Joshua 7
1 But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined [part] of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with 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 to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.
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 to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up there the whole people, for [the enemy] are 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 And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai.
Enti, wɔde akofoɔ bɛyɛ mpensa kɔɔ hɔ nanso wɔdii Israelfoɔ no so pasaa. Ai mmarima
5 And the men of Gai killed of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed 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 tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on 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, I pray, Lord, therefore has your servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond 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 And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy?
Awurade, seesei a Israelfoɔ adwane afiri wɔn atamfoɔ anim yi, asɛm bɛn na menka?
9 And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what will you do [for] 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 to Joshua, Rise up; why have you fallen upon your face?
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Sɔre! Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim abutu hɔ saa?
11 The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
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 And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless you remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
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 Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; you shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until you shall have removed the cursed 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 And you shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall show, you shall bring 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 the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness 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 And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
Adeɛ kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua de Israel mmusuakuo no baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Yuda abusuakuo no.
17 And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
Afei Yuda mmusuaban baa anim, na wɔyii Serafoɔ. Afei Sera efie biara baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Simri efie.
18 And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
Na Simri efie baa mmaako mmaako na wɔyii Akan, Karmi ba.
19 And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what you have done, and 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 Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
Akan buaa sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn.
21 I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachmas of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachmas, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.
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 And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.
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 brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them 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 took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people [were] with him; and he brought them to Emec 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 to Achar, Why have you destroyed us? the Lord destroy you as at this day. And all Israel stoned him 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 set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emecachor until 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.
