Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel, unto Shechem, —and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God.
Yosua yɔ Israelviwo katã, woƒe ƒomewo ƒe ametsitsiwo, tatɔwo kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo siaa ƒo ƒu ɖe Sekem le Mawu ŋkume.
2 Then said Joshua unto all the people—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age-past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor, —and they served other gods.
Yosua gblɔ na wo be, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la be, ‘Mia tɔgbuiwo, Tera, Abraham kple Nahor fofo wonɔ Frat tɔsisi la ƒe ɣedzeƒe, eye wosubɔ mawu bubuwo.
3 So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, —and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac;
Ke mekplɔ Abraham, mia tɔgbui, tso anyigba ma dzi, na wòtso tɔsisi la, eye mekplɔe va Kanaanyigba dzi. Mena eƒe dzidzimeviwo sɔ gbɔ to via Isak dzi.
4 and gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau, —and gave unto Esau, Mount Seir, to possess it, but, Jacob and his sons, went down into Egypt.
Isak ƒe vi siwo menae la woe nye, Yakob kple Esau. Metsɔ anyigba si ƒo xlã Seir to la na Esau, ke Yakob kple viawo yi Egipte.
5 Then sent I Moses and Aaron, and plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in their midst, and, afterwards, brought you forth.
“‘Meɖo Mose kple Aron ɖa be woahe dɔvɔ̃ dziŋɔwo va Egipte dzi, eye mekplɔ nye ameawo dzoe abe ablɔɖemewo ene.
6 Yea I brought forth your fathers, out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers, with chariots and with horsemen, unto the Red Sea.
Ke esi woɖo Ƒu Dzĩ la nu la, Egiptetɔwo kplɔ wo ɖo kple tasiaɖamwo kple sɔwo,
7 So they made outcry unto Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought in upon them the sea, and covered them, —and your eyes beheld what I did with the Egyptians. And, when ye had remained in the desert many days,
ale Israelviwo do ɣli yɔm, eye mena viviti do ɖe woawo kple Egiptetɔwo dome. Mena atsiaƒu la ŋe dze Egiptetɔwo dzi, eye wonyrɔ ɖe tsi la me, miawo ŋutɔ miekpɔ nu si mewɔ. Le esia megbe la, Israelviwo nɔ gbegbe la ƒe geɖe.
8 then I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who were dwelling over the Jordan, and they fought with you, —then delivered I them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land, so I destroyed them from before you.
“‘Mlɔeba la, mekplɔ mi va Amoritɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe akpa kemɛ. Afi ma tɔwo wɔ aʋa kpli mi, ke metsrɔ̃ wo, eye metsɔ woƒe anyigba la na mi.
9 Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel, —and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you;
Emegbe la, Fia Balak ho aʋa ɖe Israel ŋu, eye wòbia tso Balaam, Beor ƒe vi, si be wòaƒo fi ade mi,
10 but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam, —so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand.
ke nyemeɖo toe o, ke boŋ mena wòyra mi boŋ. Ale meɖe Israel tso eƒe asi me.
11 Then passed ye over the Jordan, and came in unto Jericho, and, when they would have made war with you—even the lords of Jericho—the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, then delivered I them into your hand.
“‘Mietso Yɔdan tɔsisi la, eye mieva Yeriko, afi ma tɔwo wɔ aʋa kpli mi abe ale si Amoritɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Girgasitɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo siaa wɔ ene. Wowɔ aʋa kpli mi ɖeka ɖeka, gake metsrɔ̃ wo katã.
12 And I sent before you the hornet, which drave them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, —not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Meɖo nudzodzoe teamewo ɖe mia ŋgɔ be woanya Amoritɔwo ƒe fia eveawo kple woƒe amewo. Menye miaƒe yiwo alo aŋutrɔwoe he dziɖuɖu vɛ na mi o!
13 Thus I gave unto you a land on which thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye had not built, and ye proceeded to dwell therein, —of vineyards and oliveyards, which ye planted not, ye are eating.
Metsɔ anyigba si ŋu mieku kutri le o kple du siwo mietso o, du siwo me miele fifia la na mi. Metsɔ waingblewo kple amitiwo na mi hena miaƒe nuɖuɖu togbɔ be menye miawoe de woƒe agblewo o hã.’
14 Now, therefore, revere ye Yahweh, and serve him, in sincerity and in truth, —and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Yahweh.
“Eya ta mivɔ̃ Yehowa, eye miasubɔe kple dzi blibo le nyateƒe me. Miɖe asi le mawu siwo mia tɔgbuiwo subɔ esime wonɔ Frat tɔsisi la godo kple Egipte la ŋu. Misubɔ Yehowa ɖeɖe ko.
15 But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, to-day, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling, —but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.
Ke ne Yehowa subɔsubɔ medze mia ŋu o la, ekema mitia ame si miasubɔ la egbea! Ɖe miasubɔ mia tɔgbuiwo ƒe mawu siwo wosubɔ le Frat tɔsisi la godo loo alo Amoritɔwo ƒe mawuwo le anyigba sia dzia? Ke nye kple nye aƒe ya, míasubɔ Yehowa!”
16 Then responded the people, and said, Far be it from us, that we should forsake Yahweh, —to serve other gods;
Ameawo ɖo eŋu be, “Míagblẽ Yehowa ɖi gbeɖe asubɔ mawu bubuwo o,
17 for, as for Yahweh our God, he, brought up both us and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants, —and who did before our eyes, these great signs, and preserved us throughout all the way wherein we journeyed, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
elabena Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖe mía fofowo tso kluvinyenye me le Egiptenyigba dzi. Eyae nye Mawu si wɔ nukunu gãwo le Israelviwo ŋkume esi míezɔ mɔ to gbedzi, eye wòɖe mí tso míaƒe futɔwo ƒe asi me esi míeto woƒe anyigbawo dzi.
18 then did Yahweh drive out all the peoples, even the Amorites were dwelling in the land, from before us, —we too, will serve Yahweh, for, he, is our God.
Yehowae nya Amoritɔwo kple dukɔ bubu siwo nɔ anyigba sia dzi. Ɛ̃, míetia Yehowa, elabena eya ɖeka koe nye Mawu.”
19 Then said Joshua unto the people—Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins.
Yosua ɖo eŋu na ameawo be, “Miate ŋu asubɔ Yehowa o, elabena Mawu le kɔkɔe, eye wòʋãa ŋu, matsɔ miaƒe aglãdzedze kple nu vɔ̃wo ake mi o.
20 When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you.
Ne miegblẽ Yehowa ɖi, eye miesubɔ mawu bubuwo la, atso ɖe mia ŋu, eye wòatsrɔ̃ mi togbɔ be ekpɔ mia dzi ɣeyiɣi didi sia hã.”
21 But the people said unto Joshua, —Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve.
Ameawo ɖo eŋu be, “Gbeɖe, Yehowa ko miasubɔ.”
22 Then said Joshua unto the people—Witnesses, are ye, against yourselves, that, ye yourselves, have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. And they said: Witnesses!
Yosua yi edzi be, “Miawo ŋutɔ miese nu si miegblɔ. Mielɔ̃ be yewoasubɔ Yehowaa?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, míenye ɖasefowo.”
23 Now, therefore, put ye away the gods of the stranger, that are in your midst, —and incline your heart unto Yahweh, God of Israel.
Yosua gblɔ be, “Enyo, ekema miɖe asi le mawu siwo katã le mia si fifia la ŋu, eye miaɖo to Aƒetɔ, Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la.”
24 And the people said unto Joshua, —Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.
Ameawo ɖo eŋu na Yosua be, “Ɛ̃, míasubɔ, eye míaɖo to, Yehowa míaƒe Mawu ko!”
25 So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day, —and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem.
Ale Yosua bla nu kple wo gbe ma gbe le Sekem, eye wòtsɔ wo de nubabla mavɔ me kple Mawu.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the scroll of the law of God, —and took a great stone, and set it up there, under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
Yosua ŋlɔ ameawo ƒe ŋuɖoɖo ɖe Mawu ƒe Segbalẽ la me, eye wòmli kpe gã aɖe da ɖe logoti si le Yehowa ƒe Agbadɔ la gbɔ la te abe ŋkuɖodzinu ene.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people—Lo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us, —so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God.
Eye Yosua gblɔ na ameawo katã be, “Kpe sia se nu siwo katã Yehowa gblɔ, eya ta anye ɖasefo atsi tsitre ɖe mia ŋu ne miewɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe gbe dzi o.”
28 And Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
Yosua ɖe asi le ameawo ŋu, eye ame sia ame yi eƒe anyigba dzi.
29 And it came to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe ko la, Nun vi Yosua ku. Exɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka kple ewo.
30 And they buried him within the bounds of his own inheritance, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.
Woɖii ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi le Timnat Sera, le Efraim ƒe tonyigba la dzi, le Gaas toawo ƒe anyiehe lɔƒo.
31 So then Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, —and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and who had known all the work of Yahweh, which he had wrought for Israel.
Israel subɔ Yehowa le Yosua kple ametsitsi bubu siwo kpɔ nu wɔnuku siwo Yehowa wɔ na Israel teƒe la le woƒe agbenɔɣiwo.
32 And, the bones of Joseph—which the sons of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of field, which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money, —and they belonged unto the sons of Joseph, as an inheritance.
Woɖi Yosef ƒe ƒu siwo Israel tsɔ vɛ tso Egiptenyigba dzi la ɖe Sekem, le anyigba si Yakob ƒle le Hamor ƒe viwo si la dzi. Teƒe sia le anyigba si woma na Yosef ƒe viwo la me.
33 And, Eleazar son of Aaron, died, —and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him, in the hill country of Ephraim.
Eleazar, Aron ƒe vi hã ku, eye woɖii ɖe Efraim ƒe tonyigba dzi le Gibea, du si wotsɔ na via Finehas la me.
