Nehemia 13
1 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;
On that day they read in the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. It was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should come into the assembly of God, forever.
2 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.
This was because they had not come to the people of Israel with bread and with water, but they had hired Balaam to curse Israel. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 A lohe lakou i ke kanawai, hookaawale ae la lakou i na malihini a pau mai ka Iseraela aku.
As soon as they heard the law, they separated out from Israel every foreign person.
4 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.
Now before this Eliashib the priest was appointed over the storerooms of the house of our God. He was related to Tobiah.
5 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.
Eliashib prepared for Tobiah a large storeroom, where previously they kept the grain offering, the incense, the articles, and the tithes of the grain, new wine, and the oil, which were designated for the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
6 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.
But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem. For in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. After some time I asked the king for permission to leave,
7 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.
and I returned to Jerusalem. I understood the evil that Eliashib had done by giving Tobiah a storeroom in the courts of the house of God.
8 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.
I was very angry and I threw all Tobiah's household articles out of the storeroom.
9 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.
I ordered that they purify the storerooms, and I put back in them the articles of the house of God, the grain offerings, and the incense.
10 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.
I learned that the Levites' portions had not been given to them, and they had run away, each to his own field, the Levites and the singers who did the work.
11 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.
So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God neglected?” I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
12 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.
Then all Judah brought in the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.
13 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.
I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and from the Levites, Pedaiah. Next to them was Hanan son of Zaccur son of Mattaniah, for they were counted as trustworthy. Their duties were to distribute the supplies to their associates.
14 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.
Call me to mind, my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out the good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its services.
15 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.
In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
16 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.
Men from Tyre living in Jerusalem brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and they sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in the city!
17 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?
Then I confronted the leaders of Judah, “What is this evil thing you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
18 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.
Did not your fathers do this? Did not our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19 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.
As soon as it became dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors be shut and that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my servants at the gates so no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20 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.
The merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.
21 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.
But I warned them, “Why do you camp outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.
22 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.
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves, and come and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Call me to mind for this also, my God, and have mercy on me because of the covenant loyalty you have toward me.
23 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;
In those days I also saw Jews that had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
24 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.
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. None of them could speak the language of Judah, but only the language of one of the other peoples.
25 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.
I confronted them, and I cursed them, and I hit some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
26 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.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these women? 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, his foreign wives caused him to sin.
27 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?
Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”
28 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.
One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I caused him to flee from my presence.
29 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.
Call them to mind, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
30 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;
Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and established the duties of the priests and the Levites, each to his own task.
31 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.
I provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Call me to mind, my God, for good.
