Josué 9

1 When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it 2 they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and old, torn-up and bound up wineskins, 5 and old and patched sandals on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. 6 They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us."

7 The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?"

8 They said to Joshua, "We are your servants."

Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"

9 They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt, 10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. 11 Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take supplies in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them. Tell them, "We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us."’ 12 This our bread we took hot for our supplies out of our houses on the day we went out to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and has become moldy. 13 These wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they are torn. These our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey."

14 The men sampled their provisions, and didn’t ask counsel from Yahweh’s mouth. 15 Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them. 16 At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them. 17 The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 18 The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. Now therefore we may not touch them. 20 We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them." 21 The princes said to them, "Let them live." So they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.

22 Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you live among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be slaves, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."

24 They answered Joshua, and said, "Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do."

26 He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they didn’t kill them. 27 That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for Yahweh’s altar to this day, in the place which he should choose.

Ka Whakaorangia ngā Kipeono nā te Tinihanga

1 Nā, i te rongonga o ngā kīngi katoa o tēnei taha o Horano, o te whenua pukepuke, o te mānia, o te tahatika katoa hoki o te Moana Nui i te ritenga atu o Repanōna – te Hiti, te Amori, te Kanaani, te Perihi, te Hiwi, te Iepuhi – 2 nā, huihui tahi ana rātou ki te whawhai ki a Hohua rātou ko Īharaira, kotahi tonu te whakaaro.

3 Nō te rongonga ia o ngā tāngata o Kipeono ki ngā mea i meatia e Hohua ki Heriko rāua ko Hai, 4 ka mahi korokē rātou, ka haere me te mea he karere rātou; ka tango hoki ki ngā pūtea tawhito ki runga ki ō rātou kāihe, i ngā kōkī wāina hoki kua tawhitotia, kua pākarukaru, pūtiki rawa; 5 me ngā hū tawhito ki ō rātou waewae, pāpaki rawa, ko ō rātou kākahu he mea tawhito; ko ngā taro katoa hoki, ko ō rātou ō, he maroke, he puruhekaheka. 6 Nā, haere ana rātou ki a Hohua ki te puni, ki Kirikara, ā, mea ana ki a ia, ki ngā tāngata hoki o Īharaira, "I haere mai mātou i te whenua mamao; nā, whakaritea he kawenata ki a mātou."

7 Nā, ka mea atu ngā tāngata o Īharaira ki ngā Hiwi, "E noho nei anō pea koe i waenganui i ahau; ā, me pēhea e whakarite ai ahau i te kawenata ki a koe?"

8 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a Hohua, "He pononga mātou nāu."

Ā, ka mea a Hohua ki a rātou, "Ko wai mā koutou? I haere mai koutou i hea?"

9 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia: "I haere mai āu pononga i tētahi whenua tawhiti noa atu, nā te ingoa hoki o Ihowā, o tōu Atua; i rongo hoki mātou ki tōna rongo, ki ngā mea katoa hoki i mea ai ia ki Īhipa, 10 ki ngā mea katoa anō hoki i mea ai ia ki ngā kīngi tokorua o ngā Amori i tērā taha o Horano, ki a Hihona kīngi o Hehepona, rāua ko Oka kīngi o Pahana, i noho rā i Ahataroto. 11 Nā reira i kī mai ai ō mātou kaumātua me ngā tāngata katoa o tō mātou whenua ki a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Maua atu i ō koutou ringa he ō ki te huarahi, ā, haere ki te whakatau i a rātou, ka mea hoki ki a rātou, "Ko ā koutou pononga mātou; nā, whakaritea mai he kawenata ki a mātou." ’ 12 Nā, ko ā mātou taro i maua mahanatia mai nei i ō mātou whare hei ō mō mātou i te rā i tūria mai ai e mātou, i haere mai ai ki a koutou, nanā, kua maroke, kua puruhekahekatia. 13 Ko ngā kōkī wāina nei hoki, i hou nei i tā mātou whakakīnga, nā, kua pākarukaru; ko ēnei kākahu hoki o mātou, me ō mātou hū, kua tawhitotia i te roa whakaharahara o te huarahi."

14 Nā, ka tango ngā tāngata i ētahi o ō rātou ō, ā, kīhai i ui whakaaro i tō Ihowā waha. 15 Ā, houhia iho e Hohua te rongo ki a rātou, whakaritea ana hoki e ia he kawenata whakaora mō rātou; i oati anō ngā rangatira o te huihui ki a rātou.

16 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā rā e toru i muri iho i tā rātou whakaritenga i te kawenata ki a rātou, ka rongo rātou, e tata tonu ana rātou ki a rātou, e noho ana hoki i waenganui i a rātou. 17 Nā, ka hāpainga atu e ngā tama a Īharaira, ka tae i te rā tuatoru ki ō rātou pā. Ko ō rātou pā hoki ko Kipeono, ko Kepira, ko Peeroto, ko Kiriata Tearimi. 18 Ā, kīhai ngā tama a Īharaira i patu i a rātou, nō te mea kua oati ngā rangatira o te huihuinga i a Ihowā, i te Atua o Īharaira, ki a rātou.

Ā, amuamu katoa ana te huihuinga ki ngā rangatira. 19 Nā, ka mea ngā rangatira katoa ki te huihui katoa, "Kua oati tātou i a Ihowā i te Atua o Īharaira, ki a rātou; nō reira e kore tātou e āhei āianei te pā ki a rātou. 20 Ko tēnei tā tātou e mea ai ki a rātou, ka waiho i a rātou kia ora; kei rīria tātou mō te oati i oati ai tātou ki a rātou." 21 Ā, ka mea ngā rangatira ki a rātou, me whakaora rātou; otiia me waiho rātou hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai mō te huihui katoa; kia rite ai ki tā ngā rangatira i kōrero ai ki a rātou.

22 Kātahi ka karangatia rātou e Hohua, ka kōrero ia ki a rātou, ka mea, "He aha koutou i nuka ai i a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Kei tawhiti noa atu koutou i a mātou; e noho nei anō koutou i waenganui i a mātou?’ 23 Nō reira ka kangā koutou; ā, e kore e kore he kaimahi o koutou, hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai hoki mō te whare o tōku Atua."

24 Nā, ka whakautua e rātou ki a Hohua, ka mea, "I tino kōrerotia hoki ki āu pononga ngā mea i whakaritea e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a Mohi, ki tāna pononga mō te whenua katoa, kia hoatu ki a koutou, kia hunā atu hoki ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua i ō koutou aroaro. Nā reira mātou i tino wehi ai i a koutou, kei mate mātou, nā, meatia ana e mātou tēnei mea. 25 Nā, kei roto tēnei mātou i ōu ringa: māu e mea ki a mātou te mea e pai ana, e tika ana ki tāu titiro."

26 Nā, pērātia ana rātou e ia, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou i te ringa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, kīhai rātou i patua. 27 Nā, waiho iho rātou i taua rā e Hohua hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai mō te huihui, mō te āta hoki a Ihowā ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai ia ā tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.