2 Crônicas 19

1 Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh. 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God."

4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. 5 He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and said to the judges, "Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment. 7 Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes."

8 Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to give judgment for Yahweh and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem. 9 He commanded them, saying, "You shall do this in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 Whenever any controversy comes to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you must warn them, that they not be guilty toward Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers. Do this, and you will not be guilty. 11 Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good."

Ka Kohetea a Iehohāpata e tētahi Poropiti

1 Nā, hoki mārie ana a Iehohāpata ki tōna whare, ki Hiruhārama. 2 Ā, ka puta te matakite, a Iehu tama a Hanani, ki te whakatau i a ia, ka mea ki a Kīngi Iehohāpata, "Me āwhina ianei e koe te tangata kino, me aroha ki te hunga e kino ana ki a Ihowā? Nā, he riri tēnei mōu, he mea nō te aroaro o Ihowā. 3 He ahakoa rā kua kitea ētahi mea pai āu. I whakakāhoretia atu hoki e koe te Aheroto i te whenua; i anga anō tōu ngākau ki te rapu i te Atua."

Ngā Hanganga hou a Iehohāpata

4 Nā, noho ana a Iehohāpata ki Hiruhārama, ā, ka haere atu anō ia puta noa i te iwi, i Peerehepa ā tae noa ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ā, whakahokia ana rātou e ia ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o ō rātou mātua. 5 I whakaritea anō e ia he kaiwhakawā mō te whenua ki ngā pā taiepa katoa o Hūrā, ki tēnei pā, ki tēnei pā. 6 I mea anō ia ki ngā kaiwhakawā, "Kia whai mahara ki tā koutou e mea ai; ehara hoki tā koutou whakarite whakawā i te mea ki te tangata, engari ki a Ihowā; kei a koutou anō ia ina whakawā. 7 Nā, kia tau te wehi o Ihowā ki a koutou, kia mau hoki ki te mahi; kāhore hoki o tō tātou Atua, o Ihowā whakahaere hē, kāhore he whakapai i te tangata, kāhore he tango utu."

8 I whakaritea anō e Iehohāpata ki Hiruhārama ētahi o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā tohunga, o ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira, mō tā Ihowā whakawā, mō ngā tautohetohe. Ā, hoki ana rātou ki Hiruhārama. 9 I whakahau anō ia i a rātou, i mea: "Meatia tēnei i runga i te wehi o Ihowā, i te pono, i te ngākau tapatahi. 10 Ki te tae mai he tautohetohe ki a koutou, he mea nā ō koutou tēina e noho ana i ō rātou pā, he toto pēnei rānei, he toto pērā rānei, he ture rānei, he whakaritenga rānei, he whakahau rānei, he tikanga rānei, me whakatūpato rātou kia kaua e hara ki a Ihowā, kei takoto he riri mō koutou, mō ō koutou tuākana, tēina. Meatia tēnei, ā, e kore koutou e whai hara.

11 "Nanā, ko Amaria tino tohunga hei upoko mō koutou i ngā mea katoa a Ihowā; ko Tepāria hoki, tama a Ihimaera, rangatira o te whare o Hūrā, mō ngā mea katoa a te kīngi; ko ngā Rīwaiti anō hei rangatira i tō koutou aroaro. Kia māia ki te mahi, ā, ko Ihowā hei hoa mō te pai."