Joshua 24

1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Na Yosua frɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa, wɔn mpanimfoɔ, ntuanofoɔ, atemmufoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ kɔɔ Sekem. Na wɔn nyinaa baa Onyankopɔn anim.

2 And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods.

Yosua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ nie: Mo tete agyanom, Tera a ɔyɛ Abraham agya ne Nahor tenaa Asubɔnten Eufrate agya nohoa na wɔsomm anyame foforɔ.

3 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

Nanso, mefaa mo agya Abraham firii asase a ɛda Eufrate agya hɔ de no baa Kanaan asase so. Mefaa ne ba Isak so maa nʼasefoɔ dɔɔso.

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Mede Yakob ne Esau maa Isak. Mede Seir bepɔman no maa Esau, ɛnna Yakob ne ne mma siane kɔɔ Misraim.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof; and afterward I brought you out.

“Na mesomaa Mose ne Aaron, na mede ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu baa Misraimfoɔ no so na akyire yi, meyii mo firii hɔ ma monyaa ahofadie.

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.

Ɛberɛ a mo agyanom duruu Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ ho no, Misraimfoɔ no de wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn apɔnkɔkafoɔ taa wɔn.

7 And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

Mosu frɛɛ Awurade no, mede esum bɛtoo mo ne Misraimfoɔ no ntam, memaa Ɛpo no bu faa wɔn so kataa wɔn so. Mo ankasa mode mo ani hunuu deɛ meyɛeɛ. Afei motenaa ɛserɛ so mfeɛ bebree.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan; and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

“Mede mo baa Amorifoɔ asase so wɔ Yordan apueeɛ fam. Wɔne mo koeɛ, nanso memaa modii wɔn so nkonim na mofaa wɔn asase.

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak hyɛɛ aseɛ ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam sɛ ɔnnome mo.

10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he even blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.

Nanso, mantie no, na mmom mema ɔhyiraa mo, na megyee mo firii Balak nsam.

11 And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

“Na motwaa Asubɔnten Yordan baa Yeriko no, Yeriko mmarima ko tiaa mo. Na nkurɔfoɔ pii nso ko tiaa mo a Amorifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ ka ho. Nanso, mema modii wɔn so nkonim.

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Afei, mesomaa nnowa dii mo anim ma wɔkɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ahemfo baanu no. Ɛnyɛ mo akofena anaa mo agyan na ɛma modii nkonim.

13 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Memaa mo asase a ɛnyɛ mo na modii ho dwuma, maa mo nkuropɔn a ɛnyɛ mo na mokyekyereeɛ, nkuropɔn a mote mu seesei no. Memaa mo bobe nturo ne ngo dua mfuo sɛ mobɛnya aduane, a mpo ɛnyɛ mo na moduaeɛ.

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

“Enti, monni Awurade ni, na momfa mo akoma nyinaa nsom no. Monto ahoni a mo agyanom somee no wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔte Asubɔnten Eufrate agya ne Misraim no nyinaa ngu korakora. Monsom Awurade nko ara.

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'

Sɛ nso mompɛ sɛ mosom Awurade a, ɛnnɛ yi ara, monkyerɛ deɛ mobɛsom no. Anyame a mo agyanom somm wɔn wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔwɔ Eufrate agya no na mopɛ? Anaa Amorifoɔ a mote wɔn asase so seesei no anyame? Na me ne me fie deɛ, yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

16 And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

Na ɔman no buaa sɛ, “Yɛrempa Awurade akyi nkɔsom anyame foforɔ.

17 for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;

Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn na ɔgyee yɛn ne yɛn agyanom firii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim. Ɔyɛɛ anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ wɔ yɛn anim. Na yɛfaa ɛserɛ so wɔ yɛn atamfoɔ mu no, ɔbɔɔ yɛn ho ban.

18 and the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land; therefore we also will serve the LORD; for He is our God.'

Ɛyɛ Awurade na ɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ne aman foforɔ a na wɔte asase yi so no. Enti yɛn nso, yɛbɛsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno nko ne yɛn Onyankopɔn.”

19 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Morentumi nsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ kronkron ne ninkunfoɔ Onyankopɔn. Ɔremfa mo atuateɛ ne mo bɔne nkyɛ mo.

20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that He hath done you good.'

Sɛ mopa Awurade akyi na mosom anyame foforɔ a, ɔbɛdane atia mo, asɛe mo a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔne mo adi no yie.”

21 And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.'

Nnipa no buaa Yosua sɛ, “Dabi, yɛasi yɛn adwene pi sɛ yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

22 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. — And they said: 'We are witnesses.' —

Yosua nso kaa sɛ, “Mobɛbu saa gyinaeɛ yi ho akonta. Moaka sɛ mobɛsom Awurade.” Wɔbuaeɛ sɛ, “Aane, yɛbɛbu ho akonta.”

23 Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.'

Yosua kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monsɛe ahoni a mowɔ nyinaa na momfa mo akoma nto Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn so.”

24 And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'

Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Yɛbɛsom Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn. Yɛbɛyɛ ɔsetie ama ɔno nko ara.”

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Enti, Yosua ne nnipa no yɛɛ apam saa ɛda no wɔ Sekem, de wɔn hyɛɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a emu yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ wɔne Awurade ntam.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

Yosua twerɛɛ yeinom nyinaa guu Onyankopɔn Mmara Nwoma no mu. Ɔfaa ɔbotan kɛseɛ bi pire kɔtoo odum dua bi a ɛbɛn Awurade ntomadan no ase sɛ nkaeɛ adeɛ.

27 And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke unto us; it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.'

Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Saa ɔbotan yi ate biribiara a Awurade aka akyerɛ yɛn no. Sɛ moanni mo Onyankopɔn nokorɛ a, ɛbɛyɛ adansedeɛ atia mo.”

28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

Afei, Yosua gyaa nnipa no kwan maa obiara kɔɔ nʼagyapadeɛ so.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

Asɛm yi akyi, ankyɛre na Nun babarima Yosua, Awurade ɔsomfoɔ wuiɛ. Ɔdii mfirinhyia ɔha ne edu.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Wɔsiee no wɔ nʼagyapadeɛ asase so wɔ Timnat-Sera a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔ asase so, wɔ Gaas Bepɔ atifi fam.

31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.

Na Israel somm Awurade wɔ Yosua, ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔanyinyini sene noɔ a wɔhunuu deɛ Awurade yɛ maa Israel wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Na Yosef nnompe a Israelfoɔ de firi Misraim baeɛ no, wɔsiee wɔ Sekem wɔ asasetam bi a Yakob tɔɔ no dwetɛ mpɔ ɔha firii Hamor mmammarima nkyɛn no so. Na saa asase yi wɔ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuo a wɔyɛ Yosef asefoɔ asase kyɛfa a wɔde maa wɔn no so.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the Hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

Aaron babarima Eleasa nso wuiɛ. Wɔsiee no wɔ Efraim bepɔ asase no so wɔ Gibea kuro no a na wɔde ama ne babarima Pinehas no mu.