Ezra 10
1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
Pea ʻi he hili ʻae lotu ʻa Esela, pea hili ʻene vete, ʻo tangi mo fakatōmapeʻe ia ʻi he mata fale ʻoe ʻOtua, naʻe haʻu kiate ia mei ʻIsileli ʻae fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻoe kau tangata mo e kau fefine mo e fānau: he naʻe tangi mamahi ʻaupito ʻae kakai.
2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
Pea ko Sikania ko e foha ʻo Sehieli, ko e tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIlami, naʻe lea ia ʻo ne pehē kia Esela, “Kuo mau fai hala ki hotau ʻOtua, pea kuo mau maʻu ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe ʻi he kakai ʻoe fonua: ka ko eni ʻoku ai ʻae ʻamanaki lelei ʻi ʻIsileli ʻoku kau ki he meʻa ni.
3 Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
Pea ko eni ke tau fai ʻae fuakava ki hotau ʻOtua ke mau tukuange ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe kotoa pē, mo kinautolu kuo fānau ʻiate kinautolu, ʻo fakatatau ki he fakakaukau ʻa hoku ʻeiki, mo kinautolu ʻoku tetetete ki he fekau ʻa hotau ʻOtua; pea tuku ke fai ia ʻo fakatatau mo e fono.
4 Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
Tuʻu hake: he ʻoku kau ʻae meʻa ni kiate koe: pea ke loto mālohi, pea fai ia.”
5 Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
Pea naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Esela, pea fakafuakava ʻe ia ʻae kau taulaʻeiki lahi, mo e kau Livai, mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē koeʻuhi ke nau fai ʻo fakatatau ki he lea ni. Pea naʻa nau fuakava.
6 Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. When he came there, he didn’t eat bread or drink water, for he mourned because of the trespass of the exiles.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Esela mei he mata fale ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ne ʻalu ki he fale ʻo Sohanani ko e foha ʻo Iliasipi: pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki ai, naʻe ʻikai te ne kai ha mā, pe inu ha vai: he naʻe tangi pe ia ko e meʻa ʻi he angahala ʻanautolu ʻaia naʻe fetuku ʻo ʻave pōpula.
7 They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
Pea naʻa nau fanongonongo ʻae fono ʻi Siuta kotoa pē mo Selūsalema ki he fānau kotoa pē ʻoe fakapōpula, koeʻuhi ke nau fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻi Selūsalema.
8 and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
Pea ʻilonga ʻaia ʻe ʻikai haʻu ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu, ʻo fakatatau mo e fakakaukau ʻae houʻeiki mo e kau mātuʻa, ʻe faʻoa ʻene meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻe vaheʻi ia mei he fakataha ʻokinautolu naʻe fetuku ki he mamaʻo.
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
Pea naʻe toki fakakātoa fakataha ʻakinautolu ki Selūsalema ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu. Ko hono hiva ia ʻoe māhina, ʻi hono ʻaho ʻe uofulu ʻoe māhina; pea naʻe nofo ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻi he hala lahi ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, pea tetetete koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni, pea koeʻuhi ko e ʻuha lahi.
10 Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Esela ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Kuo mou fai talangataʻa; pea kuo mou maʻu ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe, ke fakalahi ki he hala ʻa ʻIsileli.
11 Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.”
Pea ko eni mou fai ʻae vete kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pea [mou ]fai ki hono finangalo: pea fakamavae ʻakimoutolu mei he kakai ʻoe fonua, pea mei homou ngaahi uaifi kehe.”
12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
Pea naʻe lea ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē naʻe fakataha ʻo pehē ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, “Hangē ko ia kuo ke tala, ʻoku totonu ke mau fai.
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside. This is not a work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
Ka ʻoku tokolahi ʻae kakai, pea ko e ʻaho eni ʻoe ʻuha lahi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te mau faʻa fai ke tuʻu ʻi tuaʻā, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e ngāue eni ki he ʻaho pe taha pe ua: he ʻoku mau tokolahi kuo fai hala ʻi he meʻa ni.
14 Now let our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”
Pea ko eni ke tuʻu hake homau kau pule ʻoe fakataha kotoa pē, pea ke haʻu ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, ʻaia kuo nau maʻu ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe, ʻi hotau ngaahi kolo, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻe kotofa, pea ke haʻu mo kinautolu ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻoe kolo kotoa pē, mo e kau fakamaau ʻi ai, koeʻuhi ke fakafoki ʻae houhau lahi ʻo hotau ʻOtua ʻi he meʻa ni meiate kimautolu.”
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Ko Sonatani pe ko e foha ʻo ʻAsaeli mo Sehasia ko e foha ʻo Tikiva naʻe fakakau ʻakinaua ʻi he meʻa ni: pea naʻe tokoni ʻakinaua ʻe Mesulami, mo Sapitei ko e Livai.
16 The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Pea naʻe fai pehē pe ʻe he fānau ʻae kau pōpula. Pea naʻe nofo hifo ʻa Esela ko e taulaʻeiki, mo e niʻihi ʻoe kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he kau mātuʻa, ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, pea naʻe vahevahe ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi honau hingoa, ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe māhina ke fakamaauʻi ʻae meʻa ni.
17 They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
Pea naʻa nau fai ʻo ʻosi ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻoe ʻuluaki māhina ki he kau tangata kotoa pē naʻa nau maʻu ʻae uaifi kehe.
18 Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, ʻae niʻihi naʻe maʻu ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe: koeʻuhi, ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Sesua ko e foha ʻo Sosataki, mo hono ngaahi kāinga; ko Māseia, mo ʻEliesa, mo Salipe, mo Ketalia.
19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
Pea naʻa nau foaki honau nima ke nau tukuange honau ngaahi uaifi; pea ʻi heʻenau halaia, naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae sipitangata mei he fanga sipi ʻi heʻenau angahala.
20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Imeli ko Hanani, mo Sepatia.
21 Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Halimi; ko Māseia, mo ʻIlaisiā, mo Simaia, mo Sehieli, mo ʻUsia.
22 Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pasuli; Ilionei, mo Māseia, mo ʻIsimeʻeli, mo Netanili, mo Sosapati, mo Elasa.
23 Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Pea ʻi he kau Livai foki: ko Sosapati, mo Simi, mo Kelaia, (ʻaia ko Kilita), ko Pitaia, mo Siuta, mo ʻEliesa.
24 Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
ʻI he kau hiva foki ko Iliasipi: pea ʻi he kau leʻo matapā ko Salumi, mo Telemi, mo Uli.
25 Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Pea koeʻuhi ko ʻIsileli: ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Palosi; ko Limaia, mo Sesia, mo Malikia, mo Miamini, mo ʻEliesa, mo Malikisa mo Penaia.
26 Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIlami; ko Matania, mo Sakalia, mo Sehieli, mo ʻApiti, mo Selimoti, mo Elia.
27 Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Satu; Ilionei, mo Iliasipi, mo Matania, mo Selimoti, mo Sapati, mo ʻAsisa.
28 Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
ʻI he ngaahi foha foki ʻo Pepai; ko Sihohanani, mo Hanania, mo Sapei, mo ʻAtilai.
29 Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pani; ko Mesulami, mo Maluki, mo ʻAtaia, mo Sasupi, mo Siali, mo Lemoti.
30 Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pehati-Moape; ko ʻAtina, mo Kilali, mo Penaia, mo Māseia, mo Matania, mo Pesalili, mo Pinui, mo Manase.
31 Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Halimi; ko ʻEliesa, mo Isisa, mo Malikia, mo Simaia, mo Simione,
32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
Mo Penisimani, mo Maluki, mo Simalia.
33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Hasumi; ko Matinei, mo Matata, mo Sapati, mo Ilifileti, mo Silemai, mo Manase, mo Simi.
34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pani; ko Mahetai, mo ʻAmilami mo Ueli.
35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
Mo Penaia, mo Petia, mo Kilu,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Mo Vania, mo Milemoti, mo Iliasipi,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu,
Mo Matania, mo Matinei, mo Saesai,
38 Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
Mo Pani, mo Pinui, mo Simi,
39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,
Mo Selemia, mo Natani, mo ʻAtaia,
40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
Mo Makanatipei, mo Sasei, mo Salei,
41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Mo ʻAsalili, mo Selemia, mo Simalia,
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
Mo Salumi, mo ʻAmalia, mo Sosefa.
43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Nipo; ko Sieli, mo Matitia, mo Sapati, mo Sipina, mo Satavi, mo Soeli, mo Penaia.
44 All these had taken foreign wives. Some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ko kinautolu ni kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi uaifi kehe: pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae uaifi niʻihi naʻe maʻu ʻae fānau.
