1 ¶ Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon, his son, saying,

Na kua tata nga ra o Rawiri e mate ia; a ka ako ia i tana tama, i a Horomona, ka mea,

2 I go the way of all the earth; be thou strong therefore and show thyself a man.

E haere ana tenei ahau i te ara o te whenua katoa: na kia kaha, whakatane:

3 K eep the charge of the LORD thy God, walking in his ways, keeping his statutes and his commandments and his rights and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou may have understanding in all that thou doest and in everything that thou dost undertake,

A kia mau ki te whakahau a Ihowa, a tou Atua, kia haere i ana ara, kia mau ki ana tikanga, ki ana whakahau, ki ana whakaritenga, ki ana whakaaturanga, ki nga mea kua oti te tuhituhi ki te ture a Mohi, kia tika ai tau i nga mea katoa e mea ai koe, i nga wahi katoa e tahuri ai koe:

4 t hat the LORD may confirm the word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, walking before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

Kia mana ai i a Ihowa tana kupu i korero ai ia moku, i mea ia, Ki te tupato au tamariki ki to ratou ara, ki te whakapaua katoatia o ratou ngakau, o ratou wairua, ki te haere i toku aroaro i runga i te pono, e kore e whakakorea, e ai ki tana, teta hi tangata mau mo te torona o Iharaira.

5 M oreover thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me and what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner, the son of Ner and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.

Na e mohio ana hoki koe ki ta Ioapa tama a Teruia i mea ai ki ahau, ki tana i mea ai ki nga rangatira ope tokorua o Iharaira, ki a Apanere tama a Nere, ki a Amaha tama a Ietere, i patua ra e ia, a whakahekea ana nga toto o te whawhai i te wa o te rangimarie, whakahekea ana nga toto o te whawhai ki tona whitiki i tona hope, ki ona hu i ona waewae.

6 D o, therefore, according to thy wisdom and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

Na kia rite tau e mea ai ki tau i matau ai, a kaua e tukua tona upoko hina kia heke atu ki te rua i runga i te rangimarie.

7 B ut show mercy unto the sons of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table, for they came thus unto me when I fled because of Absalom, thy brother.

Kia puta ia tou aroha ki nga tama a Paratirai Kireari, kia uru hoki ratou ki te hunga e kai ana ki tau tepu: i pera hoki ratou, i whakatau ki ahau i toku rerenga i tou tuakana, i a Apoharama.

8 A nd, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei, the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Na kei a koe na a Himei tama a Kera o Pineamine, o Pahurimi, tera i kanga ra ki ahau, kino atu te kanga, i te ra i haere ai ahau ki Mahanaima: otiia i haere mai ki ahau ki raro, ki Horano ki te whakatau i ahau, a oatitia ana a Ihowa e ahau ki a i a; i mea ahau, E kore ahau e whakamate i a koe ki te hoari.

9 N ow therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou should do with him, but thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

Na kaua ia e meinga he harakore, he tangata mohio hoki koe, a e matau ana ki tau e mea ai ki a ia; engari kia heke tona upoko hina ki te rua i runga i te toto.

10 A nd David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

Na moe ana a Rawiri ki ona matua, a tanumia ana ki te pa o Rawiri.

11 T he days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Ko nga ra i kingi ai a Rawiri ki a Iharaira, e wha tekau tau: e whitu nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Heperona, e toru tekau ma toru ano nga tau i kingi ai ki Hiruharama.

12 ¶ Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established greatly.

Na noho ana a Horomona i runga i te torona o Rawiri, o tona papa, a u rawa tona kingitanga.

13 T hen Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

Na ka haere a Aronia tama a Hakiti ki a Patehepa whaea o Horomona. A ka mea tera, I haere mai ranei koe i runga i te pai? A ka mea ia, I runga ano i te pai.

14 H e said moreover, I have a word to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

A i mea ano ia, He kupu taku ki a koe. A ka mea tera, Korero.

15 A nd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel had set their faces on me that I should reign, but the kingdom is turned about and is become my brother’s, for by the LORD it was his.

Na ka mea ia, E mohio ana koe, i ahau te kingitanga, i anga mai ano nga kanohi o Iharaira katoa ki ahau hei kingi: heoi kua kauparea ketia nei te kingitanga, a riro ana i toku teina: nona hoki, na Ihowa mai.

16 A nd now I ask one petition of thee, do not deny me. And she said unto him, Say on.

Na kotahi tenei tono aku ki a koe: kaua e whakakahoretia taku. A ka mea tera ki a ia, Korero.

17 T hen he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not deny thee) that he give me Abishag, the Shunammite to wife.

Na ka mea ia, Tena, korero ki a Kingi Horomona, e kore hoki ia e whakakahore ki tau, kia homai e ia a Apihaka Hunami hei wahine maku.

18 A nd Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee unto the king.

Na ka mea a Patehepa, E pai ana, me korero tau e ahau ki te kingi.

19 B athsheba, therefore, went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right hand.

Heoi haere ana a Patehepa ki a Kingi Horomona ki te korero ki a ia i ta Aronia. A whakatika ana te kingi ki te whakatau ki a ia, piko ana ki a ia, a ka noho iho ano ki tona torona; a ka meinga e ia kia whakaturia he torona mo te whaea o te kingi, a noho ana tera ki tona ringa matau.

20 T hen she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, do not deny me. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.

Katahi ka mea ia, Kotahi tenei mea iti hei tononga maku ki a koe: kaua taku e whakakahoretia. A ka mea te kingi ki a ia, Tonoa, e toku whaea; e kore hoki ahau e whakakahore ki tau.

21 A nd she said, Let Abishag, the Shunammite, be given to Adonijah, thy brother, to wife.

A ka mea tera, Kia hoatu a Apihaka Hunami hei wahine ma tou tuakana, ma Aronia.

22 A nd King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag, the Shunammite, for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother and he also has Abiathar, the priest, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah.

Na ka whakahoki a Kingi Horomona, ka mea ki tona whaea, He aha i tonoa ai e koe a Apihaka Hunami ma Aronia? Tonoa ano hoki te kingitanga mona; ko ia hoki toku tuakana; mona, mo Apiatara tohunga, mo Ioapa tama a Teruia.

23 T hen King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

Katahi ka oatitia a Ihowa e Kingi Horomona, ka mea, Kia meatia mai tenei e te Atua ki ahau, me tetahi atu mea ano, mehemea ehara i te kupu whakamate mona ano tenei i korerotia nei e Aronia.

24 N ow, therefore, as the LORD lives, who has confirmed me, and set me on the throne of David, my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

Tena ra, e ora ana a Ihowa i whakapumau nei i ahau, i whakanoho nei i ahau ki te torona o Rawiri, o toku papa, i mea nei hoki i tetahi whare moku, i te pera me tana i korero ai, ko aianei pu mate ai a Aronia.

25 T hen King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

Na ka tonoa e Kingi Horomona a Penaia tama a Iehoiara; a rere ana tera ki runga ki a ia, na kua mate.

26 ¶ And unto Abiathar, the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, unto thine own inheritance, for thou art worthy of death; but I will not put thee to death today because thou didst bare the ark of the Lord GOD before David, my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

Na ka mea te kingi ki te tohunga ki a Apiatara, Haere ki Anatoto, ki au mara; e tika ana hoki te mate mou: otiia e kore ahau e whakamate i a koe i tenei ra, no te mea nau i mau te aaka a te Ariki, a Ihowa, i mua i a Rawiri, i toku papa, i mate a no hoki koe i nga mate katoa o toku papa.

27 S o Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

Heoi peia ana a Apiatara e Horomona i te mahi tohunga ki a Ihowa; kia tutuki ai te kupu a Ihowa i korero ai ki Hiro mo te whare o Eri.

28 A nd the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he had not turned after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Na ka tae te rongo ki a Ioapa: i anga hoki a Ioapa ki te whai i a Aronia, engari kahore i tahuri ki a Apoharama. Na rere ana a Ioapa ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, kei te pupuri i nga haona o te aata.

29 A nd it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and that he was by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

A ka korerotia ki a Kingi Horomona, Kua rere a Ioapa ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, na, kei te taha o te aata. Katahi ka unga a Penaia tama a Iehoiara e Horomona, a ka mea ia, Haere, e rere ki runga i a ia.

30 A nd Benaiah entered into the tabernacle of the LORD and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

Na ka tae a Penaia ki te tapenakara o Ihowa, ka mea ki a ia, Ko te kupu tenei a te kingi, Puta mai ki waho. Ano ra ko tera, Kahore, engari kia mate ahau ki konei. Na ka whakahokia te korero e Penaia ki te kingi; i mea ia, Ko te kupu tenei a Ioap a, ko tana tenei i whakahoki ai ki ahau.

31 A nd the king said unto him, Do as he has said and fall upon him and bury him that thou may take away from me and from the house of my father the blood which Joab shed without a cause.

Ano ra ko te kingi ki a ia, Meatia tana i korero ai; rere atu ki runga ki a ia, ka tanu i a ia; kia whakakahoretia atu ai e koe i ahau, i te whare hoki o toku papa, nga toto i whakahekea noatia e Ioapa.

32 A nd the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and slew them with the sword without my father David knowing of it: Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

A ka whakahokia iho e Ihowa ona toto ki runga ano ki tona matenga, nana hoki i rere ki runga i nga tangata tokorua, ki nga tangata e tika ake ana, e pai ake ana i a ia, a patua iho ki te hoari, kihai ano hoki toku papa, a Rawiri i mohio, ara ki a Apanere tama a Nere, ki te rangatira o te ope o Iharaira, raua ko Amaha tama a Ietere, rangatira o te ope o Hura.

33 T heir blood shall, therefore, return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but upon David and upon his seed and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

Heoi ka hoki iho o raua toto ki runga ki te matenga o Ioapa, ki runga ano ki te matenga o ona uri a ake ake; ki a Rawiri ia, ratou ko ona uri, ko tona whare, ko tona torona, ka mau ta Ihowa rongo a ake ake.

34 S o Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up and fell upon him and slew him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Na ko te haerenga o Penaia tama a Iehoiara ki runga, a rere ana ki runga ki a ia, whakamatea iho; a tanumia iho ia ki tona whare, ki te koraha.

35 ¶ And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the host; and Zadok, the priest, the king put in the place of Abiathar.

A meinga ana e te kingi a Penaia tama a Iehoiara hei rangatira ope i muri i a ia; i meinga e te kingi a Haroko tohunga hei whakakapi mo Apiatara.

36 A fterward the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go forth from there anywhere.

Na ka tono tangata te kingi ki te karanga i a Himei, a ka mea ki a ia, Hanga he whare mou ki Hiruharama, hei reira noho ai; kaua hoki e haere atu i reira ki hea, ki hea.

37 F or it shall be that on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die; thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

Ko a te ra hoki e puta ai koe ki waho, e whiti ai i te awa i Kitirono, kia tino mohio koe, ko te mate kau mou; hei runga ano i tou matenga ou toto.

38 A nd Shimei said unto the king, The word is good as my lord the king has said, so will thy slave do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

Na ka mea a Himei ki te kingi, He pai tena kupu; ka pena tau pononga me ta toku ariki, me ta te kingi i korero mai na. Na he maha nga ra i noho ai a Himeiki Hiruharama.

39 B ut it came to pass at the end of three years that two of the slaves of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy slaves are in Gath.

A i te mutunga o nga tau e toru ka tahuti nga pononga tokorua a Himei ki a Akihi tama a Maaka kingi o Kata. A ka korerotia ki a Himei, Nana, ko au pononga tera, kei Kata.

40 A nd Shimei arose and saddled his ass and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves. Shimei went, therefore, and brought his slaves from Gath.

Na ko te whakatikanga o Himei, whakanohoia ana tana kaihe, a haere ana ki Kata, ki a Akihi, ki te rapu i ana pononga: heoi haere ana a Himei, a kawea ana mai e ia ana pononga i Kata.

41 A nd it was told Solomon how Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come again.

Na ka korerotia ki a Horomona, i haere atu a Himei i Hiruharama ki Kata, a kua hoki mai ano.

42 T hen the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD and protested unto thee, saying, Know for certain, on the day thou goest out and walkest abroad anywhere that thou shalt surely die? And thou didst say unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

Na ka tono tangata te kingi ki te karanga i a Himei, a ka mea ki a ia, Kahore ianei koe i whakaoatitia e ahau ki a Ihowa, me taku whakaatu ano ki a koe, me taku ki atu ano, Ko te ra e puta ai koe ki waho, e haere ai ki hea ranei, ki hea ranei, k ia tino mohio koe, ko te mate kau mou? I mea mai ano koe ki ahau, He pai te kupu i rongo ai ahau.

43 W hy then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

He aha ra koe te pupuri ai i te oati a Ihowa, i te whakahau i whakahaua ai koe e ahau?

44 T he king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart knoweth well that thou didst to David my father; therefore, the LORD has turned thy wickedness upon thine own head;

I mea ano te kingi ki a Himei, E mohio ana koe, e mohio ana ano tou ngakau, ki te kino katoa, ki tau i mea ai ki toku papa, ki a Rawiri. Na ka whakahokia nei e Ihowa tou kino ki runga ki tou matenga:

45 a nd King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.

Ka manaakitia ia a Kingi Horomona, ka pumau tonu ano te torona o Rawiri i te aroaro o Ihowa a ake ake.

46 T hen the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who went out and fell upon him that he died. And the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon.

Heoi ka whakahau te kingi ki a Penaia tama a Iehoiara, haere ana tera ki waho, rere ana ki runga ki a ia, na kua mate. Na kua pumau te kingitanga i te ringa o Horomona.