August 16, 2013, Reading

Joshua 24: 2-13

24:1 Houluulu ae la o Iosua i na ohana a pau o ka Iseraela ma Sekema, a kapa aku la oia i ka poe nui ma ka hanau ana, a me na alakai a me na lunakanawai a me na kumu. A kū ihola lākou i mua o ka Haku.

24:2 A penei kāna ʻōlelo ʻana i nā kānaka: "Ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova penei, ke Akua o ka Iseraela: 'Ua ola kou mau makua, i kinohi, ma kela aoao o ka muliwai: ʻulaʻula, ka makuakane o Aberahama, a me Nahora. A malama lakou i na akua e.

24:3 A laila lawe mai au i ko ʻoukou makua kāne ʻo ʻAberahama mai nā ʻāina mai o Mesopotamia, a alakai aku la au ia ia i ka aina o Kanaana. A ua hoonui au i kana poe mamo,

24:4 a haawi aku au ia Isaaka nana. A iā ia, Ua haawi hou aku au ia Iakoba a me Esau. A hāʻawi aku au i ka mauna ʻo Seira no ʻEsau i wahi e noho ai. ʻOiaʻiʻo naʻe, Hele akula ʻo Iakoba a me kāna mau keiki kāne i ʻAigupita.

24:5 A hoouna aku la au ia Mose a me Aarona, a hahau aku au ia Aigupita me na hoailona a me na hoailona he nui loa.

24:6 A ua alakaʻi au iā ʻoukou a me ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna mai ʻAigupita mai, a hiki ʻoe i kai. A hahai mai ko ʻAigupita i ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna me nā kaʻa kaua a me nā hoʻoholo lio, a hiki i ke Kaiula.

24:7 A uwe aku la na mamo a Iseraela ia Iehova. A waiho iho la ia i ka pouli mawaena o oukou a me ko Aigupita, alakai aku la ia i ke kai maluna o lakou, a uhi ʻo ia iā lākou. Ua ike ko oukou mau maka i na mea a pau a'u i hana'i ma Aigupita, a lōʻihi kou noho ʻana ma ka wao nahele.

24:8 A alakaʻi au iā ʻoukou i ka ʻāina o ka ʻAmora, e noho ana ma kela aoao o Ioredane. A i ko lakou kaua ana ia oe, Ua hāʻawi aku au iā lākou i loko o ko ʻoukou lima, a ua lilo ko lakou aina ia oukou, a pepehi ʻoe iā lākou.

24:9 Alaila, o Balaka, ke keiki a Zipora, ke alii o Moaba, ku ae la a kaua aku i ka Iseraela. Hoouna aku la ia e kii ia Balaama, ke keiki a Beora, i hoino mai ai oia ia oe.

24:10 A ʻaʻole au i makemake e hoʻolohe iā ia, aka, Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku au iā ʻoe ma o ia, a ua hoʻokuʻu aku au iā ʻoukou mai kona lima aku.

24:11 A hele mai oukou ma kela aoao o Ioredane, a hiki oukou i Ieriko. A kaua mai na kanaka o ia kulanakauhale ia oe: ka Amora, a me ka Periza, a me ka Kanaana, a me ka Heta, a me ka Giregasi, a me ka Hivi, a me ka Iebusa. A haawi aku au ia lakou iloko o ko oukou lima.

24:12 A hoouna aku la au i na nalo mamua o oukou. A kipaku aku au ia lakou mai ko lakou wahi aku, ʻO nā aliʻi ʻelua o ka ʻAmora, aole nae ma kau pahikaua, ʻaʻole ma kāu kakaka.

24:13 A hāʻawi aku au iā ʻoe i ʻāina, ka mea a oukou i hana ole ai, a me na kulanakauhale, ka mea a oukou i kukulu ole ai, i noho ai oukou iloko o lakou, a me na malawaina a me na mala oliva, ka mea a oukou i kanu ole ai.