Josué 22

Ka Hoki ngā Iwi Rāwhiti ki ā rātou Whenua

1 Kātahi ka karanga a Hohua ki ngā Reupeni, ki ngā Kari, ā, ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, 2 ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kua mau i a koutou ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, kua whakarongo mai hoki koutou ki tōku reo i ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai ahau ki a koutou. 3 Kīhai koutou i whakarere i ō koutou tuākana i ēnei rangi e maha ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, engari i āta pupuri mārie koutou i te whakahau a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua. 4 Nā, kua mea nei a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua i ō koutou tēina kia okioki, ka rite ki tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou; nā reira, hoki atu, haere ki ō koutou tēneti, ki te whenua hoki i whiwhi nā koutou, i hoatu nā e Mohi, e te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou i tāwāhi o Horano. 5 Otirā, kia mahara mārie kia mahia te whakahau me te ture, i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, kia aroha ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, kia haere i āna huarahi katoa, kia pupuri i āna whakahau, kia awhi hoki ki a ia, kia whakapotoa ō koutou ngākau katoa, ō koutou wairua katoa ki te mahi ki a ia."

6 Nā, ka manaaki a Hohua i a rātou, ā, tukua ana rātou kia haere; ā, haere ana rātou ki ō rātou tēneti.

7 Nā, i hoatu e Mohi he kāinga i Pahana ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi; engari, ki tētahi tānga i hoatu e Hohua he kāinga i roto i ō rātou tuākana i tēnei taha o Horano whaka te hauāuru. Ā, i tā Hohua, tukunga atu i a rātou ki ō rātou tēneti, i manaaki anō ia i a rātou, 8 i kōrero ki a rātou, i mea, "Hoki atu ki ō koutou tēneti me ngā taonga maha, me te tini noa iho o te kararehe, me te hiriwa, me te kōura, me te parāhi, me te rino, me te nui noa atu o te kākahu. Tuwhaina atu ngā taonga o ō koutou hoariri ki ō koutou tuākana."

9 Nā, hoki ana ngā tama a Reupena, me ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, mawehe atu ana i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira i Hiro, i te whenua o Kanaana, ā, haere ana ki te whenua o Kireara, ki te whenua i whiwhi ai rātou, i whakawhiwhia ki a rātou e te kupu a Ihowā i whakapuakina e Mohi.

Te Āta i te taha o te Awa Horano

10 Nā, i tō rātou taenga ki te takiwā i ngā taha o Horano, ki tērā i te whenua o Kanaana, ka hangā e ngā tama a Reupena, e ngā tama a Kara, e tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, tētahi āta ki reira, ki te taha o Horano, he āta nui hei tirohanga atu. 11 Nā, ka rongo ngā tama a Īharaira e kōrerotia ana, "Nanā, kua hanga ngā tama a Reupena, me ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, i tētahi āta ki te ritenga mai o te whenua o Kanaana ki ngā taha o Horano, ki te wāhi i ngā tama a Īharaira." 12 Ā, nō te rongonga o ngā tama a Īharaira, huihui ana te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira ki Hiro, i mea kia haere ki te whawhai ki a rātou.

13 Nā, ka tonoa atu e ngā tama a Īharaira a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga ki ngā tama a Reupena, ki ngā tama hoki a Kara, ā, ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, ki te whenua o Kireara; 14 me ētahi rangatira kotahi tekau hoki hei hoa mōna, tātaki kotahi te rangatira o ia koromatua, o ia koromatua o ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira; he ariki hoki rātou, ia tangata, ia tangata, nō ngā whare o ō rātou mātua i roto i ngā mano o Īharaira.

15 Nā, haere ana rātou ki ngā tama a Reupena, ki ngā tama a Kara, ki tētahi tānga hoki o te iwi o Mānahi, ki te whenua o Kireara, ā, ka kōrero ki a rātou, ka mea: 16 "Ko te kōrero tēnei a te whakaminenga katoa a Ihowā: ‘He aha tēnei hara i mea nei koutou ki te Atua o Īharaira, i a koutou ka tahuri atu nei i tēnei rā i te whai i a Ihowā, ka hanga nei i tētahi āta mā koutou, hei mahi tutū mā koutou ki a Ihowā? 17 He nohinohi rawa ianei ki a tātou te haranga ki a Peoro, kāhore anō nei i horoia atu i a tātou ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, ahakoa rā i pā he mate urutā ki te whakaminenga a Ihowā, 18 e tahuri kē nei koutou i tēnei rā i te whai i a Ihowā?

" ‘Nā, ki te mea ka tutū koutou i tēnei rā ki a Ihowā, tērā ia e riri āpōpō ki te whakaminenga katoa o Īharaira. 19 Otiia, mehemea he poke te whenua e noho nei koutou, haere ake ki te whenua e nohoia ana e Ihowā, kei reira nei e tū ana te tapenākara o Ihowā, ā, ka noho i waenganui i a mātou. Engari, kaua e tutū ki a Ihowā, kaua anō hoki e tutū ki a mātou, i a koutou ka hanga nei i tētahi āta kē atu mā koutou i te āta a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua. 20 Kāhore ianei a Ākana, te tama a Tera i taka ki te hara i te mea kanga, ā, tau ana te riri ki runga ki te whakaminenga katoa o Īharaira? Ā, kīhai i mate ko taua tangata anake mō tōna hara.’ "

21 Kātahi ka whakahoki ngā tama a Reupena, ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, ka mea ki ngā ariki o ngā mano o Īharaira: 22 "Ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā atua, ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā atua, e mōhio ana ia, ko Īharaira hoki ka mōhio anō ia; mehemea nā te tutū, mehemea rānei nā te hara ki a Ihowā, pēnei kaua mātou e whakaorangia e koe i tēnei rā. 23 I hangā ai e mātou tētahi āta hei tahuritanga kētanga i muri i a Ihowā; mehemea rānei hei whakaekenga mō te tahunga tinana mō te whakahere rānei, hei meatanga rānei mō ētahi patunga mō te pai, mā Ihowā ake anō e rapu utu.

24 "Mehemea rānei kāhore i meatia e mātou tēnei mea i runga i te tūpato, me te āta whakaaro, ka kī, Āpōpō ake nei ka kōrero mai ā koutou tama ki ā mātou tama, ka mea, ‘He aha tā koutou kei a Ihowā, kei te Atua o Īharaira? 25 Kua whakatakotoria nei hoki e Ihowā a Horano hei rohe ki waenganui o mātou, o koutou, e ngā tama a Reupena, e ngā tama a Kara; kāhore ō koutou wāhi i roto i a Ihowā.’ Pēnā ka meinga e ā koutou tama ā mātou tama kia mutu te wehi i a Ihowā.

26 "Koia mātou i mea ai, ‘Tēnā, tātou ka haere, ka hanga i tētahi āta mā tātou, ehara i te mea mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei. 27 Engari, kia ai tēnā mea hei kaiwhakaatu ki a mātou, ki a koutou, ki ō tātou uri hoki i muri i a tātou, kia mahi ai tātou i ngā mahi a Ihowā ki tōna aroaro, i ā tātou tahunga tinana, i ā tātou patunga tapu, i ā tātou whakahere mō te pai. Kei mea ā koutou tama ki ā mātou tama ā ko ake nei, "Kāhore ō koutou wāhi i roto i a Ihowā." ’

28 "Koia mātou i mea ai, Nā tēnei ake, kei tā rātou meatanga pērā ki a tātou, ki ō tātou uri rānei, nā, ka mea tātou, ‘Titiro ki te mea e rite ana ki te āta a Ihowā, i hangā e ō mātou mātua, ehara i te mea mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei; engari hei kaiwhakaatu i waenganui i a mātou, i a koutou.’

29 "Auē, kia tutū mātou ki a Ihowā! Kia tahuri atu i tēnei rā i muri i a Ihowā, ki te hanga i tētahi āta mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā whakahere, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei, hei mea kē atu i te āta a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua, i mua mai o tōna tapenākara!"

30 Nā, i te rongonga o Pinehaha tohunga, rātou ko ngā rangatira o te whakaminenga, arā ko ngā upoko o ngā mano o Īharaira, ki ngā kupu i kōrerotia e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko ngā tama a Mānahi, ka pai ki a rātou. 31 Kātahi ka mea a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga ki ngā tama a Reupena rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko ngā tama a Mānahi, "Nō tēnei rā mātou i mōhio ai, kei waenganui i a tātou a Ihowā, inā hoki kīhai koutou i taka ki tēnei hara ki a Ihowā. Nā, kua whakaora nei koutou i ngā tama a Īharaira i te ringa o Ihowā."

32 Kātahi ka hoki a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga, me ngā rangatira, i ngā tama a Reupena rātou ko ngā tama a Kara i te whenua o Kireara, ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ki te whakahoki i te kōrero ki a rātou. 33 Ā, pai tonu te kōrero ki ngā tama a Īharaira; nā, whakapai atu ana ngā tama a Īharaira ki te Atua, kīhai hoki rātou i mea anō kia haere ki runga ki te whawhai ki a rātou, ki te huna i te whenua e nohoia ana e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara.

34 Nā, huaina iho taua āta e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko Eri; i mea hoki rātou, "Hei kaiwhakaatu tēnā mea ki waenganui i a tātou, ko Ihowā te Atua."

1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you: 3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. 4 And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan. 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.

7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

10 And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel. 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah? 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah, 18 that ye must turn away this day from following Jehovah? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Jehovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day), 23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it; 24 and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel? 25 for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah. 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: 27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no portion in Jehovah. 28 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Jehovah is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Jehovah: now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah. 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.