1 Hamuera 6
1 A e whitu nga marama o te aaka a Ihowa ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini.
Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.
2 Na ka karanga nga Pirihitini ki nga tohunga karakia ratou ko nga tohunga tuahu, ka mea, Me aha e matou te aaka a Ihowa? whakaaturia mai ki a matou hei te aha he mea ma matou ina kawea atu taua mea ki tona wahi.
And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?
3 Na ka mea ratou, Ki te tukua atu e koutou te aaka a te Atua o Iharaira, kaua e tukua tahangatia; engari me hoatu ano he whakahere mo te he hei whakahokinga atu ki a ia: ko reria koutou ora ai, a ka mohio na te aha tona ringa te neke atu ai i a ko utou.
And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.
4 Ano ra ko era, He aha te whakahere mo te he hei whakahokinga atu ki a ia? Na ka mea ratou, Kia rima nga puku koura, kia rite ki te tokomaha o nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini, kia rima hoki nga kiore koura; kotahi tonu nei hoki te mate o koutou kat oa, o o koutou rangatira ano hoki.
Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.
5 Na me hanga he ahua no o koutou puku, he ahua ano no a koutou kiore i ngaro ai te whenua; a ka hoatu kororia ano ki te Atua o Iharaira; tera pea e mama iho tona ringa ki a koutou, ki o koutou atua, ki to koutou whenua.
So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.
6 He aha koutou i whakapakeke ai i o koutou ngakau, i pera ai me nga Ihipiana ratou ko Parao i whakapakeke nei i o ratou ngakau? i tana mahinga i nga mea nunui i roto i a ratou, kihai ianei ratou i tuku i te iwi, a haere ana ratou?
Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?
7 Na reira tangohia ka hanga he kaata hou, tikina hoki kia rua nga kau kutete kahore ano i mau ioka, ka here ai i nga kau ki te kaata, a ko a raua kuao me tango mai i a raua ki te whare:
So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:
8 Na ka tiki i te aaka a Ihowa, ka whakatakoto ki runga ki te kaata; a ka hoatu ki tona taha, ki roto i tetahi pouaka, nga mea koura, ta koutou whakahere mo te he hei whakahokinga ki a ia; a ka tuku ai kia haere.
And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.
9 Ko reira tirohia atu ai e koutou; ki te haere na te aro o tona rohe ki runga, ki Petehemehe, nana tenei kino nui i mea ki a tatou: ki te kahore ia, katahi tatou ki mohio, ehara i a ia te ringa i patua ai tatou; he mea tupono noa mai taua mea i pa mai nei ki a tatou.
If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.
10 Na pera ana aua tangata. Tikina ana e ratou nga kau kutete e rua, a herea ana ki te kaata, ko a raua kuao ia i tutakina ki te whare.
And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:
11 A whakanohoia ana e ratou te aaka a Ihowa ki runga ki te kaata, me te pouaka, me nga kiore koura, me nga ahua o o ratou puku.
And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.
12 A tika tonu nga kau i te ara ki te huarahi ki Petehemehe; i haere raua ra te huanui, me te tangi haere, kihai hoki i peka ki matau, ki maui; a i aru nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini i a raua, a tae noa ki te rohe ki Petehemehe.
And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge of Beth-shemesh.
13 Na i te kokoti witi nga tangata o Petehemehe i te raorao, a, ko te marangatanga ake o o ratou kanohi, ka kite i te aaka, na koa ana ratou i te kitenga atu.
And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.
14 Na haere tonu tera te kaata ki te mara a Hohua, a tetahi Petehemehi, a tu ana i reira, kei reira ano tetahi kohatu nui: na tatangia ana e ratou te rakau o te kaata, a whakaekea ana nga kau hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa.
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.
15 I tangohia iho ano e nga Riwaiti te aaka a Ihowa, me te pouaka i te taha, i reira ra nga mea koura, a whakatakotoria ana ki runga ki te kohatu nui: i whakaeke tahunga tinana ano hoki, i patu patunga tapu nga tangata o Petehemehe i taua ra ki a I howa.
Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.
16 A, no te kitenga o nga rangatira e rima o nga Pirihitini, hoki ana ki Ekerono i taua rangi ano.
And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.
17 A ko nga puku koura enei i whakahokia atu nei e nga Pirihitini hei whakahere mo te he ki a Ihowa; mo Aharoro kotahi, mo Kaha kotahi, mo Ahakerono kotahi, mo Kata kotahi, mo Ekerono kotahi;
Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;
18 Me nga kiore koura, rite tonu ki te maha o nga pa katoa o nga Pirihitini, no aua rangatira tokorima nei, o nga pa taiepa me nga pa koraha; tae noa atu ki te kohatu nui, ki Apere, i whakatakotoria ra te aaka a Ihowa ki reira; kei te mara a Hohua Petehemehi taua kohatu a taea noatia tenei ra.
And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.
19 Na ka patua nga tangata o Petehemehe mo ratou i titiro ki roto ki te aaka a Ihowa; koia i patua ai e ia nga tangata o te iwi, e rima tekau mano e whitu tekau. Na ka tangi te iwi mo te patunga nui i patua ai te iwi e Ihowa.
But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.
20 Na ka mea nga tangata o Petehemehe, Ko wai hei tu ki te aroaro o Ihowa, o tenei Atua tapu? me haere atu ano hoki ia i roto i a tatou ki a wai?
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?
21 Katahi ratou ka tono tangata ki nga tangata o Kiriata Tearimi, hei mea, Kua whakahokia mai te aaka a Ihowa e nga Pirihitini; haere mai, mauria atu ki a koutou.
And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.
