1 Reis 2

1 Now the days of David came near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man; 3 and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn yourself. 4 Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

5 "Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist and in his sandals that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol*2:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. in peace. 7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

8 "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ 9 Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol*2:9 Sheol is the place of the dead. with blood."

10 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city. 11 The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12 Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.

13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?"

He said, "Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have something to tell you."

She said, "Say on."

15 He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh. 16 Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me."

She said to him, "Say on."

17 He said, "Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife."

18 Bathsheba said, "All right. I will speak for you to the king."

19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, "I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me."

The king said to her, "Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny you."

21 She said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife."

22 King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah." 23 Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on my father David’s throne, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today."

25 King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died. 26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the Lord*2:26 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." Yahweh’s ark before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted." 27 So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill Yahweh’s word which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 This news came to Joab; for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he didn’t follow Absalom. Joab fled to Yahweh’s Tent, and held onto the horns of the altar. 29 King Solomon was told, "Joab has fled to Yahweh’s Tent; and behold, he is by the altar." Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall on him."

30 Benaiah came to Yahweh’s Tent, and said to him, "The king says, ‘Come out!’"

He said, "No; but I will die here."

Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "This is what Joab said, and this is how he answered me."

31 The king said to him, "Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him, that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house. 32 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 So their blood will return on the head of Joab and on the head of his offspring*2:33 or, seed forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from Yahweh."

34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

36 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else. 37 For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head."

38 Shimei said to the king, "What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do." Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

39 At the end of three years, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath."

40 Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves; and Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath. 41 Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

42 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and walk anywhere else, you shall surely die’? You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’ 43 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the commandment that I have instructed you with?" 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head. 45 But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever." 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Tā Rāwiri Ohākī ki a Horomona

1 Nā, kua tata ngā rā o Rāwiri e mate ai; ā, ka ako ia i tāna tama, i a Horomona, ka mea: 2 "E haere ana tēnei ahau i te ara o te whenua katoa. Nā, kia kaha, whakatāne, 3 ā, kia mau ki te whakahau a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, kia haere i āna ara, kia mau ki āna tikanga, ki āna whakahau, ki āna whakaritenga, ki āna whakaaturanga, ki ngā mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki te ture a Mohi, kia tika ai tāu i ngā mea katoa e mea ai koe, i ngā wāhi katoa e tahuri ai koe. 4 Kia mana ai i a Ihowā tāna kupu i kōrero ai ia mōku, i mea ai: ‘Ki te tūpato āu tamariki ki tō rātou ara, ki te whakapaua katoatia ō rātou ngākau, ō rātou wairua, ki te haere i tōku aroaro i runga i te pono, e kore e whakakorea, e ai ki tāna, tētahi tangata māu mō te torōna o Īharaira.’

5 "Nā, e mōhio ana hoki koe ki tā Ioapa tama a Teruia i mea ai ki ahau, ki tāna i mea ai ki ngā rangatira ope tokorua o Īharaira, ki a Āpanēre tama a Nere, ki a Amaha tama a Iētere, i patua rā e ia, ā, whakahekea ana ngā toto o te whawhai i te wā o te rangimārie, whakahekea ana ngā toto o te whawhai ki tōna whītiki i tōna hope, ki ōna hū i ōna waewae. 6 Nā, kia rite tāu e mea ai ki tāu i mātau ai, ā, kaua e tukua tōna upoko hina kia heke atu ki te rua i runga i te rangimārie.

7 "Kia puta ia tōu aroha ki ngā tama a Paratirai Kireari, kia uru hoki rātou ki te hunga e kai ana ki tāu tēpu; i pērā hoki rātou, i whakatau ki ahau i tōku rerenga i tōu tuakana, i a Apohārama.

8 "Nā, kei a koe nā a Himei tama a Kera o Pineamine, o Pahurimi, tērā i kanga rā ki ahau, kino atu te kanga, i te rā i haere ai ahau ki Mahanaima. Otiia, i haere mai ki ahau ki raro, ki Horano ki te whakatau i ahau, ā, oatitia ana a Ihowā e ahau ki a ia, i mea ahau, ‘E kore ahau e whakamate i a koe ki te hoari.’ 9 Nā, kaua ia e meinga he harakore, he tangata mōhio hoki koe, ā, e mātau ana ki tāu e mea ai ki a ia; engari kia heke tōna upoko hina ki te rua i runga i te toto."

Te Matenga o Rāwiri

10 Nā, moe ana a Rāwiri ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki te pā o Rāwiri. 11 Ko ngā rā i kīngi ai a Rāwiri ki a Īharaira, e whā tekau tau; e whitu ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Heperona, e toru tekau mā toru anō ngā tau i kīngi ai ki Hiruhārama. 12 Nā, noho ana a Horomona i runga i te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōna pāpā, ā, ū rawa tōna kīngitanga.

Te Matenga o Aronia

13 Nā, ka haere a Aronia tama a Hākiti ki a Patehēpa whaea o Horomona. Ā, ka mea tērā, "I haere mai rānei koe i runga i te pai?"

Ā, ka mea ia, "I runga anō i te pai." 14 Ā, i mea anō ia, "He kupu tāku ki a koe."

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Kōrero."

15 Nā, ka mea ia, "E mōhio ana koe, i ahau te kīngitanga, i anga mai anō ngā kanohi o Īharaira katoa ki ahau hei kīngi; heoi kua kauparea kētia nei te kīngitanga, ā, riro ana i tōku teina: nōna hoki, nā Ihowā mai. 16 Nā, kotahi tēnei tono āku ki a koe; kaua e whakakāhoretia tāku."

Ā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Kōrero."

17 Nā, ka mea ia, "Tēnā, kōrero ki a Kīngi Horomona, e kore hoki ia e whakakāhore ki tāu, kia hōmai e ia a Āpihaka Hunami hei wahine māku."

18 Nā, ka mea a Patehēpa, "E pai ana, me kōrero tāu e ahau ki te kīngi."

19 Heoi, haere ana a Patehēpa ki a Kīngi Horomona ki te kōrero ki a ia i tā Aronia, ā, whakatika ana te kīngi ki te whakatau ki a ia, piko ana ki a ia, ā, ka noho iho anō ki tōna torōna. Ā, ka meinga e ia kia whakatūria he torōna mō te whaea o te kīngi, ā, noho ana tērā ki tōna ringa matau.

20 Kātahi ka mea ia, "Kotahi tēnei mea iti hei tononga māku ki a koe; kaua tāku e whakakāhoretia."

Ā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Tonoa, e tōku whaea; e kore hoki ahau e whakakāhore ki tāu."

21 Ā, ka mea tērā, "Kia hoatu a Āpihaka Hunami hei wahine mā tōu tuakana, mā Aronia."

22 Nā, ka whakahoki a Kīngi Horomona, ka mea ki tōna whaea, "He aha i tonoa ai e koe a Āpihaka Hunami mā Aronia? Tonoa anō hoki te kīngitanga mōna; ko ia hoki tōku tuakana; mōna, mō Apiātara tohunga, mō Ioapa tama a Teruia."

23 Kātahi ka oatitia a Ihowā e Kīngi Horomona, ka mea, "Kia meatia mai tēnei e te Atua ki ahau, me tētahi atu mea anō, mehemea ehara i te kupu whakamate mōna anō tēnei i kōrerotia nei e Aronia. 24 Tēnā rā, e ora ana a Ihowā i whakapūmau nei i ahau, i whakanoho nei i ahau ki te torōna o Rāwiri, o tōku pāpā, i mea nei hoki i tētahi whare mōku, i te pērā me tāna i kōrero ai, ko āianei pū mate ai a Aronia."

25 Nā, ka tonoa e Kīngi Horomona a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, ā, rere ana tērā ki runga ki a ia, nā, kua mate.

Te Whakapakonga o Apiātara me te Matenga o Ioapa

26 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki te tohunga ki a Apiātara, "Haere ki Anatoto, ki āu māra; e tika ana hoki te mate mōu. Otiia, e kore ahau e whakamate i a koe i tēnei rā, nō te mea nāu i mau te āka a te Ariki, a Ihowā, i mua i a Rāwiri, i tōku pāpā, i mate anō hoki koe i ngā mate katoa o tōku pāpā."

27 Heoi, peia ana a Apiātara e Horomona i te mahi tohunga ki a Ihowā; kia tutuki ai te kupu a Ihowā i kōrero ai ki Hiro mō te whare o Eri.

28 Nā, ka tae te rongo ki a Ioapa; i anga hoki a Ioapa ki te whai i a Aronia, engari kāhore i tahuri ki a Apohārama. Nā, rere ana a Ioapa ki te tapenākara o Ihowā, kei te pupuri i ngā haona o te āta. 29 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Kīngi Horomona, "Kua rere a Ioapa ki te tapenākara o Ihowā, nā, kei te taha o te āta."

Kātahi ka ungā a Penaia tama a Iehoiara e Horomona, ā, ka mea ia, "Haere, e rere ki runga i a ia."

30 Nā, ka tae a Penaia ki te tapenākara o Ihowā; ka mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a te kīngi, ‘Puta mai ki waho!’ "

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kāhore, engari kia mate ahau ki konei."

Nā, ka whakahokia te kōrero e Penaia ki te kīngi; i mea ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ioapa, ko tāna tēnei i whakahoki ai ki ahau."

31 Anō rā ko te kīngi ki a ia, "Meatia tāna i kōrero ai; rere atu ki runga ki a ia, ka tanu i a ia; kia whakakāhoretia atu ai e koe i ahau, i te whare hoki o tōku pāpā, ngā toto i whakahekea noatia e Ioapa. 32 Ā, ka whakahokia iho e Ihowā ōna toto ki runga anō ki tōna mātenga, nāna hoki i rere ki runga i ngā tāngata tokorua, ki ngā tāngata e tika ake ana, e pai ake ana i a ia, ā, patua iho ki te hoari, kīhai anō hoki tōku pāpā, a Rāwiri i mōhio, arā ki a Āpanēre tama a Nere, ki te rangatira o te ope o Īharaira, rāua ko Amaha tama a Iētere, rangatira o te ope o Hūrā. 33 Heoi, ka hoki iho ō rāua toto ki runga ki te mātenga o Ioapa, ki runga anō ki te mātenga o ōna uri ā ake ake; ki a Rāwiri ia, rātou ko ōna uri, ko tōna whare, ko tōna torōna, ka mau tā Ihowā rongo ā ake ake."

34 Nā, ko te haerenga o Penaia tama a Iehoiara ki runga, ā, rere ana ki runga ki a ia, whakamatea iho; ā, tanumia iho ia ki tōna whare, ki te koraha. 35 Ā, meinga ana e te kīngi a Penaia tama a Iehoiara hei rangatira ope i muri i a ia; i meinga e te kīngi a Hāroko tohunga hei whakakapi mō Apiātara.

36 Nā, ka tono tāngata te kīngi ki te karanga i a Himei, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Hangā he whare mōu ki Hiruhārama, hei reira noho ai; kaua hoki e haere atu i reira ki hea, ki hea. 37 Ko ā te rā hoki e puta ai koe ki waho, e whiti ai i te awa i Kitirono, kia tino mōhio koe, ko te mate kau mōu; hei runga anō i tōu mātenga ōu toto."

38 Nā, ka mea a Himei ki te kīngi, "He pai tēnā kupu; ka pēnā tāu pononga, me tā tōku ariki, me tā te kīngi i kōrero mai nā." Nā, he maha ngā rā i noho ai a Himei ki Hiruhārama.

39 Ā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e toru ka tahuti ngā pononga tokorua a Himei ki a Ākihi tama a Maaka kīngi o Kāta, ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Himei, "Nanā, ko āu pononga tērā, kei Kāta." 40 Nā, ko te whakatikanga o Himei, whakanohoia ana tana kāihe, ā, haere ana ki Kāta, ki a Ākihi, ki te rapu i āna pononga; heoi haere ana a Himei, ā, kawea ana mai e ia āna pononga i Kāta.

41 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki a Horomona, i haere atu a Himei i Hiruhārama ki Kāta, ā, kua hoki mai anō. 42 Nā, ka tono tāngata te kīngi ki te karanga i a Himei, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Kāhore ianei koe i whakaoatitia e ahau ki a Ihowā, me tāku whakaatu anō ki a koe, me tāku kī atu anō, ‘Ko te rā e puta ai koe ki waho, e haere ai ki hea rānei, ki hea rānei, kia tino mōhio koe, ko te mate kau mōu?’ I mea mai anō koe ki ahau, ‘He pai te kupu i rongo ai ahau.’ 43 He aha rā koe tē pupuri ai i te oati a Ihowā, i te whakahau i whakahaua ai koe e ahau?"