Deuteronômio 31

Ka Whiriwhiria a Hohua hei Whakakapi i a Mohi

1 Ā, i haere a Mohi, i kōrero i ēnei kupu ki a Īharaira katoa. 2 I mea ia ki a rātou: "Ko tōku kaumātua i tēnei rā ka kotahi rau e rua tekau ngā tau; e kore ahau e āhei anō te kōpiko atu, te kōpiko mai. Kua mea mai hoki a Ihowā ki ahau, ‘E kore koe e whiti i tēnei Horano.’ 3 Ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua, ko ia e whakawhiti ki mua i a koe; māna e whakangaro atu ēnei iwi i mua i a koe, ā, ka riro rātou i a koe. Ā, ko Hohua, ko ia e whiti atu i mua i a koe, ka rite ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai. 4 Ā, ka rite tā Ihowā e mea ai ki a rātou ki tāna i mea ai ki a Hihona rāua ko Oka, ki ngā kīngi o ngā Amori, ki tō rātou whenua hoki; i hunā nei e ia. 5 Ā, ka hōmai rātou e Ihowā ki tō koutou aroaro, ā, ka rite tā koutou e mea ai ki a rātou ki ngā whakahau katoa i whakahau ai ahau ki a koutou. 6 Kia māia, kia toa, kaua e wehi, kaua e pāwera i a rātou: nō te mea ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua, ko ia te haere tahi ana i a koe; e kore ia e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe atu i a koe."

7 Nā, ka karanga a Mohi ki a Hohua, ā, ka mea ki a ia i te tirohanga a Īharaira katoa, "Kia māia, kia toa; ko koe hoki e haere tahi me tēnei iwi ki te whenua i oati ai a Ihowā ki ō rātou mātua kia hōmai ki a rātou; māu anō rātou e whakawhiwhi ki taua wāhi. 8 Ko Ihowā anō, ko ia te haere ana i tōu aroaro, hei tōu taha ia, e kore ia e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe atu i a koe; kaua e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera."

Kia Pānui te Ture i ia Tau Tuawhitu

9 Ā, tuhituhia iho e Mohi tēnei ture, hoatu ana ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā tama a Rīwai, ko rātou nei ngā kaiamo i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, ki ngā kaumātua katoa anō hoki o Īharaira. 10 I ako anō a Mohi ki a rātou, i mea: "Hei te mutunga o ngā tau e whitu, hei te wā anō e rite ai i te tau tuku noa, i te Hākari o Ngā Whare Wharau, 11 i te wā e tae ai a Īharaira katoa ki te whakakite i a rātou ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai ia, ka kōrero ai koe i tēnei ture ki te aroaro o Īharaira katoa, kia rongo ai rātou. 12 Whakaminea te iwi – ngā tāne, ngā wāhine, ngā tamariki, me tōu tangata iwi kē i roto i ōu kūwaha – kia rongo ai rātou, kia whakaakona ai, kia wehi ai i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua, kia mau ai ki te mahi i ngā kupu katoa o tēnei ture. 13 Kia rongo ai hoki ā rātou tamariki, kīhai nei i mōhio, kia whakaakona ai kia wehi i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua, i ngā rā katoa e ora ai koutou ki te whenua e whiti atu nei koutou i Horano ki reira ki te tango."

Ngā Whakaako Mutunga a Ihowā ki a Mohi

14 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Nanā, ka tata ōu rā e mate ai koe; karangatia atu a Hohua, e tū hoki kōrua ki roto ki te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ā, māku e ako ki a ia." Nā, ka haere a Mohi rāua ko Hohua, ā, tū ana rāua i roto i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 15 Nā, ka puta mai a Ihowā ki te tapenākara i roto anō i te pou kapua; ā, tū ana te pou kapua i runga i te kūwaha o te tapenākara.

16 Kātahi ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Nanā, ka takoto koe ki ōu mātua; ā, ka whakatika te iwi nei, ka whai atu, ka pūremu ki ngā atua kē o te whenua, e haere nā rātou ki reira noho ai ki waenganui i a rātou; ka whakarere i ahau, ka whakataka hoki i tāku kawenata i whakaritea atu e ahau ki a rātou. 17 Ā, ka mura tōku riri ki a rātou i taua rā, ā, ka whakarere ahau i a rātou, ka huna hoki i tōku kanohi i a rātou, ā, ka pau rātou, ka pā anō hoki ngā kino maha me ngā matenga ki a rātou. Ā, ka mea rātou i taua rā, ‘Kāhore ianei ēnei kino i pā mai ki a tātou, nō te mea kāhore tō tātou Atua i roto i a tātou?’ 18 Ko ahau ia, ka huna rawa ahau i tōku kanohi i taua rā, mō ngā kino katoa i meatia e rātou, mō rātou i tahuri ki ngā atua kē.

19 "Nā, tuhituhia tēnei hei waiata mā kōrua, ka whakaako hoki ki ngā tama a Īharaira; hoatu hoki ki roto ki ō rātou waha, kia ai tēnei waiata hei kaiwhakaatu mōku ki ngā tama a Īharaira. 20 Nō te mea ka oti rātou te kawe e ahau ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua, e rerengia nei e te waiū, e te honi; ā, ka kai rātou, ka mākona, ka mōmona hoki; ko reira rātou tahuri ai ki ngā atua kē, mahi ai ki a rātou, ā, ka whakahāwea rātou ki ahau, ka whakataka hoki i tāku kawenata. 21 Ā tēnei ake, hei te pānga o ngā kino maha, o ngā mate maha ki a rātou, nā, mā tēnei waiata e whakaatu ki tō rātou aroaro; nō te mea e kore e mahue i ngā waha o ō rātou uri. E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki ō rātou whakaaro e tito nei rātou ināianei nei anō, i te mea kīanō ahau i kawe noa i a rātou ki te whenua i oati ai ahau."

22 Nā, tuhituhia ana e Mohi tēnei waiata i taua rangi anō, ā, whakaakona ana ki ngā tama a Īharaira.

23 Ā, i whakahau anō ia i a Hohua, i te tama a Nunu, i mea, "Kia māia, kia toa; māu hoki e kawe ngā tama a Īharaira ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki a rātou; ā, hei a koe ahau."

24 Ā, ka oti i a Mohi te tuhi ngā kupu o tēnei ture ki tētahi pukapuka, ā poto noa, 25 nā, ka whakahau a Mohi i ngā Rīwaiti, i ngā kaiamo i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, ka mea, 26 "Tangohia tēnei Pukapuka o te Ture, hoatu ki te taha o te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, ā, hei reira takoto ai, hei whakaatu ki a koe. 27 Nō te mea e mōhio ana ahau ki tōu tutū, ki tōu kakī mārō; nanā, i ahau e ora nei anō i a koutou i tēnei rā, e tutū ana anō koutou ki a Ihowā; ā, ka mate ahau, tērā noa ake! 28 Huihuia mai ki ahau ngā kaumātua katoa o ō koutou iwi, me ō koutou rangatira, ā, ka kōrero ahau i ēnei kupu ki ō rātou taringa, ka waiho hoki i te rangi, i te whenua hei kaititiro mō rātou. 29 Nō te mea e mōhio ana ahau, ko muri i tōku matenga taka rawa ai koutou, peka kē ai i te huarahi i kīia atu e ahau ki a koutou; ā, ka pono mai te kino ki a koutou i ngā rā whakamutunga; mō koutou ka mahi i te kino i te tirohanga a Ihowā, hei whakapātaritari i a ia ki te mahi a ō koutou ringa."

Te Waiata a Mohi

30 Ā, kōrerotia ana e Mohi ngā kupu o tēnei waiata ki ngā taringa o te huihuinga katoa o Īharaira ā poto noa:

1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken. 4 And Jehovah will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom he destroyed. 5 And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; 13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. 15 And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent. 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death? 28 Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.