< 1 Hamuera 7 >
1 Na ka haere nga tangata o Kiriata Tearimi ki te tiki i te aaka a Ihowa, a kawea ana e ratou ki te whare o Apinarapa i te pukepuke; i whakatapua hoki e ratou a Ereatara tana tama hei tiaki i te aaka a Ihowa.
And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.
2 A i te nohoanga o te aaka ki Kiriata Tearimi, i te mea kua maha nga ra; e rua tekau hoki nga tau; na ka tangi te whare katoa o Iharaira ki a Ihowa.
And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for it was now the twentieth year, ) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.
3 Na ka korero a Hamuera ki te whare katoa o Iharaira, ka mea, Ki te mea e hoki katoa ana o koutou ngakau ki a Ihowa, whakarerea nga atua ke i roto i a koutou, me Ahataroto ano hoki; whakapumautia hoki o koutou ngakau ki a Ihowa, me mahi hoki ki a ia anake, a mana koutou e whakaora i roto i te ringa o nga Pirihitini.
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Katahi ka whakarerea e nga tama a Iharaira nga Paara me Ahataroto, a mahi ana ki a Ihowa anake.
Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
5 Na ka mea a Hamuera, Huihuia mai a Iharaira katoa ki Mihipa, a ka inoi ahau ki a Ihowa mo koutou.
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
6 Na ka huihui ratou ki Mihipa, a utuhia ana he wai, ringihia ana ki te aroaro o Ihowa, i nohopuku ano hoki i taua ra, a ka mea i reira, Kua hara matou ki a Ihowa. Na, ka whakawa a Hamuera mo nga tama a Iharaira ki Mihipa.
And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.
7 A, no te rongonga o nga Pirihitini kua huihui nga tama a Iharaira ki Mihipa, ka haere nga rangatira o nga Pirihitini ki a Iharaira. A, i te rongonga o nga tama a Iharaira, ka wehi ratou i nga Pirihitini.
And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 Na ka mea nga tama a Iharaira ki a Hamuera, Kei whakamutua tau karanga ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua, mo matou, kia whakaorangia matou i te ringa o nga Pirihitini.
And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 Na tikina ana e Hamuera he reme, he mea ngote u, a whakaekea katoatia ana hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowa. Na ka karanga a Hamuera ki a Ihowa mo Iharaira, a ka whakarongo a Ihowa ki a ia.
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
10 A, i a Hamuera e whakaeke ana i te tahunga tinana, ka whakatata mai nga Pirihitini ki te whawhai ki a Iharaira: otira nui atu te papatanga o ta Ihowa whatiri i taua ra ki runga ki nga Pirihitini, a hinga ana ratou; patua iho hoki i te aroaro o I haraira.
And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.
11 Na ka puta nga tangata o Iharaira i roto i Mihipa, a whaia ana nga Pirihitini, tukitukia ana a tae noa ki raro, ki Petekara.
And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
12 Na ka mau a Hamuera ki tetahi kohatu nui, a whakatakotoria ana ki waenganui o Mihipa, o Hene, a huaina iho tona ingoa, ko Epeneetere; i mea hoki, Ko Ihowa to tatou kaiawhina a tae noa mai ki tenei wa.
And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
13 Heoi kua taea nga Pirihitini, kihai ano i haere mai i muri ki te rohe o Iharaira: i runga hoki i nga Pirihitini te ringa o Ihowa i nga ra katoa o Hamuera.
And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
14 A i whakahokia atu ki a Iharaira nga pa i tongohia e nga Pirihitini i a Iharaira, a Ekerono tae noa ki Kata; i tangohia hoki nga rohe o ena pa e Iharaira i roto i te ringa o nga Pirihitini. A ka mau ta Iharaira rongo ki nga Amori.
And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.
15 A i whakarite a Hamuera mo Iharaira i nga ra katoa i ora ai ia.
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16 I taiawhio haere hoki ia i tenei tau, i tenei tau, ki Peteere, ki Kirikara, ki Mihipa, i whakarite ano mo Iharaira i aua wahi katoa.
And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17 A hoki ana ki Rana; i reira hoki tona whare, a whakarite ana mo Iharaira ki reira; i hanga hoki e ia tetahi aata ma Ihowa ki reira.
And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.