Números 14

1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, "We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?" 4 They said to one another, "Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt."

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes. 7 They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. 8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them."

10 But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones.

Yahweh’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel. 11 Yahweh said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them? 12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."

13 Moses said to Yahweh, "Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them. 14 They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are among this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, 16 ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’ 17 Now please let the power of the Lord*14:17 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." be great, according as you have spoken, saying, 18 ‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’ 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."

20 Yahweh said, "I have pardoned according to your word; 21 but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory— 22 because all those men who have seen my glory and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice; 23 surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it. 25 Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea." 26 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 27 "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me. 28 Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you. 29 Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me, 30 surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’ 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die."

36 The men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land, 37 even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. 40 They rose up early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised; for we have sinned."

41 Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper? 42 Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following Yahweh; therefore Yahweh will not be with you."

44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down even to Hormah.

Ka Amuamu te Iwi

1 Nā, ka hāmama te reo o te whakaminenga katoa; ā, ka tangi te iwi i taua pō. 2 Ā, amuamu ana ngā tama katoa a Īharaira ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona; ā, ka mea te whakaminenga katoa ki a rāua, "Auē, me i mate tātou ki te whenua o Īhipa! Auē, me i mate rānei tātou ki tēnei koraha! 3 He aha tātou i kawea mai ai e Ihowā ki tēnei whenua, kia hinga i te hoari? Ka waiho ā tātou wāhine, ā tātou tamariki hei taonga pārau; ehara ianei te hoki ki Īhipa i te mea pai mō tātou?" 4 Ā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "Me whakatū he upoko mō tātou, ka hoki ki Īhipa."

5 Nā, ka tāpapa a Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki te aroaro o te huihui katoa o te whakaminenga o ngā tama a Īharaira. 6 Ā, ka haehae a Hohua, tama a Nunu, rāua ko Karepe, tama a Iepune, i ō rāua kākahu; ko rāua hoki ētahi o ngā kaitūtei o te whenua; 7 ā, ka kōrero rāua ki te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ka mea, "He whenua pai rawa te whenua i haerea nei, i tūteia nei e mātou. 8 Ki te aro mai a Ihowā ki a tātou, ka kawea tātou e ia ki taua whenua, ka hōmai anō e ia ki a tātou; he whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi. 9 Kaua rāia koutou e tutū ki a Ihowā, kaua hoki e wehi i ngā tāngata o taua whenua, he taro hoki rātou mā tātou. Kua mahue rātou i tō rātou whakamarumaru, ā, kei a tātou a Ihowā; kaua e wehi i a rātou."

10 Heoi, ko tā te whakaminenga katoa kī, "Me āki rāua ki te kōhatu." Nā, ko te putanga mai o te korōria o Ihowā i runga i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga ki te aroaro o ngā tama katoa a Īharaira. 11 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Mohi, "Kia pēhea ake te roa o te whakahāwea a tēnei iwi ki ahau? Āhea rānei rātou whakapono ai ki ahau, he maha nei hoki āku tohu i whakakitea i roto i a rātou? 12 Ka patua rātou e ahau ki te mate urutā, ka peia atu, ā, ka meinga koe hei iwi nui atu, kaha atu, i a rātou."

Ka Īnoi a Mohi mō te Iwi

13 Anō rā ko Mohi ki a Ihowā, "Ākuanei ka rongo ngā Īhipiana; nāu hoki tēnei iwi i whakaputa mai i runga i tōu kaha i roto i a rātou. 14 Nā, ka kōrero rātou ki ngā tāngata o tēnei whenua. Kua rongo hoki rātou kei roto koe, e Ihowā, i tēnei iwi; e kitea ana anō koe e Ihowā, titiro atu, titiro mai, e tū ana hoki tōu kapua i runga i a rātou, e haere ana hoki koe i mua i a rātou i roto i te pou kapua i te awatea, i roto hoki i te pou ahi i te pō. 15 Nā, ki te whakamatea e koe tēnei iwi, ānō he tangata kotahi, kātahi ngā iwi i rongo nei ki tōu rongo ka whai kupu, ka mea, 16 ‘Nō te mea kīhai i kaha a Ihowā ki te kawe i tēnei iwi ki te whenua i oati ai ia ki a rātou, koia i whakamatea ai rātou e ia ki te koraha.’

17 "Nā, kia nui rā te kaha o tōku Ariki, kia rite ki tāu i kōrero ai, i mea ai, 18 ‘He pūhoi a Ihowā ki te riri, he nui tōna atawhai, e muru ana i te kino, i te tutū, e kore rawa anō e tuku noa i te hunga hē; e mea ana i te kino o ngā mātua kia tau ki ngā tamariki, ā te toru, te whā rā anō, o ngā whakatupuranga.’ 19 Tēnā, murua te kino o tēnei iwi, kia rite ki te nui o tōu atawhai, ki tāu muru hoki i ngā hara o tēnei iwi, o Īhipa mai anō, ā taea noatia a konei."

20 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Kua murua e ahau, kua pērātia me tāu i kī mai nā. 21 Otiia – e ora nei ahau, ā, ka kapi te whenua katoa i te korōria o Ihowā – 22 nā, i te mea ko ēnei tāngata katoa, i kite nei i tōku korōria, i āku merekara hoki i meinga ki Īhipa, ki te koraha, ā, ka tekau nei ā rātou whakamātautauranga i ahau, kāhore anō i whakarongo ki tōku reo; 23 inā, e kore rawa rātou e kite i te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua, e kore anō tētahi o te hunga i whakahāwea nei ki ahau e kite i reira.

24 "Engari tāku pononga a Karepe, he wairua kē hoki tōna, ā, kua tino whai ia i ahau; e kawea ia e ahau ki te whenua i haere atu nā ia; ā, ka riro a reira i ōna uri.

25 "Nā, kei te raorao ngā Amareki me ngā Kanaani e noho ana. Tahuri atu koutou āpōpō, haere atu ki te koraha, nā te huarahi ki te Moana Whero."

Ka Whiua te Iwi e Ihowā

26 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, i mea: 27 "Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāku whakamanawanui ki tēnei whakaminenga kino, e amuamu nei ki ahau? Kua rangona e ahau ngā amuamu a ngā tama a Īharaira, e amuamu nei rātou ki ahau. 28 Mea atu ki a rātou, ‘E ora ana ahau,’ e ai tā Ihowā, ‘ko tā koutou i kōrero mai ai ki ōku taringa, he pono, ko tāku tēnā e mea ai ki a koutou: 29 ka hinga ō koutou tinana ki tēnei koraha; ā, ko koutou katoa i taua, puta noa atu i tō koutou tokomaha, ngā mea e rua tekau, he maha ake hoki, ō rātou tau, te hunga hoki i amuamu nei ki ahau, 30 e kore koutou e tae ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ka whakanohoia koutou ki reira, heoi anō ko Karepe tama a Iepune, rāua ko Hohua tama a Nunu. 31 Otiia, ko ā koutou pōtiki, i mea nā koutou ka waiho hei taonga pārau, ka kawea e ahau ki reira, ā, ka mōhio rātou ki te whenua i whakahāweatia nei e koutou. 32 Ko koutou ia, ka hinga ō koutou tinana ki tēnei koraha. 33 Ā, ka kōpikopiko noa ā koutou tamariki i te koraha, e whā tekau ngā tau, mā rātou hoki e waha ā koutou pūremutanga, kia poto rā anō ō koutou tinana ki te koraha. 34 Kia rite rā anō ki te maha o ngā rā, ki ngā rā e whā tekau, i tūteia ai e koutou te whenua, he tau he rā, he tau he rā; e whā tekau ngā tau e waha ai e koutou ō koutou kino, ā, ka mōhio koutou ki te takanga o tāku kupu.’ 35 Nāku, nā Ihowā te kupu, inā, ka meatia tēnei e ahau ki tēnei whakaminenga kino katoa, kua huihui nei ki te whakahē ki ahau. Ka poto rātou ki tēnei koraha, ka mate anō hoki ki konei."

36 Nā, ko ngā tāngata i ungā e Mohi hei tūtei mō te whenua, i hoki mai nei, i mea nei kia amuamutia ia e te whakaminenga katoa, i tā rātou kawenga mai i te kōrero kino mō te whenua, 37 ko aua tāngata, nā rātou nei i kawe mai te kōrero kino mō te whenua, i mate rātou i te whiu ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 38 Ko Hohua ia, tama a Nunu, rāua ko Karepe, tama a Iepune, ko rāua i ora o ngā tāngata i haere ki te tūtei i te whenua.

39 Nā, kōrerotia ana e Mohi ēnei kupu katoa ki ngā tama katoa a Īharaira; ā, ka pōuri rawa te iwi. 40 Nā, ka maranga wawe rātou i te ata, ā, ka haere ki te tihi o te maunga, me te kī anō, "Tēnei mātou, ā, ka haere mātou ki runga, ki te wāhi i kōrerotia mai e Ihowā; kua hara hoki mātou."

41 Nā, ka mea a Mohi, "He aha koutou i takahi ai i te kupu a Ihowā, i te mea kāhore e whai wāhi? 42 Kaua e haere, kāhore nā hoki a Ihowā i a koutou, kei patua koutou ki te aroaro o ō koutou hoariri. 43 Kei reira hoki ngā Amareki rātou ko ngā Kanaani, kei mua i a koutou, ā, ka hinga koutou i te hoari; mō koutou kua tahuri atu i te whai i a Ihowā, koia a Ihowā tē piri ai ki a koutou."

44 Heoi, ka pokanoa rātou ki te piki ki te tihi o te maunga; otiia kīhai te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā, me Mohi hoki, i hiki atu i te puni. 45 Nā, ka heke iho ngā Amareki rātou ko ngā Kanaani e noho ana i taua maunga, ā, patua ana rātou, tukituki rawa, ā taea noatia a Horema.