Joshua 7
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
Nanso, Israel anni nokorɛ wɔ nneɛma a wɔgya maa Awurade no ho. Ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Akan wiaa saa nneɛma no bi, enti Awurade bo fuu Israelfoɔ no yie. Akan yɛ Karmi a ɔfiri Simri efie mu, na ɔbɔ Serah abusua a ɛwɔ Yuda abusuakuo mu no babarima.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Yosua somaa ne nnipa no bi firi Yeriko sɛ wɔnkɔsra Ai kuropɔn a ɛwɔ Bet-El apueeɛ a ɛbɛn Bet-Awen no.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Wɔsane baeɛ no, wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Kuro no sua enti, ɛrenhia nnipa mpenu anaa mpensa sɛ wɔbɛsɛe kuropɔn no. Ɛho nhia sɛ yɛn nyinaa bɛkɔ hɔ.”
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Enti, wɔde akofoɔ bɛyɛ mpensa kɔɔ hɔ nanso wɔdii Israelfoɔ no so pasaa. Ai mmarima
5 And the men of Ai stroke of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and stroke them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
taa Israelfoɔ no firi kuropɔn no ɛpono ano kɔsii Sebarim, na wɔkunkumm wɔn mu nnipa bɛyɛ aduasa nsia a na wɔredwane afiri akono wɔ nsianeeɛ bi so. Ɛbaa saa no, ehu bɔɔ Israelfoɔ no ma wɔbotoeɛ.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
Yosua ne ɔman ntuanofoɔ de abasamutuo tetee wɔn ntadeɛ mu, too mfuturo guu wɔn tirim, bɔɔ wɔn mu ase, wɔ Awurade Adaka no anim kɔsii anwummerɛ.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Afei, Yosua su frɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Otumfoɔ Awurade, adɛn na wode yɛn twaa Asubɔnten Yordan a wonim sɛ Amorifoɔ no bɛkunkum yɛn? Sɛ yɛnim a, anka yɛtenaa Asubɔnten Yordan agya hɔ ara.
8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!
Awurade, seesei a Israelfoɔ adwane afiri wɔn atamfoɔ anim yi, asɛm bɛn na menka?
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall surround us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do unto your great name?
Na sɛ Kanaanfoɔ ne nnipa a aka a wɔtete asase yi so te saa asɛm yi a, wɔbɛtwa yɛn ho ahyia na wɔatɔre yɛn ase afiri asase yi so. Na afei ɛdeɛn na wobɛyɛ de ahyɛ wo din kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ animuonyam no?”
10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get you up; wherefore lie you thus upon your face?
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Sɔre! Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim abutu hɔ saa?
11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Israel ayɛ bɔne. Wɔabu mʼapam no so. Wɔawia nneɛma a mehyɛɛ sɛ wɔnnya mma me no. Na ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔawia nko, na mmom, wɔatwa ho nkontompo de asie wɔn nneɛma mu.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except all of you destroy the accursed from among you.
Ɛno enti na Israelfoɔ adi nkoguo na wɔredwane afiri wɔn atamfoɔ anim. Seesei deɛ, wɔayi Israel asi hɔ ama ɔsɛeɛ. Merenka mo ho bio, gye sɛ mosɛe biribiara a ɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a anka ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe no.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you can not stand before your enemies, until all of you take away the accursed thing from among you.
“Sɔre! Kɔka kyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, ‘Obiara nkɔdwira ne ho mma ɔkyena, na saa na Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ: Ao, Israel, mode nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgya ma Awurade no ahinta mo mu. Morentumi nni mo atamfoɔ so da kɔsi sɛ moyi saa nneɛma no firi mo mu.
14 In the morning therefore all of you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
“‘Adekyeɛ mu no, abusuakuo biara bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ abusuakuo a wɔn ho wɔ asɛm no. Saa abusuakuo no de wɔn mmusuaban no nso bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ abusuaban a ne ho wɔ asɛm no. Saa abusuaban no nso bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ efie a ne ho wɔ asɛm no. Awieeɛ no, efie a ne ho wɔ asɛm no mu nnipa bɛba mmaako mmaako.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has wrought folly in Israel.
Onipa a wawia nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsɛe no, wɔbɛhye no ne nʼagyapadeɛ nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wabu Awurade apam no so na wayɛ deɛ ɛmfra koraa wɔ Israel.’”
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Adeɛ kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua de Israel mmusuakuo no baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Yuda abusuakuo no.
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Afei Yuda mmusuaban baa anim, na wɔyii Serafoɔ. Afei Sera efie biara baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Simri efie.
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
Na Simri efie baa mmaako mmaako na wɔyii Akan, Karmi ba.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what you have done; hide it not from me.
Afei, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Akan sɛ, “Me ba, fa animuonyam ma Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, na ka nokorɛ. Ka wo bɔne ne deɛ wayɛ kyerɛ me. Mfa nsie me.”
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
Akan buaa sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn.
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Mehunuu atadeɛ ngugusoɔ fɛfɛ bi a wɔkra firii Babilonia, dwetɛ kilogram mmienu ne fa ne sikakɔkɔɔ poma baako a ano si gram ahanum ne aduɔson. Mʼani bereeɛ enti, mefaeɛ. Mede asie fam wɔ me ntomadan mu, na dwetɛ no deɛ, ɛhyɛ fam kyɛn nkaeɛ no.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
Enti, Yosua somaa mmarima bi sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ. Wɔtutuu mmirika kɔɔ ntomadan no mu kɔhunuu awifodeɛ no sɛ wɔde asie wɔ hɔ, sɛdeɛ Akan kaeɛ no ara pɛ, na ɔde dwetɛ no asie nneɛma a aka no ase tɔnn.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
Wɔtasee nneɛma no firii ntomadan no mu de brɛɛ Yosua ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa. Wɔde ne nyinaa guu fam wɔ Awurade anim.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Afei, Yosua ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa faa Serah babarima Akan, dwetɛ no, atadeɛ ngugusoɔ no, sikakɔkɔɔ poma no, ne mmammarima, ne mmammaa, nʼanantwie, ne mfunumu, ne nnwan, ne ntomadan ne nʼagyapadeɛ nyinaa na wɔde no baa Akɔr bɔnhwa mu.
25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
Yosua bisaa Akan sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wode saa ɔhaw yi abrɛ yɛn? Wo nso, Awurade de ɔhaw bɛbrɛ wo.” Na Israelfoɔ nyinaa sii Akan ne nʼabusuafoɔ aboɔ, hyee wɔn amu no.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Wɔsoaa aboɔ guu Akan funu so hɔree no esie a ɛda so wɔ hɔ bɛsi ɛnnɛ. Enti, na wɔafrɛ saa beaeɛ hɔ Akɔr Bɔnhwa no. Afei, Awurade bo dwoeɛ.
