Joshua 3
1 So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, —and they lodged there before they passed over.
Ade kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa tu fii Sitim koduu Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa, baabi a wɔtenaa nna kakra ansa na wɔretwa.
2 And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp,
Nnansa akyi no, Israelfo ntuanofo no faa atenae hɔ nyinaa
3 and commanded the people saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and, the priests the Levites, bearing it, ye also, shall break up out of your place, and come after it.
maa nnipa no akwankyerɛ sɛ, “Sɛ muhu sɛ Lewifo asɔfo no so Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka no a, munni wɔn akyi.
4 Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure, —do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.
Esiane sɛ momfaa ha da no nti, wɔbɛkyerɛ mo kwan. Momma ɔkwansin fa nna mo ne wɔn ntam, na moammɛn Apam Adaka no. Monhwɛ na moammɛn ho.”
5 Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves, —for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things.
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfo no se, “Munnwira mo ho, efisɛ, ɔkyena Awurade bɛyɛ anwonwade wɔ mo mu.”
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take ye up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant, and went on before the people.
Anɔpa no, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ asɔfo no se, “Mompagyaw Apam Adaka no na momfa nni nnipa no anim ntwa asubɔnten no.” Ɛno nti wosii mu.
7 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel, —who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Nnɛ, mefi ase ayɛ wo ɔkɛse wɔ Israelfo no nyinaa ani so. Na ɛbɛma wɔahu sɛ, meka wo ho sɛnea na meka Mose ho no.
8 Thou, therefore, shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, —When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan, shall ye stand.
Fa saa akwankyerɛ yi ma asɔfo a wɔso Apam Adaka no: ‘Sɛ mudu Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa hɔ a, monnantew nkɔ nsu no mu kakra na munnyina.’”
9 Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel, —Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God.
Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no se, “Mommra mmetie asɛm a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn aka.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst, —and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Nnɛ mubehu sɛ Onyankopɔn teasefo no ka mo ho. Ampa ara ɔbɛpam Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Hewifo, Perisifo, Girgasifo, Amorifo ne Yebusifo.
11 Lo! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, is about to pass before you into the Jordan.
Munnwen ho! Apam Adaka a ɛyɛ Awurade a asase nyinaa yɛ ne de no bedi mo anim de mo atwa Asubɔnten Yordan.
12 Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel, —one man severally for each tribe;
Afei, munyiyi nnipa dumien a ɔbaako biara fi mmusuakuw dumien no mu.
13 and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above, —and shall stand in one mound.
Asɔfo no bɛsoa Awurade a ɔyɛ asase nyinaa wura no Adaka no. Sɛ wɔn nan nya si asu no mu ara pɛ, nsu no betwa afi atifi ama ano aboa wɔ hɔ.”
14 And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to cross the Jordan, —with the priests, bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
Bere a nnipa no sɔree sɛ wɔrekotwa Yordan no, asɔfo a na wɔso Apam Adaka no dii wɔn anim.
15 then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters, —the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,
Na ɛyɛ otwabere mu nti na Yordan no ayiri aba nsunoa. Nanso, asɔfo a wɔso Adaka no anan sii nsu no ano pɛ,
16 that the waters which were coming down from above, stood—rose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failed—were cut off, —and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho.
nsu no ano fitii ase boaa wɔ nʼatifi fam, baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Adam a ɛbɛn Saretan. Na nsu a ɛwɔ anafo no nso sen koguu Nkyene Po no mu kosii sɛ asu no subon no yowee. Enti, nnipa no nyinaa twaa wɔ beae bi a ɛbɛn Yeriko kuropɔn no.
17 And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing, —while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.
Saa bere no mu, asɔfo a wɔso Awurade Apam Adaka no gyinaa asase kesee so wɔ subon no mfimfini maa nnipa no nyinaa twaa mu. Wɔtwɛn wɔ hɔ kosii sɛ obiara faa asase kesee so twaa Yordan.
