Neemias 9

1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them. 2 The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshiped Yahweh their God. 4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise! 6 You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you. 7 You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham, 8 found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.

9 "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea, 10 and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today. 11 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

13 "You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant, 15 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

16 "But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments, 17 and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them. 18 Yes, when they had made themselves a molded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies, 19 yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go. 20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

21 "Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell. 22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

24 "So the children went in and possessed the land; and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased. 25 They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

26 "Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies. 27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries. 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies, 29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31 "Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. 33 However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly. 34 Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them. 35 For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.

36 "Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it. 37 It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it."

Ka Whāki ngā Iwi i ō Rātou Hara

1 I te rua tekau mā whā o ngā rā o tēnei marama ka huihui ngā tama a Īharaira, nohopuku ana, he taratara anō ngā kākahu, he oneone kei runga i a rātou. 2 Nā, ka wehea ngā uri o Īharaira i roto i ngā tāngata kē katoa; tū ana rātou, whākina ana e rātou ō rātou hara, me ngā kino o ō rātou mātua. 3 Tū ana rātou i tō rātou wāhi, ā, i tētahi o ngā wehenga e whā o te rā ka kōrerotia te Pukapuka o te Ture a Ihowā, a tō rātou Atua; ā, i tētahi o ngā wehenga e whā o te rā ka whāki, ka koropiko ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua.

4 Nā, ka tū ki runga ki te pikinga o ngā Rīwaiti, a Hehua, a Pani, a Karamiēre, a Hepania, a Puni, a Herepia, a Pani, a Kenani; nui atu tō rātou reo ki te karanga ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua. 5 Kātahi ka mea ngā Rīwaiti, a Hehua, a Karamiēre, a Pani, a Hahapania, a Herepia, a Horīa, a Hepania, a Petahia: "Whakatika, whakapai ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua ā ake ake."

"Kia whakapaingia anō tōu ingoa korōria e whakanuia nei ki runga ake i ngā whakapai, i ngā whakamoemiti katoa." 6 Ko koe, inā, ko koe anake a Ihowā; nāu i hanga te rangi, te rangi o ngā rangi, me ō reira tini mea, te whenua me ngā mea katoa i runga, ngā moana; me ngā mea katoa i roto. Ko koe hoki te kaiwhakaora o aua mea katoa; e koropiko ana hoki te ope o te rangi ki a koe. 7 Ko Ihowā koe, ko te Atua; nāu i whiriwhiri a Āperama, ā, kawea mai ana e koe i Uru o ngā Karari, huaina iho e koe tōna ingoa ko Āperahama. 8 I kitea hoki e koe he ngākau pono tōna ki tōu aroaro, nā, whakaritea ana e koe he kawenata ki a ia, he mea kia hōmai te whenua o ngā Kanaani, o ngā Hiti, o ngā Amori, o ngā Perihi, o ngā Iepuhi, o ngā Kirikahi, kia hōmai ki ōna uri. Nā, kua mana nei i a koe āu kupu; he tika hoki koe.

9 "I kitea anō e koe te tūkinotanga o ō mātou mātua i Īhipa, i rongo anō ki tā rātou karanga i te Moana Whero. 10 Nā, hōmai ana e koe he tohu, he merekara, ki a Parao, ki āna tāngata katoa, ki te iwi katoa o tōna whenua; i mōhio hoki koe ki tā rātou whakakake ki a rātou. Nā, kua whai ingoa koe; koia anō tēnei ināianei. 11 I wāhia anō e koe te moana ki tō rātou aroaro, ā, whiti ana rātou i te wāhi maroke, i waenganui o te moana. Tēnā ko ngā kaiaru i a rātou, makā ana e koe ki ngā rire, ānō he kōhatu ki roto ki ngā wai kaha. 12 Ā, ārahina ana rātou e koe ki te pou kapua i te awatea; ki te pou ahi i te pō, hei whakamārama i tō rātou ara e haere ai rātou.

13 "I heke iho anō koe ki Maunga Hinai, ā, kōrero ana ki a rātou i runga i te rangi; hōmai ana e koe ki a rātou he whakaritenga tika, he ture pono, he tikanga pai, he whakahau. 14 Ko tōu hāpati tapu nāu i whakaatu ki a rātou; me ngā whakahau, me ngā tikanga, me te ture, nāu i whakahau ki a rātou, arā nā tāu pononga, nā Mohi. 15 I hōmai anō e koe he taro i te rangi mō tō rātou matekai; i whakaputaina he wai i te kōhatu mō tō rātou matewai; i kī anō ki a rātou kia haere ki te tango i te whenua i oati ai koe ka hoatu ki a rātou.

16 "Otiia, ka whakakake rātou ko ō mātou mātua, ka whakapakeke i ō rātou kakī, kīhai hoki i rongo ki āu whakahau. 17 Kīhai i whakaae kia rongo, kīhai i mahara ki āu merekara i mahia e koe i roto i a rātou; otiia kua pakeke ō rātou kakī, whakakeke ana rātou, whakaritea ana e rātou he rangatira, kia hoki ai rātou ki tā rātou mahi pononga. Ko koe ia he Atua muru hara he tohu tangata, he atawhai, he pūhoi ki te riri, he nui te aroha, ā, kīhai i whakarere i a rātou. 18 Āe rā, i tā rātou hanganga anō i te kūao kau, i te mea whakarewa, i tā rātou kīanga, ‘Ko tōu Atua tēnei i kawea mai ai koe i Īhipa,’ ā, nui atu ā rātou whakapātaritaringa.

19 "Otiia, i te maha o āu mahi aroha, kīhai koe i whakarere i a rātou i te koraha; kīhai rātou i mahue i te pou kapua i te awatea, hei ārahi i a rātou i te ara, i te pou ahi i te pō, hei whakamārama i a rātou, i te ara anō e haere ai rātou. 20 I hōmai anō e koe tōu wairua pai hei whakaako i a rātou, kīhai hoki tāu mana i kaiponuhia ki ō rātou māngai; i hōmai anō e koe he wai ki a rātou mō tō rātou matewai. 21 Āe rā, e whā tekau ngā tau i atawhaitia ai rātou e koe i te koraha, ā, kīhai i hapa ki tētahi mea. Kīhai ō rātou kākahu i tawhitotia, kīhai anō ō rātou waewae i pupuhi.

22 "I hōmai anō e koe ngā kīngitanga me ngā iwi ki a rātou, ā, wehewehea ana rātou ki ngā wāhi mō rātou. Heoi, kua riro i a rātou te whenua o Hihona, te whenua o te kīngi o Hehepona, me te whenua o Oka kīngi o Pahana. 23 I whakanuia anō e koe ā rātou tamariki kia rite ki ngā whetū o te rangi, ā, kawea mai ana rātou ki te whenua i kī ai koe ki ō rātou mātua ka haere rātou ki reira tango ai. 24 Heoi, haere ana ngā tamariki, riro ana te whenua i a rātou, ā, pēhia ana e koe ki tō rātou aroaro ngā tāngata whenua, ngā Kanaani, hōmai ana e koe ki ō rātou ringa, rātou, ō rātou kīngi, me ngā iwi o te whenua, kia meatia ki a rātou tā rātou i pai ai. 25 Nā, kua riro i a rātou ngā pā kaha, me te oneone mōmona, kua whiwhi anō ki ngā whare e kī tonu ana i ngā mea papai katoa, ki ngā poka wai kua oti te keri, ki ngā māra wāina, ōriwa, ki ngā rākau hei kai, tōna tini; ā, kai ana rātou, ka mākona, kua whai kiko, ā, koa ana rātou ki te nui o āu mea pai.

26 "Otiia ka tutū rātou, ā, ka whakakeke ki a koe, makā ana e rātou tāu ture ki muri ki ō rātou tuarā. Patua iho e rātou āu poropiti i whakaatu tikanga nei ki a rātou, kia tahuri ai rātou ki a koe; nui atu ā rātou whakapātaritaringa. 27 Nā reira i hoatu ai rātou e koe ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, ā, whakatoia iho rātou e rātou. Heoi, i ngā wā i mate ai rātou, ka karanga rātou ki a koe, ka whakarongo koe i te rangi, ā, i te maha o āu mahi aroha, hōmai ana e koe he kaiwhakaora ki a rātou, i ora ai rātou i te ringa o ō rātou hoariri.

28 "Otiia ka whai tānga manawa nei rātou, kei te mahi anō rātou i te kino ki tōu aroaro. Nā, whakarērea atu ana rātou e koe ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri, ā, ko ērā hei rangatira mō rātou. Nā, ka hoki rātou, ā, ka karanga ki a koe, ka whakarongo koe i te rangi; he maha ngā wā i whakaorangia ai rātou e koe, rite tonu ki āu mahi aroha.

29 "I whakaatu tikanga anō koe ki a rātou, kia hoki ai ki tāu ture. Otiia whakakake ana rātou, kīhai hoki i rongo ki āu whakahau. Nā, ka hara ki āu whakaritenga, he mea hoki ēnei e ora ai te tangata, ki te mahia e ia. Whakahokia ana e rātou te pokohiwi, whakapakeketia ana ō rātou kakī, kīhai hoki i rongo. 30 He maha anō ngā tau i kukume roa ai koe ki a rātou, i whakaatu tikanga ai ki a rātou, he mea nā tōu wairua i roto i āu poropiti. Heoi, kīhai i tahuri ō rātou taringa; nā, hoatu ana rātou e koe ki te ringa o ngā iwi o ngā whenua. 31 He nui ia nō tōu aroha, tē whakapotoa rawatia ai rātou e koe, tē whakarērea ai rātou; he Atua atawhai hoki koe, he Atua aroha.

32 "Nā, tēnā, e tō mātou Atua, e te Atua nui, e te Atua kaha, e wehingia ana, e pupuri nei i te kawenata, i te mahi tohu kei iti ki tāu titiro te hē katoa i pā mai nei ki a mātou, ki ō mātou kīngi, ki ō mātou rangatira, ki ō mātou tohunga, ki ō mātou poropiti, ki ō mātou mātua, ki tāu iwi katoa, o ngā rā o ngā kīngi o Ahiria ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā. 33 Otirā, tika tonu tāu i ngā mea katoa i tākina mai nei ki a mātou; he pono hoki tāu mahi, ko tā mātou ia he kino. 34 Ko ō mātou kīngi, ko ō mātou rangatira, ko ō mātou tohunga, ko ō mātou mātua, kīhai i mahia e rātou tāu ture. Kīhai hoki i tahuri ki āu whakahau, ki āu whakaaturanga i whakaaturia e koe ki a rātou. 35 Kīhai rātou i mahi ki a koe i tō rātou kīngitanga, ā, i tāu pai nui i hōmai e koe ki a rātou, me te whenua nui, whenua mōmona, i hōmai e koe ki tō rātou aroaro, kīhai rātou i tahuri i ā rātou mahi kino.

36 "Nanā, he pononga mātou i tēnei rā; nā, ko te whenua i hōmai nei e koe ki ō mātou mātua, kia kainga ōna hua, ōna pai, nanā, he pononga mātou i reira. 37 Nui atu hoki ōna hua mā ngā kīngi i meinga nei e koe hei kīngi mō mātou, nō te mea i hara mātou. Kei tā rātou i pai ai te tikanga mō ō mātou tinana, mō ā mātou kararehe, ā, he nui atu te hē i a mātou nei."

Ko rātou i Haina te Kawenata

38 "Ahakoa tēnei katoa, ka whakarite mātou i te kawenata pono, tuhituhi rawa; ka hīritia iho e ō mātou rangatira, e ō mātou Rīwaiti, e ō mātou tohunga."