Josué 6

Te Hinganga o Heriko

1 Nā, he mea tino tūtaki a Heriko i te wehi i ngā tama a Īharaira; kāhore he tangata i haere ki waho, kāhore hoki tētahi i haere ki roto.

2 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hohua, "Titiro, kua hoatu e ahau ki tōu ringa a Heriko, me tōna kīngi, rātou ko ngā mārohirohi. 3 Nā, taiāwhiotia te pā e koutou, e ngā tāngata hāpai patu katoa, me haere ā tawhio noa te pā, kia kotahi anō āwhiotanga. Kia ono ngā rā e pēnā ai koe, 4 ā, kia tokowhitu ngā tohunga e mau i ngā tētere haona hipi e whitu ki mua i te āka. Ā, i te whitu o ngā rā me taiāwhio e koutou te pā, kia whitu ngā taiāwhiotanga, ā, me whakatangi e ngā tohunga ngā tētere. 5 Ā, ka roa te tangi o te haona hipi, ā, ka rangona e koutou te tangi o te tētere, me hāmama katoa te iwi, kia nui te hāmama; nā, ka hinga te taiepa o te pā, papa rawa ki raro, ā, ka piki atu te iwi, tērā, tērā, i ngā wāhi e rite mai ana ki a rātou."

6 Nā, ka karanga a Hohua, te tama a Nunu, ki ngā tohunga, ka mea ki a rātou, "Hāpainga te āka o te kawenata, ā, mā ngā tohunga tokowhitu e mau ngā tētere haona hipi e whitu ki mua i te āka a Ihowā." 7 Ā, i mea rātou ki te iwi, "Haere, taiāwhiotia te pā, ā, ko ngā tāngata hāpai patu e haere i mua i te āka a Ihowā."

8 Heoi, i te kōrerotanga a Hohua ki te iwi, nā, ka mau ngā tohunga tokowhitu ki ngā tētere haona hipi e whitu, ā, haere ana i mua i a Ihowā, me te whakatangi anō i ngā tētere; i haere hoki te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i muri i a rātou. 9 Ā, ko ngā tāngata hāpai patu i haere i mua i ngā tohunga e whakatangi ana i ngā tētere, ko te hiku i haere i muri i te āka, haere ana ngā tohunga me te whakatangi haere i ngā tētere. 10 Ā, i whakaako a Hohua i te iwi, i mea, "Kaua e hāmama, kaua ō koutou reo e rangona, kei puta hoki tētahi kupu i ō koutou waha, ā tae noa ki te rā e mea ai ahau ki a koutou, kia hāmama; hei reira koutou ka hāmama." 11 Nā, meinga ana e ia kia taiāwhiotia te pā e te āka a Ihowā, haere ana ā tawhio noa, kotahi anō taiāwhiotanga; nā, ka haere rātou ki te puni, ā, moe ana ki te puni.

12 Ā, ka maranga wawe a Hohua i te ata, ā, hāpainga ake ana e ngā tohunga te āka a Ihowā. 13 I mau anō hoki ngā tohunga tokowhitu i ngā tētere haona hipi e whitu i mua i te āka a Ihowā, i haere tonu me te whakatangi haere i ngā tētere; ā, ko ngā tāngata hāpai patu i haere i mua i a rātou; ko te nuinga ia i haere i muri i te āka a Ihowā. Haere ana ngā tohunga me te whakatangi anō i ngā tētere. 14 Ā, i te rua o ngā rā i taiāwhiotia e rātou te pā, kotahi anō taiāwhiotanga, ā, hoki ana ki te puni; ā, pērā tonu rātou i ngā rā e ono.

15 Nā, i te whitu o ngā rā, ka maranga wawe rātou i te pūaotanga o te rā, ka taiāwhio hoki i te pā, e whitu ngā taiāwhiotanga, ko taua ritenga rā anō; otiia i taua rā e whitu ā rātou taiāwhiotanga i te pā. 16 Nā, i te whitu o ngā taiāwhiotanga, ka whakatangi ngā tohunga i ngā tētere, ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi, "Hāmama; kua hōmai hoki e Ihowā te pā ki a koutou. 17 Hei mea oti atu anō te pā mā Ihowā, a reira me ngā mea katoa i roto; ko Rahapa anake, ko te wahine kairau, ko ia kia ora me ngā mea katoa i a ia i roto i te whare, mōna i huna i ngā tāngata i tonoa atu e tātou. 18 Ko koutou ia, kia hopohopo ki te mea kua oti te kanga, kei tākina he kanga ki a koutou, ki te tango i tētahi wāhi o te mea kua oti te kanga; ā, ka meinga te ope o Īharaira kia kangā, ā, whakararua iho e koutou. 19 Engari ngā hiriwa me ngā kōura, me ngā mea parāhi, rino hoki, kia tapu ēnā mā Ihowā; me riro ēnā ki roto ki te whare taonga a Ihowā."

20 Heoi, ka hāmama te iwi, ā, ka whakatangi ngā tohunga i ngā tētere. Nā, i te rongonga o te iwi i te tangi o te tētere, ko te tino hāmamatanga o te iwi, he nui te hāmama, ā, hinga iho te taiepa, papā rawa ki raro, ā, piki atu ana te iwi ki roto ki te pā, tērā, tērā, i te wāhi e rite mai ana ki a ia, nā, horo ana i a rātou te pā. 21 Ā, tino hunā rawatia e rātou ngā mea katoa i te pā, ngā tāne, ngā wāhine, ngā taitamariki, ngā koroheke, ngā kau, ngā hipi, ngā kāihe, ki te mata o te hoari.

22 Ā, i mea a Hohua ki ngā tāngata tokorua i tūteia ai te whenua, "Haere ki te whare o te wahine kairau, mauria mai hoki i reira te wahine me ngā mea katoa i a ia, whakaritea tā kōrua i oati ai ki a ia." 23 Nā, ka haere aua taitama, ngā tūtei, ā, mauria ana mai e rāua a Rahapa, tōna pāpā, tōna whaea, ōna tungāne, me ngā mea katoa i a ia, ā, mauria katoatia mai ana hoki e rāua ōna whanaunga katoa ki waho; ā, waiho ana i waho o te puni o Īharaira.

24 Nā, tahuna ake e rātou te pā ki te ahi, me ngā mea katoa i roto; ko te hiriwa anake, me te kōura, me ngā mea parāhi, rino hoki, i hoatu e rātou ki te whare taonga o te whare o Ihowā. 25 Otiia ko Rahapa, ko te wahine kairau, ko te nohoanga o tōna pāpā, me ngā mea katoa i a ia, i whakaorangia e Hohua; ā, noho ana ia i waenganui o Īharaira ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, mōna i huna i ngā tāngata i tonoa e Hohua ki te tūtei i Heriko.

26 Nā, ka whakaoati a Hohua i a rātou i taua wā, ka mea: "Ka kangā te tangata ki te aroaro o Ihowā e whakatika ana, ka hanga i tēnei pā, i Heriko:

Ka whakatūria e ia

hei runga i tāna mātāmua,

ka whakanohoia anō ngā tatau

hei runga i tāna tama ō muri."

27 Heoi i a Hohua tonu a Ihowā; ā, pakū ana tōna rongo puta noa i te whenua.

1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. 2 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah. 7 And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.

8 And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them. 9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 11 So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah. 13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for Jehovah hath given you the city. 17 And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah. 20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

22 And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. 25 But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.