Ehetere 2

1 I muri iho i enei mea, i te mea kua marie te riri o Kingi Ahahueruha, ka mahara ia ki a Wahati, ki tana i mea ai, ki te mea hoki i whakaritea mona.

Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, pea kuo ʻosi ʻae houhau ʻae tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, naʻa ne manatuʻi ʻa Vasiti, mo ia naʻa ne fai, mo ia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ke fai kiate ia.

2 Na ka mea nga tangata a te kingi i mahi nei ki a ia, Kia rapua mai etahi kotiro ataahua ma te kingi.

Pea pehē ai ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi ʻaia naʻe tauhi ia, “Tuku ke kumi he kau tāupoʻou hoihoifua maʻae tuʻi:

3 Kia whakaritea hoki e te kingi etahi kaititiro puta noa i nga kawanatanga o tona kingitanga, a ma ratou e huihui mai nga kotiro ataahua, he wahine, ki Huhana, ki te whare kini, ki te whare wahine, ki a Hekai, ki ta te kingi rangatira ruma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o nga wahine; a kia hoatu nga mea hei tahi mo to ratou poke;

Pea ke fakanofo ʻe he tuʻi ʻae kau matāpule ʻi he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻo hono puleʻanga, koeʻuhi ke nau tānaki ke fakataha kotoa pē ʻae kau tāupoʻou hoihoifua ki Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki, ki he fale ʻoe kau fefine, ki he tauhi ʻo Hekai, ko e tauhi fale ʻoe tuʻi, ʻaia ʻoku tauhi ʻae kau fefine: pea ke ʻatu kiate kinautolu ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakamaʻa:

4 Na, ko te kotiro e pai ki ta te kingi titiro, ko ia hei kuini i te wahi o Wahati. Na pai tonu taua mea ki te whakaaro o te kingi, a pera ana ano ia.

Pea ʻilonga ʻae tāupoʻou ʻaia ʻe fiemālie ki ai ʻae tuʻi, tuku ia ke tuʻi fefine ko e fetongi ʻo Vasiti.” Pea naʻe fiemālie ʻae tuʻi ʻi he meʻa ko ia; pea naʻa ne fai ia.

5 I Huhana, i te whare kingi tetahi tangata, he Hurai, ko tona ingoa ko Mororekai, he tama na Haira, tama a Himei, tama a Kihi, he tangata no Pineamine.

Pea naʻe ʻi Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki, ʻae Siu ʻe taha, ko Motekiai hono hingoa, ko e foha ʻo Saili, ko e foha ʻo Simi, ko e foha ʻo Kisi, ko e tangata Penisimani:

6 He mea whakaheke mai i Hiruharama i roto i te whakahekenga i whakahekea ai a Hekonia kingi o Hura, i tera i whakahekea ra e Nepukaneha kingi o Papurona.

‌ʻAia naʻe fetuku mei Selūsalema, ʻi he fakapōpula ʻaia naʻe fetuku ki he mamaʻo mo Sekonia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻaia naʻe fetuku ʻe Nepukanesa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone ʻo ʻave ki he mamaʻo.

7 Na he mea atawhai nana a Haraha, ara a Ehetere, te tamahine a tona matua keke; no te mea kahore ona papa, ona whaea, a he atanga taua kotiro, he ataahua; i te matenga hoki o tona papa, o tona whaea, ka tangohia ia e Mororekai hei tamahine mana.

Pea naʻa ne ohi ʻa Hatasa, ʻaia ko Eseta, ko e ʻofefine ʻo hono tuʻasina: he naʻe ʻikai haʻane tamai pe faʻē, pea naʻe matamatalelei mo hoihoifua ʻae tāupoʻou, ʻaia naʻe ohi ʻe Motekiai ʻi he pekia ʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻē, ʻo ne ʻofefine ʻaki ia.

8 Heoi, ka rangona te kupu a te kingi, me tana ture, a ka tokomaha ano nga kotiro ka huihuia ki Huhana, ki te whare kingi, ki te ringa o Hekai, na ka mauria ano hoki a Ehetere ki te whare o te kingi, ki te ringa o Hekai kaitiaki wahine.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he ongoʻi ʻae fekau ʻae tuʻi mo ʻene tuʻutuʻuni, pea kuo fakakātoa ʻae kau taʻahine tokolahi ki Susani ko e kolo fakaʻeiki, ki he tauhi ʻo Hekai, naʻe ʻomi foki ʻa Eseta ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi, ki he tauhi ʻo Hekai, ko e tauhi ʻoe kau fefine.

9 Na he pai taua kotiro ki tana titiro, ka atawhaitia hoki e ia; i hohoro hoki tana homai i nga mea hei tahi mo tona poke, me era atu mea ano mana, me nga kotiro tokowhitu i tika nei kia hoatu ki a ia, no roto i te whare o te kingi: i nekehia atu h oki ia, ratou ko ana kotiro ki te wahi pai rawa o te whare wahine.

Pea naʻe fiemālie ia ki he taʻahine, pea naʻa ne ʻofeina ia: pea naʻa ne ʻatu leva kiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa maʻa ʻene fakamaʻa ia, fakataha mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe kau tonu kiate ia, mo e kau taʻahine ʻe toko fitu, ʻaia naʻe taau ke foaki kiate ia, mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi: pea naʻa ne tomuʻa fili ia mo ʻene kau taʻahine ki he potu lelei lahi ʻoe fale ʻoe kau fefine.

10 Kihai i whakaaturia e Ehetere tona iwi me ona whanaunga; na Mororekai hoki i ako ki a ia kia kaua e whakaaturia.

Naʻe teʻeki ai fakahā ʻe Eseta hono kakai pe ko hono kāinga: he naʻe fekau ia ʻe Motekiai ke ʻoua naʻa fakahā ia.

11 Na haere ai a Mororekai i tenei ra, i tenei ra, ki mua i te marae o te whare wahine, kia mohio ai ia kei te pehea a Ehetere, a ka peheatia ranei ia.

Pea naʻe ʻeveʻeva ʻa Motekiai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he mata fale ʻoe lotoʻā ʻoe fale ʻoe kau fefine, ke ʻilo pe ʻoku fēfē ʻa Eseta, pea ko e hā ʻe fai kiate ia.

12 A, no ka rite te wa mo tenei kotiro, mo tenei kotiro, e haere ai ki a Kingi Ahahueruha, i te mea ka taka ona marama kotahi tekau ma rua, ko te ritenga hoki ia mo nga wahine, ko reira hoki rite ai nga ra mo te tahi o to ratou poke, ara e ono nga marama o te hinu maira, a e ono nga marama o nga mea kakara, o era atu mea ano e tahia ai te poke o nga wahine;

Pea ʻi he hoko ʻae lakanga ʻoe taʻahine kotoa pē ke hū ki loto ki he tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo, hili ʻene nofo ʻi he māhina ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo fakatatau ki he anga ʻae kau fefine, (he naʻe pehē pe hono fakaʻosi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻo honau fakamaʻa, ʻio, ʻae māhina ʻe ono mo e lolo ko e mula, mo e māhina ʻe ono mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa kehe ko e meʻa fakamaʻa ʻae kau fefine.)

13 Ko te tikanga tenei mo te haerenga atu o tetahi kotiro ki te kingi; ko nga mea katoa i hiahia ai ia, i hoatu ki a ia, a ka riro i a ia i roto i te whare wahine ki te whare o te kingi.

Pea naʻe haʻu pehē pe ʻae taʻahine kotoa pē ki he tuʻi: ʻilonga ʻaia kotoa pē naʻa ne fili ke taungaʻaki mei he fale ʻoe kau fefine, ke ʻalu ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi, naʻe foaki ia kiate ia.

14 I haere mai ia i te ahiahi, a i te ata ka hoki ki to nga wahine whare tuarua, ki te ringa o Haahakata, o ta te kingi rangatira ruma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o nga wahine iti; heoi ano ona haerenga mai ki te kingi, kia hiahia ra ano te kingi ki a i a, kia whakahuatia ano hoki tona ingoa.

Naʻe hū ki ai ia ʻi he efiafi, pea pongipongi ai naʻe liu mai ia ki hono ua ʻoe fale ʻoe kau fefine, ki he tauhi ʻa Seasikasi, ko e tauhi fale ʻae tuʻi, ʻaia naʻe tauhi ʻae kau sinifu: naʻe ʻikai te ne toe haʻu ki he tuʻi, ʻo kapau naʻe ʻikai fiemālie ʻae tuʻi ʻiate ia, pea ne ui ia ʻi hono hingoa.

15 A, ka rite te wa e haere ai ki te kingi a Ehetere tamahine a Apihaira, a te matua keke o Mororekai, he mea tango nei hoki ia na tenei hei tamahine mana, kihai tera i mea ki tetahi mea mana, heoi ano ko ta Hekai i whakarite ai, ko ia nei ta te ki ngi rangatira ruma, te kaitiaki o nga wahine. Na ahuareka rawa a Ehetere ki te titiro a te hunga katoa i kite i a ia.

Pea ʻi he hoko ʻae lakanga ʻo Eseta, ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻApieli ko e tuʻasina ʻo Motekiai, ʻaia naʻa ne ohi ko hono ʻofefine, ke hū ia ki loto ki he tuʻi, naʻe ʻikai te ne fili ha meʻa ʻe taha ka ko e meʻa pe naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe Hekai, ko e tauhi fale ʻae tuʻi, mo e haʻa tukauʻi ʻoe kau fefine. Pea naʻe ʻofeina ʻa Eseta ʻe he kakai kotoa pē naʻe mamata kiate ia.

16 Heoi ka mauria a Ehetere ki a Kingi Ahahueruha, ki tona whare kingi, i te tekau o nga marama, ko Tepete hoki taua marama, i te whitu o nga tau o tona kingitanga.

Ko ia, naʻe ʻave ʻa Eseta ki he tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo ki hono fale fakatuʻi ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe māhina, ʻaia ko e māhina ko Tipeti, ʻi hono fitu taʻu ʻo ʻene pule.

17 Na nui atu te aroha o te kingi ki a Ehetere i tona ki nga wahine katoa, ahuareka tonu ia, manakohia rawatia ana ia e ia i nga whaina katoa, potaea ana e ia te karauna kuini ki tona mahunga, meinga ana ia e ia hei kuini i te wahi o Wahati.

Pea naʻe ʻofa lahi ʻae tuʻi kia Eseta ʻi he kau fefine kotoa pē, pea naʻe maʻu ʻe ia ʻae lelei mo e angaʻofa ʻi hono ʻao ʻo lahi hake ʻi he kau tāupoʻou kotoa pē; ko ia naʻa ne ʻai ai ʻae tatā fakatuʻi ki hono ʻulu, pea fakanofo ia ko e tuʻi fefine ko e fetongi ʻo Vasiti.

18 Katahi ka tukua e te kingi he hakari nui ma ana rangatira katoa ratou ko ana tangata, ara te hakari o Ehetere; whakangawaritia ano hoki e ia nga mea ki nga kawanatanga, a hoatu ana etahi hakari e ia, he mea i rite ki ta te kingi tikanga.

Pea naʻe fai ai ʻe he tuʻi ʻae kātoanga lahi ki heʻene ngaahi houʻeiki kotoa pē mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻio, ko e kātoanga ʻo Eseta: pea naʻa ne fai ʻae vetepōpula ʻi hono ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻo ne fai ʻae ngaahi foaki, ʻo taau mo e monūʻia ʻoe tuʻi.

19 Na i te rua o nga huihuinga o nga wahine, kei te noho a Mororekai i te kuwaha o te kingi.

Pea ʻi he fakakātoa ʻae kau taʻahine ko hono liunga ua, naʻe toki nofo ai ʻa Motekiai ʻi he matapā ʻoe tuʻi.

20 Kihai ano i whakaaturia e Ehetere ona whanaunga me tona iwi; ko ta Mororekai hoki tera i ako ai ki a ia; i whakarite hoki a Ehetere i te kupu a Mororekai, i pera me ia e whakatupuria ake ana i tona whare.

Pea naʻe teʻeki ai fakahā ʻe Eseta ʻa hono kāinga pe ko hono kakai: ʻo hangē ko e fekau pau ʻe Motekiai kiate ia: he naʻe fai ʻe Eseta ki he fekau ʻa Motekiai kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ne fai ʻi heʻene kei tauhi ia.

21 I aua ra, i te mea e noho ana a Mororekai i te kuwaha o te kingi, ka riri a Pikitana raua ko Terehe, tokorua o nga rangatira ruma a te kingi, he kaitiaki i te tatau, a ka whai kia pa te ringa ki a Kingi Ahahueruha.

ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, lolotonga ʻene nofo ʻa Motekiai ʻi he matapā ʻoe tuʻi, naʻe ʻita ʻae tauhi ʻe toko ua ʻae tuʻi, ko Pikitani mo Telesi, ʻiate kinautolu naʻe tauhi ʻae matapā, ʻo na kumi ke ala ki he tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo.

22 Na kua mohiotia taua mea e Mororekai, a ka whakaaturia e ia ki a Ehetere, ki te kuini; korerotia ana e Ehetere ki te kingi i runga ano i te ingoa o Mororekai.

Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻae meʻa ni ʻe Motekiai, ʻaia naʻe tala ia kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine, pea fakahā ia ʻe Eseta ki he tuʻi ʻi he hingoa ʻo Motekiai.

23 Na, ka oti taua mea te uiui, a ka kitea he tika, ka taronatia raua tokorua ki runga ki te rakau, a ka tuhituhia taua mea ki te pukapuka o nga meatanga o nga ra i te aroaro o te kingi.

Pea ʻi he fai ʻae ʻeke ki he meʻa ni, naʻe ʻilo hono moʻoni: ko ia naʻe tautau ai ʻakinaua fakatouʻosi ki ha ʻakau: pea naʻe tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala meʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi.