenau fai fakafiefielahi kiate kinautolu. Ko ia naʻa ke maʻu ai ʻae huafa moʻou, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.

11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Pea naʻa ke vaeua ʻae tahi ʻi honau ʻao, ko ia naʻa nau ʻalu ai ʻi he kelekele mōmoa ʻi he loto tahi: pea naʻa ke lī honau kau fakatanga ki he loloto, ʻo hangē ha maka ki he ngaahi tahi mālohi.

12 Moreover thou leddest them in a pillar of cloud by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Pea naʻa ke taki ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻaki ʻae pou ʻao; pea ʻi he poʻuli ʻaki ʻae pou afi ke tuku ha maama kiate kinautolu ʻi he hala ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻalu ai.

13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Pea naʻa ke ʻalu hifo foki ki he moʻunga ko Sainai, mo ke folofola kiate kinautolu mei he langi, mo ke foaki kiate kinautolu, ʻae ngaahi fakamaau totonu, mo e ngaahi fono moʻoni, ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni lelei mo e ngaahi fekau:

14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Mo ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ho ʻaho tapu māʻoniʻoni, mo ke fekau kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi fekau, mo e tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fono, ʻi he nima ʻo Mōsese ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki;

15 and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst lifted up thine hand to give them.

Mo ke foaki kiate kinautolu ʻae mā mei he langi ʻi heʻenau fiekai, mo ke fakatupu ʻae vai mei he maka ʻi heʻenau fieinu, mo ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ke nau ʻalu ʻo hoko ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia naʻa ke fuakava ke foaki kiate kinautolu.

16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Ka naʻe fai fakafiefielahi ʻekinautolu, mo ʻemau ngaahi tamai, ʻo fakafefeka honau kia, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau,

17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not.

Pea naʻa nau talangataʻa, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi mana ʻaia naʻa ke fai ʻi honau haʻohaʻonga; ka naʻa nau fakafefeka honau kia, pea ʻi heʻenau angatuʻu naʻa nau tuʻutuʻuni hanau ʻeiki ke nau foki ki heʻenau nofo pōpula; ka ko e ʻOtua koe ʻoku ke tali teu ke fakamolemole, ʻoku ke angalelei mo angaʻofa, ʻoku tuai ho houhau, pea ʻoku ke angalelei lahi pea naʻe ʻikai te ke liʻaki ʻakinautolu.

18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

‌ʻIo, hili ʻenau ngaohi maʻanautolu ʻae ʻuhiki pulu [koula ]naʻe haka, ʻonau pehē, Ko ho ʻOtua eni ʻaia naʻe ʻomi koe mei ʻIsipite, ʻonau fai ʻae ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi lahi:

19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

Ka ko koe ʻi hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa lahi naʻe ʻikai te ke liʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa: naʻe ʻikai hiki meiate kinautolu ʻae pou ʻoe ʻao ʻi he ʻaho, ke tataki ʻakinautolu ʻi he hala: pe ko e pou afi ʻi he pō, ke fakahā ʻae maama kiate kinautolu, mo e hala ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻalu ai.

20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Pea naʻa ke foaki foki ʻa ho laumālie lelei ke akonakiʻi ʻakinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke taʻofi hoʻo mana mei honau ngutu, pea naʻa ke foaki ʻae vai kiate kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fieinu.

21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

‌ʻIo, naʻa ke tokoni ʻakinautolu ʻi he toafa, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, ko ia naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva ʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha; naʻe ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ʻo motuʻa honau ngaahi kofu, pea naʻe ʻikai fufula honau vaʻe.

22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, which thou didst allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

Pea naʻa ke foaki foki kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e kakai, mo ke vaheʻi ʻakinautolu ki he ngaahi vāhenga [fonua]: ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ai ʻae fonua ʻo Sihoni, mo e fonua ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Hesiponi, mo e fonua ʻo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani.

23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

Pea naʻa ke fakatokolahi ʻenau fānau ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi, pea naʻa ke ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he fonua, ʻaia naʻa ke fakaʻilo ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻaia ke nau ʻalu ki ai ʻo maʻu.

24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻae fānau ʻo [nau ]maʻu ʻae fonua, pea naʻa ke fakavaivai ʻae kakai ʻoe fonua, ko e kakai Kēnani, ʻi honau ʻao, mo ke foaki ʻakinautolu ki honau nima, mo honau ngaahi tuʻi, mo e kakai ʻoe fonua, koeʻuhi ke nau fai ʻenau faʻiteliha ki ai.

25 And they took fenced cities, and a fat land and possessed houses full of good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Pea naʻa nau kapasi ʻae ngaahi kolo mālohi, mo e fonua mahu, ʻonau maʻu ʻae ngaahi fale naʻe fonu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi vaikeli, mo e ngaahi ngoue vaine, mo e ngoue ʻolive, mo e ngaahi ʻakau fua lahi ʻaupito: ko ia naʻa nau kai, pea mākona, pea hoko ʻo sino, ʻonau fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi hoʻo angalelei lahi.

26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Ka ko e moʻoni naʻa [nau ]fai talangataʻa, pea angatuʻu kiate koe, pea liʻaki hoʻo fono ki honau tuʻa, ʻonau tāmateʻi hoʻo kau palōfita naʻe valoki ʻakinautolu ke nau tafoki kiate koe, mo nau fai ʻae ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi lahi.

27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

Ko ia naʻa ke tukuange ai ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, ʻaia naʻa nau fakamamahiʻi ʻakinautolu: pea ʻi he kuonga ʻo ʻenau mamahi, ʻi heʻenau tangi kiate koe, naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻakinautolu mei langi; pea naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, ʻo taau mo hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa, ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻui, ʻaia naʻa nau moʻui ai mei he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili.

28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

Kae hili ʻenau maʻu ʻae fiemālie, naʻa nau toe fai kovi ʻi ho ʻao: ko ia naʻa ke tuku ai ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili, pea naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo pule kiate kinautolu: ka ʻi heʻenau tafoki, ʻo tangi kiate koe, naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻakinautolu mei langi; pea naʻe liunga lahi hoʻo fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻo taau mo hoʻo ngaahi angaʻofa;

29 and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them, ) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Pea naʻa ke takitalaʻi ʻakinautolu, koeʻuhi ke ke toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki hoʻo fono: ka naʻa nau fai fakafiefielahi, pea ʻikai tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, ka naʻa nau fai angahala ki hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau, (ʻaia kapau ʻe fai ia ʻe ha tangata, ʻe moʻui ai ia: ) ʻonau kalofaki honau uma, pea fakakekeva honau kia, pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga.

30 Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Ka naʻa ke kātakiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi, pea naʻa ke fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻenau kovi, ʻi ho laumālie ʻi hoʻo kau palōfita: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tokanga: ko ia naʻa ke fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu ki he nima ʻoe kakai ʻoe ngaahi fonua.

31 Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Ka koeʻuhi ko hoʻo angaʻofa lahi naʻe ʻikai te ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu, pe liʻaki ʻakinautolu; he ko e ʻOtua angalelei mo angaʻofa koe.

32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers; and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Pea ko eni, ʻE homau ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua lahi, mo mālohi, mo fakamanavahē, ʻa koe ʻoku ke tauhi ʻae fuakava mo e angaʻofa, ʻoua naʻa hangē ia ko ha meʻa siʻi kiate koe, ʻae ngaahi mamahi kotoa pē ʻaia kuo hoko kiate kimautolu, pea ki homau ngaahi tuʻi, ki homau houʻeiki, pea ki homau kau taulaʻeiki, pea ki homau kau palōfita, pea ki heʻemau ngaahi tamai, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē, talu ʻae kuonga ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly:

Ka ko e moʻoni ʻoku ke tonuhia koe ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē kuo fakahoko kiate kimautolu: he kuo ke fai totonu koe, ka naʻe fai angakovi ʻakimautolu:

34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

Pea naʻe ʻikai tauhi hoʻo fono ʻe homau ngaahi tuʻi, mo homau ngaahi houʻeiki, mo homau kau taulaʻeiki, pe ko ʻemau ngaahi tamai, pe tokanga ki hoʻo ngaahi fekau, mo hoʻo ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, ʻaia naʻa ke valoki ʻaki kiate kinautolu.

35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

He naʻe ʻikai te nau tauhi koe ʻi honau puleʻanga, pea ʻi he ngaahi angalelei ʻaia naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, pea ʻi he fonua lahi mo mahu ʻaia naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tafoki mei heʻenau ngaahi ngāue angakovi.

36 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

Vakai, ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakimautolu he ʻaho ni, pea ko e fonua ʻaia naʻa ke foaki ki heʻemau ngaahi tamai ke nau kai hono fua ʻo ia mo hono lelei, vakai ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻakimautolu ʻi ai:

37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Pea ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻae meʻa lahi maʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻaia kuo ke fakanofo ke pule kiate kimautolu ko e meʻa ʻi heʻemau ngaahi angahala: pea ʻoku nau pule ki homau sino foki, pea ki heʻemau fanga manu, ʻonau faʻiteliha, pea ko kimautolu ʻoku mau moʻua ʻi he mamahi lahi.”

38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.

Pea koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni kotoa pē ʻoku mau fai ʻae fuakava ke maʻu, mo tohi ia: pea ko homau ngaahi houʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, te nau ʻai ʻa hono fakaʻilonga maʻu.