Josué 23

Te Poroporoaki a Hohua

1 Ā, ka maha ngā rā i muri i tā Ihowā, meatanga i a Īharaira kia okioki i ō rātou hoariri katoa i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, ā, ka maha haere ngā rā o Hohua, ka koroheketia, 2 nā, ka karanga a Hohua ki a Īharaira katoa, ki ō rātou kaumātua, ki ō rātou ariki, ki ō rātou kaiwhakariterite, ki ō rātou rangatira, ā, ka mea ki a rātou: "Kua koroheketia ahau, kua maha ōku rā; 3 ā, kua kite koutou i ngā mea katoa i mea ai a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua ki ēnei iwi katoa, nā te whakaaro hoki ki a koutou; nō te mea ko Ihowā ko tō koutou Atua, nāna tā koutou riri. 4 Titiro, kua oti te wehe atu e ahau mō koutou ēnei iwi ka mahue nei, hei wāhi tupu mō ō koutou iwi, ō Horano atu me ngā iwi katoa i hunā e ahau ā tae noa ki te Moana Nui, ki te toenetanga o te rā. 5 Ā, ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, māna rātou e pei i tō koutou aroaro, māna hoki rātou e huna i tō koutou aroaro; ā, ka riro tō rātou oneone i a koutou, ka pērā me te kupu a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua ki a koutou.

6 "Nō reira kia uaua rawa ki te pupuri, ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o te Ture a Mohi, kei peka kē i reira ki matau, ki mauī, 7 kei haere hoki ki roto ki ēnei iwi, i mahue iho nei ki waenganui i a koutou; kei whakahuatia ngā ingoa o ō rātou atua, kei oatitia, kei mahi ki a rātou, kei koropiko ki a rātou. 8 Engari, me awhi ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, me pērā me tā koutou i mea ai ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.

9 "Kua peia hoki e Ihowā i mua i a koutou ngā iwi nunui, kaha hoki; tēnā ko koutou, kāhore anō tētahi tangata kia tū ki tō koutou aroaro ā taea noatia tēnei rā. 10 Kia kotahi tangata o koutou hei whai i te mano; nō te mea ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, māna tā koutou riri, ka pērā me tāna i kōrero ai ki a koutou. 11 Nā reira tiakina mārietia koutou, kia aroha ai koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua.

12 "Ki te anga hoki koutou ki te hoki atu, ki te awhi ki ngā toenga o ēnei iwi, o ēnei ka mahue nei i roto i a koutou, ā, ka mārenatia ki a rātou, ka whakauru hoki ki a rātou, me rātou hoki ki a koutou; 13 kia tino mōhio, e kore a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua e pei anō i ēnei iwi i mua i a koutou; engari ka waiho rātou hei rore, hei māhanga mō koutou, hei whiu hoki mō ō koutou kaokao, hei koikoi i roto i ō koutou kanohi kia hunā rā anō koutou i runga i tēnei whenua pai ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua ki a koutou.

14 "Nanā, ko āianei ahau haere ai i te huarahi o te whenua katoa; ā, e mōhio ana ō koutou ngākau katoa, ō koutou wairua katoa, kāhore anō i taka tētahi mea o ngā mea pai katoa i kōrerotia e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua mō koutou; kua pono katoa ki a koutou, kāhore anō tētahi mea o ēnā i taka. 15 Nā tēnei ake ka rite ki te putanga mai ki a koutou o ngā mea pai katoa i kōrerotia e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua ki a koutou, ka pērā anō te whakaputanga mai a Ihowā i ngā mea kino katoa ki a koutou, kia whakangaromia rā anō koutou e ia i tēnei whenua pai, kua hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua ki a koutou. 16 Ina whakapaheketia e koutou te kawenata a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, i whakaritea mai nei e ia ki a koutou, ā, ka haere, ka mahi ki ngā atua kē, ka koropiko ki a rātou; ko reira mura ai te riri o Ihowā ki a koutou, ā, ka ngaro whakarere atu koutou i runga i te whenua pai kua hōmai nei e ia ki a koutou."

1 And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years; 2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years: 3 and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun. 5 And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you. 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them; 8 but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12 Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; 13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. 16 When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.