Números 14

Ka Amuamu te Iwi

1 Nā, ka hāmama te reo o te whakaminenga katoa; ā, ka tangi te iwi i taua pō. 2 Ā, amuamu ana ngā tama katoa a Īharaira ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona; ā, ka mea te whakaminenga katoa ki a rāua, "Auē, me i mate tātou ki te whenua o Īhipa! Auē, me i mate rānei tātou ki tēnei koraha! 3 He aha tātou i kawea mai ai e Ihowā ki tēnei whenua, kia hinga i te hoari? Ka waiho ā tātou wāhine, ā tātou tamariki hei taonga pārau; ehara ianei te hoki ki Īhipa i te mea pai mō tātou?" 4 Ā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "Me whakatū he upoko mō tātou, ka hoki ki Īhipa."

5 Nā, ka tāpapa a Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki te aroaro o te huihui katoa o te whakaminenga o ngā tama a Īharaira. 6 Ā, ka haehae a Hohua, tama a Nunu, rāua ko Karepe, tama a Iepune, i ō rāua kākahu; ko rāua hoki ētahi o ngā kaitūtei o te whenua; 7 ā, ka kōrero rāua ki te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ka mea, "He whenua pai rawa te whenua i haerea nei, i tūteia nei e mātou. 8 Ki te aro mai a Ihowā ki a tātou, ka kawea tātou e ia ki taua whenua, ka hōmai anō e ia ki a tātou; he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi. 9 Kaua rāia koutou e tutū ki a Ihowā, kaua hoki e wehi i ngā tāngata o taua whenua, he taro hoki rātou mā tātou. Kua mahue rātou i tō rātou whakamarumaru, ā, kei a tātou a Ihowā; kaua e wehi i a rātou."

10 Heoi, ko tā te whakaminenga katoa kī, "Me āki rāua ki te kōhatu." Nā, ko te putanga mai o te korōria o Ihowā i runga i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga ki te aroaro o ngā tama katoa a Īharaira. 11 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Kia pēhea ake te roa o te whakahāwea a tēnei iwi ki ahau? Āhea rānei rātou whakapono ai ki ahau, he maha nei hoki āku tohu i whakakitea i roto i a rātou? 12 Ka patua rātou e ahau ki te mate urutā, ka peia atu, ā, ka meinga koe hei iwi nui atu, kaha atu, i a rātou."

Ka Īnoi a Mohi mō te Iwi

13 Anō rā ko Mohi ki a Ihowā, "Ākuanei ka rongo ngā Īhipiana; nāu hoki tēnei iwi i whakaputa mai i runga i tōu kaha i roto i a rātou. 14 Nā, ka kōrero rātou ki ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua. Kua rongo hoki rātou kei roto koe, e Ihowā, i tēnei iwi; e kitea ana anō koe e Ihowā, titiro atu, titiro mai, e tū ana hoki tōu kapua i runga i a rātou, e haere ana hoki koe i mua i a rātou i roto i te pou kapua i te awatea, i roto hoki i te pou ahi i te pō. 15 Nā, ki te whakamatea e koe tēnei iwi, ānō he tangata kotahi, kātahi ngā iwi i rongo nei ki tōu rongo ka whai kupu, ka mea, 16 ‘Nō te mea kīhai i kaha a Ihowā ki te kawe i tēnei iwi ki te whenua i oati ai ia ki a rātou, koia i whakamatea ai rātou e ia ki te koraha.’

17 "Nā, kia nui rā te kaha o tōku Ariki, kia rite ki tāu i kōrero ai, i mea ai, 18 ‘He pūhoi a Ihowā ki te riri, he nui tōna atawhai, e muru ana i te kino, i te tutū, e kore rawa anō e tuku noa i te hunga hē; e mea ana i te kino o ngā mātua kia tau ki ngā tamariki, ā te toru, te whā rā anō, o ngā whakatupuranga.’ 19 Tēnā, murua te kino o tēnei iwi, kia rite ki te nui o tōu atawhai, ki tāu muru hoki i ngā hara o tēnei iwi, o Īhipa mai anō, ā taea noatia a konei."

20 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Kua murua e ahau, kua pērātia me tāu i kī mai nā. 21 Otiia – e ora nei ahau, ā, ka kapi te whenua katoa i te korōria o Ihowā – 22 nā, i te mea ko ēnei tāngata katoa, i kite nei i tōku korōria, i āku merekara hoki i meinga ki Īhipa, ki te koraha, ā, ka tekau nei ā rātou whakamātautauranga i ahau, kāhore anō i whakarongo ki tōku reo; 23 inā, e kore rawa rātou e kite i te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua, e kore anō tētahi o te hunga i whakahāwea nei ki ahau e kite i reira.

24 "Engari tāku pononga a Karepe, he wairua kē hoki tōna, ā, kua tino whai ia i ahau; e kawea ia e ahau ki te whenua i haere atu nā ia; ā, ka riro a reira i ōna uri.

25 "Nā, kei te raorao ngā Amareki me ngā Kanaani e noho ana. Tahuri atu koutou āpōpō, haere atu ki te koraha, nā te huarahi ki te Moana Whero."

Ka Whiua te Iwi e Ihowā

26 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, i mea: 27 "Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāku whakamanawanui ki tēnei whakaminenga kino, e amuamu nei ki ahau? Kua rangona e ahau ngā amuamu a ngā tama a Īharaira, e amuamu nei rātou ki ahau. 28 Mea atu ki a rātou, ‘E ora ana ahau,’ e ai tā Ihowā, ‘ko tā koutou i kōrero mai ai ki ōku taringa, he pono, ko tāku tēnā e mea ai ki a koutou: 29 ka hinga ō koutou tinana ki tēnei koraha; ā, ko koutou katoa i taua, puta noa atu i tō koutou tokomaha, ngā mea e rua tekau, he maha ake hoki, ō rātou tau, te hunga hoki i amuamu nei ki ahau, 30 e kore koutou e tae ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ka whakanohoia koutou ki reira, heoi anō ko Karepe tama a Iepune, rāua ko Hohua tama a Nunu. 31 Otiia, ko ā koutou pōtiki, i mea nā koutou ka waiho hei taonga pārau, ka kawea e ahau ki reira, ā, ka mōhio rātou ki te whenua i whakahāweatia nei e koutou. 32 Ko koutou ia, ka hinga ō koutou tinana ki tēnei koraha. 33 Ā, ka kōpikopiko noa ā koutou tamariki i te koraha, e whā tekau ngā tau, mā rātou hoki e waha ā koutou pūremutanga, kia poto rā anō ō koutou tinana ki te koraha. 34 Kia rite rā anō ki te maha o ngā rā, ki ngā rā e whā tekau, i tūteia ai e koutou te whenua, he tau he rā, he tau he rā; e whā tekau ngā tau e waha ai e koutou ō koutou kino, ā, ka mōhio koutou ki te takanga o tāku kupu.’ 35 Nāku, nā Ihowā te kupu, inā, ka meatia tēnei e ahau ki tēnei whakaminenga kino katoa, kua huihui nei ki te whakahē ki ahau. Ka poto rātou ki tēnei koraha, ka mate anō hoki ki konei."

36 Nā, ko ngā tāngata i ungā e Mohi hei tūtei mō te whenua, i hoki mai nei, i mea nei kia amuamutia ia e te whakaminenga katoa, i tā rātou kawenga mai i te kōrero kino mō te whenua, 37 ko aua tāngata, nā rātou nei i kawe mai te kōrero kino mō te whenua, i mate rātou i te whiu ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 38 Ko Hohua ia, tama a Nunu, rāua ko Karepe, tama a Iepune, ko rāua i ora o ngā tāngata i haere ki te tūtei i te whenua.

39 Nā, kōrerotia ana e Mohi ēnei kupu katoa ki ngā tama katoa a Īharaira; ā, ka pōuri rawa te iwi. 40 Nā, ka maranga wawe rātou i te ata, ā, ka haere ki te tihi o te maunga, me te kī anō, "Tēnei mātou, ā, ka haere mātou ki runga, ki te wāhi i kōrerotia mai e Ihowā; kua hara hoki mātou."

41 Nā, ka mea a Mohi, "He aha koutou i takahi ai i te kupu a Ihowā, i te mea kāhore e whai wāhi? 42 Kaua e haere, kāhore nā hoki a Ihowā i a koutou, kei patua koutou ki te aroaro o ō koutou hoariri. 43 Kei reira hoki ngā Amareki rātou ko ngā Kanaani, kei mua i a koutou, ā, ka hinga koutou i te hoari; mō koutou kua tahuri atu i te whai i a Ihowā, koia a Ihowā tē piri ai ki a koutou."

44 Heoi, ka pokanoa rātou ki te piki ki te tihi o te maunga; otiia kīhai te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, me Mohi hoki, i hiki atu i te puni. 45 Nā, ka heke iho ngā Amareki rātou ko ngā Kanaani e noho ana i taua maunga, ā, patua ana rātou, tukituki rawa, ā taea noatia a Horema.

1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes: 7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

11 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.

13 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I pray thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy lovingkindness, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

20 And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah; 22 because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it: 24 but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

26 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me, 30 surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my alienation. 35 I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36 And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, 37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

39 And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised: for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper? 42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.