< Nehemiah 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.
I KA la iwakaluakumamaha o keia malama, ua houluuluia mai la ka Iseraela me ka hookeai ana, a me ke kapa inoino, a me ka lepo maluna iho o lakou.
2 The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Hookaawaleia ae la ka Iseraela mai waena aku o na malihini a pau, ku ae la lakou, a hai aku la i ko lakou hala, a me na howa o ko lakou poe kupuna.
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.
Ku ae la lakou iluna ma ko lakou wahi, a heluhelu iho la ma ka buke o ke kanawai o Iehova ko lakou Akua a hala ka hapaha o ka la; a i kekahi hapaha, hai aku la lakou i ka hewa, a hoomana aku ia Iehova ko lakou Akua.
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.
Ku ae la ma kahi kiekie, o na Levi, o Iesua, a me Bani, Kademiela, Sebania, Buni, Serebia, Bani, Kenani, a kahea aku la lakou me ka leo nui ia Iehova ko lakou Akua.
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!
A ololo aku la na Levi, o Iosua, a me Kademiela, Bani, Hasabenia, Sorebia, Hodia, Sebania, Petahia, E ku ae oukou, o hoomaikai aku ia Iehova ko oukou Akua ia ao aku ia ao aku: a e hoomaikaiia'ku kou inoa hanohano i hookiekieia maluna ao o ka hoomaikai ana a pau a me ka hoolea ana'ku.
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.
O oe no o Iehova, a o oe wale no; nau no i hana ka lani, a me ka lani o na lani, a me ko laila mau mea a pau, i ka honua, a me na mea a pau maluna iho ona, i na kai, a me na mea a pau iloko olaila, nau no hoi e malama ia mau mea a pau; a ke hoomana nei ko ka lani ia oe.
7 You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
O oe no, o Iehova, ke Akua nana i koho iho ia Aberama, a alakai mai la ia ia mailoko mai o Ura no ko Kaledea, a kapa iho la oe i kona inoa o Aberahama.
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.
Loaa iho la ia oe kona naau he kupaa imua ou, a hoohiki iho la oe me ia i ka berita e haawi i ka aina o na Kanaana, na Heta, na Amora a me na Periza, a me na Iebusa, a me na Giregasa, e haawi no i kana poe mamo, a hooko iho no oe i kau olelo; no ka mea, he mea hana pololei no oe.
9 “You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Ike aku la oe i ka popilikia o ko makou poe kupuna ma Aigupita, a hoolohe no hoi oe ma ke Kaiula i ko lakou kahea ana'ku.
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.
Hana iho la oe i na mea hoike, a me na mea kupanaha maluna o Parao, a maluna o kana poo kauwa a pau, a maluna hoi o ka poe kanaka a pau o kona aina; no ka mea, ua ike oe i ka lakou hana hookiokie ana maluna o lakou. Pela no oe i hookanlana i kou inoa e like me ia i neia la.
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.
Hookaawale ae la no hoi oe i ke kai imua o lakou, i hele lakou iwaena konu o ke kai ma ka aina maloo; a kiola aku la oe i ka poe e alualu ana ia lakou iloko o ka hohonu, mo he pohaku la iloko o na wai nui.
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.
Me ke kia ao no oe i alakai ai ia lakou i ke ao; a, me ke kia ahi no hoi i ka po i malamalama no lakou ma ko alanui a lakou e hele ai.
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,
Iho mai la oe maluna o ka mauna o Sinai, olelo pu mo lakou mai ka lani mai, a haawi mai la oe ia lakou i na olelo kupaa he pololei, a me na kapu ho oiaio, i na kanawai a me na kauoha he maikai:
14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
Hoike mai la oe ia lakou i kou Sabati hoano, a kau aku la maluna o lakou i na kauoha, a me na olelo kupaa, a me ke kanawai ma ka lima o Mose kau kauwa.
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.
Haawi mai la oe ia lakou i ka berena mai ka lani mai no ko lakou pololi, a hookaho mai la hoi i ka wai no lakou mailoko mai o ka pohaku no ko lakou makewai ana, a olelo aku oe ia lakou e komo a e lilo ia lakou ka aina au i hoohiki ai e haawi ia lakou.
16 “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
Aka, o lakou a me ko makou poe kupuna ua hana hookiekie no, a hooolea i ko lakou a-i, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kauoha;
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.
Hoole aku lakou, aole e hoolohe, aole hoi lakou i hoomanao i kau mau hana kupanaha au i hana'i me lakou; hooolea no lakou i ko lakou a-i, a i ko lakou kipi ana, koho iho la lakou i luna, i hoi aku ai lakou ma ko lakou hookauwa ana: aka, o oe ke Akua e kala ana i ka hala, he oluolu a me ka lokomaikai, he ahonui a me ke aloha nui, nolaila, aole oe i haalele ia lakou.
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,
Eia hoi, i ka wa a lakou i hana'i i bipikeiki i hooheeheeia, a olelo ae la, Eia kou Akua nana oe i alakai mailoko mai o Aigupita, a hana no hoi lakou i na mea hoonaukiuki loa;
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.
Alaila, aole oe i haalele ia lakou ma ka waonahele, no kou lokomaikai he nui loa; aole no i haalele ke kia ao ia lakou i ke ao, e alakai ana ia lakou ma ke alanui; aole hoi i haalele ke kia ahi i ka po i malamalama no lakou ma ke alanui a lakou e hele ai.
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.
Haawi mai la no hoi oe i kou Uhane maikai e ao mai ia lakou, aole hoi oe i kaili i kau mane mai ko lakou waha mai, a haawi aku oe ia lakou i ka wai no ko lakou makewai ana.
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.
Hookahi kanaha makahiki au i malama aku ai ia lakou ma ka waonahele, aole lakou i nele i kekahi mea; aole i weluwelu ko lakou aabu, aole hoi i pehu ko lakou mau wawae.
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.
Haawi mai oe ia lakou i na aupuni a me na labuikanaka, a hoopuehu aku oe ia poe ma ko kihi, i lilo no lakou ka aina o Sihona, a me ka aina o ke alii o Hesebona, a me ka aina o Oga ke alii o Basana.
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.
Hoomabuahua iho la no hoi oe i ka lakou poe mamo e like me na hoku o ka lani, a hookomo ae la ia lakou iloko o ka aina au i olelo ai i ko lakou poe kupuna, e komo lakou a e lilo ia ia lakou.
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.
Komo iho la ka poe mamo a lilo ka aina ia lakou, a hoopio iho oe i ka poe kamaaina, i ko Kanaana, imua o lakou, a haawi oe ia lakou iloko o ko lakou lima, i ko lakou mau alii a me na lahuikanaka o ka aina, e hana aku ia lakou e like me ko lakou makemake.
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.
A lawe pio iho la lakou i na kulanakauhale i paa i ka pa, a me ka aina maikai, a lilo iho la ia lakou na hale i lako i kela mea maikai keia mea maikai, na punawai i eliia, na mala waina, a mo na mala olive a me na laau hua he nui: a ai iho la lakou a maona, a momona hoi, a olioli iho la lakou i kou hoomaikai nui ana.
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.
Aka, ku e aku la lakou a kipi aku ia oe, a kapae hoi i kou kanawai ma ko lakou kua, luku iho la lakou i kau poe kaula, ka poe i ao pinepine aku ia lakou e hoohuli ia lakou i ou la, a hana iho la lakou i na mea hoonaukiuki loa.
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.
No ia mea, haawi aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi, i hoopopilikia ua poe la ia lakou; aka, i ka wa o ko lakou pilikia ana, kahea aku la lakou ia oe, a hoolohe mai no oe mai ka lani mai; a e like me kou lokomaikai he nui no, haawi mai no oe ia lakou i poe hoola, nana lakou i hoopakele ae mailoko mai o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi.
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,
Aka, i ka wa i malu ai lakou, huli ae la lakou e hana i ka mea mo imua o kou alo; alaila waiho aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o ko lakou poe enemi, i alii ai ua poe la maluna o lakou: aka, huli ae la lakou a kahea aku la ia oe, a hoolohe no oe mai ka lani mai: a hoopakele pinepine no oe ia lakou e like me kou aloha;
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.
A ao pinepine aku no hoi oe ia lakou e hoohuli ia lakou ma kou kanawai; aka, hana hookiekie lakou, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kanoha; hana ino no lakou i kau mau olelo kupaa, (na mea e ola'i ke kanaka ke nana ia, ) haawi lakou i ka poohiwi kipi, a hooolea i ko lakou a-i, aole hoi i hoolohe.
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.
Aka, hoomanawanui no oe ia lakou i na makahiki he nui no, a ao pinepine aku oe ia lakou me kou Uhane iloko o ka poe kaols; aole nae i haliu mai ko lakou pepeiao; nolaila haawi aku la oe ia lakou iloko o ka lima o na lahuikanaka o na aina.
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.
Aole nae oe i hoopau loa ia lakou no kou lokomaikai he nui no, aole hoi i haalele oe ia lakou; no ka mea, he Akua lokomaikai no oe a me ke aloha.
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.
Ano hoi, e ko makou Akua, ke Akua nui, mana, a hooweliweli, e malama ana i ka berita a me ka lokomaikai, mai mauao mai oe he uuku ka popilikia a pau i hiki mai la maluna o makou nei, maluna o ko makou poe alii, maluna o na luna o makou, a maluna o ko makou poe kahuna, a maluna o na kaula o makou, maluna o ko makou poe makua, a maluna hoi o kou poe kanaka a pau, mai na la mai o na'lii o Asuria a hiki i keia la.
33 However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
Ua hala ole no nae oe ma na mea a pau i hiki mai la maluna o makou; no ka mea, ua hana no oe ma ka pololei, a o makou ka i hana hewa.
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.
A o ko makou poe alii, ko makou poe luna, ko makou poe kahuna, a me ko makou poe makua, aole lakou i malama i kou kanawai, aole hoi i hoolohe i kau mau kauoha a me kau mau oleloao au i ao pinepine mai ai ia lakou.
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.
No ka mea, aole i hookauwa lakou nau ma ko lakou aupuni, a ma kou lokomaikai nui au i haawi mai ai ia lakou, a ma ka aina nui a momona au i waiho mai ai imua o lakou; aole hoi i huli ae lakou mai ka lakou hana hewa ana'ku.
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.
Eia hoi, i keia la, he poe kauwa makou, a o ka aina au i haawi mai ai i ko makou poe kupuna e ai i ka hua ona a me kona maikai, ea, he poe kauwa no makou maluna ona.
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.
A e kau mai ana maluna ona ka hookupu nui ana i na'lii au i hoonoho ai maluna o makou no ko makou hewa; a e alii ana lakou maluna o ko makou mau kino, a me ko makou poe holoholona, e like me ko lakou makemake, a iloko no makou o ka popilikia nui.
38 Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
No keia mea a pau ke hoohiki nei makou i mea oiaio, a kakau iho no hoi, a na ko makou poe luna, na Levi, a me na kahuna o makou e kau i ka sila o paa ai.

< Nehemiah 9 >