Joshua 23

1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

Depi lontan Seyè a te fin bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo lapè nan mitan tout lènmi l' yo. Jozye bò pa l' te fin granmoun. Li te gen anpil laj sou tèt li.

2 he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

Li fè rele tout pèp Izrayèl la, tout chèf fanmi yo, tout lòt chèf yo, tout jij yo, tout notab nan peyi a, li di yo: -Koulye a mwen fin granmoun!

3 “and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

Nou te wè tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè tout pèp sa yo ki t'ap kenbe tèt ak nou. Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki t'ap goumen pou nou.

4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

Koute! Mwen separe tout peyi a bay chak branch fanmi pòsyon pa yo. Mwen separe ni peyi nou deja pran nan men nasyon nou disparèt yo, ni peyi ki rete pou nou pran nan men kèk lòt nasyon, depi larivyè Jouden bò solèy leve jouk lanmè Mediterane a bò solèy kouche.

5 The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral pran peyi a nan men moun ki rete la yo, l'ap mete yo deyò pou nou ka pran tè a pou nou, jan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te di l' la.

6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

Se pou nou fè sa nou kapab pou nou toujou swiv tou sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa Moyiz la, san neglije anyen ladan l'.

7 So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

Pa mele avèk moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan nou yo. Pa nonmen non bondye yo. Pa pran non bondye yo pou fè sèman. Pa mete ajenou devan bondye yo. Pa fè sèvis pou yo.

8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ase pou nou toujou kenbe fèm, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jounen jòdi a.

9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

Seyè a te mete yon bann gwo nasyon ki te fò anpil deyò devan nou. Pesonn pa t' kapab kenbe tèt ak nou jouk jòdi a.

10 One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

Yon sèl gason nan mitan nou kont pou fè mil gason nan lènmi nou yo kouri met deyò, paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap goumen pou nou, jan li te di l' la.

11 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

Atansyon wi! Se pou nou renmen Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Si nou vire do bay Bondye, si n' al mete tèt nou ansanm ak rès moun lòt nasyon sa yo k'ap viv nan mitan nou, si nou marye ak yo, si nou nan antre soti avèk yo,

13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

nou mèt sèten, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, p'ap mete pèp sa yo deyò devan nou ankò. Okontrè, l'ap fè yo tounen yon pèlen, yon senn pou fèmen nou, yon fwèt nan dèyè nou, yon pikan nan je nou jouk l'a fè nou disparèt nan bon peyi sa a Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou.

14 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Mwen menm, mwen pa lwen kite tè a. Nou tout nou konnen nan kè nou ak nan lespri nou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou tout bèl bagay li te pwomèt nou yo. Li kenbe tou sa li te pwomèt, yo tout rive vre.

15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

Wi, menm jan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè pou nou tout bèl bagay li te pwomèt nou yo, konsa tou, si nou vire do ba li, l'a voye sou nou tout kalite malè, jouk l'a disparèt nou nèt nan bon peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ban nou an.

16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

Si nou pa respekte kontra Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te pase ak nou an, si n' al adore lòt bondye, si n' al fè sèvis pou yo, Seyè a pral move sou nou, epi lapoula, n'ap disparèt nan bon peyi sa a li te ban nou an.