Joshua 23
1 And it comes to pass, many days after that YHWH has given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, that Joshua is old, entering into days,
Depi lontan Seyè a te fin bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo lapè nan mitan tout lènmi l' yo. Jozye bò pa l' te fin granmoun. Li te gen anpil laj sou tèt li.
2 and Joshua calls for all Israel, for his elderly, and for his heads, and for his judges, and for his authorities, and says to them, “I have become old; I have entered into days;
Li fè rele tout pèp Izrayèl la, tout chèf fanmi yo, tout lòt chèf yo, tout jij yo, tout notab nan peyi a, li di yo: -Koulye a mwen fin granmoun!
3 and you have seen all that your God YHWH has done to all these nations because of you, for your God YHWH [is] He who is fighting for you;
Nou te wè tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè tout pèp sa yo ki t'ap kenbe tèt ak nou. Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki t'ap goumen pou nou.
4 see, I have caused these nations who are left to fall to you for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan (and all the nations which I cut off), and the Great Sea [at] the [setting] sun.
Koute! Mwen separe tout peyi a bay chak branch fanmi pòsyon pa yo. Mwen separe ni peyi nou deja pran nan men nasyon nou disparèt yo, ni peyi ki rete pou nou pran nan men kèk lòt nasyon, depi larivyè Jouden bò solèy leve jouk lanmè Mediterane a bò solèy kouche.
5 As for your God YHWH, He thrusts them from your presence, and has dispossessed them from before you, and you have possessed their land, as your God YHWH has spoken to you,
Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral pran peyi a nan men moun ki rete la yo, l'ap mete yo deyò pou nou ka pran tè a pou nou, jan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te di l' la.
6 and you have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Scroll of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,
Se pou nou fè sa nou kapab pou nou toujou swiv tou sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa Moyiz la, san neglije anyen ladan l'.
7 so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and you do not make mention of the name of their gods, nor do you swear, nor do you serve them, nor do you bow yourselves to them;
Pa mele avèk moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan nou yo. Pa nonmen non bondye yo. Pa pran non bondye yo pou fè sèman. Pa mete ajenou devan bondye yo. Pa fè sèvis pou yo.
8 but you cleave to your God YHWH, as you have done until this day.
Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ase pou nou toujou kenbe fèm, jan nou te toujou fè l' jouk jounen jòdi a.
9 And YHWH is dispossessing great and mighty nations from before you; as for you, none has stood in your presence until this day;
Seyè a te mete yon bann gwo nasyon ki te fò anpil deyò devan nou. Pesonn pa t' kapab kenbe tèt ak nou jouk jòdi a.
10 one man of you pursues a thousand, for your God YHWH [is] He who is fighting for you, as He has spoken to you;
Yon sèl gason nan mitan nou kont pou fè mil gason nan lènmi nou yo kouri met deyò, paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap goumen pou nou, jan li te di l' la.
11 and you have been very watchful for yourselves to love your God YHWH.
Atansyon wi! Se pou nou renmen Seyè a, Bondye nou an.
12 But—if you turn back at all and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
Si nou vire do bay Bondye, si n' al mete tèt nou ansanm ak rès moun lòt nasyon sa yo k'ap viv nan mitan nou, si nou marye ak yo, si nou nan antre soti avèk yo,
13 certainly know that your God YHWH is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a trap, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground which your God YHWH has given to you.
nou mèt sèten, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, p'ap mete pèp sa yo deyò devan nou ankò. Okontrè, l'ap fè yo tounen yon pèlen, yon senn pou fèmen nou, yon fwèt nan dèyè nou, yon pikan nan je nou jouk l'a fè nou disparèt nan bon peyi sa a Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou.
14 And behold, I am going, today, in the way of all the earth, and you have known—with all your heart, and with all your soul—that there has not fallen one thing of all the good things which your God YHWH has spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there has not failed of it one thing.
Mwen menm, mwen pa lwen kite tè a. Nou tout nou konnen nan kè nou ak nan lespri nou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou tout bèl bagay li te pwomèt nou yo. Li kenbe tou sa li te pwomèt, yo tout rive vre.
15 And it has been, as there has come on you all the good thing which your God YHWH has spoken to you, so YHWH brings on you the whole of the evil thing, until His destroying you from off this good ground which your God YHWH has given to you;
Wi, menm jan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè pou nou tout bèl bagay li te pwomèt nou yo, konsa tou, si nou vire do ba li, l'a voye sou nou tout kalite malè, jouk l'a disparèt nou nèt nan bon peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ban nou an.
16 in your transgressing the covenant of your God YHWH which He commanded you, and you have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then the anger of YHWH has burned against you, and you have perished quickly from off the good land which He has given to you.”
Si nou pa respekte kontra Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te pase ak nou an, si n' al adore lòt bondye, si n' al fè sèvis pou yo, Seyè a pral move sou nou, epi lapoula, n'ap disparèt nan bon peyi sa a li te ban nou an.
