Juízes 6

1 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds. 3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them. 4 They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. 5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.

7 When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian, 8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage. 9 I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land. 10 I said to you, "I am Yahweh your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.’"

11 Yahweh’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!"

13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."

14 Yahweh looked at him, and said, "Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?"

15 He said to him, "O Lord,*6:15 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house."

16 Yahweh said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."

17 He said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me. 18 Please don’t go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you."

He said, "I will wait until you come back."

19 Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah*6:19 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth."

He did so. 21 Then Yahweh’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then Yahweh’s angel departed out of his sight.

22 Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!"

23 Yahweh said to him, "Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die."

24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it "Yahweh is Peace."*6:24 or, Yahweh Shalom To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

25 That same night, Yahweh said to him, "Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it. 26 Then build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."

27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.

28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built. 29 They said to one another, "Who has done this thing?"

When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."

30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it." 31 Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!" 32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal,*6:32 "Jerub-Baal" means "Let Baal contend". saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."

33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But Yahweh’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him. 35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together to follow him. He sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

36 Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken, 37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."

38 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

39 Gideon said to God, "Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

40 God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Te Whakawhiunga nā ngā Miriana

1 Nā, ka mahi kino ngā tamariki a Īharaira i te tirohanga a Ihowā, ā, tukua ana rātou e Ihowā ki te ringa o Miriana e whitu ngā tau. 2 Ā, nui atu te kaha o te ringa o Miriana i tō Īharaira; ā, nā Miriana i hangā ai e ngā tamariki a Īharaira ngā rua i ngā maunga mō rātou, me ngā ana, me ngā pā taiepa. 3 Nā, ka oti te mahi whakatō a Īharaira, ka haere ake ngā Miriani rātou ko ngā Amareki, me ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti; ka haere ake ki te whakaeke i a rātou. 4 Whakapaea iho e rātou, ā, mōtī ake i a rātou ngā hua o te whenua, ā tae noa koe ki Kaha, kīhai hoki i mahue tētahi oranga mō Īharaira, kāhore he hipi, he kau, he kāihe rānei. 5 I whakaeke mai hoki rātou me ā rātou kararehe, i haere mai me ō rātou tēneti; koia anō kei ngā māwhitiwhiti te maha; e kore hoki e taea te tatau rātou me ā rātou kāmera. Nā, haere mai ana rātou ki te whenua whakangaro ai. 6 Nā, kua rawakore noa iho a Īharaira i a Miriana; ā, ka tangi ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Ihowā.

7 Ā, nō te tangihanga o ngā tamariki a Īharaira ki a Ihowā i te mahi a Miriana, 8 ka tono tangata a Ihowā ki ngā tamariki a Īharaira, he poropiti, hei mea ki a rātou, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nāku koutou i kawe mai ki runga nei i Īhipa, nāku hoki koutou i whakaputa mai i te whare pononga; 9 nāku koutou i whakaora i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, i te ringa hoki o ō koutou kaitūkino katoa; ā, peia atu ana rātou e ahau i tō koutou aroaro, hoatu ana hoki e ahau tō rātou whenua ki a koutou. 10 I mea anō ahau ki a koutou, ‘Ko Ihowā ahau, ko tō koutou Atua; kaua e wehingia ngā atua o ngā Amori nō rātou nei te whenua e noho nā koutou.’ Heoi, kāhore koutou i rongo ki tōku reo."

Te Karanga a Kiriona

11 Nā, ka haere mai te anahera a Ihowā, ā, noho ana i raro i tētahi oki i Opora, he rākau nā Ioaha Apiēteri; i te patu wīti hoki tāna tama, a Kiriona ki te poka wāina, he mea kia toe ai i ngā Miriani. 12 Nā, ka puta te anahera a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "Kei a koe a Ihowā, e te tangata mārohirohi."

13 Nā, ka mea a Kiriona ki a ia, "Auē, e tōku Ariki, me i a mātou a Ihowā, nā te aha i pono mai ai ki a mātou ēnei mea katoa? Kei hea hoki āna merekara i kōrero mai ai ō mātou mātua ki a mātou, i mea ai, ‘Kāhore ianei a Ihowā i kawe mai i a tātou i Īhipa?’ Nā, kua whakarere nei a Ihowā i a mātou, kua tukua anō mātou ki te ringa o Miriana."

14 Nā, ka tahuri atu a Ihowā ki a ia, ka mea, "Haere i runga i tēnei kaha ōu, whakaorangia hoki a Īharaira i te ringa o Miriana; kāhore ianei ahau i tono i a koe?"

15 Nā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Auē, e tōku Ariki, mā te aha ahau e whakaora ai i a Īharaira? Titiro, nōku te hapū rawakore i roto i a Mānahi, ko te iti rawa hoki ahau i roto i te whare o tōku pāpā."

16 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Ko ahau rā hei hoa mōu; ā, ka patua e koe ngā Miriani, me te mea he tangata kotahi."

17 Anō rā ko ia ki a ia, "Nā ki te mea kua manakohia ahau e koe, tēnā rā, whakaaturia mai he tohu ki ahau ko koe tēnei e kōrero mai nei ki ahau. 18 Kaua rā e haere atu i konei, kia tae mai rā anō ahau ki a koe ki te kawe mai i tāku whakahere, kia whakatakotoria rā anō e ahau ki tōu aroaro."

Nā, ko tāna meatanga, "Ka noho ahau, kia hoki mai rā anō koe."

19 Kātahi ka haere a Kiriona ki roto, ā, takā ana e ia tētahi kūao koati, me tētahi epa parāoa hei keke rēwenakore. Ko te kikokiko i whaowhina e ia ki te kete, ko te hupa i ringihia ki te pāta, nā, kawea ana ki waho, ki a ia ki raro i te oki; ā, tāpaea atu ana ki a ia.

20 Nā, ka mea te anahera a te Atua ki a ia, "Tangohia te kikokiko me ngā keke rēwenakore, ka whakatakoto ai ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka, ka riringi ai hoki i te hupa." Nā pērā ana ia. 21 Kātahi ka whātorona atu e te anahera a Ihowā te pito o te tokotoko i tōna ringa, ā, pā ana ki te kikokiko, ki ngā keke rēwenakore. Nā, ko te putanga ake o te ahi i roto i te kāmaka, pau ake te kikokiko me ngā keke rēwenakore. Nā, kua riro atu te anahera a Ihowā i tāna tirohanga. 22 Ā, nō te kitenga o Kiriona ko te anahera ia a Ihowā, ka mea a Kiriona, "Auē, e te Ariki, e Ihowā mōku hoki i kite i te anahera a Ihowā, he kanohi, he kanohi."

23 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Kia tau te rangimārie ki a koe; kaua e wehi. E kore koe e mate."

24 Nā, ka hangā e Kiriona tētahi āta mā Ihowā ki reira, ā, huaina iho e ia ko Ihowāharomo. Kei Opora o ngā Apiēteri nā anō taua mea ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

25 Ā, i taua pō anō ka mea a Ihowā ki a ia, "Tīkina te pūru a tōu pāpā, arā te rua o ngā pūru, e whitu nei ōna tau, ka wāwāhi ai i te āta a Paara, i tērā a tōu pāpā; me tua hoki te motu nehenehe i tōna taha. 26 Me hanga hoki ki tōna tikanga anō he āta mā Ihowā mā tōu Atua ki runga ki tēnei kāmaka, ka mau ai ki te tuarua o ngā pūru, ka whakaeke hei tahunga tinana ki runga ki ngā rākau o te nehenehe e tuaina e koe."

27 Nā, ka tango a Kiriona i ētahi tāngata kotahi tekau nō āna pononga, ā, rite tonu tāna i mea ai ki tā Ihowā i kōrero ai ki a ia. Nā, i wehi ia i te whare o tōna pāpā, i ngā tāngata anō hoki o te pā, i kore ai e meatia e ia i te awatea; koia i meatia ai e ia i te pō.

Te Wāhia iho o te Āta o Paara e Kiriona

28 Nā, i te marangatanga ake o ngā tāngata o te pā i te ata, rere kua wāhia iho te āta a Paara, kua oti te motu nehenehe i tōna taha te tua, kua oti hoki te tuarua o ngā pūru te whakaeke ki te āta i hangā rā.

29 Nā, ka mea tētahi ki tētahi, "Nā wai tēnei mahi?"

Ā, ka rapu rātou, ka ui, nā, ka kōrerotia, "I meatia tēnei e Kiriona tama a Ioaha."

30 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o te pā ki a Ioaha, "Whakaputaina mai tāu tama ki waho, kia whakamatea; mōna i wāhi i te āta a Paara, i tua hoki i te nehenehe i tōna taha."

31 Nā, ka mea a Ioaha ki te hunga katoa e tū mai ana ki a ia, "Ko koutou rānei hei tohe i tā Paara? Ko koutou rānei hei whakaora i a ia? Ki te tohe tētahi mōna, me whakamate ia i te ata nei anō. Ki te mea he atua ia, māna anō ia e tohe mō tāna āta kua wāhia nei." 32 Nā, huaina iho ia e ia i taua rā, ko Ierupāra; i mea hoki, "Mā Paara anō e tohe ki a ia mō tāna āta kua wāhia nei."

33 Nā, ka huihui tahi ngā Miriani katoa rātou ko ngā Amareki, ko ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti, ā, ka whiti, ka noho hoki ki te raorao o Ietereere. 34 Nā, kua tau te Wairua o Ihowā ki runga ki a Kiriona, ā, whakatangihia ana e ia te tētere; ā, huihuia ana a Apiētere ki te aru i a ia. 35 I tono karere anō ia puta noa i a Mānahi, ā, ka huihuia anō rātou ki a ia. I tono karere anō ia ki a Āhera, ki a Hepurona, ki a Napatari; ā, ka haere ake rātou ki te whakatau i a rātou.

Te Tohu o te Huruhuru Hipi

36 Nā, ka mea a Kiriona ki te Atua, "Ki te mea nōku te ringa e whakaorangia ai e koe a Īharaira, pērā me tāu i kōrero mai rā, 37 nā, ka waiho e ahau te huruhuru hipi ki runga ki te patunga wīti; ā, ki te mea kei te huruhuru anake te tōmairangi, ā, he maroke a runga katoa o te whenua, kātahi ahau ka mōhio nōku te ringa e whakaorangia ai e koe a Īharaira, ka rite anō ki tāu i kōrero rā." 38 Ā, pērā tonu. I maranga wawe hoki ia i te ata, ā, ka romia e ia te huruhuru, ā, tauia ana te tōmairangi i roto i te huruhuru, kī tonu te peihana i te wai.

39 I mea anō a Kiriona ki te Atua, "Kei mura tōu riri ki ahau, ā, heoi anō he kōrero māku ko tēnei; tēnā, kia kotahi ake whakamātau māku i te huruhuru, ā, ka kāti. Kia maroke ko te huruhuru anake, ā, kia whai tōmairangi a runga i te whenua katoa." 40 Ā, i pērātia e te Atua i taua pō; ko te huruhuru anake i maroke, ā, he tōmairangi i te whenua katoa.