Neemias 13

1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, 2 because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah, 5 had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests. 6 But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house. 8 It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.

10 I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field. 11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is God’s house forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries. 13 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 to their brothers.

14 Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

15 In those days I saw some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath in Judah, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food. 16 Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, "What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day? 18 Didn’t your fathers do this, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath."

19 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 until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, "Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath. 22 I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me for this also, my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

23 In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab; 24 and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. 25 I contended with them, cursed them, struck certain of them, plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves. 26 Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?"

28 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, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

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

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.