| Aia hoʻi kuʻu kauā aʻu i ai, kuʻu mea aloha, iā ia ka ʻoliʻoli o kuʻu naʻau; e kau aku ana au i kuʻu ʻUhane ma luna iho ona, a e haʻi aku ia i ke kānāwai i nā lāhui kanaka. | "Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. |
| ʻĪ akula, E ka Mesia, e mai ʻoe iā mākou, na wai ʻoe i papaʻi aku? | and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?" |
| Kuhakuha akula kekahi poʻe iā ia, a uhi akula kekahi poʻe i kona maka, kuʻikuʻi akula iā ia, me ka ʻī aku, E mai. A kuʻikuʻi akula ka poʻe ilāmuku iā ia, me ko lākou mau poho lima. | Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him. |
| Akā, hoʻokahi nō mea e pono ai. A ua mai nei ʻo Maria ia mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole loa ia e lawe ʻia aku mai ona aku. | but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo ia i kēia ʻōlelo nane i ka poʻe hoa ʻai, e ʻike ana ia i ko lākou ʻana i nā wahi maikaʻi loa; ʻī maila iā lākou, | When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: |
| A pani aʻela lākou i kona mau maka, pepehi akula ma kona wahi maka, a nīnau akula iā ia, ʻī akula, E ʻoe, na wai ʻoe i pepehi? | They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" |
| Pule akula lākou, ʻī akula, E ka Haku, ka mea ʻike i ka naʻau o nā mea a pau loa, e hōʻike mai ʻoe i ka mea o lāua nei āu e mai ai, | Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen |
| ʻĪ maila ka Haku iā ia, Ō hele: no ka mea, he ipu i ʻia naʻu ʻo ia nei, e lawe aku ai i koʻu inoa i mua o ko nā ʻāina ʻē, a me nā aliʻi, a me nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela. | But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel. |
| A e ana nō lākou i nā lunakahiko, ma kēlā ʻekalesia, kēia ʻekalesia, pule akula a me ka hoʻokē ʻai, a hāʻawi akula iā lākou i ka Haku, i ka mea a lākou i manaʻoʻiʻo aku ai. | Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. |
| I ko mākou ʻākoakoa lōkahi ʻana, manaʻo mākou, he mea maikaʻi ke hoʻouna aku iā ʻoukou i kekahi mau kānaka i ʻia, i hele pū me kā mākou mau mea i aloha ʻia, me Barenaba lāua ʻo Paulo. | So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul-- |
| akula ʻo Paulo iā Sila, a hele akula, me ka hāʻawi ʻia i ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua e nā hoahānau. | but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. |
| ʻĪ maila ia, Ua mai ke Akua o ko kākou poʻe kūpuna iā ʻoe, i ʻike ʻoe i kona makemake, a e ʻike aku hoʻi i ka Mea pono, a e lohe hoʻi i ka leo o kona waha. | "Then he said: 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. |
| Ua ʻike nō hoʻi kākou, e kōkua pū ana nā mea a pau e pono ai ka poʻe aloha i ke Akua, ka poʻe i ʻia mai ma muli o kona manaʻo. | And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. |
| A ʻo ka poʻe āna i manaʻo ʻē mai ai, ʻo lākou kāna i mai ai; a ʻo ka poʻe āna i mai ai, ʻo lākou kāna i hoʻāpono mai ai; a ʻo ka poʻe āna i hoʻāpono mai ai, ʻo lākou kāna i hoʻonani mai ai. | And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. |
| Na wai e hoʻopiʻi i ko ke Akua poʻe i ʻia? ʻO ke Akua nō ka mea nāna e hoʻāpono mai; | Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. |
| ʻAʻole hoʻi he poʻe keiki lākou a pau ka poʻe mamo na ʻAberahama mai; akā, ma loko o ʻIsaʻaka e ʻia ai kāu poʻe mamo; | Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." |
| No ka mea, (ʻaʻole lāua i hānau, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hana i ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka hewa, i kūpaʻa ai ka manaʻo o ke Akua, ma ka wae ʻana, ʻaʻole no ka hana, akā, no ka mea nāna i mai,) | Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad--in order that God's purpose in election might stand: |
| Iā kākou hoʻi ka poʻe āna i mai ai, ʻaʻole ma waena o ka poʻe Iudaio wale nō, ma waena o nā kānaka ʻē kekahi. | even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? |
| No ka mea, ʻo nā haʻawina a me ke ʻana a ke Akua, me ka luli ʻole nō ia. | for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. |
| E uē aku iā Rupo, i ka mea i ʻia i loko o ka Haku, a me kona makuahine, a ʻo koʻu hoʻi. | Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. |
| ʻO Paulo, i ʻia i lunaʻōlelo na Iesū Kristo, no ka manaʻo ʻana mai o ke Akua, ʻo māua me Sosetene, kekahi hoahānau; | Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, |
| E nā hoahānau, ua ʻike ʻoukou i ko ʻoukou hea ʻia mai; ʻaʻole nui ʻia ka poʻe akamai ma ke kino, ʻaʻole i nui ka poʻe maiau, ʻaʻole i nui nā aliʻi: | Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. |
| Akā, ua mai ke Akua i ka poʻe naʻaupō o kēia ao, i hoʻohilahila ia i ka poʻe akamai: ua mai hoʻi ke Akua i ka poʻe nāwaliwali o kēia ao, i hoʻohilahila ia i ka poʻe ikaika: | But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. |
| A me ke kuaʻāina hoʻi kā ke Akua i mai ai a me ka mea hoʻowahāwahā ʻia, a me nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ʻānai aku ʻo ia i nā mea i ʻike ʻia; | He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, |
| I ka manawa i manaʻo ai ke Akua nāna au i hoʻokaʻawale aʻe mai ka ʻōpū mai o koʻu makuahine, a maila iaʻu ma kona lokomaikaʻi, | But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased |
| I ʻē mai ʻo ia iā kākou ma mua no ka hoʻokama ʻia nāna ma o Iesū Kristo lā, e like me ka lokomaikaʻi o kona makemake, | he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- |
| Ma ona lā ua loaʻa mai iā mākou ka noho ʻana, i mua ʻia mai mākou e like me ka manaʻo o ka mea nāna e hana mai i nā mea a pau ma ka manaʻo kūpaʻa o kona makemake; | In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, |
| No ia mea, ʻo wau ka paʻahao no ka Haku, ke nonoi aku nei iā ʻoukou, e hele ʻoukou ma ka mea e kū i ke ʻana a ʻoukou i ʻia mai ai. | As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. |
| Hoʻokahi nō kino, hoʻokahi hoʻi ʻUhane, e like me kā ʻoukou i ʻia mai ai i ka manaʻolana hoʻokahi o ko ʻoukou ʻia ʻana: | There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called-- |
| Inā hoʻi au e ola ma ke kino nei, ʻo ia ka pono o kaʻu hana ʻana: akā, ʻo kaʻu mea pono e aku ai, ʻaʻole au e ʻike ia. | If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! |
| E paio aku i ka paio maikaʻi o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, e hoʻopaʻa aku i ke ola mau loa, i kou mea i ʻia mai ai, a e hōʻoia aku ai i ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi i mua o ke alo o nā hōʻike he lehulehu. | Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. |
| E ana ma ka pilikia pū me ko ke Akua poʻe kānaka, ʻaʻole ma ka leʻaleʻa pau koke o ka hewa; | He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. |
| Akā, e like me ka hemolele o ka mea nāna ʻoukou i mai, pēlā ʻoukou e hemolele ai, i ko ʻoukou noho ʻana a pau: | But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; |
| He pōhaku e ʻōkupe ai, a he pōhaku hoʻohihia hoʻi, i ka poʻe i ʻōkupe i ka ʻōlelo, ka poʻe hoʻolohe ʻole; e like me ke mua ʻana. | and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message--which is also what they were destined for. |
| No laila, ʻeā, e nā hoahānau, e hoʻoikaika loa ʻoukou, i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia ko ʻoukou hea ʻia mai, a me ko ʻoukou ʻia ʻana; no ka mea, inā e hana ʻoukou i kēia mau mea, ʻaʻole loa ʻoukou e hāʻule. | Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, |
| E ʻae mai ʻoe, ʻo ke kaikamahine aʻu e ʻōlelo aku ai, Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e kuʻu iho ʻoe i kou bākeke, i inu ai au; a e ʻī mai ʻo ia, E inu ʻoe, a e hoʻohāinu hoʻi au i nā kāmelo: ʻo ia nō ka mea āu i ai na kāu kauā na ʻIsaʻaka: i laila au e ʻike ai i kou lokomaikaʻi ʻana mai i kuʻu haku. | May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’ — let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.” |
| A e ʻōlelo mai ʻo ia iaʻu, E inu ʻoe, a e huki hoʻi au no kou mau kāmelo; ʻo ia ka wahine a Iēhova i ai na ke keiki a koʻu haku. | and if she says to me, “Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master’s son.’ |
| ʻO lākou nei ka poʻe i ʻia no loko o ke anaina kanaka, nā aliʻi lākou o nā ʻohana a ko lākou mau kūpuna, nā luna hoʻi no nā tausani o ka ʻIseraʻela. | These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel. |
| ʻŌlelo akula ia iā Kora, a me kona poʻe a pau, ʻī akula, A kakahiaka aʻe, e hōʻike mai ʻo Iēhova i ka mea nona, a me ka mea laʻa; a e hoʻokokoke aku ai iā ia i ona lā; ʻo ka mea āna e ai, ʻo ia kāna e hoʻokokoke aku ai i ona lā. | Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him. |
| Ke kāhea aku nei au i ka lani a me ka honua e hōʻike mai nō ʻoukou i kēia lā, ua waiho aʻe nei au i mua ou i ke ola, a me ka make, i ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka pōʻino; no ia mea, e mai ʻoe i ke ola, i ola ʻoe a me kou hua. | This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live |
| A inā he mea ʻino i ko ʻoukou manaʻo ke mālama iā Iēhova, e ʻoukou i kēia lā i ka ʻoukou mea e mālama aku ai; i nā akua paha a ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna i mālama ai ma kēlā kapa aku o ka muliwai, i nā akua paha o ka ʻAmora, no lākou nō ka ʻāina e noho nei ʻoukou: akā, ʻo wau, a me ko ka hale oʻu, e mālama mākou iā Iēhova. | But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” |
| ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iosua i nā kānaka, He poʻe hōʻike ʻoukou no ʻoukou iho, ua ʻoukou iā Iēhova no ʻoukou, e mālama aku iā ia. ʻŌlelo akula lākou, He poʻe hōʻike nō mākou. | Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied. |
| E hele ʻoukou, e hea aku i nā akua a ʻoukou i ai; na lākou e hoʻōla mai iā ʻoukou, i ka manawa o ko ʻoukou kaumaha. | Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!” |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Samesona iā lākou, E nanenane aku au iā ʻoukou, a inā e mai ʻoukou ia iaʻu, i kēia mau lā ʻehiku o ka ʻahaʻaina ʻana, a loaʻa pono, a laila, e hāʻawi aku au iā ʻoukou i kanakolu pālule, a me nā paʻa kapa he kanakolu. | “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo ia iā lākou, Mai loko mai o ka mea e ʻai ana i puka mai ai ka ʻai, a mai loko mai hoʻi o ka mea ikaika, i loaʻa mai ai ka ʻono. A i nā lā ʻekolu, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou, ke mai iā ia i ua nane lā. | He replied, “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” For three days they could not give the answer. |
| A e uē nui ʻoukou ia lā, no ko ʻoukou aliʻi a ʻoukou i ai no ʻoukou; ʻaʻole ʻo Iēhova e hoʻolohe mai iā ʻoukou ia lā. | When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." |
| A laila hoʻā ʻia ka inaina o Saula iā Ionatana, ʻī akula iā ia, E ke keiki paʻakikī, kekeʻe, ʻaʻole anei au i ʻike, ua aku ʻoe i ke keiki a Iese, i mea hilahila nou, a me ka hilahila o kahi huna o kou makuahine? | Saul's anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida iā Mikala, I mua ia o Iēhova, nāna au i mai i mua o kou makua kāne, i mua hoʻi o kāna ʻohana a pau e hoʻonoho iaʻu i aliʻi ma luna o ko Iēhova poʻe kānaka, ma luna o ka ʻIseraʻela: no laila hoʻi e hula au i mua o Iēhova. | David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel--I will celebrate before the LORD. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Husai iā ʻAbesaloma, ʻAʻole, ʻo ka mea a Iēhova, a ʻo kēia poʻe kānaka, a ʻo nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela a pau e ai, nona nō wau, a e noho pū au me ia. | Hushai said to Absalom, "No, the one chosen by the LORD, by these people, and by all the men of Israel--his I will be, and I will remain with him. |
| E hele ʻoe, e ʻī aku iā Dāvida, Penei kā Iēhova ʻōlelo, Ke hōʻike aku nei au i ʻekolu mau mea nou; e ʻoe i kekahi o ia mau mea, i hana aku ai au iā ʻoe i laila. | "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' " |
| A i waenakonu kāu kauā nei o kou poʻe kānaka, āu i mai ai, he lāhui kanaka nui ʻaʻole hiki ke helu, ʻaʻole e pau i ka helu ʻia no ka lehulehu loa. | Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. |
| Mai ka lā mai i lawe mai ai au i koʻu poʻe kānaka ka ʻIseraʻela mai loko mai o ʻAigupita, ʻaʻole au i aʻe i kūlanakauhale no loko mai o nā ʻohana a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela e kūkulu i ka hale e noho ai koʻu inoa ma loko; akā, ua nō au iā Dāvida i luna no koʻu lāhui kanaka ʻIseraʻela. | 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built for my Name to be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.' |
| A inā e hele aku kou poʻe kānaka e kaua i ko lākou ʻenemi, ma kou wahi e hoʻouna aku ai iā lākou, a e pule aku lākou iā Iēhova i ke kūlanakauhale āu i ai, a i ka hale aʻu i kūkulu aʻe nei no kou inoa; | "When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, |
| A e hoʻi mai lākou iā ʻoe me ko lākou naʻau a pau, a me ko lākou ʻuhane a pau, ma ka ʻāina o ko lākou poʻe ʻenemi nāna lākou i alakaʻi pio aku, a e pule aku iā ʻoe i ko lākou ʻāina āu i hāʻawi mai ai i ko lākou mau mākua, i ke kūlanakauhale āu i mai ai, a i ka hale aʻu i kūkulu aʻe nei no kou inoa; | and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; |
| ʻAʻole hoʻi au e kāʻili honua i ke aupuni a pau, e hāʻawi aku nō au i hoʻokahi ʻohana i kāu keiki no Dāvida kaʻu kauā, a no Ierusalema aʻu i ai. | Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen." |
| Akā, iā ia nō ka ʻohana hoʻokahi no Dāvida kaʻu kauā, a no Ierusalema ke kūlanakauhale aʻu i ai mai loko mai o nā ʻohana a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela: | But for the sake of my servant David and the city of Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, he will have one tribe. |
| ʻAʻole naʻe au e kāʻili honua aʻe i ke aupuni a pau mai loko aʻe o kona lima; akā, e hoʻomau auaneʻi au i kona aliʻi ʻana i nā lā a pau o kona ola ʻana, no Dāvida kaʻu kauā, aʻu i ai no kona mālama ʻana i kaʻu mau kauoha a me koʻu mau kānāwai. | " 'But I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand; I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose and who observed my commands and statutes. |
| A i kāna keiki, hoʻokahi ʻohana kaʻu e hāʻawi aku ai, i mau ai ke kukui no Dāvida kaʻu kauā, i mua o koʻu alo ma Ierusalema, ke kūlanakauhale aʻu i ai noʻu e waiho ai i koʻu inoa ma laila. | I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name. |
| Ua aliʻi aʻela ʻo Rehoboama ke keiki a Solomona ma loko o Iuda. He kanahākumamākahi ko Rehoboama mau makahiki i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai i kona aliʻi ʻana; a he ʻumikumamāhiku mau makahiki i aliʻi ai ʻo ia i loko o Ierusalema, ke kūlanakauhale a Iēhova i ai i loko o nā ʻohana a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela e waiho iho i kona inoa ma laila. A ʻo Naʻama ka inoa o kona makuahine, ʻo ka ʻAmona. | Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. |
| He pono nō hoʻi e hāʻawi mai lākou i nā bipi ʻelua, iā mākou; a e aʻe lākou i kekahi bipi no lākou iho, a e ʻokiʻoki i mau ʻāpana, a e kau aku hoʻi ma luna o ka wahie, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hahao aʻe i ke ahi: a e hoʻomākaukau aku au i kekahi bipi, a e kau aʻe ma luna o ka wahie, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hahao aʻe i ke ahi: | Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. |
| ʻŌlelo maila hoʻi ʻo ʻElia i nā kāula o Baʻala, E ʻoukou i kekahi bipi no ʻoukou iho, a e hoʻomākaukau mua aʻe ia, no ka mea, he lehulehu ʻoukou; a e kāhea aku i ka inoa o ko ʻoukou mau akua, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hahao aʻe i ke ahi. | Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire." |
| A laila, ʻōlelo maila ʻo Dāvida, ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe nāna e amo i ka pahu o ke Akua, ʻo nā Levi wale nō: no ka mea, ua ʻo Iēhova iā lākou e amo i ka pahu o ke Akua, a e lawelawe nāna a mau loa nō. | Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever." |
| Ō hele e haʻi iā Dāvida, i ka ʻī ʻana aku, Eia kā Iēhova e ʻōlelo mai nei, Ke hōʻike aku nei au nou i ʻekolu mau mea; e ʻoe i kekahi o lākou, i hana aku ai au ia iā ʻoe. | "Go and tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.' " |
| A hele maila ʻo Gada, ʻī maila iā ia, Eia kā Iēhova e ʻōlelo mai nei, e ʻoe nou, | So Gad went to David and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Take your choice: |
| Akā hoʻi, i mai ʻo Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela iaʻu i mua o ka ʻohana a pau a koʻu makua kāne i aliʻi mau ma luna o ka ʻIseraʻela: no ka mea, i mai ʻo ia i ka Iuda i aliʻi; a i ka ʻohana a koʻu makua kāne no ka ʻohana a Iuda; a i waena o nā keiki a kuʻu makua kāne, i makemake ʻo ia iaʻu e hoʻolilo i aliʻi ma luna o ka ʻIseraʻela a pau: | "Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah he chose my family, and from my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. |
| Ua ʻike ʻia mai ʻo Iēhova e Solomona i ka pō, a ʻōlelo mai ʻo ia iā ia, Ua lohe au i kāu pule, a ua au i kēia wahi noʻu i hale mōhai. | the LORD appeared to him at night and said: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. |
| ʻĀnō hoʻi, ua au, a ua hoʻolaʻa au i kēia hale e waiho mau loa ai i koʻu inoa ma laila; a ma laila koʻu mau maka a me koʻu naʻau i nā lā a pau loa: | I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. |
| ʻO ʻoe nō, ʻo Iēhova, ke Akua nāna i iho iā ʻAberama, a alakaʻi maila iā ia mai loko mai o ʻUra no ko Kaledea, a kapa ihola ʻoe i kona inoa ʻo ʻAberahama. | "You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. |
| Hōʻole aku lākou, ʻaʻole e hoʻolohe, ʻaʻole hoʻi lākou i hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mau hana kupanaha āu i hana ai me lākou; hōʻoʻoleʻa nō lākou i ko lākou ʻāʻī, a i ko lākou kipi ʻana, ihola lākou i luna, i hoʻi aku ai lākou ma ko lākou hoʻokauā ʻana: akā, ʻo ʻoe ke Akua e kala ana i ka hala, he ʻoluʻolu a me ka lokomaikaʻi, he ahonui a me ke aloha nui, no laila, ʻaʻole ʻoe i haʻalele iā lākou. | They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, |
| No laila ke nei kuʻu naʻau i ke kāʻawe, A me ka make ma mua o kuʻu ola ʻana. | so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. |
| No ka mea, ke aʻo nei kou waha i kou hewa, A ke nei ʻoe i ke alelo o ka poʻe maʻalea. | Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. |
| Ma kou manaʻo anei kāna e uku mai ai, no kou hōʻole ʻana, Nāu nō e, ʻaʻole naʻu? No laila ʻo ka mea āu i ʻike ai, e ʻōlelo mai ʻoe. | Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know. |
| E makaʻala, mai mālama ʻoe i ka hewa: No ka mea, ua aku ʻoe i kēia ma mua o ka pōpilikia. | Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction. |
| ʻO wai lā ke kanaka i weliweli aku iā Iēhova? ʻO ia kāna e aʻo mai ai i ka ʻaoʻao āna e ai. | Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. |
| Pōmaikaʻi ka lāhui kanaka o Iēhova kona Akua; Ka poʻe kānaka hoʻi āna i ai i hoʻoilina nona. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. |
| E mai nō hoʻi ʻo ia i hoʻoilina no kākou, I ka nani o Iakoba āna i aloha mai ai. Sila. | He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. "Selah" |
| Pōmaikaʻi ke kanaka āu i mai ai, A e hoʻokokoke ai hoʻi, i noho ia ma kou mau pā hale; E māʻona auaneʻi mākou i ka pono o kou hale, ʻo kou luakini hoʻāno. | Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. |
| No ka mea, hoʻowahāwahā lākou i ka ʻike, A ʻo ka makaʻu iā Iēhova, ʻaʻole lākou i mai; | Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD, |
| Mai hoʻohālike ʻoe me ke kanaka huhū, Mai hoʻi ʻoe i kekahi ʻaoʻao ona. | Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, |
| E ʻoukou i ke aʻo ʻia mai, ʻaʻole ke kālā, A me ka ʻike hoʻi ma mua o ke gula maikaʻi. | Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, |
| Ua maikaʻi koʻu hua ma mua o ke gula a me ke gula maikaʻi; He mea ʻia hoʻi ka waiwai ma oʻu nei ma mua o ke kālā. | My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. |
| Akā, ʻo ka mea i hana ʻino mai iaʻu, ua pepehi ʻo ia i kona ʻuhane iho; ʻO ka poʻe inaina mai iaʻu ʻo ia kai i ka make. | But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death." |
| ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ke akamai, ua maikaʻi ia ma mua o ke gula; ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka naʻauao, e pono ke ʻia ma mua o ke kālā. | How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver! |
| No ka mea, e hilahila auaneʻi lākou i nā lāʻau ʻoka a ʻoukou i makemake ai, E hilahila nō i nā pā kanu a ʻoukou i ai. | "You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen. |
| ʻO ka waiūpaʻa a me ka mele kāna e ʻai ai, A ʻike ʻo ia i ka hōʻole i ka hewa, a e hoʻi i ka pono. | He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right. |
| No ka mea, ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o ke keiki e hōʻole i ka hewa, A e hoʻi i ka pono, E neoneo ʻē nō ka ʻāina o ua mau aliʻi lā ʻelua āu e makaʻu nei. | But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. |
| ʻO ʻoukou kaʻu e helu aku ai no ka pahi kaua, A e kūlou ʻoukou a pau i ka make; No ka mea, iaʻu i hea aku ai, ʻaʻole ʻoukou i ō mai, Iaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole ʻoukou i hoʻolohe; Akā, hana hewa nō ʻoukou i mua o koʻu mau maka, A ʻoukou i ka mea aʻu i makemake ʻole ai. | I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me." |
| ʻO ka mea kālua i ka bipi, he pepehi kanaka ia, ʻO ka mea mōhai i ka hipa, haʻi nō ʻo ia i ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻīlio: ʻO ka mōhai makana, he koko puaʻa nō ia; ʻO ka mea kuni i ka mea ʻala, hoʻomaikaʻi nō ʻo ia i ke akua kiʻi; ʻO ia, ua lākou i ko lākou ʻaoʻao iho, A ʻoliʻoli nō ko lākou naʻau i ko lākou mea hoʻopailua. | But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig's blood, and whoever burns memorial incense, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations; |
| E nō hoʻi au i ko lākou pōʻino, A naʻu hoʻi e hoʻoili aku ma luna o lākou, i ko lākou mea e weliweli ai; No ka mea, iaʻu i hea aku ai, ʻaʻohe mea i ō mai, Iaʻu i ʻōlelo aku ai, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻolohe: Akā, hana hewa nō lākou i mua o koʻu mau maka, A nō hoʻi i ka mea aʻu i makemake ʻole ai. | so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me." |
| A e ʻia ka make, ʻaʻole ʻo ke ola, e nā kānaka i koe, ʻo kēia poʻe i hoʻokoe ʻia o kēia hanauna hewa, ʻo ka poʻe i koe ma nā wahi a pau aʻu i kipaku aku ai iā lākou, wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua. | Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the LORD Almighty.' |
| ʻAʻole anei ʻoe i noʻonoʻo i ka mea a kēia poʻe kānaka i ʻōlelo ai, i ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, ʻO nā ʻohana ʻelua a Iēhova i ai, ua hōʻole ʻo ia iā lākou? Pēlā lākou i hoʻowahāwahā ai i koʻu poʻe kānaka, i pau aʻe ko lākou noho lāhui kanaka ʻana i mua o lākou. | "Have you not noticed that these people are saying, 'The LORD has rejected the two kingdoms he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation. |
| E ʻōlelo aku iā lākou, Ke ʻī mai nei ʻo Iēhova ka Haku penei; i ka lā i aku ai au i ka ʻIseraʻela, a i hāpai ai i kuʻu lima i nā keiki a ka ʻohana a Iakoba, a i hōʻike ai iaʻu iho iā lākou ma ka ʻāina ʻAigupita, i ka wā i hāpai ai au i kuʻu lima iā lākou, me ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, ʻO wau nō Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua; | and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of the house of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, "I am the LORD your God." |
| ʻO ʻoe hoʻi, e ke keiki a ke kanaka, e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i nā ala ʻelua, e hele mai ai ka pahi kaua a ke aliʻi o Babulona; e hele pū mai lāua a ʻelua mai ka ʻāina hoʻokahi mai; e ʻoe i kekahi wahi, e ma ke poʻo o ke ala e hiki ai i ke kūlanakauhale. | "Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost where the road branches off to the city. |
| Ia lā hoʻi, wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua, e lawe au iā ʻoe, e Zerubabela ke keiki a Saletiʻela, ʻo kaʻu kauā, wahi a Iēhova, a e hoʻolike au iā ʻoe me ke komo lima hoʻopili wepa; no ka mea, ua au iā ʻoe, wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua. | " 'On that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, 'and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,' declares the LORD Almighty." |
| A e komo auaneʻi ʻo Iēhova i ka Iuda i kuleana nona ma ka ʻāina hoʻāno, a e hou ʻo ia iā Ierusalema. | The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. |
| ʻĪ akula ʻo Iēhova iā Sātana, Na Iēhova ʻoe e pāpā aku, e Sātana; na Iēhova nāna i ʻo Ierusalema, e pāpā aku iā ʻoe: ʻaʻole anei kēia he momoku ahi i unuhi ʻia aʻe mai loko mai o ke ahi? | The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?" |