Hohua 9
1 Na, i te rongonga o nga kingi katoa o tenei taha o Horano, o te whenua pukepuke, o te mania, o te tahatika katoa hoki o te moana nui i te ritenga atu o Repanona, te Hiti, te Amori, te Kanaani, te Perihi, te hiwi, te Iepuhi;
It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hethite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
2 Na huihui tahi ana ratou ki te whawhai ki a Hohua ratou ko Iharaira, kotahi tonu te whakaaro.
that they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3 No te rongonga ia o nga tangata o Kipeono ki nga mea i meatia e Hohua ki Heriko raua ko Hai,
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
4 Ka mahi koroke ratou, ka haere me te mea he karere ratou; ka tango hoki ki nga putea tawhito ki runga ki o ratou kaihe, i nga koki waina hoki kua tawhitotia, kua pakarukaru, putiki rawa;
they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,
5 Me nga hu tawhito ki o ratou waewae, papaki rawa, ko o ratou kakahu he mea tawhito; ko nga taro katoa hoki, ko o ratou o, he maroke, he puruhekaheka.
and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
6 Na haere ana ratou ki a Hohua ki te puni, ki Kirikara, a mea ana ki a ia, ki nga tangata hoki o Iharaira, I haere mai matou i te whenua mamao; na, whakaritea he kawenata ki a matou.
They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us."
7 Na ka mea atu nga tangata o Iharaira ki nga Hiwi, E noho nei ano pea koe i waenganui i ahau; a me pehea e whakarite ai ahau i te kawenata ki a koe?
The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?"
8 Na ka mea ratou ki a Hohua, He pononga matou nau; a ka mea a Hohua ki a ratou, Ko wai ma koutou? I haere mai koutou i hea?
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
9 Na ka mea ratou ki a ia, I haere mai au pononga i tetahi whenua tawhiti noa atu, na te ingoa hoki o Ihowa, o tou Atua: i rongo hoki matou ki tona rongo, ki nga mea katoa hoki i mea ai ia ki Ihipa,
They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the LORD your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,
10 Ki nga mea katoa ano hoki i mea ai ia ki nga kingi tokorua o nga Amori i tera taha o Horano, ki a Hihona kingi o Hehepona, raua ko Oka kingi o Pahana, i noho ra i Ahataroto.
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
11 Na reira i ki mai ai o matou kaumatua me nga tangata katoa o to matou whenua ki a matou, i mea ai, Maua atu i o koutou ringa he o ki te huarahi, a haere ki te whakatau i a ratou, ka mea hoki ki a ratou, Ko a koutou pononga matou; na whakaritea m ai he kawenata ki a matou.
Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, "We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us."'
12 Na ko a matou taro i maua mahanatia mai nei i o matou whare hei o mo matou i te ra i turia mai ai e matou, i haere mai ai ki a koutou, nana, kua maroke, kua puruhekahekatia.
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we went out to go to you; but now, look, it is dry, and has become moldy.
13 Ko nga koki waina nei hoki, i hou nei i ta matou whakakiinga, na kua pakarukaru; ko enei kakahu hoki o matou, me o matou hu, kua tawhitotia i te roa whakaharahara o te huarahi.
These wineskins, which we filled, were new; and look, they are torn. These our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey."
14 Na ka tango nga tangata i etahi o o ratou o, a kihai i ui whakaaro i to Ihowa waha.
The men sampled their provisions, and did not ask counsel from the mouth of the LORD.
15 A houhia iho e Hohua te rongo ki a ratou, whakaritea ana hoki e ia he kawenata whakaora mo ratou; i oati ano nga rangatira o te huihui ki a ratou.
Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The leaders of the congregation swore to them.
16 Na i te mutunga o nga ra e toru i muri iho i ta ratou whakaritenga i te kawenata ki a ratou, ka rongo ratou, e tata tonu ana ratou ki a ratou, e noho ana hoki i waenganui i a ratou.
It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
17 Na ka hapainga atu e nga tama a Iharaira, ka tae i te ra tuatoru ki o ratou pa. Ko o ratou pa hoki ko Kipeono, ko Kepira, ko Peeroto, ko Kiriata Tearimi.
The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
18 A kihai nga tama a Iharaira i patu i a ratou, no te mea kua oati nga rangatira o te huihuinga i a Ihowa, i te Atua o Iharaira, ki a ratou. A amuamu katoa ana te huihuinga ki nga rangatira.
The children of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation murmured against the leaders.
19 Na ka mea nga rangatira katoa ki te huihui katoa, Kua oati tatou i a Ihowa i te Atua o Iharaira, ki a ratou; no reira e kore tatou e ahei aianei te pa ki a ratou.
But all the leaders said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel; and now therefore we may not touch them.
20 Ko tenei ta tatou e mea ai ki a ratou, ka waiho i a ratou kia ora; kei riria tatou mo te oati i oati ai tatou ki a ratou.
This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them."
21 A ka mea nga rangatira ki a ratou, me whakaora ratou; otiia me waiho ratou hei tapatapahi rakau, hei utuutu wai mo te huihui katoa; kia rite ai ki ta nga rangatira i korero ai ki a ratou.
And the leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, and all the congregation did as the leaders had spoken to them.
22 Katahi ka karangatia ratou e Hohua, ka korero ia ki a ratou, ka mea, He aha koutou i nuka ai i a matou, i mea ai, Kei tawhiti noa atu koutou i a matou; e noho nei ano koutou i waenganui i a matou?
Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you live among us?
23 No reira ka kanga koutou; a e kore e kore he kaimahi o koutou, hei tapatapahi rakau, hei utuutu wai hoki mo te whare o toku Atua.
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God."
24 Na ka whakautua e ratou ki a Hohua, ka mea, I tino korerotia hoki ki au pononga nga mea i whakaritea e Ihowa, e tou Atua, ki a Mohi, ki tana pononga mo te whenua katoa, kia hoatu ki a koutou, kia huna atu hoki nga tangata katoa o te whenua i o k outou aroaro; na reira matou i tino wehi ai i a koutou, kei mate matou, na meatia ana e matou tenei mea.
They answered Joshua, and said, "Because your servants were certainly told how the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
25 Na, kei roto tenei matou i ou ringa: mau e mea ki a matou te mea e pai ana, e tika ana ki tau titiro.
Now, look, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do."
26 Na peratia ana ratou e ia, a whakaorangia ake ratou i te ringa o nga tama a Iharaira, a kihai ratou i patua.
He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them.
27 Na waiho iho ratou i taua ra e Hohua hei tapatapahi rakau, hei utuutu wai mo te huihui, mo te aata hoki a Ihowa ki te wahi e whiriwhiri ai ia a tae noa mai ki tenei ra.
That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
