Êxodo 18

1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away, 3 and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom,*18:3 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there". for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land". 4 The name of the other was Eliezer,*18:4 Eliezer means "God is my helper". for he said, "My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword." 5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God. 6 He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."

7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent. 8 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them. 9 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly." 12 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

13 On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening. 14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"

15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws." 17 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. 18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. 23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace."

24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.

Ka Toro a Ietoro ki a Mohi

1 Ā, ka rongo a Ietoro, te tohunga o Miriana, te hungawai o Mohi, ki ngā mea katoa i meatia e te Atua ki a Mohi, ki a Īharaira hoki, ki tāna iwi; ki a Ihowā anō hoki kua whakaputa mai i a Īharaira i Īhipa.

2 Kātahi a Ietoro, hungawai o Mohi, ka tango i a Hipora, wahine a Mohi, i muri nei i tāna tononga i a ia kia hoki, 3 me āna tamariki tokorua, ko te ingoa o tētahi ko Kerehoma, i mea hoki ia, "He manene ahau i te whenua kē," 4 ko te ingoa hoki o tētahi ko Eriētere; "Mōku hoki i āwhinatia mai e te Atua o tōku pāpā, nāna hoki ahau i whakaora i te hoari a Parao."

5 Nā, ka haere mai a Ietoro, te hungawai o Mohi, rātou ko āna tamariki, ko tāna wahine, ki a Mohi, ki te koraha i noho ai ia, ki te maunga o te Atua. 6 Ā, ka mea ki a Mohi, "Ko ahau, ko Ietoro, ko tōu hungawai, kua tae mai ki a koe, me tāu wahine, rātou ko āna tama tokorua."

7 Nā, ka haere a Mohi ki te whakatau i tōna hungawai, ā, ka tuohu, ka kihi hoki i a ia; ā, ka ui rāua ki a rāua ki te pai i tētahi, i tētahi; ā, haere ana rāua ki te tēneti. 8 Nā, ka kōrerotia e Mohi ki tōna hungawai ngā mea katoa i meatia e Ihowā ki a Parao rātou ko ngā Īhipiana, mō Īharaira, me ngā mate katoa hoki i pono ki a rātou i te ara, me rātou hoki kua whakaorangia nei e Ihowā.

9 Nā, ka hari a Ietoro mō ngā mea pai katoa i meatia e Ihowā ki a Īharaira, mō rātou hoki i whakaorangia e ia i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, 10 ā, ka mea a Ietoro, "Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā nāna nei koutou i whakaora i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, i te ringa hoki o Parao; nāna hoki te iwi nei i whakaora i raro i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana. 11 Kātahi ahau ka mōhio he nui ake a Ihowā i ngā atua katoa; āe rā, i te mea hoki ka whakapehapeha rātou, hira ake ana anō ia i a rātou." 12 Nā, ka tangohia e Ietoro, e te hungawai o Mohi tētahi tahunga tinana me ētahi patunga tapu mā te Atua; ā, haere mai ana a Ārona, me ngā kaumātua katoa o Īharaira, ki te hungawai o Mohi, ki te kai taro ki te aroaro o te Atua.

Te Whakatū o he Kaiwhakawā

13 Ā, i te aonga ake o te rā ka noho a Mohi ki te whakawā i te iwi; ā, ka tū te iwi i te taha o Mohi nō te ata ā ahiahi noa. 14 Ā, nō te kitenga o te hungawai o Mohi i ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki te iwi, ka mea ia, "He aha tēnei mea e mea nei koe ki te iwi? He aha koe i noho ai ko koe anake, i tū ai hoki te iwi katoa i tōu taha nō te ata ā tae noa ki te ahiahi?"

15 Ā, ka mea a Mohi ki tōna hungawai, "E haere mai ana hoki te iwi ki ahau, ki te rapu tikanga i te Atua. 16 Ka ai he mea ki a rātou, nā, ka haere mai ki ahau; ā, māku e whakarite te whakawā a tētahi ki tētahi; e whakaatu hoki ngā tikanga a te Atua me āna ture."

17 Nā, ka mea te hungawai o Mohi ki a ia, "Ehara tēnei i te pai e mea nei koe. 18 Ka honia noatia iho koe, koutou tahi ko tēnei iwi i a koe nei; he pēhi rawa hoki tēnei mea i a koe; e kore e taea e koe anake. 19 Nā, whakarongo mai ki tōku reo, māku koe e tohutohu; hei a koe te Atua, hei te aroaro o te Atua koe mō te iwi, ā, māu e kawe ngā kōrero ki te Atua. 20 Māu anō rātou e whakaako ki ngā tikanga, ki ngā ture, e whakaatu hoki ki a rātou te huarahi e haere ai rātou, me ngā mahi e mahi ai rātou. 21 Māu anō hoki e titiro i roto i te iwi katoa ētahi tāngata māia, e wehi ana i te Atua; hei te hunga pono, e kino ana ki te apo; ka waiho ai hei rangatira mō rātou, hei rangatira mō ngā mano, hei rangatira mō ngā rau, hei rangatira mō ngā rima tekau, hei rangatira mō ngā tekau. 22 Ā, mā rātou te iwi e whakawā i ngā wā katoa; ā, ko ngā mea nunui katoa, me kawe mai ki a koe; ko ngā mea nohinohi katoa ia, mā rātou e whakarite; pēnei ka māmā koe, ā, mā koutou tahi te pīkaunga. 23 Ki te mea koe i tēnei mea, ā, ka kī mai te Atua ki a koe, kātahi koe ka matatū ake, ā, ka haere mārie tēnei iwi katoa ki ō rātou kāinga."

24 Ā, rongo tonu a Mohi ki te kupu a tōna hungawai, ā, meatia katoatia iho e ia ngā mea i kōrero ai ia. 25 Ā, whiriwhiria ana e Mohi ētahi tāngata māia i roto i a Īharaira katoa, ā, waiho iho rātou e ia hei upoko mō te iwi, hei rangatira mō ngā mano, hei rangatira mō ngā rau, hei rangatira mō ngā rima tekau, hei rangatira hoki mō ngā tekau. 26 Ā, nā rātou te iwi i whakawā i ngā wā katoa; ko te mea pakeke i kawea e rātou ki a Mohi; ko ngā mea nohinohi katoa ia nā rātou anō i whakarite.

27 Nā, ka tukua atu e Mohi tōna hungawai; ā, haere ana ia ki tōna whenua.