2 Crônicas 23

Te Aranga ki a Aratia

1 Nā, i te whitu o ngā tau ka whakanuia e Iehoiara he kaha mōna; i riro hoki i a ia ngā rangatira rau, a Atāria tama a Ierohama, a Ihimaera tama a Iehohanana, a Atāria tama a Ōpere, a Maaheia tama a Araia, a Erihapata tama a Tīkiri, hei hoa mōna, mea rawa ki te kawenata. 2 Nā, hāereerea ana e rātou a Hūrā ā taka noa, huihuia ana e rātou ngā Rīwaiti i roto i ngā pā katoa o Hūrā, rātou ko ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira, ā, haere ana rātou ki Hiruhārama. 3 Nā, ka whakarite kawenata te whakaminenga katoa ki te kīngi i roto i te whare o te Atua.

I mea anō ia ki a rātou, "Nanā, hei kīngi te tama a te kīngi, hei pērā me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai mō ngā tama a Rāwiri. 4 Ko tēnei tā koutou e mea ai: ko te tuatoru o ngā wehenga o koutou e haere mai ana i te hāpati, arā o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti, hei kaitiaki mō ngā kūwaha; 5 ko tētahi o ngā wehenga e toru hei te whare o te kīngi; ko tētahi o ngā wehenga e toru hei te Kūwaha o te Tūranga; ko te iwi katoa hoki hei ngā marae o te whare o Ihowā. 6 Kaua ia tētahi e tomo ki te whare o Ihowā, ko ngā tohunga anake, rātou ko te hunga o ngā Rīwaiti e minita ana; ko rātou e haere ki roto, nō te mea he tapu rātou. Ko te iwi katoa ia hei tiaki i ngā mea a Ihowā. 7 Nā, me karapoti te kīngi e ngā Rīwaiti ā tawhio noa; hei tōna ringa anō te patu a tēnei, a tēnei; ā, ki te tomo tētahi ki te whare, me whakamate. Hei te taha tonu koutou o te kīngi i tōna haerenga mai, i tōna haerenga atu."

8 Nā, ka meatia e ngā Rīwaiti, e Hūrā katoa ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e Iehoiara tohunga; ā, ka mau rātou ki āna tāngata, ki āna tāngata, ki ngā mea e haere ana ki roto i te hāpati, ki te hunga anō e haere atu ana ki waho i te hāpati; kīhai hoki a Iehoiara tohunga i tuku i ngā wehenga kia haere. 9 Ā, i hōmai e Iehoiara tohunga ki ngā rangatira rau ngā tao, ngā pukupuku, me ngā whakapuru tao a Kīngi Rāwiri; i roto hoki ērā i te whare o te Atua. 10 I whakatūria anō e ia te iwi katoa, me ā rātou patu i te ringa o tēnei, o tēnei, i te koki ki matau o te whare, tae noa ki te koki ki mauī o te whare, ki ngā taha o te āta, o te whare, hei karapoti mō te kīngi.

11 Kātahi ka whakaputaina e rātou te tama a te kīngi, pōtaea iho ki a ia te karauna; ā, hōmai ana te whakaaturanga ki a ia, nā, whakakīngitia ana ia e rātou; ā, nā Iehoiara rātou ko āna tama ia i whakawahi, me tā rātou karanga, "Kia ora te kīngi!"

Tā Atāria Kōhurutanga

12 Ā, nō te rongonga o Atāria i te ngē o te iwi e rere ana, e whakamoemiti ana ki te kīngi, ka haere ia ki te iwi, ki te whare o Ihowā. 13 Ā, ka titiro ia, nā, ko te kīngi e tū ana i te taha o tōna pou i te tomokanga ko ngā rangatira anō me ngā tētere i te taha o te kīngi; ā, ko te iwi katoa o te whenua e koa ana, e whakatangi ana i ngā tētere; ko ngā kaiwaiata hoki e whakatangi ana i ngā mea rangi waiata, e ārahi ana i te waiata whakamoemiti. Kātahi ka haehae a Atāria i ōna kākahu, ka karanga, "He hē, he hē, te whakatakotoria nei!"

14 Nā, ka whakaputaina e Iehoiara tohunga ngā rangatira rau, ngā kaitohutohu ope ki waho, ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Mauria mai ia ki waenganui i ngā rārangi; ā, ko te tangata e whai i muri i a ia, whakamatea ki te hoari." I mea hoki te tohunga, "Kaua ia e whakamatea i roto i te whare o Ihowā." 15 Heoi, whakawāteatia ana he haerenga mōna; nā, ka tae ia ki te tomokanga o te Kūwaha Hōiho i te taha o te whare o te kīngi, whakamatea iho ki reira.

16 Nā, ka whakaritea e Iehoiara he kawenata, he mea nāna, nā te iwi katoa rātou ko te kīngi, kia meinga rātou hei iwi mā Ihowā. 17 Nā, haere ana te iwi katoa ki te whare o Paara, wāhia iho e rātou; mongamonga noa i a rātou āna āta, ōna āhua; patua iho hoki e rātou a Matana tohunga o Paara ki mua i ngā āta.

18 I whakarite kaitirotiro anō a Iehoiara mō te whare o Ihowā, he mea tuku ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Rīwaiti, i wehea nei e Rāwiri ki roto ki te whare o Ihowā hei whakaeke i ngā tahunga tinana a Ihowā, ko te mea hoki ia i tuhituhia i roto i te ture a Mohi; me te koa anō rātou, me te waiata; ko tā Rāwiri hoki ia i whakarite ai. 19 I whakatūria anō e ia he kaitiaki kūwaha mō ngā kūwaha o te whare o Ihowā, kei haere ki roto te tangata e poke ana i tētahi mea.

20 Nā, tīkina ana e ia ngā rangatira rau, ngā tāngata nunui, rātou ko ngā kāwana o te iwi, ko te iwi katoa anō hoki o te whenua, ā mauria iho ana e rātou te kīngi i te whare o Ihowā ki raro. Nā, haere ana rātou nā tō Runga Kūwaha ki te whare o te kīngi, ā, whakanohoia ana te kīngi ki te torōna o te kīngitanga. 21 Heoi, koa tonu te iwi katoa o te whenua, ā, mārire noa iho te pā; ā, patua ana e rātou a Atāria ki te hoari.

1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds; 5 and a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah. 6 But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 9 And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.

12 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah: 13 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason! 14 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah. 15 So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king’s house: and they slew her there.

16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah’s people. 17 And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David. 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword.