Josué 22

1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2 and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you. 3 You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God. 4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan. 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents. 7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but Joshua gave to the other half among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers."

9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 10 When they came to the region near the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at. 11 The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar along the border of the land of Canaan, in the region around the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the children of Israel." 12 When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. 13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest. 14 With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel. 15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, 16 "The whole congregation of Yahweh says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away today from following Yahweh, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel today against Yahweh? 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh, 18 that you must turn away today from following Yahweh? It will be, since you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than Yahweh our God’s altar. 20 Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’"

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22 "The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today), 23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.

24 "If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel? 25 For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh."’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.

26 "Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; 27 but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’

28 "Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of Yahweh’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."’

29 "Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away today from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides Yahweh our God’s altar that is before his tabernacle!"

30 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well. 31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, "Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of Yahweh’s hand." 32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived. 34 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar "A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God."

Ka Hoki ngā Iwi Rāwhiti ki ā rātou Whenua

1 Kātahi ka karanga a Hohua ki ngā Reupeni, ki ngā Kari, ā, ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, 2 ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kua mau i a koutou ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, kua whakarongo mai hoki koutou ki tōku reo i ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai ahau ki a koutou. 3 Kīhai koutou i whakarere i ō koutou tuākana i ēnei rangi e maha ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, engari i āta pupuri mārie koutou i te whakahau a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua. 4 Nā, kua mea nei a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua i ō koutou tēina kia okioki, ka rite ki tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou; nā reira, hoki atu, haere ki ō koutou tēneti, ki te whenua hoki i whiwhi nā koutou, i hoatu nā e Mohi, e te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou i tāwāhi o Horano. 5 Otirā, kia mahara mārie kia mahia te whakahau me te ture, i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, kia aroha ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua, kia haere i āna huarahi katoa, kia pupuri i āna whakahau, kia awhi hoki ki a ia, kia whakapotoa ō koutou ngākau katoa, ō koutou wairua katoa ki te mahi ki a ia."

6 Nā, ka manaaki a Hohua i a rātou, ā, tukua ana rātou kia haere; ā, haere ana rātou ki ō rātou tēneti.

7 Nā, i hoatu e Mohi he kāinga i Pahana ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi; engari, ki tētahi tānga i hoatu e Hohua he kāinga i roto i ō rātou tuākana i tēnei taha o Horano whaka te hauāuru. Ā, i tā Hohua, tukunga atu i a rātou ki ō rātou tēneti, i manaaki anō ia i a rātou, 8 i kōrero ki a rātou, i mea, "Hoki atu ki ō koutou tēneti me ngā taonga maha, me te tini noa iho o te kararehe, me te hiriwa, me te kōura, me te parāhi, me te rino, me te nui noa atu o te kākahu. Tuwhaina atu ngā taonga o ō koutou hoariri ki ō koutou tuākana."

9 Nā, hoki ana ngā tama a Reupena, me ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, mawehe atu ana i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira i Hiro, i te whenua o Kanaana, ā, haere ana ki te whenua o Kireara, ki te whenua i whiwhi ai rātou, i whakawhiwhia ki a rātou e te kupu a Ihowā i whakapuakina e Mohi.

Te Āta i te taha o te Awa Horano

10 Nā, i tō rātou taenga ki te takiwā i ngā taha o Horano, ki tērā i te whenua o Kanaana, ka hangā e ngā tama a Reupena, e ngā tama a Kara, e tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, tētahi āta ki reira, ki te taha o Horano, he āta nui hei tirohanga atu. 11 Nā, ka rongo ngā tama a Īharaira e kōrerotia ana, "Nanā, kua hanga ngā tama a Reupena, me ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, i tētahi āta ki te ritenga mai o te whenua o Kanaana ki ngā taha o Horano, ki te wāhi i ngā tama a Īharaira." 12 Ā, nō te rongonga o ngā tama a Īharaira, huihui ana te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira ki Hiro, i mea kia haere ki te whawhai ki a rātou.

13 Nā, ka tonoa atu e ngā tama a Īharaira a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga ki ngā tama a Reupena, ki ngā tama hoki a Kara, ā, ki tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, ki te whenua o Kireara; 14 me ētahi rangatira kotahi tekau hoki hei hoa mōna, tātaki kotahi te rangatira o ia koromatua, o ia koromatua o ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira; he ariki hoki rātou, ia tangata, ia tangata, nō ngā whare o ō rātou mātua i roto i ngā mano o Īharaira.

15 Nā, haere ana rātou ki ngā tama a Reupena, ki ngā tama a Kara, ki tētahi tānga hoki o te iwi o Mānahi, ki te whenua o Kireara, ā, ka kōrero ki a rātou, ka mea: 16 "Ko te kōrero tēnei a te whakaminenga katoa a Ihowā: ‘He aha tēnei hara i mea nei koutou ki te Atua o Īharaira, i a koutou ka tahuri atu nei i tēnei rā i te whai i a Ihowā, ka hanga nei i tētahi āta mā koutou, hei mahi tutū mā koutou ki a Ihowā? 17 He nohinohi rawa ianei ki a tātou te haranga ki a Peoro, kāhore anō nei i horoia atu i a tātou ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā, ahakoa rā i pā he mate urutā ki te whakaminenga a Ihowā, 18 e tahuri kē nei koutou i tēnei rā i te whai i a Ihowā?

" ‘Nā, ki te mea ka tutū koutou i tēnei rā ki a Ihowā, tērā ia e riri āpōpō ki te whakaminenga katoa o Īharaira. 19 Otiia, mehemea he poke te whenua e noho nei koutou, haere ake ki te whenua e nohoia ana e Ihowā, kei reira nei e tū ana te tapenākara o Ihowā, ā, ka noho i waenganui i a mātou. Engari, kaua e tutū ki a Ihowā, kaua anō hoki e tutū ki a mātou, i a koutou ka hanga nei i tētahi āta kē atu mā koutou i te āta a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua. 20 Kāhore ianei a Ākana, te tama a Tera i taka ki te hara i te mea kanga, ā, tau ana te riri ki runga ki te whakaminenga katoa o Īharaira? Ā, kīhai i mate ko taua tangata anake mō tōna hara.’ "

21 Kātahi ka whakahoki ngā tama a Reupena, ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi, ka mea ki ngā ariki o ngā mano o Īharaira: 22 "Ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā atua, ko Ihowā, ko te Atua o ngā atua, e mōhio ana ia, ko Īharaira hoki ka mōhio anō ia; mehemea nā te tutū, mehemea rānei nā te hara ki a Ihowā, pēnei kaua mātou e whakaorangia e koe i tēnei rā. 23 I hangā ai e mātou tētahi āta hei tahuritanga kētanga i muri i a Ihowā; mehemea rānei hei whakaekenga mō te tahunga tinana mō te whakahere rānei, hei meatanga rānei mō ētahi patunga mō te pai, mā Ihowā ake anō e rapu utu.

24 "Mehemea rānei kāhore i meatia e mātou tēnei mea i runga i te tūpato, me te āta whakaaro, ka kī, Āpōpō ake nei ka kōrero mai ā koutou tama ki ā mātou tama, ka mea, ‘He aha tā koutou kei a Ihowā, kei te Atua o Īharaira? 25 Kua whakatakotoria nei hoki e Ihowā a Horano hei rohe ki waenganui o mātou, o koutou, e ngā tama a Reupena, e ngā tama a Kara; kāhore ō koutou wāhi i roto i a Ihowā.’ Pēnā ka meinga e ā koutou tama ā mātou tama kia mutu te wehi i a Ihowā.

26 "Koia mātou i mea ai, ‘Tēnā, tātou ka haere, ka hanga i tētahi āta mā tātou, ehara i te mea mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei. 27 Engari, kia ai tēnā mea hei kaiwhakaatu ki a mātou, ki a koutou, ki ō tātou uri hoki i muri i a tātou, kia mahi ai tātou i ngā mahi a Ihowā ki tōna aroaro, i ā tātou tahunga tinana, i ā tātou patunga tapu, i ā tātou whakahere mō te pai. Kei mea ā koutou tama ki ā mātou tama ā ko ake nei, "Kāhore ō koutou wāhi i roto i a Ihowā." ’

28 "Koia mātou i mea ai, Nā tēnei ake, kei tā rātou meatanga pērā ki a tātou, ki ō tātou uri rānei, nā, ka mea tātou, ‘Titiro ki te mea e rite ana ki te āta a Ihowā, i hangā e ō mātou mātua, ehara i te mea mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei; engari hei kaiwhakaatu i waenganui i a mātou, i a koutou.’

29 "Auē, kia tutū mātou ki a Ihowā! Kia tahuri atu i tēnei rā i muri i a Ihowā, ki te hanga i tētahi āta mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā whakahere, mō ngā patunga tapu rānei, hei mea kē atu i te āta a Ihowā, a tō tātou Atua, i mua mai o tōna tapenākara!"

30 Nā, i te rongonga o Pinehaha tohunga, rātou ko ngā rangatira o te whakaminenga, arā ko ngā upoko o ngā mano o Īharaira, ki ngā kupu i kōrerotia e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko ngā tama a Mānahi, ka pai ki a rātou. 31 Kātahi ka mea a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga ki ngā tama a Reupena rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko ngā tama a Mānahi, "Nō tēnei rā mātou i mōhio ai, kei waenganui i a tātou a Ihowā, inā hoki kīhai koutou i taka ki tēnei hara ki a Ihowā. Nā, kua whakaora nei koutou i ngā tama a Īharaira i te ringa o Ihowā."

32 Kātahi ka hoki a Pinehaha tama a Ereātara tohunga, me ngā rangatira, i ngā tama a Reupena rātou ko ngā tama a Kara i te whenua o Kireara, ki te whenua o Kanaana, ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ki te whakahoki i te kōrero ki a rātou. 33 Ā, pai tonu te kōrero ki ngā tama a Īharaira; nā, whakapai atu ana ngā tama a Īharaira ki te Atua, kīhai hoki rātou i mea anō kia haere ki runga ki te whawhai ki a rātou, ki te huna i te whenua e nohoia ana e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara.

34 Nā, huaina iho taua āta e ngā tama a Reupena, rātou ko ngā tama a Kara, ko Eri; i mea hoki rātou, "Hei kaiwhakaatu tēnā mea ki waenganui i a tātou, ko Ihowā te Atua."