¹¶ Na, I a Etera e inoi ana, e whaki hara ana, me te tangi, me te rutu i a ia ki mua i te whare o te Atua, na, nui atu te hui i rupeke ki a ia i roto i a Iharaira, nga tane, nga wahine, nga tamariki: nui atu hoki te tangi i tangi ai te iwi.

¹And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

²Na ka oho a Hekania tama a Tehiere, ko tetahi nei ia o nga tama a Erama, ka mea ki a Etera, Kua he matou ki to tatou Atua, kua tango i nga wahine ke, i a nga iwi o te whenua. Tenei ano ia he mea e marama ai nga whakaaro o Iharaira ki tenei mea.

²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

³Na kia whakaritea he kawenata ki to tatou Atua, kia whakarerea aua wahine katoa me a ratou tamariki, kia rite ai ki te whakaaro i whakatakotoria e toku ariki, e te hunga ano e wehi ana i te whakahau a to tatou Atua: kia rite ano te meatanga ki ta te ture.

³And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

⁴Whakatika, mau hoki te mahi; a ko matou hei hoa mou: kia uaua, meatia.

⁴Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

⁵Katahi ka whakatika a Etera, a whakaoatitia ana e ia nga rangatira o nga tohunga, o nga Riwaiti, o Iharaira Katoa, kia meatia tenei mea e ratou. A oati ana ratou.

⁵Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

⁶¶ Katahi a Etera ka whakatika i mua i te whare o te Atua, a haere ana ki te ruma o Iehohanana tama a Eriahipi. A, no tona taenga ki reira, kihai ia i kai taro, kihai i inu wai; e pouri ana hoki ki te he o te hunga i whakaraua.

⁶And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

⁷Na ka karanga nui, puta noa i Hura, i Hiruharama, ki nga tama katoa o te whakarau, kia huihui ki Hiruharama.

⁷And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

⁸Na, ko te tangata e kore e tae mai i nga ra e toru, i ta nga rangatira ratou ko nga kaumatua i whakaaro ai, ka murua putia ona rawa katoa, a ka motuhia ia i roto i te whakaminenga o nga whakarau.

⁸and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

⁹Na ko te huihuinga mai o nga tangata katoa o Hura, o Pineamine ki Hiruharama i roto i aua ra e toru; ko te iwa tenei o nga marama, i te rua tekau o te marama. Na noho ana te iwi katoa i te marae o te whare o te Atua; wiri ana ratou, he whakaaro k i tenei mea, he nui ano hoki te ua.

⁹Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

¹⁰Na ka whakatika a Etera tohunga, ka mea ki a ratou, Kua he koutou, kua marenatia ki nga wahine ke, na kua neke ake te he o Iharaira.

¹⁰And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

¹¹Na whakina atu nga he ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o koutou matua, meatia hoki tana i pai ai; motuhia mai hoki koutou i roto i nga iwi o te whenua, i nga wahine ke hoki.

¹¹And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

¹²Na ka whakahokia e te iwi katoa, he nui o ratou reo ki te mea, Ka rite ki tau kupu ta matou e mea ai.

¹²And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

¹³Otiia he tokomaha te iwi, he wa ua nui hoki tenei; e kore ano matou e kaha ki te tu i waho, ehara hoki tenei i te mahi mo te ra kotahi, mo nga ra e rua ranei: he nui rawa hoki to matou he i tenei mea.

¹³But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

¹⁴Na me whakarite o tatou rangatira mo te huihui katoa, a me haere mai i nga wa e whakaritea te hunga katoa kua marena ki nga wahine ke i o tatou pa, ratou ko nga kaumatua o tenei pa, o tenei pa, me nga kaiwhakawa o reira, kia tahuri atu ra ano i a tatou te riri kaha o to tatou Atua, a kia tutuki ra ano tenei mea.

¹⁴Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

¹⁵¶ Ko Honatana anake tama a Atahere raua ko Tahatia tama a Tikiwa i tu atu ki tenei mea; a ko o raua hoa ko Mehurama raua ko Hapetai Riwaiti.

¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

¹⁶Na i pena hoki nga tama o te whakarau. A ka wehea a Etera tohunga me etahi upoko o nga whare o nga matua no tenei whare, no tenei whare, o o ratou matua, he mea karanga katoa o ratou ingoa; a noho ana ratou i te ra tuatahi o te tekau o nga maram a hei rapu i te tikanga o tenei mea.

¹⁶And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

¹⁷Poto rawa ake nga tangata katoa i marena ki nga wahine ke, ko te ra tuatahi o te tuatahi o nga marama.

¹⁷And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

¹⁸Na kua mau etahi o nga tama a nga tohunga he mea marena ki nga wahine ke; ara no nga tama a Hehua tama a Iohereke ratou ko ona teina, ko Maaheia, ko Erietere, ko Iaripi, ko Keraria.

¹⁸And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

¹⁹Na ka tukua mai o ratou ringa, mo a ratou wahine kia whakarerea; a, ka he nei ratou, ka tapaea he hipi toa o te kahui mo to ratou he.

¹⁹And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

²⁰Na, o nga tama a Imere; ko Hanani, ko Teparia.

²⁰And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.

²¹A, o nga tama a Harimi; ko Maaheia, ko Iraia, ko Hemaia, ko Tehiere, ko Utia.

²¹And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

²²O nga tama a Pahuru; ko Erioenai, ko Maaheia, ko Ihimaera, ko Netaneere, ko Hotapara, ko Ereaha.

²²And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

²³O nga Riwaiti; ko Hotapara, ko Himei, ko Keraia, ara ko Kerita, ko Petahia, ko Hura, ko Erietere.

²³And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

²⁴O nga kaiwaiata; ko Eriahipi; o nga kaitiaki kuwaha; ko Harumu, ko Tereme, ko Uri.

²⁴And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

²⁵Na, o Iharaira; o nga tama a Paroho: ko Ramia, ko Tetia, ko Marakia, ko Miamini, ko Ereatara, ko Marakia, ko Penaia.

²⁵And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

²⁶O nga tama a Erama; ko Matania, ko Hakaraia, ko Tehiere, ko Apari, ko Teremoto, ko Iraia.

²⁶And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

²⁷O nga tama a Tatu; ko Erioenai, ko Eriahipi, ko Matania, ko Teremoto, ko Tapara, ko Atita.

²⁷And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

²⁸O nga tama a Pepai; ko Iehohanana, ko Hanania, ko Tapai, ko Atarai.

²⁸And of the children of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

²⁹A, o nga tama a Pani; ko Mehurama, ko Maruku, ko Araia, ko Iahupu, ko Heara, ko Ramoto.

²⁹And of the children of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

³⁰O nga tama a Pahata Moapa; ko Arana, ko Kerara, ko Penaia, ko Maaheia, ko Matania, ko Petareere, ko Pinui, ko Manahi.

³⁰And of the children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

³¹O nga tama a Harimi; ko Erietere, ko Ihiia, ko Marakia, ko Hemaia, ko Himiona,

³¹And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

³²Ko Pineamine, ko Maruku, ko Hemaria.

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

³³O nga tama a Hahumu; ko Matenai, ko Matata, ko Tapara, ko Eriperete, ko Teremai, ko Manahi, ko Himei.

³³Of the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

³⁴O nga tama a Pani; ko Maarai, ko Amarama, ko Uere.

³⁴Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

³⁵Ko Penaia, ko Pereia, ko Keru,

³⁵Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,

³⁶Ko Wania, ko Meremoto, ko Eriahipi,

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷Ko Matania, ko Matenai, ko Taahau,

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,

³⁸Ko Pani, ko Pinui, ko Himei,

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁹Ko Heremai, ko Natana, ko Araia,

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

⁴⁰Ko Makanarepai, ko Hahai, ko Harai,

⁴⁰Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴¹Ko Atareere, ko Heremai, ko Hemaria,

⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴²Ko Harumu, ko Amaria, ko Hohepa,

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

⁴³O nga tama a Nepo; ko Teiere, ko Matitia, ko Tapara, ko Tepina, ko Iarau, ko Hoera, ko Penaia,

⁴³Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

⁴⁴Ko enei katoa, he hunga kua tango i te wahine ke, kei etahi hoki o ratou he wahine kua whanau tamariki.

⁴⁴All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.