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Digau Gibeon gu halahalau a Joshua
1 Di maaloo digau Israel gu longono nia king huogodoo ala i bahi i dai di monowai Jordan, go nia king ala i hongo nia gonduu, mo i tono nia gonduu, mo nia guongo ala i di gili di Tai Damana go Mediterranean adu loo gi ngeia gi Lebanon, ala go nia king digau Hittite, digau Amor, digau Canaan, digau Perizzite, digau Hivite, mo digau Jebus. 2 Digaula ga buni mai gi di gowaa e dahi belee heebagi gi Joshua mo digau Israel.
3 Gei digau Gibeon ne longono di hai a Joshua ne hai ang gi Jericho mo Ai, 4 gei digaula gaa hai bolo ginaadou ga halahalau a mee. Digaula ga hagauda nadau meegai gi hongo nadau ‘donkey’ gi nia peege mahaahaa mono mee hagahau waini bonobono. 5 Digaula gaa gahu gi nadau goloo huaidu mahaahaa mono doolii momooho ala gu bonobono. Nia palaawaa ala ne kae go digaula la gu maangoo gei gu huungina ono gili. 6 Digaula gaa hula gi di gowaa e noho ai digau Israel i Gilgal, ga helekai gi Joshua mo digau Israel, “Gimaadou ne lloomoi i di gowaa mogowaa. Gimaadou e hiihai bolo goodou gi heia di hagababa i tadau mehanga.”
7 Gei digau Israel ga helekai, “Gimaadou e hai di madau hagababa adu gi goodou eiaha? Holongo goodou e noho hoohoo mai!”* Exodus 23.32; 34.12; Deuteronomy 7.2
8 Digau Gibeon ga helekai gi Joshua, “Gimaadou digau hai hegau ni aau.”
Joshua ga heeu, “Goodou goai? Goodou ne lloomoi i hee?”
9 Gei digaula ga helekai, “Meenei, gimaadou ne lloomoi i di gowaa mogowaa loo, idimaa gimaadou gu longono di longo o Dimaadua go doo God. Gimaadou gu longono gimaadou nia mee huogodoo a Maa ala ne hai i lodo i Egypt, 10 mo nia mee a Maa ala ne hai gi nia king e lua o Amor ala i bahi i dua o Jordan, go Sihon di king o Heshbon, mo Og di king o Bashan, dela nogo noho i Ashtaroth.* Numbers 21.21-35 11 Madau dagi mo digau ala e noho i di madau guongo ne helekai mai gi gimaadou bolo gi hagatogomaalia ina madau meegai e lloomoi e heetugi adu. Gu helekai mai bolo gi dugu adu gimaadou gi di goe e hai digau e ngalua adu gi di goe mo e hai di hagababa labelaa i tadau mehanga. 12 Mmada malaa gi madau palaawaa. Di madau madagoaa ne haga tanga gi daha mo madau hale belee lloomoi e heetugi adu, gei nia maa la nogo mahana hua igolo. Mmada, dolomeenei nia maa gu momooho gu maangooakii gu huungina guu pobo. 13 Di madau madagoaa ne haga hau madau mee dugu waini, gei nia maa nogo hoou. Mmada gi nia maa ala gu momooho dolomeenei. Madau goloo mo madau doolii la gu momooho di madau lloomoi loo haga mogowaa.”
14 Digau Israel gu haga donu hua nia meegai digaula ala guu pobo, gei digaula digi hagadina ina gii donu gi baahi o Dimaadua. 15 Gei Joshua guu hai dana hagababa bolo ginaadou e hagadaubuni i nadau mehanga mo digau Gibeon, guu hai digaula gii mee di mouli hua igolo. Nia dagi o digau Israel guu hai di nadau hagamodu bolo ginaadou e daahi di nadau hagababa dela ne hai.
16 Nia laangi e dolu i muli di hagababa dela ne hai, gei digau Israel ga iloo ginaadou bolo digaula le e noho hua hoohoo mai. 17 Gei digau Israel ga hagatanga gaa hula nia laangi e dolu, gei digaula gaa dau i nia guongo ala e noho ai digau aanei: Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth mo Kiriath Jearim. 18 Gei digau Israel la gu deemee di daaligi digaula, idimaa nadau dagi la guu hai di nadau hagababa maaloo ang gi digaula i di ingoo Dimaadua, go di God o Israel. Digau huogodoo gu leelee logo i di mee deenei ang gi nadau dagi. 19 Gei nia dagi gu helekai, “Gimaadou guu hai di madau hagababa maaloo ang gi digaula i di ingoo Dimaadua, go di God o Israel. Dolomeenei gei gidaadou gu deemee di daaligi digaula. 20 Gidaadou e dugu hua digaula gi mouli hagalee daaligi, idimaa gidaadou guu hai ginai tadau hagababa. Maa deeai, God ga hagaduadua gidaadou. 21 Gidaadou gaa hai digaula gi mouli, malaa digaula e hai digau hai dohomu mo digau dali wai ni gidaadou.” Deenei di maanadu o nia dagi.
22 Joshua ga hagailoo bolo digau Gibeon gi laha mai gi deia, ga heeu gi digaula, “Goodou ne halahalau gimaadou eiaha i godou hagi mai gi gimaadou bolo goodou digau e noho mogowaa? Gei goodou digau e noho hua i ginei! 23 Di godou hai dela ne hai, God gu hagahuaidu goodou. Au daangada la gaa hai nia hege i nia madagoaa huogodoo, gaa hai digau hai dohomu mo digau dali wai ni di gowaa hai daumaha dogu God.”
24 Gei digaula ga helekai, “Uaa meenei! Gimaadou gu halahalau goodou, idimaa gimaadou gu iloo bolo ma e donu bolo Dimaadua go di godou God gu helekai gi Moses, go dana dangada hai hegau, bolo Ia ga gowadu tenua deenei hagatau gi goodou, gei gi daaligidia gii mmade digau huogodoo ala i no lodo i godou madagoaa ma ga lloo adu gi tenua deenei. Gimaadou ne hai di mee deenei, idimaa gimaadou gu mmaadagu huoloo i goodou, gu uli madau gai i madau mouli. 25 Dolomeenei gei gimaadou guu hai digau e huwahuwa iei goe. Heia mai gi gimaadou au mee ala e iloo bolo e humalia di hai go gimaadou.”
26 Malaa deenei di mee a Joshua ne hai: Mee gu abaaba digaula gi de daaligi go digau Israel. 27 Gei mee guu hai digaula digau hai dohomu mo digau dali wai ni digau Israel mo ang gi di gowaa hai tigidaumaha o Dimaadua. Dae mai gi dangi nei, gei digaula e duudagi hua igolo di nadau moomee i nia gowaa ala gu hilihili go Dimaadua.

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*9.7: Exodus 23.32; 34.12; Deuteronomy 7.2

*9.10: Numbers 21.21-35

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