Judges 8
1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him: 'Why hast thou served us thus, that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Midian?' And they did chide with him sharply.
Na ka mea ki a ia nga tangata o Eparaima, He aha tenei mea i mea nei koe ki a matou, te karangatia matou i tou haerenga atu ki te whawhai ki a Miriana? Na nui atu ta ratou ngangau ki a ia.
2 And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko tehea mahi aku inaianei hei rite mo ta koutou? He teka ianei pai atu te hamunga waina a Eparaima i te whakinga katoa a Apietere?
3 God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?' Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
I homai e te Atua ki o koutou ringa nga rangatira o Miriana, a Orepe raua ko Teepe: a he aha te mea i taea e ahau hei rite mo ta koutou? Katahi ka iti haere to ratou riri ki a ia i tana korerotanga i taua kupu.
4 And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
Na kua tae a Kiriona ki Horano, kua whiti, ratou tahi ko ana tangata e toru rau; e ruha ana, otiia me te whai tonu.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth: 'Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'
Na ka mea ia ki nga tangata o Hukota, Homai etahi rohi taro ma te hunga e haere tahi nei matou, e hemo ana hoki ratou, e whai ana hoki ahau i a Tepa raua ko Taramuna i nga kingi o Miriana.
6 And the princes of Succoth said: 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thine army?'
Na ka mea nga rangatira o Hukota, Kei roto koia i tou ringa nga ringa o Tepa raua ko Taramuna, e hoatu ai e matou he taro ma tou ope?
7 And Gideon said: 'Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.'
Na ka mea a Kiriona, Mo reira kia homai e Ihowa a Tepa raua ko Taramuna ki toku ringa, ka haehaea e ahau o koutou kikokiko ki nga tataramoa o te koraha, ki nga tumatakuru.
8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
Na ka haere atu ia i reira ki Penuere, a ka korero pera ano ki a ratou; heoi, rite tonu ki ta nga tangata o Hukota i whakahoki ai ta nga tangata o Penuere i whakahoki ai ki a ia.
9 And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying: 'When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.'
Na ka korero ano hoki ia ki nga tangata o Penuere, ka mea, Ka hoki mai ahau i runga i te pai, ka wahia e ahau tenei pourewa.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Na i Karakoro a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, me o raua ope hoki, me te mea tekau ma rima nga mano, ko te hunga katoa i mahue o te ope katoa o nga tangata o te rawhiti: i hinga hoki o te hunga mau hoari, kotahi rau e rua tekau nga mano.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
Na ka haere ki runga a Kiriona na te huarahi o te hunga noho teneti, na te rawhiti o Nopaha, o Iokopeha, a patua iho e ia te ope: kua tau hoki te ope.
12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
Na ka rere a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, a ka whaia e ia, ka mau i a ia nga kingi tokorua o Miriana, a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, a whati ana te ope katoa.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
A i hoki mai a Kiriona tama a Ioaha i te whawhai i te pikitanga atu o Herehe.
14 And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
A hopukia ana e ia tetahi taitama o nga tangata o Hukota, a uia ana e ia ki a ia: na ka tuhituhia e tera nga rangatira o Hukota me nga kaumatua ano o reira, e whitu tekau ma whitu nga tangata.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'
Na ka tae atu ia ki nga tangata o Hukota, ka mea, Tenei a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, i whakorekore ra koutou ki ahau, i mea ra, Kei tou ringa ranei nga ringa o Tepa raua ko Taramuna e hoatu ai e matou he taro ma au tangata e hemo ra?
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Na ka mau ia ki nga kaumatua o te pa, ki nga tataramoa hoki o te koraha, ki nga tumatakuru, a whakaakona ana ki ena nga tangata o Hukota.
17 And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
I wahia iho hoki e ia te pourewa o Penuere, a patua iho nga tangata o taua pa.
18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: 'Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?' And they answered: 'As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.'
Katahi ia ka mea ki a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, He tangata pehea era i patua ra e korua ki Taporo? Ka mea raua, Ko koe, ko ratou; rite tonu ki to nga tama a te kingi te ahua o tenei, o tenei o ratou.
19 And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'
Na ka mea ia, Ko oku teina ratou, ko nga tama a toku whaea: e ora ana a Ihowa, me i whakaorangia era e korua, kihai ahau i patu i a korua.
20 And he said unto Jether his first-born: 'Up, and slay them.' But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
A ka mea ia ki tana matamua, ki a Ietere, Whakatika, patua raua. Heoi kihai taua tamaiti i unu i tana hoari, i te wehi; he tamariki hoki.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.' And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
Na ka mea a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, Whakatika ko koe, ka rere ki runga i a maua; he tangata tonu hoki, pera ano tona kaha. Katahi ka whakatika a Kiriona, a patua iho a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, tangohia ana hoki e ia nga heitiki i nga kaki o o raua kamera.
22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon: 'Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.'
Katahi ka mea nga tangata o Iharaira ki a Kiriona, Hei kingi koe mo matou, a koe, tau tama, te tama hoki a tau tama: nau hoki matou i ora ai i te ringa o Miriana.
23 And Gideon said unto them: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.'
Na ka mea a Kiriona ki a ratou, Kaua ahau e waiho hei kingi mo koutou, kaua ano taku tama e waiho hei kingi mo koutou. Ko Ihowa hei kingi mo koutou.
24 And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.' — For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
I mea ano a Kiriona ki a ratou, He hiahia toku ki te tono i tetahi mea i a koutou, kia homai ki ahau e tena, e tena o koutou, nga whakakai o tana taonga parakete. He whakakai koura hoki a ratou, no nga Ihimaeri hoki ratou.
25 And they answered: 'We will willingly give them.' And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
Na ka whakahoki ratou, Ae, me hoatu noa e matou. Na ka wharikitia e ratou tetahi kakahu, a maka ana ki runga e tera, e tera, nga whakakai o tana taonga parakete.
26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
A kotahi mano e whitu rau nga hekere koura te taimaha o nga whakakai koura i tonoa e ia; me nga heitiki, me nga poroporo, me nga kakahu papura o nga kingi o Miriana, me nga mekameka hoki o nga kakai o nga kamera.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Na ka hanga e Kiriona hei epora, a ka waiho ki tona pa ki Opora: na ka whai a Iharaira katoa ki reira puremu ai ki taua mea: a ka waiho hei rore mo Kiriona ratou ko tona whare.
28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Heoi hinga ana a Miriana i mua i nga tamariki a Iharaira, kihai ano i ara o ratou matenga i muri iho. Na ka okioki te whenua, e wha tekau nga tau, i nga ra o Kiriona.
29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Na ka haere a Ierupaara tama a Ioaha, a ka noho ki tona whare.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
A e whitu tekau nga tama a Kiriona, he mea na tona tinana: he tokomaha hoki ana wahine.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
A ko tana wahine iti i Hekeme, i whanau ano hoki ta raua tama; a huaina iho e ia tona ingoa ko Apimereke.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Na ka mate a Kiriona, tama a Ioaha, i a ia ka tino koroheke; a tanumia ana ki te rua o Ioaha, o tona papa, ki Opora o nga Apieteri.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
A, no te matenga o Kiriona, na ka hoki nga tama a Iharaira, ka puremu ki nga Paara; a ka waiho a Paaraperiti hei atua mo ratou.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
Kihai ano hoki nga tamariki a Iharaira i mahara ki a Ihowa, ki to ratou Atua, i whakaora nei i a ratou i te ringa o o ratou hoariri katoa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha.
35 neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.
Kihai ano hoki i puta to ratou aroha ki te whare o Ierupaara, ara o Kiriona; kihai i rite ki ana mahi pai katoa ki a Iharaira.
