Josué 1

1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,*1:1 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. 5 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

6 "Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. 9 Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God*1:9 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim). is with you wherever you go."

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 "Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess.’"

12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying, 13 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them 15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’"

16 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him shall himself be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."

Ka Whakahaua e Ihowā a Hohua kia Raupatu a Kanaana

1 Nā, i muri iho i te matenga o Mohi, o te pononga a Ihowā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Hohua, ki te tama a Nunu, ki te tangata a Mohi, ka mea, 2 "Kua mate a Mohi, tāku pononga. Nā, whakatika, whiti atu i tēnei Horano, a koe me tēnei iwi katoa, ki te whenua ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a rātou, arā ki ngā tama a Īharaira. 3 Ko ngā wāhi katoa e takahia e ngā kapu o ō koutou waewae kua hoatu e ahau a reira ki a koutou, ka rite ki tāku i kōrero ai ki a Mohi. 4 Ko te rohe ki a koutou kei te koraha, kei Repanōna nei, ā te awa nui atu ana, arā te awa Uparati, ko te whenua katoa o ngā Hiti, ā tae noa ki te Moana Nui, ki te toenetanga o te rā. 5 E kore tētahi e kaha ki te tū ki tōu aroaro i ngā rā katoa e ora ai koe. I a Mohi ahau, ka pērā anō ahau ki a koe; e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe i a koe.

6 "Kia kaha, kia māia rawa; māu hoki tēnei iwi e whakawhiwhi ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua kia hoatu ki a rātou. 7 Heoi, kia kaha, kia tino māia rawa ki te pupuri, ki te mahi i ngā ture katoa i whakahaua ki a koe e Mohi, e tāku pononga; kei peka kē koe i reira ki matau, ki mauī rānei, kia tika ai tāu i ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe. 8 Kei whakarērea e tōu waha tēnei Pukapuka o te Ture; engari kia ū ōu whakaaro ki reira i te ao, i te pō, kia mau ai koe ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhi ki reira; mā reira ka whai wāhi ai koe i tōu huarahi, mā reira hoki koe ka kake ai. 9 Kāhore ianei ahau i whakahau ki a koe? Kia kaha, kia māia; kaua e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera; nō te mea kei a koe a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe."

Ka Whakahau a Hohua i te Iwi

10 Nā, ka whakahau a Hohua i ngā rangatira o te iwi, ka mea, 11 "Haere rā waenganui o te puni, ka whakahau i te iwi, ka mea: ‘Takā he ō mō koutou; nō te mea kia toru ake rā ka whiti koutou i te Horano nei, ka haere ki te tango i te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, kia nohoia e koutou.’ "

12 I kōrero anō a Hohua ki ngā Reupeni, ki ngā Kari, ki tētahi tānga hoki o te iwi o Mānahi, i mea, 13 "Kia mahara ki te kupu i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, i mea ai: ‘E mea ana a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua, i a koutou kia okioki, ka hōmai hoki e ia tēnei whenua ki a koutou.’ 14 Ko ā koutou wāhine, ko ā koutou tamariki, me ā koutou kararehe, me noho ki te whenua i hoatu e Mohi ki a koutou i tēnei taha o Horano, ko koutou ia, ko ngā mārohirohi katoa, me haere tōpuni atu i te aroaro o ō koutou tuākana, hei whakauru mō rātou; 15 kia meinga rā anō e Ihowā ō koutou tuākana kia okioki, kia pēnā me koutou, ā, kia whiwhi rātou ki te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, ki a rātou. Kātahi koutou ka hoki ai ki te whenua i riro nei i a koutou, ka noho ai hoki ki te wāhi i hoatu e Mohi, e te pononga a Ihowā, ki a koutou i tēnei taha o Horano, i te putanga mai o te rā."

16 Nā, ka whakahoki rātou ki a Hohua, ka mea: "Ko ngā mea katoa e whakahaua e koe ki a mātou ka meatia e mātou, ā, ka haere hoki mātou ki ngā wāhi katoa e ungā ai mātou e koe. 17 Ko tō mātou rongo ki a Mohi i ngā mea katoa, ka pērā anō tō mātou rongo ki a koe; kia noho rā ia a Ihowā, tōu Atua, ki a koe, me ia hoki i noho ki a Mohi. 18 Ahakoa ko wai te tangata e tutū ki tāu whakahau, e kore hoki e rongo ki āu kupu, ki ngā mea katoa e whakahau ai koe ki a ia, me whakamate. Ko koe ia kia kaha, kia māia!"