Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.
Jozye reyini tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo lavil Sichèm. Li fè rele tout chèf fanmi yo, tout lòt chèf yo, tout jij yo ak tout notab yo. Yo parèt devan lotèl Seyè a.
2 And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.
Jozye di pèp la konsa: -Men sa Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Lontan lontan, zansèt nou yo, Terak ak de pitit gason l' yo, Abraram ak Nakò, t'ap viv nan yon peyi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat, kote yo t'ap sèvi lòt bondye.
3 Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,
Lè sa a, mwen pran Abraram lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, mwen fè l' travèse tout peyi Kanaran an. Mwen ba li anpil pitit pitit. Pou konmanse, mwen ba li Izarak.
4 and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.
Apre sa, mwen bay Izarak de pitit: Jakòb ak Ezaou. Mwen bay Ezaou tout mòn Seyi a pou li. Men Jakòb desann nan peyi Lejip ansanm ak tout pitit li yo.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and portents.
Apre sa, mwen voye Moyiz ak Arawon nan peyi Lejip. Mwen fè gwo malè tonbe sou peyi a pou pini moun li yo. Mwen fè nou soti kite peyi a.
6 And I led you and your fathers away from Egypt, and you arrived at the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.
Lè mwen fè zansèt nou yo soti kite peyi Lejip, yo rive bò lanmè Wouj la. Moun peyi Lejip yo pran kouri dèyè yo ak cha lagè yo ak kavalye yo jouk lanmè Wouj la.
7 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Zansèt nou yo rele nan pye m', mwen mete yon fènwa nan mitan yo ak moun peyi Lejip yo. Mwen fè lanmè a vini sou moun peyi Lejip yo, li kouvri yo. Nou te wè ak je nou sa mwen te fè moun peyi Lejip yo. Apre sa, nou pase anpil tan ap viv nan dezè a.
8 And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.
Lèfini, mwen fè nou antre nan peyi moun Amori yo, lòt bò larivyè Jouden, sou bò solèy leve. Yo leve goumen ak nou. Men mwen lage yo nan men nou. Nou pran peyi yo a pou nou. Mwen disparèt yo devan nou kote nou pase.
9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.
Apre sa, Balak, pitit gason Zipò a, wa peyi Moab, leve vin fè nou lagè. Li fè chache Balaram, pitit gason Peyò a, pou l' vin ban nou madichon.
10 And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.
Men, mwen pa koute l'. Konsa, li te blije ban nou benediksyon. Se konsa mwen sove nou nan men Balak.
11 And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.
Lèfini, nou janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden, nou rive lavil Jeriko. Moun ki te rete lavil Jeriko yo pran goumen ak nou. Moun Amori yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun Kanaran yo, moun Et yo, moun Gigach yo, moun Evi yo ak moun Jebis yo fè menm bagay la tou. Mwen lage yo tout nan men nou.
12 And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.
Mwen voye yon kantite gèp panyòl devan nou. Yo fè de wa moun Amori yo kouri met deyò anvan nou rive sou yo. Se pa t' ni banza nou yo ni nepe nou yo ki te fè sa!
13 And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’
Apre sa, mwen ban nou tè nou pa t' janm travay plante. Mwen ban nou anpil lavil nou pa t' janm bati. Se la nou rete koulye a. N'ap manje rezen nan pye rezen nou pa t' plante, oliv nan pye oliv nou pa t' plante.
14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
Koulye a menm, se pou nou gen krentif pou Seyè a, se pou nou sèvi l' ak tout kè nou tout bon vre. Voye bondye zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la ak nan peyi Lejip la jete! Sèvi Seyè a.
15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Men, si nou pa vle sèvi Seyè a, depi koulye a chwazi sa nou vle sèvi a: oswa bondye zansèt nou yo t'ap sèvi nan peyi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, osinon bondye moun Amori yo t'ap sèvi nan peyi kote n'ap viv koulye a. Men, pou mwen menm ansanm ak tout moun lakay mwen, se Seyè a n'ap sèvi.
16 And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
Pèp la reponn! -Nou p'ap janm fè lide vire do bay Seyè a pou n' al sèvi lòt bondye.
17 The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki te fè nou soti ansanm ak zansèt nou yo nan esklavaj nou te ye nan peyi Lejip la. Se li menm ki te fè tout gwo mèvèy sa yo devan je nou. Se li menm ki te pwoteje nou tout kote nou pase, nan mitan tout nasyon sa yo, lè nou t'ap travèse peyi yo.
18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
Se Seyè a ki te chase tout pèp sa yo pou yo te fè plas pou nou ansanm ak moun Amori yo ki te rete nan peyi a. Nou menm tou, se Seyè a n'ap sèvi, paske se limenm ki Bondye nou.
19 And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.
Lè sa a, Jozye di pèp la: -Nou p'ap ka sèvi Seyè a, paske Seyè a se yon Bondye ki apa, yon Bondye ki fè jalouzi. Li p'ap janm padonnen peche nou yo ak sa n'ap fè ki mal.
20 If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.”
Si nou lage Seyè a, si n' al sèvi lòt bondye, Seyè a pral leve dèyè nou. Atout li te fin fè tout byen sa yo pou nou, l'a pini nou, l'a fini nèt ak nou.
21 And the people said to Joshua, “By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord.”
Pèp la reponn: -Non. Sa p'ap janm rive. Se Seyè a n'ap sèvi!
22 And Joshua said to the people, “You yourselves are witnesses, that you have chosen the Lord so that you may serve him.” And they answered, “We are witnesses.”
Lè sa a, Jozye di pèp la: -Mwen pran nou sèvi temwen, se nou menm menm ki chwazi se Seyè a n'ap sèvi. Yo reponn: -Wi, nou tout temwen.
23 “Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Jozye di yo lè sa a: -Koulye a, se pou nou pran tout bondye lòt pèp ki nan mitan nou ap sèvi yo, voye yo jete. Se pou nou apiye nèt ak tout kè nou sou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”
Pèp la reponn li: -Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, n'ap sèvi. N'ap koute tou sa li di nou fè.
25 Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.
Se konsa, jou sa a, Jozye pase yon kontra avèk pèp la lavil Sichèm. Li ba yo tout lwa ak tout regleman pou yo swiv.
26 He also wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord. And he took a very great stone, and he stationed it under the oak that was in the Sanctuary of the Lord.
Jozye ekri yo tout nan liv lalwa Bondye a. Li pran yon gwo wòch, li plante l' kanpe anba pye chenn ki te anndan kote yo te mete apa pou Seyè a.
27 And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”
Epi Jozye di pèp la konsa: -Nou wè wòch sa a! Enben, l'ap sèvi yon mak pou l' fè nou chonje paske li te tande tout pawòl Seyè a te di nou. L'ap sèvi yon mak pou l' fè nou chonje pou nou pa janm vire do bay Bondye nou an!
28 And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.
Apre sa, Jozye voye pèp la ale, chak moun sou pòsyon tè ki te vin pou fanmi yo.
29 And after these things, Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
Apre tout bagay sa yo, Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, sèvitè Seyè a, mouri. Li te gen sandizan (110 an).
30 And they buried him within the borders of his possession at Timnath-Serah, which is situated on mount Ephraim, before the northern side of mount Gaash.
Yo antere l' sou tè ki te pou li a, nan zòn Timnat-Sera, nan mòn ki pou branch fanmi Efrayim lan, sou bò nò mòn Gach.
31 And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel.
Pèp Izrayèl la te sèvi Seyè a pandan tout tan Jozye te vivan an, epi apre sa, pandan tout tan chèf ki te konnen sa Seyè a te fè pou pèp Izrayèl la te vivan toujou.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.
Pèp Izrayèl la te pran zosman Jozèf yo avèk yo lè yo t'ap soti kite peyi Lejip. Yo antere zosman yo sou moso tè Jakòb te achte nan men pitit Amò yo pou san pyès ajan. Se Amò sa a ki te papa Sichèm. Moso tè a rete pou pitit pitit Jozèf yo.
33 Likewise, Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him at Gibeah, which belongs to Phinehas, his son, and which was given to him on mount Ephraim.
Apre sa, lè Eleaza, pitit gason Arawon an, mouri, yo antere l' sou ti mòn ki te pou Fineas, pitit gason l' lan. Yo te ba li ti mòn sa a ki nan mitan mòn ki pou branch fanmi Efrayim lan.
