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.

Na Yosua frɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa, wɔn mpanimfoɔ, ntuanofoɔ, atemmufoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ kɔɔ Sekem. Na wɔn nyinaa baa Onyankopɔn anim.

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.

Yosua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ nie: Mo tete agyanom, Tera a ɔyɛ Abraham agya ne Nahor tenaa Asubɔnten Eufrate agya nohoa na wɔsomm anyame foforɔ.

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,

Nanso, mefaa mo agya Abraham firii asase a ɛda Eufrate agya hɔ de no baa Kanaan asase so. Mefaa ne ba Isak so maa nʼasefoɔ dɔɔso.

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.

Mede Yakob ne Esau maa Isak. Mede Seir bepɔman no maa Esau, ɛnna Yakob ne ne mma siane kɔɔ Misraim.

5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.

“Na mesomaa Mose ne Aaron, na mede ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu baa Misraimfoɔ no so na akyire yi, meyii mo firii hɔ ma monyaa ahofadie.

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.

Ɛberɛ a mo agyanom duruu Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ ho no, Misraimfoɔ no de wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn apɔnkɔkafoɔ taa wɔn.

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.

Mosu frɛɛ Awurade no, mede esum bɛtoo mo ne Misraimfoɔ no ntam, memaa Ɛpo no bu faa wɔn so kataa wɔn so. Mo ankasa mode mo ani hunuu deɛ meyɛeɛ. Afei motenaa ɛserɛ so mfeɛ bebree.

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.

“Mede mo baa Amorifoɔ asase so wɔ Yordan apueeɛ fam. Wɔne mo koeɛ, nanso memaa modii wɔn so nkonim na mofaa wɔn asase.

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,

Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak hyɛɛ aseɛ ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam sɛ ɔnnome mo.

10 but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

Nanso, mantie no, na mmom mema ɔhyiraa mo, na megyee mo firii Balak nsam.

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.

“Na motwaa Asubɔnten Yordan baa Yeriko no, Yeriko mmarima ko tiaa mo. Na nkurɔfoɔ pii nso ko tiaa mo a Amorifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ ka ho. Nanso, mema modii wɔn so nkonim.

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.

Afei, mesomaa nnowa dii mo anim ma wɔkɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ahemfo baanu no. Ɛnyɛ mo akofena anaa mo agyan na ɛma modii nkonim.

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.’

Memaa mo asase a ɛnyɛ mo na modii ho dwuma, maa mo nkuropɔn a ɛnyɛ mo na mokyekyereeɛ, nkuropɔn a mote mu seesei no. Memaa mo bobe nturo ne ngo dua mfuo sɛ mobɛnya aduane, a mpo ɛnyɛ mo na moduaeɛ.

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.

“Enti, monni Awurade ni, na momfa mo akoma nyinaa nsom no. Monto ahoni a mo agyanom somee no wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔte Asubɔnten Eufrate agya ne Misraim no nyinaa ngu korakora. Monsom Awurade nko ara.

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!”

Sɛ nso mompɛ sɛ mosom Awurade a, ɛnnɛ yi ara, monkyerɛ deɛ mobɛsom no. Anyame a mo agyanom somm wɔn wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔwɔ Eufrate agya no na mopɛ? Anaa Amorifoɔ a mote wɔn asase so seesei no anyame? Na me ne me fie deɛ, yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

16 The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

Na ɔman no buaa sɛ, “Yɛrempa Awurade akyi nkɔsom anyame foforɔ.

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.

Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn na ɔgyee yɛn ne yɛn agyanom firii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim. Ɔyɛɛ anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ wɔ yɛn anim. Na yɛfaa ɛserɛ so wɔ yɛn atamfoɔ mu no, ɔbɔɔ yɛn ho ban.

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!”

Ɛyɛ Awurade na ɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ne aman foforɔ a na wɔte asase yi so no. Enti yɛn nso, yɛbɛsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno nko ne yɛn Onyankopɔn.”

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.

Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Morentumi nsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ kronkron ne ninkunfoɔ Onyankopɔn. Ɔremfa mo atuateɛ ne mo bɔne nkyɛ mo.

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.”

Sɛ mopa Awurade akyi na mosom anyame foforɔ a, ɔbɛdane atia mo, asɛe mo a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔne mo adi no yie.”

21 “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

Nnipa no buaa Yosua sɛ, “Dabi, yɛasi yɛn adwene pi sɛ yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

22 Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

Yosua nso kaa sɛ, “Mobɛbu saa gyinaeɛ yi ho akonta. Moaka sɛ mobɛsom Awurade.” Wɔbuaeɛ sɛ, “Aane, yɛbɛbu ho akonta.”

23 “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

Yosua kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monsɛe ahoni a mowɔ nyinaa na momfa mo akoma nto Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn so.”

24 So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Yɛbɛsom Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn. Yɛbɛyɛ ɔsetie ama ɔno nko ara.”

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

Enti, Yosua ne nnipa no yɛɛ apam saa ɛda no wɔ Sekem, de wɔn hyɛɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a emu yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ wɔne Awurade ntam.

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.

Yosua twerɛɛ yeinom nyinaa guu Onyankopɔn Mmara Nwoma no mu. Ɔfaa ɔbotan kɛseɛ bi pire kɔtoo odum dua bi a ɛbɛn Awurade ntomadan no ase sɛ nkaeɛ adeɛ.

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.”

Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Saa ɔbotan yi ate biribiara a Awurade aka akyerɛ yɛn no. Sɛ moanni mo Onyankopɔn nokorɛ a, ɛbɛyɛ adansedeɛ atia mo.”

28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Afei, Yosua gyaa nnipa no kwan maa obiara kɔɔ nʼagyapadeɛ so.

29 Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Asɛm yi akyi, ankyɛre na Nun babarima Yosua, Awurade ɔsomfoɔ wuiɛ. Ɔdii mfirinhyia ɔha ne edu.

30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Wɔsiee no wɔ nʼagyapadeɛ asase so wɔ Timnat-Sera a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔ asase so, wɔ Gaas Bepɔ atifi fam.

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.

Na Israel somm Awurade wɔ Yosua, ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔanyinyini sene noɔ a wɔhunuu deɛ Awurade yɛ maa Israel wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.

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.

Na Yosef nnompe a Israelfoɔ de firi Misraim baeɛ no, wɔsiee wɔ Sekem wɔ asasetam bi a Yakob tɔɔ no dwetɛ mpɔ ɔha firii Hamor mmammarima nkyɛn no so. Na saa asase yi wɔ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuo a wɔyɛ Yosef asefoɔ asase kyɛfa a wɔde maa wɔn no so.

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.

Aaron babarima Eleasa nso wuiɛ. Wɔsiee no wɔ Efraim bepɔ asase no so wɔ Gibea kuro no a na wɔde ama ne babarima Pinehas no mu.