1 Samuel 12

1 Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. 2 Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day. 3 Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you."

4 They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand."

5 He said to them, "Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand."

They said, "He is witness." 6 Samuel said to the people, "It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.

8 "When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. 9 But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. 10 They cried to Yahweh, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.

12 "When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when Yahweh your God was your king. 13 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you. 14 If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God. 15 But if you will not listen to Yahweh’s voice, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then Yahweh’s hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

16 "Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes. 17 Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in Yahweh’s sight, in asking for a king."

18 So Samuel called to Yahweh, and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

19 All the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king."

20 Samuel said to the people, "Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart. 21 Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain. 22 For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you. 25 But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king."

Te Poroporoaki a Hamuera

1 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki a Īharaira katoa, "Nanā, kua rongo nei ahau ki tō koutou reo, ki ngā mea katoa i kīia mai ki ahau, kua whakakīngi hoki i tētahi kīngi mō koutou. 2 Inā, te kīngi nā, e hāereere nā i tō koutou aroaro; ko ahau hoki, kua koroheketia ahau, kua hina; ā, ko āku tama kei a koutou ēnā. Nō tōku tamarikitanga hoki tōku hāereere i tō koutou aroaro ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.

3 "Tēnei ahau; whakaaturia mai tōku hē i te aroaro o Ihowā, i te aroaro anō hoki o tāna tangata i whakawahi ai. I tango rānei ahau i te kau a tētahi? I tango rānei ahau i te kāihe a tētahi? I riro mai rānei i ahau ngā taonga o tētahi? I tūkinotia rānei e ahau tētahi? I tango rānei ahau i te utu whakapati a tētahi hei mea kia huna ōku kanohi? Ā, ka whakahokia e ahau ki a koutou."

4 Anō rā ko rātou, "Kīhai tētahi mea a mātou i riro hē i a koe, kīhai hoki koe i tūkino i a mātou, kīhai anō hoki i tangohia e koe tētahi mea a te tangata."

5 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ko Ihowā hei kaiwhakaatu mō tā koutou; hei kaiwhakaatu anō hoki ināianei tāna tangata i whakawahi ai, kīhai i mau i a koutou tētahi mea a tōku ringa."

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Hei kaiwhakaatu anō ia."

6 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki te iwi, "Nā Ihowā i whakatū a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, nāna hoki ō koutou mātua i kawe mai i te whenua o Īhipa. 7 Nā, tū tonu koutou, ā, ka whakahaerea e ahau ki a koutou ki te aroaro o Ihowā ngā mahi tika katoa a Ihowā i mahia e ia ki a koutou, ki ō koutou mātua hoki.

8 "I te haerenga atu o Hākopa ki Īhipa, ā, ka tangi ō koutou mātua ki a Ihowā, nā, ka tonoa e Ihowā a Mohi rāua ko Ārona hei whakaputa mai i ō koutou mātua i Īhipa, hei whakanoho hoki i a rātou ki tēnei wāhi.

9 "Ā, ka wareware rātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua, nā, hokona ana rātou e ia ki te ringa o Hihera, rangatira o te ope a Hatoro, ki te ringa hoki o ngā Pirihitini, ki te ringa hoki o te kīngi o Moapa, ā, whawhai ana rātou ki a rātou. 10 Ā, ka tangi atu rātou ki a Ihowā, ka mea, ‘Kua hara mātou, i a mātou i whakarere nei i a Ihowā, i mahi ki ngā Paara, ki a Ahataroto; otiia whakaorangia mātou i te ringa o ō mātou hoariri, ā, ka mahi mātou ki a koe.’ 11 Nā, ka ungā mai e Ihowā a Ierupāra, a Perana, a Iepeta, a Hamuera, ā, whakaorangia ana koutou i roto i ngā ringa o ō koutou hoariri i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, ā, noho wehikore noa iho ana koutou.

12 "Ā, nō tō koutou kitenga e haere mai ana a Nahaha kīngi o ngā tama a Āmona ki a koutou, ka mea koutou ki ahau, ‘Kāhore, engari me whai kīngi anō mātou,’ i te mea ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua tō koutou kīngi. 13 Inā rā te kīngi i whiriwhiria nei e koutou, i tonoa nei e koutou! Nanā, kua hoatu e Ihowā he kīngi mō koutou. 14 Ki te wehi koutou i a Ihowā, ki te mahi ki a ia, ki te whakarongo ki tōna reo ki te kore hoki e tutū ki te kupu a Ihowā, kātahi koutou ko te kīngi e kīngi ana i a koutou ka whai tonu i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua. 15 Engari ki te kore koutou e rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, ā, ka tutū anō ki te kupu a Ihowā, kātahi ka anga mai ki a koutou te ringa o Ihowā, ka rite ki tāna ki ō koutou mātua.

16 "Tēnā, tū tonu koutou, kia kite koutou i tēnei mea nui ka meatia nei e Ihowā ki tō koutou aroaro. 17 Ehara ianei tēnei i te kotinga wīti ināianei? Ka karanga ahau ki a Ihowā, ā, ka hōmai he whatitiri, he ua, kia mōhio ai koutou, kia kite ai, he nui tō koutou hē i meatia nei e koutou i te aroaro o Ihowā i a koutou i tono kīngi nei mō koutou."

18 Nā, ka karanga a Hamuera ki a Ihowā, ā, hōmai ana e Ihowā he whatitiri, he ua, i taua rangi anō. Nā, nui noa atu te wehi o te iwi katoa ki a Ihowā, ki a Hamuera.

19 Nā, ka mea te iwi katoa ki a Hamuera, "Īnoi atu mō āu pononga ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua, kei mate mātou; kua tāpiritia hoki ō mātou hara katoa ki tēnei kino, ki tā mātou tono i te kīngi mō mātou."

20 Anō rā ko Hamuera ki te iwi, "Kaua e wehi; kua oti tēnei kino katoa te mea e koutou, kaua ia e peka atu i te whai i a Ihowā; engari me whakapau ō koutou ngākau ki te mahi ki a Ihowā. 21 Kaua anō hoki e peka atu; ko reira hoki koutou whai ai i ngā mea tekateka noa, e kore e mana, e kore anō hoki e whakaora; he mea tekateka noa hoki. 22 E kore hoki a Ihowā e whakarere i tāna iwi, ka mahara ia ki tōna ingoa nui; kua pai nei hoki a Ihowā ki te mea i a koutou hei iwi māna. 23 Ko ahau hoki! E! Kia hara ahau ki a Ihowā! Kia mutu tāku īnoi mō koutou! Tēnā ko tēnei, me whakaako koutou e ahau ki te ara pai, ki te ara tika. 24 Engari, kia wehi i a Ihowā; whakapaua hoki ō koutou ngākau ki te mahi ki a ia i runga i te pono; whakaaroa hoki ngā mea nunui i mea ai ia ki a koutou. 25 Nā, ki te mahi tonu koutou i te hē, ka ngaro ngātahi koutou ko tō koutou kīngi."