Joshua 24
1 Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Then he called the elders, leaders, judges, and officials and they came and stood before the Tabernacle of God.
Jozue asangisaki mabota nyonso ya Isalaele na Sishemi. Abengisaki bampaka, bakambi, basambisi mpe bakalaka ya Isalaele; mpe bango bayaki liboso ya Nzambe.
2 Joshua said to all the people, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Long, long ago your forefathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Wuta kala, bakoko na bino mpe Tera, tata ya Abrayami mpe Naori, bavandaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe bazalaki kosalela banzambe mosusu.
3 I brought your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.
Kasi nabimisaki tata na bino, Abrayami, wuta na mokili oyo ezalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale, natambolisaki ye na mokili mobimba ya Kanana mpe napesaki ye bakitani ebele. Napesaki ye Izaki;
4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to own, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
mpe na nzela ya Izaki, napesaki ye Jakobi mpe Ezawu. Napesaki mokili ya bangomba Seiri epai ya Ezawu, kasi Jakobi elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, bakendeki na Ejipito.
5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought plagues on the people of Egypt, and I brought you out.
Boye, natindaki Moyize mpe Aron; nabetaki Ejipito kolanda makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki kuna mpe nabimisaki bino kuna.
6 Yes, I brought your forefathers out, but when you arrived at the Red Sea the Egyptians were chasing after your forefathers with chariots and horsemen.
Tango nabimisaki batata na bino na Ejipito, bakomaki kino na ebale monene ya Barozo, bato ya Ejipito balandaki bango na bashar mpe na basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda kino na Ebale monene ya Motane.
7 Your forefathers called out to the Lord for help, and he placed darkness between you and the Egyptians. Then he brought the sea back over them and they drowned. You saw what I did with your own eyes in Egypt. Then you lived for many years in the wilderness.
Batata na bino bagangaki epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi, mpe Yawe atiaki molili kati na bino mpe bato ya Ejipito, azindisaki bango na mayi ya Ebale monene oyo ezipaki bango. Miso na bino moko emonaki makambo oyo nasalaki bato ya Ejipito. Mpe bowumelaki mibu ebele na esobe.
8 After that I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought against you but I handed them over to you to defeat and you took over their land. I destroyed them before you.
Namemaki bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, oyo bazalaki kovanda na ngambo ya este ya Yordani. Babundisaki bino kasi nakabaki bango na maboko na bino. Nabomaki bango na miso na bino mpe bobotolaki mokili na bango.
9 When Balak, son of Zippor, the king of Moab, wanted to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam, son of Beor, to come and curse you.
Tango Balaki, mwana mobali ya Tsipori, mokonzi ya Moabi, abimaki mpo na kobundisa Isalaele, atindaki ete baluka Balami, mwana mobali ya Beori, mpo ete alakela bino mabe.
10 But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam, so instead he blessed you repeatedly, and saved you from Balak.
Kasi naboyaki koyoka Balami, boye akomaki nde kopambola bino tango na tango mpe nakangolaki bino na loboko na ye.
11 You crossed the Jordan and arrived at Jericho where the men of Jericho fought against you. So did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Boye bokatisaki Yordani mpe bokomaki na engumba Jeriko. Bavandi ya Jeriko babundisaki bino ndenge kaka bato ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Girigazi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi, basalaki; kasi nakabaki bango mpe na maboko na bino.
12 But I handed them over to you to defeat. And I sent the hornet before you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. You did not win using your swords or your bows!
Natindelaki bango liboso na bino, banzoyi ya minene oyo ebenganaki bango mosika na bino, na bakonzi mibale ya Amori. Bosalaki yango na mipanga mpe na matolotolo na bino te.
13 I gave you a land you didn't work for and towns you didn't build. Now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves you didn't plant.’
Boye, napesaki bino mokili oyo bino bomonelaki pasi te mpe bingumba oyo bino botongaki te. Bokomaki kovanda kuna, kolia bambuma ya bilanga ya vino mpe ya olive oyo bolonaki te.
14 So respect the Lord and worship him, sincerely and faithfully. Get rid of the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.
Sik’oyo botosa Yawe mpe bosalela Ye na motema mobimba mpe na bosembo. Bobwaka banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe na Ejipito, mpe bosalela Yawe.
15 But if you don't want to worship the Lord, choose today who you want to worship! Is it going to be the gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the Euphrates? Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you're now living? But as for me and my family, we will worship the Lord!”
Kasi soki bosepeli kosalela Yawe te, bopona lelo nani bolingi kosalela; banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki tango bazalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale to banzambe ya bato ya Amori epai wapi bozali kovanda. Kasi ngai mpe libota na ngai, tokosalela Yawe. »
16 The people responded, “We are never going to give up on the Lord and worship other gods!
Bato bazongisaki: — Tozali na likanisi te ya kosundola Yawe to ya kosalela banzambe mosusu!
17 For the Lord our God brought us and our forefathers out of slavery in Egypt. He was the one who did great miracles before our very eyes. He looked after us on the way as we traveled through the lands of many nations.
Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe na biso; ezali Ye Yawe nde abimisaki biso mpe batata na biso na Ejipito, na mokili wana ya bowumbu, mpe asalaki na miso na biso bilembo minene ya kokamwa. Azalaki kobatela biso na banzela nyonso oyo tozalaki kotambola mpe kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi tozalaki koleka.
18 The Lord drove out before us the Amorites and all the other nations who were living in the land. So we will worship the Lord, for he is our God!”
Yawe abenganaki liboso na biso bikolo nyonso elongo na bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili oyo. Biso mpe tokosalela Yawe, pamba te azali Nzambe na biso.
19 Joshua told the people, “Remember that the Lord is a holy and jealous God. You won't be able to worship him, and he won't forgive your rebellion and sins
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bokokoka kosalela Yawe te, pamba te azali Nzambe ya Bule, Nzambe ya Zuwa; akolimbisa te botomboki mpe masumu na bino.
20 if you give up on him and worship foreign gods. He will turn against you and destroy you despite all the good he has done for you.”
Soki bosundoli Yawe mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe ya bapaya, akobalukela bino mpo na kosala bino mabe, mpe akosilisa koboma bino sima na kotalisa bino bolamu.
21 “Don't say that!” the people replied. “We will worship the Lord!”
Kasi bato balobaki na Jozue: — Te, tokosalela kaka Yawe!
22 Then Joshua cautioned the people, “You have made yourselves witnesses against yourselves by saying that you have chosen to worship the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” the people replied.
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bozali bino moko batatoli mpo na bino awa boponi kosalela Yawe. Bazongisaki: — Ezali se bongo, tondimi yango, tozali batatoli.
23 “Then get rid of those foreign gods you have and promise to be loyal only to the Lord, the God of Israel,” Joshua told them.
Jozue alobaki: — Na bongo, bolongola sik’oyo banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino mpe bopesa mitema na bino nyonso epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.
24 The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and we will obey him.”
Bato bazongiselaki Jozue: — Tokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe tokoyoka mongongo na Ye.
25 So Joshua made a solemn agreement between the people and the Lord that day in Shechem, obligating them to follow all the Lord's laws and instructions.
Na mokolo wana, Jozue asalaki boyokani elongo na bana ya Isalaele na Sishemi, mpe apesaki bango mibeko mpe bikateli.
26 Joshua recorded this in the Book of the Law of God, and he set up a large stone under the oak tree near the Lord's sanctuary.
Bongo, Jozue akomaki makambo wana nyonso na buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe. Akamataki libanga moko ya monene mpe atelemisaki yango wana, na se ya terebente oyo ezalaki kati na Esika ya bule ya Yawe.
27 Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Botala, libanga oyo ekozala litatoli mpo na biso, pamba te esili koyoka maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobi na biso. Ekozala motatoli mpo na kosambisa bino mpo ete bowangana Nzambe na bino te.
28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, sending them to their allotted lands.
Boye, Jozue azongisaki bato, moto na moto kati na libula na ye.
29 Later, after all this, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.
Sima na makambo oyo, Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, mowumbu na Yawe, akufaki na mibu nkama moko na zomi.
30 They buried him in Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash, the land he had been allocated.
Bakundaki ye na mabele ya libula na ye, na Timinati-Sera, na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, na ngambo ya nor ya ngomba Gashi.
31 The Israelites continued to worship the Lord throughout Joshua's life, and throughout the lifetimes of the elders who outlived him, those who had seen all that the Lord had done for Israel.
Bato ya Isalaele basalelaki Yawe tango nyonso Jozue azalaki na bomoi mpe, sima na kufa na ye, tango nyonso bampaka oyo bamonaki misala nyonso ya Yawe mpo na Isalaele bazalaki na bomoi.
32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought with them from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the piece of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's sons.
Mpe bakundaki mikuwa ya Jozefi oyo bana ya Isalaele bamemaki wuta na Ejipito na Sishemi, na eteni ya elanga oyo Jakobi asombaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkama moko, epai ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi. Yango ekoma mpe libula ya bakitani ya Jozefi.
33 And Eleazar, son of Aaron, died and they buried him at Gibeah, in the hill country of Ephraim, land which had been given to his son Phinehas.
Bongo, Eleazari, mwana mobali ya Aron, mpe akufaki. Bakundaki ye na ngomba moke oyo bapesaki na Pineasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi.
