Josué 24

1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all the people, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods. 3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring,*24:3 or, seed and gave him Isaac. 4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5 "‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea. 7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.

8 "‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you, 10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

11 "‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow. 13 I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

14 "Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh. 15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."

16 The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods; 17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed. 18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God."

19 Joshua said to the people, "You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins. 20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."

21 The people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve Yahweh." 22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him."

They said, "We are witnesses."

23 "Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel."

24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. 27 Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God." 28 So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. 30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. 32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.*24:32 Hebrew: kesitahs. A kesitah was a kind of silver coin. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

Ka Kōrero a Hohua ki ngā Iwi kei Hekeme

1 Nā, ka whakaemia e Hohua ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira ki Hekeme, ā, ka karangatia e ia ngā kaumātua o Īharaira, ō rātou ariki, ō rātou kaiwhakawā, ō rātou rangatira; ā, tū ana rātou i te aroaro o te Atua.

2 Nā, ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi katoa, "Ko te kōrero tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: I noho ō koutou mātua i mua i tāwāhi o te awa – a Teraha matua o Āperahama, matua hoki o Nahora – i mahi anō hoki ki ngā atua kē. 3 Nā, tangohia ana e ahau tō koutou matua, a Āperahama i tāwāhi o te awa, ā, ārahina ana ā puta noa i te whenua o Kanaana, ā, whakanuia ana tōna uri e ahau; i hoatu hoki a Īhaka ki a ia, 4 ā, hoatu ana e ahau a Hākopa rāua ko Ēhau ki a Īhaka. Ā, hoatu ana e ahau a Maunga Heira ki a Ēhau, hei kāinga; ko Hākopa ia rātou ko āna tama i heke ki Īhipa.

5 "I tonoa anō e ahau a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ā, patua iho e ahau a Īhipa, pērātia ana me tāku i mea ai i waenganui i a rātou; ā muri iho ka whakaputaina mai koutou e ahau. 6 Ā, whakaputaina mai ana e ahau ō koutou mātua i Īhipa; ā, ka tae koutou ki te moana; nā, ka whai mai ngā Īhipiana i muri i ō koutou mātua ki te Moana Whero, me ngā hāriata, me ngā hōia eke hōiho. 7 Ā, i tā rātou karangatanga ki a Ihowā, tukua iho ana e ia he pōuri ki waenganui o koutou, o ngā Īhipiana, ā, kawea mai ana e ia te moana ki runga ki a rātou, taupokina ana rātou. Ā, i kite ō koutou kanohi i ngā mea i mea ai ahau ki Īhipa; ā, he maha ngā rā i noho ai koutou i te koraha.

8 "Nā, kawea ana koutou e ahau ki te whenua o ngā Amori, i noho rā i tāwāhi o Horano; ā, whawhai ana rātou ki a koutou; ā, tukua ana rātou e ahau ki ō koutou ringa, nā, riro ana tō rātou oneone i a koutou; ā, hunā iho rātou e ahau i tō koutou aroaro. 9 Nā, ka whakatika a Pāraka tama a Tiporo kīngi o Moapa, kei te whawhai ki a Īharaira; ā, tīkina ana e ia a Paraama tama a Peoro, hei kanga mō koutou. 10 Otiia, kīhai ahau i pai kia rongo ki a Paraama; nā, ko te manaakitanga i manaaki ai ia i a koutou; ā, whakaorangia ake koutou e ahau i tōna ringa.

11 "Nā, ka whiti mai koutou i Horano, ā, ka tae ki Heriko; ā, whawhai ana ngā tāngata o Heriko ki a koutou, ngā Amori, ngā Perihi, ngā Kanaani, ngā Hiti, ngā Kirikahi, ngā Hiwi, me ngā Iepuhi; ā, tukua ana rātou e ahau ki tō koutou ringa. 12 Ā, tonoa atu ana e ahau te horonete ki mua i a koutou, ā, nāna rātou i pei i tō koutou aroaro, arā ngā kīngi tokorua o ngā Amori; ehara i te mea nā tāu hoari, nā tāu kōpere rānei. 13 Ā, hoatu ana e ahau ki a koutou he whenua kīhai nei koutou i mahi, he pā hoki kīhai i hangā e koutou, ā, noho ana koutou i reira; ehara i te mea whakatō nā koutou ngā māra wāina, māra ōriwa rānei, e kainga nei e koutou.

14 "Nā konā, kia wehi i a Ihowā, mahi atu hoki ki a ia i runga i te tika, i runga i te pono; whakarērea atu hoki ngā atua i mahi nā ō koutou mātua ki a rātou i tāwāhi o te awa, i Īhipa hoki; ā, mahi atu ki a Ihowā. 15 Ā, ki te mea he kino ki tō koutou whakaaro te mahi ki a Ihowā, mā koutou e whiriwhiri i tēnei rā ko wai tā koutou e mahi ai; ki ngā atua rānei i mahi rā ō koutou mātua ki a rātou i tāwāhi o te awa, ki ngā atua rānei o ngā Amori, e noho nei koutou ki tō rātou oneone. Ko ahau ia me tōku whare, ka mahi mātou ki a Ihowā."

16 Nā, ka whakautua e te iwi, ka mea, "Auē, kia whakarere koia mātou i a Ihowā, kia mahi ki ngā atua kē! 17 Ko Ihowā hoki, ko tō tātou Atua, nāna tātou me ō tātou mātua i whakaputa mai i te whenua o Īhipa, i te whare pononga, nāna hoki aua tohu nunui i mahi ki tō tātou aroaro, ā, nāna tātou i tiaki i te huarahi katoa i haere rā tātou i roto hoki i ngā iwi katoa, i haere mai rā tātou rā waenganui i a rātou. 18 Nā Ihowā anō i pei i tō tātou aroaro ngā iwi katoa, arā ngā Amori, i noho nei i tēnei whenua. Inā, ka mahi mātou ki a Ihowā; ko ia hoki tō tātou Atua."

19 Nā, ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi, "E kore e āhei i a koutou te mahi ki a Ihowā; he Atua tapu hoki ia; he Atua hae ia; e kore e tukua noatia e ia ā koutou mahi tutū, ō koutou hara. 20 Ki te whakarere koutou i a Ihowā, ā, ka mahi ki ngā atua kē, nā, ka tahuri mai ia ka whakawhiu i a koutou, ka huna hoki i a koutou, i muri iho i tāna mahi pai ki a koutou."

21 Nā, ka mea te iwi ki a Hohua, "Kāhore; engari ka mahi mātou ki a Ihowā."

22 Nā, ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi, "Hei kaiwhakaatu koutou ki a koutou anō mō tā koutou whiriwhiri i a Ihowā, kia mahi ki a ia."

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Āe, hei kaiwhakaatu mātou."

23 "Nā reira," e ai ki tāna, "whakarērea atu ngā atua kē i waenganui i a koutou nā, ka whakatahuri i ō koutou ngākau ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua o Īharaira."

24 Kātahi ka mea te iwi ki a Hohua, "Ka mahi mātou ki a Ihowā, ki tō tātou Atua, ko tōna reo hoki tā mātou e whakarongo ai."

25 Ā, whakaritea iho e Hohua he kawenata ki te iwi i taua rangi anō, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki a rātou tētahi tikanga me tētahi ritenga i Hekeme. 26 Ā, tuhituhia ana e Hohua ēnei kupu ki te Pukapuka o te Ture a te Atua; ā, ka tango ia i tētahi kōhatu nui, whakaarahia ake ana i reira i raro i te oki, i te taha o te whare tapu o Ihowā.

27 Ā, ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi katoa, "Nanā, ko tēnei kōhatu hei kaiwhakaatu ki a tātou; kua rongo hoki ia i ngā kupu katoa a Ihowā i kōrerotia e ia ki a tātou. Nā, hei kaiwhakaatu ia ki a koutou, kei whakakāhore ki tō koutou Atua." 28 Heoi, tukua ana e Hohua te iwi kia haere, tēnā tangata, tēnā ki tōna wāhi ake.

Te Matenga o Hohua rāua ko Ereātara

29 Ā muri iho i ēnei mea, nā, ka mate a Hohua tama a Nunu, te pononga a Ihowā, ā, kotahi rau kotahi tekau ōna tau i ora ai. 30 Ā, tanumia iho ia e rātou ki te rohe o tōna kāinga, ki Timinata Heraha, ki te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, ki te taha ki te raki o Maunga Kāha.

31 Ā, i mahi a Īharaira ki a Ihowā i ngā rā katoa o Hohua, i ngā rā katoa anō o ngā kaumātua i hipa ake ō rātou rā i o Hohua, i mōhio hoki ki ngā mahi katoa a Ihowā i mahi ai mō Īharaira.

32 Ā, ko ngā wheua o Hōhepa, i maua mai e ngā tama a Īharaira i Īhipa, i tanumia e rātou ki Hekeme, ki te wāhi o te māra i hokona e Hākopa i ngā tama a Hāmora matua o Hekeme ki ngā moni kotahi rau; nā riro ana taua wāhi i ngā tama a Hōhepa hei kāinga tupu.

33 Nā, ka mate a Ereātara tama a Ārona; ā, tanumia ana ki te pukepuke o tāna tama, o Pinehaha, i hōmai ki a ia i te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima.