2 Samuel 23

Ngā Kupu Whakamutunga a Rāwiri

1 Nā, ko ngā kupu whakamutunga ēnei a Rāwiri.

"He kupu tēnei nā Rāwiri tama a Hehe,

he kupu hoki nā te tangata i whakarewaina ki runga,

nā tā te Atua o Hākopa i whakawahi ai,

nā te kaihīmene āhuareka o Īharaira:

2 "He kaiwhakapuaki ahau i te kupu a te Wairua o Ihowā;

kei tōku arero tāna kōrero.

3 I kōrero te Atua o Īharaira,

i mea te Kāmaka o Īharaira ki ahau:

‘Ko ia te kaiwhakatakoto tikanga mō ngā tāngata,

e whakatakoto tikanga ana i runga i te wehi ki a Ihowā,

4 ka rite ia ki te mārama o te ata ina whiti te rā,

o te ata kāhore nei he kapua;

ki te tarutaru tupu hou e pihi ake ana i te whenua

i te mea ka whiti te rā i te maonga o te ua.’

5 "He pono ehara tōku whare i te pēnā i te aroaro o te Atua;

heoi kua takoto tāna kawenata ū tonu ki ahau,

rite rawa ngā aha katoa, mau rawa.

Nō te mea ko tōku whakaoranga katoa tēnei,

ko tāku hoki e whakaahuareka ai,

ahakoa kāhore e meinga ana e ia kia tupu.

6 Ko te hunga atuakore ia ka rite katoa ki te tātarāmoa e āia atu ana,

e kore nei e hopukia atu e te ringa.

7 Engari, ko te tangata e whakapā atu,

kia kapi ia i te rino, kia mau hoki ki te kakau o te tao;

ā, ka tahuna rawatia rātou ki te ahi i tō rātou wāhi."

Ngā Toa Mārohirohi a Rāwiri

8 Ko ngā ingoa ēnei o ngā tāngata mārohirohi a Rāwiri: ko Iohepepahepete Takamoni, ko ia te tino rangatira; ko Arino Eteni anō ia, i ara ake tāna tao ki ngā rau e waru, patua iho i te whakaekenga kotahi.

9 I muri i a ia ko Ereātara tama a Roro Ahohi; ko ia tētahi o ngā mārohirohi, o ngā hoa tokotoru o Rāwiri i tā rātou whakataranga ki ngā Pirihitini i huihui ki reira ki te whawhai, i te mea kua riro ngā tāngata o Īharaira, 10 whakatika ana ia, ā, patua iho ngā Pirihitini ā, ngenge noa tōna ringa, piri noa tōna ringa ki te hoari; ā, nui atu te wikitōria i meinga e Ihowā i taua rā; ā, hoki ana te iwi i muri i a ia, he hui kau i ngā parakete.

11 Ā, i muri i a ia ko Hamaha tama a Ake Harari. Nā, ko te huihuinga o ngā Pirihitini ki te taua, ki tētahi wāhi oneone e kapi ana i te pī; ā, rere ana te iwi i te aroaro o ngā Pirihitini. 12 Heoi, tū ana tērā i waenganui o taua wāhi, nā, ka mau i a ia, patua iho e ia ngā Pirihitini; nā, nui atu te whakaoranga i whakaora ai a Ihowā.

13 Nā, ka haere e toru o ngā rangatira e toru tekau ki raro, ā, ka tae ki a Rāwiri i te kotinga wīti ki te ana i Aturama; ā, i te noho tērā te ope o ngā Pirihitini i te raorao i Repaima. 14 Nā, i roto a Rāwiri i te pourewa i taua wā; i Pēterehema anō ngā hōia pupuri a ngā Pirihitini i taua wā. 15 Nā, ka minamina a Rāwiri, ā, ka mea, "Auē, te ai he tangata hei kawe wai mōku hei inu i te puna i Pēterehema, tērā i te kūwaha!" 16 Nā, wāhi pū ana aua toa tokotoru nā, waenganui o te puni o ngā Pirihitini, ā, utuhia ana he wai i te puna o Pēterehema, i tērā i te kūwaha tangohia ana, mauria ana ki a Rāwiri; otiia kīhai ia i pai ki te inu, nā, ringihia ana e ia hei mea ki a Ihowā. 17 Ā, ka mea, "Auē, kia meatia tēnei e ahau, e Ihowā; kia inu ahau i te toto o ngā tāngata i haere whakamomori nei ki te mate?"

Nā, kīhai ia i pai ki te inu. Ko ēnei ngā mahi a aua mārohirohi tokotoru.

18 Nā, ko Āpihai teina o Ioapa tama a Teruia te rangatira o te tokotoru. Ā, i ara ake tāna tao ki ngā rau e toru, patua iho e ia; i whai ingoa hoki ia i roto i te tokotoru. 19 He teka ianei nōna te korōria nui o te tokotoru? Ā, meinga ana ia hei rangatira mō rātou; otiia kīhai ia i uru ki te tokotoru tuatahi.

20 Nā, ko Penaia tama a Iehoiara, ko te tama a tētahi tangata mārohirohi nō Kapateere, he nui āna mahi toa, ā, i patua e ia ngā tama tokorua a Ariere o Moapa. I haere anō hoki ia ki raro, ā, patua ana e ia tētahi raiona i roto i te wā o te hukarere. 21 Nāna hoki tētahi Īhipiana i patu, he tangata pakari. Nā, he tao i te ringa o te Īhipiana; otiia haere atu ana ia ki raro, ki a ia, he tokotoko tāna, kapohia ana e ia te tao i te ringa o te Īhipiana, ā, patua ana ia e ia ki tāna tao anō. 22 Nā Penaia tama a Iehoiara ēnei mahi; ā, i whai ingoa ia i roto i ngā mārohirohi tokotoru. 23 Nui ake tōna korōria i tō te toru tekau; otiia kīhai ia i uru ki te tokotoru tuatahi. Nā, meinga ana ia e Rāwiri hei rangatira mō āna kaitiaki.

24 Ko Atahere teina o Ioapa tētahi o te toru tekau: ko Erehanana tama a Roro o Pēterehema, 25 ko Hamaha Harori, ko Erika Harori, 26 ko Herete Parati, ko Ira tama a Ikehe Tekoi, 27 ko Apiētere Anetoti, ko Mepunai Huhati, 28 ko Taramono Ahohi, ko Maharai Netopati, 29 ko Herepe tama a Paana, he Netopati, ko Itai tama a Ripai, nō Kipea, nō ngā tama a Pineamine, 30 ko Penaia Piratoni, ko Hirai, nō ngā awaawa o Kāha, 31 ko Apiarapono Arapati, ko Ātamawete Parahumi, 32 ko Eriāhapa Haaraponi, nō ngā tama a Iahene, ko Honatana, 33 ko Hamaha Harari, ko Ahiama tama a Harara Harari, 34 ko Eriperete tama a Ahahapai tama a te Maakati, ko Eriama tama a Ahitopere Kironi, 35 ko Heterai Karameri, ko Paarai Ārapi, 36 ko Ikara tama a Nātana o Topa, ko Pani Kari; 37 ko Tereke Āmoni, ko Nahari Peeroti, ko ngā kaimau patu a Ioapa tama a Teruia, 38 ko Ira Ītiri, ko Karepa Ītiri, 39 ko Uria Hiti, ki te huihuia, e toru tekau mā whitu.

1 Now these are the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse saith,

And the man who was raised on high saith,

The anointed of the God of Jacob,

And the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me,

And his word was upon my tongue.

3 The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spake to me:

One that ruleth over men righteously,

That ruleth in the fear of God,

4 He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,

A morning without clouds,

When the tender grass springeth out of the earth,

Through clear shining after rain.

5 Verily my house is not so with God;

Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,

Ordered in all things, and sure:

For it is all my salvation, and all my desire,

Although he maketh it not to grow.

6 But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away,

Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

7 But the man that toucheth them

Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear:

And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.

8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.

9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away. 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.

11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great victory.

13 And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah. 17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three. 19 Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. 23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash. 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.