2 Crônicas 20

He Pakanga ki a Eroma

1 Nā, i muri i tēnei ka haere mai ngā tama a Moapa, rātou ko ngā tama a Āmona, ā, hei hoa mō rātou ko ētahi o ngā Āmoni, ki te whawhai ki a Iehohāpata.

2 Kātahi ka haere mai ētahi, ka kōrero ki a Iehohāpata, ka mea, "He ope nui tēnei te haere mai nei ki a koe i tērā taha o te moana, i Hīria. Nanā, kei Hatetono Tāmara rātou" (arā kei Enekeri). 3 Nā, ka wehi a Iehohāpata, ā, ka tahuri tōna aroaro ki te rapu i a Ihowā; i karangatia anō e ia he nohopuku puta noa i a Hūrā. 4 Nā, ka huihuia a Hūrā ki te rapu i tā Ihowā. I puta rātou i ngā pā katoa o Hūrā ki te rapu i tā Ihowā.

Te Wikitoria me te Īnoi a Iehohāpata

5 Nā, ka tū a Iehohāpata i roto i te huihui o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama, i te whare o Ihowā, i mua i te marae hou, 6 ā, ka mea:

"E Ihowā, e te Atua o ō mātou mātua, he teka ianei ko koe te Atua i te rangi, ko koe hoki te kaiwhakahaere tikanga mō ngā kīngitanga katoa mō ngā tauiwi? Kei tōu ringa te kaha me te mārohirohi; kāhore hoki tētahi hei tū atu ki a koe. 7 He teka ianei ko koe tō mātou Atua i peia ai ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua i te aroaro o tāu iwi, o Īharaira, ā, hōmai ana e koe ki ngā uri o Āperahama, o tōu hoa aroha ā ake ake? 8 Nā, noho ana rātou ki konei; hangā ana e rātou ki konei he wāhi tapu mō tōu ingoa; i mea hoki rātou, 9 ‘Ki te puta he aituā ki a mātou, he hoari, he whakawākanga, he mate urutā, he matekai rānei, ā, ka tū mātou ki te aronga o tēnei whare, ki tōu aroaro, kei tēnei whare hoki tōu ingoa, ā, ka karanga ki a koe, i a mātou ka mate nei, nā, māu e whakarongo mai, e whakaora.’

10 "Nā tēnei ngā tama a Āmona, a Moapa, a Maunga Heira, kīhai nei i hōmai e koe ki a Īharaira kia whakaekea e rātou i tō rātou haerenga mai i te whenua o Īhipa; i peka kē hoki rātou i a rātou, kīhai hoki i huna i a rātou. 11 Nanā, ko tā rātou utu tēnei ki a mātou, e haere mai ana ki te pei i a mātou i tōu kāinga tupu i hōmai nei e koe hei kāinga tupu mō mātou. 12 E tō mātou Atua, e kore ianei koe e whakawā ki a rātou? Kāhore hoki ō mātou kaha i te aroaro o tēnei ope nui e haere mai nei ki a mātou; kāhore hoki mātou e mōhio me aha mātou. Otiia e anga ana ō mātou kanohi ki a koe."

13 Nā, tū tonu a Hūrā katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ā rātou kōhungahunga, ā rātou wāhine, me ā rātou tamariki.

14 I reira ka tau ki a Tahatiere tama a Hakaraia, tama a Penaia, tama a Teiere, tama a Matania, he Rīwaiti, nō ngā tama a Āhapa, te Wairua o Ihowā i waenganui o te whakaminenga. 15 Nā, ka mea ia, "Whakarongo, e Hūrā katoa, koutou ko ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, me koe anō hoki, e Kīngi Iehohāpata; ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā ki a koutou, ‘Kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera ki tēnei ope nui; nō te mea ehara i a koutou te whawhai, engari nā te Atua. 16 Āpōpō ka haere ki raro ki te tū i a rātou; nanā, kei te piki mai rātou i te pikitanga i Titi; ā, ka kite koutou i a rātou i te pito o te awaawa, i te ritenga o te koraha o Ieruere. 17 Kāhore he rawa i whawhai ai koutou i tēnei pakanga. Whakatikatika i a koutou, ka āta tū, ka mātakitaki i tā Ihowā whakaoranga mō koutou, e Hūrā, e Hiruhārama. Kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera; āpōpō ka haere ki tō rātou aroaro; ā, ko Ihowā hei hoa mō koutou.’ "

18 Nā, piko tonu te kanohi o Iehohāpata ki te whenua; ā, takoto ana a Hūrā katoa, rātou ko ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ki te aroaro o Ihowā, koropiko ana ki a Ihowā. 19 Nā, kua tū ngā Rīwaiti, ngā tama a ngā Kohati, ngā tama a ngā Korahi; kei te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o Īharaira, nui atu te reo.

20 Nā, ka maranga wawe rātou i te ata, ā, ka haere ki te koraha o Tekoa; ā, i a rātou e haere ana, ka tū a Iehohāpata, ka mea, "Whakarongo, e Hūrā, koutou ko ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, whakapono ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tō koutou Atua, ā, ka ū koutou; whakapono ki tā āna poropiti, ā, ka kake koutou." 21 Nā, ka whakatakoto whakaaro ia ki te iwi, ā, whakaritea ana e ia ētahi hei waiata ki a Ihowā, hei whakamoemiti ki te ātaahua o te tapu, i a rātou e haere ana i mua i te ope, hei mea:

"Whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā,

he mau tonu hoki tāna mahi tohu."

22 Nā, ka tīmata nei rātou te waiata, te whakamoemiti, ka whakatakotoria e Ihowā he pehipehi mō ngā tama a Āmona, a Moapa, mō o Maunga Heira i haere mai nei ki te whawhai ki a Hūrā; ā, ka patua rātou. 23 I whakatika hoki ngā tama a Āmona rāua ko Moapa ki ngā tāngata o Maunga Heira, ki te huna, ki te whakangaro i a rātou; ā, ka poto i a rātou ngā tāngata o Heira, nā, kua piri tēnei ki tēnei, hei whakangaro rātou i a rātou anō.

24 Ā, nō te taenga o Hūrā ki te pourewa i te koraha, te tirohanga ki te ope, nanā, ō rātou tinana e takoto ana i te whenua, kīhai tētahi i ora. 25 Nā, i te haerenga o Iehohāpata rātou ko tōna iwi ki te tango i ō rātou taonga, he tini ngā taonga i kitea ki a rātou, me ngā tūpāpaku, me ngā mea e matenuitia ana; huia ana mō rātou; kīhai i taea te pīkau. Nā, e toru ō rātou rā e tango ana i ngā taonga, i te tini hoki. 26 Ā, i te whā o ngā rā ka huihui rātou ki te raorao o Peraka; i whakapai hoki rātou ki a Ihowā ki reira; koia i tapā ai te ingoa o taua wāhi, ko te raorao o Peraka, ā tae noa ki tēnei rā.

27 Kātahi ka hoki ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama, me Iehohāpata anō i mua i a rātou; hoki koa ana ki Hiruhārama; nā Ihowā hoki rātou i mea kia koa ki ō rātou hoariri. 28 Nā, ka tae rātou ki Hiruhārama me ngā hātere, me ngā hāpa, me ngā tētere ki te whare o Ihowā.

29 Nā, tau ana te wehi o te Atua ki ngā kīngitanga katoa o ngā whenua i tō rātou rongonga kua whawhai a Ihowā ki ngā hoariri o Īharaira. 30 Heoi, āta takoto ana te kīngitanga o Iehohāpata; kua meinga hoki ia e tōna Atua kia whai tānga manawa ā tawhio noa.

Te Mutunga o te Kīngitanga o Iehohāpata

31 Nā, kīngi ana a Iehohāpata ki a Hūrā. E toru tekau mā rima ōna tau i tōna kīngitanga; ā, e rua tekau mā rima ōna tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Nā, ko te ingoa hoki o tōna whaea ko Atupa, he tamāhine nā Hirihi. 32 I haere anō hoki ia i te ara o tōna pāpā, o Aha, kīhai hoki i peka kē i tērā; i mahia e ia te mea e tika ana ki te titiro a Ihowā. 33 Otiia, kīhai ngā wāhi tiketike i whakakāhoretia; kīanō hoki te iwi i whakaanga i ō rātou ngākau ki te Atua o ō rātou mātua.

34 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Iehohāpata, ō mua, me ō muri, nanā, kei te tuhituhi i roto i te pukapuka a Iehu tama a Hanani, e kōrerotia nā i roto i te pukapuka o ngā kīngi o Īharaira.

35 I muri i tēnei ka huihuia ngā whakaaro o Iehohāpata kīngi o Hūrā rāua ko Ahatia kīngi o Īharaira; he kino rawa anō ngā mahi a tēnei. 36 I huihuia hoki ō rāua whakaaro kia hangā he kaipuke hei rere ki Tarahihi. Nā, hangā ana e rāua ngā kaipuke ki Ehiono Kēpere. 37 Kātahi a Eriētere tama a Rōrawa o Mareha ka poropiti i te hē mō Iehohāpata, ka mea, "Kua huihuia nā ō kōrua whakaaro ko Ahatia, mō reira kua pakaru āu mahi i a Ihowā." Nā, kua pakaru ngā kaipuke, ā, kīhai i āhei te rere ki Tarahihi.

1 And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi). 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court; 6 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. 7 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for thy name is in this house), and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not; 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly; 15 and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: Thus saith Jehovah unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them; for Jehovah is with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah. 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jehovah, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto Jehovah; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

24 And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly: 36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.