Josué 10

1 Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them, 2 they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. 3 Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 "Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel." 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, "Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us."

7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor. 8 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you."

9 Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night. 10 Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah. 11 As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.

12 Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!"

13 The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day. 14 There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.

15 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. 16 These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17 Joshua was told, saying, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah."

18 Joshua said, "Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them; 19 but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand."

20 When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, 21 all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then Joshua said, "Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me."

23 They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, "Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings."

They came near, and put their feet on their necks.

25 Joshua said to them, "Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight."

26 Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening. 27 At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

28 Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

29 Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. 30 Yahweh delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

31 Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it. 32 Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.

34 Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it and fought against it. 35 They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it. 37 They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.

38 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it. 39 He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king. 40 So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded. 41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. 42 Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. 43 Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

Ka Tū tonu te Rā

1 Ā, ka rongo a Aronitereke, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, kua horo a Hai i a Hohua, ā, kua whakangaromia hoki e ia; ā, ko tāna i mea ai ki Heriko, ki tōna kīngi, ko tāna hoki tērā i mea ai ki Hai, ki tōna kīngi; ā, kua houhia e ngā tāngata o Kipeono te rongo ki a Īharaira, kua noho hoki ki waenganui i a rātou. 2 Nā, tino wehi ana rātou; nō te mea he pā nui a Kipeono, pērā me tētahi o ngā pā rangatira he nui atu hoki i Hai, ā, ko ōna tāngata katoa he toa. 3 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Aronitereke kīngi o Hiruhārama ki a Hōhama kīngi o Heperona, ki a Pirama kīngi o Iaramuta, ki a Tapia kīngi o Rakihi, rātou ko Repiri kīngi o Ekerona, ka mea, 4 "Haere mai ki ahau, hei āwhina mōku, kia patua ai e tātou a Kipeono, mō rātou i hohou i te rongo ki a Hohua rātou ko ngā tama a Īharaira."

5 Nā, huihui ana, haere mai ana ngā kīngi tokorima o ngā Amori, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, te kīngi o Heperona, te kīngi o Iaramuta, te kīngi o Rakihi, te kīngi o Ekerona, rātou ko ā rātou taua katoa, ā, whakapae ana i Kipeono, tatau ana i reira.

6 Nā, ka tono tāngata ngā tāngata o Kipeono ki a Hohua ki te puni, ki Kirikara, ka mea: "Kei pūhoi mai tōu ringa ki āu pononga; hohoro te haere mai ki a mātou, ki te whakaora i a mātou āwhinatia mai hoki mātou; nō te mea kua rūpeke mai ngā kīngi katoa o ngā Amori e noho ana i ngā maunga ki a mātou."

7 Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Kirikara, rātou tahi ko te hunga hāpai patu katoa, me ngā tāngata māia katoa. 8 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hohua, "Kaua e wehi i a rātou; kua hoatu hoki rātou e ahau ki tōu ringa, ā, e kore tētahi tangata o rātou e tū ki tōu aroaro."

9 Nā, huakina tatatia ana rātou e Hohua; i haere ake hoki ia i Kirikara i te pō. 10 Nā, meinga ana rātou e Ihowā kia pororaru i mua i a Īharaira, ā, patua ana rātou e ia ki Kipeono, he nui te parekura, ā, whāia ana rātou e ia i te huarahi e haere ana ki runga ki Petehorono, nā, tukitukia ana rātou ā tae noa ki Ateka, a Makera atu ana. 11 Ā, i a rātou e rere ana i te aroaro o Īharaira, i te hekenga iho ki Petehorono, nā, ka makā iho e Ihowā he kōhatu nunui i te rangi ki runga ki a rātou ā tae noa ki Ateka, nā, mate ana rātou; hira ake ngā tāngata i mate i ngā nganga kōhatu i ngā mea i patua e ngā tama a Īharaira ki te hoari.

12 Kātahi ka kōrero a Hohua ki a Ihowā i te rā i hōmai ai e Ihowā ngā Amori ki te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, ka mea hoki i te tirohanga mai o Īharaira,

"Kāti mai koe, e te rā, i runga i Kipeono;

me koe hoki, e te marama, ki te Raorao o Atarono."

13 Nā, mau tonu mai te rā,

tū tonu mai hoki te marama,

ā whiwhi noa te iwi ki te utu i ō rātou hoariri.

Kāhore ianei tēnei mea i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka a Iahera?

Tū ana tērā te kōmaru i waenganui o te rangi, kāhore anō hoki i hohoro te heke ā rite noa tētahi rā tūturu. 14 Nā, kāhore he rite mō taua rā i mua atu, i muri mai rānei, i rongo ai a Ihowā ki te reo tangata; i whawhai hoki a Ihowā mō Īharaira.

15 Nā, hoki ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki te puni, ki Kirikara.

Ka Patua ētahi Kīngi Tokorima

16 Ko aua kīngi tokorima ia i rere, ā, piri ana ki roto ki tētahi ana i Makera. 17 Ā, ka kōrerotia ki a Hohua, i meatia, "Kua kitea ngā kīngi tokorima, kei te ana i Makera e piri ana."

18 Nā, ka mea a Hohua, "Hurihia atu ētahi kōhatu nunui ki te kūwaha o te ana, whakanohoia hoki ētahi tāngata ki reira hei tiaki i a rātou. 19 Ko koutou ia kaua hei tū; whāia ō koutou hoariri, patua te hiku o rātou; kaua hoki rātou e tukua kia tapoko ki roto ki ō rātou pā; he mea hoki kua hōmai rātou e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, ki tō koutou ringa."

20 Ā, nō ka mutu i a Hohua rātou ko ngā tama a Īharaira te patu i a rātou, he nui rawa te parekura ā poto noa rātou, ko ngā mōrehu o rātou i toe i riro ki roto ki ngā pā whai taiepa, 21 Nā, hoki mārie ana te iwi katoa ki a Hohua, ki te puni, ki Makera. Kīhai rawa hoki oraora te arero o tētahi tangata, ki tētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira.

22 Katahi ka mea a Hohua, "Uakina te kūwaha o te ana, whakaputaina mai hoki ki ahau i te ana ngā kīngi tokorima nā." 23 Nā, pērātia ana e rātou, whakaputaina mai ana e rātou ki a ia i te ana aua kīngi tokorima, te kīngi o Hiruhārama, te kīngi o Heperona, te kīngi o Iaramuta, te kīngi o Rakihi, me te kīngi o Ekerona. 24 Ā, ka oti aua kīngi te whakaputa mai e rātou ki a Hohua, ka karanga a Hohua ki ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira, ā, ka mea ki ngā rangatira o ngā tāngata hāpai patu i haere tahi me ia, "Whakatata mai, e tū ō koutou waewae ki runga ki ngā kakī o ēnei kīngi." Nā, whakatata ana mai rātou, tū ana ō rātou waewae ki runga ki ō rātou kakī.

25 I mea anō a Hohua ki a rātou, "Kaua koutou e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera, kia kaha, kia toa; nō te mea ka pēneitia e Ihowā ō koutou hoariri katoa e whawhai nei koutou ki a rātou." 26 Ā muri iho ka patua rātou e Hohua, ka whakamatea, ā, whakairihia ake rātou ki runga ki ngā rākau e rima. Nā, iri ana rātou i runga i ngā rākau ā ahiahi noa. 27 Nā, i te wā o te tōnga o te rā ka whakahaua e Hohua kia tangohia ki raro o ngā rākau, kia makā hoki ki roto ki te ana i piri ai rātou, kia whakatakotoria hoki ētahi kōhatu nunui ki te kūwaha o te ana; e takoto mai nei ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

28 Ā, horo ana i a Hohua a Makera i taua rangi anō, patua iho ana hoki e ia ki te mata o te hoari, me tōna kīngi anō; i whakangaromia rawatia rātou e ia me ngā wairua katoa i roto, kāhore he mōrehu i mahue i a ia; ā, pērātia ana e ia te kīngi o Makera me tāna i mea ai ki te kīngi o Heriko.

29 Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa i Makera ki Rīpina, ā, tauria ana e ia a Rīpina. 30 Ā, i hōmai anō e Ihowā a reira, me tōna kīngi, ki te ringa o Īharaira. Nā, patua iho e ia a reira ki te mata o te hoari, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto; kīhai i mahue i a ia tētahi mōrehu i reira; heoi pērātia ana e ia te kīngi o reira me tāna i mea ai ki te kīngi o Heriko.

31 Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Rīpina, rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa, ki Rakihi, ā, whakapaea ana a reira, tauria ana e ia. 32 Ā, i hōmai e Ihowā a Rakihi ki te ringa o Īharaira, ā, horo ana a reira i a ia i te rua o ngā rā; patua iho hoki ki te mata o te hoari, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto; i rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Rīpina. 33 I reira anō ka haere mai a Hōrama kīngi o Kētere hei āwhina mō Rakihi; ā, patua iho ia me tōna iwi e Hohua, ā, kāhore rawa tētahi mōrehu ōna i toe.

34 Nā, ka haere atu a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa i Rakihi ki Ekerona; ā, whakapaea ana a reira e rātou, tauria ana. 35 Nā, horo ana a reira i a rātou i taua rangi anō, patua ana hoki ki te mata o te hoari, ko ngā tāngata katoa i roto hunā iho e ia i taua rangi anō, rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Rakihi.

36 Nā, haere atu ana a Hohua i Ekerona, me Īharaira katoa anō hoki ki Heperona, ā, tauria ana a reira e ia. 37 Ā, horo ana i a rātou a reira, patua iho hoki ki te mata o te hoari, me tōna kīngi, me ōna pā katoa, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto. Kāhore tētahi mōrehu i mahue i a ia, rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Ekerona; nā, hunā iho e ia a reira, me ngā tāngata katoa i roto.

38 Kātahi ka hoki a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki Repiri; ka tatau hoki ki reira. 39 Ā, riro ana i a ia a reira me tōna kīngi, me ōna pā katoa; ā, patua iho e rātou ki te mata o te hoari, whakangaromia katoatia ana hoki ngā tāngata i roto. Kāhore tētahi mōrehu i mahue i a ia; ko tāna i mea ai ki Heperona i meatia anō e ia ki Repiri, ki tōna kīngi; i pērā anō me tāna i mea ai ki Rīpina, ki tōna kīngi.

40 Nā, patua ana e Hohua te whenua katoa, te whenua pukepuke, te tonga, te mānia me ngā pukenga wai, me ngā kīngi katoa hoki o reira; kāhore i waiho e ia tētahi mōrehu. Engari, i hunā katoatia e ia ngā mea whai manawa i rite tonu ki tā Ihowā, ki tā te Atua o Īharaira, i whakahau ai. 41 Nā, patua ana rātou e Hohua i Karehepārenea ā tae noa ki Kaha, me te whenua katoa hoki o Kohena ā tae noa ki Kipeono. 42 Ko ēnei kīngi katoa me tō rātou oneone i riro i a Hohua i te whakaekenga kotahi, nō te mea i roto i a Īharaira a Ihowā e whawhai atu ana.

43 Nā, hoki ana a Hohua rātou tahi ko Īharaira katoa ki te puni, ki Kirikara.