Joshua 23

1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

Sima na Yawe kopesa bopemi na Isalaele liboso ya banguna nyonso oyo bazingelaki bango, elekaki tango molayi. Bongo, Jozue akomaki mobange, mpe mibu ya bomoi na ye epusanaki makasi.

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age:

Boye, Jozue abengisaki Isalaele mobimba: bampaka na yango, bakambi na yango, basambisi elongo na bakalaka na yango. Alobaki na bango: « Nakomi mobange mpe mibu ya bomoi na ngai epusani makasi.

3 And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you.

Bino moko bomonaki makambo nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, asalaki liboso ya bikolo oyo nyonso mpo na bolamu na bino, pamba te ezalaki Yawe, Nzambe na bino, nde azalaki kobundela bino.

4 Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.

Bobosana te ndenge nini nazalaki kobeta zeke mpo na kokabolela mabota na bino lokola libula, mokili ya bikolo oyo etikali mpe ya bikolo oyo nabotolaki wuta na Yordani kino na Ebale monene, na ngambo ya weste.

5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised to you.

Yawe, Nzambe na bino, nde akobengana bango, Ye moko, mosika liboso na bino; akobengana bango liboso na bino mpe bokozwa mokili na bango ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na bino, alakaki.

6 Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

Boyika mpiko mpe bosenzela mpo na kotosa makambo nyonso oyo ekomama kati na buku ya Mobeko ya Moyize; bokende libanda na yango te.

7 That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them:

Bosala boyokani te elongo na bikolo mosusu oyo etikali kati na bino, bobelela bakombo ya banzambe na yango te to mpe bolapa ndayi na bakombo na yango te. Bomeka kosalela yango te mpe bofukamela yango te.

8 But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Kasi bokangama makasi na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, ndenge bozali kosala kino na mokolo ya lelo.

9 For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.

Yawe abenganaki bikolo ya minene mpe ya nguya liboso na bino; mpe kino na moyi ya lelo, moko te alongi kotelema liboso na bino.

10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you.

Moto moko kaka kati na bino azalaki kokimisa bato nkoto moko, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azalaki kobundela bino ndenge alakaki.

11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

Boye, bosala keba ete bolinga Yawe, Nzambe na bino.

12 Else if you do in any wise go back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you:

Kasi soki bopesi Yawe mokongo, mpe soki bosali boyokani elongo na bato oyo babiki kati na bikolo oyo etikali kati na bino; soki bosali mabala mpe bosangani elongo na bango,

13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

boyeba ete Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akobengana lisusu te bikolo yango liboso na bino. Bakokoma nde minyama mpe mitambo mpo na bino, bafimbu na mikongo na bino mpe banzube kati na miso na bino, kino tango bokosila kokufa na mokili ya kitoko oyo Nzambe na bino apesaki bino.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass to you, and not one thing has failed thereof.

Sik’oyo ngai nakomi pene ya kokende na nzela oyo moto nyonso akendaka. Na motema mpe elimo na bino mobimba, boyeba ete elaka moko te kati na bilaka nyonso ya kitoko oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apesaki bino ekotikala kokweya. Bilaka nyonso esila kokokisama, moko te ekotikala kokweya.

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come on you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

Ndenge kaka bilaka nyonso ya kitoko ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, ekokisamaki solo, ndenge wana mpe akotindela bino makambo mabe kino tango akosilisa koboma bino kati na mokili ya kitoko oyo apesaki bino

16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.

soki bobebisi boyokani ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo apeselaki bino mitindo, mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe mosusu mpe kofukamela yango. Kanda ya Yawe ekotumba bino mpe bokosila kokufa noki penza na mokili ya kitoko oyo apesaki bino. »