Joshua 23
1 Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,
Ma mgbe ọtụtụ oge gasịrị, site nʼoge Onyenwe anyị mere ka Izrel nwee ezumike nʼebe ndị iro gbara ha okirikiri nọ, Joshua aghọọla agadi, gbaa ọtụtụ afọ.
2 Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:
Ya mere, Joshua kpọrọ ndị Izrel niile, ndị okenye ha, ndị ndu ha, ndị odozi okwu ha na ndịisi ha, sị ha, “Emeela m agadi gbaakwa ọtụtụ afọ.
3 You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.
Unu onwe unu ejirila anya unu hụ ihe niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu mere mba ndị a niile, nʼihi unu. Ọ lụụrụ unu ọgụ, nyere unu aka imeri ndị iro unu.
4 Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.
Unu hụrụ na ekekwarala m unu ala mba ahụ niile nke fọdụrụnụ ka ha bụrụ ihe nketa ebo unu, site na Jọdan, tinyekwara mba niile ndị ahụ m kpochapụrụ nʼakụkụ osimiri Mediterenịa dị na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ.
5 The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.
Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-akwapụ ndị bi nʼime ha nʼihi unu. Ọ ga-achụpụ ha nʼihu unu, mee ka unu nweta ala ha, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere unu nkwa.
6 So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;
“Ya mere, dịnụ ike, lezienụ anya idebezu na irube isi nʼihe niile e dere nʼAkwụkwọ Iwu Mosis. Unu esila nʼime ya wezuga onwe unu nʼụzọ ọbụla.
7 Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
Lezienụ anya ka unu na mba ndị a fọdụrụ nʼala a ghara inwe mmekọ ọbụla. Unu akpọtụkwala chi ha niile aha. Unu aṅụkwala iyi nʼaha ha, maọbụ fee ha ofufe, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha.
8 But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.
Kama raparanụ nʼahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu dịka unu mere ruo taa.
9 For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.
“Onyenwe anyị achụpụla mba dị ukwuu na mba siri ike site nʼebe unu nọ. O nwekwaghị otu mba nʼime ha o kwere ka ha merie unu.
10 One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.
Otu nwoke nʼime unu achụọla puku ndị ikom ndị iro unu ọsọ. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu alụọlara unu ọgụ, dịka ya onwe ya kwere nkwa.
11 So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.
Nʼihi ya, lezienụ onwe unu anya nke ọma ka unu hụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nʼanya.
12 For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
“Ma ọ bụrụ na unu alaghachi azụ, ma kwere ka e jikọọ unu na mba ndị a fọdụrụ nʼetiti unu. Ọ bụrụ na unu na ha ebido ịlụrịta di na nwunye, na-emekọrịta ihe ọnụ,
13 Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
maranụ nke ọma, na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu agaghị achụpụrụ unu mba ndị a site nʼala unu. Kama ha ga-abụrụ unu igbudu na ọnya. Ha ga-abụkwara unu apịpịa nʼakụkụ unu, na ogwu nʼanya unu, ruo mgbe unu ga-ala nʼiyi nʼezi ala a, nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere unu.
14 Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.
“Mgbe na-adịghị anya, mụ onwe m ga-agbaso ụzọ ahụ ndị niile bi nʼụwa na-aghaghị ịgbaso. Unu niile maara nʼime obi unu na nʼime mkpụrụobi unu na o nweghị otu nʼime nkwa ọma Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere nye unu nke na-emezughị. E mezuola nkwa ndị a niile; o nweghị nke ọbụla a na-emezughị.
15 And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord your God has given you.
Ma dịka ezi nkwa niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere si bụrụ ihe e mezuru emezu, otu a kwa ka Onyenwe anyị ga-esi mee ka ihe ọjọọ niile ọ bara mba ya mezuo nʼisi unu, tutu ruo mgbe o mere ka unu laa nʼiyi nʼezi ala ahụ ọ na-enye unu.
16 If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good land which he has given you.
Ọ bụrụ na unu emebie ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, nke o nyere unu iwu idebe, tụgharịa malite ịgbaso na ife chi ndị ọzọ na ịkpọ isiala nye ha, iwe Onyenwe anyị ga-adị ọkụ megide unu, unu ga-alakwa nʼiyi ngwangwa nʼala ọma ahụ o nyere unu.”
