Joshua 24

1 Israel koca rhoek boeih te Joshua loh Shekhem aha tingtun sak. Te vaengah Israel kah a hamca rhoek neh a lu rhoek, laitloek rhoek neh rhoiboei rhoek tea khue tih BOEIPA mikhmuh aha pai sak.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 Te vaengah pilnam boeih taengah Joshua loh, “Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh, 'Khosuen kah na pa rhoek, Abraham kah a napa, Nakhaw kah a napa Terah loh tuiva kah rhalvangan ah kho a sak uh tih pathen tloe rhoek te tho a thueng thiluh.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

3 Na pa Abraham te tuiva rhalvangan lamkah ka loh phoeiah anih te Kanaan kho tom la ka caeh puei. A tii a ngan te ka rhoeng ka rhoeng sak tih Isaak te anih taengah ka paek.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

4 Isaak taengah Jakob neh Esau te ka paek. Esau te pang sak ham Seir tlang te ka paek. Tedae Jakob tah a ca rhoek neh Egypt la suntla uh.

And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.

5 Moses neh Aaron te ka tueih tih anih lakli kah ka saii hno neh Egypt te ka vuek phoeiah ni nangmih kang khuen pueng.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and afterwards I brought you out.

6 Egypt lamkah na pa rhoek te ka khuen tih tuitunli na pha uh vaengah na pa rhoek hnuk te Egypt rhoek loh leng neh, marhang caem neh capu li duela a hloem uh.

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

7 Tedae BOEIPA taengla pang uh tih nangmih laklo neh Egypt laklo ah khohmuep hang khueh. Anih te tuili la a khuen tiha khuk. Egypt taengah ka saii te na mik loh a hmuh phoeiah kum te yet khosoek ah kho na sak uh coeng.

Then they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

8 Jordan rhalvangan kah kho aka sa Amori khohmuen la nangmih kang khuen kang khuen tih nangmih m'vathoh thil uh vaengah khaw amih te nangmih kut ah kam paek dongah amih kah khohmuen te na pang uh. Te vaengah amih te na mikhmuh lamkah ka mitmoeng sak.

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land, and I destroyed them from before you.

9 Moab manghai Zippor capa Balak te thoo tih Israela vathoh thil vaengah nangmih aka tap ham Beor capa Balaam tea tah tiha khue.

And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

10 Tedae Balaam ol te hnatun ham ka huem pawt dongah nangmih te yoethen sak ham yoethen m'paek tih a kut lamkah nangmih te kan huul.

but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 Te phoeiah Jordan na kat uh tih Jerikho la na kun uh vaengah Jerikho hlang, Amori, Perizzi neh Kanaani, Khitti neh Girgashi, Khivee, Jebusi loh nangmih te m'vathoh thil uh. Tedae amih te nangmih kut ah kan tloeng coeng.

And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 Te vaengah khoingal te nangmih hmai ah ka tueih tih Amori manghai rhoi mai nangmih mikhmuh lamkaha haek te nangmih kah cunghang nen moenih, nangmih kah palaa nen bal moenih.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

13 Te dongah nangmih taengah kam paek khohmuen te kohnue thil uh boeh. Khopuei rhoek te na thoong pawt cakhaw a khuiah na om uh tih na tue uh pawh misurdum neh olive na caak uh,’ a ti.

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

14 Te dongah BOEIPA te rhih uh lamtah a taengah oltak neh cuemthuek la thothueng uh. Tuiva rhalvangan neh Egypt ah na pa rhoek loh tho a thueng thil pathen rhoek te phil uh lamtah BOEIPA taengah thothueng uh.

And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.

15 BOEIPA te thothueng thil ham na mik aha thae oeh atah na pa rhoek loh tuiva kah rhalvangan, rhalvangan ah tho a thueng thil pathen khaw, a khohmuen ah kho aka sa nangmih loh Amori pathen mai khaw, thothueng thil ham tihnin ah coelh uh laeh. Tedae kai neh ka imkhui tah Yahweh taengah ni tho ka thueng uh eh,” a ti nah.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

16 Te vaengah pilnam loh a doo tih, “BOEIPA hnoo ham neh pathen tloe rhoek taengah thothueng te kaimih ham tah savisava.

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

17 Sal imkhui Egypt kho lamkah mamih neh a pa rhoek khaw mamih kah BOEIPA Pathen loh ng'caeh puei. Amah loh mamih mikhmuh ah miknoeka len len la a saii. Longpueng kah n'caeh khing vaengah mamih te n'dawndah dongah pilnam boeih kah a laklung ah ni ng'kat uh.

for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed!

18 Pilnam boeih neh khohmuen kah khosa Amori te BOEIPA loh mamih mikhmuh lamkaha haek. Amah te mamih kah Pathen la a om coeng dongah kaimih khaw BOEIPA taengah ni tho ka thueng uh eh,” a ti uh.

And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, and the Amorites the inhabitants of the land: so therefore we will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.

19 Te phoeiah pilnam te Joshua loh, “BOEIPA he Pathen cim la a om dongah thothueng ham na coeng uh thai mahpawh. Amah he thatlai Pathen la a om dongah nangmih kah boekoek neh na tholhnah te khodawkngai mahpawh.

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

20 BOEIPA te na hnoo uh tih kholong pathen ni tho na thueng uh atah ha mael vetih nangmih soah thae a huet ni. Nangmih te ng'khah phoeiah nangmih taengah ha then ni,” a ti nah.

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21 Tedae pilnam loh Joshua taengah, “Moenih, BOEIPA taengah ni tho ka thueng uh eh,” a ti uh.

And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

22 Te vaengah pilnam te Joshua loh, “Namamih kah thothueng thil ham BOEIPA na tuek uh te namamih ni na laipai uh,” a ti nah hatah, “Ka laipai uh coeng,” a ti uh.

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

23 Te phoeiah, “Nangmih lakli kah kholong pathen rhoek te palet uh lamtah Israel Pathen BOEIPA taengah na thinko te hong uh laeh,” a ti nah.

Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

24 Joshua taengah pilnam loh, “Mamih kah Pathen BOEIPA te tho ka thueng vetih a ol te ka ngai uh ni,” a ti uh.

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.

25 Te vaeng khohnin ah Joshua loh pilnam ham moia boh pah tih oltlueh neh laitloeknah te Shekhem aha khueh pah.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 Tekah olka te Pathen kah olkhueng cabu khuiah Joshua loh a daek. Lungto len te a loh tih BOEIPA rhokso kaep kah hlopthing hmuiah a ling.

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

27 Te phoeiah pilnam pum te Joshua loh, “Mamih ham a thui BOEIPA ol boeih he anih loh a yaak coeng dongah mamih taengah laipai la hekah lungto loh om pawn ni he. Na Pathen taengah na basa uh ve ne. Te vaengah nangmih taengah laipai la om bitni,” a ti nah.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

28 Te phoeiah pilnam te Joshua loh a rhoa paan sak.

And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

29 Tekah olkaa om phoeiah BOEIPA kah sal Nun capa Joshua he kum ya parha a lo ca vaengah duek.

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.

30 Anih te amah kah rho rhi, Gaash tlang kah tlangpuei, Ephraim tlang kah Timnathkhehres aha up uh.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.

31 Joshua tue boeih neh Joshua hnukah hinglung aka vang, Israel hama saii BOEIPA kah bibi boeih aka minga hamca rhoek kah a tue khuiah tah Israel loh BOEIPA taengah ni tho a thueng.

And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders whose days were prolonged after Joshua, and who had known all the works of Jehovah, which he had done for Israel.

32 Joseph rhuh te Israel ca rhoek loh Egypt lamkah hang khuen uh te Jakob loh Shekhem napa Hamor ca rhoek taeng lamkah tangka yakhat neh a lai tih Joseph ca rhoek kah rho la aka coeng khohmuen, Shekhem khamyai ah a up uh.

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 Aaron capa Eleazar khawa duek vaengah a capa taengaha paek Ephraim tlang kah Phinekha som ah a up uh.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in mount Ephraim.