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.

¹Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

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.

²Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women 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.

³Now therefore 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 who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

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

⁴Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, 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, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So 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.

⁶Then Ezra rose up from before God’s house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

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

⁷They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to 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 whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

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 all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great 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.

¹⁰Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt 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.

¹¹Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.”

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.

¹²Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “As you have said concerning us, so must we do.

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 much rain, and we are not able to stand outside; neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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 be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter is resolved.”

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.

¹⁶The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in 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.

¹⁷They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women 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.

¹⁸Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, 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.

¹⁹They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

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

²⁰Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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

²¹Of the sons 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.

²²Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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

²³Of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

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

²⁴Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the porters: 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.

²⁵Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, 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.

²⁶Of the sons 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.

²⁷Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

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

²⁸Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

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

²⁹Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.

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

³⁰Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

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

³¹Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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 sons 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, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

³⁶Ko Wania, ko Meremoto, ko Eriahipi,

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁷Ko Matania, ko Matenai, ko Taahau,

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,

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,

⁴⁰Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴¹Ko Atareere, ko Heremai, ko Hemaria,

⁴¹Azarel, 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 sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, 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 some of them had wives by whom they had children.