1 Reis 21

1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."

3 Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad that you eat no bread?"

6 He said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’"

7 Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth. 9 She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death."

11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."

15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead."

16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

17 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it. 19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."’"

20 Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?"

He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight. 21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,*21:21 or, male and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. 22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin." 23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel. 24 The dogs will eat whoever dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26 He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.

28 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day."

Te Māra Wāina a Napoto

1 Ā, i muri i ēnei mea, he māra wāina tā Napoto Ietereeri i Ietereere, i te taha tonu o te whare o Āhapa kīngi o Hamaria. 2 Nā, ka kōrero a Āhapa ki a Napoto, ka mea, "Hōmai tāu māra wāina ki ahau, hei kāri otaota māku, e tata ana hoki ki te taha o tōku whare, ā, me hoatu e ahau tētahi māra wāina, he pai kē atu i tēnei hei utu; ki te pai rānei ki tāu titiro, me utu ki te moni."

3 Nā, ka mea a Napoto ki a Āhapa, "E! Mā Ihowā ahau e ārai kei hoatu e ahau te kāinga tupu o ōku mātua ki a koe!"

4 Nā, haere ana a Āhapa ki tōna whare; pōuri ana, riri ana, mō te kupu i kōrero ai a Napoto Ietereeri ki a ia; mō tāna i mea rā, "E kore e hoatu, e ahau te kāinga tupu o ōku mātua ki a koe." Nā, takoto ana ia ki tōna moenga, me te ahu kē anō tōna mata, kīhai hoki i kai taro.

5 Kātahi tāna wahine, a Ietēpere, ka haere mai ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha tōu wairua i pōuri ai, tē kai taro ai koe?"

6 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "I kōrero ahau ki a Napoto Ietereeri, i mea ki a ia, ‘Hōmai tāu māra wāina ki ahau, me utu ki te moni; ki te pai rānei koe, me hoatu e ahau tētahi atu māra ki a koe hei utu.’ Nā, ka mea mai ia, ‘E kore e hoatu e ahau tāku māra wāina ki a koe.’ "

7 Nā, ka kī atu a Ietēpere, tāna wahine, ki a ia, "Ko koe rānei te kaiwhakahaere o te kīngitanga o Īharaira? Whakatika ki te kai taro māu, kia koa tōu ngākau. Māku e hoatu te māra wāina a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, ki a koe."

8 Heoi, tuhituhia ana ētahi pukapuka e ia, nō Āhapa te ingoa, hīri rawa ki tāna hīri; ā, tukua ana aua pukapuka ki ngā kaumātua, ki ngā rangatira i roto i tōna pā, ā, e noho tahi ana me Napoto. 9 I tuhituhi ia ki te pukapuka, i mea:

"Karangatia he nohopuku, ka whakanoho i a Napoto ki runga ake i te iwi. 10 Ka whakanoho anō i ētahi tāngata, he tama nā Periara, kia tokorua, ki tōna aroaro, hei whakaatu i tōna hē, hei kī, ‘Nāu i kanga te Atua rāua ko te kīngi.’ Kātahi ka kawe i a ia ki waho, ka āki ki te kōhatu, kia mate."

11 Nā, ka meatia e ngā tāngata o tōna pā, arā, e ngā kaumātua rātou ko ngā rangatira e noho ana i tōna pā, te mea i tono tāngata ai a Ietēpere ki a rātou, te mea i tuhituhia ki ngā pukapuka i tukua nei e ia ki a rātou. 12 I karangatia he nohopuku, ā, whakanohoia ana a Napoto ki runga ake i te iwi. 13 Nā, ka haere mai ngā tāngata tokorua, ngā tama a Periara, ka noho i tōna aroaro; ā, ka whakaatu aua tāngata a Periara i te hē mōna, arā mō Napoto i te aroaro o te iwi; i mea rāua, "I kangā e Napoto te Atua rāua ko te kīngi." Nā, kawea ana ia e rātou ki waho o te pā, ā, ākina ana ki te kōhatu, ā, mate noa ia. 14 Kātahi rātou ka tono tāngata ki a Ietēpere, ka mea: "Kua oti a Napoto te āki ki te kōhatu, ā, kua mate."

15 Ā, i te rongonga o Ietēpere kua oti a Napoto te āki ki te kōhatu, ā, kua mate, nā, ka mea a Ietēpere ki a Āhapa, "Whakatika, tangohia te māra a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, kīhai nā ia i pai kia hōmai ki a koe hei utu moni; kāhore hoki a Napoto i te ora, kua mate." 16 Ā, ka rongo a Āhapa kua mate a Napoto, nā, whakatika ana a Āhapa, haere ana ki raro, ki te māra wāina a taua Ietereeri, a Napoto, kia tangohia e ia.

Ka Pānuitia a Irāia te Whiu o te Atua

17 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Irāia Tihipi; i kī ia: 18 "Whakatika, haere ki raro, ki te whakatau i a Āhapa kīngi o Īharaira i Hamaria; kei te māra wāina ia a Napoto, kua riro hoki ki reira ki te tango. 19 Kōrero ki a ia, mea atu, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kua patu iana koe? Kua riro anō i a koe?’ Kī atu anō ki a ia, mea atu, ‘Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Ko te wāhi i mitikia ai e ngā kurī ngā toto o Napoto, ka mitikia anō e ngā kurī ki reira ōu toto, āe rā, ōu anō.’ "

20 Nā, ka mea a Āhapa ki a Irāia, "Kua mau ahau i a koe, e tōku hoariri?"

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kua mau anō, nō te mea kua hoko koe i a koe ki te mahi i te kino ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 21 ‘Nanā, tēnei ahau te tari kino atu nei ki runga ki a koe, ā, ka tahia atu ōu uri; ka hautopea atu ngā tamariki tāne katoa i a Āhapa, me ngā mea i tūtakina ki roto, me ngā mea i mahue i roto i a Īharaira. 22 Ka meinga anō e ahau tōu whare kia rite ki te whare o Ieropoama tama a Nēpata, ki te whare o Paaha tama a Āhia mō te whakapātaritari i whakapātaritari ai koe i ahau, mōu i hara ai a Īharaira.’

23 "I kōrerotia anō a Ietēpere e Ihowā, i mea ia: ‘Ka kainga a Ietēpere e ngā kurī ki te parepare o Ietereere.’

24 "Ko te hunga o Āhapa e mate ki te pā mā ngā kurī e kai; ko ngā mea hoki e mate ki te pārae mā ngā manu o te rangi e kai."

25 (Heoi, kāhore he rite mō Āhapa, i hoko nei i a ia ki te mahi kino ki te aroaro o Ihowā; he mea akiaki nā tāna wahine, nā Ietēpere. 26 Whakarihariha rawa tāna haere ki te whai i ngā whakapakoko; rite tonu tāna ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ngā Amori i peia nei e Ihowā i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira.)

27 Ā, nō te rongonga o Āhapa i ēnei kupu, nā, haea ana e ia ōna kākahu, meatia ana he kākahu taratara ki tōna kiri, ā, nohopuku ana, takoto ana ko taua mea taratara nei te kākahu, ā, māhaki ana te haere.

28 Nā, ka puta te kupu a Ihowā ki a Irāia Tihipi, i mea ia: 29 "Kua kite koe i tā Āhapa whakangohengohe nei i a ia ki tōku aroaro, nā, e kore e taria e ahau tēnei kino i ōna rā; engari hei ngā rā o tāna tama ahau tari ai i te kino ki tōna whare."