Números 16

Te Whawhai a Koraha mā

1 Nā, ka tango tāngata a Koraha tama a Itihara, tama a Kohata, tama a Rīwai, rātou ko Ratana, ko Āpirama, tama a Eriapa, ko Ono hoki, tama a Perete, he tama nā Reupena; 2 ā, ka whakatika rātou ki te aroaro o Mohi, me ētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira, e rua rau e rima tekau, he rangatira nō te whakaminenga, e rangona ana i roto i te huihui, he hunga whai ingoa. 3 Ka whakahuihui rātou i a rātou ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea ki a rāua, "He kaha rawa tā kōrua tango tikanga, he tapu kau nei te whakaminenga katoa, kei waenganui anō hoki a Ihowā i a rātou. He aha rā kōrua i whakanui ai i a kōrua ki runga ake i te whakaminenga a Ihowā?"

4 Ā, nō te rongonga o Mohi, ka hinga tāpapa iho ia; 5 ā, ka kōrero ki a Koraha rātou ko tāna hui katoa, ka mea: "Ā te ata ka whakaaturia mai e Ihowā ko wai tāna, ko wai te mea tapu; ka meinga anō e ia kia whakatata ki a ia. Ko tāna i whiriwhiri ai, ko ia tāna e mea ai kia whakatata ki a ia. 6 Ko tēnei tā koutou e mea ai: Tīkina ētahi tahu kakara mā koutou, e Koraha rātou ko tāna hui katoa; 7 ka makā hoki he ahi ki roto, ka mea ai i te whakakakara ki runga, ki te aroaro o Ihowā āpōpō, ā, ko te tangata e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, ko ia te mea tapu; kāti tā koutou, e ngā tama a Rīwai."

8 I mea anō a Mohi ki a Koraha, "Nā, whakarongo mai, e ngā tama a Rīwai! 9 He mea iti ianei ki tā koutou kia wehea koutou e te Atua o Īharaira i roto i te huihui o Īharaira, kia meinga kia whakatata ki a ia, kia mahi i te mahi o te tapenākara o Ihowā, kia tū hoki ki te aroaro o te hui, hei minita mā rātou? 10 Kua meinga anō koe e ia kia tata, koutou tahi ko ōu tēina katoa, ko ngā tama a Rīwai; nā, me whai anō hoki e koutou te tohungatanga? 11 Koia koutou ko tāu hui katoa ka huihui nei ki a Ihowā; ko Ārona hoki, he aha ia, i amuamu ai koutou ki a ia?"

12 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Mohi hei karanga i a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama, i ngā tama a Eriapa; ā, ka mea rāua, "E kore māua e haere atu. 13 He mea iti ianei tāu kawe mai i a mātou i te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, kia mate ai mātou ki te koraha, ā, ka mea rawa hoki koe i a koe hei rangatira ki runga i a mātou? 14 Kāhore anō hoki koe i kawe i a mātou ki te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, i hōmai rānei i ngā māra, i ngā kāri, hei kāinga. Ka pokaia rānei e koe ngā kanohi o ngā tāngata nei? E kore mātou e haere atu!"

15 Nā, ko te tino riringa o Mohi, ka mea ki a Ihowā, "Kaua e tahuri ki tā rātou whakahere. Kāhore anō kia kotahi te kāihe i tangohia e ahau i a rātou, kāhore anō ahau i kino noa ki tētahi o rātou."

16 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Koraha, "Puta mai koutou ko tāu hui katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowā āpōpō, a koe, me rātou ko Ārona, āpōpō. 17 Ā, me mau e tēnei, e tēnei o koutou tāna tahu kakara, ka mea he whakakakara ki runga, ka kawe ai tēnā i tāna tahu kakara, i tāna ki te aroaro o Ihowā, kia rua rau kia rima tekau ngā tahu kakara; ā, koe me tāu tahu kakara, a Ārona hoki me tāna."

18 Nā, ka mau rātou ki tāna tahu kakara, ki tāna tahu kakara, ā, hoatu ana he ahi ki roto, meatia ana hoki he whakakakara ki runga, ā, ka tū tahi me Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 19 Nā, ka tāwhiua e Koraha te whakaminenga katoa ki a rāua ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga; ā, ka puta mai te korōria o Ihowā ki te whakaminenga katoa. 20 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea, 21 "Wehea atu kōrua i roto i tēnei whakaminenga, e kore hoki e aha ka pau rātou i ahau."

22 Nā, ka tāpapa rāua, ka mea, "E te Atua, e te Atua o ngā wairua o ngā kikokiko katoa, kia hara rānei te tangata kotahi, ā, ka riri koe ki te whakaminenga katoa?"

23 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 24 "Kōrero ki te whakaminenga, mea atu: ‘Whakatika i te tapenākara o Koraha, o Ratana, o Āpirama.’ "

25 Nā, ka whakatika a Mohi, ka haere ki a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama; me te whai tahi anō ngā kaumātua o Īharaira i a ia. 26 Nā, ka kōrero ia ki te whakaminenga, ka mea, "Tēnā, mawehe mai i ngā tēneti o ēnei tāngata kikino, kaua hoki e pā ki tētahi mea a rātou, kei ngaro koutou i roto i ō rātou hara katoa." 27 Nā, ka whakatika rātou i ngā taha katoa o te tapenākara o Koraha, o Ratana, o Āpirama.

Ā, ka puta a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama, ka tū ki ngā whatitoka o ō rāua tēneti, rātou ko ā rātou wāhine, ko ā rātou tama, ko ā rātou kōhungahunga hoki.

28 Nā, ka mea a Mohi, "Mā tēnei e mōhio ai koutou nā Ihowā ahau i unga mai ki te mahi i ēnei mahi katoa; ā, ehara i te mea whakaaro noa ake nāku. 29 Ki te mea ko te mate o ngā tāngata katoa te mate mō ēnei, ko te whiu rānei o ngā tāngata katoa te whiu mō rātou, kāhore ahau i ungā mai e Ihowā. 30 Tēnā ko tēnei, ka pokaia houtia e Ihowā he mahi hou, ā, ka hāmama te waha o te oneone, ā, ka horomia rātou me ā rātou mea katoa, ā, ka heke ora rātou ki te rua; kātahi koutou ka mōhio i whakahāwea ēnei tāngata ki a Ihowā."

31 Ā mutu kau tāna kōrero i ēnei kōrero katoa, ko te tino kowheratanga o te oneone i raro i a rātou; 32 nā, hāmama ana te waha o te whenua, horomia ake hoki rātou me ō rātou whare, me ngā tāngata katoa o Koraha, me ō rātou rawa katoa. 33 Ā, heke ora ana rātou me ā rātou mea katoa ki te rua, nā, ka taupokina iho rātou e te whenua; ā, ngaro iho rātou i roto i te whakaminenga. 34 Nā, rere ana a Īharaira katoa i ngā taha katoa o rātou i tō rātou auē; i mea hoki, "Kei horomia hoki tātou e te whenua."

35 Nā, ka puta mai he ahi i a Ihowā, ā, pau ake ngā tāngata e rua rau e rima tekau i whakahere nei i te whakakakara.

36 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 37 "Mea atu ki a Ereātara tama a te tohunga, a Ārona, kia tangohia ake e ia ngā tahu kakara i roto i te tahunga, ā, rukerukea atu hoki e koe te ahi ki kō; he tapu hoki ēnā; 38 ko ngā tahu kakara anō a taua hunga i hara rā ki ō rātou wairua, me hangā hei papa pāraharaha, hei kōpaki mō te āta. I tāpaea hoki ki te aroaro o Ihowā, koia i tapu ai; ā, ka waiho hei tohu ki ngā tama a Īharaira."

39 Nā, tīkina atu ana e te tohunga, e Ereātara, ngā tahu kakara parāhi i tāpaea e te hunga i tahuna rā, ā, ka hangā hei papa pāraharaha, hei kōpaki mō te āta. 40 Hei whakamahara mō ngā tama a Īharaira, kei whakatata he tangata kē, ehara nei i te uri nō Ārona, ki te tahu whakakakara ki te aroaro o Ihowā. Kei rite ki a Koraha rātou ko tāna hui; ko tā Ihowā tēnei i kōrerotia e Mohi ki a ia.

41 Otiia, i te aonga ake ka amuamu te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea, "Nā kōrua i mate ai te iwi a Ihowā."

42 Ā, i te huihuinga o te whakaminenga katoa ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, i tō rātou tahuritanga ake ki te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, e! Kua taupokina e te kapua, ā, ka kitea te korōria o Ihowā. 43 Nā, ka haere a Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki mua i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 44 Ā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 45 "Whakatika atu kōrua i roto i tēnei whakaminenga, e kore e aha ka pau rātou i ahau." Nā, ka tāpapa iho rāua.

46 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Ārona, "E mau ki te tahu kakara, meatia iho hoki he ahi i te āta, ka hoatu ai i te whakakakara ki runga, ā, kia hohoro te haere ki te whakaminenga, te whakamārie mō rātou; kua puta he riri i te aroaro o Ihowā; kua tīmata te whiu."

47 Nā, tīkina ana e Ārona, pērātia ana me tā Mohi i kī ai, ā, rere ana ia ki waenganui o te whakaminenga; nā, kua tīmata tēnā te whiu i roto i te iwi. Nā, ka makā iho e ia he whakakakara, ā, ka whakamārie mō te iwi. 48 Nā, tū ana ia i waenganui o te hunga mate, o te hunga ora; ā, ka mutu te whiu. 49 Nā, ko ngā tāngata i mate i te whiu, kotahi tekau mā whā mano e whitu rau, hāunga ērā i mate i tō Koraha rā. 50 Nā, hoki ana a Ārona ki a Mohi, ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ā mutu iho te whiu.

1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 2 and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; 3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 5 and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi: 9 seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; 10 and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?

12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up: 13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: 17 and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the congregation.

20 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them; 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

36 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy, 38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.

41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. 44 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.