| ʻOih 17:28 | No ka mea, ma loko ona e ola nei, a e hele nei, a e noho nei kākou; e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a kekahi haku mele o ʻoukou, He poʻe keiki kākou nāna. | 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' |
| ʻEpeso 5:19 | E ʻōlelo ana kekahi i kekahi i nā halelū, i nā hīmeni, a me nā mele na ka ʻUhane, e hoʻoleʻa ana a e hoʻokani ana i ka Haku, i loko o ko ʻoukou naʻau; | Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, |
| Kol 3:16 | A e noho lako mai ka ʻōlelo a Kristo i loko o ʻoukou, me ka naʻauao loa; e aʻo ana a e hoʻonaʻauao ana hoʻi kekahi i kekahi i nā halelū, a me nā hīmeni, a me nā mele ma ka ʻUhane, e ʻoli ana i ka Haku me ka maikaʻi i loko o ko ʻoukou naʻau. | Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. |
| Hōʻik 5:9 | Memele maila lākou i ke mele hou, e ʻōlelo ana, Pono nō ʻoe ke lawe i ka buke, a e ʻākaʻa i kona mau wepa: no ka mea, ua pepehi ʻia ʻoe, a ua kūʻai mai ʻoe iā mākou no ke Akua me kou koko, mai loko mai o nā ʻohana a pau, a me nā ʻōlelo, a me nā ʻāina, a me nā lāhui kanaka a pau; | And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. |
| Hōʻik 14:3 | Mele ihola lākou i ke mele hou i mua o ka noho aliʻi, a i mua o nā mea ola ʻehā, a i mua o nā lunakahiko. ʻAʻole e hiki i kekahi ke aʻo ia mele, ʻo ka poʻe hoʻokahi haneri me kanahākumamāhā tausani wale nō, ka poʻe i kūʻai hoʻōla ʻia aʻe mai ka honua aku. | And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. |
| Hōʻik 15:3 | Mele maila lākou i ke mele a Mose, ke kauā a ke Akua a me ke mele a ke Keiki hipa, e ʻōlelo ana, He nui a he kupanaha loa kāu hana, e ka Haku, ke Akua Mana loa; he pono a he ʻoiaʻiʻo kou mau ʻaoʻao, e ke Aliʻi o nā lāhui kanaka. | and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. |
| Kin 31:27 | No ke aha lā ʻoe i holo malū mai ai, me ka puni mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole hoʻi i haʻi mai iaʻu, i hoʻihoʻi aku ai au iā ʻoe me ka ʻoliʻoli a me nā mele, me nā pahu kani a me nā lira? | Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps? |
| Puk 15:1 | A laila mele akula ʻo Mose, a me nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i kēia mele iā Iēhova: ʻōlelo akula ia me ka ʻī ʻana aku, Iā Iēhova nō wau e mele aku ai, No ka mea, ua hoʻonani loa ʻo ia iā ia iho; Ua kiola ʻo ia i ka lio, a me kona mea hoʻoholo i loko o ke kai. | Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. |
| Puk 15:2 | ʻO Iēhova nō koʻu ikaika, a me kaʻu mele, ʻO ia koʻu hoʻōla, ʻo koʻu Akua hoʻi ia, E hoʻomākaukau nō wau i wahi nona e noho ai. ʻO ke Akua nō ia o koʻu makua, A e mililani aku au iā ia. | “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. |
| Puk 15:21 | ʻĪ maila ʻo Miriama iā lākou, E mele aku ʻoukou iā Iēhova, No ka mea, ua lanakila loa ʻo ia, Ua kiola ʻo ia i ka lio a me kona mea hoʻoholo i ke kai. | Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.” The Waters of Marah and Elim |
| Puk 32:18 | ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻAʻole ia he leo no ka poʻe ʻuāʻuā lanakila, ʻaʻole hoʻi ka leo o ka poʻe uē i ke pio ʻana; akā ʻo ka walaʻau mele kaʻu e lohe nei. | Moses replied: “It is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat; it is the sound of singing that I hear.” |
| Puk 33:3 | A i ka ʻāina e kahe ana o ka waiū a me ka mele; no ka mea, ʻaʻole au e piʻi aku i waena ou, no ka mea, he poʻe kānaka ʻāʻī ʻoʻoleʻa ʻoukou; o hoʻopau auaneʻi au iā ʻoe ma ke ala. | Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.” |
| Nāh 21:17 | A laila mele akula ka ʻIseraʻela i kēia mele, E huahuaʻi mai, e ka pūnāwai; E mele aku ʻoukou iā ia: | Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it, |
| Nāh 21:27 | No ia mea, ʻī maila nā haku mele, E hele ʻoukou i loko o Hesebona, e hana hou ʻia Ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sihona e hoʻokumu ʻia: | That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored. |
| Kānl 31:19 | No ia hoʻi, e kākau ʻoukou i kēia mele no ʻoukou, a e aʻo aku ia i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela: e hāʻawi aku ia mea i ko lākou waha, i lilo ai kēia mele i mea hōʻike noʻu e kūʻē i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela. | “Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them. |
| Kānl 31:21 | Aia loaʻa iā lākou nā mea ʻino he nui loa, a me nā mea pilikia, a laila lilo kēia mele i mea hōʻike i mua o lākou; ʻaʻole e hoʻopoina ʻia ma ka waha o kā lākou mamo: no ka mea, ua ʻike nō au ʻānō i ko lākou manaʻo a lākou e hana aku ai ma mua o kuʻu lawe ʻana aku iā lākou ma ka ʻāina aʻu i hoʻohiki ai. | And when many disasters and calamities come on them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.” |
| Kānl 31:22 | Kākau iho ʻo Mose i kēia mele ia lā, a aʻo akula ia i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela. | So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites. |
| Kānl 31:30 | A ʻōlelo aku ʻo Mose ma loko o nā pepeiao o ke anaina kanaka a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela i nā hua ʻōlelo o kēia mele a pau loa. | And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel: |
| Kānl 32:44 | Hele mai ʻo Mose a haʻi aku i nā pepeiao o kānaka i nā hua ʻōlelo a pau o kēia mele, ʻo ia a me Iosua, ke keiki a Nuna. | Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. |
| Lunk 5:1 | Ia lā, mele akula ʻo Debora lāua ʻo Baraka, ke keiki a ʻAbinoama, i ka ʻī ʻana, | On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: |
| Lunk 5:3 | E hoʻolohe mai, e nā aliʻi, E hāliu mai i pepeiao, e nā mea nani; ʻO wau, iā Iēhova nō wau e mele aku ai: E ʻoli aku au iā Iēhova i ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela. | “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song. |
| 1-Sam 18:6 | A i ko lākou hele ʻana mai, i ka wā a Dāvida i hoʻi mai ai i ka pepehi ʻana i ke kanaka Pilisetia, hele maila nā wāhine mai nā kūlanakauhale a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela mai, e mele ana, a e haʻa ana, e hālāwai me Saula ke aliʻi, me nā kuolokani, a me ka ʻoliʻoli, a me nā mea kani. | When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. |
| 1-Sam 21:11 | ʻĪ maila nā kauā a ʻAkisa iā ia, ʻAʻole anei kēia ʻo Dāvida, ke aliʻi o ka ʻāina; ʻaʻole anei lākou i mele ai kekahi i kekahi nona me ka haʻa ʻana, i ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, He mau tausani kā Saula i pepehi ai, he ʻumi tausani hoʻi kā Dāvida? | But the servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the land? Isn't he the one they sing about in their dances: " 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?" |
| 1-Sam 29:5 | ʻAʻole anei ʻo Dāvida kēia a lākou i mele ai i kekahi i kekahi me ka haʻa ʻana, i ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, He mau tausani kā Saula i pepehi, he ʻumi tausani kā Dāvida? | Isn't this the David they sang about in their dances: " 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?" |
| 2-Sam 19:35 | He kanawalu nā makahiki oʻu i kēia lā; e hiki anei iaʻu ke ʻike ma waena o ka pono a me ka hewa? Ua ʻono anei i kāu kauā kaʻu mea e ʻai ai, a me kaʻu mea e inu ai? E lohe hou anei au i ka leo o nā kāne mea mele a me nā wāhine mea mele? No ke aha hoʻi e hoʻokaumaha aku ai kāu kauā i kuʻu haku i ke aliʻi? | I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of men and women singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? |
| 2-Sam 22:1 | ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Dāvida iā Iēhova i nā hua ʻōlelo o kēia mele, i ka lā a Iēhova i hoʻopakele aʻe iā ia mai ka lima aku o kona poʻe ʻenemi a pau, a mai ka lima aku hoʻi o Saula. | David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. |
| 2-Sam 22:50 | No laila au e hoʻālohaloha aku ai iā ʻoe, e Iēhova, ma waena o nā kānaka ʻē. E mele hoʻomaikaʻi aku au i kou inoa. | Therefore I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name. |
| 2-Sam 23:1 | Eia nā ʻōlelo hope a Dāvida. ʻĪ akula ʻo Dāvida ke keiki a Iese, ke kanaka i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia aʻe i luna, ka mea poni a ke Akua o Iakoba, a me ka mea haku mele maikaʻi no ka ʻIseraʻela, | These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel's singer of songs: |
| 1-Nāal 4:32 | A ua ʻōlelo maila ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo akamai ʻekolu tausani, a ʻo kāna mau mele, hoʻokahi tausani ia a me kumamālima. | He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five. |
| 1-Nāal 10:12 | Hana ihola ke aliʻi i nā lāʻau ʻalemuga i mau kia no ka hale o Iēhova, a no ka hale o ke aliʻi, a me nā lira, a me nā pesaleteria no ka poʻe mele; ʻaʻole hiki mai nā lāʻau ʻalemuga e like me nēia, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻike ʻia a hiki i kēia lā. | The king used the almugwood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.) |
| 1-ʻOihn 9:33 | ʻO kēia ka poʻe mele, nā poʻokela o nā mākua o nā Levi, i noho hana ʻole ma nā keʻena: no ka mea, ua mau lākou ma ia hana i ka pō a me ke ao. | Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night. |
| 1-ʻOihn 13:8 | Hoʻokani akula ʻo Dāvida a me ka ʻIseraʻela a pau i mua o ke Akua me ka ikaika a pau, i nā mele, me nā lira, nā pesaleteria, nā timeberela, nā kimebala, a me nā pū kani. | David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. |
| 1-ʻOihn 15:22 | A ʻo Kenania, ka luna o ka Levi, no ka leo mele nō ia; aʻo akula ia i ka leo mele, no ka mea, he akamai kona. | Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it. |
| 1-ʻOihn 15:27 | Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia ʻo Dāvida i ka ʻaʻahu mākuʻe, a me nā Levi e amo ana i ka pahu a me ka poʻe memele, a ʻo Kenania ke kumu aʻo i ka mele, a me ka poʻe memele: ma luna hoʻi ʻo Dāvida kekahi ʻēpoda olonā. | Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the singers, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod. |
| 1-ʻOihn 16:9 | E mele aku iā ia, e mele halelū aku iā ia, E kamaʻilio ʻoukou i nā hana kupanaha āna a pau. | Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. |
| 1-ʻOihn 16:23 | E mele aku iā Iēhova, e ko ka honua a pau; E hōʻike aku i kona ola, ia lā aku ia lā aku. | Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. |
| 1-ʻOihn 25:6 | ʻO kēia poʻe a pau, ma lalo o nā lima o ko lākou makua kāne no ka mele i loko o ka hale o Iēhova, me nā kimebala, nā pesaleteria, a me nā lira, no ka ʻoihana ma ka hale o ke Akua, e like me ke kauoha a ke aliʻi iā ʻAsapa, iā Iedutuna, a me Hemana. | All these men were under the supervision of their fathers for the music of the temple of the LORD, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the supervision of the king. |
| 1-ʻOihn 25:7 | A ʻo ka huina o lākou a pau, me ko lākou poʻe hoahānau, i aʻo ʻia i nā mele no Iēhova, ʻo ka poʻe akamai a pau, he ʻalua haneri me ke kanawalukumamāwalu. | Along with their relatives--all of them trained and skilled in music for the LORD--they numbered 288. |
| 2-ʻOihn 9:11 | Hana ihola ʻo Solomona me ka lāʻau ʻaleguma i alapiʻi no ka hale o Iēhova, a no ka hale o ke aliʻi, a me nā mea kani, a me nā kuolokani no ka poʻe mele; ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā mea e like me ua mau mea lā ma ka ʻāina ʻo Iuda. | The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.) |
| 2-ʻOihn 20:21 | A kūkākūkā pū ʻo ia me nā kānaka, a hoʻonoho ʻo ia i kekahi poʻe hoʻoleʻa mele iā Iēhova e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka nani o kona hemolele, i ko lākou hele ʻana i mua o ka poʻe kaua, i ka ʻī ʻana aku, E hoʻoleʻa aku iā Iēhova; no ka mea, ua mau loa kona aloha. | After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: "Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever." |
| 2-ʻOihn 23:13 | A ʻike aʻela ʻo ia, aia hoʻi, ke aliʻi e kū ana ma kona wahi ma kahi e komo ai, a, me ke aliʻi nā luna a me ka poʻe hoʻokani, a me nā kānaka a pau o ka ʻāina e ʻoliʻoli ana, a e hoʻokani ana i nā pū, a me ka poʻe mele, me kā lākou mau mea kani, a me ka poʻe e aʻo ana e hoʻoleʻa aku; haehae ihola ʻo ʻAtalia i kona kapa, ʻōlelo akula, He kipi ē, he kipi ē! | She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!" |
| 2-ʻOihn 23:18 | A laila, hoʻonoho ʻo Iehoiada i nā kiaʻi ma ka hale o Iēhova, ma ka lima o ka poʻe kāhuna, ka Levi, ka poʻe a Dāvida i māhele aku ai no ka hale o Iēhova, e mōhai aku i nā mōhai o Iēhova e like me ka mea i kākau ʻia i loko o ke kānāwai o Mose, me ka ʻoliʻoli ʻana, a me ke mele, ma ka lima o Dāvida. | Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the LORD in the hands of the priests, who were Levites, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. |
| 2-ʻOihn 35:15 | A ma ko lākou wahi, ka poʻe mele, nā keiki a ʻAsapa, ʻo lākou e like me ke kauoha a Dāvida, a me ʻAsapa, a me Hemana a me Iedutuna, ke kāula a ke aliʻi; a ʻo nā mea kiaʻi puka, ma kēlā puka kēia puka lākou: ʻaʻole o lākou kuleana e haʻalele ai i kā lākou lawelawe ʻana; no ka mea, ua hoʻomākaukau ko lākou poʻe hoahānau, ʻo nā Levi no lākou. | The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king's seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them. |
| 2-ʻOihn 35:25 | A kanikau ʻo Ieremia no Iosia; a ʻo ka poʻe mele kanikau a pau, ka poʻe kāne a me ka poʻe wāhine, ʻōlelo lākou no Iosia i ko lākou kanikau ʻana a hiki i kēia lā, a hoʻolilo lākou ia mau mea lā i mea mau i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela; aia hoʻi, ua kākau ʻia i loko o nā kanikau. | Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the men and women singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments. |
| ʻEzera 2:41 | ʻO ka poʻe mele; ʻo nā mamo a ʻAsepa, hoʻokahi haneri a me ka iwakāluakumamāwalu. | The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128 |
| ʻEzera 2:65 | He ʻokoʻa kā lākou poʻe kauā kāne, a me kā lākou poʻe kauā wahine, ʻehiku tausani lākou, ʻekolu haneri a me kanakolukumamāhiku: a ʻo ka poʻe kāne mele o lākou, a me ka poʻe wāhine mele, ʻelua haneri lākou. | besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers. |
| ʻEzera 2:70 | A ʻo nā kāhuna a me nā Levi, a me kekahi o nā kānaka, a me ka poʻe mele, a me ka poʻe kiaʻi puka, a me ka poʻe Netini, noho ihola ma ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale, a ʻo ka ʻIseraʻela a pau ma ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale. | The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns. |
| ʻEzera 3:11 | A mele aku lākou me ka hoʻoleʻa ʻana, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā Iēhova; No ka mea, he maikaʻi ʻo ia, a he mau loa kona aloha i ka ʻIseraʻela. A hoʻōho aʻela nā kānaka a pau me ka hoʻōho nui, i ko lākou hoʻoleʻa ʻana iā Iēhova no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hale o Iēhova. | With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD: "He is good; his love to Israel endures forever." And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. |
| ʻEzera 7:7 | A piʻi aʻela kekahi poʻe o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a ʻo nā kāhuna, a me nā Levi, a me ka poʻe mele, a me nā kiaʻi puka, a me ka poʻe Netini, i Ierusalema, i ka hiku o ka makahiki o ʻAretasaseta ke aliʻi. | Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. |
| ʻEzera 7:24 | Ke hōʻike aku nei nō hoʻi mākou iā ʻoukou, no nā kāhuna a pau, a no nā Levi, no ka poʻe mele, no nā kiaʻi puka, no ka poʻe Netini, a me ka poʻe lawelawe ma kēia hale o ke Akua, ʻaʻole he pono ke ʻauhau iā lākou i ka uku, a me ka hoʻokupu, a me ke dute. | You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God. |
| ʻEzera 10:24 | A no ka poʻe mele; ʻo ʻAliasiba: a no nā kiaʻi puka; ʻo Saluma, ʻo Telema, a me ʻUri. | From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri. |
| Neh 7:1 | A uhau ʻia ka pā, a kūkulu nō hoʻi au i nā pani, a hoʻonoho ʻia nā kiaʻi puka, a me ka poʻe mele, a me nā Levi; | After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. |
| Neh 7:44 | ʻO ka poʻe mele: ʻo nā mamo a ʻAsapa, hoʻokahi haneri a me ke kanahākumamāwalu. | The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148 |
| Neh 7:67 | He ʻokoʻa kā lākou poʻe kauā kāne a me kā lākou poʻe kauā wahine, ʻehiku tausani lākou, ʻekolu haneri a me kanakolukumamāhiku: a ʻo ka poʻe kāne mele a me ka poʻe wāhine mele o lākou, ʻelua haneri a me kanahākumamālima. | besides their %"7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 245 men and women singers. |
| Neh 7:73 | A ʻo nā kāhuna, a me nā Levi, a me nā kiaʻi puka, a me ka poʻe mele, a me kekahi o nā kānaka, a me ka poʻe Netini, a me ka ʻIseraʻela a pau, noho ihola lākou ma ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale; a hiki mai ka hiku o ka malama, aia nō ka ʻIseraʻela i loko o ko lākou mau kūlanakauhale. | The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, |
| Neh 10:28 | A ʻo ke koena o ka poʻe kānaka, ʻo nā kāhuna, ʻo nā Levi, ʻo ka poʻe kiaʻi puka, ʻo ka poʻe mele, ʻo ka poʻe Netini, a me ka poʻe a pau i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia aʻela mai loko mai o nā lāhui kanaka o nā ʻāina a ma ke kānāwai o ke Akua, ko lākou poʻe wāhine, ʻo ko lākou poʻe keiki kāne a me kā lākou poʻe kaikamāhine, ka poʻe a pau e hiki iā lākou ke ʻike a e hoʻomaopopo hoʻi; | "The rest of the people--priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand-- |
| Neh 10:39 | No ka mea, e lawe nō ka ʻIseraʻela a me nā Levi i ka hoʻokupu ʻana o ka ʻai, ʻo ka waina a me ka ʻaila ma nā keʻena, a ma laila nō nā ipu o ka luakini, a me nā kāhuna nāna e lawelawe, a me ka poʻe kiaʻi puka, a me ka poʻe mele: ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele i ka hale o ko kākou Akua. | The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and oil to the storerooms where the articles for the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the singers stay. "We will not neglect the house of our God." |
| Neh 11:17 | A me Matania ke keiki a Mika, ke keiki a Zabedi, ke keiki a ʻAsapa, ka luna puana o ka mele ma ka pule ʻana; a me Bakebukia ma lalo iki aʻe o kona poʻe hoahānau, a me ʻAbeda, ke keiki a Samua, ke keiki a Galala, ke keiki a Iedutuna. | Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. |
| Neh 11:22 | A ʻo ka luna o nā Levi i loko o Ierusalema, ʻo ʻUzi ke keiki a Bani, ke keiki a Hasabia, ke keiki a Matania, ke keiki a Mika. No loko mai o ka poʻe mamo a ʻAsapa, ka poʻe mele ma ka hana ʻana i loko o ka hale o ke Akua. | The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's descendants, who were the singers responsible for the service of the house of God. |
| Neh 11:23 | No ka mea, kauoha aʻela ke aliʻi iā lākou i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe mele kekahi ʻoihana i kēlā lā i kēia lā. | The singers were under the king's orders, which regulated their daily activity. |
| Neh 12:27 | A i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka pā o Ierusalema, ʻimi akula lākou i nā Levi mai loko mai o nā wahi a pau loa o lākou, e hoʻākoakoa mai iā lākou i Ierusalema, e hana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana me ka ʻoliʻoli, a me ka hoʻoleʻa ʻana aku a me ke mele, me nā kimebala, nā lira a me nā mea kani. | At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. |
| Neh 12:28 | Hoʻākoakoa ʻia maila ka poʻe mele mai ka pāpū mai a puni Ierusalema, a mai nā kauhale o ko Netopa. | The singers also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem--from the villages of the Netophathites, |
| Neh 12:29 | A mai loko mai o Gilegala, a mai nā ʻāina mai o Geba a me ʻAzemaveta: no ka mea, ua kūkulu ka poʻe mele i mau kauhale no lākou a puni Ierusalema. | from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. |
| Neh 12:42 | A me Maʻaseia, a me Semaia, a me ʻEleazara, a me ʻUzi a me Iehohanana, a me Malekia, a me ʻElama, a me ʻEzera. A hoʻoleʻa akula ka poʻe mele, a me Iezerahia ko lākou luna. | and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah. |
| Neh 12:45 | Mālama ihola ka poʻe mele a me ka poʻe kiaʻi puka i ka ʻoihana a ko lākou Akua, a me ka ʻoihana o ka huikala ʻana, e like me ke kauoha a Dāvida, a me Solomona kāna keiki. | They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon. |
| Neh 12:46 | No ka mea, i nā lā o Dāvida a me ʻAsapa, mai ka wā kahiko mai, he poʻe luna nō ma luna o ka poʻe mele, a he mau mele nō e hoʻoleʻa aku ai a e hoʻonani aku ai i ke Akua. | For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. |
| Neh 12:47 | A i nā lā o Zerubabela a i nā lā o Nehemia, hāʻawi maila ka ʻIseraʻela a pau i nā haʻawina no ka poʻe mele a me ka poʻe kiaʻi puka, kekahi i kēlā lā i kēia lā: a hoʻāno aʻela lākou i nā mea no nā Levi; a hoʻāno aʻela ʻo nā Levi no nā mamo a ʻAʻarona. | So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron. |
| Neh 13:5 | A ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia nona, i keʻena nui kahi a lākou i waiho ai ma mua i ka mōhai makana, i ka mea ʻala a me nā ipu a me ka hapaʻumi o ka ʻai, i ka waina hou a me ka ʻaila, nā mea i kauoha ʻia ai na nā Levi a me ka poʻe mele a me ka poʻe kiaʻi puka; a me ka makana no ka poʻe kāhuna. | and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests. |
| Neh 13:10 | A ʻike ihola au, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia mai nā haʻawina no nā Levi; a ua ʻauheʻe kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka ma kona ʻāina iho, ʻo nā Levi a me ka poʻe mele, ka poʻe nāna e lawelawe i ka hana. | I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields. |
| Ioba 30:9 | ʻĀnō hoʻi, ua lilo au i mea e mele ai lākou; A ua lilo hoʻi au no lākou i mea e ʻōlelo nane ai. | "And now their sons mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. |
| Ioba 35:10 | Akā, ʻaʻole e ʻī mai kekahi, ʻAuhea ke Akua nāna au i hana, Ka mea i hāʻawi mai i nā mele ʻoliʻoli i ka pō; | But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, |
| Ioba 38:7 | I ka wā i mele pū ai nā hōkū ao, I hoʻōho ʻoliʻoli aʻe hoʻi nā keiki a pau a ke Akua? | while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? |
| Hal 28:7 | ʻO Iēhova kuʻu ikaika a me kuʻu pale kaua; Iā ia i hilinaʻi ai kuʻu naʻau, a ua kōkua ʻia mai au; No laila i hauʻoli nui ai kuʻu naʻau, A ma kuʻu mele e hoʻoleʻa aku ai au iā ia. | The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. |
| Hal 32:7 | ʻO ʻoe nō kuʻu wahi e peʻe ai; E hoʻopakele nō ʻoe iaʻu i ka pōpilikia: E hoʻopuni nō ʻoe iaʻu me nā mele no ke ola. Sila. | You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. "Selah" |
| Hal 33:3 | E ʻoli aku iā ia i ke mele hou; E hula akamai me ke kani nui. | Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. |
| Hal 40:3 | Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia i ka mele hou i loko o kuʻu waha, I ka hoʻoleʻa i ko kākou Akua: E ʻike auaneʻi nā mea he nui, a e weliweli hoʻi, A e hilinaʻi aku hoʻi iā Iēhova. | He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. |
| Hal 42:8 | Akā, i ke ao e kauoha mai ʻo Iēhova i kona lokomaikaʻi, A i ka pō, eia auaneʻi me aʻu ka mele nona, A me kaʻu pule i ke Akua o koʻu ola nei. | By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me-- a prayer to the God of my life. |
| Hal 45:1 | Ke hoʻohū mai nei koʻu naʻau i ke mele maikaʻi; Ke haʻi aku nei au i nā mea aʻu i hana ai no ke Aliʻi; ʻO koʻu alelo ka peni a me ka mea kākau wikiwiki. | My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. |
| Hal 49:4 | E hāliu aku au i kuʻu pepeiao i ka ʻōlelo nane; E hoʻomaka au i kuʻu mele ma ka lira. | I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: |
| Hal 59:17 | E koʻu Ikaika, iā ʻoe nō wau e mele aku ai: No ka mea, ʻo ke Akua nō koʻu wahi e malu ai, ʻo koʻu Akua aloha mai. | O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God. |
| Hal 65:13 | Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia nā kula i ʻohana holoholona, Ua uhi ʻia hoʻi nā awāwa i ka palaoa: Ke hoʻōho nei lākou no ka ʻoliʻoli; Ke mele mai nei nō hoʻi lākou. | The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing. |
| Hal 66:4 | E pau ka honua i ka hoʻomana aku iā ʻoe, me ke mele aku iā ʻoe; E hīmeni aku lākou i kou inoa. Sila. | All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name." "Selah" |
| Hal 68:25 | Ua hele mua aʻe ka poʻe mele hīmeni, A ma hope iho ka poʻe hoʻokanikani i nā kaula: A i waena nā kaikamāhine e hoʻokani timerela ana. | In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the maidens playing tambourines. |
| Hal 69:12 | Ua ʻōlelo kūʻē mai iaʻu ka poʻe noho ma ka ʻīpuka; A lilo hoʻi au i mele na ka poʻe inu i ka mea ʻona. | Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. |
| Hal 77:6 | Hoʻomanaʻo ihola au i kuʻu mele i ka pō: Me kuʻu naʻau wau i kūkākūkā iho ai; Huli ikaika hoʻi koʻu manaʻo. | I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired: |
| Hal 78:2 | E hōʻoaka aʻe au i kuʻu waha ma nā hīmeni, A e haʻi aku hoʻi i nā mele kahiko; | I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old-- |
| Hal 81:2 | E hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke mele ʻana, a e hō mai hoʻi i ka pahu kani, A me ka lira ʻoluʻolu, a me ka viola ʻumi. | Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre. |
| Hal 87:7 | ʻO ka poʻe mele, a me ka poʻe hoʻokiokio, Aia lā i loko ou, koʻu mau pūnāwai a pau. | As they make music they will sing, "All my fountains are in you." |
| Hal 149:1 | E halelū aku ʻoukou iā Iēhova, E ʻoli aku iā Iēhova, i ke mele hou, I kona mau halelū hoʻi ma ke anaina o ka poʻe haipule. | Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. |
| Sol 25:20 | ʻO ka mea lawe aku i ke kapa i ka wā anu, A ʻo ka vīnega hoʻi ma ka paʻakai, ʻO ia ke mele aku i ke mele i ka mea naʻau kaumaha. | Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. |
| Kekah 2:8 | Ua hoʻoʻiliʻili nō hoʻi au noʻu i ke kālā, a me ke gula a me ka waiwai o nā aliʻi a ʻo nā ʻāina hoʻi; ua ʻimi iaʻu a loaʻa kekahi poʻe kāne mele, a me kekahi poʻe wāhine mele, a me nā mea e ʻoliʻoli ai nā keiki a kānaka, he wahine a me nā haiā wahine. | I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well--the delights of the heart of man. |
| Kekah 7:5 | Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lohe ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a ka poʻe naʻauao, ma mua o ko ke kanaka lohe ʻana i ke mele leʻa a ka poʻe naʻaupō. | It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. |
| Mele 1:1 | Ke mele o nā mele, na Solomona nō ia. | Solomon's Song of Songs. |
| ʻIsaia 5:1 | E mele aku au no kuʻu hiwahiwa, I ke mele o kuʻu hiwahiwa no kona pā waina. He pā waina ko kuʻu hiwahiwa, Aia ma ka puʻu hua nui. | I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. |
| ʻIsaia 7:15 | ʻO ka waiūpaʻa a me ka mele kāna e ʻai ai, A ʻike ʻo ia i ka hōʻole i ka hewa, a e koho hoʻi i ka pono. | He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right. |
| ʻIsaia 14:4 | A laila ʻoe e haku ai i kēia mele no ke aliʻi o Babulona, I ka ʻī ʻana iho, Nani ka pau ʻana o ka mea nāna i hoʻokaumaha, Ka pau ʻana hoʻi o ka mea ʻauhau i ke gula! | you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended! |
| ʻIsaia 30:29 | He mele nō ko ʻoukou, E like me ko ka pō i ka wā e mālama ai i ka ʻahaʻaina; He ʻoliʻoli o ka naʻau, e like me ka mea hele ma muli o ka hōkiokio, A hiki aku i ka mauna o Iēhova, i ka pōhaku hoʻi o ka ʻIseraʻela. | And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. |
| ʻIsaia 38:9 | Ke mele a Hezekia ke aliʻi o ka Iuda, ma hope iho o kona maʻi ʻana, a ua ola hoʻi i kona maʻi. | A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: |
| Ier 11:5 | I hoʻokō wau i ka hoʻohiki aʻu i hoʻohiki ai i ko ʻoukou poʻe mākua, e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻāina e kahe ana ʻo ka waiū, a me ka mele, e like me ia i kēia lā. A laila ʻōlelo akula au, ʻī akula, Pēlā ʻiʻo nō, e Iēhova. | Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey'--the land you possess today." I answered, "Amen, LORD." |
| Ier 31:7 | No ka mea, ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova penei; E mele ʻoliʻoli no Iēhova, a e hauʻoli hoʻi ma ke poʻo o nā ʻāina; e kala aku, a e halelū, a e ʻōlelo iho, E Iēhova, e hoʻōla ʻoe i kou poʻe kānaka i ke koena o ka ʻIseraʻela. | This is what the LORD says: "Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard, and say, 'O LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel.' |
| Kan 3:14 | He mea ʻakaʻaka nō wau i koʻu poʻe kānaka a pau; ʻO ko lākou mele ʻakaʻaka, a pau ka lā. | I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long. |
| Kan 3:63 | E nānā i ko lākou noho ʻana i lalo, a me ko lākou kū ʻana i luna, ʻo wau nō ko lākou mele ʻakaʻaka. | Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs. |
| Kan 5:14 | Ua pau ka noho ʻana o nā lunakahiko mai ka puka pā, A ua oki nō hoʻi ke mele ʻana o nā kānaka uʻi. | The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. |
| ʻEzek 26:13 | A e hoʻōki au i ka leo o kāu mau mele; ʻaʻole hoʻi e lohe hou ʻia ke kani ʻana o kou mau kinora. | I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music of your harps will be heard no more. |
| ʻEzek 33:32 | Ua lilo ʻoe iā lākou me he mele makemake ʻia lā a ka mea leo ʻoluʻolu, a e hiki iā ia ke hula pono ma ka mea kani; no ka mea, ua lohe lākou i kāu mau ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole naʻe lākou e hana ma laila. | Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. |
| Hos 2:15 | A e hāʻawi aku au nona i kona mau māla waina mai laila mai, A i ke awāwa ʻo ʻAkora, i puka o ka manaʻolana; A e mele nō ia ma laila, e like me ia i kona wā ʻōpio, A e like me ia i ka wā āna i puka mai ai mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita mai. | There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. |
| ʻAm 5:23 | E lawe aʻe ʻoe mai oʻu aku nei i ke oli ʻana o kā ʻoukou mau mele; ʻAʻole au e hoʻolohe i ke kani ʻana o ko ʻoukou mau viola. | Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. |
| ʻAm 6:5 | Ka poʻe mele ma muli o ka viola, A hana lākou no lākou iho i nā mea kani e like me Dāvida; | You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. |
| ʻAm 8:3 | A e lilo nā mele o ka hale aliʻi i auē ʻana ia lā, wahi a Iēhova ka Haku: A he nui auaneʻi nā kupapaʻu ma nā wahi a pau; a e hoʻolei malu aku iā lākou. | "In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies--flung everywhere! Silence!" |
| ʻAm 8:10 | A e hoʻolilo au i kā ʻoukou mau ʻahaʻaina i auē ʻana, A i ko ʻoukou mau mele i kanikau ʻana; A e lawe mai au i ke kapa ʻino ma luna o nā pūhaka a pau, A me ka ʻōhule ma luna o nā poʻo a pau; A e hoʻohālike au ia mea me ka auē ʻana no ke keiki kama kahi, A i ka hope o ia mea e like me ka lā ʻawaʻawa. | I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. |
| Mika 2:4 | Ia lā e lawe kekahi i mele no ʻoukou, A e kanikau i ke kanikau nui, i ka ʻī ʻana aʻe, I ka luku ʻana ua luku ʻia kākou; Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka hoʻoilina o kuʻu poʻe kānaka; Nani ka lawe ʻia aku ia mai oʻu lā! A no ka mea hoʻihoʻi, ua puʻunaue ʻia ko kākou mau mahina ʻai; | In that day men will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.' " |
| Hab 2:6 | ʻAʻole anei e hāpai o kēia poʻe a pau i mele nona, A i wahi ʻōlelo hōʻino nona, a e ʻī aku, Auē ka mea e hoʻomāhuahua i ka waiwai, ʻaʻohe nona! Pehea ka lōʻihi! ʻO ka mea e hoʻonui ana ma luna ona i ka ʻaiʻē! | "Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, " 'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?' |
| Hab 3:1 | ʻO ka pule a Habakuka, ke kāula, me ka mele lanakila. | A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On "shigionoth". |
| Hab 3:19 | ʻO Iēhova ka Haku, ʻo ia koʻu ikaika, A e hoʻohālike mai ia i koʻu wāwae, me nā wāwae o nā dia, A e hoʻohele nō ia iaʻu ma luna o kuʻu mau wahi kiʻekiʻe. Na ka luna mele ma nā mea kani. | The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments. |
| Zep 3:14 | E mele ʻoe, e ke kaikamahine o Ziona, E hoʻōho aku, e ka ʻIseraʻela, e ʻoliʻoli, E hauʻoli hoʻi me kou naʻau a pau, e ke kaikamahine o Ierusalema. | Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! |
| Zep 3:17 | ʻO Iēhova ʻo kou Akua i waena ou, He mana kona, e hoʻōla mai ana ʻo ia; E ʻoliʻoli auaneʻi ʻo ia nou me ka hauʻoli, E noho mālie ʻo ia i kona aloha, E hauʻoli ʻo ia nou me ka mele ʻana. | The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." |