Numbers
25 Taem olketa Israelite stap lo Shittim+ olketa start for durong witim olketa woman lo Moab.+ 2 Olketa woman lo Moab invaetem olketa Israelite hia for go witim olketa taem olketa offerim olketa sakrifaes lo olketa god blo olketa,+ and olketa Israelite hia start for kaikai and baodaon lo olketa god blo olketa Moabite.+ 3 So olketa Israelite join insaed worship wea pipol hia duim for Baal lo Peor+ and Jehovah barava kros lo olketa Israelite. 4 Jehovah sei lo Moses: “Kasholem evriwan wea leadim* pipol hia for duim diswan, killim olketa dae, and hangem olketa front lo Jehovah lo big daylaet* mekem datwan finisim kros blo Jehovah lo olketa Israelite.” 5 Then Moses sei lo olketa judge blo Israel:+ “Each wan lo iufala mas killim dae olketa man blo hem wea join insaed worship blo Baal lo Peor.”+
6 Bat semtaem nomoa wanfala Israelite man tekem kam wanfala Midianite woman+ front lo olketa relative blo hem, front lo eye blo Moses, and full nation blo Israel. Hem duim diswan taem evriwan hia gohed for krae lo entrance blo datfala tent for meeting. 7 Taem Phinehas,+ son blo Eleazar, wea hem son blo Aaron datfala priest hem lukim datwan, hem stretawe getap from midol lo evri pipol hia and tekem wanfala spia* lo hand blo hem. 8 Then hem go bihaenem datfala Israelite man insaed lo tent and hem spiarim tufala evriwan. Hem spiarim datfala Israelite man and datfala woman thru lo private part blo woman hia. Semtaem nomoa datfala nogud sik wea kasem olketa Israelite hem stop.+ 9 Namba blo olketa wea dae from datfala nogud sik hem 24,000.+
10 Then Jehovah sei lo Moses: 11 “Phinehas,+ son blo Eleazar, wea hem son blo Aaron datfala priest hem stopem kros blo mi for olketa Israelite bikos hem no letem olketa for worshipim eni nara God bat mi nomoa.+ Dastawe mi no distroem olketa Israelite nomata mi God wea laekem pipol for worshipim mi nomoa.+ 12 So iu talem hem dat mi mekem wanfala covenant blo peace witim hem. 13 And bikos lo disfala covenant, hem and olketa pikinini blo hem bae priest for olowe+ bikos hem no letem eniwan for worshipim eni nara God bat mi nomoa,+ and hem mekem olketa Israelite for kasem forgiveness for olketa sin blo olketa.”
14 Nem blo datfala Israelite man wea Phinehas killim hem dae witim datfala Midianite woman hem Zimri, son blo Salu, wea hem wanfala leader lo tribe blo Simeon. 15 Nem blo Midianite woman wea Phinehas killim hem dae hem Cozbi, dota blo Zur.+ Zur hem wanfala leader blo wanfala laen blo olketa Midianite.+
16 Bihaen, Jehovah sei lo Moses: 17 “Attakim olketa Midianite and distroem olketa+ 18 bikos olketa kosim trabol for iufala taem olketa switim iufala for sin lo Peor+ and bikos lo wat Cozbi, dota blo leader blo olketa Midianite, hem duim, and wea Phinehas killim hem dae+ lo day wea datfala nogud sik hem kamap bikos lo sin wea iufala duim lo Peor.”+