Ezera
9:1 A i ka wā i hana ʻia ai kēia mau mea, hele mai nā aliʻi i oʻu nei, ʻī maila
ʻAʻole i hoʻokaʻawale nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela, a me nā kāhuna, a me nā Levi
mai na kanaka o na aina, e hana ana e like me ko lakou
na mea inainaia, o ka Kanaana, ka Heta, ka Periza, ka
Iebusi, ka Amona, ka Moaba, ka Aigupita, a me ka Amora.
9:2 No ka mea, ua lawe lakou i ka lakou mau kaikamahine na lakou iho, a na lakou
na keiki: i hui pu ka hua hemolele me na kanaka o
ia mau ʻāina: ʻo ka lima o nā aliʻi a me nā aliʻi i poʻokela i loko
keia hewa.
9:3 A i koʻu lohe ʻana i kēia mea, haehae wau i koʻu ʻaʻahu a me koʻu ʻaʻahu, a
Unuhi ae la i ka lauoho o kuu poo a me kuu umiumi, a noho pihoihoi.
9:4 A laila, hoʻākoakoa ʻia mai iaʻu ka poʻe a pau i haʻalulu i nā ʻōlelo a Iēhova
ke Akua o ka Iseraela, no ka hewa o ka poe i hanaia
lawe ʻia aku; a noho pilihua iho la au a hiki i ka mohai ahiahi.
9:5 A i ka mohai ahiahi, ala au mai ko'u kaumaha; a loaa
Ua haehae au i koʻu ʻaʻahu a me koʻu ʻaʻahu, kukuli ihola au, a hohola aku i koʻu
lima ia Iehova i ko'u Akua,
9:6 A olelo aku la, E ko'u Akua, ua hilahila au a me ka hilahila ke hookiekie ae i ko'u maka ia oe.
ko'u Akua: no ka mea, ua mahuahua ko makou hewa maluna o ko makou poo, a me ko makou lawehala ana
ua ulu a hiki i ka lani.
9:7 Mai ka wā o ko mākou poʻe kūpuna, ua hewa nui mākou i kēia
lā; a no ko makou hewa i lilo ai makou, ko makou poe alii, a me ko makou poe kahuna
haawiia iloko o ka lima o na'lii o na aina, i ka pahikaua, i
ka pio ana, a me ka hao wale, a me ka hilahila o ka maka, e like me ia i keia la.
9:8 A i kēia manawa, ua hōʻike ʻia ka lokomaikaʻi mai Iēhova ko mākou Akua.
E waiho mai i koena no kakou e pakele ai, A e haawi mai ia kakou i kui ma kona hoano
wahi, i hoomalamalama mai ai ko kakou Akua i ko kakou mau maka, a e haawi mai ia kakou i wahi ola iki
i ko kakou noho luhi ana.
9:9 No ka mea, he poe kauwa makou; ʻaʻole naʻe i haʻalele ko mākou Akua iā mākou i ko mākou luhi.
aka, ua haawi mai i ke aloha ia makou imua o na'lii o Peresia, i
e haawi mai ia makou i mea e ola'i, e kukulu i ka hale o ko makou Akua, a e hana hou i ka hale
a e hāʻawi mai iā mākou i pā ma Iuda a ma Ierusalema.
9:10 Ano, e ko makou Akua, he aha kā mākou e ʻōlelo ai ma hope o kēia? no ka mea, ua haalele makou
kau mau kauoha,
9:11 Ka mea au i kauoha mai ai ma kau poe kauwa, ka poe kaula, i ka i ana, Ka
o ka aina a oukou e hele aku ai e noho, he aina haumia ia me ka
paumaele o na kanaka o na aina, me ko lakou mau mea hoopailua, ka mea
ua hoopiha ia mea mai kela aoao a i kekahi aoao i ko lakou haumia.
9:12 Ano, mai haawi i ka oukou mau kaikamahine na ka lakou mau keikikane, mai lawe
ʻO kā lākou mau kaikamāhine na kā ʻoukou mau keiki kāne, mai ʻimi hoʻi i ko lākou malu, a me ko lākou waiwai
a mau loa aku: i ikaika ai oukou, a ai iho i ka maikai o ka aina, a haalele
i hooilina no ka oukou poe keiki a mau loa aku.
9:13 A ma hope o nā mea a pau i hiki mai ma luna o mākou no kā mākou mau hana hewa, a no kā mākou mea nui
no ka mea, ua hoʻopaʻi mai ʻoe iā mākou ma mua o ko mākou Akua
ua pono na hewa, a ua haawi mai oe ia makou i ke ola e like me keia;
9:14 E haʻihaʻi hou anei mākou i kāu mau kauoha, a hui pū me ka
kanaka o keia mau mea hoopailua? Aole anei oe e huhu mai ia makou a hiki i ka wa
Ua hoʻopau ʻoe iā mākou, ʻaʻohe mea i koe, ʻaʻohe mea e pakele?
9:15 E Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela, ua pono ʻoe, no ka mea, ke koe nei mākou i pakele
i keia la: aia hoi makou imua ou iloko o ko makou lawehala ana;
aole hiki ke ku imua ou no keia mea.