Deuteronômio 9

Ka Āwhina a Ihowā i a Īharaira

1 Whakarongo, e Īharaira! Ko ā tēnei rā koe whiti ai i Horano, ā, ka tae, ka riro i a koe ngā iwi nunui ake, kaha ake i a koe, ngā pā nunui hoki, he mea taiepa ā tutuki noa ki te rangi, 2 he iwi nunui, he iwi roroa, ko ngā tama a te Anakimi, e mōhio nā koe. Kua rongo nā koe i te pepeha mō rātou, "Ko wai e tū ki te aroaro o ngā tama a Anaka?" 3 Nā, kia mōhio koe i tēnei rā, ko Ihowā, ko tōu Atua, ko ia kei tōu aroaro e haere ana ānō he ahi e kai ana; māna rātou e huna, māna hoki e whakamate tō rātou tara ki tōu aroaro; ā, ka peia rātou e koe, ka meinga kia hohoro tō rātou ngaro, ka rite ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai ki a koe.

4 Kei kōrero koe i roto i tōu ngākau, ua pei a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a rātou i tōu aroaro, kei mea, "He tika nōku i kawe mai ai a Ihowā i ahau ki te tango i tēnei whenua." Kāhore, nō te kino o ēnei iwi i pei ai a Ihowā i a rātou i tōu aroaro. 5 Ehara, i te tika nōu, i te tapatahi rānei o tōu ngākau, i haere ai koe ki te tango i tō rātou whenua; engari he kino nō ēnei iwi i pei ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i a rātou i tōu aroaro, he mea hoki kia mana ai te kupu i oati ai a Ihowā ki ōu mātua, ki a Āperahama, ki a Īhaka, ki a Hākopa. 6 Inā, kia mōhio koe, ehara i te tika nōu e hoatu nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, tēnei whenua pai ki a koe, kia tangohia e koe; nō te mea he iwi kakī mārō koe.

I Hangā e ngā Īharaira he Kūao Kau Kōura

7 Kia mahara, kei wareware ki āu whakataritari ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua, i te koraha. Nō te rā iho anō i haere mai ai koe i te whenua o Īhipa, ā tae noa mai koutou ki tēnei wāhi, e tutū ana koutou ki a Ihowā. 8 I Horepa anō hoki, i whakapātaritari koutou ki a Ihowā kia riri, ā, riri ana a Ihowā ki a koutou, mea ana kia hunā koutou. 9 I tōku pikinga ki te maunga, ki te tiki i ngā papa kōhatu, i ngā papa o te kawenata i whakaritea e Ihowā ki a koutou, nā, ka noho ahau i te maunga, e whā tekau ngā rā, e whā tekau ngā pō; kāhore ahau i kai taro, kāhore i inu wai. 10 Ā, hōmai ana e Ihowā ki ahau ngā papa kōhatu e rua, he mea tuhituhi nā te ringa o te Atua; ā, i reira e mau ana, he mea tuhituhi, ngā kupu katoa i kōrero ai a Ihowā ki a koutou i te maunga, i waenganui o te ahi, i te rā o te huihuinga.

11 Nāwai ā, ka taka ngā rā e whā tekau me ngā pō e whā tekau, nā, ka hōmai e Ihowā ki ahau ngā papa kōhatu e rua, arā ngā papa o te kawenata. 12 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki ahau, "Whakatika, hohoro te heke atu i konei; ko tōu iwi hoki i kawea mai nei e koe i Īhipa kua taka ki te hē; kua hohoro rātou te peka kē i te huarahi i kīia ai e ahau ki a rātou; kua hangā e rātou he whakapakoko, he mea whakarewa mō rātou."

13 I kōrero mai anō a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea, "Kua kite ahau i tēnei iwi, nanā, he iwi kakī mārō rātou; 14 tukua ahau ki te huna i a rātou, ki te horoi atu hoki i tō rātou ingoa i raro i te rangi. Ā, māku koe e mea hei iwi kaha ake, hei iwi nui ake i a rātou."

15 Heoi, tahuri ana ahau, heke iho ana i te maunga, ko te maunga hoki kā tonu i te ahi; ā, ko ngā papa e rua o te kawenata i ōku ringa e rua. 16 Nā, ko tāku tirohanga atu, nā, kua hara koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua; kua hanga koutou i te kūao kau mā koutou, he mea whakarewa: kua hohoro koutou te peka kē i te huarahi i kīia e Ihowā ki a koutou. 17 Nā, ka mau ahau ki ngā papa e rua, pangā atu ana e ahau i roto i ōku ringa e rua, ā, wāhia iho aua mea e ahau ki tō koutou aroaro.

18 Nā, takoto ana ahau ki te aroaro o Ihowā, pērā anō me te tīmatanga, e whā tekau ngā rā, e whā tekau ngā pō; kīhai ahau i kai taro, kīhai i inu wai; mō ō koutou hara katoa hoki i hara ai koutou, i mahi ai i te kino ki te aroaro o Ihowā, hei whakapātaritari i a ia. 19 I pāwera hoki ahau i te riri, i te āritarita, i a Ihowā rā i whakatakariri ai ki a koutou, e mea ana, kia hunā koutou. Otiia whakarongo mai ana anō a Ihowā ki ahau i taua wā hoki. 20 Ā, tino kaha te riri o Ihowā ki a Ārona, i mea kia whakamatea ia; nā, ka īnoi anō hoki ahau mō Ārona i taua wā. 21 Nā, ka tango ahau i tō koutou hara, i te kūao kau i hangā e koutou, ā, tahuna ana e ahau ki te ahi, patōkia iho, whakangakungakutia ana kia ririki, ngotangota noa ānō he puehu. Nā, pangā atu ana e ahau ōna ngota ki te awa e rere iho ana i te maunga.

22 Ā, i Tapera, i Maha hoki, i Kipiroto Hataawa i whakapātaritari anō koutou ki a Ihowā.

23 Nā, i te tononga a Ihowā i a koutou i Karehepārenea, i tāna meatanga mai, "Haere ki runga, tangohia te whenua i hoatu e ahau ki a koutou," nā, ka tutū koutou ki te kupu a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, kīhai anō i whakapono ki a ia, kīhai i whakarongo ki tōna reo. 24 He tutū tonu tā koutou ki a Ihowā mai o te rā i mōhio ai ahau ki a koutou.

25 Nā, takoto ana ahau i te aroaro o Ihowā i ngā rā e whā tekau, i ngā pō e whā tekau, i takoto ai ahau; mō te meatanga mai a Ihowā kia whakangaromia koutou. 26 Ā, ka īnoi ahau ki a Ihowā, ka mea, "E Ihowā, e te Atua, kaua e whakangaromia tāu iwi, tāu taonga tupu, i hokona nei e koe i runga i tōu nui, i whakaputaina mai nei e koe i Īhipa ki te ringa kaha. 27 Kia mahara ki āu pononga, ki a Āperahama, ki a Īhaka, ki a Hākopa; kaua e titiro mai ki te pakeke o tēnei iwi, ki tō rātou kino, ki tō rātou hara. 28 Kei mea te whenua i whakaputaina mai nei mātou e koe i reira, ‘He kore kīhai a Ihowā i kaha ki te kawe i a rātou ki te whenua i kōrero ai ia ki a rātou, he kino hoki nōna ki a rātou, i kawea ai rātou e ia kia whakamatea ki te koraha.’ 29 Otirā, ko tāu iwi anō rātou, ko tāu taonga tupu hoki, i whakaputaina mai nei e koe i runga i tōu kaha nui, i tōu tākakau mārō hoki."

1 Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? 3 Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

6 Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 7 Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water. 10 And Jehovah delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which Jehovah spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. 12 And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore Jehovah spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 14 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you. 17 And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also. 20 And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath. 23 And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.

25 So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you. 26 And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin, 28 lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.