Joshua 24
1 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
Jozue asangisaki mabota nyonso ya Isalaele na Sishemi. Abengisaki bampaka, bakambi, basambisi mpe bakalaka ya Isalaele; mpe bango bayaki liboso ya Nzambe.
2 And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Wuta kala, bakoko na bino mpe Tera, tata ya Abrayami mpe Naori, bavandaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe bazalaki kosalela banzambe mosusu.
3 But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
Kasi nabimisaki tata na bino, Abrayami, wuta na mokili oyo ezalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale, natambolisaki ye na mokili mobimba ya Kanana mpe napesaki ye bakitani ebele. Napesaki ye Izaki;
4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
mpe na nzela ya Izaki, napesaki ye Jakobi mpe Ezawu. Napesaki mokili ya bangomba Seiri epai ya Ezawu, kasi Jakobi elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, bakendeki na Ejipito.
5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
Boye, natindaki Moyize mpe Aron; nabetaki Ejipito kolanda makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki kuna mpe nabimisaki bino kuna.
6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
Tango nabimisaki batata na bino na Ejipito, bakomaki kino na ebale monene ya Barozo, bato ya Ejipito balandaki bango na bashar mpe na basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda kino na Ebale monene ya Motane.
7 So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Batata na bino bagangaki epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi, mpe Yawe atiaki molili kati na bino mpe bato ya Ejipito, azindisaki bango na mayi ya Ebale monene oyo ezipaki bango. Miso na bino moko emonaki makambo oyo nasalaki bato ya Ejipito. Mpe bowumelaki mibu ebele na esobe.
8 Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
Namemaki bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, oyo bazalaki kovanda na ngambo ya este ya Yordani. Babundisaki bino kasi nakabaki bango na maboko na bino. Nabomaki bango na miso na bino mpe bobotolaki mokili na bango.
9 Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
Tango Balaki, mwana mobali ya Tsipori, mokonzi ya Moabi, abimaki mpo na kobundisa Isalaele, atindaki ete baluka Balami, mwana mobali ya Beori, mpo ete alakela bino mabe.
10 but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
Kasi naboyaki koyoka Balami, boye akomaki nde kopambola bino tango na tango mpe nakangolaki bino na loboko na ye.
11 After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
Boye bokatisaki Yordani mpe bokomaki na engumba Jeriko. Bavandi ya Jeriko babundisaki bino ndenge kaka bato ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Girigazi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi, basalaki; kasi nakabaki bango mpe na maboko na bino.
12 I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
Natindelaki bango liboso na bino, banzoyi ya minene oyo ebenganaki bango mosika na bino, na bakonzi mibale ya Amori. Bosalaki yango na mipanga mpe na matolotolo na bino te.
13 So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
Boye, napesaki bino mokili oyo bino bomonelaki pasi te mpe bingumba oyo bino botongaki te. Bokomaki kovanda kuna, kolia bambuma ya bilanga ya vino mpe ya olive oyo bolonaki te.
14 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
Sik’oyo botosa Yawe mpe bosalela Ye na motema mobimba mpe na bosembo. Bobwaka banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe na Ejipito, mpe bosalela Yawe.
15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Kasi soki bosepeli kosalela Yawe te, bopona lelo nani bolingi kosalela; banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki tango bazalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale to banzambe ya bato ya Amori epai wapi bozali kovanda. Kasi ngai mpe libota na ngai, tokosalela Yawe. »
16 The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
Bato bazongisaki: — Tozali na likanisi te ya kosundola Yawe to ya kosalela banzambe mosusu!
17 For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe na biso; ezali Ye Yawe nde abimisaki biso mpe batata na biso na Ejipito, na mokili wana ya bowumbu, mpe asalaki na miso na biso bilembo minene ya kokamwa. Azalaki kobatela biso na banzela nyonso oyo tozalaki kotambola mpe kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi tozalaki koleka.
18 And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
Yawe abenganaki liboso na biso bikolo nyonso elongo na bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili oyo. Biso mpe tokosalela Yawe, pamba te azali Nzambe na biso.
19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bokokoka kosalela Yawe te, pamba te azali Nzambe ya Bule, Nzambe ya Zuwa; akolimbisa te botomboki mpe masumu na bino.
20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
Soki bosundoli Yawe mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe ya bapaya, akobalukela bino mpo na kosala bino mabe, mpe akosilisa koboma bino sima na kotalisa bino bolamu.
21 “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
Kasi bato balobaki na Jozue: — Te, tokosalela kaka Yawe!
22 Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bozali bino moko batatoli mpo na bino awa boponi kosalela Yawe. Bazongisaki: — Ezali se bongo, tondimi yango, tozali batatoli.
23 “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Jozue alobaki: — Na bongo, bolongola sik’oyo banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino mpe bopesa mitema na bino nyonso epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.
24 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
Bato bazongiselaki Jozue: — Tokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe tokoyoka mongongo na Ye.
25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
Na mokolo wana, Jozue asalaki boyokani elongo na bana ya Isalaele na Sishemi, mpe apesaki bango mibeko mpe bikateli.
26 Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
Bongo, Jozue akomaki makambo wana nyonso na buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe. Akamataki libanga moko ya monene mpe atelemisaki yango wana, na se ya terebente oyo ezalaki kati na Esika ya bule ya Yawe.
27 And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Botala, libanga oyo ekozala litatoli mpo na biso, pamba te esili koyoka maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobi na biso. Ekozala motatoli mpo na kosambisa bino mpo ete bowangana Nzambe na bino te.
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
Boye, Jozue azongisaki bato, moto na moto kati na libula na ye.
29 Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
Sima na makambo oyo, Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, mowumbu na Yawe, akufaki na mibu nkama moko na zomi.
30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Bakundaki ye na mabele ya libula na ye, na Timinati-Sera, na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, na ngambo ya nor ya ngomba Gashi.
31 Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
Bato ya Isalaele basalelaki Yawe tango nyonso Jozue azalaki na bomoi mpe, sima na kufa na ye, tango nyonso bampaka oyo bamonaki misala nyonso ya Yawe mpo na Isalaele bazalaki na bomoi.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
Mpe bakundaki mikuwa ya Jozefi oyo bana ya Isalaele bamemaki wuta na Ejipito na Sishemi, na eteni ya elanga oyo Jakobi asombaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkama moko, epai ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi. Yango ekoma mpe libula ya bakitani ya Jozefi.
33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
Bongo, Eleazari, mwana mobali ya Aron, mpe akufaki. Bakundaki ye na ngomba moke oyo bapesaki na Pineasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi.
