Juízes 2

Te Anahera o Ihowā kei Pokimi

1 Nā, ka haere ake te anahera a Ihowā i Kirikara ki Pokimi, ā, ka mea, "Nāku koutou i haere mai ai i Īhipa, nāku hoki koutou i kawe mai ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō koutou mātua. I mea anō ahau, ‘E kore e taka tāku kawenata ki a koutou.’ 2 Kaua anō koutou e whakarite kawenata ki ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua; me pakaru e koutou ā rātou āta. Heoi, kīhai nei koutou i rongo ki tōku reo. He aha tēnei mahi a koutou? 3 Koia hoki ahau ka mea nei, E kore ahau e pei atu i a rātou i tō koutou aroaro; ā, ka waiho rātou ānō he tātarāmoa ki ō koutou kaokao; ko ō rātou atua hoki hei rore mō koutou."

4 Ā, nō te kōrerotanga a te anahera a Ihowā i ēnei kupu ki ngā tamariki katoa a Īharaira, ka ara te reo o te iwi, ka tangi. 5 Nā, huaina iho e rātou te ingoa o taua wāhi ko Pokimi; i patu whakahere anō hoki rātou mā Ihowā ki reira.

Te Matenga o Hohua

6 Nā, i tā Hohua tukunga i te iwi kia haere, ka haere ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki tōna wāhi, ki tōna wāhi, ki te tango i te whenua. 7 Ā, i mahi te iwi ki a Ihowā i ngā rā katoa o Hohua, i ngā rā katoa anō o ngā kaumātua i roa ake nei ō rātou rā i o Hohua, i kite nei i ngā mahi nunui katoa a Ihowā i meinga e ia mō Īharaira.

8 Nā, ka mate a Hohua tama a Nunu, te pononga a Ihowā, kotahi rau kotahi tekau ōna tau. 9 Ā, tanumia iho ia e rātou ki te rohe o tōna wāhi, ki Timinataherehe, ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ki te taha ki te raki o Maunga Kāha.

10 Nā, ka kohia anō hoki taua whakatupuranga katoa ki ō rātou mātua; ā, ka ara ake tētahi whakatupuranga kē i muri i a rātou, kīhai nei i mōhio ki a Ihowā, ki ngā mahi anō hoki i mahia e ia mō Īharaira.

Ka Whakamutu te Iwi o Īharaira ki te Koropiko ki a Ihowā

11 Nā, ka mahi ngā tamariki a Īharaira i te kino i te tirohanga a Ihowā, ka mahi hoki ki ngā Paara. 12 Ā, whakarērea ake e rātou a Ihowā, te Atua o ō rātou mātua i whakaputa mai nei i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa, ā, haere ana ki te whai i ngā atua kē, i ngā atua o ngā iwi i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha o rātou, ā, koropiko ana ki a rātou, nā, ka mea rātou i a Ihowā kia riri. 13 Heoi, whakarere ana rātou i a Ihowā, ā, mahi ana ki a Paara, ki te Ahataroto hoki. 14 Nā, ka mura te riri o Ihowā ki a Īharaira, ā, tukua ana rātou e ia ki ngā ringa o ngā kaipāhua hei pāhua i a rātou, ā, hokona ana rātou e ia ki te ringa o ō rātou hoariri i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha; kīhai hoki i taea e rātou i muri iho te tū ake i te aroaro o ō rātou hoariri. 15 I ō rātou haerenga katoa, i runga i a rātou te ringa o Ihowā mō te kino; i rite hoki ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai, ki tā Ihowā hoki i oati ai ki a rātou; nā te taea tō rātou raru.

16 I whakaara ake anō a Ihowā i ētahi kaiwhakarite hei whakaora i a rātou i te ringa o ō rātou kaipāhua. 17 Heoi, kīhai anō rātou i whakarongo ki ō rātou kaiwhakarite; nā, kei te pūremu, kei te whai ki ngā atua kē, kei te koropiko ki a rātou. Hohoro tonu tō rātou peka kē i te ara i haere ai ō rātou mātua, arā i te whakarongo ki ngā whakahau a Ihowā; kīhai rātou i pērā. 18 Ā, i ngā wā i whakaara ake ai a Ihowā i ngā kaiwhakarite mō rātou, nā, i te kaiwhakarite a Ihowā, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou e ia i te ringa o ō rātou hoariri i ngā rā katoa o te kaiwhakarite: i puta kē hoki te whakaaro o Ihowā i a rātou e auē ana i ō rātou kaitūkino, i ō rātou kaiwhakatoi. 19 Ā, nō te matenga o te kaiwhakarite, ka hoki rātou ki muri, nui atu tō rātou takanga i tō ō rātou mātua; i haere hoki ki te whai i ngā atua kē, mahi ai ki a rātou, koropiko ai ki a rātou; kīhai i mutu ā rātou mahi, me tā rātou tikanga pakeke.

20 Nā, ka mura te riri o Ihowā ki a Īharaira, ā, ka mea ia, "Nā, kua takahia e tēnei iwi tāku kawenata i whakahaua e ahau ki ō rātou mātua; kīhai anō i rongo ki tōku reo; 21 nā, e kore anō ahau e pei atu i tētahi tangata i mua i a rātou o ngā iwi i mahue iho i a Hohua i tōna matenga. 22 Kia ai rātou hei whakamātautau māku i a Īharaira, e mau rānei ki te ara o Ihowā haere ai; e rite rānei te mau ki tā ō rātou mātua, kāhore rānei."

23 Nā, ka waiho ērā iwi e Ihowā, kīhai hoki i hohoro te peia atu; kīhai anō hoki i tukua ki te ringa o Hohua.

1 And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you: 2 and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim; 12 and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger. 13 And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

16 And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them. 17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so. 18 And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; 22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.