2 Whakapapa 16
1 I te toru tekau ma ono o nga tau o te kingitanga o Aha ka haere mai a Paaha kingi o Iharaira ki a Hura, a hanga ana a Rama e ia, kia kaua ai tetahi e tukua kia haere atu ranei, kia haere mai ranei ki a Aha kingi o Hura.
In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, —that he might let none come out or go in, unto Asa king of Judah.
2 Katahi ka tangohia katoatia e Aha te hiriwa me te koura i roto i nga taonga o te whare o Ihowa, o te whare ano o te kingi, a hoatu ana kia kawea ki a Peneharara kingi o Hiria, i Ramahiku hoki ia e noho ana; i mea ia,
So Asa brought forth silver and gold, out of the treasuries of the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king, —and sent unto Ben-hadad, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:
3 He kawenata ta taua, he pera me ta toku papa raua ko tou papa: nana, te hiriwa, te koura i hoatu na e ahau kia kawea atu ki a koe. Haere, whakataka tau kawenata ki a Paaha kingi o Iharaira, kia haere atu ai ia i toku taha.
[Let there be] a covenant, between me and thee, as between my father and thy father.—Lo! I have sent thee silver and gold, go break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may go up from me.
4 Na rongo tonu a Peneharara ki a Kingi Aha, a tonoa ana e ia nga rangatira o ana ope ki nga pa o Iharaira; patua iho e ratou a Iiono, a Rana, a Aperemaima, me nga pa taonga katoa o Napatari.
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the chieftains of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon and Dan, and Abel-maim, —and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.
5 A, no te rongonga o Paaha, ka mutu tana hanga i Rama, a kore ake tona mahinga.
And it cams to pass, when Baasha heard it, he left off building Ramah, —and let his work cease.
6 Na ka tikina e Kingi Aha a Hura katoa; a taria atu ana e ratou nga kohatu o Rama, me nga rakau o reira i hanga nei e Paaha; a hangaia ana e ia ki aua mea a Kepa me Mihipa.
And, Asa the king, took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timbers thereof, which Baasha had used in building, —and he built therewith, Geba and Mizpah.
7 I taua wa ka haere a Hanani matakite ki a Aha kingi o Hura, a ka mea ki a ia, Kua okioki na koe ki te kingi o Hiria, a kihai hoki koe i okioki ki a Ihowa, ki tou Atua, mo reira ka mawhiti atu te ope o te kingi o Hiria i tou ringa.
And, at that time, came Hanani the seer, unto Asa the king of Judah, —and said unto him, Because thou hast leaned upon the king of Syria, and hast not leaned upon Yahweh thy God, for this cause, hath the force of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
8 Ko nga Etiopiana, ko nga Rupimi, he teka ianei he ope tino nui ratou, he maha noa atu hoki a ratou hariata, a ratou kaieke hoiho? heoi, i tou okiokinga ki a Ihowa, homai ana ratou e ia ki tou ringa.
Were not, the Ethiopians and the Lybians, a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst lean upon Yahweh, he delivered them into thy hand.
9 E kopikopiko ana hoki nga kanohi o Ihowa i te whenua katoa, hei whakaatu i te kaha o tana awhina i te hunga e tapatahi ana o ratou ngakau ki a ia. He mahi kuware tenei nau; na ka whai pakanga koe i nga wa e takoto ake nei.
For, as touching Yahweh, [seeing that], his eyes, are ever running to and fro throughout all the earth, to shew himself strong with them who are perfect toward himself, thou hast made thyself foolish over this, —for, from henceforth, there shall be with thee—wars.
10 Katahi ka riri a Aha ki taua matakite, a hoatu ana e ia ki te whare herehere; he pukuriri hoki nona ki a ia mo tenei mea. I tukinotia ano e Aha etahi o te iwi i taua wa.
Then was Asa angry with the seer, and put him in the house of the stocks, for he was in a rage with him, over this, —and Asa oppressed some of the people, at that time.
11 Na, ko nga meatanga a Aha, o te timatanga, o muri, kua oti te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka o nga kingi o Hura, o Iharaira.
But lo! the story of Asa, first and last, there it is, written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Na i te toru tekau ma iwa o nga tau o tona kingitanga ka mate a Aha i ona waewae; a he tino nui tona mate; otiia i tona matenga kihai ia i rapu i ta Ihowa, engari i ta nga rata.
And Asa became diseased—in the thirty-ninth year of his reign—in his feet, exceedingly severe, was his disease, —yet, even in his disease, he sought not Yahweh, but unto physicians.
13 Na kua moe a Aha ki ona matua; i mate hoki i te wha tekau ma tahi o nga tau o tona kingitanga.
And Asa slept with his fathers, —yea he died in the forty-first year of his reign;
14 A tanumia iho ia ki nga urupa i keria e ia mona ki te pa o Rawiri, whakatakotoria iho ki tetahi takotoranga e ki tonu ana i nga mea kakara, i nga tini mea whakaranu, he mea hanga na te kaiwhakaranu; a nui atu te tahunga i tahuna mona.
and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices—yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer’s art, —and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.
