¹¶ Na ka huihui a Iharaira katoa ki a Rawiri ki Heperona, a ka mea, Tenei matou, he wheua nou, he kikokiko nou.

¹And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

²I mua ake nei, i te mea ano ko Haora te kingi, ko koe te kaikawe atu, te kaikawe mai, i a Iharaira: kua korerotia ano koe e Ihowa, e tou Atua, Ko koe hei hepara mo taku iwi, mo Iharaira, ko koe ano hei tino tangata mo taku iwi, mo Iharaira.

²Even aforetime, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.

³Na ka haere nga kaumatua katoa o Iharaira ki te kingi, ki Heperona, ka whakarite kawenata a Rawiri ki a ratou ki Heperona ki te aroaro o Ihowa: a whakawahia ana e ratou a Rawiri hei kingi mo Iharaira, ko ta Ihowa hoki i ki ai, ara ko ta Hamuera.

³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of Jehovah through Samuel.

⁴Na ka haere a Rawiri ratou ko Iharaira katoa ki Hiruharama, ara ki Iepuhu; i reira ano nga Iepuhi, nga tangata whenua.

⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

⁵Na ka mea nga tangata o Iepuhu ki a Rawiri, E kore koe e tae mai ki konei. Heoi kua riro i a Rawiri te pourewa i Hiona; ko te pa ia o Rawiri.

⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁶Na ka mea a Rawiri, Ko te tangata mana te patu tuatahi ki nga Iepuhi, hei tino tangata ia, hei rangatira. Na ko Ioapa tama a Teruia kua tae wawe, a meinga ana ko ia te tino tangata.

⁶And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

⁷Na ka noho a Rawiri ki te pourewa; koia i huaina ai e ratou a reira ko te pa o Rawiri.

⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

⁸A i hanga e ia te pa a tawhio noa, o Miro mai a taka noa; a na Ioapa i whakaora tera atu wahi o te pa.

⁸And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.

⁹Na ka tino nui haere a Rawiri, i a ia hoki a Ihowa, te Atua o nga mano.

⁹And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

¹⁰¶ Na ko nga tino tangata enei a Rawiri, i kaha rawa nei me ia mo tona rangatiratanga, ratou ko Iharaira katoa, hei whakakingi i a ia; hei pera me ta Ihowa i ki ai mo Iharaira.

¹⁰And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

¹¹A ko te tokomaha tenei o nga marohirohi a Rawiri: ko Iahopeama, tama a tetahi Hakamoni, te rangatira o te toru tekau; i ara ake tana tao ki nga rau e toru a patua iho e ia i te whakaekenga kotahi.

¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain [by him] at one time.

¹²I muri i a ia ko Ereatara tama a Roro Ahohi; ko ia tetahi o nga marohirohi tokotoru.

¹²And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.

¹³I a Rawiri ia i Paharamime, a i huihui nga Pirihitini ki reira ki te whawhai, a i reira tetahi wahi whenua e kapi ana i te parei; na kua rere te iwi i te aroaro o nga Pirihitini.

¹³He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was [there] a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

¹⁴Na tu ana raua i waenganui o taua wahi, a ka mau i a raua, patua iho e raua nga Pirihitini: na nui atu te whakaoranga i whakaora ai a Ihowa.

¹⁴And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

¹⁵Na ka haere nga rangatira tokotoru, no te toru tekau, ki raro, ki te kamaka ki a Rawiri, ki te ana o Aturama: a ko te ope o nga Pirihitini i te raroraro i Repaima e noho a puni ana.

¹⁵And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁶Na i roto a Rawiri i te pourewa i taua wa, a ko nga hoia pupuri a nga Pirihitini i Peterehema i taua wa.

¹⁶And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁷Na ka minamina a Rawiri, a ka mea, Aue, me he tangata hei mea wai mai moku i te puna i Peterehema, i tera i te kuwaha!

¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

¹⁸Na tika ana taua tokotoru na waenganui o te puni o nga Pirihitini, a utuhia mai ana he wai i te puna o Peterehema, i tera i te kuwaha; tangohia ana e ratou, mauria ana ki a Rawiri: otiia kihai a Rawiri i pai ki te inu, engari ringihia ana e ia h ei mea ki a Ihowa.

¹⁸And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

¹⁹I mea ia, Aue, ma toku Atua ahau e arai kei mea i tenei! kia inumia koia e ahau nga toto o enei tangata, me i kotahi nei kua mate? me i kotahi hoki ratou kua mate i te tikinga atu. Na reira i kore ai ia i pai ki te inu. Ko enei nga mahi a aua to a tokotoru.

¹⁹And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men [who went] at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

²⁰Na ko Apihai teina o Ioapa te rangatira o taua tokotoru; i ara ake tana tao ki nga rau e toru, patua iho e ia; i whai ingoa ia i roto i te tokotoru.

²⁰And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

²¹O te tokotoru, nui atu tona kororia i to te tokorua, a meinga ana ko ia hei rangatira mo ratou: otiia kihai ia i uru ki te tokotoru tuatahi.

²¹Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

²²Me Penaia tama a Iehoiara, he tama na tetahi tangata toa o Kapateere, he nui ana mahi, nana i patu nga tama tokorua a Ariere o Moapa; i haere ano ia ki raro, a patua ana e ia tetahi raiona i roto i te rua i te wa o te hukarere.

²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²³Nana hoki tetahi Ihipiana i patu, he tangata nui, e rima nga whatianga te roa: he tao ano i te ringa o taua Ihipiana koia ano kei te rakau a te kaiwhatu; na haere ana ia ki raro, ki a ia, he tokotoko hoki tana, a kapohia ana e ia te tao i roto i te ringa o te Ihipiana, patua iho ia ki tana tao ano.

²³He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴Na Penaia tama a Iehoiara enei mahi; i whai ingoa ano ia i nga toa tokotoru.

²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²⁵Na, nona te kororia nui o te toru tekau; otiia kihai ia i uru ki te tokotoru tuatahi. Na meinga ana ia e Rawiri hei rangatira mo ana kaitiaki.

²⁵Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

²⁶Me nga maia hoki o nga ope; ko Atahere teina o Ioapa, ko Erehanana tama a Roro o Peterehema,

²⁶And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁷Ko Hamoto Harori, ko Herete Peroni;

²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

²⁸Ko Ira tama a Ikehe Tekoi, ko Apietere Anatoti;

²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

²⁹Ko Hipekai Huhati, ko Irai Ahohi;

²⁹Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

³⁰Ko Maharai Netopati, ko Herere tama a Paana, he Netopati;

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³¹Ko Itai tama a Ripai, no Kipea, no nga tama a Pineamine, ko Penaia Pirotoni;

³¹Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

³²Ko Hurai, no nga awaawa o Kaaha, ko Apiere Arapati;

³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

³³Ko Atamawete Paharumi, ko Eriahapa Haaraponi;

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³⁴Ko nga tama a Haheme Kitoni, ko Honatana tama a Hake Harari;

³⁴Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

³⁵Ko Ahiama tama a Hakara Harari, ko Eripara tama a Uru;

³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁶Ko Hewhere Mekerati, ko Ahia Peroni;

³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁷Ko Hetero Karameri, ko Naarai tama a Etepai;

³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

³⁸Ko Hoera teina o Natana, ko Mipihara tama a Hakeri;

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

³⁹Ko Tereke Amoni, ko Nahari Peroti, ko te kaimau o nga patu a Ioapa tama a Teruia;

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

⁴⁰Ko Ira Itiri, ko Karepa Itiri;

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴¹Ko Uria Hiti, ko Tapara tama a Aharai;

⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

⁴²Ko Arina tama a Hiti Reupeni, he rangatira no nga Reupeni, e toru tekau ona hoa;

⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

⁴³Ko Hanana tama a Maaka, ko Iohapata Mitini;

⁴³Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴⁴Ko Utia Ahaterati, ko Hama raua ko Teiere, ko nga tama a Hotama Aroeri;

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

⁴⁵Ko Teriaere tama a Himiri, raua ko tona teina ko Toha te Titi;

⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

⁴⁶Ko Eriere Mahawi, ratou ko Teripai, ko Tohawia, he tama na Erenaama, ko Itima Moapi;

⁴⁶Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁷Ko Eriere, ko Opere, ko Taahiere Metopai.

⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.