< Judges 8 >

1 Then the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chode with him sharply.
Na ka mea ki a ia nga tangata o Eparaima, He aha tenei mea i mea nei koe ki a matou, te karangatia matou i tou haerenga atu ki te whawhai ki a Miriana? Na nui atu ta ratou ngangau ki a ia.
2 To whom he said, What haue I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better, then the vintage of Abiezer?
Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko tehea mahi aku inaianei hei rite mo ta koutou? He teka ianei pai atu te hamunga waina a Eparaima i te whakinga katoa a Apietere?
3 God hath deliuered into your handes the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? and when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
I homai e te Atua ki o koutou ringa nga rangatira o Miriana, a Orepe raua ko Teepe: a he aha te mea i taea e ahau hei rite mo ta koutou? Katahi ka iti haere to ratou riri ki a ia i tana korerotanga i taua kupu.
4 And Gideon came to Iorden to passe ouer, hee, and the three hundreth men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.
Na kua tae a Kiriona ki Horano, kua whiti, ratou tahi ko ana tangata e toru rau; e ruha ana, otiia me te whai tonu.
5 And he said vnto the men of Succoth, Giue, I pray you, morsels of bread vnto the people that follow me (for they be wearie) that I may follow after Zebah, and Zalmunna Kings of Midian.
Na ka mea ia ki nga tangata o Hukota, Homai etahi rohi taro ma te hunga e haere tahi nei matou, e hemo ana hoki ratou, e whai ana hoki ahau i a Tepa raua ko Taramuna i nga kingi o Miriana.
6 And the princes of Succoth sayde, Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmunna nowe in thine hads, that we should giue bread vnto thine army?
Na ka mea nga rangatira o Hukota, Kei roto koia i tou ringa nga ringa o Tepa raua ko Taramuna, e hoatu ai e matou he taro ma tou ope?
7 Gideon then sayde, Therefore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will teare your flesh with thornes of the wildernes and with breers.
Na ka mea a Kiriona, Mo reira kia homai e Ihowa a Tepa raua ko Taramuna ki toku ringa, ka haehaea e ahau o koutou kikokiko ki nga tataramoa o te koraha, ki nga tumatakuru.
8 And he went vp thence to Penuel, and spake vnto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, as the men of Succoth answered.
Na ka haere atu ia i reira ki Penuere, a ka korero pera ano ki a ratou; heoi, rite tonu ki ta nga tangata o Hukota i whakahoki ai ta nga tangata o Penuere i whakahoki ai ki a ia.
9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Penuel, When I come againe in peace, I will breake downe this towre.
Na ka korero ano hoki ia ki nga tangata o Penuere, ka mea, Ka hoki mai ahau i runga i te pai, ka wahia e ahau tenei pourewa.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hostes with them, about fifteene thousande, all that were left of all the hostes of them of the East: for there was slaine an hundreth and twentie thousand men, that drew swordes.
Na i Karakoro a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, me o raua ope hoki, me te mea tekau ma rima nga mano, ko te hunga katoa i mahue o te ope katoa o nga tangata o te rawhiti: i hinga hoki o te hunga mau hoari, kotahi rau e rua tekau nga mano.
11 And Gideon went through them that dwelt in Tabernacles on the East side of Nobah and Iogbehah, and smote the hoste: for the hoste was carelesse.
Na ka haere ki runga a Kiriona na te huarahi o te hunga noho teneti, na te rawhiti o Nopaha, o Iokopeha, a patua iho e ia te ope: kua tau hoki te ope.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, hee followed after them, and tooke the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the hoste.
Na ka rere a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, a ka whaia e ia, ka mau i a ia nga kingi tokorua o Miriana, a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, a whati ana te ope katoa.
13 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash returned from battel, the sunne being yet hie,
A i hoki mai a Kiriona tama a Ioaha i te whawhai i te pikitanga atu o Herehe.
14 And tooke a seruant of the me of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, euen seuentie and seuen men.
A hopukia ana e ia tetahi taitama o nga tangata o Hukota, a uia ana e ia ki a ia: na ka tuhituhia e tera nga rangatira o Hukota me nga kaumatua ano o reira, e whitu tekau ma whitu nga tangata.
15 And he came vnto the men of Succoth, and sayd, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, by whome ye vpbrayded me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should giue bread vnto thy weary men?
Na ka tae atu ia ki nga tangata o Hukota, ka mea, Tenei a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, i whakorekore ra koutou ki ahau, i mea ra, Kei tou ringa ranei nga ringa o Tepa raua ko Taramuna e hoatu ai e matou he taro ma au tangata e hemo ra?
16 Then he tooke the Elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernes and breers, and did teare the men of Succoth with them.
Na ka mau ia ki nga kaumatua o te pa, ki nga tataramoa hoki o te koraha, ki nga tumatakuru, a whakaakona ana ki ena nga tangata o Hukota.
17 Also he brake downe the towre of Penuel, and slew the men of the citie.
I wahia iho hoki e ia te pourewa o Penuere, a patua iho nga tangata o taua pa.
18 Then saide he vnto Zebah and Zalmunna, What maner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? and they answered, As thou art, so were they: euery one was like the children of a King.
Katahi ia ka mea ki a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, He tangata pehea era i patua ra e korua ki Taporo? Ka mea raua, Ko koe, ko ratou; rite tonu ki to nga tama a te kingi te ahua o tenei, o tenei o ratou.
19 And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued their liues, I would not slay you.
Na ka mea ia, Ko oku teina ratou, ko nga tama a toku whaea: e ora ana a Ihowa, me i whakaorangia era e korua, kihai ahau i patu i a korua.
20 Then he sayde vnto Iether his first borne sonne, Vp, and slay them: but the boy drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet yong.
A ka mea ia ki tana matamua, ki a Ietere, Whakatika, patua raua. Heoi kihai taua tamaiti i unu i tana hoari, i te wehi; he tamariki hoki.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna sayd, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and tooke away the ornamentes, that were on their camels neckes.
Na ka mea a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, Whakatika ko koe, ka rere ki runga i a maua; he tangata tonu hoki, pera ano tona kaha. Katahi ka whakatika a Kiriona, a patua iho a Tepa raua ko Taramuna, tangohia ana hoki e ia nga heitiki i nga kaki o o raua kamera.
22 Then the men of Israel sayd vnto Gideon, Reigne thou ouer vs, both thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne: for thou hast deliuered vs out of the hand of Midian.
Katahi ka mea nga tangata o Iharaira ki a Kiriona, Hei kingi koe mo matou, a koe, tau tama, te tama hoki a tau tama: nau hoki matou i ora ai i te ringa o Miriana.
23 And Gideon sayde vnto them, I will not reigne ouer you, neither shall my childe reigne ouer you, but the Lord shall reigne ouer you.
Na ka mea a Kiriona ki a ratou, Kaua ahau e waiho hei kingi mo koutou, kaua ano taku tama e waiho hei kingi mo koutou. Ko Ihowa hei kingi mo koutou.
24 Againe Gideon sayd vnto them, I would desire a request of you, that you would giue mee euery man the earings of his pray (for they had golden earings because they were Ismaelites)
I mea ano a Kiriona ki a ratou, He hiahia toku ki te tono i tetahi mea i a koutou, kia homai ki ahau e tena, e tena o koutou, nga whakakai o tana taonga parakete. He whakakai koura hoki a ratou, no nga Ihimaeri hoki ratou.
25 And they answered, Wee will giue them. And they spred a garment, and did cast therein euery man the earings of his pray.
Na ka whakahoki ratou, Ae, me hoatu noa e matou. Na ka wharikitia e ratou tetahi kakahu, a maka ana ki runga e tera, e tera, nga whakakai o tana taonga parakete.
26 And the weight of the golden earings that he required, was a thousande and seuen hundreth shekels of golde, beside collers and iewels, and purple rayment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the cheynes that were about their camels neckes.
A kotahi mano e whitu rau nga hekere koura te taimaha o nga whakakai koura i tonoa e ia; me nga heitiki, me nga poroporo, me nga kakahu papura o nga kingi o Miriana, me nga mekameka hoki o nga kakai o nga kamera.
27 And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.
Na ka hanga e Kiriona hei epora, a ka waiho ki tona pa ki Opora: na ka whai a Iharaira katoa ki reira puremu ai ki taua mea: a ka waiho hei rore mo Kiriona ratou ko tona whare.
28 Thus was Midian brought lowe before the children of Israel, so that they lift vp their heads no more: and the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeeres in the dayes of Gideon.
Heoi hinga ana a Miriana i mua i nga tamariki a Iharaira, kihai ano i ara o ratou matenga i muri iho. Na ka okioki te whenua, e wha tekau nga tau, i nga ra o Kiriona.
29 Then Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went, and dwelt in his owne house.
Na ka haere a Ierupaara tama a Ioaha, a ka noho ki tona whare.
30 And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.
A e whitu tekau nga tama a Kiriona, he mea na tona tinana: he tokomaha hoki ana wahine.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
A ko tana wahine iti i Hekeme, i whanau ano hoki ta raua tama; a huaina iho e ia tona ingoa ko Apimereke.
32 So Gideon the sonne of Ioash dyed in a good age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Ioash his father in Ophrah, of the father of ye Ezrites.
Na ka mate a Kiriona, tama a Ioaha, i a ia ka tino koroheke; a tanumia ana ki te rua o Ioaha, o tona papa, ki Opora o nga Apieteri.
33 But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God.
A, no te matenga o Kiriona, na ka hoki nga tama a Iharaira, ka puremu ki nga Paara; a ka waiho a Paaraperiti hei atua mo ratou.
34 And the children of Israel remembred not the Lord their God, which had deliuered the out of the hands of all their enemies on euery side.
Kihai ano hoki nga tamariki a Iharaira i mahara ki a Ihowa, ki to ratou Atua, i whakaora nei i a ratou i te ringa o o ratou hoariri katoa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha.
35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierubbaal, or Gideon, according to al the goodnesse which he had shewed vnto Israel.
Kihai ano hoki i puta to ratou aroha ki te whare o Ierupaara, ara o Kiriona; kihai i rite ki ana mahi pai katoa ki a Iharaira.

< Judges 8 >