2 Whakapapa 30

1 Na ka tono tangata a Hetekia ki a Iharaira katoa raua ko Hura; i tuhituhia ano e ia he pukapuka ki a Eparaima raua ko Manahi kia haere mai ki te whare o Ihowa ki Hiruharama, ki te mahi i te kapenga a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira.

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel.

2 Kua oti hoki te whakaaro te whakatakoto e te kingi, ratou ko ana rangatira, ko te whakaminenga katoa i Hiruharama, kia mahia te kapenga i te rua o nga marama.

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

3 Kihai hoki i ahei te mahi i taua wa, no te mea kiano i ata rite te tokomaha o nga tohunga i whakatapua; kiano hoki te iwi i huihui ki Hiruharama.

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people assembled themselves at Jerusalem.

4 A tika tonu taua mea ki te titiro a te kingi, ki te titiro ano a te whakaminenga katoa.

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

5 Heoi ka whakatakotoria te korero kia karangatia nuitia puta noa i a Iharaira i Peerehepa atu a tae noa ki Rana, kia haere mai ki te mahi i te kapenga a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira ki Hiruharama: kihai ano hoki i mahia peratia e te nui tangata me te mea i tuhituhia.

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in the manner] as it was written.

6 Heoi haere ana nga kaikawe i nga pukapuka a te kingi ratou ko ana rangatira puta noa i a Iharaira raua ko Hura, pera ana me ta te kingi i whakahau ai; hei ki atu, E nga tama a Iharaira, hoki mai ki a Ihowa ki te Atua o Aperahama, o Ihaka, o Ihara ira, a ka hoki mai ia ki nga morehu o koutou i mawhiti nei i te ringa o nga kingi o Ahiria.

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

7 Kei rite hoki ki o koutou matua, ki o koutou tuakana, teina, i he nei ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o ratou matua; na tukua ana ratou e ia ki te whakangaro; koia ano tena ka kitea na e koutou.

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

8 Na kaua e whakapakeketia o koutou kaki, kei rite ki o koutou matua; engari e tuku i a koutou ki a Ihowa, ka tomo ki tona wahi tapu i whakatapua nei e ia mo ake tonu atu: e mahi ki a Ihowa, ki to koutou Atua, a ka tahuri atu i a koutou tona riri e mura nei.

Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers [were], [but] yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

9 Ki te tahuri hoki koutou ki a Ihowa, ka tohungia o koutou tuakana, teina, me a koutou tamariki e nga tangata nana ratou i whakarau, a ka hoki mai ratou ki tenei whenua; he atawhai hoki, he mahi tohu ta Ihowa, ta to koutou Atua; e kore hoki tona m ata e tahuri ke i a koutou, ki te hoki koutou ki a ia.

For if ye turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children [will find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they will return into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return to him.

10 Heoi haere ana nga kaikawe pukapuka i tenei pa ki tenei pa puta noa i te whenua o Eparaima, o Manahi, a tae noa ki Hepurona. Otiia kataina iho ratou, tawaia iho.

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even to Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

11 I whakaiti ia etahi tangata o Ahera, o Manahi, o Hepurona, i a ratou, a haere ana ki Hiruharama.

Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

12 I runga ano hoki i a Hura te ringa o te Atua hei homai i te ngakau kotahi ki a ratou ko nga rangatira i whakahau ai, ara i ta Ihowa i ki ai.

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

13 Na he nui te iwi i huihui ki Hiruharama ki te mahi i te hakari o te taro rewenakore i te rua o nga marama, nui atu te whakaminenga.

And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

14 Na whakatika ana ratou, kei te tango i nga aata i Hiruharama, kei te tango ano i nga aata tahu whakakakara, a maka ana ki te awa ki Kitirono.

And they arose and took away the altars that [were] in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.

15 Katahi ka patua te kapenga i te tekau ma wha o te rua o nga marama. A i whakama nga tohunga ratou ko nga Riwaiti, a whakatapua ana ratou e ratou ano, kawea ana e ratou he tahunga tinana ki te whare o Ihowa.

Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the LORD.

16 A tu ana ratou i to ratou turanga, i te wahi i whakaritea mo ratou, pera ana me ta te ture a Mohi, a ta te Atua tangata: ko nga tohunga hei tauhi i nga toto, ko nga Riwaiti hei homai.

And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] from the hand of the Levites.

17 He tokomaha hoki i roto i te whakaminenga kihai nei i whakatapu i a ratou: heoi ko nga Riwaiti hei patu i nga kapenga ma te hunga katoa kihai i purea, hei whakatapu i a ratou ki a Ihowa.

For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] to the LORD.

18 He tokomaha hoki o te iwi, ara he tokomaha no Eparaima, no Manahi, no Ihakara, no Hepurona, kihai i pure i a ratou, heoi kai ana ratou i te kapenga he mea kihai i rite ki ta te tuhituhi. Otiia i inoi a Hetekia mo ratou, i mea, Ma Ihowa, ma te Me a pai e muru te he o nga tangata katoa,

For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one,

19 E whakapai ana i o ratou ngakau ki te rapu i te Atua, i a Ihowa, i te Atua o o ratou matua, ko to ratou purenga ia kihai i rite ki to te wahi tapu.

[That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he is] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

20 Na, ka whakarongo a Ihowa ki a Hetekia, a whakaorangia ana e ia te iwi.

And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

21 A mahia ana e nga tama a Iharaira i kitea ki Hiruharama te hakari taro rewenakore, e whitu nga ra, nui atu te koa; whakamoemititia ana a Ihowa e nga Riwaiti ratou ko nga tohunga i tenei ra, i tenei ra, me te waiata ano i runga i nga mea tangi nu i, he mea ki a Ihowa.

And the children of Israel [that were] present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud instruments to the LORD.

22 A i whakamarie a Hetekia i nga ngakau o nga Riwaiti katoa i mohio pai nei ki te ritenga o te mahi ki a Ihowa, a kai ana ratou i te kai o taua hakari, e whitu nga ra, patua ana e ratou nga whakahere mo te pai, whaki ana ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o ratou matua.

And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

23 Na ka whakatakotoria te whakaaro e te whakaminenga katoa, kia mahia etahi atu ra e whitu. A koa ana ratou i a ratou e mahi ana i aua ra e whitu.

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.

24 I homai hoki e Hetekia kingi o Hura ki te whakaminenga hei whakahere etahi puru kotahi mano, etahi hipi e whitu mano; i homai ano e nga rangatira ki te whakaminenga etahi puru kotahi mano, etahi hipi tekau mano. He tokomaha ano hoki nga tohunga i whakatapu i a ratou.

For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

25 Na koa tonu te whakaminenga katoa o Hura, ratou ko nga tohunga, ko nga Riwaiti, me te whakaminenga katoa i haere mai nei i a Iharaira me nga manene i haere mai nei i te whenua o Iharaira ki Hura noho ai.

And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

26 Heoi he nui te koa i Hiruharama, no te mea no nga ra ano o Horomona tama a Rawiri kingi o Iharaira kahore he penei me tenei i Hiruharama.

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel [there was] not the like in Jerusalem.

27 Hatahi ka whakatika nga tohunga, nga Riwaiti, a manaakitia ana e ratou te iwi, a i rangona to ratou reo, i tae atu ano hoki ta ratou inoi ki tona nohoanga tapu, ki te rangi.

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer ascended to his holy dwelling-place, [even] to heaven.