Números 16

1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men. 2 They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown. 3 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?"

4 When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. 5 He said to Korah and to all his company, "In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him. 6 Do this: have Korah and all his company take censers, 7 put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!"

8 Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi! 9 Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; 10 and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also? 11 Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you complain against him?"

12 Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, "We won’t come up! 13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us? 14 Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up."

15 Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them."

16 Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. 17 Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer."

18 They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation. 20 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!"

22 They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"

23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 "Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’"

25 Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 He spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!"

27 So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

28 Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me. 30 But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol,*16:30 Sheol is the place of the dead. then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh."

31 As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol.*16:33 Sheol is the place of the dead. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!" 35 Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

36 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 37 "Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy, 38 even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel."

39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.

41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed Yahweh’s people!"

42 When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared. 43 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting. 44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45 "Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.

46 Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun."

47 Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah. 50 Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.

Te Whawhai a Koraha mā

1 Nā, ka tango tāngata a Koraha tama a Itihara, tama a Kohata, tama a Rīwai, rātou ko Ratana, ko Āpirama, tama a Eriapa, ko Ono hoki, tama a Perete, he tama nā Reupena; 2 ā, ka whakatika rātou ki te aroaro o Mohi, me ētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira, e rua rau e rima tekau, he rangatira nō te whakaminenga, e rangona ana i roto i te huihui, he hunga whai ingoa. 3 Ka whakahuihui rātou i a rātou ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea ki a rāua, "He kaha rawa tā kōrua tango tikanga, he tapu kau nei te whakaminenga katoa, kei waenganui anō hoki a Ihowā i a rātou. He aha rā kōrua i whakanui ai i a kōrua ki runga ake i te whakaminenga a Ihowā?"

4 Ā, nō te rongonga o Mohi, ka hinga tāpapa iho ia; 5 ā, ka kōrero ki a Koraha rātou ko tāna hui katoa, ka mea: "Ā te ata ka whakaaturia mai e Ihowā ko wai tāna, ko wai te mea tapu; ka meinga anō e ia kia whakatata ki a ia. Ko tāna i whiriwhiri ai, ko ia tāna e mea ai kia whakatata ki a ia. 6 Ko tēnei tā koutou e mea ai: Tīkina ētahi tahu kakara mā koutou, e Koraha rātou ko tāna hui katoa; 7 ka makā hoki he ahi ki roto, ka mea ai i te whakakakara ki runga, ki te aroaro o Ihowā āpōpō, ā, ko te tangata e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, ko ia te mea tapu; kāti tā koutou, e ngā tama a Rīwai."

8 I mea anō a Mohi ki a Koraha, "Nā, whakarongo mai, e ngā tama a Rīwai! 9 He mea iti ianei ki tā koutou kia wehea koutou e te Atua o Īharaira i roto i te huihui o Īharaira, kia meinga kia whakatata ki a ia, kia mahi i te mahi o te tapenākara o Ihowā, kia tū hoki ki te aroaro o te hui, hei minita mā rātou? 10 Kua meinga anō koe e ia kia tata, koutou tahi ko ōu tēina katoa, ko ngā tama a Rīwai; nā, me whai anō hoki e koutou te tohungatanga? 11 Koia koutou ko tāu hui katoa ka huihui nei ki a Ihowā; ko Ārona hoki, he aha ia, i amuamu ai koutou ki a ia?"

12 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Mohi hei karanga i a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama, i ngā tama a Eriapa; ā, ka mea rāua, "E kore māua e haere atu. 13 He mea iti ianei tāu kawe mai i a mātou i te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, kia mate ai mātou ki te koraha, ā, ka mea rawa hoki koe i a koe hei rangatira ki runga i a mātou? 14 Kāhore anō hoki koe i kawe i a mātou ki te whenua e rerengia ana e te waiū, e te honi, i hōmai rānei i ngā māra, i ngā kāri, hei kāinga. Ka pokaia rānei e koe ngā kanohi o ngā tāngata nei? E kore mātou e haere atu!"

15 Nā, ko te tino riringa o Mohi, ka mea ki a Ihowā, "Kaua e tahuri ki tā rātou whakahere. Kāhore anō kia kotahi te kāihe i tangohia e ahau i a rātou, kāhore anō ahau i kino noa ki tētahi o rātou."

16 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Koraha, "Puta mai koutou ko tāu hui katoa ki te aroaro o Ihowā āpōpō, a koe, me rātou ko Ārona, āpōpō. 17 Ā, me mau e tēnei, e tēnei o koutou tāna tahu kakara, ka mea he whakakakara ki runga, ka kawe ai tēnā i tāna tahu kakara, i tāna ki te aroaro o Ihowā, kia rua rau kia rima tekau ngā tahu kakara; ā, koe me tāu tahu kakara, a Ārona hoki me tāna."

18 Nā, ka mau rātou ki tāna tahu kakara, ki tāna tahu kakara, ā, hoatu ana he ahi ki roto, meatia ana hoki he whakakakara ki runga, ā, ka tū tahi me Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 19 Nā, ka tāwhiua e Koraha te whakaminenga katoa ki a rāua ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga; ā, ka puta mai te korōria o Ihowā ki te whakaminenga katoa. 20 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea, 21 "Wehea atu kōrua i roto i tēnei whakaminenga, e kore hoki e aha ka pau rātou i ahau."

22 Nā, ka tāpapa rāua, ka mea, "E te Atua, e te Atua o ngā wairua o ngā kikokiko katoa, kia hara rānei te tangata kotahi, ā, ka riri koe ki te whakaminenga katoa?"

23 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 24 "Kōrero ki te whakaminenga, mea atu: ‘Whakatika i te tapenākara o Koraha, o Ratana, o Āpirama.’ "

25 Nā, ka whakatika a Mohi, ka haere ki a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama; me te whai tahi anō ngā kaumātua o Īharaira i a ia. 26 Nā, ka kōrero ia ki te whakaminenga, ka mea, "Tēnā, mawehe mai i ngā tēneti o ēnei tāngata kikino, kaua hoki e pā ki tētahi mea a rātou, kei ngaro koutou i roto i ō rātou hara katoa." 27 Nā, ka whakatika rātou i ngā taha katoa o te tapenākara o Koraha, o Ratana, o Āpirama.

Ā, ka puta a Ratana rāua ko Āpirama, ka tū ki ngā whatitoka o ō rāua tēneti, rātou ko ā rātou wāhine, ko ā rātou tama, ko ā rātou kōhungahunga hoki.

28 Nā, ka mea a Mohi, "Mā tēnei e mōhio ai koutou nā Ihowā ahau i unga mai ki te mahi i ēnei mahi katoa; ā, ehara i te mea whakaaro noa ake nāku. 29 Ki te mea ko te mate o ngā tāngata katoa te mate mō ēnei, ko te whiu rānei o ngā tāngata katoa te whiu mō rātou, kāhore ahau i ungā mai e Ihowā. 30 Tēnā ko tēnei, ka pokaia houtia e Ihowā he mahi hou, ā, ka hāmama te waha o te oneone, ā, ka horomia rātou me ā rātou mea katoa, ā, ka heke ora rātou ki te rua; kātahi koutou ka mōhio i whakahāwea ēnei tāngata ki a Ihowā."

31 Ā mutu kau tāna kōrero i ēnei kōrero katoa, ko te tino kowheratanga o te oneone i raro i a rātou; 32 nā, hāmama ana te waha o te whenua, horomia ake hoki rātou me ō rātou whare, me ngā tāngata katoa o Koraha, me ō rātou rawa katoa. 33 Ā, heke ora ana rātou me ā rātou mea katoa ki te rua, nā, ka taupokina iho rātou e te whenua; ā, ngaro iho rātou i roto i te whakaminenga. 34 Nā, rere ana a Īharaira katoa i ngā taha katoa o rātou i tō rātou auē; i mea hoki, "Kei horomia hoki tātou e te whenua."

35 Nā, ka puta mai he ahi i a Ihowā, ā, pau ake ngā tāngata e rua rau e rima tekau i whakahere nei i te whakakakara.

36 Nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 37 "Mea atu ki a Ereātara tama a te tohunga, a Ārona, kia tangohia ake e ia ngā tahu kakara i roto i te tahunga, ā, rukerukea atu hoki e koe te ahi ki kō; he tapu hoki ēnā; 38 ko ngā tahu kakara anō a taua hunga i hara rā ki ō rātou wairua, me hangā hei papa pāraharaha, hei kōpaki mō te āta. I tāpaea hoki ki te aroaro o Ihowā, koia i tapu ai; ā, ka waiho hei tohu ki ngā tama a Īharaira."

39 Nā, tīkina atu ana e te tohunga, e Ereātara, ngā tahu kakara parāhi i tāpaea e te hunga i tahuna rā, ā, ka hangā hei papa pāraharaha, hei kōpaki mō te āta. 40 Hei whakamahara mō ngā tama a Īharaira, kei whakatata he tangata kē, ehara nei i te uri nō Ārona, ki te tahu whakakakara ki te aroaro o Ihowā. Kei rite ki a Koraha rātou ko tāna hui; ko tā Ihowā tēnei i kōrerotia e Mohi ki a ia.

41 Otiia, i te aonga ake ka amuamu te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, ka mea, "Nā kōrua i mate ai te iwi a Ihowā."

42 Ā, i te huihuinga o te whakaminenga katoa ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, i tō rātou tahuritanga ake ki te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, e! Kua taupokina e te kapua, ā, ka kitea te korōria o Ihowā. 43 Nā, ka haere a Mohi rāua ko Ārona ki mua i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 44 Ā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi, ka mea, 45 "Whakatika atu kōrua i roto i tēnei whakaminenga, e kore e aha ka pau rātou i ahau." Nā, ka tāpapa iho rāua.

46 Nā, ka mea a Mohi ki a Ārona, "E mau ki te tahu kakara, meatia iho hoki he ahi i te āta, ka hoatu ai i te whakakakara ki runga, ā, kia hohoro te haere ki te whakaminenga, te whakamārie mō rātou; kua puta he riri i te aroaro o Ihowā; kua tīmata te whiu."

47 Nā, tīkina ana e Ārona, pērātia ana me tā Mohi i kī ai, ā, rere ana ia ki waenganui o te whakaminenga; nā, kua tīmata tēnā te whiu i roto i te iwi. Nā, ka makā iho e ia he whakakakara, ā, ka whakamārie mō te iwi. 48 Nā, tū ana ia i waenganui o te hunga mate, o te hunga ora; ā, ka mutu te whiu. 49 Nā, ko ngā tāngata i mate i te whiu, kotahi tekau mā whā mano e whitu rau, hāunga ērā i mate i tō Koraha rā. 50 Nā, hoki ana a Ārona ki a Mohi, ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ā mutu iho te whiu.