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.

Mfeɛ bebree twaam a Awurade maa Israelfoɔ no ahotɔ a wɔn atamfoɔ no mu biara anha wɔn bio. Yosua a afei na wanyini yie no

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:

frɛɛ mpanimfoɔ, ntuanofoɔ, atemmufoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Seesei, mabɔ akɔkoraa.

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.

Moahunu biribiara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ayɛ ama mo me nkwa nna yi mu. Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ako atia mo atamfoɔ.

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.

Mede amanaman no nsase a yɛnnya nnii soɔ ne deɛ yɛadi soɔ ama mo sɛ mo agyapadeɛ, ɛfiri Asubɔnten Yordan kɔsi Ɛpo Kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ atɔeɛ fam no.

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.

Saa asase yi bɛyɛ mo dea, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn bɛpamo nnipa a wɔtete so seesei no nyinaa. Mobɛsi wɔn anan mu atena hɔ, sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

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;

“Enti, monyɛ den! Monhwɛ na monni nkyerɛkyerɛ a wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose Mmara Nwoma no mu no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monntwe mo ho mfiri ho kwan biara so.

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:

Monhwɛ yie sɛ mo ne nnipa foforɔ a wɔda so te asase no so no nnya ayɔnkofa biara. Mpo, mommmɔ wɔn anyame din na moabɔ wɔn din aka ntam anaasɛ moasom wɔn.

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

Na monni Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no nokorɛ sɛdeɛ moayɛ abɛsi ɛnnɛ yi.

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.

“Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade apamo amanaman akɛseɛ a wɔyɛ dene ama mo, enti obiara nni hɔ a watumi adi mo so nkonim.

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.

Mo mu biara bɛtumi atu atamfoɔ apem agu, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ko ma mo sɛdeɛ wahyɛ bɔ no.

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

Enti, monhwɛ yie na monnɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no.

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:

“Nanso sɛ motwe mo ho firi ne ho, na mone saa amanaman yi nkaeɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ mo mu yi di awadeɛ a,

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.

ɛnneɛ akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn rempamo wɔn mfiri mo asase so. Mmom, wɔbɛyɛ afidie ama mo, ɔyea wɔ mo mfe mu ne kasɛɛ a ɛhyɛ mo aniwa mu, na wɔbɛtɔre mo ase afiri asase pa yi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de ama mo yi so.

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.

“Ɛrenkyɛre biara mɛwu, sɛdeɛ obiara korɔ no. Mo akoma mu no monim sɛ ɛbɔ biara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn hyɛeɛ no aba mu. Bɔhyɛ no mu biara nni hɔ a amma mu!

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.

Nanso, sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de nnepa a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ maa mo no, saa ara na sɛ moannyɛ ɔsetie amma no a ɔde amanehunu bɛba mo so. Ɔbɛpra mo afiri saa asase pa a ɔde ama mo yi so.

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.

Sɛ mobu Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn apam no so na mosɔre anaa mosom anyame foforɔ a, nʼabufuo bɛhye mo na ɔbɛpra mo ntɛm so afiri asase pa a ɔde ama mo no so.”