Na Lunakanawai
21:1 A ua hoohiki na kanaka o ka Iseraela ma Mizepa, i ka i ana, Aole loa
o kakou e haawi aku i kana kaikamahine i wahine na Beniamina.
21:2. A hele aku la na kanaka i ka hale o ke Akua, a noho lakou malaila a hiki i ke ahiahi
imua o ke Akua, hookiekie ae la i ko lakou leo iluna, a uwe nui iho la;
21:3 ʻĪ akula, E Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela, no ke aha lā kēia i hiki mai ai i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela
Ua nele anei kekahi ohana ma ka Iseraela i keia la?
21:4 A hiki i ka lā aʻe, ala aʻela nā kānaka i kakahiaka nui, a kūkulu
ma laila kahi kuahu, a kaumaha aku i nā mōhai kuni a me nā mōhai hoʻomalu.
21:5 I mai la na mamo a Iseraela, Owai la ka mea o na ohana a pau
ʻO ka ʻIseraʻela ka mea i piʻi ʻole mai me ke anaina kanaka iā Iēhova? No lakou
ua hoohiki nui no ka mea i hele ole mai io Iehova la
Mizepa, i ka i ana, E make io no ia.
21:6 A mihi iho la na mamo a Iseraela no Beniamina i ko lakou kaikaina, a
i mai la, Ua okiia kekahi ohana mai ka Iseraela aku i keia la.
21:7 Pehea la kakou e hana'i i wahine na ka poe i koe, no ka mea, ua hoohiki kakou
na Iehova i haawi ole aku ai kakou i ka kakou kaikamahine i wahine na lakou?
21:8 Ninau mai la lakou, Owai ka ohana o ka Iseraela i hele ole mai?
a hiki i Mizepa ia Iehova? Aia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe mea i hele mai i kahi hoʻomoana
Iabesagileada i ke anaina.
21:9 No ka mea, ua helu ʻia nā kānaka, aia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe o lākou
na kanaka o Iabesa-gileada malaila.
21:10 A hoouna aku la ka ahakanaka i umikumamalua tausani kanaka o ka poe koa.
a kauoha aku la ia lakou, i aku la, E hele e pepehi i ka poe noho ma Iabesa-gileada
me ka maka o ka pahikaua, me na wahine a me na kamalii.
21:11 A ʻo kēia ka mea a ʻoukou e hana ai, e hoʻopau loa ʻoukou i nā mea a pau
kane, a me na wahine a pau i moe i ke kane.
21:12 A loaʻa iā lākou i waena o ka poʻe e noho ana ma Iabesagileada ʻehā haneri ʻōpiopio
na wahine puupaa i ike ole i ke kane ma ka moe pu ana me kekahi kane: a lawe mai la lakou
a hiki i kahi hoomoana ma Silo, ma ka aina o Kanaana.
21:13 A hoouna aku ke anaina kanaka a pau e olelo aku i na keiki a
Beniamina ma ka pohaku o Rimona, a e hea aku ia lakou me ka maluhia.
21:14 A hoʻi hou mai ʻo Beniamina ia manawa. a haawi lakou i mau wahine na lakou
ua hoola lakou i na wahine o Iabesa-gileada: a pela lakou
aole i lawa.
21:15 A mihi na kanaka no Beniamina, no ka mea, na Iehova
ua uhaki i na ohana o ka Iseraela.
21:16 A laila, ʻōlelo aʻela nā lunakahiko o ke anaina, Pehea mākou e hana ai i nā wāhine
i ka poe i koe, ua lukuia na wahine o Beniamina?
21:17 A ʻōlelo lākou, He hoʻoilina no ka poʻe i pakele
Beniamina, i pau ole ai kekahi ohana mai ka Iseraela aku.
21:18 Akā, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi aku i mau wāhine na lākou no kā mākou mau kaikamāhine
Ua hoohiki ka Iseraela, i ka i ana, Poino ka mea haawi i wahine na Beniamina.
21:19 A laila, ʻōlelo lākou, Aia hoʻi, he ʻahaʻaina no Iēhova ma Silo i kēlā me kēia makahiki
He wahi ma ka aoao akau o Betela, ma ka aoao hikina o ka
ala e pii aku ana mai Betela aku a Sekema, a ma ka hema o
Lebona.
21:20 No laila, kauoha lākou i nā mamo a Beniamina, ʻī akula, E hele a moe
e kali ma na pawaina;
21:21 LK E nānā, aia hoʻi, inā hele mai nā kaikamāhine o Silo e hula
e hula, alaila e hele mai oukou mailoko mai o na pawaina, a e hopu kela kanaka keia kanaka i kona
wahine o na kaikamahine o Silo, a e hele aku i ka aina o Beniamina.
21:22 A hiki i ka wā e hele mai ai ko lākou poʻe mākua a me ko lākou poʻe hoahānau i o mākou nei
e ohumu, e olelo aku makou ia lakou, E lokomaikai aku oe ia lakou no ko kakou
no ka mea, aole makou i malama i kana wahine na kela kanaka keia kanaka i ke kaua;
aole i haawi aku ia lakou i keia manawa, i hewa ai oukou.
21:23 A hana iho la na mamo a Beniamina pela, a lawe lakou i mau wahine na lakou
ko lakou nui, o ka poe hula, a lakou i hopu ai: a hele aku la lakou
Hoi aku la i ko lakou hooilina, a hooponopono hou i na kulanakauhale, a noho iho la
lakou.
21:24 A haʻalele nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i kēlā manawa, kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i
i kona ʻohana a me kona ʻohana, a hele aku kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka mai laila aku i
kona hooilina.
21:25 Ia mau lā, ʻaʻohe aliʻi i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela
pono i kona mau maka.