Yosiua 22
1 Amalalu, Yosiua da Liubene fi, Ga: de fi amola Eso Mabadi la: idi Mana: se fi huluane gilisima: ne sia: i.
Joshua then summoned the leaders of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
2 E da ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia da liligi huluane amo Hina Gode Ea hawa: hamosu dunu Mousese dilima hamoma: ne sia: i amo huluane hamoi dagoi. Amola dilia da na hamoma: ne sia: i huluane nabasu.
He said to them, “You have done everything that Moses, who served Yahweh [well], told you to do. You have also done what I told you to do.
3 Eso huluane, dilia da dilia na: iyado Isala: ili dunu amo hame yolesi. Dilia da dawa: iwane Gode Ea sia: nabawane hamonanusu.
For a long time you have helped the other tribes [to defeat their enemies]. You have obeyed everything that Yahweh your God commanded you to do.
4 Be wali, dilia Hina Gode da Ea ilegele sia: i defele, dilia Isala: ili yolalali ilima olofosu i dagoi. Amaiba: le, soge amo Yodane Hano eso mabadi la: idi amo dilia ilegei amola Hina Gode Ea hawa: hamosu dunu Mousese da dilima i, amo sogega buhagima.
He promised to give peace to us Israelis, and he has done what he promised. So now you may go back to your homes, to the land that Moses gave to you, on the east side of the Jordan [River].
5 Dilia hamoma: ne sia: i amo Mousese da dilima olelei amo noga: le nabima. Dilia Hina Godema asigima, Ea hanai hamoma, Ea hamoma: ne sia: i noga: le nabima amola mae fisili, dilia dogoga, dilia asigi dawa: suga amola dilia da: i hodo huluane amoga Ea hawa: asigiwane hamoma.
Moses also commanded you to love Yahweh your God and to obey his commands, and to continue to worship him and serve him by everything that you think and everything that you do.”
6 Yosiua da ili asunasi. E da Gode Ea hahawane dogolegelewane fidisu ilima sia: i. E amane sia: i, “Dilia da bagadewane gaguiwane dilia sogega masunu. Dilia da ohe fi, silifa, gouli, balasi, ouli amola abula bagohame gala. Dilia sogega ahoasea, dilia fi dunu eno ilima dilia liligi dilima ha lai dunuma lai amo mogili ilima ima.” Amalalu, ilia da fisili ilia sogega masunusa: asi. Mousese da soge amo Yodane Hano eso mabadi la: idi amo mogili Ma: na: se fi la: idi ilima i. Be Ma: na: se fi la: idi eno ilima Yosiua da soge Yodane eso dabe la: idi amo ilima i. Amola e da soge eno Isala: ili fi ilima i.
Then Joshua blessed them and said goodbye to them, and they [prepared to] leave and return to their homes [on the east side of the Jordan River].
Moses had given the Bashan region to half the tribe of Manasseh, and land on the west side of the Jordan [River] to the other half of the tribe. Before they left, he [asked God to] bless them.
He said, “Go back to your homes and to all the things that you have taken from your enemies—the many animals and silver and gold and [things made of] bronze and iron, and many beautiful clothes. But you should share some of those things with other people of your tribe.”
9 Amaiba: le, Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Mana: se, amo fi dunu da ilia sogega buhagi. Ilia da Siailou moilai bai bagade Ga: ina: ne soge ganodini, amoga Isala: ili dunu eno fisili, ilia soge amoga doaga: musa: asi. Ilia soge da Gilia: de. Ilia da amo soge, Hina Gode da Mousesema sia: i defele, lai dagoi.
So the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelis at Shiloh in Canaan land, to return to their homes in the Gilead region. That was the area that belonged to them. It had been allotted to them by Moses as Yahweh had commanded.
10 Liubene fi, Ga: de fi amola Eso Mabadi Ma: na: se fi da Gilailode sogebiga doaga: loba (Gilailode da Yodane Hano eso dabe la: idi galu), ilia da hano bega: oloda bagade hamoi.
The people from those three tribes arrived near the western side of the Jordan River, at a town called Geliloth. There they built a large altar. [Then they crossed the Jordan River to the Gilead region].
11 Ba: su dunu da Isala: ili fi dunu eno ilima amane sia: ne iasu, “Nabima! Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Mana: se amo fi dunu da Gilailode sogebi amo Yodane ninia la: idi amoga oloda hamoi dagoi.”
But the other Israelis who were still at Shiloh heard about the altar that those men had built.
12 Isala: ili dunu da amo sia: nababeba: le, dunu huluane da Siailou moilaiga amo eso mabadili fi ilima gegemusa: gilisi.
They became very angry with the men of those tribes, so they decided to fight them.
13 Amalalu, Isala: ili dunu da gobele salasu dunu Elia: isa amo ea mano Finia: se, amo Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Ma: na: se fi dunuma sia: ma: ne asunasi.
The Israelis sent Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar the Supreme Priest, to [talk with] the people of those three tribes.
14 Isala: ili bisilua dunu nabuane gala da Finia: se sigi asi. Eso dabe laidi fi nabuane gala da afae afae fi bisilua dunu afadafa ilia fi amoga asunasi.
They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes that were still at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his clan.
15 Ilia da Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Mana: se fi dunu ilia soge Gilia: de amoga doaga: i.
Those leaders went to the Gilead region to talk to the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. They said,
16 Ilia da eso mabadi la: idi fi ilima amane sia: i, “Hina Gode Ea fi gilisi huluane da amane sia: sa, ‘Dilia da abuliba: le Isala: ili Hina Godema amo wadela: i hou hamobela: ? Dilisu da oloda hamobeba: le, Gode Ea sia: hame nabasu. Dilia da Ema fa: no bobogesu hou yolesi dagoi.
“All the other Israelis are asking, ‘Why have you rebelled against the God whom we Israelis [worship] by building an altar for yourselves?
17 Ninia wadela: i hou Bio goumia hamoi amo bu dawa: ma! Hina Gode da ninima olo bagade iabeba: le, ninia se bagade nabi. Amo se nabasu da wali diala. Bu wadela: le hamomu da hamedei.
Have you forgotten what happened at Peor, [when some Israelis sinned by worshiping the god that the Moab people-group worship]? Many Israelis became very sick and died because of that sin, and we are still suffering because of their sin.
18 Dilia da wali Ema fa: no bobogemu higama: bela: ? Dilia da wali eso Ema odoga: sea, E da aya Isala: ili dunu huluane ilima ougimu.
Are you now turning away from obeying Yahweh and refusing to do what he wants? If you do not stop rebelling against Yahweh today, he will be angry with all of us Israelis tomorrow.’
19 Defea! Dilia soge amo ganodini dilia da Hina Godema nodone sia: ne gadomusa: defele hame o ledo gala ba: sea, Hina Gode Ea soge eso dabe la: ididili (amo ganodini Ea Da: bena: gele abula diasu diala), amoga misa. Ninia gilisisu ganodini soge ilegema. Be dilia Godema hame nabasu hou hamosa: besa: le amola E da ninia da hame nabasu dunu dawa: sa: besa: le, ninia Hina Godema oloda eno mae hamoma. Ea olodadafa da gagui dagoi.
“If [you think that Yahweh considers] that your land here is not suitable for worshiping him, come back to our land where Yahweh’s Sacred Tent is. We can share our land with you. But do not rebel against Yahweh and against us by building another altar for Yahweh our God.
20 Sela ea mano A: iga: ne bu dawa: ma! E da Gode Ea sia: i amo liligi huluane da wadela: musa: ilegei dagoi, amo hame nabasu. Ea wadela: i houba: le, Hina Gode da Isala: ili dunu huluanema se iasu. A: iga: ne fawane hame be eno dunu amolawane, da ea wadela: le hou hamoiba: le bogoi.”
Do you remember what happened when Zerah’s son Achan refused to obey [Yahweh’s command to destroy everything in Jericho]? That one man disobeyed God’s command, but many [HYP] other Israelis were punished. Achan died because of his sin, but other Israelis also died.”
21 Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Ma: na: se fi dunu da Yodane Hano eso dabe la: idi fi amo bisilua dunuma bu adole i,
The [leaders of the] tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh replied,
22 “Gasa Bagadedafa Gode da Hinadafa! Gasa Bagadedafa Gode da Hina Godedafa! Ninia amo hou hamoi E dawa: , amola dilia amolawane dawa: mu ninia da hanai. Ninia da hame nabasu hou hamoi ganiaba amola dafawaneyale dawa: su hou fisiagai ganiaba, dilia da nini medole legemu da defea gala: loba.
“Yahweh, the Almighty God, knows [why we did that], and we want you to know, too. If we have done something wrong [against Yahweh], you may kill us.
23 Ninia da Hina Gode Ea sia: mae nabawane ninisu oloda gobele sanasimusa: o gagoma amola hahawane gilisisu iasu hahamoma: ne hamoi ganiaba, Hina Gode Hisu da ninima se imunu da defea gala: loba.
If we have disobeyed one of Yahweh’s laws, we request that he should punish us. We did not build that new altar to completely burn animals as sacrifices to Yahweh, or to offer on it sacrifices of grain or sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God.
24 Be hame mabu! Diligaga fi da hobea ninigaga fi ilima sia: sa: besa: le, ninia da beda: iba: le agoane hamosu. Ilia da ninigaga fi ilima agoane sia: sa: besa: le amane, ‘Ninia Isala: ili Hina Gode da dilia Gode hame.
“This is the reason that we built that altar: We were afraid/worried that some day your descendants would say that our descendants are not true Israelis. We were afraid that then they would say, ‘You are not allowed to worship Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
25 E da Yodane Hano alalo amo da afafasu alalo, ninia amola dilia Liubene amola Ga: de amo afafama: ne ilegei dagoi.’ Amasea, diligaga fi da ninigaga fi ilia Hina Godema nodone sia: ne gadosu logo hedofasa: besa: le, ninia agoane hamoi.
Yahweh caused the Jordan River to be a boundary between us and you people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad. So you are not allowed to worship Yahweh.’ We were worried that your descendants would force our descendants to stop worshiping Yahweh.
26 Amaiba: le, ninia da oloda hamoi. Gobele salimusa: o Hina Godema iasu hamoma: ne hame hamoi.
“That is the reason that we decided to build that [new] altar. But it is not an altar for completely burning sacrifices of animals and [burning other] sacrifices.
27 Be amo da ninima, dilima amola ninigaga fi huluane ilima dawa: digima: ne olelesu agoane dialoma: ne hamoi. Amo wanonesisu ea olelesu da ninia eso mabadi fi da dafawane Hina Gode Ea ilegei sogebi amoga Ea hadigi abula diasuga Ema nodone sia: ne gadolala amola Ema Hahawane Gilisili Olofole Iasu amola Wadela: i Hou Dabe Ima: ne gobele salasu iaha. Diligaga fi da ninigaga fi Hina Godema afafai, amo ilia sia: sa: besa: le agoane hamoi.
We built that new altar to prove/show to you and to us and to all of our descendants that we worship Yahweh by completely burning animal sacrifices and offerings of grain and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh [only at the place Yahweh chooses]. We do not want your descendants to say to our descendants, ‘You do not belong to Yahweh.’
28 Ninia da agoane dawa: i galu. Amo hou fa: no agoane ba: loba, ninigaga fi da amane sia: la: loba, ‘Ba: ma! Ninia aowalali da oloda amo Hina Gode Ea olodadafa defele hamosu. Amo da hahawane iasu o gobele salasu hamoma: ne hame hamoi. Be ninia dunu amola dilia dunu nini huluanema dawa: digima: ne olelesu dialoma: ne.’
“In the future, if your descendants say that, our descendants can say, ‘Look at the altar that our ancestors made! It is exactly like Yahweh’s altar [that our ancestors built], but we do not burn sacrifices on it. It only shows that we are Israelis!’
29 Ninia da Hina Godema odoga: su hou hame hamomu. Ninia da Hina Godema fa: no bobogesu hou fisili, oloda amo da: iya Wadela: i Hou Dabe Ima: ne gobele salasu amola Hahawane Gilisili Olofole Iasu hamoma: ne hamedafa hamomu. Ninia olodadafa afae fawane da ninia Hina Gode Ea olodadafa amo da Ea esalebe Da: bena: gele abula diasu ea midadi lela.”
We certainly do not want to rebel against Yahweh or stop doing what he desires, by building an altar for completely burning some sacrifices and burning grain offerings and making [other] sacrifices. [We know that] there is only one true altar for Yahweh our God, and it is in front of the Sacred Tent [at Shiloh].”
30 Gobele salasu dunu Finia: se amola Isala: ili fi eso dabe la: idi esalebe bisilua dunu nabuane gala da Liubene, Ga: de amola Eso Mabadi Ma: na: se fi dunu ilia sia: nababeba: le, olofoi galu.
When Phinehas the priest and the other [ten] leaders heard what they said, they were pleased.
31 Gobele salasu dunu Elia: isa ea mano Finia: se, da ilima amane sia: i, “Wali ninia dawa: ! Hina Gode da nini sigi esala! Dafawane! Dilia da Ema hame nabasu hou hame hamoi. Amaiba: le, Isala: ili da Hina Gode Ea se iasu hame ba: mu.”
So Phinehas said to them, “Now we know that Yahweh is with all of us Israelis, and that you were not rebelling against him [when you built that altar]. And we know that Yahweh will not punish us Israelis [because of your having done that].”
32 Amalalu, Finia: se amola Isala: ili bisilua dunu da Liubene fi amola Ga: de fi Gilia: de sogega esalu fisili, Ga: ina: ne sogega buhagi.
Then Phinehas and the Israeli leaders left the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad in the Gilead region, and returned to Canaan. There they told the other Israelis what had happened.
33 Isala: ili dunu da hahawane ba: i amola Godema nodosu. Ilia musa: sia: amo gegemusa: amola soge amoga Liubene dunu amola Ga: de dunu da fi galu amo wadela: musa: , amo sia: yolesi dagoi.
They were pleased, and they thanked God. And they did not talk any more about fighting against the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and destroying everything in their land.
34 Liubene fi dunu amola Ga: de fi dunu da amane sia: i, “Amo oloda da Hina Gode da Godedafa amo ninia huluanema dawa: digima: ne olelesu ba: su agoane.” Amaiba: le, ilia amo olodama “Dawa: digima: ne Olelesu Ba: su” dio asuli.
The people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad named their new altar ‘A reminder to us all that Yahweh is God’.
