Joshua 8
1 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua—Do not fear nor be dismayed, take with thee all the army, and arise, go up to Ai, —see! I have given into thy hand, the king of Ai and his people, and his city, and his land;
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, “ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē, pea ʻoua naʻa ke ilifia: ʻave ʻae kautau kotoa pē, pea tuʻu hake, ʻo ʻalu hake ki ʻAi: vakai, kuo u tuku ki ho nima ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAi, mo hono kakai, mo ʻene kolo, mo hono fonua:
2 so shalt thou do unto Ai and to her king, as thou didst unto Jericho unto her king, save only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof, shall ye take as your own prey, —set thee an ambush for the city, behind it.
Pea ke fai ki ʻAi mo hono tuʻi ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ke fai ki Seliko mo hono tuʻi; ka ko e vete ʻo ia, mo e fanga manu ʻi ai te mou maʻu maʻamoutolu: ke toka ʻae malumu ki he potu tuʻa ʻoe kolo.”
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, —and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night.
Pea naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa Siosiua, mo e kautau kotoa pē, kenau ʻalu hake ki ʻAi: pea naʻe fili ʻe Siosiua ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolu mano, ko e kau mālohi mo toʻa, ʻo ne fekau kenau ʻalu ʻi he poʻuli.
4 And he commanded them, saying—See! ye, shall be lying in ambush against the city, behind the city, do not go very far from the city, —so shall ye all be ready.
Pea naʻa ne fekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, te mou toka malumu ʻo hanga ki he kolo, ʻio, ʻi he tuʻa kolo ki mui: ʻoua naʻa mou ʻalu mamaʻo fau mei he kolo, ka mou talitali teu pe kotoa pē:
5 But, I, and all the people who are with me, will draw near unto the city, —and it shall be, when they come out to meet us, as at the first, then will we flee before them;
Pea ko au, mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate au, te mau ʻunuʻunu ʻo ofi ki he kolo: pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻenau haʻu kituʻa kiate kimautolu, ʻo hangē ko e ʻuluaki fai, te mau hola mei honau ʻao,
6 so will they come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, Fleeing before us, as at the first! therefore will we flee before them.
(He tenau haʻu ko homau tuli, ) kaeʻoua ke mau tautoho mai ʻakinautolu mei he kolo: he tenau pehē, ʻOku nau hola ʻi hotau ʻao, ʻo hangē ko e fuofua fai ko ia te mau hola ai ʻi honau ʻao.
7 Then, ye, shall rise up out of the ambush, and take possession of the city, —and Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
Pea mou toki tuʻu hake ʻae malumu, pea maʻu ʻae kolo: he ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua te ne tukuange ia ki homou nima.
8 And it shall be, when ye have seized the city, then shall ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Yahweh, shall ye do, —see! I have commanded you.
Pea ʻe pehē, ʻi hoʻomou lavaʻi ʻae kolo, te mou tutu leva ʻae kolo ʻaki ʻae afi; ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova ʻe pehē hoʻomou fai. Vakai, kuo u fekau kiate kimoutolu.”
9 So Joshua sent them forth, and they went into ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai, —but Joshua lodged that night in the midst of the people.
Ko ia naʻe fekau ʻe Siosiua kenau ʻalu atu: pea naʻa nau ʻalu ke toka ʻae malumu, pea naʻa nau nofo ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Peteli mo ʻAi, ʻi he potu lulunga ki ʻAi: ka naʻe mohe ʻa Siosiua ʻi he pō ko ia mo e kakai.
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, —and went up—he and the elders of Israel, before the people, to Ai.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻa Siosiua ʻi he pongipongi, ʻo ne lau ʻae kakai, pea ne ʻalu hake, ʻaia mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ki ʻAi.
11 And, all the people of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came in, right before the city, —and pitched on the north of Ai, with, a valley, between them and Ai.
Pea ko e kakai kotoa pē, ʻae kautau naʻe ʻiate ia, naʻe ʻalu hake, pea ʻunuʻunu, ʻo hoko ki he ʻao ʻoe kolo, ʻonau nofo ʻi he potu tokelau ʻo ʻAi: ka naʻe ai ʻae fuʻu luo ʻi honau vahaʻa mo ʻAi.
12 And he took about five thousand men, —and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
Pea naʻa ne fili ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko nima afe nai, ʻo ne tuku ʻakinautolu ke toka malumu, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Peteli mo ʻAi, ʻi he potu lulunga ʻoe kolo.
13 And, when the people had set all the host that was on the north of the city, with the rear thereof on the west of the city, then went Joshua, during the night, into the midst of the valley.
Pea hili ʻenau fakanofo ʻae kakai, ʻio ʻae tau kotoa pē naʻe ʻi he potu fakatokelau ʻoe kolo, mo e malumu ʻoku fakamohe ʻi lulunga ʻoe kolo, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Siosiua ʻi he pō ko ia ki he loto luo.
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted, and rose up early, and the men of the city came out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at an appointed time, before the waste plain, —he not knowing that there was an ambush lying in wait for him, behind the city.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he mamata ki ai ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAi, naʻa nau fakatoʻotoʻo pea tuʻu hengihengi hake, pea ko e kau tangata ʻoe kolo ne ʻalu kituʻa ke tauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia mo hono kakai kotoa pē ʻi he feituʻu naʻe tuʻutuʻuni, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe toafa; pea naʻe ʻikai mahalo ʻe ia ʻoku ai ha malumu kuo tokoto ʻi he tuʻa kolo.
15 So then Joshua and all Israel suffered themselves to be smitten before them, —and fled, by the way of the wilderness;
Pea naʻe fai ʻe Siosiua mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻo hangē kuo teʻia ʻakinautolu ʻi honau ʻao, pea naʻa nau hola ʻi he hala ʻoe toafa.
16 and all the people who were in the city were called out to pursue them, —and they pursued Joshua, and so were drawn out away from the city.
Pea naʻe ui ke fakataha ʻae kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ʻAi kenau tuli kiate kinautolu: pea naʻa nau tuli ʻa Siosiua, pea kuo tohoakiʻi ai ʻakinautolu mei he kolo.
17 And there remained not a man, in Ai or Bethel, who had not gone out after Israel, —and they left the city, open, and pursued Israel.
Pea naʻe ʻikai toe ha tangata ʻi ʻAi pe ʻi Peteli naʻe ʻikai ʻalu kituʻa ke tuli ʻa ʻIsileli: pea naʻa nau tuku liʻaki pē ʻae kolo ʻonau tuli ki ʻIsileli.
18 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua—Stretch out with the javelin which is in thy hand, towards Ai, for, into thy hand, will I deliver it. So Joshua stretched out with the javelin which was in his hand, towards the city.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, “Mafao atu ʻae tao ʻoku ʻi ho nima ʻo hanga ki ʻAi; he te u tuku ia ki ho nima.” Pea naʻe mafao atu ʻe Siosiua ʻae tao naʻe ʻi hono nima ʻo hanga atu ki he kolo.
19 And, the ambush, rose up quickly, out of their place, and ran, when he stretched out his hand, and entered the city, and captured it, —and hasted, and set the city on fire.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake leva ʻae malumu mei honau potu, pea ʻi heʻene mafao atu hono nima, naʻa nau lele leva: pea naʻa nau hū ki he kolo, ʻo maʻu ia, pea naʻe fakatoʻotoʻo leva ʻo tutu ʻae kolo ʻaki ʻae afi.
20 And the men of Ai turned behind them, and looked, and lo! the smoke of the city had risen up towards the heavens, and there was in them no strength, to flee this way or that way, —moreover, the people that were fleeing to the wilderness, turned back upon the pursuers.
Pea ʻi he sio kimui ʻae kau tangata ʻo ʻAi, pea nau mamata, pea vakai, ko e ʻohuafi ʻo ʻenau kolo ʻoku ʻalu hake ki langi, naʻe ʻikai hanau mafai ke hola ʻi he hala ni, pe ʻi he hala na: pea ko e kakai naʻe hola ange ki he toafa, naʻa nau tafoki mai ki honau kau tuli.
21 Yea, when, Joshua and all Israel, saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city had risen up, then returned they, and smote the men of Ai.
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa Siosiua mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē kuo maʻu ʻae kolo ʻe he malumu, pea kuo ʻalu hake ʻae ʻohuafi ʻoe kolo, naʻa nau tafoki leva, ʻo teʻia ʻae kau tangata ʻo ʻAi.
22 And, the others, came forth out of the city to meet them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side, —and they smote them, until there was left them none to remain or to escape.
Pea naʻe ʻoho mai [ʻae kautau ]ʻe taha mei he kolo kiate kinautolu; ko ia naʻa nau moʻua ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ʻIsileli mei mui pea ʻi honau ʻao: pea naʻa nau teʻia ʻakinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe hao.
23 And, the king of Ai, they caught alive, —and brought him near unto Joshua.
Pea naʻa nau puke moʻui ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAi, pea ʻomi ia kia Siosiua.
24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness whither they had pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, then all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fakaʻosi ʻe ʻIsileli hono teʻia ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻAi ʻi he ngoue, pea mo e toafa ʻaia naʻa nau tuli ʻakinautolu ki ai, pea ʻi he ʻosi ʻenau hinga ki he mata ʻoe heletā, pea nau ʻauha, naʻe toki haʻu ʻae kakai ʻIsileli kotoa pē ki ʻAi, pea tā ʻaki ia ʻae mata ʻoe heletā,
25 And so it was, that all who fell that day, both of men and of women, were twelve thousand, —all people of Ai.
Pea naʻe pehē, ko kinautolu naʻe tō ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻae tangata mo e fefine, ko e tokotaha mano, mo e toko ua afe, ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻAi.
26 Now, Joshua, drew not back his hand which he had stretched out with the javelin, —until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
He naʻe ʻikai toe toʻo mai ʻe Siosiua hono nima, ʻaia naʻa ne mafao ai ʻae tao, kaeʻoua ke ʻosiʻosingamālie hono fakaʻauha ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻAi.
27 Nevertheless, the cattle and the spoil of that city, Israel took as their own prey, —according to the word of Yahweh, which he commanded Joshua.
Ka ko e fanga manu mo e vete ʻoe kolo ko ia, naʻe toʻo ia ʻe ʻIsileli ko e koloa kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻa ne fekau kia Siosiua.
28 So then Joshua burned Ai, —and made of it an age-abiding heap—a desolation, [as it remaineth] until this day.
Pea naʻe tutu ʻe Siosiua ʻa ʻAi, ʻo ne ngaohi ko e ʻesi ʻo taʻengata, ʻio, ko e potu liʻaki ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.
29 And, the king of Ai, hanged he on a tree until eventide, —but, at the going in of the sun, Joshua gave command and they took down his dead body from the tree, and cast it in at the opening of the gate of the city, and raised up over it a great heap of stones—[which remaineth] until this day.
Pea naʻe tautau ʻe ia ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi: pea ʻi he ʻalu hifo ʻae laʻā, naʻe fekau ʻe Siosiua kenau tuku hifo hono ʻangaʻanga mei he ʻakau, ʻo lī ia ki he tefitoʻi matapā ʻoe kolo, pea naʻe fokotuʻu ki ai ʻae fuʻu ʻesi maka, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.
30 Than, built Joshua, an altar, unto Yahweh, God of Israel, —in Mount Ebal:
Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Siosiua ʻae feilaulauʻanga kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he moʻunga ko Ipale,
31 as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, whereon had not been wielded any tool of iron, —and they caused to go up thereon, ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe fono ʻa Mōsese, “ko e feilaulauʻanga, ʻoe ngaahi maka kātoa, ʻaia kuo ʻikai hiki ʻe ha tangata ha ukamea ki ai:” pea naʻa nau ʻatu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu kia Sihova, mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakalelei.
32 Then wrote he there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the sons of Israel.
Pea naʻe tohi ʻe ia ʻi ai ki he ngaahi maka hono hiki ʻoe fono ʻa Mōsese, ʻaia naʻa ne tohi ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
33 And, all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, before the priests the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the home-born, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, —as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded to bless the sons of Israel, first of all.
Pea ko ʻIsileli kotoa pē, mo ʻenau kau mātuʻa, mo e kau matāpule, mo e kau fakamaau, naʻa nau tutuʻu fakataha mo e muli, mo ia naʻe tupu ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he potu toʻomataʻu ʻoe puha, mo e potu toʻohema, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ko e kau Livai, ʻaia naʻe haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻo Sihova; ko honau vaeuaʻanga ʻe taha naʻe hanga ki he moʻunga ko Kelisimi, mo honau vaeuaʻanga ʻe taha naʻe hanga ki he moʻunga ko Ipale; ʻo hangē ko e tomuʻa fekau ʻa Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ke nau tāpuakiʻi ʻae kakai ʻo ʻIsileli.
34 And, after that, read he all the words of the law, the blessing and the cursing, —according to all that was written in the scroll of the law.
Pea hili ia naʻa ne lau ke ʻosi ʻae ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻoe fono, ko e ngaahi tāpuaki, mo e ngaahi fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakatatau mo ia kotoa pē kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe fono.
35 Them was not a word of all that Moses commanded, —which Joshua read not before all the convocation of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the sojourner who was going on in their midst.
Pea naʻe ʻikai ha foʻi lea ʻe liaki ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai lau ʻe Siosiua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai fakataha kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, mo e kau fefine mo e ngaahi fānau siʻi, pea mo e kau muli naʻe nofo fiemālie mo kinautolu.
