Joshua 8
1 Then the Lord said to Joshua: “You should not fear, and you should not dread. Take with you the entire multitude of fighters, and rising up, ascend to the town of Ai. Behold, I have delivered into your hand its king and people, and the city and the land.
Yawe alobaki na Jozue: « Kobanga te mpe kolemba nzoto te. Kamata elongo na yo basoda nyonso, mata mpe bundisa engumba Ayi. Pamba te nasili kokaba na maboko na yo: mokonzi ya Ayi, bato na ye, engumba na ye, mpe mokili na ye.
2 And you shall do to the city of Ai, and to its king, just as you did to Jericho, and to its king. Yet truly, the spoils, and all the living things, you shall plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.”
Okosala engumba Ayi mpe mokonzi na yango ndenge osalaki Jeriko mpe mokonzi na yango; kasi bokoki kozwa mpo na bino lokola bomengo ya bitumba, biloko mpe bibwele na yango. Bomba basoda na sima ya engumba. »
3 And Joshua rose up, and the entire army of warriors with him, so that they might ascend against Ai. And he sent thirty thousand elect strong men in the night.
Jozue atelemaki elongo na basoda nyonso mpo na kobundisa engumba Ayi. Aponaki bilombe ya bitumba nkoto tuku misato mpe atindaki bango na butu.
4 And he instructed them, saying: “Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.
Apesaki bango mitindo oyo: « Bobombama na sima ya engumba oyo; bozala penza mosika mingi te na engumba, kasi bozala pene.
5 But I and the remainder of the multitude that is with me will approach from the opposite side of the city. And when they come out against us, we will flee and turn our backs, just as we did before,
Ngai mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali elongo na ngai, tokopusana pene ya engumba. Tango bakobima mpo na kobundisa biso lokola na mbala oyo eleki, tokokima liboso na bango.
6 until, pursuing us, they are drawn away from the city. For they will think that we are fleeing as before.
Bakolanda biso, mpe tokobenda bango mosika ya engumba, pamba te bakoloba: ‹ Bazali kokima liboso na biso lokola na mbala oyo eleki, › mpe tokokima liboso na bango.
7 Then, while we are fleeing and they are pursuing, you shall rise up from the ambush, and you shall lay waste to the city. And the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands.
Boye, bino bokobima wuta na bisika oyo bokobombama mpe bokobotola engumba. Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akabi yango na maboko na bino.
8 And when you have seized it, set it on fire. And you shall do all that I have ordered.”
Tango bokobotola engumba, botia yango moto mpe bosala ndenge Yawe alobaki. »
9 And he sent them away, and they traveled to the place of the ambush, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, toward the western region of the city of Ai. But Joshua remained for that night in the midst of the people.
Jozue atindaki bango, mpe bakendeki na esika oyo basengelaki kobombama. Babombamaki na kati-kati ya Beteli mpe Ayi, na ngambo ya weste ya Ayi. Jozue alekisaki butu wana elongo na bana ya Isalaele.
10 And rising at first light, he reviewed his troops, and he went up, with the elders at the front of the army, surrounded by an auxiliary of fighters.
Jozue alamukaki na tongo-tongo penza mpe atalaki ndenge nini basoda na ye bamilengelaki. Sima na yango, alekaki liboso elongo na bakambi ya Isalaele mpo na kokende kobundisa engumba Ayi.
11 And when they had arrived, and had ascended from the opposite side of the city, they stood toward the northern region of the city. And there was a valley in the middle, between them and the city.
Basoda na ye nyonso bapusanaki kino na liboso ya engumba mpe batongaki molako na bango na ngambo ya nor ya Ayi, bongo lubwaku ezalaki kati na bango mpe Ayi.
12 Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.
Jozue azwaki basoda nkoto mitano mpe abombaki bango na kati-kati ya Beteli mpe Ayi, na ngambo ya weste ya engumba.
13 Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of the valley.
Mampinga ya basoda oyo bazalaka na liboso, na bitumba, batongaki molako na bango na ngambo ya nor ya engumba; mpe basoda oyo batikalaka na sima, na ngambo ya weste ya engumba. Na butu wana, Jozue akendeki na kati-kati ya etando.
14 And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
Tango mokonzi ya Ayi amonaki bongo, ye elongo na bato na ye nyonso, bavandi ya engumba, batelemaki na lombangu mpe babimaki mpo na kobundisa Isalaele na esika oyo nzela ekutana, liboso ya Araba. Ayebaki te ete basoda mosusu babombamaki na sima ya engumba.
15 Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness.
Jozue mpe bana nyonso ya Isalaele bakosaki lokola bato oyo basili kokweya na bitumba mpe bakimaki na ngambo ya esobe.
16 And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn from the city,
Babelelaki bato nyonso ya Ayi mpo ete balanda bango. Boye, balandaki Jozue mpe bakendeki mosika ya engumba.
17 and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out, )
Kati na Ayi mpe Beteli, mobali moko te atikalaki oyo azangaki kolanda Isalaele. Batikaki engumba ya kofungwama, wana bazalaki kolanda Isalaele.
18 the Lord said to Joshua: “Lift up the shield that is in your hand, toward the city of Ai. For I will deliver it to you.”
Yawe alobaki na Jozue: « Sembola na ngambo ya Ayi likonga oyo osimbi na loboko, pamba te nalingi kokaba yango na maboko na yo. » Boye Jozue asembolaki na ngambo ya engumba likonga oyo ezalaki na loboko na ye.
19 And when he had lifted up the shield toward the city, the ambush, which lay hidden, rose up quickly. And advancing to the city, they seized it, and set it on fire.
Tango kaka asembolaki loboko, basoda oyo babombamaki babimaki na lombangu wuta na bisika oyo babombamaki, bakotaki na engumba, babotolaki yango mpe batiaki yango moto.
20 Now the men of the city who were pursuing Joshua, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rising up even to heaven, were no longer able to flee in one direction or another, especially since those who had pretended to flee, and who were heading toward the wilderness, had turned back very strongly against those who were pursuing them.
Tango bato ya Ayi batalaki na sima, bamonaki milinga komata na likolo wuta na engumba; moko te akokaki lisusu kokima na ngambo moko to na ngambo mosusu. Bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki kokima na esobe babalukelaki bato oyo bazalaki kolanda bango.
21 And Joshua, and all of Israel, seeing that the city had been captured, and that the smoke of the city was ascending, returned and struck down the men of Ai.
Boye, tango Jozue mpe bana nyonso ya Isalaele bamonaki ete basoda oyo babombamaki bazwi engumba mpe milinga ezali komata wuta na engumba, bazongaki mpe babomaki bato ya Ayi.
22 Then too, those who had seized and set the city on fire, departing from the city toward their own men, began to strike the enemies in the middle. Therefore, since the adversaries were cut off from both sides, none of so great a multitude was saved.
Basoda ya Isalaele oyo babombamaki, babimaki na engumba mpo na kobundisa bango. Bato ya Ayi bakomaki na kati-kati ya basoda ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki, bamoko na ngambo moko, mpe bamosusu, na ngambo mosusu. Basoda ya Isalaele basilisaki koboma bango nyonso, ata moko te atikalaki na bomoi, mpe ata moko te akimaki.
23 Also, they apprehended the king of the city of Ai, alive, and they brought him before Joshua.
Kasi bakangaki ya bomoi mokonzi ya Ayi mpe bamemaki ye epai ya Jozue.
24 And so, after all were slain who had pursued Israel fleeing toward the wilderness, and after they fell by the sword in the same place, the sons of Israel returned and struck the city.
Tango Isalaele asilisaki koboma mibali nyonso ya Ayi, kati na zamba mpe kati na esobe epai wapi balandaki bango, mpe wana bango nyonso basilaki kokufa na mopanga, bana nyonso ya Isalaele bazongaki na Ayi mpe babomaki na mopanga bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kuna.
25 Now there were twelve thousand persons who had fallen on the same day, from man even to woman, the entire city of Ai.
Motango ya bato nyonso oyo bakufaki na mokolo wana, basi mpe mibali, ezalaki nkoto zomi na mibale: bango nyonso bazalaki bato ya Ayi.
26 Truly Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, keeping hold of the shield until all the inhabitants of Ai were put to death.
Jozue akitisaki te loboko na ye, oyo esimbaki likonga kino tango asilisaki koboma bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kovanda na Ayi.
27 Then the sons of Israel divided among themselves the cattle and the plunder of the city, just as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
Kasi Isalaele azwaki mpo na ye, lokola bomengo ya bitumba, bibwele mpe biloko ya engumba yango, kolanda liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na Jozue.
28 And he set fire to the city, and he caused it to be a perpetual tomb.
Jozue atumbaki Ayi mpe akomisaki yango libebi mpo na libela, esika ezanga bato kino na mokolo ya lelo.
29 Also, he suspended the king on a gallows, until evening and the setting of the sun. And Joshua instructed, and they took down his dead body from the hanging tree. And they cast it at the very entrance of the city, gathering a great pile of stones upon it, which remains even to the present day.
Adiembikaki mokonzi ya Ayi, na nzete kino na pokwa; bongo tango moyi elalaki, Jozue atindaki ete balongola ebembe yango na nzete. Babwakaki yango na ekotelo ya ekuke ya engumba mpe batondisaki na likolo na yango liboke monene ya mabanga oyo ezali kino na mokolo ya lelo.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
Jozue atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, na ngomba Ebali,
31 just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed to the sons of Israel, and this was written in the book of the law of Moses: truly, an altar of uncut stones, which iron has not touched. And he offered holocausts upon it to the Lord, and he immolated victims as peace-offerings.
ndenge Moyize, mosali na Yawe, atindaki bana ya Isalaele. Atongaki yango kolanda makambo oyo ekomama kati na buku ya Mobeko ya Moyize: etumbelo etongama na mabanga oyo bakata na esalelo ya ebende te. Na likolo na yango, batiaki mbeka ya kotumba mpo na Yawe mpe babonzaki mbeka ya boyokani.
32 And he wrote on the stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had set in order before the sons of Israel.
Na esika yango, na miso ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele, Jozue akomaki, na likolo ya mabanga, Mobeko oyo Moyize akomaki mpo na bana ya Isalaele.
33 Then all the people, and those greater by birth, and the commanders and judges were standing on both sides of the ark, in the sight of the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, with both the new arrival and the native born, one half part of them beside Mount Gerizim, and one half beside Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed. And first, certainly, he blessed the people of Israel.
Bato nyonso ya Isalaele elongo na bakambi na bango, bakomi mibeko mpe basambisi na bango, batelemaki ngambo na ngambo ya Sanduku ya Boyokani, liboso ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo bazali Balevi mpe bamemaka Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. Mopaya elongo na mwana mboka ya Isalaele bazalaki wana. Ndambo ezalaki liboso ya ngomba Garizimi, mpe ndambo mosusu, liboso ya ngomba Ebali, kolanda mitindo oyo Moyize, mosali na Yawe, apesaki mpo na kopambola bana ya Isalaele.
34 After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing, and all the things that were written in the book of the law.
Sima na yango, Jozue atangaki maloba nyonso ya Mobeko: mapamboli mpe bilakeli mabe kolanda ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya Mobeko.
35 He left nothing untouched out of those things that Moses had ordered, and he repeated everything before the entire multitude of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the new arrivals who were staying among them.
Jozue azangisaki te kotanga, liboso ya lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele, basi, bana mpe bapaya oyo bazalaki kati na bango, maloba nyonso oyo Moyize akomaki.
