1 Hamuera 6
1 A e whitu nga marama o te aaka a Ihowa ki te whenua o nga Pirihitini.
And the ark of Yhwh was in the country of the Philistines 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 called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of Yhwh? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his 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 ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed 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 said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, 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.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off 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?
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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:
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home 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 take the ark of Yhwh, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, 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.
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
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; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
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 laid the ark of Yhwh upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
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 kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border 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 they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see 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, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto Yhwh.
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.
And the Levites took down the ark of Yhwh, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Yhwh.
16 A, no te kitenga o nga rangatira e rima o nga Pirihitini, hoki ana ki Ekerono i taua rangi ano.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned 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;
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto Yhwh; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
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 golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of Yhwh: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.
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.
And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yhwh, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because Yhwh had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
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 stand before this holy Yhwh God? and to whom shall he go up 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 messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath–jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of Yhwh; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
