Nehemiah 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,
I A la ua heluheluia ma ka buke o Mose iloko o na pepeiao o ka poe kanaka; a loaa iloko olaila ka mea i kakauia'i, i ole e komo ka Amona a me ka Moaba iloko o ka ahakanaka o ke Akua i ka manawa pau ole;
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.
No ka mea, aole lakou i hele aku e halawai me ka Iseraela me ka berena a me ka wai, aka, ku e ia lakou a hoolimalima ia Balaama e hoino ia lakou; hoololi no nae ko kakou Akua i ka hoino ana i hoomaikai ana.
3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
A lohe lakou i ke kanawai, hookaawale ae la lakou i na malihini a pau mai ka Iseraela aku.
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
A mamua o keia manawa, o Eliasiba ke kahuna, ia ia i haawiia ke keena o ka hale o ko kakou Akua, he hoalauna no ia no Tobia.
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.
A ua hoomakaukau oia nona, i keena nui kahi a lakou i waiho ai mamua i ka mohai makana, i ka mea ala a me na ipu a me ka hapaumi o ka ai, i ka waina hou a me ka aila, na mea i kauohaiai na na Levi a me ka poe mele a me ka poe kiaipuka; a me ka makana no ka poe kahuna.
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,
Aka, i keia manawa a pau aole au ma Ierusalema: no ka mea, i ka makahiki kanakolukumamalua o Aretasaseta ke alii o Babulona, hiki aku la au i ke alii, a hala kekahi mau la, nonoi aku la au i ke alii no'u.
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.
A hiki mai la au i Ierusalema a ike iho la i ka mea ino a Eliasiba i hana'i no Tobia, i ka hoomakaukau ana i keena nona ma na keena o ka hale o ke Akua.
8 It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
Alaila, eha loa iho la au; a kiola aku la au mawaho i ka ukana o ka hale o Tobia, mai loko aku o ke keena.
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.
Alaila, kauoha aku la au, a huikala lakou i ke keena; a hoihoi mai la au malaila i na ipu o ka hale o ke Akua, i ka mohai makana a me ka mea ala.
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.
A ike iho la au, aole i haawiia mai na haawina no na Levi; a na auhee kela kanaka keia kanaka ma kona aina iho, o na Levi a me ka poe mele, ka poe nana e lawelawe i ka hana.
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.
Alaila, ao aku la au i na luna, a olelo aku la au, No ke aha la i haaleleia'i ka hale o ke Akua? A houluulu mai la au ia lakou, a hoonoho iho la ia lakou ma ko lakou wahi.
12 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
Alaila, lawe mai la ka Iuda a pau i ka hapaumi o ka ai me ka waina hou a me ka aila ma na keena e waiho ai na mea laa.
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.
A hoonoho iho au i na puuku waiwai maluna o na waihona waiwai ia Selomia ke kahuna, a me Zadoka ke kakauolelo, a me Pedaia kekahi o na Levi; a mahope o lakou o Hanana ke keiki a Zakura, ke keiki a Matania; no ka mea, ua manaoia lakou he poe hana pololei, nolaila, na lakou no e mahele na ko lakou poe hoahanau.
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.
E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, no keia hana, aole hoi e holoi iho oe i ko'u lokomaikai a'u i hana'i no ka hale o ko'u Akua, a no kana mau oihana.
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.
Ia mau la, ike aku la au ma Iuda i kekahi poe e hehi ana i na lua kaomi waina i ka Sabati, a e halihali ana i na pua, a e hoouka ana i na hoki; a e lawe ana i ka waina, i na hua waina, a me na fiku, a me kela mea keia mea kuai ma Ierusalema i ka Sabati: a papa aku la au ia la no, i ko lakou kuai ana i ka ai.
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.
Noho iho la iloko olaila na kanaka o Turo i lawe mai i ka ia, a me kela mea keia mea kuai, a kuai iho no i ka Sabati me ka Iuda iloko no o Ierusalema.
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?
Alaila papa aku la au i na kaukaualii o ka Iuda, a olelo aku au ia lakou, Heaha keia mea hewa a oukou e hana nei, a hana ino i ka la Sabati?
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.”
Aole anei i hana ko oukou poe makua pela, a kau mai la ko kakou Akua i keia popilikia a pau maluna o kakou, a maluna o keia kulanakauhale? Aka, e hoomahuahua ana oukou i ka inaina maluna o ka Iseraela i ka oukou hana ino ana i ka Sabati.
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.
A i ka wa i pouli mai ai na puka o Ierusalema mamua o ka Sabati, olelo aku la au, e pani lakou i na puka, a olelo aku no hoi au, e wehe ole ia lakou a hala ka Sabati; a hoonoho iho la au i kekahi o ka'u poe kauwa ma na puka i komo ole kekahi ukana i ka la Sabati.
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
A o ka poe kalepa a me ka poe e kuai ana i kela mea keia mea kuai, akahi a elua hoi ko lakou moe ana mawaho o Ierusalema.
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.
Alaila papa aku la au ia lakou, a olelo aku la ia lakou, No ke aha la oukou e moe ai ma kahi e pili ana i ka pa? Ina e hana hou oukou pela, e lalau no ko'u lima ia oukou. Mai ia manawa mai, aole lakou i hiki mai i ka Sabati.
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.
A olelo aku la au i na Levi, i huikala lakou ia lakou iho, a i hele mai lakou a e malama i na puka i hoano ka la Sabati. No keia mea hoi, e hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, a e ahonui mai oe ia'u e like me ka nui o kou lokomaikai.
23 In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
Eia hoi, ia mau la ike aku la au i kekahi poe o ka Iuda i mare i na wahine o Asedoda, a o Amona, a o Moaba;
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.
A he hapa ka olelo ana o ka lakou poe keiki ma ka olelo a Asedoda, aole hoi i ike lakou ke olelo e like me ka Iuda, aka, o like me kela lahuikanaka a me keia lahuikanaka.
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.
A papa aku au ia lakou, a hoino aku au ia lakou, a kui aku i kekahi poe o lakou, a huki ae la i ko lakou lauoho, a kena'ku ia lakou e hoohiki ma ke Akua, Aole oukou e haawi aku i ka oukou mau kaikamahine na ka lakou poe keikikane, aole hoi e lawe oukou i ka lakou mau kaikamahine na ka oukou keikikane, aole hoi na oukou iho.
26 Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet amongst 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.
Aole anei i hana hewa o Solomona ke alii o ka Iseraela ma keia mau mea? Ma na lahuikanaka he nui loa, aole alii e like me ia, ua alohaia oia e kona Akua, a ua hoolilo ke Akua ia ia i alii maluna o ka Iseraela a pau; aka, o na wahine o na aina e, alakai no lakou ia ia ma ka hewa.
27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”
A e hoolohe anei makou ia oukou e hana i keia hewa nui, a e kipi aku i ko kakou Akua ma ka mare ana i na wahine o na aina e?
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.
A o kekahi o na keiki a Ioiada, ke keiki a Eliasiba ke kahuna nui, he hunonakane oia na Sanebalata no Horona; a hookuke aku la au ia ia mai o'u aku la.
29 Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
E hoomanao mai oe ia lakou, e ko'u Akua, no ko lakou hoohaumia ana i ka oihana kahuna, a me ka berita o ka oihana kahuna, a o na Levi.
30 Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
Pela au i hookaawale aku ai ia lakou mai na malihini aku a pau, a hooponopono iho la au i na oihana a ka poe kahuna a me na Levi, kela kanaka keia kanaka ma kana oihana iho;
31 and for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.
A i ka haawi ana mai o ka wahie i na manawa i oleloia'i, a i na hua mua. E hoomanao mai oe ia'u, e ko'u Akua, i mea e pono ai.
