Juízes 6

Te Whakawhiunga nā ngā Miriana

1 Nā, ka mahi kino ngā tamariki a Īharaira i te tirohanga a Ihowā, ā, tukua ana rātou e Ihowā ki te ringa o Miriana e whitu ngā tau. 2 Ā, nui atu te kaha o te ringa o Miriana i tō Īharaira; ā, nā Miriana i hangā ai e ngā tamariki a Īharaira ngā rua i ngā maunga mō rātou, me ngā ana, me ngā pā taiepa. 3 Nā, ka oti te mahi whakatō a Īharaira, ka haere ake ngā Miriani rātou ko ngā Amareki, me ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti; ka haere ake ki te whakaeke i a rātou. 4 Whakapaea iho e rātou, ā, mōtī ake i a rātou ngā hua o te whenua, ā tae noa koe ki Kaha, kīhai hoki i mahue tētahi oranga mō Īharaira, kāhore he hipi, he kau, he kāihe rānei. 5 I whakaeke mai hoki rātou me ā rātou kararehe, i haere mai me ō rātou tēneti; koia anō kei ngā māwhitiwhiti te maha; e kore hoki e taea te tatau rātou me ā rātou kāmera. Nā, haere mai ana rātou ki te whenua whakangaro ai. 6 Nā, kua rawakore noa iho a Īharaira i a Miriana; ā, ka tangi ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Ihowā.

7 Ā, nō te tangihanga o ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Ihowā i te mahi a Miriana, 8 ka tono tangata a Ihowā ki ngā tamariki a Īharaira, he poropiti, hei mea ki a rātou, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nāku koutou i kawe mai ki runga nei i Īhipa, nāku hoki koutou i whakaputa mai i te whare pononga; 9 nāku koutou i whakaora i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, i te ringa hoki o ō koutou kaitūkino katoa; ā, peia atu ana rātou e ahau i tō koutou aroaro, hoatu ana hoki e ahau tō rātou whenua ki a koutou. 10 I mea anō ahau ki a koutou, ‘Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua; kaua e wehingia ngā atua o ngā Amori nō rātou nei te whenua e noho nā koutou.’ Heoi, kāhore koutou i rongo ki tōku reo."

Te Karanga a Kiriona

11 Nā, ka haere mai te anahera a Ihowā, ā, noho ana i raro i tētahi oki i Opora, he rākau nā Ioaha Apiēteri; i te patu wīti hoki tāna tama, a Kiriona ki te poka wāina, he mea kia toe ai i ngā Miriani. 12 Nā, ka puta te anahera a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "Kei a koe a Ihowā, e te tangata mārohirohi."

13 Nā, ka mea a Kiriona ki a ia, "Auē, e tōku Ariki, me i a mātou a Ihowā, nā te aha i pono mai ai ki a mātou ēnei mea katoa? Kei hea hoki āna merekara i kōrero mai ai ō mātou mātua ki a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Kāhore ianei a Ihowā i kawe mai i a tātou i Īhipa?’ Nā, kua whakarere nei a Ihowā i a mātou, kua tukua anō mātou ki te ringa o Miriana."

14 Nā, ka tahuri atu a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea, "Haere i runga i tēnei kaha ōu, whakaorangia hoki a Īharaira i te ringa o Miriana; kāhore ianei ahau i tono i a koe?"

15 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Auē, e tōku Ariki, mā te aha ahau e whakaora ai i a Īharaira? Titiro, nōku te hapū rawakore i roto i a Mānahi, ko te iti rawa hoki ahau i roto i te whare o tōku pāpā."

16 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Ko ahau rā hei hoa mōu; ā, ka patua e koe ngā Miriani, me te mea he tangata kotahi."

17 Anō rā ko ia ki a ia, "Nā ki te mea kua manakohia ahau e koe, tēnā rā, whakaaturia mai he tohu ki ahau ko koe tēnei e kōrero mai nei ki ahau. 18 Kaua rā e haere atu i konei, kia tae mai rā anō ahau ki a koe ki te kawe mai i tāku whakahere, kia whakatakotoria rā anō e ahau ki tōu aroaro."

Nā, ko tāna meatanga, "Ka noho ahau, kia hoki mai rā anō koe."

19 Kātahi ka haere a Kiriona ki roto, ā, takā ana e ia tētahi kūao koati, me tētahi epa parāoa hei keke rēwenakore. Ko te kikokiko i whaowhina e ia ki te kete, ko te hupa i ringihia ki te pāta, nā, kawea ana ki waho, ki a ia ki raro i te oki; ā, tāpaea atu ana ki a ia.

20 Nā, ka mea te anahera a te Atua ki a ia, "Tangohia te kikokiko me ngā keke rēwenakore, ka whakatakoto ai ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka, ka riringi ai hoki i te hupa." Nā pērā ana ia. 21 Kātahi ka whātorona atu e te anahera a Ihowā te pito o te tokotoko i tōna ringa, ā, pā ana ki te kikokiko, ki ngā keke rēwenakore. Nā, ko te putanga ake o te ahi i roto i te kāmaka, pau ake te kikokiko me ngā keke rēwenakore. Nā, kua riro atu te anahera a Ihowā i tāna tirohanga. 22 Ā, nō te kitenga o Kiriona ko te anahera ia a Ihowā, ka mea a Kiriona, "Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā mōku hoki i kite i te anahera a Ihowā, he kanohi, he kanohi."

23 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe; kaua e wehi. E kore koe e mate."

24 Nā, ka hangā e Kiriona tētahi āta mā Ihowā ki reira, ā, huaina iho e ia ko Ihowāharomo. Kei Opora o ngā Apiēteri nā anō taua mea ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

25 Ā, i taua pō anō ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Tīkina te pūru a tōu pāpā, arā te rua o ngā pūru, e whitu nei ōna tau, ka wāwāhi ai i te āta a Paara, i tērā a tōu pāpā; me tua hoki te motu nehenehe i tōna taha. 26 Me hanga hoki ki tōna tikanga anō he āta mā Ihowā mā tōu Atua ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka, ka mau ai ki te tuarua o ngā pūru, ka whakaeke hei tahunga tinana ki runga ki ngā rākau o te nehenehe e tuaina e koe."

27 Nā, ka tango a Kiriona i ētahi tāngata kotahi tekau nō āna pononga, ā, rite tonu tāna i mea ai ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai ki a ia. Nā, i wehi ia i te whare o tōna pāpā, i ngā tāngata anō hoki o te pā, i kore ai e meatia e ia i te awatea; koia i meatia ai e ia i te pō.

Te Wāhia iho o te Āta o Paara e Kiriona

28 Nā, i te marangatanga ake o ngā tāngata o te pā i te ata, rere kua wāhia iho te āta a Paara, kua oti te motu nehenehe i tōna taha te tua, kua oti hoki te tuarua o ngā pūru te whakaeke ki te āta i hangā rā.

29 Nā, ka mea tētahi ki tētahi, "Nā wai tēnei mahi?"

Ā, ka rapu rātou, ka ui, nā, ka kōrerotia, "I meatia tēnei e Kiriona tama a Ioaha."

30 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o te pā ki a Ioaha, "Whakaputaina mai tāu tama ki waho, kia whakamatea; mōna i wāhi i te āta a Paara, i tua hoki i te nehenehe i tōna taha."

31 Nā, ka mea a Ioaha ki te hunga katoa e tū mai ana ki a ia, "Ko koutou rānei hei tohe i tā Paara? Ko koutou rānei hei whakaora i a ia? Ki te tohe tētahi mōna, me whakamate ia i te ata nei anō. Ki te mea he atua ia, māna anō ia e tohe mō tāna āta kua wāhia nei." 32 Nā, huaina iho ia e ia i taua rā, ko Ierupāra; i mea hoki, "Mā Paara anō e tohe ki a ia mō tāna āta kua wāhia nei."

33 Nā, ka huihui tahi ngā Miriani katoa rātou ko ngā Amareki, ko ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti, ā, ka whiti, ka noho hoki ki te raorao o Ietereere. 34 Nā, kua tau te Wairua o Ihowā ki runga ki a Kiriona, ā, whakatangihia ana e ia te tētere; ā, huihuia ana a Apiētere ki te aru i a ia. 35 I tono karere anō ia puta noa i a Mānahi, ā, ka huihuia anō rātou ki a ia. I tono karere anō ia ki a Āhera, ki a Hepurona, ki a Napatari; ā, ka haere ake rātou ki te whakatau i a rātou.

Te Tohu o te Huruhuru Hipi

36 Nā, ka mea a Kiriona ki te Atua, "Ki te mea nōku te ringa e whakaorangia ai e koe a Īharaira, pērā me tāu i kōrero mai rā, 37 nā, ka waiho e ahau te huruhuru hipi ki runga ki te patunga wīti; ā, ki te mea kei te huruhuru anake te tōmairangi, ā, he maroke a runga katoa o te whenua, kātahi ahau ka mōhio nōku te ringa e whakaorangia ai e koe a Īharaira, ka rite anō ki tāu i kōrero rā." 38 Ā, pērā tonu. I maranga wawe hoki ia i te ata, ā, ka romia e ia te huruhuru, ā, tauia ana te tōmairangi i roto i te huruhuru, kī tonu te peihana i te wai.

39 I mea anō a Kiriona ki te Atua, "Kei mura tōu riri ki ahau, ā, heoi anō he kōrero māku ko tēnei; tēnā, kia kotahi ake whakamātau māku i te huruhuru, ā, ka kāti. Kia maroke ko te huruhuru anake, ā, kia whai tōmairangi a runga i te whenua katoa." 40 Ā, i pērātia e te Atua i taua pō; ko te huruhuru anake i maroke, ā, he tōmairangi i te whenua katoa.

1 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; 4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.

7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah because of Midian, 8 that Jehovah sent a prophet unto the children of Israel: and he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 and I said unto you, I am Jehovah your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice.

11 And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. 14 And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. 16 And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight. 22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face. 23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

25 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father’s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it; 26 and build an altar unto Jehovah thy God upon the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken, 37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken. 38 And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.