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Ka Whakatūria ngā Kōhatu Whakamahara
1 Ā, ka poto katoa te iwi te whiti i Horano, nā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Hohua, ka mea,
2 “Tangohia mai e koutou i roto i te iwi kia kotahi tekau mā rua tāngata, kia takikotahi tangata o te iwi,
3 ā, ka whakahau ki a rātou, ka mea, ‘Tangohia atu i konei, i waenganui o Horano, i te wāhi i āta tū ai ngā waewae o ngā tohunga, kia tekau mā rua ngā kōhatu, ā, maua atu, waiho ki te moenga e moe ai koutou ā tēnei pō.’ ”
4 Nā, ka karangatia e Hohua ngā tāngata kotahi tekau mā rua i whakaritea e ia i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira, takikotahi te tangata o roto o te iwi;
5 ā, ka mea a Hohua ki a rātou, “Haere atu i mua i te āka a Ihowā, a tō koutou Atua, ki waenganui o Horano, ka hāpai ake kia takikotahi te kōhatu mā te tangata ki runga ki tōna pokohiwi, kia rite ki ngā iwi o ngā tama a Īharaira te maha;
6 kia waiho ai tēnei mea hei tohu ki waenganui i a koutou. Mō te ui a ā koutou tamariki ā mua, mō te mea, ‘Hei aha ēnei kōhatu mā koutou?’
7 Kātahi koutou ka mea atu ki a rātou, ‘Nō te motuhanga i ngā wai o Horano i mua i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā; i tōna whitinga mai i Horano i motuhia ngā wai o Horano.’ Ā, ko ēnei kōhatu hei whakamahara mō ngā tama a Īharaira ā ake ake.”
8 Ā, pērātia ana e ngā tama a Īharaira me tā Hohua i whakahau ai, hāpainga ake ana e rātou ngā kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua i waenganui o Horano, pērātia ana me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai ki a Hohua, he mea rite ki ngā iwi o ngā tama a Īharaira te maha; ā, mauria ana ki tō rātou puni, waiho ana i reira.
9 Ā, i whakatūria e Hohua ētahi kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua ki waenganui o Horano, ki te wāhi i tū ai ngā waewae o ngā tohunga i amo i te āka o te kawenata; kei reira anō aua kōhatu ā mohoa noa nei.
10 Heoi, tū ana tērā ngā tohunga i amo i te āka i waenganui o Horano ā oti noa ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Ihowā ki a Hohua kia kōrerotia ki te iwi, i rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Mohi ki a Hohua; ā, i hohoro tonu te iwi te whiti.
11 Ā, ka tapeke katoa te iwi te whiti, nā, ka whiti te āka a Ihowā, me ngā tohunga i te tirohanga a te iwi.
12 Ko ngā tama a Reupena, ko ngā tama a Kara, me tētahi tānga o te iwi o Mānahi i whiti tōpuni atu i te aroaro o ngā tama a Īharaira, i pērā me tā Mohi i kōrero ai ki a rātou.
13 Kei te whā tekau ngā mano, he hunga tūmatohi tonu mō te riri, i haere i te aroaro o Ihowā ki ngā mānia o Heriko ki te whawhai.
14 Nō taua rā i whakanui ai a Ihowā i a Hohua i te aroaro o Īharaira katoa; ā, wehi ana rātou i a ia, pērā ana me rātou i wehi i a Mohi, i ngā rā katoa i ora ai ia.
15 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Hohua, i mea,
16 “Kī atu ki ngā tohunga e amo ana i te āka o te whakaaturanga, kia haere ake i roto i Horano.”
17 Nā, ka mea atu a Hohua ki ngā tohunga, “Haere ake i roto i Horano.”
18 Ā, nō te haerenga ake o ngā tohunga i amo i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i waenganui o Horano, ā, ka mahuta ake ngā kapu o ngā waewae o ngā tohunga ki te wāhi maroke, ko te tino hokinga o te wai o Horano ki tōna wāhi anō, ā, huri tonu ake ki runga i ōna pareparenga, pērā ana me tō mua.
19 Nō te tekau o ngā rā o te marama tuatahi te iwi i haere ake ai i Horano, ā, noho ana i Kirikara i te taha ki te rāwhiti o Heriko.
20 Ā, ko aua kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua i tangohia ake e rātou i roto i Horano, nā Hohua i whakatū ki Kirikara.
21 Ā, i kōrero ia ki ngā tama a Īharaira, i mea, “E ui ā koutou tamariki ā mua ki ō rātou mātua, e mea, ‘He aha ēnei kōhatu?’
22 Nā, me whakaatu ki ā koutou tama, me kī atu, ‘I whiti maroke mai a Īharaira i tēnei Horano.’
23 Nā, Ihowā hoki, nā tō koutou Atua i whakamaroke ngā wai o Horano i mua i a koutou, ā whiti noa koutou rite tahi ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tō koutou Atua i mea ai ki te Moana Whero, i whakamaroketia rā e ia i mua hoki i a tātou, ā whiti noa mai tātou.
24 Kia mōhio ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki te ringa o Ihowā, he kaha; kia wehi ai rātou i a Ihowā, i tō koutou Atua, i ngā rā katoa.”