Joshua 24
1 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.
Josué te rasanble tout tribi Israël yo nan Sichem. Li te rele ansyen Israël yo, chèf an tèt pa yo, jij pa yo ak ofisye pa yo. Yo te prezante yo menm devan Bondye.
2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
Josué te di a tout pèp la: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la: ‘Depi nan tan ansyen yo, zansèt nou yo te viv lòtbò Rivyè a. Menm Térach, papa Abraham nan, ak papa a Nachor, te sèvi lòt dye yo.
3 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Epi Mwen te pran zansèt nou an, Abraham, pou l soti lòtbò Rivyè a. Mwen te mennen li pase nan tout peyi a Canaan yo. Mwen te miltipliye desandan li yo e te bay li Isaac.
4 And I gave to Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir to possess it. And Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.
A Isaac, Mwen te bay Jacob avèk Ésaü. A Ésaü, Mwen te bay Mòn Séir pou posede l, men Jacob avèk fis li yo te desann an Égypte.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it, and afterward I brought you out.
“‘Epi Mwen te voye Moïse avèk Aaron pou te toumante Égypte pa sa Mwen te fè nan mitan li yo. Epi apre, Mwen te mennen nou sòti.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt. And ye came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
Mwen te mennen zansèt nou yo sòti an Égypte, e nou te rive bò kote lanmè a. Konsa, Égypte te kouri dèyè zansèt nou yo avèk cha ak sòlda sou cheval yo jis rive nan Lamè Wouj la.
7 And when they cried out to Jehovah, 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 many days.
Men lè yo te kriye vè SENYÈ a, Li te mete tenèb antre nou menm avèk Ejipsyen yo. Mwen te mennen lanmè a sou yo pou te kouvri yo, epi pwòp zye pa nou te wè sa Mwen te fè an Égypte. Konsa, nou te viv nan dezè a pandan anpil tan.
8 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 possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
“‘Alò, Mwen te mennen nou antre nan peyi Amoreyen ki te rete lòtbò Jourdain an. Yo te goumen avèk nou, epi Mwen te livre yo nan men nou. Nou te pran posesyon a peyi pa yo a e Mwen te detwi yo devan nou.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
Konsa, Balak, fis Tsippor a, wa Moab la, te leve pou te goumen kont Israël, e li te voye rele Balaam, fis a Beor a, pou modi nou.
10 but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.
Men Mwen pa t dakò koute Balaam. Konsa, li te oblije beni nou, e Mwen te delivre nou soti nan men li.
11 And ye went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hand.
“‘Nou te travèse Jourdain an pou te rive Jéricho, epi pèp Jéricho yo te goumen kont nou; Amoreyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Kananeyen yo avèk Etyen yo avèk Gigazyen yo, Evyen yo ak Jebizyen yo. Konsa, Mwen te livre yo nan men nou.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Apre, Mwen te voye gèp la devan nou e li te chase fè sòti wa Amoreyen yo devan nou, men pa akoz nepe nou ni banza nou.
13 And I gave you a land in which thou had not labored, and cities which ye did not build, and ye dwell in it. Ye eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.
Mwen te bannou yon peyi pou sila nou pa t travay, vil ke nou pa t bati e nou te viv ladan yo. N ap manje nan chan rezen avèk chan doliv ke nou pa t plante.’
14 Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah.
“Koulye a, pou sa, gen lakrent SENYÈ a e sèvi Li avèk bon kè ak verite. Mete akote dye ke zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòtbò Rivyè a ak an Égypte pou sèvi SENYÈ a.
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
Si nou twouve li degoutan nan zye nou pou sèvi SENYÈ a, chwazi pou kont nou jodi a, kilès nou va sèvi; si se dye ke zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòtbò Rivyè a, oswa dye a Amoreyen yo, de peyi sila nou ap viv yo. Men pou mwen avèk lakay mwen, nou va sèvi SENYÈ a.”
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods.
Pèp la te reponn e te di: “Se lwen de nou pou nou ta abandone SENYÈ a pou sèvi lòt dye yo;
17 For Jehovah our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se Li ki te mennen nou avèk zansèt nou yo monte sòti nan peyi Égypte la, soti nan kay esklavaj la, ki te fè gwo sign sila yo nan mitan nou. Se Li ki te pwoteje nou nan tout chemen kote nou pase e pami tout pèp nan mitan a sila nou te pase yo.
18 And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.
SENYÈ a te pouse fè sòti devan nou tout pèp yo, menm Amoreyen ki te viv nan peyi a. Konsa, nou osi, nou va sèvi SENYÈ a; paske se Li menm ki Dye nou.”
19 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 transgression nor your sins.
Alò, Josué te di a pèp la: “Nou p ap kapab sèvi SENYÈ a, paske Li se yon Bondye ki sen. Li se yon Bondye ki jalou. Li p ap padone transgresyon nou yo oswa peche nou yo.
20 If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.
Si nou abandone SENYÈ a pou sèvi dye etranje yo; alò, Li va vire fè nou mal e vin manje nou nèt apre Li te fin fè nou byen.”
21 And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah.
Pèp la te di a Josué: “Non, men nou va sèvi SENYÈ a.”
22 And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen for you, Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
Josué te di a pèp la: “Nou se temwen kont pwòp tèt nou ke nou te chwazi pou kont nou SENYÈ a, pou sèvi Li.” Yo te reponn: “Nou se temwen.”
23 Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
“Koulye a, pou sa, mete akote dye etranje ki nan mitan nou yo e tounen kè nou vè SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la.”
24 And the people said to Joshua, we will serve Jehovah our God, and we will hearken to his voice.
Pèp la te di a Josué: “Nou va sèvi SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an e nou va obeyi vwa Li.”
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Konsa, Josué te fè yon akò avèk pèp la nan jou sa a. Li te fè pou yo yon lwa ak yon règleman nan Sichem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God. And he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
Josué te ekri pawòl sila yo nan liv lalwa Bondye a; epi li te pran yon gwo wòch e te fè l kanpe la anba gwo bwadchenn ki te akote sanktyè SENYÈ a.
27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
Josué te di a tout pèp la: “Gade byen, wòch sa a va tankou yon temwen kont nou; paske li te tande tout pawòl SENYÈ a te pale nou yo. Konsa, li va tankou yon temwen kont nou, pou nou pa vin enfidèl anvè Bondye nou an.”
28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
Konsa, Josué te voye tout pèp la ale. Yo chak rive nan pwòp eritaj pa yo.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
Li te vin rive apre bagay sa yo ke Josué, fis a Nun nan, sèvitè Bondye a, te vin mouri, avèk laj san-dis ane.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
Yo te antere li nan teritwa eritaj li nan Thimnath-Sérach, ki nan peyi ti mòn Éphraïm yo, sou nò a mòn Gaasch.
31 And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.
Israël te sèvi SENYÈ a pandan tout jou a Josué yo, tout jou a ansyen ki te vivan nan tan Josué yo, e yo te konnen tout zèv SENYÈ a te fè pou Israël.
32 And they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought from the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs. And he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
Alò, yo te antere zo Joseph yo, ke fis Israël yo te mennen monte soti Égypte, nan Sichem, nan mòso tè ke Jacob te achte nan men fis a Hamor yo, papa a Sichem, pou san pyès lajan an. Konsa, yo te devni eritaj a fis Joseph yo.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. And they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.
Anplis, Éléazar, fis a Aaron an te vin mouri. Yo te antere li nan Guibeath-Phinées, ki te bay a fis li nan peyi ti kolin a Éphraïm yo.
