Neemias 13

Te Wehenga i ngā Tauiwi

1 I taua rā i kōrerotia i te Pukapuka a Mohi, me te whakarongo anō te iwi, ā, ka kitea te mea i tuhituhia ki reira kia kaua te Āmoni me te Moapi e tapoko ki te whakaminenga a te Atua ā ake ake; 2 nō te mea kīhai i maua mai e rātou he taro, he wai, hei tukunga mai mō ngā tama a Īharaira; engari, utua ana e rātou a Paraama hei hoariri mō rātou, hei kanga mō rātou. Heoi, whakaputaina kētia ake e tō tātou Atua te kanga hei manaaki. 3 Nā, i tō rātou rongonga i te ture, ka wehea atu e rātou ngā whakauru katoa i roto i a Īharaira.

Ngā Hanganga Hou a Nehemia

4 Nā, i mua ake o tēnei ko Eriahipi, tohunga, kaitiaki i ngā rūma o te whare o tō tātou Atua, he whanaunga nō Tōpia, 5 whakapaia ana e tēnei he rūma nui mōna, ko te wāhi i whakatakotoria nei i mua ngā whakahere totokore, te parakihe, ngā oko, me te whakatekau o te wīti, o te wāina hou, o te hinu, ko te mea i kīia iho mā ngā Rīwaiti, rātou ko ngā kaiwaiata, ko ngā kaitiaki tatau, me ngā whakahere hapahapai mā ngā tohunga.

6 Otiia i tēnei wā katoa kāhore ahau i Hiruhārama; nō te toru tekau mā rua nei hoki o ngā tau o Arataherehe kīngi o Papurōna i tae ai ahau ki te kīngi, ā, maha noa ngā rā, ka īnoitia e ahau i te kīngi. 7 Nā, ka tae mai ahau ki Hiruhārama, ā, ka mōhio ki tā Eriahipi mahi kino, ki tāna mō Tōpia, i a ia i whakapai i tētahi rūma mōna i ngā marae o te whare o te Atua. 8 Nā, kino rawa ki ahau; ākiritia atu ana e ahau ngā mea katoa o te whare o Tōpia i roto i taua rūma. 9 Kātahi ahau ka kōrero, ā, tahia ana e rātou ngā rūma. Nā, whakahokia ana e ahau ki reira ngā oko o te whare o te Atua, ngā whakahere totokore me te parakihe. 10 I kite anō ahau kīhai ngā wāhi mā ngā Rīwaiti i hoatu, nā, oma ana rātou ki tāna māra, ki tāna māra, ngā Rīwaiti, ngā kaiwaiata i mahia ai te mahi. 11 Kātahi ka whawhaitia e ahau ngā rangatira, i mea ahau, "He aha i whakarērea ai te whare o te Atua?" Nā, huihuia ana rātou e ahau, whakatūria ana ki tō rātou tūranga.

12 Kātahi ka kawea mai e Hūrā katoa ngā whakatekau o te wīti, o te wāina hou, o te hinu, ki ngā whare taonga. 13 Nā, ka whakaritea e ahau he kaitiaki mō ngā taonga, ko Heremia tohunga, ko Hāroko karaipi, ā, o ngā Rīwaiti ko Peraia; i tō rātou taha ko Hanana tama a Tākuru tama a Matania; i kīia hoki rātou he hunga pono; ā, ko tā rātou, he tuwha mā ō rātou tuākana, tēina.

14 Kia mahara, e tōku Atua, ki tēnei mea āku, kaua hoki e horoia atu tēnei tikanga pai āku i puta nei ki te whare o tōku Atua, ki ngā ritenga mahi anō mō reira.

Ka Tīmata ngā Hanganga Hou o te Hāpati

15 I aua rā ka kitea e ahau ētahi i roto i a Hūrā e takahi ana i ngā takahanga wāina i te hāpati, e kawe ana mai i ngā paihere wīti, e whakawaha ana i ngā kāihe; me te wāina anō, me ngā karepe, me ngā piki, me ngā pīkaunga katoa, e kawea mai ana e rātou ki Hiruhārama i te rā o te hāpati. Nā, whakaaturia ana e ahau tō rātou hē i te rā i hoko ai rātou i te kai. 16 I reira anō e noho ana ētahi tāngata o Tāira, he ika te kawenga, me ngā mea hoko katoa, ā, hokona ana e rātou i te hāpati ki ngā tama a Hūrā, i roto anō i Hiruhārama. 17 Kātahi ka whawhaitia e ahau ngā rangatira o Hūrā, i mea ahau ki a rātou, "He aha tēnei mea kino e mea nei koutou, i a koutou ka whakapoke nei i te rā hāpati? 18 Kāhore ianei ō koutou mātua i pēnei, ā, kawea mai ana e tō tātou Atua tēnei kino katoa ki runga ki a tātou, ki runga anō i tēnei pā? Nā, ko koutou hei whakaneke ake i te riri mō Īharaira, i te mea ka whakapokea nei te hāpati."

19 Nā, pōuriuri kau ngā kūwaha o Hiruhārama i mua ake o te hāpati, ka mea ahau, kia tūtakina ngā kēti; i mea anō ahau kia kaua e whakatuwheratia, kia taka rā anō te hāpati. I whakatūria anō e ahau ētahi o āku tāngata ki ngā kūwaha, kei kawea mai ki roto he pīkaunga i te rā o te hāpati. 20 Heoi, kotahi, e rua ngā moenga i waho o Hiruhārama, o ngā tāngata i ngā taonga, o ngā kaihoko i ngā tini mea. 21 Kātahi ahau ka whakaatu i tō rātou hē, ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "He aha koutou i moe ai i te aronga o te taiepa? Ki te pēnā anō koutou, ka totoro atu tōku ringa ki a koutou." Nō taua rā anō i kore ai tō rātou haere mai i te hāpati. 22 I kī atu anō ahau ki ngā Rīwaiti kia purea rātou, kia haere hoki ki te tiaki i ngā kūwaha hei whakatapu mō te rā hāpati.

Maharatia anō tēnei āku, e tōku Atua; tohungia hoki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o tōu atawhai.

Te Aukati ki te Mārena ki ngā Tauiwi

23 I aua rā anō ka kite ahau i ngā Hūrai kei a rātou e noho ana ētahi wāhine o Aharoro, o Āmona, o Moapa; 24 ko ā rātou tama hoki, ko tētahi wāhi o te reo nō Aharoro, kīhai rātou i mōhio ki tō ngā Hūrai reo; heoi i rite ki te reo o tētahi iwi, o tētahi iwi. 25 Nā, whawhaitia iho e ahau, kangā iho, patua ana ētahi o rātou, hutihutia ana ō rātou makawe, whakaoatitia ana ki te Atua: "Kaua e hoatu ā koutou tamāhine ki ā rātou tama, kaua anō hoki e tangohia mai ā rātou tamāhine mā ā koutou tama, mā koutou rānei. 26 He teka ianei nā ēnei mea i hara ai a Horomona kīngi o Īharaira? He maha ngā iwi, kāhore rawa ō rātou kīngi hei rite mōna, he mea aroha ia nā tōna Atua, ā, meinga ana e te Atua hei kīngi mō Īharaira katoa; ahakoa ko ia, i meinga ia e ngā wāhine kē kia hara. 27 Nā, kia rongo rānei mātou ki a koutou, kia mahi i tēnei hē nui katoa, kia tutū ki tō tātou Atua, kia mārena ki ngā wāhine kē?"

28 Nā, he hunaonga nā Hanaparata Horoni tētahi o ngā tama a Ioiara tama a Eriahipi tino tohunga; nā, peia ana ia e ahau i tōku taha.

29 Kia mahara ki a rātou, e tōku Atua, mō rātou i whakapoke i te tohungatanga, i te kawenata anō o te tohungatanga, o ngā Rīwaiti anō hoki.

30 Heoi, kua mā rātou i ahau i te poke o ngā tāngata kē, whakaritea ana hoki e ahau te mahi tiaki a ngā tohunga, a ngā Rīwaiti, te mahi a tēnei, a tēnei, 31 me te tikanga anō mō te whakahere wahie i ngā wā i whakaritea; mō ngā mātāmua anō.

Maharatia ahau e tōku Atua mō te pai.

1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever, 2 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah, 5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests. 6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute unto their brethren. 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.

15 In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

19 And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.

23 In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24 and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves. 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

30 Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work; 31 and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.