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  <book code="EZR" style="id">ezr.txt Māori macronized text, extracted 26-05-06</book>
  <para style="h">Etera</para>
  <para style="toc3">Eter</para>
  <para style="mt2">Ko te Pukapuka a</para>
  <para style="mt1">Etera</para>
  <chapter number="1" style="c" sid="EZR 1" />
  <para style="s">Ka Whakahaua ngā Hūrai e Hairuha kia hoki</para>
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    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 1:1" />Nā, i te tau tuatahi o Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, he mea kia whakamanā ai te kupu a Ihowā, i whakapuakina e Heremaia, ka whakaohokia e Ihowā te wairua o Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, ā, tukua ana e tērā tāna karanga puta noa i tōna kīngitanga, i tuhituhia hoki e ia, i mea ia:<verse eid="EZR 1:1" /></para>
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    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 1:2" />Ko te kupu tēnei a Hairuha kīngi o Pahia:</para>
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 1:2">Kua oti ngā kīngitanga katoa o te whenua te hōmai ki ahau e Ihowā, e te Atua o ngā rangi; kua whakahaua mai hoki ahau e ia kia hangā he whare mōna ki Hiruhārama, ki tērā i Hūrā. <verse eid="EZR 1:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 1:3" />Ahakoa ko wai o koutou o tāna iwi katoa – hei a ia tōna Atua – ā, me haere ake ia ki Hiruhārama, ki tērā i Hūrā, ki te hanga i te whare o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira – ko ia nei te Atua, kei Hiruhārama anō ia.<verse eid="EZR 1:3" /></para>
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    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 1:4" />Nā, ko te tangata ka mahue ki te wāhi e noho ai ia, mā ngā tāngata o tōna wāhi ia e āwhina ki te hiriwa, ki te kōura, ki te taonga, ki te kararehe, hei tāpiri mō ngā mea hoatu noa mō te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama.<verse eid="EZR 1:4" /></para>
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    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 1:5" />Kātahi ka whakatika ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Hūrā, o Pineamine, me ngā tohunga, me ngā Rīwaiti – me te hunga katoa i whakaohokia nei ō rātou wairua e te Atua – ka mea ki te haere ki te hanga i te whare o Ihowā i Hiruhārama. <verse eid="EZR 1:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 1:6" />Nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa i ō rātou taha, kei te whakakaha i ō rātou ringa ki te oko hiriwa, ki te kōura, ki te taonga, ki te kararehe, ki te mea utu nui, he mea tāpiri ki ngā mea hōmai noa katoa. <verse eid="EZR 1:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 1:7" />Ā, i whakaputaina e Kīngi Hairuha ngā oko o te whare o Ihowā i kawea atu nei e Nepukaneha i Hiruhārama, i hoatu nei e ia ki roto ki te whare o ōna atua. <verse eid="EZR 1:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 1:8" />I whakaputaina ēnei e Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, arā e Mitirerata kaitiaki taonga, taua atu ana e ia ki a Hehepātara rangatira o Hūrā.<verse eid="EZR 1:8" /></para>
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    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 1:9" />Ko te maha tēnei o aua mea: e toru tekau peihana kōura, kotahi mano peihana hiriwa, e rua tekau mā iwa māripi; <verse eid="EZR 1:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 1:10" />e toru tekau ngā hāka kōura, ko ngā hāka hiriwa, he āhua kē, e whā rau kotahi tekau; ko ētahi oko kē, kotahi mano.<verse eid="EZR 1:10" /></para>
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    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 1:11" />Ko ngā oko katoa, ko ngā mea kōura, ko ngā mea hiriwa, e rima mano e whā rau. Ko ēnei katoa i kawea atu e Hehepātara i te kawenga o ngā whakarau i Papurōna ki Hiruhārama.<verse eid="EZR 1:11" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 1" />
  <chapter number="2" style="c" sid="EZR 2" />
  <para style="s">Te Rarangi o ērā i Hoki mai i te Manene</para>
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    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 2:1" />Nā, ko ngā tama ēnei o te kāwanatanga i maunu atu nei i roto i ngā whakarau, i te hunga i whakahekea, i ērā i whakahekea e Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna ki Papurōna, ā, i hoki nei ki Hiruhārama, ki Hūrā, ki tōna pā, ki tōna pā. <verse eid="EZR 2:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 2:2" />I haere tahi nei me Herupapera; ko Hehua, ko Nehemia, ko Heraia ko Rēraia, ko Mororekai, ko Pirihana, ko Mitipara, ko Pikiwai, ko Rehumu, ko Paana.</para>
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  <para style="p" vid="EZR 2:2">Ko te tokomaha o ngā tāngata o te iwi o Īharaira: <verse eid="EZR 2:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 2:3" />Ko ngā tama a Paroho, e rua mano kotahi rau e whitu tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 2:4" />Ko ngā tama a Hepatia, e toru rau e whitu tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 2:5" />Ko ngā tama a Araha, e whitu rau e whitu tekau mā rima. <verse eid="EZR 2:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 2:6" />Ko ngā tama a Pahata Moapa, nō ngā tama a Hehua, a Ioapa, e rua mano e waru rau kotahi tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 2:7" />Ko ngā tama a Erama, kotahi mano e rua rau e rima tekau mā whā. <verse eid="EZR 2:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 2:8" />Ko ngā tama a Tatu, e iwa rau e whā tekau mā rima. <verse eid="EZR 2:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 2:9" />Ko ngā tama a Takai, e whitu rau e ono tekau. <verse eid="EZR 2:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 2:10" />Ko ngā tama a Pani, e ono rau e whā tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 2:11" />Ko ngā tama a Pepai, e ono rau e rua tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 2:12" />Ko ngā tama a Atakara, kotahi mano e rua rau e rua tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 2:13" />Ko ngā tama a Aronikama, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono. <verse eid="EZR 2:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 2:14" />Ko ngā tama a Pikiwai, e rua mano e rima tekau mā ono. <verse eid="EZR 2:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 2:15" />Ko ngā tama a Ārini, e whā rau e rima tekau mā whā. <verse eid="EZR 2:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 2:16" />Ko ngā tama a Atere, a Hetekia, e iwa tekau mā waru. <verse eid="EZR 2:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 2:17" />Ko ngā tama a Pētai, e toru rau e rua tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:17" /><verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 2:18" />Ko ngā tama a Ioraha, kotahi rau kotahi tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 2:19" />Ko ngā tama a Hahumu, e rua rau e rua tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 2:20" />Ko ngā tama a Kipara, e iwa tekau mā rima.<verse eid="EZR 2:20" /></para>
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    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 2:21" />Ko ngā tama a Pēterehema, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 2:22" />Ko ngā tāngata o Netopa, e rima tekau mā ono. <verse eid="EZR 2:22" /><verse number="23" style="v" sid="EZR 2:23" />Ko ngā tāngata o Anatoto, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā waru. <verse eid="EZR 2:23" /><verse number="24" style="v" sid="EZR 2:24" />Ko ngā tama a Ātamawete, e whā tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:24" /><verse number="25" style="v" sid="EZR 2:25" />Ko ngā tama a Kiriatārimi, a Kepira, a Peeroto, e whitu rau e whā tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:25" /><verse number="26" style="v" sid="EZR 2:26" />Ko ngā tama a Rama, a Kapa, e ono rau e rua tekau mā tahi. <verse eid="EZR 2:26" /><verse number="27" style="v" sid="EZR 2:27" />Ko ngā tama a Mikimaha, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:27" /><verse number="28" style="v" sid="EZR 2:28" />Ko ngā tāngata o Pētēre, o Hai, e rua rau e rua tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:28" /><verse number="29" style="v" sid="EZR 2:29" />Ko ngā tama a Nepo, e rima tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:29" /><verse number="30" style="v" sid="EZR 2:30" />Ko ngā tama a Makapihi, kotahi rau e rima tekau mā ono. <verse eid="EZR 2:30" /><verse number="31" style="v" sid="EZR 2:31" />Ko ngā tama a tētahi atu Erama, kotahi mano e rua rau e rima tekau mā whā. <verse eid="EZR 2:31" /><verse number="32" style="v" sid="EZR 2:32" />Ko ngā tama a Hārimi, e toru rau e rua tekau. <verse eid="EZR 2:32" /><verse number="33" style="v" sid="EZR 2:33" />Ko ngā tama a Roro, a Hariri, a Ono, e whitu rau e rua tekau mā rima. <verse eid="EZR 2:33" /><verse number="34" style="v" sid="EZR 2:34" />Ko ngā tama a Heriko, e toru rau e whā tekau mā rima. <verse eid="EZR 2:34" /><verse number="35" style="v" sid="EZR 2:35" />Ko ngā tama a Henaa, e toru mano e ono rau e toru tekau.<verse eid="EZR 2:35" /></para>
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    <verse number="36" style="v" sid="EZR 2:36" />Ko ngā tohunga: arā ko ngā tama a Ieraia, o te whare o Hehua, e iwa rau e whitu tekau mā toru. <verse eid="EZR 2:36" /><verse number="37" style="v" sid="EZR 2:37" />Ko ngā tama a Imere, kotahi mano e rima tekau mā rua. <verse eid="EZR 2:37" /><verse number="38" style="v" sid="EZR 2:38" />Ko ngā tama a Pahuru, kotahi mano e rua rau e whā tekau mā whitu. <verse eid="EZR 2:38" /><verse number="39" style="v" sid="EZR 2:39" />Ko ngā tama a Hārimi, kotahi mano kotahi tekau mā whitu.<verse eid="EZR 2:39" /></para>
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    <verse number="40" style="v" sid="EZR 2:40" />Ko ngā Rīwaiti: arā ko ngā tama a Hehua, a Karamiēre; nō ngā tama a Horawia, e whitu tekau mā whā.<verse eid="EZR 2:40" /></para>
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    <verse number="41" style="v" sid="EZR 2:41" />Ko ngā kaiwaiata: arā ko ngā tama a Āhapa, kotahi rau e rua tekau mā waru.<verse eid="EZR 2:41" /></para>
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    <verse number="42" style="v" sid="EZR 2:42" />Ko ngā tama a ngā kaitiaki kūwaha: arā ko ngā tama a Harumu, ko ngā tama a Atere, ko ngā tama a Taramono, ko ngā tama a Akupu, ko ngā tama a Hatita, ko ngā tama a Hopai: huihuia kotahi rau e toru tekau mā iwa.<verse eid="EZR 2:42" /></para>
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    <verse number="43" style="v" sid="EZR 2:43" />Ko ngā Netinimi: arā ko ngā tama a Tiha, ko ngā tama a Hahupa, ko ngā tama a Tapaoto, <verse eid="EZR 2:43" /><verse number="44" style="v" sid="EZR 2:44" />ko ngā tama a Keroho, ko ngā tama a Hiaha, ko ngā tama a Parono, <verse eid="EZR 2:44" /><verse number="45" style="v" sid="EZR 2:45" />ko ngā tama a Repana, ko ngā tama a Hakapa, ko ngā tama a Akupu, <verse eid="EZR 2:45" /><verse number="46" style="v" sid="EZR 2:46" />ko ngā tama a Hakapa, ko ngā tama a Haramai, ko ngā tama a Hanana, <verse eid="EZR 2:46" /><verse number="47" style="v" sid="EZR 2:47" />ko ngā tama a Kirere, ko ngā tama a Kahara, ko ngā tama a Reaia, <verse eid="EZR 2:47" /><verse number="48" style="v" sid="EZR 2:48" />ko ngā tama a Retini, ko ngā tama a Nekora, ko ngā tama a Katama, <verse eid="EZR 2:48" /><verse number="49" style="v" sid="EZR 2:49" />ko ngā tama a Uha, ko ngā tama a Pahea, ko ngā tama a Pehai, <verse eid="EZR 2:49" /><verse number="50" style="v" sid="EZR 2:50" />ko ngā tama a Ahana, ko ngā tama a Meunimi, ko ngā tama a Nepuhimi, <verse eid="EZR 2:50" /><verse number="51" style="v" sid="EZR 2:51" />ko ngā tama a Pakapuku, ko ngā tama a Hakupa, ko ngā tama a Harahuru, <verse eid="EZR 2:51" /><verse number="52" style="v" sid="EZR 2:52" />ko ngā tama a Patarutu, ko ngā tama a Mehira, ko ngā tama a Haraha, <verse eid="EZR 2:52" /><verse number="53" style="v" sid="EZR 2:53" />ko ngā tama a Parakoho, ko ngā tama a Hihera, ko ngā tama a Tāmaha, <verse eid="EZR 2:53" /><verse number="54" style="v" sid="EZR 2:54" />ko ngā tama a Netia, ko ngā tama a Hatipa.<verse eid="EZR 2:54" /></para>
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    <verse number="55" style="v" sid="EZR 2:55" />Ko ngā tama a ngā tāngata a Horomona: 1 arā ko ngā tama a Hotai, ko ngā tama a Hoperete, ko ngā tama a Perura, 1 <verse eid="EZR 2:55" /><verse number="56" style="v" sid="EZR 2:56" />ko ngā tama a Taara, ko ngā tama a Tarakono, ko ngā tama a Kirere; 1 <verse eid="EZR 2:56" /><verse number="57" style="v" sid="EZR 2:57" />ko ngā tama a Hepatia, ko ngā tama a Hatiri, ko ngā tama a Pokerete o Tepaimi, ko ngā tama a Āmi.<verse eid="EZR 2:57" /></para>
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    <verse number="58" style="v" sid="EZR 2:58" />Ko ngā Netinimi katoa, rātou ko ngā tama a ngā tāngata a Horomona, e toru rau e iwa tekau mā rua.<verse eid="EZR 2:58" /></para>
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    <verse number="59" style="v" sid="EZR 2:59" />Nā, ko ngā mea ēnei i haere mai i Teremera, i Terehareha, i Kerupu, i Ārana, i Imere; otiia kīhai i taea e rātou te whakaatu te whare o ō rātou pāpā, me tō rātou kāwai, nō Īharaira rānei: 1 <verse eid="EZR 2:59" /><verse number="60" style="v" sid="EZR 2:60" />ko ngā tama a Teraia, ko ngā tama a Tōpia, ko ngā tama a Nekora, e ono rau e rima tekau mā rua.<verse eid="EZR 2:60" /></para>
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    <verse number="61" style="v" sid="EZR 2:61" />Nā, o ngā tama a ngā tohunga: 1 ko ngā tama a Hapaia, 2 (ko ngā tama a Koto, ko ngā tama a Paratirai; i tangohia hoki e ia tētahi o ngā tamāhine a Paratirai Kireari hei wahine māna, nā, kua huaina tō rātou ingoa ki a ia.)<verse eid="EZR 2:61" /></para>
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    <verse number="62" style="v" sid="EZR 2:62" />I rapua e ēnei tō rātou pukapuka whakapapa, arā tō te hunga whakapapa tūpuna, heoi kīhai i kitea. Nā reira i kīia ai rātou he poke, i mutu ake ai tō rātou tohungatanga. <verse eid="EZR 2:62" /><verse number="63" style="v" sid="EZR 2:63" />Kātahi te kāwana ka mea ki a rātou, kia kaua rātou e kai i ngā mea tapu rawa, kia ara ake rā anō tētahi tohunga kei a ia ngā Urimi me ngā Tumime.<verse eid="EZR 2:63" /></para>
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    <verse number="64" style="v" sid="EZR 2:64" />Ko te huihui katoa, rūpeke, rūpeke, e whā tekau mā rua mano e toru rau e ono tekau; <verse eid="EZR 2:64" /><verse number="65" style="v" sid="EZR 2:65" />hāunga ā rātou pononga tāne, ā rātou pononga wāhine, e whitu mano ēnei e toru rau e toru tekau mā whitu; i a rātou anō he kaiwaiata, he tāne, he wāhine, e rua rau. <verse eid="EZR 2:65" /><verse number="66" style="v" sid="EZR 2:66" />Ko ō rātou hōiho e whitu rau e toru tekau mā ono; ko ō rātou muera e rua rau e whā tekau mā rima; <verse eid="EZR 2:66" /><verse number="67" style="v" sid="EZR 2:67" />ko ō rātou kāmera e whā rau e toru tekau mā rima; ko ngā kāihe e ono mano e whitu rau e rua tekau.<verse eid="EZR 2:67" /></para>
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    <verse number="68" style="v" sid="EZR 2:68" />Nā, ko ētahi o ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua, i tō rātou haerenga ki te whare o Ihowā i Hiruhārama, hihiko tonu rātou ki te hōmai mea hei whakatū mō te whare o te Atua ki tōna wāhi. <verse eid="EZR 2:68" /><verse number="69" style="v" sid="EZR 2:69" />Rite tonu ki ō rātou rawa ngā mea i hōmai e rātou ki roto ki ngā taonga mō te mahi, e ono tekau mā tahi mano ngā moni kōura, e rima mano ngā pāuna hiriwa, me ngā kākahu mō ngā tohunga kotahi rau.<verse eid="EZR 2:69" /></para>
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    <verse number="70" style="v" sid="EZR 2:70" />Nā, noho ana ngā tohunga me ngā Rīwaiti, me ētahi o te iwi, me ngā kaiwaiata, me ngā kaitiaki kūwaha, me ngā Netinimi ki ō rātou pā, me Īharaira katoa anō hoki ki ō rātou pā.<verse eid="EZR 2:70" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 2" />
  <chapter number="3" style="c" sid="EZR 3" />
  <para style="s">Ka Tīmata anō te Koropiko i Hiruhārama</para>
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    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 3:1" />Nā, i te takanga mai o te whitu o ngā marama, ā, i ngā pā ngā tama a Īharaira, me te mea he tangata kotahi te iwi ki te huihui ki Hiruhārama. <verse eid="EZR 3:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 3:2" />Kātahi ka tū a Hehua tama a Iohereke ki runga, me ōna tēina, ngā tohunga, me Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me ōna tēina, ā, hangā ana e rātou te āta a te Atua o Īharaira, hei whakaekenga mō ngā tahunga tinana kia rite ai ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture a Mohi, a tā te Atua tangata. <verse eid="EZR 3:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 3:3" />Nā, whakatūria ana e rātou te āta ki tōna tūranga; i wehi hoki rātou i ngā tāngata o aua whenua. Ā, whakaekea atu ana e rātou ki runga ngā tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā, ngā tahunga tinana o te ata, o te ahiahi.<verse eid="EZR 3:3" /></para>
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    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 3:4" />I mahia anō e rātou te Hākari Tīhokahoka, tērā i tuhituhia rā; i whakaekea anō ngā tahunga tinana o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā, rite tonu te maha; rite tonu ngā tikanga, ko ngā mea mō tēnei rā i tēnei rā. <verse eid="EZR 3:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 3:5" />Ā muri iho ko ngā tahunga tinana tūturu, ko o ngā kōwhititanga marama ko o ngā wā katoa i whakaritea e Ihowā, he mea whakatapu nāna, me a te hunga katoa i tāpae noa i te whakahere ki a Ihowā.<verse eid="EZR 3:5" /></para>
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    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 3:6" />Nō te rā tuatahi o te whitu o ngā marama i tīmata ai te whakaeke i ngā tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā; otiia, kāhore anō te tūranga mō te temepara o Ihowā kia takoto noa. <verse eid="EZR 3:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 3:7" />Nā, i hoatu e rātou he hiriwa ki ngā kaimahi katoa, ki ngā kāmura; ā, me ētahi mea hei kai; hei inu, me te hinu mā ngā Haironi, mā ngā Tāirani, hei mea mō ētahi rākau hīta kia kawea mai i Repanōna ki te moana, ki Hopa, kia rite ai ki te kupu hōmai a Hairuha kīngi o Pahia ki a rātou.<verse eid="EZR 3:7" /></para>
  <para style="s">Kua Takoto te Tūāpapa o te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 3:8" />Nā, i te rua o ngā tau o tō rātou taenga ki te whare o te Atua, ki Hiruhārama, i te rua o ngā marama, ka tīmata a Herupapera tama a Haratiera, me Hehua tama a Iohereke, me ērā atu o ō rātou tēina, o ngā tohunga o ngā Rīwaiti, me te hunga katoa i maunu mai i te whakarau ki Hiruhārama; i whakaritea anō e rāua ngā Rīwaiti, te hunga e rua tekau, maha atu rānei, ō rātou tau, hei kaitirotiro i te mahinga o te whare o Ihowā. <verse eid="EZR 3:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 3:9" />Kātahi ka tū a Hehua me āna tama me ōna tēina, a Karamiēre me āna tama, me ngā tama hoki a Hūrā, ānō he tangata kotahi, hei kaitirotiro i ngā kaimahi o te whare o te Atua. Ko ngā tama a Henarara, rātou ko ā rātou tama, ko ō rātou tēina, ko ngā Rīwaiti.<verse eid="EZR 3:9" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 3:10" />Nā, i te whakatakotoranga a ngā kaimahi i te tūranga o te temepara o Ihowā, ka whakatūria ngā tohunga, kākahu rawa ngā kākahu, he tētere anō kei a rātou, me ngā Rīwaiti, ngā tama a Āhapa e mau himipora ana, hei whakamoemiti mō Ihowā, hei pērā me tā Rāwiri kīngi o Īharaira i whakarite ai. <verse eid="EZR 3:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 3:11" />Nā, ka waiata rātou tētahi ki tētahi, ka whakamoemiti, ka whakawhetai ki a Ihowā, me te mea:</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="EZR 3:11">“He pai hoki ia,</para>
  <para style="q1" vid="EZR 3:11">ā, he mau tonu tāna mahi tohu ki a Īharaira.”</para>
  <para style="m" vid="EZR 3:11">Nā, hāmama katoa ana te iwi, he nui te hāmama; ka whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā, nō te mea ka takoto te tūranga o te whare o Ihowā. <verse eid="EZR 3:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 3:12" />Nā, he tokomaha o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua, he koroheke, i kite i te whare tuatahi, nō tō rātou kitenga i te tūranga mō tēnei whare i tō rātou aroaro, ka tangi, he nui te reo; ā, he tokomaha i hāmama te reo i te koa. <verse eid="EZR 3:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 3:13" />Nā, kīhai te reo o te hāmama koa i taea e te iwi te wehe i roto i te reo o te iwi e tangi ana; he nui hoki te hāmama i hāmama ai te iwi, ka rangona te reo i tawhiti.<verse eid="EZR 3:13" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 3" />
  <chapter number="4" style="c" sid="EZR 4" />
  <para style="s">He Ātetenga ki te Hiki i te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 4:1" />Nā, i te rongonga o ngā hoariri o Hūrā rāua ko Pineamine e hangā ana e te hunga i whakaraua nei te temepara o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira, <verse eid="EZR 4:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 4:2" />kātahi ka haere ki a Herupapera, ki ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kia hanga tahi tātou; e rapu ana hoki mātou i tō koutou Atua, e pēnā ana me koutou; he patu whakahere tonu hoki tā mātou ki a ia, nō ngā rā o Etara Harono kīngi o Ahiria, i kawea mai ai mātou ki konei.”<verse eid="EZR 4:2" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 4:3" />Otiia ko Herupapera rātou ko Hehua, ko ērā atu o ngā upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira ka mea ki a rātou, “Kāhore he ahatanga a koutou ki a mātou e hangā ai e koutou te whare mō tō mātou Atua; engari mā mātou tonu e hanga, hei mea ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o Īharaira; ko tā Kīngi Hairuha, kīngi o Pahia tēnā i whakahau ai ki a mātou.”<verse eid="EZR 4:3" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 4:4" />Nā, ka whakawarea ngā ringa o te iwi o Hūrā e te iwi o te whenua, whakararurarua ana rātou kei hanga; <verse eid="EZR 4:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 4:5" />ā, i utua e rātou ētahi kaiwhakapuaki kōrero hei whakakāhore mō tō rātou whakaaro i ngā rā katoa o Hairuha kīngi o Pahia, ā tae noa ki te kīngitanga o Tariuha kīngi o Pahia.<verse eid="EZR 4:5" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ka Moutohetia te Hikinga o Hiruhārama</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 4:6" />Nā, i te kīngitanga o Ahahueruha, i te tīmatanga o tōna kīngitanga, ka tuhituhia e rātou he kupu whakahē mō ngā tāngata o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama.<verse eid="EZR 4:6" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 4:7" />Nā, i ngā rā o Arataherehe ka tuhituhi a Pihirama, a Mitirerata, a Tapēre me ērā atu o ō rātou hoa ki a Arataherehe kīngi o Pahia. Nā, ko te tuhituhinga o te pukapuka, nō Hīria ngā reta; nō Hīria anō te reo.<verse eid="EZR 4:7" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 4:8" />Nā Rehumu kaitiaki ture rāua ko Himihai kaituhituhi i tuhituhi te pukapuka whakahē mō Hiruhārama ki a Arataherehe, ki te kīngi, koia tēnei.<verse eid="EZR 4:8" /></para>
  <para style="mi">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 4:9" />Nā, kei te tuhituhi a Rehumu kaitiaki ture, a Himihai kaituhituhi, rātou ko ērā atu o ō rāua hoa, ko ngā Rinai, ko ngā Aparahataki, ko ngā Taraperi, ko ngā Aparahi, ko ngā Arakewi, ko ngā tāngata o Papurōna, ko ngā Huhanaki, ko ngā Rehawi, ko ngā Erami, <verse eid="EZR 4:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 4:10" />me ērā atu anō o ngā iwi i whakahekea mai e Ahanapere, e taua tangata nui, ingoa nui, ā, whakanohoia ana e ia ki ngā pā o Hamaria, me ērā atu wāhi i tērā taha o te awa, ā, tērā atu ngā kupu.<verse eid="EZR 4:10" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 4:11" />Ko ngā kupu tēnei o te pukapuka i tukua e rātou ki a Kīngi Arataherehe:</para>
  <para style="b" vid="EZR 4:11" />
  <para style="mi" vid="EZR 4:11">Nā āu pononga, nā ngā tāngata i tērā taha o te awa, ā, tērā atu ngā kupu.<verse eid="EZR 4:11" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 4:12" />Kia mōhiotia tēnei e te kīngi, ko ngā Hūrai i haere mai i tōu taha, kua tae mai ki a mātou ki Hiruhārama; kei te hanga rātou i taua pā tutū, kino; kua whakatūria e rātou ngā taiepa, kua oti anō ngā tūranga te honohono.<verse eid="EZR 4:12" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 4:13" />Nā, kia mōhiotia tēnei e te kīngi, ki te hangā tēnei pā, ki te whakatūria te taiepa, e kore e hōmai e rātou ngā takoha taonga, ngā takoha tāngata, ngā takoha huarahi; pēnei ka pā he raru ki ngā kīngi.<verse eid="EZR 4:13" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 4:14" />Nā, i te mea e kai ana mātou i te tote o te whare o te kīngi, ā, e kore e tika kia titiro mātou ki te kīngi e whakaititia ana, koia i ungā ai e mātou he tāngata kia mōhio ai te kīngi; <verse eid="EZR 4:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 4:15" />kia rapua ai i roto i te pukapuka whakamahara a ōu mātua. Ā, ka kitea e koe i roto i te pukapuka whakamahara, ā, ka mōhio koe he pā tutū tēnei pā, he kino ki ngā kīngi me ngā whenua, ā, he whakaoho whakakeke tā rātou i reira i mua. Ko te mea hoki tērā i whakangaromia ai tēnei pā. <verse eid="EZR 4:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 4:16" />E whakaatu ana tēnei mātou ki te kīngi, ki te hangā tēnei pā, ā, ka oti ōna taiepa te whakatū, mā reira ka kore he wāhi mōu i tērā taha o te awa.<verse eid="EZR 4:16" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 4:17" />Kātahi ka tukua he kupu e te kīngi:</para>
  <para style="mi" vid="EZR 4:17">Ki a Rehumu kaitiaki ture, ki a Himihai kaituhituhi, ki ērā atu hoki o ō rāua hoa e noho ana i Hamaria, i ērā atu wāhi anō o te whenua i tērā taha o te awa, kia ora, ā, tērā atu ngā kupu.<verse eid="EZR 4:17" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 4:18" />Ko te pukapuka i tukua mai nei e koutou ki a mātou kua āta kōrerotia ki tōku aroaro. <verse eid="EZR 4:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 4:19" />Nā, kua whakahau nei ahau, ā, kua rapua, kua kitea he pā whakakeke tēnā i mua ki ngā kīngi; he mahi tutū, he mahi whakakeke tā reira. <verse eid="EZR 4:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 4:20" />He kīngi nunui anō hoki o Hiruhārama i kīngi ki ngā whenua katoa i tēnā taha o te awa; i hoatu anō he takoha taonga, he takoha tāngata, he takoha huarahi ki a rātou.<verse eid="EZR 4:20" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 4:21" />Nā, kīia e koutou kia whakamutua te mahi a ēnā tāngata, kia kaua hoki tēnā pā e hangā, kia hoatu rā anō e ahau tētahi atu ture. <verse eid="EZR 4:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 4:22" />Nā, kia tūpato kei māngere ki tēnei mea; me tuku koia te hē kia tupu hei hē mō ngā kīngi?<verse eid="EZR 4:22" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="23" style="v" sid="EZR 4:23" />Heoi, i te kōrerotanga o ngā kupu o te pukapuka a Kīngi Arataherehe ki te aroaro o Rehumu, o Himihai kaituhituhi rātou ko ō rāua hoa, hohoro tonu rātou ki Hiruhārama ki ngā Hūrai, nā, uaua tonu te ringa i whakamutua ai tā rātou.<verse eid="EZR 4:23" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="24" style="v" sid="EZR 4:24" />Kātahi ka mutu te mahi o te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama. Mutu ake ā taea noatia te rua o ngā tau o te kīngitanga o Tariuha kīngi o Pahia.<verse eid="EZR 4:24" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 4" />
  <chapter number="5" style="c" sid="EZR 5" />
  <para style="s">Ka Tīmata anō te Mahi i te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 5:1" />Kātahi ngā poropiti, a Hākai poropiti, rāua ko Hakaraia, tama a Iro, ka poropiti ki ngā Hūrai i Hūrā, i Hiruhārama; i poropiti rātou ki a rātou i runga i te ingoa o te Atua o Īharaira. <verse eid="EZR 5:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 5:2" />Kātahi ka maranga a Herupapera tama a Haratiera, rāua ko Hehua tama a Iohereke, tīmataia ana e rāua te hanga i te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama; i a rāua anō ngā poropiti a te Atua hei hoa mō rāua.<verse eid="EZR 5:2" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 5:3" />I taua wā anō ka tae mai ki a rātou a Tatenai kāwana o tēnei taha o te awa, rāua ko Hetara Potenai, me ō rāua hoa, ā, ka mea ki a rātou, “Nā wai koutou i whakahau kia hangā tēnei whare, kia whakaotia tēnei taiepa?” <verse eid="EZR 5:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 5:4" />Kātahi ka pēnei tā mātou kupu ki a rātou, “Ko wai ngā ingoa o ngā tāngata e hanga nei i tēnei whare?” <verse eid="EZR 5:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 5:5" />Otiia, i runga i ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai te kanohi o tō rātou Atua, i kore ai tā rātou e whakamutua kia tae atu rā anō taua mea ki a Tariuha; kātahi ka whakahokia mai ai he kupu mō tēnei mea, he mea tuhituhi.<verse eid="EZR 5:5" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 5:6" />Ko ngā kupu o te pukapuka i tukua e Tatenai kāwana o tērā taha o te awa, e Hetara Potenai, e ōna hoa, e ngā Aparahaki i tērā taha o te awa, ki a Kīngi Tariuha; <verse eid="EZR 5:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 5:7" />i tukua e rātou he pukapuka ki a ia, ā, i tuhituhia ki roto:</para>
  <para style="mi" vid="EZR 5:7">Ki a Tariuha, ki te kīngi,</para>
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 5:7">kia tau te rangimārie katoa!<verse eid="EZR 5:7" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 5:8" />Kia mōhiotia tēnei e te kīngi, i haere mātou ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki te whare o te Atua nui e hangā nei ki ngā kōhatu nunui, e whakatakotoria ana hoki he rākau ki ngā taha; ā, kei te hohoro, kei te pai hoki te haere a tēnei mahi a ō rātou ringa.<verse eid="EZR 5:8" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 5:9" />Kātahi mātou ka ui ki aua kaumātua; he pēnei tā mātou kupu ki a rātou, Nā wai koutou i whakahau kia hanga tēnei whare, kia whakaotia ēnei taiepa? <verse eid="EZR 5:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 5:10" />I uia anō e mātou ō rātou ingoa, kia whakaaturia ai ki a koe, kia tuhituhia ai e mātou ngā ingoa o ō rātou tino tangata.<verse eid="EZR 5:10" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 5:11" />Nā, ko tā rātou kupu tēnei i whakahoki ai ki a mātou:</para>
  <para style="b" vid="EZR 5:11" />
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 5:11">He pononga mātou nā te Atua o te rangi, o te whenua, e hanga ana hoki i te whare i hangā i mua noa atu, ka maha nei ngā tau; ā, he kīngi nui te kīngi o Īharaira nāna nei i hanga, i whakaoti. <verse eid="EZR 5:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 5:12" />Otiia, i te whakapātaritaringa a ō mātou mātua ki te Atua o te rangi, ka hoatu rātou e ia ki te ringa o Nepukaneha Karari kīngi o Papurōna; nāna tēnei whare i tukituki, ā, whakaraua ana e ia te iwi ki Papurōna.<verse eid="EZR 5:12" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 5:13" />I te tuatahi ia o ngā tau o Hairuha kīngi o Papurōna, ka puaki he tikanga i a Kīngi Hairuha kia hangā tēnei whare o te Atua. <verse eid="EZR 5:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 5:14" />Nā, ko ngā oko, ko ngā mea kōura, hiriwa, o te whare o te Atua, i tangohia nei e Nepukaneha i te temepara i Hiruhārama, i kawea ki te temepara o Papurōna, i tangohia ērā e Kīngi Hairuha i te temepara o Papurōna.</para>
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 5:14">Ā, hōmai ana ki tētahi tangata, tōna ingoa ko Hehepātara, i meinga nei e ia hei kāwana, <verse eid="EZR 5:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 5:15" />ā, i mea ia ki a ia, “Tangohia ēnei mea, haere, kawea ki te temepara i Hiruhārama; ka hanga hoki i te whare o te Atua ki tōna wāhi.” <verse eid="EZR 5:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 5:16" />Kātahi ka haere mai taua Hehepātara, whakatakotoria ana e ia te tūranga mō te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama; ko te hanganga anō tēnei o te temepara, o reira rā anō ā mohoa noa nei; heoi kāhore anō kia oti noa.<verse eid="EZR 5:16" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 5:17" />Nā, ki te pai te kīngi, me rapu i roto i te whare taonga o te kīngi i konā, i Papurōna, koia rānei i whakatakotoria e Kīngi Hairuha he tikanga kia hangā tēnei whare o te Atua ki Hiruhārama? Ā, kia meatia mai hoki e te kīngi tāna e pai ai mō tēnei mea ki a mātou.<verse eid="EZR 5:17" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 5" />
  <chapter number="6" style="c" sid="EZR 6" />
  <para style="s">Ka Kitea anō te Whakahau a Hairuha</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 6:1" />Kātahi ka puaki tā Tariuha tikanga, ā, ka rapua i roto i te whare pukapuka, kei reira nei ngā taonga e rongoā ana i Papurōna. <verse eid="EZR 6:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 6:2" />Nā, kua kitea ki Akameta, i roto i te whare kīngi i te whenua o ngā Meri, he pukapuka, me tētahi kupu whakamahara i tuhituhia ki roto; koia tēnei:<verse eid="EZR 6:2" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 6:3" />I te tuatahi o ngā tau o Kīngi Hairuha i puaki tā Kīngi Hairuha tikanga; Mō te whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama, me hanga te whare, te wāhi e patua ai ngā patunga tapu, kia ū anō hoki te whakatakoto o ngā tūranga; kia ono tekau whatīanga te tiketike, kia ono tekau whatīanga te whānui. <verse eid="EZR 6:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 6:4" />Kia toru ngā rārangi o ngā kōhatu nunui, kia kotahi hoki rārangi o te rākau hou. Me hoatu anō ngā utu i roto i te whare o te kīngi; <verse eid="EZR 6:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 6:5" />me whakahoki anō ngā oko kōura, hiriwa, o te whare o te Atua, i tangohia nei e Nepukaneha i roto i te temepara i Hiruhārama, i kawea nei ki Papurōna; me kawe anō ki te temepara i Hiruhārama, ki tōna wāhi, ki tōna wāhi, me whakatakoto e koe ki te whare o te Atua.<verse eid="EZR 6:5" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 6:6" />Nā, e Tatenai, e Te Kāwana i tērā taha o te awa, e Hetara Potenai, me ō koutou hoa, me ngā Aparahaki, i tērā taha o te awa, kia matara mai koutou i reira. <verse eid="EZR 6:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 6:7" />Waiho noa atu te mahi o tēnā whare o te Atua. Waiho atu te kāwana o ngā Hūrai, rātou ko ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, kia mahi ana i tēnā whare o te Atua i tōna wāhi.<verse eid="EZR 6:7" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 6:8" />Tēnei anō tētahi tikanga āku mō tā koutou e mea ai ki aua kaumātua o ngā Hūrai, hei mea mō te hanganga o tēnei whare o te Atua, kia hohoro te hoatu i ētahi o ngā taonga o te kīngi, arā o te takoha i tērā taha o te awa, ki ēnā tāngata, hei utu mea, kei whakawarea rātou. <verse eid="EZR 6:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 6:9" />Nā, ko ngā mea e kore ana i a rātou – ngā kūao pūru, ngā hipi toa, ngā reme hei tahunga tinana mā te Atua o te rangi, te wīti, te tote, te wāina, te hinu, ngā mea e whakaritea e ngā tohunga i Hiruhārama – kei mahue te hoatu ki a rātou i tēnā rā, i tēnā rā. <verse eid="EZR 6:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 6:10" />Kia whakaherea ai e rātou ētahi whakahere kakara ki te Atua o te rangi, kia īnoi ai mō te kīngi, mō āna tama, kia ora.<verse eid="EZR 6:10" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 6:11" />Kua hangā anō hoki e ahau he tikanga, ki te whakaputaia kētia tēnei kupu e tētahi, kia unuhia he kurupae i tōna whare, ā, ka whakairi i a ia, ka tārona ai ki runga; kia meinga anō tōna whare hei pūranga paru, hei utu mō tēnā. <verse eid="EZR 6:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 6:12" />Nā, mā te Atua, nāna nei i mea kia noho tōna ingoa ki reira, e huna ngā kīngi katoa, me ngā iwi, ina totoro ō rātou ringa ki te whakaputa kē, ki te whakangaro i tēnā whare o te Atua i Hiruhārama.</para>
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 6:12">Nāku, nā Tariuha te tikanga i whakatakoto; kia hohoro te meatanga.<verse eid="EZR 6:12" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Otinga me te Kawanga o te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 6:13" />Kātahi a Tatenai, te kāwana o tērā taha o te awa, a Hetara Potenai me ō rāua hoa, i te mea nā Kīngi Tariuha i tono mai, ka hohoro tonu tā rātou pērā. <verse eid="EZR 6:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 6:14" />Nā, kei te hanga ngā kaumātua o ngā Hūrai; tika tonu tā rātou, he mea nā te poropititanga a Hākai poropiti rāua ko Hakaraia tama a Iro. Nā, hanga ana rātou, ā, oti ake; i rite tonu ki te whakahau a te Atua o Īharaira, ki te whakahau a Hairuha, a Tariuha, a Arataherehe kīngi o Pahia. <verse eid="EZR 6:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 6:15" />Nō te toru o ngā rā o te marama Arara i oti ai tēnei whare, nō te ono anō tērā o ngā tau o te kīngitanga o Kīngi Tariuha.<verse eid="EZR 6:15" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 6:16" />Nā, i tāia e ngā tama a Īharaira, e ngā tohunga, e ngā Rīwaiti, me ērā atu o ngā tama a te whakarau, te kawa o tēnei whare o te Atua i runga i te koa. <verse eid="EZR 6:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 6:17" />Tāpaea ana hoki e rātou i te tāinga o te kawa o tēnei whare o te Atua, kotahi rau pūru, e rua rau hipi toa, e whā rau reme; ā, hei whakahere hara mō Īharaira katoa, kotahi tekau mā rua koati toa, ko te maha hoki ia o ngā iwi o Īharaira. <verse eid="EZR 6:17" /><verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 6:18" />I whakatūria anō e rātou ngā tohunga, tēnei wehenga, tēnei wehenga, me ngā Rīwaiti, tēnei rōpū, tēnei rōpū, mō ngā mahi ki te Atua i Hiruhārama; ko te mea hoki i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka a Mohi.<verse eid="EZR 6:18" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Kapenga</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 6:19" />I te tekau mā whā o te marama tuatahi ka mahi ngā tama o te whakarau i te Kapenga. <verse eid="EZR 6:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 6:20" />I purea hoki ngā tohunga rātou ko ngā Rīwaiti, he mea pure huihui rātou, ā, patua ana e rātou te Kapenga mā ngā tama katoa o te whakarau, mā ō rātou tuākana, mā ngā tohunga, mā rātou anō hoki.<verse eid="EZR 6:20" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 6:21" />Nā, ka kai ngā tama a Īharaira i hoki mai nei i te whakarau, me te hunga katoa i mawehe mai nei ki a rātou i roto i te poke o ngā iwi o te whenua, ki te rapu i a Ihowā, i te Atua o Īharaira. <verse eid="EZR 6:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 6:22" />Ā, ka mahia e rātou te Hākari o te Taro Rēwenakore, e whitu ngā rā, i runga i te koa; nā Ihowā hoki rātou i mea kia koa, nāna hoki i whakaanga mai te ngākau o te kīngi o Ahiria ki a rātou, i whakakaha ai ia i ō rātou ringa ki te mahi i te whare o te Atua, o te Atua o Īharaira.<verse eid="EZR 6:22" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 6" />
  <chapter number="7" style="c" sid="EZR 7" />
  <para style="s">Ka Tae mai a Etera ki Hiruhārama</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 7:1" />I muri i ēnei mea, i te kīngitanga o Arataherehe kīngi o Pahia, nā, ko Etera tama a Heraia, tama a Atāria, tama a Hirikia, <verse eid="EZR 7:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 7:2" />tama a Harumu, tama a Hāroko, tama a Ahitupu, <verse eid="EZR 7:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 7:3" />tama a Amaria, tama a Atāria, tama a Meraioto, <verse eid="EZR 7:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 7:4" />tama a Terahia, tama a Uti, tama a Puki, <verse eid="EZR 7:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 7:5" />tama a Apīhua, tama a Pinehaha, tama a Ereātara, tama a Ārona tino tohunga – <verse eid="EZR 7:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 7:6" />i haere mai tēnei Etera i Papurōna. Nā, he karaipi kakama ia ki te ture a Mohi i hōmai nei e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira. I runga anō i a ia te ringa o Ihowā, o tōna Atua, ā, hōmai ana e te kīngi ki a ia ngā mea katoa i tonoa e ia. <verse eid="EZR 7:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 7:7" />Nā, i haere mai anō ētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira, nō ngā tohunga hoki o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā kaiwaiata, o ngā kaitiaki kēti, o ngā Netinimi, ki Hiruhārama i te whitu o ngā tau o Kīngi Arataherehe.<verse eid="EZR 7:7" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 7:8" />Nā, kua tae ia ki Hiruhārama i te rima o ngā marama o te whitu o ngā tau o te kīngi. <verse eid="EZR 7:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 7:9" />Nō te tuatahi hoki o ngā rā o te marama tuatahi i tīmata ai ia te haere mai i Papurōna, ā, nō te tuatahi o ngā rā o te rima o ngā marama i tae mai ai ki Hiruhārama, i runga hoki i a ia te ringa pai o tōna Atua. <verse eid="EZR 7:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 7:10" />I whakatikaia hoki e Etera tōna ngākau ki te rapu i te Ture a Ihowā, ki te mahi anō hoki, ā, ki te whakaako i a Īharaira ki ngā tikanga, ki ngā whakaritenga.<verse eid="EZR 7:10" /></para>
  <para style="s">Tā Arataherehe Pānui ki a Etera</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 7:11" />Nā, ko ngā kupu tēnei o te pukapuka i hōmai e Kīngi Arataherehe ki te tohunga, ki te karaipi ki a Etera; he karaipi ia nō ngā kupu o ngā whakahau a Ihowā, nō āna tikanga hoki ki a Īharaira:<verse eid="EZR 7:11" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 7:12" />Nā Arataherehe kīngi o ngā kīngi</para>
  <para style="p" vid="EZR 7:12">ki te tohunga, ki a Etera, ki te karaipi o te ture a te Atua o te rangi, he tino tika, he aha atu.<verse eid="EZR 7:12" /></para>
  <para style="b" />
  <para style="mi">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 7:13" />Ko tāku tikanga tēnei ka whakatakotoria nei; nā, ko te hunga katoa o te iwi o Īharaira, o ōna tohunga hoki, o ngā Rīwaiti i tōku kīngitanga e whai ngākau ana kia haere ki Hiruhārama, me haere tahi me koe. <verse eid="EZR 7:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 7:14" />He mea unga nā hoki koe nā te kīngi rātou ko āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro tokowhitu, ki te ui i ngā mea o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama, kia rite ai ki te ture a tōu Atua i tōu ringa nā.<verse eid="EZR 7:14" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 7:15" />Ki te kawe anō i te hiriwa, i te kōura i hoatu noa nei e te kīngi, rātou ko āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro ki te Atua o Īharaira, kei Hiruhārama nei tōna nohoanga, <verse eid="EZR 7:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 7:16" />i te hiriwa katoa anō, i te kōura e kitea e koe i te kāwanatanga katoa o Papurōna, i ngā mea hōmai noa anō a te iwi, a ngā tohunga, a te hunga e hōmai noa ana mō te whare o tō rātou Atua i Hiruhārama.<verse eid="EZR 7:16" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 7:17" />Nā, kia hohoro koe te hoko ki tēnei moni he pūru, he hipi toa, he reme, he whakahere totokore, me ngā ringihanga, ka whakaeke ai ki runga ki te āta o te whare o tō koutou Atua i Hiruhārama. <verse eid="EZR 7:17" /><verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 7:18" />Nā, ko tā koutou ko ōu tēina e pai ai mō te toenga o te hiriwa, o te kōura, meatia, kia rite ki tā tō koutou Atua e pai ai. <verse eid="EZR 7:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 7:19" />Ā, ko ngā oko ka hoatu nei ki a koe mō ngā mahi o te whare o tōu Atua, me hoatu e koe ki te aroaro o te Atua i Hiruhārama. <verse eid="EZR 7:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 7:20" />Ā, ko ērā atu mea e meatia ana e koe mō te whare o tōu Atua, e tika ana kia hoatu e koe, hoatu i roto i te whare taonga o te kīngi.<verse eid="EZR 7:20" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 7:21" />Nā, tēnei ahau, a Kīngi Arataherehe te whakatakoto nei i te tikanga ki ngā kaitiaki taonga katoa i tāwāhi o te awa: Nā, ko ngā mea katoa e tonoa i a koutou e Etera tohunga, e te karaipi o te ture a te Atua o te rangi, kia hohoro te mea, <verse eid="EZR 7:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 7:22" />ahakoa kotahi rau taranata hiriwa, ahakoa kotahi rau mēhua wīti, ahakoa kotahi rau pāti wāina, ahakoa kotahi rau pāti hinu; me te tote anō, e kore tōna taimaha e tuhituhia.<verse eid="EZR 7:22" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="23" style="v" sid="EZR 7:23" />Ko ngā mea katoa e kīia mai ana e te Atua o te rangi, me mahi kia tino rite mō te whare o te Atua o te rangi; he aha oti kia ai ai he riri mai ki te kīngitanga o te kīngi rātou ko āna tama? <verse eid="EZR 7:23" /><verse number="24" style="v" sid="EZR 7:24" />Kia mōhio anō koutou; ko ngā tohunga katoa, ko ngā Rīwaiti, ko ngā kaiwaiata, ko ngā kaitiaki kēti, ko ngā Netinimi, ko ngā kaimahi o tēnei whare o te Atua, e kore e tika kia tangohia he takoha taonga, he takoha tāngata, he takoha huarahi i a rātou.<verse eid="EZR 7:24" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="25" style="v" sid="EZR 7:25" />Nā māu, e Etera, kei a koe nā hoki te mōhio o te Atua, māu e whakarite ngā kaiwhakarite, ngā kaiwhakarongo totohe, hei whakarite mō ngā iwi katoa i tērā taha o te awa, hei te hunga katoa e mōhio ana ki ngā ture a tōu Atua; nā, ko te hunga kāhore e mōhio, mā koutou e whakaako. <verse eid="EZR 7:25" /><verse number="26" style="v" sid="EZR 7:26" />Ā, ko te tangata e kore e mahi i te ture a tōu Atua, i te ture anō a te kīngi, kia hohoro te whakapā o te whiu ki a ia, te whakamate rānei, te pei rānei he whenua kē, me tango rānei āna taonga, me here rānei.<verse eid="EZR 7:26" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ka Whakamoemititia a Ihowā e Etera</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="27" style="v" sid="EZR 7:27" />Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o ō tātou mātua, nāna nei i hōmai te whakaaro pēnei ki te ngākau o te kīngi, arā kia whakapaia te whare o Ihowā i Hiruhārama; <verse eid="EZR 7:27" /><verse number="28" style="v" sid="EZR 7:28" />nāna hoki i whakaputa aroha mai ki ahau i te aroaro o te kīngi rātou ko āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, o ngā rangatira rarahi anō a te kīngi. Nā, kua whai kaha ahau; i runga hoki i ahau te ringa o Ihowā, o tōku Atua, nā, ka huihuia e ahau ētahi tino tāngata i roto i a Īharaira, hei hoa haere mōku ki runga.<verse eid="EZR 7:28" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 7" />
  <chapter number="8" style="c" sid="EZR 8" />
  <para style="s">Ngā Upoko o ngā Whānau i hoki mai i te Whakapakonga</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 8:1" />Nā, ko ngā upoko ēnei o ngā whare o ō rātou mātua, ko ngā whakapaparanga anō ēnei o te hunga i haere atu hei hoa mōku i Papurōna, i te kīngitanga o Kīngi Arataherehe:<verse eid="EZR 8:1" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 8:2" />O ngā tama a Pinehaha, ko Kerehoma. O ngā tama a Itamara, ko Raniera. O ngā tama a Rāwiri, ko Hatuhu <verse eid="EZR 8:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 8:3" />o ngā tama a Hekania. O ngā tama a Paroho, ko Hakaraia; nā, ko ngā tāne i taua ngātahitia me ia, he mea whakapapa, kotahi rau e rima tekau. <verse eid="EZR 8:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 8:4" />O ngā tama a Pahata Moapa, ko Erihoenai tama a Terahia; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua rau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:4" /><verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 8:5" />O ngā tama a Hekania, ko te tama a Tahatiere; nā, ko ōna hoa, e toru rau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 8:6" />O ngā tama anō hoki a Ārini: ko Ēpere tama a Honatana; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rima tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 8:7" />Nā, o ngā tama a Erama, ko Ihāia tama a Atāria; nā, ko ōna hoa, e whitu tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 8:8" />O ngā tama a Hepatia, ko Tepāria tama a Mikaera; nā, ko ōna hoa, e waru tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 8:9" />O ngā tama a Ioapa, ko Opāria tama a Tehiere; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua rau kotahi tekau mā waru ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 8:10" />O ngā tama a Heromiti, ko te tama a Tohipia; nā, ko ōna hoa, kotahi rau e ono tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 8:11" />O ngā tama a Pepai, ko Hakaraia tama a Pepai; nā, ko ōna hoa, e rua tekau mā waru ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 8:12" />Nā, o ngā tama a Atakara, ko Iohanana tama a Hakatana; nā, ko ōna hoa, kotahi rau kotahi tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 8:13" />Nā, o ngā tama whakamutunga a Aronikama, ko ō rātou ingoa ēnei; ko Eriperete, ko Teiere, ko Hemaia; nā, ko ō rātou hoa, e ono tekau ngā tāne. <verse eid="EZR 8:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 8:14" />O ngā tama anō a Pikiwai, ko Utai, ko Tapuru; nā, ko ō rātou hoa, e whitu tekau ngā tāne.<verse eid="EZR 8:14" /></para>
  <para style="s">He Pononga mō te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 8:15" />Nā, ka huihuia rātou e ahau ki te awa e rere ana ki Ahawa, ā, noho ana mātou i reira e toru ngā rā; ā, i tāku tirohanga i te iwi, i ngā tohunga. Nā, kīhai tētahi o ngā tama a Rīwai i kitea e ahau ki reira. <verse eid="EZR 8:15" /><verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 8:16" />Kātahi ahau ka tono kia tīkina a Eriētere, a Ariere, a Hemaia, a Erenātana, a Iaripi, a Erenātana, a Nātana, a Hakaraia, a Mehūrāma, he upoko ēnei; a Toiaripi anō, a Erenātana, he kaiwhakaako rāua. <verse eid="EZR 8:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 8:17" />Nā, ka ungā rātou e ahau ki a Iro; ki te upoko o te kāinga, o Kahipia; ā, i hoatu anō e ahau he kupu hei kōrero mā rātou ki a Iro rātou ko ōna tēina, ko ngā Netinimi, i te kāinga, i Kahipia, kia kawea mai ai e rātou he minita ki a mātou mō te whare o tō tātou Atua.<verse eid="EZR 8:17" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 8:18" />Nā, i runga i a mātou te ringa pai o tō mātou Atua, ā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a mātou he tangata whai whakaaro, nō ngā tama a Māhari, tama a Rīwai, tama a Īharaira; a Herepia anō rātou ko āna tama, ko ōna tuākana, tēina, kotahi tekau mā waru; <verse eid="EZR 8:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 8:19" />ā, Hahapia hoki me Ihāia, nō ngā tama a Merari, rātou ko ōna tuākana, tēina, me ā rātou tama, e rua tekau; <verse eid="EZR 8:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 8:20" />o ngā Netinimi anō i whakaritea nei e Rāwiri, e ngā rangatira, mō ngā mahi a ngā Rīwaiti, e rua rau e rua tekau ngā Netinimi. He mea whakahua katoa ō rātou ingoa.<verse eid="EZR 8:20" /></para>
  <para style="s">Mā te Nohopuku me te Īnoi e Tauārai</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 8:21" />Kātahi ka karangatia e ahau he nohopuku ki reira ki te taha o te awa o Ahawa, kia whakaiti ai mātou i a mātou ki te aroaro o tō mātou Atua, kia rapua ai e mātou i a ia te ara tika mō mātou, mō ā mātou tamariki, mō ō mātou taonga katoa. <verse eid="EZR 8:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 8:22" />I whakamā hoki ahau ki te tono ki te kīngi i tētahi rōpū hōia me ētahi kaieke hōiho hei tuarā mō mātou ki te hoariri i te ara; i kōrero hoki mātou ki te kīngi, i mea, “Kei runga te ringa o tō mātou Atua i te hunga katoa e rapu ana i a ia, hei pai mō rātou; otiia, ka whawhai tōna kaha, me tōna riri, ki te hunga katoa e whakarere ana i a ia.” <verse eid="EZR 8:22" /><verse number="23" style="v" sid="EZR 8:23" />Nā, nohopuku ana mātou, rapua ana e mātou he tikanga i tō mātou Atua mō tēnei mea, ā, tahuri mai ana ia ki a mātou.<verse eid="EZR 8:23" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ngā Koha mō te Temepara</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="24" style="v" sid="EZR 8:24" />Nā, ka motuhia e ahau ētahi o ngā tohunga kotahi tekau mā rua, a Herepia, a Hahapia, me ō rātou tēina kotahi tekau. <verse eid="EZR 8:24" /><verse number="25" style="v" sid="EZR 8:25" />Nā, pāunatia ana e ahau te hiriwa, te kōura, me ngā oko, arā te whakahere ki te whare o tō mātou Atua i hōmai nei e te kīngi rātou ko āna kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, ko āna rangatira, e Īharaira katoa anō i reira. <verse eid="EZR 8:25" /><verse number="26" style="v" sid="EZR 8:26" />I pāunatia anō e ahau ki ō rātou ringa, te hiriwa e ono rau e rima tekau taranata, ngā oko hiriwa kotahi rau taranata; te kōura kotahi rau taranata. <verse eid="EZR 8:26" /><verse number="27" style="v" sid="EZR 8:27" />Me ngā peihana kōura e rua tekau, kotahi mano tarami te taimaha; me ngā oko e rua, he parāhi pai, kanapa tonu, rite tonu ki te kōura te utu nui.<verse eid="EZR 8:27" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="28" style="v" sid="EZR 8:28" />I mea anō ahau ki a rātou, “He tapu koutou ki a Ihowā, he tapu hoki ngā oko; he mea whakahere noa ake anō hoki te hiriwa me te kōura mā Ihowā, mā te Atua o ō koutou mātua. <verse eid="EZR 8:28" /><verse number="29" style="v" sid="EZR 8:29" />Matapoporetia iho, tiakina, kia pāunatia rā anō e koutou ki te aroaro o ngā rangatira, o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti, o ngā rangatira o ngā whare o ngā mātua o Īharaira, ki Hiruhārama, i roto i ngā rūma o te whare o Ihowā.”<verse eid="EZR 8:29" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="30" style="v" sid="EZR 8:30" />Heoi, riro ana i ngā tohunga, i ngā Rīwaiti, te taimaha o te hiriwa, o te kōura, o ngā oko, hei mau ki Hiruhārama, ki te whare o tō tātou Atua.<verse eid="EZR 8:30" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Hokinga mai ki Hiruhārama</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="31" style="v" sid="EZR 8:31" />Nā, ka tūria e mātou i te awa o Ahawa i te tekau mā rua o te marama tuatahi, ka haere ki Hiruhārama; i runga hoki i a mātou te ringa o tō mātou Atua, ā, whakaorangia ana mātou e ia i te ringa o te hoariri, o te kaiwhanga i te ara. <verse eid="EZR 8:31" /><verse number="32" style="v" sid="EZR 8:32" />Nā, kua tae mātou ki Hiruhārama, ā, noho ana i reira, e toru ngā rā.<verse eid="EZR 8:32" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="33" style="v" sid="EZR 8:33" />I te whā o ngā rā, nā, ko taua hiriwa, kōura, me ngā oko, ka pāunatia i roto i te whare o tō tātou Atua e te ringa o Meremoto tama a Uria tohunga. I a ia anō a Ereātara tama a Pinehaha; i a rāua hoki a Iotāpara tama a Hehua, rāua ko Noaria tama a Pinui, nō ngā Rīwaiti. <verse eid="EZR 8:33" /><verse number="34" style="v" sid="EZR 8:34" />He mea tatau, he mea pāuna, tēnei, tēnei; i tuhituhia hoki ngā taimaha katoa i taua wā anō.<verse eid="EZR 8:34" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="35" style="v" sid="EZR 8:35" />Nā, ko te hunga i haere mai nei i te whakarau, ngā tama a te hunga i whakaraua atu, tāpaea ana e rātou he tahunga tinana mā te Atua o Īharaira, kotahi tekau mā rua pūru, he mea mō Īharaira katoa, e iwa tekau mā ono hipi toa, e whitu tekau mā whitu reme, tekau mā rua koati toa, hei whakahere hara; ko tēnei katoa hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā. <verse eid="EZR 8:35" /><verse number="36" style="v" sid="EZR 8:36" />Nā, ka hoatu ngā ture a te kīngi ki ngā kāwana nui a te kīngi, ki ngā kāwana iti i tērā taha o te awa; ā, ko rātou hei whakaneke ake i tā te iwi, i te whare anō o te Atua.<verse eid="EZR 8:36" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 8" />
  <chapter number="9" style="c" sid="EZR 9" />
  <para style="s">Ka Rongo a Etera i ngā Mārena ki ngā Tauiwi</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 9:1" />Ā, ka oti ēnei mea, ka haere mai ngā rangatira ki ahau, ka mea, “Kīhai te iwi o Īharaira rātou ko ngā tohunga, ko ngā Rīwaiti, i momotu i a rātou i roto i ngā iwi o ngā whenua; rite tonu tā rātou mahi ki ngā mea whakarihariha a ērā, arā a ngā Kanaani, a ngā Hiti, a ngā Perihi, a ngā Iepuhi, a ngā Āmoni, a ngā Moapi, a ngā Īhipiana, a ngā Amori. <verse eid="EZR 9:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 9:2" />Kua tangohia hoki e rātou ētahi o ā rātou tamāhine mā rātou, mā ā rātou tama. Nā, kua whakawhenumitia te momo tapu ki roto ki ngā iwi o aua whenua. Āe rā, nui noa ake te ringa o ngā rangatira, o ngā tino tāngata, ki tēnei hē.”<verse eid="EZR 9:2" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 9:3" />Nā, i tōku rongonga i tēnei, haea ana e ahau tōku kākahu me tōku koroka, hutihutia ana e ahau ngā huruhuru o tōku mātenga, o ōku pāhau, ā, noho ana, mīharo ana. <verse eid="EZR 9:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 9:4" />Kātahi ka huihui mai ki ahau te hunga katoa i wehi i ngā kupu a te Atua o Īharaira, he mea mō te hē o te hunga i whakaraua; ā, ko ahau i noho me te mīharo, ā taea noatia te whakahere o te ahiahi.<verse eid="EZR 9:4" /></para>
  <para style="s">Te Īnoi o Etera</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 9:5" />Nā, i te whakahere o te ahiahi, ka maranga ake ahau i tōku whakamā, me tōku kākahu anō me tōku koroka i haehaea; piko ana ōku turi, ā, ka wherahia atu ōku ringa ki a Ihowā, ki tōku Atua, <verse eid="EZR 9:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 9:6" />nā, ka mea ahau:</para>
  <para style="pi" vid="EZR 9:6">E tōku Atua, he whakamā ahau, numinumi kau ana ahau, te ara ai tōku mata ki a koe, e tōku Atua. Kua tetere rawa hoki ō mātou hē ki runga ake i ō mātou māhunga; nui atu tō mātou poka kē, ā, tutuki noa ki te rangi. <verse eid="EZR 9:6" /><verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 9:7" />Nui atu tō mātou poka kē, nō ngā rā anō o ō mātou mātua ā taea noatia tēnei rā, nā, ō mātou hē hoki i hoatu ai mātou, ō mātou kīngi, ō mātou tohunga, ki te ringa o ngā kīngi o ngā whenua, ki te hoari, ki te whakarau, hei pāhuatanga, ā, whakamā iho te mata, koia anō tēnei ināianei.<verse eid="EZR 9:7" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 9:8" />Nā, he iti nei tēnei wāhi i whakaputaina ai he atawhai e Ihowā, e tō mātou Atua, kia toe ai ētahi mōrehu o mātou; kia hōmai ai ki a mātou he titi ki tōna wāhi tapu, kia whakamāramatia ai ō mātou kanohi e tō mātou Atua, kia hōmai ai ki a mātou he oranga ngākau, he mea iti, i a mātou nei i te herehere. <verse eid="EZR 9:8" /><verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 9:9" />He pononga hoki mātou; heoi i a mātou i te herehere kīhai mātou i mahue i tō mātou Atua; nā, whakaputaina ana e ia he aroha ki a mātou i te aroaro o ngā kīngi o Pahia, i hōmai ai he oranga ngākau ki a mātou, i whakaarahia ai te whare o tō mātou Atua, i hangā ai ōna wāhi kua ururuatia, i hōmai ai he taiepa ki a mātou ki Hūrā, ki Hiruhārama.<verse eid="EZR 9:9" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 9:10" />Nā, kia pēhea he kupu mā mātou, e tō mātou Atua, i muri i tēnei? Kua whakarērea hoki e mātou āu whakahau, <verse eid="EZR 9:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 9:11" />i whakahaua e koe, arā e āu pononga, e ngā poropiti, i kī mai hoki koe: Ko te whenua ka haere nei koutou ki reira tango ai, he whenua poke tērā i ngā poke o ngā iwi o ngā whenua, i ā rātou mea whakarihariha, kī tonu hoki i tētahi pito ki tētahi i tō rātou poke. <verse eid="EZR 9:11" /><verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 9:12" />Nā, tēnā, kaua ā koutou tamāhine e hoatu mā ā rātou tama, kaua anō ā rātou tamāhine e tangohia mai mā ā koutou tama. Kaua anō e whai kia mau te rongo ki a rātou, kia whai pai rānei rātou ā ake ake; kia kaha ai koutou, kia kai ai hoki i ngā mea pai o te whenua, ā, waiho iho hei kāinga mō ā koutou tama ake tonu atu.<verse eid="EZR 9:12" /></para>
  <para style="pi">
    <verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 9:13" />Nā, kua pā nei ēnei mea katoa ki a mātou mō ā mātou mahi hē, mō te nui o tō mātou poka kē, ā, i te mea he iti iho i ō mātou hē āu whiu, e tō mātou Atua, ā, hōmai ana e koe tēnei wāhi whakaoranga. <verse eid="EZR 9:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 9:14" />Kia takahi anō rānei mātou i āu tikanga, kia mārena ki ngā iwi nāna ēnei whakarihariha? E kore ianei koe e riri ki a mātou ā poto noa mātou i a koe, kore noa he mōrehu, he oranga? <verse eid="EZR 9:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 9:15" />E Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, he tika tāu; e toe nei hoki mātou, he mōrehu, koia anō tēnei ināianei. Nanā, tēnei mātou kei tōu aroaro, me ō mātou hē; nā tēnei hoki tē tū ai he tangata ki tōu aroaro.<verse eid="EZR 9:15" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 9" />
  <chapter number="10" style="c" sid="EZR 10" />
  <para style="s">Ka Whāki ngā Tāngata</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="1" style="v" sid="EZR 10:1" />Nā, i a Etera e īnoi ana, e whāki hara ana, me te tangi, me te rutu i a ia ki mua i te whare o te Atua, nā, nui atu te hui i rūpeke ki a ia i roto i a Īharaira, ngā tāne, ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, nui atu hoki te tangi i tangi ai te iwi. <verse eid="EZR 10:1" /><verse number="2" style="v" sid="EZR 10:2" />Nā, ka oho a Hekania tama a Tehiere, ko tētahi nei ia o ngā tama a Erama, ka mea ki a Etera, Kua hē mātou ki tō tātou Atua, kua tango i ngā wāhine kē, i a ngā iwi o te whenua. Tēnei anō ia he mea e mārama ai ngā whakaaro o Īharaira ki tēnei mea. <verse eid="EZR 10:2" /><verse number="3" style="v" sid="EZR 10:3" />Nā, kia whakaritea he kawenata ki tō tātou Atua, kia whakarērea aua wāhine katoa me ā rātou tamariki, kia rite ai ki te whakaaro i whakatakotoria e tōku ariki, e te hunga anō e wehi ana i te whakahau a tō tātou Atua; kia rite anō te meatanga ki tā te ture. <verse eid="EZR 10:3" /><verse number="4" style="v" sid="EZR 10:4" />Whakatika, mau hoki te mahi; ā, ko mātou hei hoa mōu; kia uaua, meatia.<verse eid="EZR 10:4" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="5" style="v" sid="EZR 10:5" />Kātahi ka whakatika a Etera, ā, whakaoatitia ana e ia ngā rangatira o ngā tohunga, o ngā Rīwaiti, o Īharaira katoa, kia meatia tēnei mea e rātou. Ā, oati ana rātou. <verse eid="EZR 10:5" /><verse number="6" style="v" sid="EZR 10:6" />Kātahi a Etera ka whakatika i mua i te whare o te Atua, ā, haere ana ki te rūma o Iehohanana tama a Eriahipi. Ā, nō tōna taenga ki reira, kīhai ia i kai taro, kīhai i inu wai; e pōuri ana hoki ki te hē o te hunga i whakaraua.<verse eid="EZR 10:6" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="7" style="v" sid="EZR 10:7" />Nā, ka karanga nui, puta noa i Hūrā, i Hiruhārama, ki ngā tama katoa o te whakarau, kia huihui ki Hiruhārama. <verse eid="EZR 10:7" /><verse number="8" style="v" sid="EZR 10:8" />Nā, ko te tangata e kore e tae mai i ngā rā e toru, i tā ngā rangatira rātou ko ngā kaumātua i whakaaro ai, ka murua pūtia ōna rawa katoa, ā, ka motuhia ia i roto i te whakaminenga o ngā whakarau.<verse eid="EZR 10:8" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="9" style="v" sid="EZR 10:9" />Nā, ko te huihuinga mai o ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā, o Pineamine ki Hiruhārama i roto i aua rā e toru; ko te iwa tēnei o ngā marama, i te rua tekau o te marama. Nā, noho ana te iwi katoa i te marae o te whare o te Atua, wiri ana rātou, he whakaaro ki tēnei mea, he nui anō hoki te ua. <verse eid="EZR 10:9" /><verse number="10" style="v" sid="EZR 10:10" />Nā, ka whakatika a Etera tohunga, ka mea ki a rātou, “Kua hē koutou, kua mārenatia ki ngā wāhine kē, nā, kua neke ake te hē o Īharaira. <verse eid="EZR 10:10" /><verse number="11" style="v" sid="EZR 10:11" />Nā, whākina atu ngā hē ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o ō koutou mātua, meatia hoki tāna i pai ai; motuhia mai hoki koutou i roto i ngā iwi o te whenua, i ngā wāhine kē hoki.”<verse eid="EZR 10:11" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="12" style="v" sid="EZR 10:12" />Nā, ka whakahokia e te iwi katoa, he nui ō rātou reo ki te mea: “Ka rite ki tāu kupu tā mātou e mea ai. <verse eid="EZR 10:12" /><verse number="13" style="v" sid="EZR 10:13" />Otiia, he tokomaha te iwi, he wā ua nui hoki tēnei; e kore anō mātou e kaha ki te tū i waho, ehara hoki tēnei i te mahi mō te rā kotahi, mō ngā rā e rua rānei, he nui rawa hoki tō mātou hē i tēnei mea. <verse eid="EZR 10:13" /><verse number="14" style="v" sid="EZR 10:14" />Nā, me whakarite ō tātou rangatira mō te huihui katoa, ā, me haere mai i ngā wā e whakaritea te hunga katoa kua mārena ki ngā wāhine kē i ō tātou pā, rātou ko ngā kaumātua o tēnei pā, o tēnei pā, me ngā kaiwhakawā o reira, kia tahuri atu rā anō i a tātou te riri kaha o tō tātou Atua, ā, kia tutuki rā anō tēnei mea. <verse eid="EZR 10:14" /><verse number="15" style="v" sid="EZR 10:15" />Ko Honatana anake tama a Atahere rāua ko Tahatia tama a Tikiwa i tū atu ki tēnei mea, ā, ko ō rāua hoa ko Mehūrāma rāua ko Hapetai Rīwaiti.”<verse eid="EZR 10:15" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="16" style="v" sid="EZR 10:16" />Nā, i pēnā hoki ngā tama o te whakarau. Ā, ka wehea a Etera tohunga me ētahi upoko o ngā whare o ngā mātua nō tēnei whare, nō tēnei whare, o ō rātou mātua, he mea karanga katoa ō rātou ingoa; ā, noho ana rātou i te rā tuatahi o te tekau o ngā marama hei rapu i te tikanga o tēnei mea. <verse eid="EZR 10:16" /><verse number="17" style="v" sid="EZR 10:17" />Poto rawa ake ngā tāngata katoa i mārena ki ngā wāhine kē, ko te rā tuatahi o te tuatahi o ngā marama.<verse eid="EZR 10:17" /></para>
  <para style="s">Ngā Tāne he Wāhine Tauiwi a rātou</para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="18" style="v" sid="EZR 10:18" />Nā, kua mau ētahi o ngā tama a ngā tohunga he mea mārena ki ngā wāhine kē: arā nō ngā tama a Hehua tama a Iohereke rātou ko ōna tēina; ko Maaheia, ko Eriētere, ko Iaripi, ko Keraria. <verse eid="EZR 10:18" /><verse number="19" style="v" sid="EZR 10:19" />Nā, ka tukua mai ō rātou ringa, mō ā rātou wāhine kia whakarērea, ā, ka hē nei rātou, ka tāpaea he hipi toa o te kāhui mō tō rātou hē. 1 <verse eid="EZR 10:19" /><verse number="20" style="v" sid="EZR 10:20" />Nā, o ngā tama a Imere: 2 ko Hanani, ko Tepāria. 1 <verse eid="EZR 10:20" /><verse number="21" style="v" sid="EZR 10:21" />Ā, o ngā tama a Hārimi: 2 ko Maaheia, ko Irāia, ko Hemaia, ko Tehiere, ko Utia. 1 <verse eid="EZR 10:21" /><verse number="22" style="v" sid="EZR 10:22" />O ngā tama a Pahuru: 2 ko Erioenai, ko Maaheia, ko Ihimaera, ko Netanēre, ko Hotapara, ko Ereaha.<verse eid="EZR 10:22" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="23" style="v" sid="EZR 10:23" />O ngā Rīwaiti: 2 ko Hotapara, ko Himei, ko Keraia, (arā ko Kerita), ko Petahia, ko Hūrā, ko Eriētere. 1 <verse eid="EZR 10:23" /><verse number="24" style="v" sid="EZR 10:24" />O ngā kaiwaiata: 2 ko Eriahipi. 1 O ngā kaitiaki kūwaha: 2 ko Harumu, ko Tereme, ko Uri.<verse eid="EZR 10:24" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="25" style="v" sid="EZR 10:25" />Nā, o Īharaira: O ngā tama a Paroho: ko Ramia, ko Tetia, ko Marakia, ko Miamini, ko Ereātara, ko Marakia, ko Penaia. <verse eid="EZR 10:25" /><verse number="26" style="v" sid="EZR 10:26" />O ngā tama a Erama: ko Matania, ko Hakaraia, ko Tehiere, ko Apari, ko Teremoto, ko Irāia. <verse eid="EZR 10:26" /><verse number="27" style="v" sid="EZR 10:27" />O ngā tama a Tatu: ko Erioenai, ko Eriahipi, ko Matania, ko Teremoto, ko Tāpara, ko Atita. <verse eid="EZR 10:27" /><verse number="28" style="v" sid="EZR 10:28" />O ngā tama a Pepai: ko Iehohanana, ko Hanania, ko Tapai, ko Atarai. <verse eid="EZR 10:28" /><verse number="29" style="v" sid="EZR 10:29" />Ā, o ngā tama a Pani: ko Mehūrāma, ko Maruku, ko Araia, ko Iahupu, ko Heara, ko Rāmoto. <verse eid="EZR 10:29" /><verse number="30" style="v" sid="EZR 10:30" />O ngā tama a Pahata Moapa: ko Arana, ko Kerara, ko Penaia, ko Maaheia, ko Matania, ko Petarēre, ko Pinui, ko Mānahi. <verse eid="EZR 10:30" /><verse number="31" style="v" sid="EZR 10:31" />O ngā tama a Hārimi: ko Eriētere, ko Ihīa, ko Marakia, ko Hemaia, ko Himiona, <verse eid="EZR 10:31" /><verse number="32" style="v" sid="EZR 10:32" />ko Pineamine, ko Maruku, ko Hemaria. <verse eid="EZR 10:32" /><verse number="33" style="v" sid="EZR 10:33" />O ngā tama a Hahumu: ko Matenai, ko Matata, ko Tāpara, ko Eriperete, ko Teremai, ko Mānahi, ko Himei. <verse eid="EZR 10:33" /><verse number="34" style="v" sid="EZR 10:34" />O ngā tama a Pani: ko Maarai, ko Āmarama, ko Uere, <verse eid="EZR 10:34" /><verse number="35" style="v" sid="EZR 10:35" />ko Penaia, ko Pereia, ko Keru, <verse eid="EZR 10:35" /><verse number="36" style="v" sid="EZR 10:36" />ko Wania, ko Meremoto, ko Eriahipi, <verse eid="EZR 10:36" /><verse number="37" style="v" sid="EZR 10:37" />ko Matania, ko Matenai, ko Taahau, <verse eid="EZR 10:37" /><verse number="38" style="v" sid="EZR 10:38" />ko Pani, ko Pinui, ko Himei, <verse eid="EZR 10:38" /><verse number="39" style="v" sid="EZR 10:39" />ko Heremia, ko Nātana, ko Araia, <verse eid="EZR 10:39" /><verse number="40" style="v" sid="EZR 10:40" />ko Makanarepai, ko Hahai, ko Harai, <verse eid="EZR 10:40" /><verse number="41" style="v" sid="EZR 10:41" />ko Atarēre, ko Heremia, ko Hemaria, <verse eid="EZR 10:41" /><verse number="42" style="v" sid="EZR 10:42" />ko Harumu, ko Amaria, ko Hōhepa. <verse eid="EZR 10:42" /><verse number="43" style="v" sid="EZR 10:43" />O ngā tama a Nepo: ko Teiere, ko Matitia, ko Tāpara, ko Tepina, ko Iarau, ko Hoera, ko Penaia.<verse eid="EZR 10:43" /></para>
  <para style="p">
    <verse number="44" style="v" sid="EZR 10:44" />Ko ēnei katoa, he hunga kua tango i te wāhine kē, kei ētahi hoki o rātou he wāhine kua whānau tamariki.<verse eid="EZR 10:44" /></para>
  <chapter eid="EZR 10" />
</usx>