1 Esdras
4:1 A laila, hoʻomaka ka lua, ka mea i ʻōlelo i ka ikaika o ke aliʻi
ʻōlelo,
4:2 E na kanaka, mai oi aku ka ikaika o na kanaka maluna o ke kai a me ka aina
a me na mea a pau iloko o lakou?
4:3 Akā, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ke aliʻi
He mana ko lakou; a o ka mea ana i kauoha mai ai ia lakou, hana no lakou.
4:4 Ina olelo oia ia laua e kaua aku kekahi i kekahi, alaila hana no lakou;
e kipaku aku ia lakou e ku e i na enemi, e hele lakou, a e wawahi i na mauna
nā pā a me nā hale kiaʻi.
4: 5. Ua pepehi lakou, a ua pepehiia, aole i hai i ke kauoha a ke alii
loaʻa iā lākou ka lanakila, lawe lākou i nā mea a pau i ke aliʻi, a me ka waiwai pio, e like me
na mea e ae a pau.
4:6 Pela no hoi ka poe koa ole, aole i pili i ke kaua.
aka, e hanai, ke ohi hou lakou i ka mea a lakou i lulu ai;
lawe mai lakou ia mea i ke alii, a koi aku kekahi i kekahi e hookupu
ke alii.
4:7 Akā, hoʻokahi wale nō kanaka. ina oia
kauoha e hoʻokoe, mālama lākou;
4:8 Ina kauoha ia e hahau, hahau lakou; ina e kauoha oia e hooneoneo, lakou
e hooneoneo; ina e kauoha oia e kukulu, e kukulu lakou;
4:9 Ina kauoha oia e kua ilalo, ua kua lakou; ina e kauoha mai e kanu, lakou
meakanu.
4:10 No laila, hoʻolohe kona poʻe kānaka a pau a me kona poʻe kaua iā ia
ai a inu, a hoomaha iho.
4:11 A e kiaʻi kēia poʻe a puni ia, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hele a hana
kana hana ponoi, aole hoi lakou e hoole ia ia ma kekahi mea.
4:12 LK ʻĒ, pehea lā ʻaʻole e ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ke aliʻi
hoʻolohe? A paa kona alelo.
4:13 A laila, ʻo ke kolu, nāna i ʻōlelo no nā wahine, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, (ʻo ia
Zorobabel) hoomaka e olelo.
4:14 E nā kānaka, ʻaʻole ia ke aliʻi nui, ʻaʻole ka lehulehu o nā kānaka, ʻaʻole hoʻi.
ʻo ka waina, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi; ʻO wai lā ka mea nāna lākou e hoʻomalu, a iā ia ka
ka haku maluna o lakou? ʻAʻole anei lākou he wahine?
4:15 Ua hanau na wahine i ke alii a me na kanaka a pau e noho alii ana ma ke kai a me
Āina.
4:16 No lakou mai lakou, a hanai lakou i ka poe nana i kanu
na pawaina, kahi i loaa mai ai ka waina.
4:17 Hana no hoi lakou i na lole no na kanaka; Hoonani keia mau mea i kanaka; a
me ka wahine ole aole hiki i na kane.
4:18 ʻAe, inā ua hōʻuluʻulu nā kānaka i ke gula a me ke kālā, a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole anei lākou i aloha i ka wahine maikaʻi i ke alo
nani?
4:19 A e hoʻokuʻu i kēlā mau mea a pau, ʻaʻole lākou e hamama, a me ka hāmama
kau ka waha i ko lakou mau maka maluna ona; aole o na kanaka a pau i makemake nui aku
ia ia i ke kala, a i ke gula, a i kekahi mea maikai paha?
4:20 Haʻalele ke kanaka i kona makua kāne nāna ia i hānai, a me kona ʻāina iho.
a pili i kana wahine.
4:21 ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i kona ola me kāna wahine. aole hoomanao
makua kāne, ʻaʻole makuahine, ʻaʻole ʻāina.
4:22 Ma keia mea e pono ai oukou e ike i na wahine i alii maluna o oukou
ka luhi a me ka luhi, a haawi aku a lawe mai i na mea a pau i ka wahine?
4:23 ʻAe, lawe ke kanaka i kāna pahi kaua, a hele i kona ala e ʻaihue a e ʻaihue.
holo ma ke kai a ma na muliwai;
4:24 A nana i ka liona, a hele i ka pouli; a i kona loaa ana
ʻaihue, ʻaihue, ʻaihue, lawe ʻo ia i kona aloha.
4:25 No laila, ʻoi aku ke aloha o ke kāne i kāna wahine ma mua o ka makua kāne a me ka makuahine.
4:26 LK ʻAe, nui ka poʻe i pau i ko lākou naʻau i ka wahine, a lilo
poe kauwa no lakou.
4:27 He nui nō hoʻi ka poʻe i make, ua lalau, a ua hana hewa no nā wāhine.
4:28 Ano, aole anei oukou i manaoio mai iaʻu? ʻAʻole anei i nui ke aliʻi i kona mana? mai
makaʻu nā ʻāina a pau ke hoʻopā iā ia?
4:29 LK ʻAe, ʻike wau iā ia a me Apame ka haiā wahine a ke aliʻi, ke kaikamahine a ke aliʻi.
ʻO Bartako maikaʻi, e noho ana ma ka lima ʻākau o ke aliʻi.
4:30 A lawe i ka lei aliʻi mai ke poʻo o ke aliʻi, a kau iā ia ma luna ona
poʻo; hahau aku la ia i ke alii me kona lima hema.
4:31 A ʻo kēia mau mea a pau, hāmama ka mōʻī a nānā iā ia me ka waha hāmama.
ina ua akaaka oia ia ia, ua akaaka no hoi ia: aka, ina ua lawe oia i kekahi
ukiuki ia ia, ua maʻalahi ke aliʻi e malimali, i lilo ai ia
ua hui hou me ia.
4:32 LK ʻĒ, e nā kāne, pehea lā e hiki ai i nā wahine ke ikaika.
4:33 A laila, nānā ke aliʻi a me nā aliʻi i kekahi i kekahi
e olelo i ka oiaio.
4:34 LK ʻĒ, ʻaʻole ikaika nā wahine? Nui ka honua, kiʻekiʻe ka lani.
Ua mama ka la i kona holo ana, no ka mea, ua hoopuni oia i na lani
a hoʻi hou i kona wahi i ka lā hoʻokahi.
4:35 LK ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia ka mea nui i hana i kēia mau mea? No laila, nui ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
a ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā mea a pau.
4:36. Kahea ka honua a pau ma ka oiaio, a hoomaikai ka lani
haalulu a haalulu na hana, aohe mea pono ole.
4:37 ʻO ka waina, ʻaʻohe hewa, ʻo ke aliʻi, ʻo nā wahine, nā keiki a pau
ua hewa na kanaka, a pela no ka lakou hana hewa a pau; a aole
ʻoiaʻiʻo i loko o lākou; ma ko lakou hewa e make ai lakou.
4:38 LK ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua kūpaʻa, a ua ikaika mau. ke ola nei a
lanakila mau loa.
4:39 ʻAʻole loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae ʻana i ke kanaka a me ka uku ʻole; akā, hana ʻo ia i ka
i na mea pono, a e pale aku i na mea pono ole a pau;
a hana maikaʻi nā kānaka a pau e like me kāna mau hana.
4:40 ʻAʻole hoʻi he hewa i kona hoʻoponopono ʻana; a ʻo ia ka ikaika,
aupuni, mana, a me ka hanohano, o na makahiki a pau. E hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke Akua ʻoiaʻiʻo.
4:41 LK ʻĒ. A hooho na kanaka a pau, a
i mai la, He nui ka oiaio, a he mana hoi maluna o na mea a pau.
4:42 A laila, ʻī akula ke aliʻi iā ia, E noi mai ʻoe i kāu mea e ʻoi aku ai ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia
ma ka palapala, a e haawi aku makou ia oe, no ka mea, ua ikeia oe he akamai;
a e noho ʻoe ma hope oʻu, a e kapa ʻia ʻoe ʻo koʻu hoahānau.
4:43 A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ke aliʻi, E hoʻomanaʻo i kāu hoʻohiki ʻana āu i hoʻohiki ai
E kukulu oe ia Ierusalema, i ka la i hiki aku ai oe i kou aupuni,
4:44 A e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā ipu a pau i lawe ʻia mai Ierusalema aku.
Ka mea a Kuro i hookaawale ai, i kona hoohiki ana e luku ia Babulona, a e hoouna aku
lakou ilaila.
4:45 ʻO ʻoe hoʻi i hoʻohiki e kūkulu i ka luakini a ka ʻEdoma i puhi ai
i ka wa i neoneo ai o Iudea e ko Kaledea.
4:46 LK ʻĀnō, e ke aliʻi, ʻo ia kaʻu mea e koi ai, a ʻo wau
i makemake ai ia oe, a o keia ka lokomaikai alii mai
ia oe iho: No ia mea, ke makemake nei au e hooko oe i ka hoohiki ana, i ka hana ana
a me kou waha iho i hoohiki ai i ke Alii o ka lani.
4:47 A laila, kū aʻela ʻo Dariu ke aliʻi, a honi iā ia, a kākau ihola i mau palapala nona
i na puuku a pau, a me na luna, a me na kapena, a me na kiaaina
e hoʻokuʻu pono lākou iā ia, a me ka poʻe a pau e hele ana
me ia e kukulu ia Ierusalema.
4:48 He palapala no hoi ia i na lutanela ma Celosyria a
Poinike, a ia lakou ma Libano, e lawe mai lakou i ka laau kedera
mai Libano a hiki i Ierusalema, a e kukulu lakou i ke kulanakauhale me
iā ia.
4:49 Ua palapala no hoi ia no ka poe Iudaio a pau i hele aku mai kona aupuni aku i
Jewry, no ko lakou kuokoa, aole luna, aole alii, aole
ʻO ka lutanela, ʻaʻole ka puʻukū, e komo ikaika i ko lākou mau puka;
4:50 LK A e kaʻawale ka ʻāina a pau me ka ʻauhau ʻole.
a na ka Edoma e haawi i na kauhale o ka poe Iudaio
alaila, paa iho la lakou.
4:51 LK ʻAe, e hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki he iwakālua tālena no ke kūkulu ʻana
ka luakini, a hiki i ka wa i kukuluia'i;
4:52 A me nā talena ʻumi ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e mālama i nā mōhai kuni ma luna o ka
kuahu i kēlā lā i kēia lā, e like me kā lākou kauoha e mōhai aku i ʻumikumamāhiku.
4:53 A ʻo ka poʻe a pau i hele mai Babulona aku e kūkulu i ke kūlanakauhale
kuokoa, e like me ka lakou poe mamo, a me na kahuna a pau
hele aku.
4:54 LK ʻĒ. na aahu, a me na aahu o na kahuna
kahi e lawelawe ai lakou;
4:55 A pela no ka oihana a ka Levi, e haawiia no lakou a hiki i ka la
la i paa ai ka hale, a kukuluia hoi o Ierusalema.
4:56 A kauoha ia e hāʻawi i ka poʻe a pau i mālama i ke kūlanakauhale i ka penikala a me ka uku.
4:57 Hoʻouna aku ʻo ia i nā kīʻaha a pau mai Babulona aku a Kuro i hoʻonoho ai
kaawale; a o na mea a pau a Kuro i kauoha aku ai, oia kana i kauoha aku ai
e hanaia, a e hoounaia i Ierusalema.
4:58 LK ʻĒ, i ka hele ʻana aku o kēia kanaka ʻōpio, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i kona alo i ka lani
i Ierusalema, a hoolea aku i ke Alii o ka lani,
4:59 LK ʻĪ maila, Nou mai ka lanakila, nou mai ka naʻauao, a me kou
ka nani, a owau no kau kauwa.
4:60 Pomaikai oe, ka mea i haawi mai ia'u i ke akamai.
Haku o ko kakou poe kupuna.
4:61 A no laila, lawe ʻo ia i nā palapala, a hele i waho, a hiki i Babulona, a
hai aku la i kona poe hoahanau.
4:62 A hoolea aku la lakou i ke Akua o ko lakou poe kupuna, no ka mea, ua haawi mai ia ia lakou
kuokoa a me ke kuokoa
4:63 E pii aku, a e kukulu ia Ierusalema, a me ka luakini i kapaia e ia
inoa: a ahaaina lakou me na mea kani a me ka olioli ehiku
lā.