1 Makabi
8:1 A ua lohe o Iuda i ko Roma, ua ikaika lakou, a me ke koa
kanaka, a me ka poe makemake i ka poe a pau i hui pu ia lakou iho
ia lakou, a e hana i kuikahi me ka poe a pau i hele mai io lakou la;
8:2 A he poe kanaka koa nui lakou. Ua haiia mai no hoi ia ia
kaua a me na hana maikai a lakou i hana'i iwaena o ko Galatia, a pehea
ua lanakila lakou ia lakou, a ua hoo- auhau ia lakou;
8:3 A me ka mea a lakou i hana ai ma ka aina o Sepania, no ka lanakila ana o ka
na mina o ke kala a me ke gula malaila;
8:4 A ma ko lakou manao a me ke ahonui, ua lanakila lakou ma ia wahi a pau.
ʻoiai ua mamao loa ia mai o lākou aku; a ʻo nā aliʻi hoʻi i hele kūʻē mai
ia lakou mai ka welelau o ka honua, a hiki i ka haunaele ana
ia lakou, a haawi mai la ia lakou i ka hoohiolo nui ana, a haawi mai na mea e ae ia lakou
hoʻokupu i kēlā me kēia makahiki:
8:5 Ma waho aʻe o kēia, pehea lākou i pilikia ai i ke kaua ʻana iā Pilipo, a me Perseus.
ke alii o ko Kitima, a me kekahi poe i hookiekie ia lakou iho,
a ua lanakila ma luna o lākou.
8:6 Pehea hoi o Anetioko ke alii nui o Asia, i hele ku e mai ia lakou
kaua, he haneri me ka iwakalua elepani, me na hololio, a
na kaakaua, a me ka poe koa nui loa, ua hoopuehu ia lakou;
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ma hope ona e hoʻokupu nui, a e hāʻawi i nā mea paʻa, a me kēlā
ua ʻae ʻia,
8:8 A me ka aina o Inia, a me Media a me Ludia a me na mea maikai loa
na aina a lakou i lawe ai mai ona aku la, a haawi aku i ke alii ia Eumene.
8:9 Eia kekahi, ua manao ko Helene e hele mai e luku ia lakou;
8:10. A i ko lakou ike ana, hoouna aku la lakou i kekahi
kapena, a i ka hakaka ana me lakou, he nui lakou i pepehi, a lawe pio aku
hoopio i ka lakou mau wahine, a me ka lakou mau keiki, a hao ia lakou, a lawe aku
ka noho ana o ko lakou mau aina, a wawahi i ko lakou mau wahi paa, a
lawe mai ia lakou i kauwa na lakou a hiki i keia la.
8:11 Ua haiia mai ia ia, i ko lakou luku ana, a me ka lawe ana malalo o ko lakou
e noho alii ana i na aupuni a me na mokupuni e ae a pau i ku e ia lakou;
8:12 Akā, me ko lākou mau hoaaloha a me ka poʻe i hilinaʻi iā lākou, mālama lākou i ke aloha
ua lanakila lakou i na aupuni mamao a kokoke, a pela no
a lohe lakou i ko lakou inoa, makau lakou ia lakou.
8:13 A ʻo nā mea a lākou e kōkua ai i ke aupuni, ʻo ia ke aliʻi; a ʻo wai lā
makemake hou lākou, e hoʻoneʻe: ʻo ka hope, ua nui lākou
hookiekieia:
8:14 Akā, no kēia mau mea a pau, ʻaʻohe o lākou i ʻaʻahu i ka lei aliʻi, a i ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka lole poni.
e hoonui ia.
8:15 Eia hoʻi, pehea lākou i hana ai i hale senate no lākou, kahi ʻekolu
he haneri me ka iwakalua kanaka i noho i ka ahaolelo i kela la i keia la, e kukakuka mau ana no ka
kanaka, a hiki i ka hopena ke hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia lākou:
8:16 A ua hāʻawi lākou i ko lākou aupuni i hoʻokahi kanaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki
ua noho alii maluna o ko lakou aina a pau, a ua hoolohe na mea a pau ia ia.
a ʻaʻohe huāhuā, ʻaʻole hoʻi he hoʻomāinoino i waena o lākou.
8:17 Ma ka noonoo ana i keia mau mea, ua koho o Iuda ia Eupolemo ke keiki a Ioane.
ke keiki a Ako, a me Iasona ke keiki a Eleazara, a hoouna aku la ia laua i Roma,
e hana i kuikahi aloha a hui pu me lakou,
8:18 A e noi aku ia lakou e lawe aku i ka auamo mai o lakou aku; no lakou
Ua hooluhi wale ke aupuni o ka poe Helene i ka Iseraela me ka hooluhi.
8:19 No laila, hele lākou i Roma, he huakaʻi nui loa ia, a hiki mai
iloko o ka aha senate, kahi a lakou i olelo ai.
8:20 ʻO Iuda Makabeo me kona poʻe hoahānau, a me ka poʻe Iudaio, ua hoʻouna
makou ia oukou, e hana i kuikahi a me ke kuikahi me oukou, a i hiki ia makou
e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kāu mau hui a me nā hoaaloha.
8:21 No laila, ʻoluʻolu kēia mea i ko Roma.
8:22 LK ʻO kēia ke kope o ka episetole a ke senate i kākau hou ai
na papa keleawe, a hoouna aku la i Ierusalema, i hele aku lakou ilaila
he hoʻomanaʻo lākou no ka maluhia a me ka hui pū ʻana:
8:23 E pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe Roma, a me ka poʻe Iudaio, ma ke kai a me ka
ma ka ʻāina a mau loa aku: ʻo ka pahi kaua hoʻi a me ka ʻenemi e mamao aku iā lākou.
8:24 Ina e hiki mua mai kekahi kaua maluna o ko Roma a me kekahi o ko lakou mau hoa
ma ko lakou aupuni a pau,
8:25 Na kanaka o ka poe Iudaio e kokua ia lakou, e like me ka manawa.
me ko lakou naau a pau.
8:26 ʻAʻole hoʻi lākou e hāʻawi i kekahi mea i ka poʻe e kaua aku iā lākou
kokua ia lakou me na mea ai, na mea kaua, na dala, a me na moku paha, e like me ka maikai
i ko Roma; aka, e malama lakou i ka lakou mau berita me ka lawe ole i kekahi
mea no laila.
8:27 Pela no hoi, ina e hiki mua ke kaua ma luna o ka lāhui kanaka o ka poe Iudaio.
E kokua mai ko Roma ia lakou me ko lakou naau a pau, e like me ka manawa
e hoonoho ia lakou.
8:28 ʻAʻole hoʻi e hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻai i ka poʻe e kūʻē iā lākou
na mea kaua, a me na kala, a me na moku, e like me ka manao o ko Roma maikai; aka
e malama lakou i ka lakou mau berita, me ka hoopunipuni ole.
8:29 Wahi a kēia mau ʻatikala, ua hana ko Roma i berita me ka
kanaka o ka poe Iudaio.
8:30 LK ʻĒ, inā ma kēia hope aku, manaʻo kekahi e hui
e hoonui a e hoemi i kekahi mea, e hiki no ia lakou ke hana ma ko lakou makemake, a
ʻO nā mea a pau a lākou e hoʻohui ai a e lawe aku paha, e ʻae ʻia ia.
8:31 A no ka hewa a Demeterio i hana ai i na Iudaio, ua loaa ia kakou
palapala aku ia ia, i mai la, No ke aha la oe i hookau mai ai i kau auamo maluna o makou
makamaka a hui i na Iudaio?
8:32 No laila, inā lākou e ʻōhumu hou aku iā ʻoe, e hana mākou
ka pono, a e kaua aku me oe ma ke kai a ma ka aina.