Joshua 3
1 And Josue rose before daylight, and removed the camp: and they departed from Setim, and came to the Jordan, he, and all the children of Israel, and they abode there for three days.
Yosua kple Israelviwo katã fɔ ŋdi kanya, eye wodze mɔ tso Sitim va ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la to le fiẽ me. Wotsi afi ma dɔ ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo hafi tso tɔsisi la.
2 After which, the heralds went through the midst of the camp,
Le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia gbe la, kplɔlawo tsa le asaɖa la me,
3 And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before:
eye woɖe gbeƒã na ameawo be, “Ne miekpɔ nunɔlawo, ame siwo nye Levitɔwo wokɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe nubablaɖaka la, ekema miho miadze wo yome.
4 And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.
Mieva afi sia kpɔ o, eya ta nunɔlawo afia afi si miayi la mi, gake migate ɖe nubablaɖaka la ŋu kplikplikpli o; mina dometsotso abe kilomita ɖeka ene nanɔ miawo kple nubablaɖaka la dome. Mikpɔ egbɔ be yewomete ɖe eŋu wu nenema o.”
5 And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Yosua gblɔ na ameawo be, “Mikɔ mia ɖokuiwo ŋuti, elabena etsɔ la, Yehowa le nukunu gã aɖe wɔ ge.”
6 And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. And they obeyed his commands, and took it up and walked before them.
Yosua gblɔ na nunɔlawo le ŋdi me be, “Mikɔ nubablaɖaka la, eye miakplɔ mí atso Yɔdan tɔsisi lae!” Ale wodze mɔ.
7 And the Lord said to Josue: This day will I begin to exalt thee before Israel: that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I am with thee also.
Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be, “Made bubu gã aɖe ŋuwò egbe ale be, Israelviwo katã nanya be meli kpli wò abe ale si menɔ kple Mose ene.
8 And do thou command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, and say to them: When you shall have entered into part of the water of the Jordan, stand in it.
Gblɔ na nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la be woatɔ ɖe tɔsisi la nu.”
9 And Josue said to the children of Israel: Come hither and hear the word of the Lord your God.
Yosua ƒo ƒu Israelviwo katã nu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miva miase nya si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la gblɔ.
10 And again he said: By this you shall know that the Lord the living God is in the midst of you, and that he shall destroy before your sight the Chanaanite and the Hethite, the Hevite and the Pherezite, the Gergesite also and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite.
Egbe la, miadze sii kɔtɛe be Mawu gbagbe la le mia dome, eye wòanya Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Hivitɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Girgasitɔwo, Amoritɔwo, kple Yebusitɔwo le anyigba si xɔ ge míala fifia la dzi.
11 Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you into the Jordan.
Mibu eŋu kpɔ! Mawu, ame si nye Aƒetɔ na xexea me katã la ƒe nubablaɖaka akplɔ mí atso tɔsisi lae!
12 Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.
“Fifia la, mitia ame wuieve, ame ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me hena dɔ tɔxɛ aɖe wɔwɔ.
13 And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the God of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap.
Ne nunɔla siwo kɔ Yehowa, anyigba la katã ƒe Aƒetɔ ƒe nubablaɖaka la, ka afɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la me teti ko la, eƒe tsi siwo le sisim yi anyigbeme la nu atso, eye woazu gli.”
14 So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant. went on before them.
Ale esi ameawo do le asaɖa la me yina be woatso Yɔdan tɔsisia la, nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la dze ŋgɔ na wo.
15 And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel, )
Azɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la ɖɔ, gbagba le nuŋeɣi katã, gake esi nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la nu, eye woƒe afɔ ka tɔsisi la to teti ko la,
16 The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.
dzigbetsi la dzudzɔ sisi, eye wòzu gli le adzɔge na wo le du aɖe si woyɔna be Adam la gbɔ le Zaretan lɔƒo. Ke tsi si nɔ sisim yina ɖe anyigbeme la si yi ɖe Araba alo Dzeƒu la me. Ale tsi la ƒe sisi tɔ keŋkeŋ, eye ameawo tso tɔsisi la ɖi go ɖe Yeriko kasa.
17 And the people marched over against Jericho: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over through the channel that was dried up.
Nunɔla siwo kɔ Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la tɔ ɖe anyigba ƒuƒui dzi le Yɔdan tɔsisi la titina, ale Israelviwo katã tso eme va se ɖe esime dukɔ blibo la tso tɔsisi la le anyigba ƒuƒu dzi.
