Hohua 24

1 Na ka whakaemia e Hohua nga iwi katoa o Iharaira ki Hekeme, a ka karangatia e ia nga kaumatua o Iharaira, o ratou ariki, o ratou kaiwhakawa, o ratou rangatira; a tu ana ratou i te aroaro o te Atua.

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 Na ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi katoa, Ko te korero tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, I noho o koutou matua i mua i tawahi o te awa, a Teraha matua o Aperahama, matua hoki o Nahora: i mahi ano hoki ki nga atua ke.

Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

3 Na tangohia ana e ahau to koutou matua, a Aperahama i tawahi o te awa, a arahina ana a puta noa i te whenua o Kanaana, a whakanuia ana tona uri e ahau; i hoatu hoki a Ihaka ki a ia.

I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

4 A hoatu ana e ahau a Hakopa raua ko Ehau ki a Ihaka: a hoatu ana e ahau a Maunga Heira ki a Ehau, hei kainga; ko Hakopa ia ratou ko ana tama i heke ki Ihipa.

And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. And Jacob and his children went down into Egypt, and became there a great and numerous and mighty nation, and the Egyptians afflicted them.

5 I tonoa ano e ahau a Mohi raua ko Arona, a patua iho e ahau a Ihipa, peratia ana me taku i mea ai i waenganui i a ratou: a muri iho ka whakaputaina mai koutou e ahau.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out

6 A whakaputaina mai ana e ahau o koutou matua i Ihipa: a ka tae koutou ki te moana; na ka whai mai nga Ihipiana i muri i o koutou matua ki te Moana Whero, me nga hariata, me nga hoia eke hoiho.

from Egypt. And you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

7 A, e ta ratou karangatanga ki a Ihowa, tukua iho ana e ia he pouri ki waenganui o koutou, o nga Ihipiana, a kawea mai ana e ia te moana ki runga ki a ratou, taupokina ana ratou: a i kite o koutou kanohi i nga mea i mea ai ahau ki Ihipa: a he maha nga ra i noho ai koutou i te koraha.

When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

8 Na kawea ana koutou e ahau ki te whenua o nga Amori, i noho ra i tawahi o Horano; a whawhai ana ratou ki a koutou: a tukua ana ratou e ahau ki o koutou ringa, na riro ana to ratou oneone i a koutou; a huna iho ratou e ahau i to koutou aroaro.

I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9 Na ka whakatika a Paraka tama a Tipora kingi o Moapa, kei te whawhai ki a Iharaira; a tikina ana e ia a Paraama tama a Peoro, hei kanga mo koutou:

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

10 Otiia kihai ahau i pai kia rongo ki a Paraama; na, ko te manaakitanga i manaaki ai ia i a koutou: a whakaorangia ake koutou e ahau i tona ringa.

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

11 Na ka whiti mai koutou i Horano, a ka tae ki Heriko: a whawhai ana nga tangata o Heriko ki a koutou, nga Amori, nga Perihi, nga Kanaani, nga Hiti, nga Kirikahi, nga Hiwi, me nga Iepuhi; a tukua ana ratou e ahau ki to koutou ringa.

You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 A tonoa atu ana e ahau te horonete ki mua i a koutou, a nana ratou i pei i to koutou aroaro, ara nga kingi tokorua o nga Amori; ehara i te mea na tau hoari, na tau kopere ranei.

I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

13 A hoatu ana e ahau ki a koutou he whenua kihai nei koutou i mahi, he pa hoki kihai i hanga e koutou, a noho ana koutou i reira; ehara i te mea whakato na koutou nga mara waina, mara oriwa ranei, e kainga nei e koutou.

I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you did not build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'

14 Na kona kia wehi i a Ihowa, mahi atu hoki ki a ia i runga i te tika, i runga i te pono: whakarerea atu hoki nga atua i mahi na o koutou matua ki a ratou i tawahi o te awa, i Ihipa hoki; a mahi atu ki a Ihowa.

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

15 A, ki te mea he kino ki to koutou whakaaro te mahi ki a Ihowa, ma koutou e whiriwhiri i tenei ra ko wai ta koutou e mahi ai; ki nga atua ranei i mahi ra o koutou matua ki a ratou i tawahi o te awa, ki nga atua ranei o nga Amori, e noho nei kouto u ki to ratou oneone: ko ahau ia me toku whare, ka mahi matou ki a Ihowa.

If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

16 Na ka whakautua e te iwi, ka mea, Aue, kia whakarere koia matou i a Ihowa, kia mahi ki nga atua ke!

The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

17 Ko Ihowa hoki, ko to tatou Atua, nana tatou me o tatou matua i whakaputa mai: te whenua o Ihipa, i te whare pononga, nana hoki aua tohu nunui i mahi ki to tatou aroaro, a nana tatou i tiaki i te huarahi katoa i haere ra tatou i roto hoki i nga i wi katoa, i haere mai ra tatou ra waenganui i a ratou:

for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

18 Na Ihowa ano i pei i to tatou aroaro nga iwi katoa, ara nga Amori, i noho nei i tenei whenua: ina, ka mahi matou ki a Ihowa; ko ia hoki to tatou Atua.

The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God."

19 Na ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi, E kore e ahei i a koutou te mahi ki a Ihowa: he Atua tapu hoki ia; he Atua hae ia; e kore e tukua noatia e ia a koutou mahi tutu, o koutou hara.

Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve the LORD; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

20 Ki te whakarere koutou i a Ihowa, a ka mahi ki nga atua ke, na ka tahuri mai ia ka whakawhiu i a koutou, ka huna hoki i a koutou, i muri iho i tana mahi pai ki a koutou.

If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good."

21 Na ka mea te iwi ki a Hohua, Kahore; engari ka mahi matou ki a Ihowa.

The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve the LORD."

22 Na ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi, Hei kaiwhakaatu koutou ki a koutou ano mo ta koutou whiriwhiri a Ihowa, kia mahi ki a ia. A ka mea ratou, Ae, hei kaiwhakaatu matou.

Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the LORD, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."

23 Na reira, e ai ki tana, whakarerea atu nga atua ke i waenganui i a koutou na, ka whakatahuri i o koutou ngakau ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o Iharaira.

"Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel."

24 Katahi ka mea te iwi ki a Hohua, Ka mahi matou ki a Ihowa, ki to tatou Atua, ko tona reo hoki ta matou e whakarongo ai.

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice."

25 A whakaritea iho e Hohua he kawenata ki te iwi i taua rangi ano, a hoatu ana e ia ki a ratou tetahi tikanga me tetahi ritenga i Hekeme.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 A tuhituhia ana e Hohua enei kupu ki te pukapuka o te ture a te Atua; a ka tango ia i tetahi kohatu nui, whakaarahia ake ana i reira i raro i te oki, i te taha o te whare tapu o Ihowa.

Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

27 A ka mea a Hohua ki te iwi katoa, Nana, ko tenei kohatu hei kaiwhakaatu ki a tatou; kua rongo hoki ia i nga kupu katoa a Ihowa i korerotia e ia ki a tatou: na hei kaiwhakaatu ia ki a koutou, kei whakakahore ki to koutou Atua.

Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God."

28 Heoi tukua ana e Hohua te iwi kia haere, tena tangata, tena ki tona wahi ake.

So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

29 A, muri iho i enei mea, na ka mate a Hohua tama a Nunu, te pononga a Ihowa, a kotahi rau kotahi tekau ona tau i ora ai.

It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.

30 A tanumia iho ia e ratou ki te rohe o tona kainga, ki Timenata Hera, ki te whenua pukepuke o Eparaima, ki te taha ki te raki o Maunga Kaaha.

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

31 A i mahi a Iharaira ki a Ihowa i nga ra katoa o Hohua, i nga ra katoa ano o nga kaumatua i hipa ake o ratou ra i o Hohua, i mohio hoki ki nga mahi katoa a Ihowa i mahi ai mo Iharaira.

Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel.

32 A ko nga wheua o Hohepa, i maua mai e nga tama a Iharaira i Ihipa, i tanumia e ratou ki Hekeme, ki te wahi o te mara i hokona e Hakopa i nga tama a Hamora matua o Hekeme ki nga moni kotahi rau: na riro ana taua wahi i nga tama a Hohepa hei kaing a tupu.

They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred kesitahs. They became the inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33 Na ka mate a Ereatara tama a Arona; a tanumia ana ki te pukepuke o tana tama, o Pinehaha, i homai ki a ia i te whenua pukepuke o Eparaima.

Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.