Ko te Pukapuka o
Hohua
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Ka Whakahaua e Ihowā a Hohua kia Raupatu a Kanaana
1 Nā, i muri iho i te matenga o Mohi, o te pononga a Ihowā, ka kōrero a Ihowā ki a Hohua, ki te tama a Nunu, ki te tangata a Mohi, ka mea, 2 “Kua mate a Mohi, tāku pononga. Nā, whakatika, whiti atu i tēnei Horano, a koe me tēnei iwi katoa, ki te whenua ka hoatu nei e ahau ki a rātou, arā ki ngā tama a Īharaira. 3 Ko ngā wāhi katoa e takahia e ngā kapu o ō koutou waewae kua hoatu e ahau a reira ki a koutou, ka rite ki tāku i kōrero ai ki a Mohi. 4 Ko te rohe ki a koutou kei te koraha, kei Repanōna nei, ā te awa nui atu ana, arā te awa Uparati, ko te whenua katoa o ngā Hiti, ā tae noa ki te Moana Nui, ki te toenetanga o te rā. 5 E kore tētahi e kaha ki te tū ki tōu aroaro i ngā rā katoa e ora ai koe. I a Mohi ahau, ka pērā anō ahau ki a koe; e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe, e kore hoki e mawehe i a koe.
6 “Kia kaha, kia māia rawa; māu hoki tēnei iwi e whakawhiwhi ki te whenua i oati ai ahau ki ō rātou mātua kia hoatu ki a rātou. 7 Heoi, kia kaha, kia tino māia rawa ki te pupuri, ki te mahi i ngā ture katoa i whakahaua ki a koe e Mohi, e tāku pononga; kei peka kē koe i reira ki matau, ki mauī rānei, kia tika ai tāu i ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe. 8 Kei whakarērea e tōu waha tēnei Pukapuka o te Ture; engari kia ū ōu whakaaro ki reira i te ao, i te pō, kia mau ai koe ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa kua oti te tuhi ki reira; mā reira ka whai wāhi ai koe i tōu huarahi, mā reira hoki koe ka kake ai. 9 Kāhore ianei ahau i whakahau ki a koe? Kia kaha, kia māia; kaua e wehi, kaua hoki e pāwera; nō te mea kei a koe a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i ngā wāhi katoa e haere ai koe.”
Ka Whakahau a Hohua i te Iwi
10 Nā, ka whakahau a Hohua i ngā rangatira o te iwi, ka mea, 11 “Haere rā waenganui o te puni, ka whakahau i te iwi, ka mea: ‘Takā he ō mō koutou; nō te mea kia toru ake rā ka whiti koutou i te Horano nei, ka haere ki te tango i te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, kia nohoia e koutou.’ ”
12 I kōrero anō a Hohua ki ngā Reupeni, ki ngā Kari, ki tētahi tānga hoki o te iwi o Mānahi, i mea, 13 “Kia mahara ki te kupu i whakahau ai a Mohi, te pononga a Ihowā ki a koutou, i mea ai: ‘E mea ana a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua, i a koutou kia okioki, ka hōmai hoki e ia tēnei whenua ki a koutou.’ 14 Ko ā koutou wāhine, ko ā koutou tamariki, me ā koutou kararehe, me noho ki te whenua i hoatu e Mohi ki a koutou i tēnei taha o Horano, ko koutou ia, ko ngā mārohirohi katoa, me haere tōpuni atu i te aroaro o ō koutou tuākana, hei whakauru mō rātou; 15 kia meinga rā anō e Ihowā ō koutou tuākana kia okioki, kia pēnā me koutou, ā, kia whiwhi rātou ki te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, ki a rātou. Kātahi koutou ka hoki ai ki te whenua i riro nei i a koutou, ka noho ai hoki ki te wāhi i hoatu e Mohi, e te pononga a Ihowā, ki a koutou i tēnei taha o Horano, i te putanga mai o te rā.”
16 Nā, ka whakahoki rātou ki a Hohua, ka mea: “Ko ngā mea katoa e whakahaua e koe ki a mātou ka meatia e mātou, ā, ka haere hoki mātou ki ngā wāhi katoa e ungā ai mātou e koe. 17 Ko tō mātou rongo ki a Mohi i ngā mea katoa, ka pērā anō tō mātou rongo ki a koe; kia noho rā ia a Ihowā, tōu Atua, ki a koe, me ia hoki i noho ki a Mohi. 18 Ahakoa ko wai te tangata e tutū ki tāu whakahau, e kore hoki e rongo ki āu kupu, ki ngā mea katoa e whakahau ai koe ki a ia, me whakamate. Ko koe ia kia kaha, kia māia!”