Nehemia 9

1 I KA la iwakaluakumamaha o keia malama, ua houluuluia mai la ka Iseraela me ka hookeai ana, a me ke kapa inoino, a me ka lepo maluna iho o lakou.

Now, on the twenty-fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them.

2 Hookaawaleia ae la ka Iseraela mai waena aku o na malihini a pau, ku ae la lakou, a hai aku la i ko lakou hala, a me na howa o ko lakou poe kupuna.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of the foreigner, —and stood and made confession over their own sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Ku ae la lakou iluna ma ko lakou wahi, a heluhelu iho la ma ka buke o ke kanawai o Iehova ko lakou Akua a hala ka hapaha o ka la; a i kekahi hapaha, hai aku la lakou i ka hewa, a hoomana aku ia Iehova ko lakou Akua.

So they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God, a fourth part of the day, —and, a fourth part, they were making confession and bowing themselves down, unto Yahweh their God.

4 Ku ae la ma kahi kiekie, o na Levi, o Iesua, a me Bani, Kademiela, Sebania, Buni, Serebia, Bani, Kenani, a kahea aku la lakou me ka leo nui ia Iehova ko lakou Akua.

Then stood up on the platform of the Levites, Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, —and made outcry, with a loud voice, unto Yahweh their God.

5 A ololo aku la na Levi, o Iosua, a me Kademiela, Bani, Hasabenia, Sorebia, Hodia, Sebania, Petahia, E ku ae oukou, o hoomaikai aku ia Iehova ko oukou Akua ia ao aku ia ao aku: a e hoomaikaiia'ku kou inoa hanohano i hookiekieia maluna ao o ka hoomaikai ana a pau a me ka hoolea ana'ku.

Then said the Levites—Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, Stand up, bless Yahweh your God, from age to age, —Yea let them bless thy glorious Name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 O oe no o Iehova, a o oe wale no; nau no i hana ka lani, a me ka lani o na lani, a me ko laila mau mea a pau, i ka honua, a me na mea a pau maluna iho ona, i na kai, a me na mea a pau iloko olaila, nau no hoi e malama ia mau mea a pau; a ke hoomana nei ko ka lani ia oe.

Thou, art Yahweh, thou alone, Thou, didst make the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is thereon, the seas and all that is therein, and, thou, holdest them all in life, —and, the host of the heavens, unto thee, are bowing down.

7 O oe no, o Iehova, ke Akua nana i koho iho ia Aberama, a alakai mai la ia ia mailoko mai o Ura no ko Kaledea, a kapa iho la oe i kona inoa o Aberahama.

Thou, art Yahweh, God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, —and madest his name Abraham;

8 Loaa iho la ia oe kona naau he kupaa imua ou, a hoohiki iho la oe me ia i ka berita e haawi i ka aina o na Kanaana, na Heta, na Amora a me na Periza, a me na Iebusa, a me na Giregasa, e haawi no i kana poe mamo, a hooko iho no oe i kau olelo; no ka mea, he mea hana pololei no oe.

and didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst solemnize with him a covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, —to give it unto his seed, —and didst confirm thy words, for, righteous, thou art.

9 Ike aku la oe i ka popilikia o ko makou poe kupuna ma Aigupita, a hoolohe no hoi oe ma ke Kaiula i ko lakou kahea ana'ku.

Yea thou sawest the affliction of our fathers, in Egypt, and, their outcry, thou heardest, by the Red Sea;

10 Hana iho la oe i na mea hoike, a me na mea kupanaha maluna o Parao, a maluna o kana poo kauwa a pau, a maluna hoi o ka poe kanaka a pau o kona aina; no ka mea, ua ike oe i ka lakou hana hookiokie ana maluna o lakou. Pela no oe i hookanlana i kou inoa e like me ia i neia la.

and didst grant signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for thou hadst taken note, that they ruled proudly over them, —and so thou didst make thee a name, as at this day.

11 Hookaawale ae la no hoi oe i ke kai imua o lakou, i hele lakou iwaena konu o ke kai ma ka aina maloo; a kiola aku la oe i ka poe e alualu ana ia lakou iloko o ka hohonu, mo he pohaku la iloko o na wai nui.

And, the sea, didst thou cleave asunder before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea, on dry ground, —whereas, their pursuers, thou didst cast into the depths like a stone, into the mighty waters,

12 Me ke kia ao no oe i alakai ai ia lakou i ke ao; a, me ke kia ahi no hoi i ka po i malamalama no lakou ma ko alanui a lakou e hele ai.

And, in a pillar of cloud, didst thou lead them, by day, —and in a pillar of fire, by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.

13 Iho mai la oe maluna o ka mauna o Sinai, olelo pu mo lakou mai ka lani mai, a haawi mai la oe ia lakou i na olelo kupaa he pololei, a me na kapu ho oiaio, i na kanawai a me na kauoha he maikai:

And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens, —and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments.

14 Hoike mai la oe ia lakou i kou Sabati hoano, a kau aku la maluna o lakou i na kauoha, a me na olelo kupaa, a me ke kanawai ma ka lima o Mose kau kauwa.

And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them, —and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.

15 Haawi mai la oe ia lakou i ka berena mai ka lani mai no ko lakou pololi, a hookaho mai la hoi i ka wai no lakou mailoko mai o ka pohaku no ko lakou makewai ana, a olelo aku oe ia lakou e komo a e lilo ia lakou ka aina au i hoohiki ai e haawi ia lakou.

And, bread out of the heavens, didst thou give them, for their hunger, and, waters out of the cliff, didst thou bring them, for their thirst, —and badest them go in to take possession of the land, which thou hadst lifted thy hand to give them.

16 Aka, o lakou a me ko makou poe kupuna ua hana hookiekie no, a hooolea i ko lakou a-i, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kauoha;

But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly, —and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;

17 Hoole aku lakou, aole e hoolohe, aole hoi lakou i hoomanao i kau mau hana kupanaha au i hana'i me lakou; hooolea no lakou i ko lakou a-i, a i ko lakou kipi ana, koho iho la lakou i luna, i hoi aku ai lakou ma ko lakou hookauwa ana: aka, o oe ke Akua e kala ana i ka hala, he oluolu a me ka lokomaikai, he ahonui a me ke aloha nui, nolaila, aole oe i haalele ia lakou.

but refused to hearken, neither kept in mind thy wonders which thou hadst done with them, but they hardened their neck, and appointed a head that they might return to their servitude, in their perverseness. But, thou, art a God of forgivenesses, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness, and didst not forsake them.

18 Eia hoi, i ka wa a lakou i hana'i i bipikeiki i hooheeheeia, a olelo ae la, Eia kou Akua nana oe i alakai mailoko mai o Aigupita, a hana no hoi lakou i na mea hoonaukiuki loa;

Yea, although they made them a molten calf, and said, This, is thy God, that brought thee up out of Egypt, —and wrought great insults,

19 Alaila, aole oe i haalele ia lakou ma ka waonahele, no kou lokomaikai he nui loa; aole no i haalele ke kia ao ia lakou i ke ao, e alakai ana ia lakou ma ke alanui; aole hoi i haalele ke kia ahi i ka po i malamalama no lakou ma ke alanui a lakou e hele ai.

yet, thou, in thine abounding compassions, didst not forsake them in the desert, —the pillar of cloud, departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.

20 Haawi mai la no hoi oe i kou Uhane maikai e ao mai ia lakou, aole hoi oe i kaili i kau mane mai ko lakou waha mai, a haawi aku oe ia lakou i ka wai no ko lakou makewai ana.

And, thy Good Spirit, thou gavest, to instruct them, —and, thy manna, thou withheldest not from their mouth, and, water, thou gavest them, for their thirst.

21 Hookahi kanaha makahiki au i malama aku ai ia lakou ma ka waonahele, aole lakou i nele i kekahi mea; aole i weluwelu ko lakou aabu, aole hoi i pehu ko lakou mau wawae.

Yea, forty years, didst thou sustain them in the desert, they lacked nothing, —their mantles, waxed not old and, their feet, swelled not.

22 Haawi mai oe ia lakou i na aupuni a me na labuikanaka, a hoopuehu aku oe ia poe ma ko kihi, i lilo no lakou ka aina o Sihona, a me ka aina o ke alii o Hesebona, a me ka aina o Oga ke alii o Basana.

And thou gavest them kingdoms, and peoples, and allotted to each of them a corner, —and they took possession of the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 Hoomabuahua iho la no hoi oe i ka lakou poe mamo e like me na hoku o ka lani, a hookomo ae la ia lakou iloko o ka aina au i olelo ai i ko lakou poe kupuna, e komo lakou a e lilo ia ia lakou.

Their children also, didst thou multiply, like the stars of the heavens, —and didst bring them into the land which thou hadst promised their fathers they should enter to possess;

24 Komo iho la ka poe mamo a lilo ka aina ia lakou, a hoopio iho oe i ka poe kamaaina, i ko Kanaana, imua o lakou, a haawi oe ia lakou iloko o ko lakou lima, i ko lakou mau alii a me na lahuikanaka o ka aina, e hana aku ia lakou e like me ko lakou makemake.

so the children entered and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and deliveredst them into their hand, —with their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure;

25 A lawe pio iho la lakou i na kulanakauhale i paa i ka pa, a me ka aina maikai, a lilo iho la ia lakou na hale i lako i kela mea maikai keia mea maikai, na punawai i eliia, na mala waina, a mo na mala olive a me na laau hua he nui: a ai iho la lakou a maona, a momona hoi, a olioli iho la lakou i kou hoomaikai nui ana.

and they captured fortified cities and a fat soil, and took possession of houses full of every good thing, wells digged, vineyards and oliveyards and fruit-trees, in abundance, —so they did eat and were filled and became fat, and luxuriated in thy great goodness.

26 Aka, ku e aku la lakou a kipi aku ia oe, a kapae hoi i kou kanawai ma ko lakou kua, luku iho la lakou i kau poe kaula, ka poe i ao pinepine aku ia lakou e hoohuli ia lakou i ou la, a hana iho la lakou i na mea hoonaukiuki loa.

But they murmured and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and, thy prophets, they slew, who testified against them that they might turn them back unto thee, —and they wrought great insults.

27 No ia mea, haawi aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi, i hoopopilikia ua poe la ia lakou; aka, i ka wa o ko lakou pilikia ana, kahea aku la lakou ia oe, a hoolohe mai no oe mai ka lani mai; a e like me kou lokomaikai he nui no, haawi mai no oe ia lakou i poe hoola, nana lakou i hoopakele ae mailoko mai o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi.

Therefore didst thou deliver them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them, —and, in the time of their distress, they made outcry unto thee, and, thou, out of the heavens, didst hear, and, according to thine abounding compassions, gavest them saviours, that they might save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

28 Aka, i ka wa i malu ai lakou, huli ae la lakou e hana i ka mea mo imua o kou alo; alaila waiho aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi, i alii ai ua poe la maluna o lakou: aka, huli ae la lakou a kahea aku la ia oe, a hoolohe no oe mai ka lani mai: a hoopakele pinepine no oe ia lakou e like me kou aloha;

But, as soon as they had rest, they again wrought wickedness before thee, —and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, who bare rule over them, yet, when they again made outcry unto thee, thou, from the heavens, didst hear and didst deliver them according to thy compassions, many times;

29 A ao pinepine aku no hoi oe ia lakou e hoohuli ia lakou ma kou kanawai; aka, hana hookiekie lakou, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kanoha; hana ino no lakou i kau mau olelo kupaa, (na mea e ola'i ke kanaka ke nana ia, ) haawi lakou i ka poohiwi kipi, a hooolea i ko lakou a-i, aole hoi i hoolohe.

and didst testify against them, to bring them back unto thy law, yet, they, dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and, against thy regulations, they sinned, the which—if any son of earth shall do—then shall he live by them, —and yielded a rebellious shoulder, and, their neck, they stiffened, and hearkened not.

30 Aka, hoomanawanui no oe ia lakou i na makahiki he nui no, a ao pinepine aku oe ia lakou me kou Uhane iloko o ka poe kaols; aole nae i haliu mai ko lakou pepeiao; nolaila haawi aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o na lahuikanaka o na aina.

And thou didst suffer many years to pass over them, and didst testify against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets, yet did they not give ear, —therefore didst thou deliver them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31 Aole nae oe i hoopau loa ia lakou no kou lokomaikai he nui no, aole hoi i haalele oe ia lakou; no ka mea, he Akua lokomaikai no oe a me ke aloha.

Yet, in thine abounding compassions, thou didst not make of them an end, neither didst thou forsake them, —for, a GOD gracious and full of compassion, thou art.

32 Ano hoi, e ko makou Akua, ke Akua nui, mana, a hooweliweli, e malama ana i ka berita a me ka lokomaikai, mai mauao mai oe he uuku ka popilikia a pau i hiki mai la maluna o makou nei, maluna o ko makou poe alii, maluna o na luna o makou, a maluna o ko makou poe kahuna, a maluna o na kaula o makou, maluna o ko makou poe makua, a maluna hoi o kou poe kanaka a pau, mai na la mai o na'lii o Asuria a hiki i keia la.

Now, therefore, O our God—the GOD great, mighty, and fearful—keeping the covenant and the lovingkindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, which hath come upon us—on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, —from the days of the kings of Assyria, until this day.

33 Ua hala ole no nae oe ma na mea a pau i hiki mai la maluna o makou; no ka mea, ua hana no oe ma ka pololei, a o makou ka i hana hewa.

But, thou, art righteous, as to all that hath fallen upon us, —for, faithfulness, hast thou wrought, whereas, we, have been lawless;

34 A o ko makou poe alii, ko makou poe luna, ko makou poe kahuna, a me ko makou poe makua, aole lakou i malama i kou kanawai, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kauoha a me kau mau oleloao au i ao pinepine mai ai ia lakou.

and, our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers, have not kept thy law, —nor given heed unto thy commandments, or unto thy testimonies, wherewith thou hast testified against them.

35 No ka mea, aole i hookauwa lakou nau ma ko lakou aupuni, a ma kou lokomaikai nui au i haawi mai ai ia lakou, a ma ka aina nui a momona au i waiho mai ai imua o lakou; aole hoi i huli ae lakou mai ka lakou hana hewa ana'ku.

But, they, in their kingdom, and in thine abundant goodness which thou gavest them, and in the broad and fat land which thou didst set before them, did not serve thee, neither turned they from their wicked doings.

36 Eia hoi, i keia la, he poe kauwa makou, a o ka aina au i haawi mai ai i ko makou poe kupuna e ai i ka hua ona a me kona maikai, ea, he poe kauwa no makou maluna ona.

Lo! we, to-day, are bondmen—even upon the land which thou gavest our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, lo! we, are bondmen;

37 A e kau mai ana maluna ona ka hookupu nui ana i na'lii au i hoonoho ai maluna o makou no ko makou hewa; a e alii ana lakou maluna o ko makou mau kino, a me ko makou poe holoholona, e like me ko lakou makemake, a iloko no makou o ka popilikia nui.

and, the increase thereof, aboundeth unto the kings whom thou hast set over us, for our sins, —and, over our bodies, are they bearing rule, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and, in great distress, we are.

38 No keia mea a pau ke hoohiki nei makou i mea oiaio, a kakau iho no hoi, a na ko makou poe luna, na Levi, a me na kahuna o makou e kau i ka sila o paa ai.

Seeing, therefore, all this, we, are plighting our faith, and putting it in writing, —and, upon the sealed scroll, are our rulers, our Levites, our priests.