Na Lunakanawai
8: 1. I aku la na kanaka o Eperaima ia ia, No ke aha la oe i hana mai ai ia makou pela?
Aole anei oe i hea mai ia makou i kou hele ana e kaua me ko Midiana?
A hakaka lakou ia ia.
8:2 A olelo mai la oia ia lakou, He aha ka'u i hana'i i keia manawa e like me oukou? ʻAʻole
ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā hua waina o ʻEperaima ma mua o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana
Abiezera?
8:3 Ua haawi mai ke Akua i ko oukou lima i na'lii o Midiana, o Oreba a me Zeeba.
a he aha kaʻu i hiki ai ke hoʻohālikelike iā ʻoukou? A laila ko lākou huhū
iho aku la ia ia, i kana olelo ana pela.
8:4 A hele aku la o Gideona i Ioredane, a hele aku la ma kela aoao, oia a me na haneri ekolu
na kanaka me ia, ua maule lakou, e alualu ana nae.
8:5 I aku la ia i na kanaka o Sukota, Ke noi aku nei au ia oukou, e haawi mai i mau popo berena
i ka poe hahai mai ia'u; no ka mea, ua maule lakou, a ke alualu nei au
mahope o Zeba a me Zalemuna, na'lii o Midiana.
8:6 A olelo mai na'lii o Sukota, He mau lima anei o Zeba laua o Zalemuna i keia manawa
ma kou lima, i haawi aku ai makou i berena na kou poe koa?
8:7 I mai la o Gideona, No ia mea, i ka wa a Iehova i hoopakele ai ia Zeba a
ʻO Zalemuna i koʻu lima, a laila e haehae au i ko ʻoukou ʻiʻo me nā kākalaioa
ka waonahele a me ka laau ooi.
8:8 A pii aku la ia mai laila aku i Penuela, a olelo aku la ia lakou pela
ʻŌlelo maila nā kānaka o Penuʻela iā ia, e like me kā nā kānaka o Sukota i ʻōlelo mai ai iā ia.
8:9 A olelo aku la ia i na kanaka o Penuela, i aku la, A hiki hou mai au
maluhia, e wawahi au i keia halekiai.
8:10 Aia ʻo Zeba lāua ʻo Zalemuna ma Karekora, a me ko lāua pūʻali me lākou a puni
he ʻumikumamālima tausani kānaka, ʻo nā mea a pau i koe o nā pūʻali a pau o Iēhova
na kanaka o ka hikina: no ka mea, haule iho la hookahi haneri me ka iwakalua tausani kanaka
i unuhi i ka pahikaua.
8:11 Pii aku la o Gideona ma ke ala o ka poe e noho ana ma na halelewa ma ka hikina o
Noba a me Iogebeha, a luku aku la i ka poe kaua: no ka mea, ua maluhia ka poe kaua.
8:12 A i ka wa i hee aku ai o Zeba laua o Zalemuna, hahai aku la ia ia laua, a loaa ka
ʻelua mau aliʻi o Midiana, ʻo Zeba lāua ʻo Zalemuna, a hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka pūʻali a pau.
8:13 A hoi mai la o Gideona ke keiki a Ioasa mai ke kaua mai, mamua o ka puka ana o ka la.
8:14 A hopu aku la i kekahi kanaka opiopio o na kanaka o Sukota, a ninau aku ia ia
hai mai la oia ia ia i na'lii o Sukota, a me ko laila poe kahiko.
he kanahikukumamahiku kanaka.
8:15 A hele aku la ia i na kanaka o Sukota, i mai la, Aia hoi o Zeba a me
O Zalemuna, ka mea a oukou i hoino mai ai ia'u, i ka i ana mai, He mau lima anei o Zeba
a i loko o kou lima ʻo Zalemuna, e hāʻawi aku mākou i berena na kou poʻe kānaka
ka poe luhi?
8:16 A lawe aku la ia i na lunakahiko o ke kulanakauhale, a me na kakalaioa o ka waonahele, a
me ia mau mea i ao aku ai oia i na kanaka o Sukota.
8:17 A wawahi iho la ia i ka halekiai o Penuela, a pepehi i na kanaka o ke kulanakauhale.
8:18 A laila, nīnau akula ʻo ia iā Zeba lāua ʻo Zalemuna, He aha ke ʻano o lākou?
Ua pepehi anei oukou ma Tabora? ʻĪ maila lākou, E like me ʻoe, pēlā lākou; kēlā me kēia
Ua like ia me na keiki a ke alii.
8:19 A ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻO lākou koʻu mau hoahānau, nā keiki a koʻu makuahine
Ke ola la o Iehova, ina i hoola oukou ia lakou, aole au e pepehi ia oukou.
8:20 A olelo aku la ia ia Ietera i kana hiapo, E ala, e pepehi ia laua. Akā ʻo ka ʻōpio
ʻaʻole ia i unuhi i kāna pahi kaua;
8:21 A laila, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Zeba lāua ʻo Zalemuna, E kū mai ʻoe, a e pepehi mai iā māua;
ke kanaka, pela no kona ikaika. Kū aʻela ʻo Gideona, a pepehi akula iā Zeba a me
o Zalemuna, a lawe aku la i na mea nani ma na ai o ko lakou mau kamelo.
8:22 A laila, ʻōlelo akula nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela iā Gideona, E aliʻi ʻoe ma luna o mākou.
a me kau keiki, a me ke keiki a kau keiki kekahi;
lima o ko Midiana.
8:23 I mai la o Gideona ia lakou, Aole au e noho alii maluna o oukou, aole hoi ko'u
ʻO ke keiki ke aliʻi ma luna o ʻoukou: ʻo Iēhova ke aliʻi ma luna o ʻoukou.
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E hāʻawi mai kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka iaʻu i nā apo pepeiao o kāna mea pio. (No ka mea, he gula ko lakou
na apo pepeiao, no ka mea, he poe Isemaela lakou.)
8:25 A ʻōlelo lākou, E hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu mākou. A hoolaha lakou a
aahu, a hoolei iho la kela kanaka keia kanaka i na apo pepeiao o kona waiwai pio.
8:26 A ʻo ke kaumaha o nā apo gula āna i noi ai he tausani
a ehiku haneri sekela gula; ʻokoʻa nā mea hoʻonani, a me nā kola, a
ʻaʻahu poni ma luna o nā aliʻi o Midiana, a ma nā kaulahao
ma ka ʻāʻī o kā lākou mau kāmelo.
8:27 A hana iho la o Gideona i epoda ia mea, a waiho iho la ia ma kona kulanakauhale, ma
ʻOpera: a hele aku ka ʻIseraʻela a pau i laila e moekolohe ma muli ona
lilo ia i pahele no Gideona a me kona hale.
8:28 Pela i pio ai ko Midiana imua o na mamo a Iseraela
ʻAʻole i hoʻāla hou i ko lākou poʻo. A noho malie ka aina he kanaha
makahiki i ka wa o Gideona.
8:29 A hele aku la o Ierubaala ke keiki a Ioasa, a noho iho la ma kona hale iho.
8:30 He kanahiku na keiki a Gideona i hoohanauia ma kona kino: no ka mea, ua loaa ia ia
he nui na wahine.
8:31 A ʻo kāna haiā wahine ma Sekema, ʻo ia kekahi i hānau mai i keiki kāne nāna
kapa aku la oia ia Abimeleka.
8:32 A make ʻo Gideona ke keiki a Ioasa i ka wā ʻelemakule maikaʻi, a kanu ʻia ʻo ia ma loko
ʻo ka hale kupapaʻu o Ioasa kona makua kāne, ma ʻOpera no ka ʻAbiezera.
8:33 A eia kekahi, i ka manawa i make ai o Gideona, na keiki a
Huli hou aʻela ka ʻIseraʻela, a hele moekolohe ma muli o Baʻala, a hana ihola
ʻO Baʻalaberita ko lākou akua.
8:34 Aole i hoomanao na mamo a Iseraela ia Iehova i ko lakou Akua
Ua hoʻopakele ʻo ia iā lākou mai ka lima aku o ko lākou poʻe ʻenemi a pau ma nā ʻaoʻao a pau.
8:35 ʻAʻole lākou i lokomaikaʻi i ko ka hale o Ierubaʻala, ʻo Gideona.
e like me ka maikai a pau ana i hoike mai ai i ka Iseraela.