Josué 4

Ka Whakatūria ngā Kōhatu Whakamahara

1 Ā, ka poto katoa te iwi te whiti i Horano, nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Hohua, ka mea, 2 "Tangohia mai e koutou i roto i te iwi kia kotahi tekau mā rua tāngata, kia takikotahi tangata o te iwi, 3 ā, ka whakahau ki a rātou, ka mea, ‘Tangohia atu i konei, i waenganui o Horano, i te wāhi i āta tū ai ngā waewae o ngā tohunga, kia tekau mā rua ngā kōhatu, ā, maua atu, waiho ki te moenga e moe ai koutou ā tēnei pō.’ "

4 Nā, ka karangatia e Hohua ngā tāngata kotahi tekau mā rua i whakaritea e ia i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira, takikotahi te tangata o roto o te iwi; 5 ā, ka mea a Hohua ki a rātou, "Haere atu i mua i te āka a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, ki waenganui o Horano, ka hāpai ake kia takikotahi te kōhatu mā te tangata ki runga ki tōna pokohiwi, kia rite ki ngā iwi o ngā tama a Īharaira te maha; 6 kia waiho ai tēnei mea hei tohu ki waenganui i a koutou. Mō te ui a ā koutou tamariki ā mua, mō te mea, ‘Hei aha ēnei kōhatu mā koutou?’ 7 Kātahi koutou ka mea atu ki a rātou, ‘Nō te motuhanga i ngā wai o Horano i mua i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā; i tōna whitinga mai i Horano i motuhia ngā wai o Horano.’ Ā, ko ēnei kōhatu hei whakamahara mō ngā tama a Īharaira ā ake ake."

8 Ā, pērātia ana e ngā tama a Īharaira me tā Hohua i whakahau ai, hāpainga ake ana e rātou ngā kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua i waenganui o Horano, pērātia ana me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai ki a Hohua, he mea rite ki ngā iwi o ngā tama a Īharaira te maha; ā, mauria ana ki tō rātou puni, waiho ana i reira. 9 Ā, i whakatūria e Hohua ētahi kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua ki waenganui o Horano, ki te wāhi i tū ai ngā waewae o ngā tohunga i amo i te āka o te kawenata; kei reira anō aua kōhatu ā mohoa noa nei.

10 Heoi, tū ana tērā ngā tohunga i amo i te āka i waenganui o Horano ā oti noa ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Ihowā ki a Hohua kia kōrerotia ki te iwi, i rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Mohi ki a Hohua; ā, i hohoro tonu te iwi te whiti. 11 Ā, ka tapeke katoa te iwi te whiti, nā, ka whiti te āka a Ihowā, me ngā tohunga i te tirohanga a te iwi. 12 Ko ngā tama a Reupena, ko ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi i whiti tōpuni atu i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, i pērā me tā Mohi i kōrero ai ki a rātou. 13 Kei te whā tekau ngā mano, he hunga tūmatohi tonu mō te riri, i haere i te aroaro o Ihowā ki ngā mānia o Heriko ki te whawhai.

14 Nō taua rā i whakanui ai a Ihowā i a Hohua i te aroaro o Īharaira katoa; ā, wehi ana rātou i a ia, pērā ana me rātou i wehi i a Mohi, i ngā rā katoa i ora ai ia.

15 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Hohua, i mea, 16 "Kī atu ki ngā tohunga e amo ana i te āka o te whakaaturanga, kia haere ake i roto i Horano."

17 Nā, ka mea atu a Hohua ki ngā tohunga, "Haere ake i roto i Horano."

18 Ā, nō te haerenga ake o ngā tohunga i amo i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i waenganui o Horano, ā, ka mahuta ake ngā kapu o ngā waewae o ngā tohunga ki te wāhi maroke, ko te tino hokinga o te wai o Horano ki tōna wāhi anō, ā, huri tonu ake ki runga i ōna pareparenga, pērā ana me tō mua.

19 Nō te tekau o ngā rā o te marama tuatahi te iwi i haere ake ai i Horano, ā, noho ana i Kirikara i te taha ki te rāwhiti o Heriko. 20 Ā, ko aua kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua i tangohia ake e rātou i roto i Horano, nā Hohua i whakatū ki Kirikara. 21 Ā, i kōrero ia ki ngā tama a Īharaira, i mea, "E ui ā koutou tamariki ā mua ki ō rātou mātua, e mea, ‘He aha ēnei kōhatu?’ 22 Nā, me whakaatu ki ā koutou tama, me kī atu, ‘I whiti maroke mai a Īharaira i tēnei Horano.’ 23 Nā, Ihowā hoki, nā tō koutou Atua i whakamaroke ngā wai o Horano i mua i a koutou, ā whiti noa koutou rite tahi ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tō koutou Atua i mea ai ki te Moana Whero, i whakamaroketia rā e ia i mua hoki i a tātou, ā whiti noa mai tātou. 24 Kia mōhio ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki te ringa o Ihowā, he kaha; kia wehi ai rātou i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua, i ngā rā katoa."

1 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 5 and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; 6 that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 7 then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. 10 For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 22 then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over; 24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.