Joshua 24
1 and to gather Joshua [obj] all tribe Israel Shechem [to] and to call: call to to/for old: elder Israel and to/for head: leader his and to/for to judge him and to/for official his and to stand to/for face: before [the] God
Ngakho uJoshuwa wabuthanisa zonke izizwana zako-Israyeli eShekhemu. Wamema bonke abadala, abakhokheli, abahluleli leziphathamandla zako-Israyeli, njalo bazethula phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
2 and to say Joshua to(wards) all [the] people thus to say LORD God Israel in/on/with side: beyond [the] River to dwell father your from forever: antiquity Terah father Abraham and father Nahor and to serve: minister God another
UJoshuwa wathi ebantwini bonke, “UThixo, uNkulunkulu wako-Israyeli uthi: ‘Kudala okhokho benu, okugoqela uThera uyise ka-Abhrahama loNahori, babehlala ngaphetsheya koMfula njalo bekhonza abanye onkulunkulu.
3 and to take: take [obj] father your [obj] Abraham from side: beyond [the] River and to go: take [obj] him in/on/with all land: country/planet Canaan (and to multiply *Q(k)*) [obj] seed: children his and to give: give to/for him [obj] Isaac
Kodwa ngathatha uyihlo u-Abhrahama elizweni elingaphetsheya koMfula ngamkhokhelela eKhenani ngamnika izizukulwane ezinengi. Ngamnika u-Isaka,
4 and to give: give to/for Isaac [obj] Jacob and [obj] Esau and to give: give to/for Esau [obj] mountain: hill country Seir to/for to possess: take [obj] him and Jacob and son: child his to go down Egypt
njalo u-Isaka ngamnika uJakhobe lo-Esawu. Nganika ilizwe lonke elilamaqaqa eleSeyiri ku-Esawu, kodwa uJakhobe lamadodana akhe baya eGibhithe.
5 and to send: depart [obj] Moses and [obj] Aaron and to strike [obj] Egypt like/as as which to make: do in/on/with entrails: among his and after to come out: send [obj] you
Ngasengithuma uMosi lo-Aroni, njalo ngajezisa amaGibhithe ngalokho engakwenza khonale ngasengilikhupha khona.
6 and to come out: send [obj] father your from Egypt and to come (in): come [the] sea [to] and to pursue Egyptian after father your in/on/with chariot and in/on/with horseman sea Red (Sea)
Ekukhupheni kwami okhokho benu eGibhithe, beza olwandle njalo amaGibhithe axotshana labo ngezinqola lamabhiza baze bayafika eLwandle Olubomvu.
7 and to cry to(wards) LORD and to set: put darkness between you and between [the] Egyptian and to come (in): come upon him [obj] [the] sea and to cover him and to see: see eye your [obj] which to make: do in/on/with Egypt and to dwell in/on/with wilderness day many
Kodwa bakhala kuThixo befuna uncedo yena waseletha umnyama phakathi kwenu lamaGibhithe; waletha ulwandle phezu kwabo wabembesa ngalo. Lazibonela ngamehlo enu lokho engakwenza kumaGibhithe. Laselihlala enkangala okwesikhathi eside.
8 (and to come (in): bring *Q(K)*) [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet [the] Amorite [the] to dwell in/on/with side: beside [the] Jordan and to fight with you and to give: give [obj] them in/on/with hand: power your and to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet their and to destroy them from face: before your
Ngaliletha elizweni lama-Amori ayehlala empumalanga yeJodani. Balwisana lani, kodwa mina ngabanikela ezandleni zenu. Ngababhubhisa phambi kwenu njalo laselithatha ilizwe labo.
9 and to arise: rise Balak son: child Zippor king Moab and to fight in/on/with Israel and to send: depart and to call: call to to/for Balaam son: child Beor to/for to lighten [obj] you
Lapho uBhalaki indodana kaZiphori inkosi yaseMowabi, alungiselela ukulwisana lo-Israyeli, wathumela uBhalamu indodana kaBheyori ukuthi aliqalekise.
10 and not be willing to/for to hear: hear to/for Balaam and to bless to bless [obj] you and to rescue [obj] you from hand: power his
Kodwa ngala ukulalela uBhalamu, ngakho walibusisa njalonjalo mina ngasengilihlenga esandleni sakhe.
11 and to pass [obj] [the] Jordan and to come (in): come to(wards) Jericho and to fight in/on/with you master Jericho [the] Amorite and [the] Perizzite and [the] Canaanite and [the] Hittite and [the] Girgashite [the] Hivite and [the] Jebusite and to give: give [obj] them in/on/with hand: power your
Laselichapha uJodani leza eJerikho. Izakhamizi zeJerikho zalwisana lani njengalokho okwenziwa ngama-Amori, amaPherizi, amaKhenani, amaHithi, amaGigashi, amaHivi lamaJebusi, kodwa ngabanikela ezandleni zenu.
12 and to send: depart to/for face: before your [obj] [the] hornet and to drive out: drive out [obj] them from face: before your two king [the] Amorite not in/on/with sword your and not in/on/with bow your
Ngathumela olonyovu phambi kwenu, olwabaxotsha phambi kwenu kanye lamakhosi amabili ama-Amori. Kalizange likwenze ngenkemba yenu langedandili lenu.
13 and to give: give to/for you land: country/planet which not be weary/toil in/on/with her and city which not to build and to dwell in/on/with them vineyard and olive which not to plant you(m. p.) to eat
Ngakho ngalinika ilizwe elingazanga liliginqele lamadolobho elingazange liwakhe; njalo lihlala phakathi kwawo njalo lisidla ezivinini zama-oliva elingazihlanyelanga.’
14 and now to fear: revere [obj] LORD and to serve: minister [obj] him in/on/with unblemished: blameless and in/on/with truth: faithful and to turn aside: remove [obj] God which to serve: minister father your in/on/with side: beyond [the] River and in/on/with Egypt and to serve: minister [obj] LORD
Ngakho mesabeni uThixo limkhonze ngokuthembeka konke. Lahlani onkulunkulu ababekhonzwa ngokhokho benu ngaphetsheya koMfula laseGibhithe, likhonze uThixo.
15 and if be evil in/on/with eye: appearance your to/for to serve: minister [obj] LORD to choose to/for you [the] day: today [obj] who? to serve: minister [emph?] if [obj] God which to serve: minister father your which (from side: beyond *Q(K)*) [the] River and if [obj] God [the] Amorite which you(m. p.) to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet their and I and house: household my to serve: minister [obj] LORD
Kodwa nxa ukukhonza uThixo kukhanya kungathandeki kini, khethani phakathi kwenu namhlanje lowo elizamkhonza, kumbe ngonkulunkulu okhokho benu ababebakhonza ngaphetsheya koMfula kumbe onkulunkulu bama-Amori, lawo elihlala elizweni lawo. Kodwa mina lendlu yami sizakhonza uThixo.”
16 and to answer [the] people and to say forbid to/for us from to leave: forsake [obj] LORD to/for to serve: minister God another
Abantu basebephendula besithi, “Akube khatshana lathi ukuthi silahle uThixo ukuze sikhonze abanye onkulunkulu!
17 for LORD God our he/she/it [the] to ascend: establish [obj] us and [obj] father our from land: country/planet Egypt from house: home servant/slave and which to make: do to/for eye: seeing our [obj] [the] sign: miraculous [the] great: large [the] these and to keep: guard us in/on/with all [the] way: journey which to go: went in/on/with her and in/on/with all [the] people which to pass in/on/with entrails: among their
KwakunguThixo uNkulunkulu wethu ngokwakhe owasikhuphayo thina kanye labobaba eGibhithe sisuka elizweni lobugqili, wasesenza izimanga ezinkulu emehlweni ethu. Wasivikela kulolonke uhambo lwethu lakuzo zonke izizwe.
18 and to drive out: drive out LORD [obj] all [the] people and [obj] [the] Amorite to dwell [the] land: country/planet from face: before our also we to serve: minister [obj] LORD for he/she/it God our
Njalo uThixo wazixotsha phambi kwethu zonke izizwe, okugoqela ama-Amori ayehlala elizweni. Lathi sizamkhonza uThixo ngoba unguNkulunkulu wethu.”
19 and to say Joshua to(wards) [the] people not be able to/for to serve: minister [obj] LORD for God holy he/she/it God jealous he/she/it not to lift: forgive to/for transgression your and to/for sin your
UJoshuwa wathi ebantwini, “Kalenelisi ukumkhonza uThixo. UnguNkulunkulu ongcwele; unguNkulunkulu olobukhwele. Kasoze alixolele ekuhlamukeni kwenu lezonweni zenu.
20 for to leave: forsake [obj] LORD and to serve: minister God foreign and to return: turn back and be evil to/for you and to end: destroy [obj] you after which be good to/for you
Nxa lingatshiya uThixo beselikhonza abanye onkulunkulu bezizweni uzaliphendukela alehlisele umonakalo aliqede du, yena ubelungile.”
21 and to say [the] people to(wards) Joshua not for [obj] LORD to serve: minister
Kodwa abantu bathi kuJoshuwa, “Hatshi! Sizamkhonza uThixo.”
22 and to say Joshua to(wards) [the] people witness you(m. p.) in/on/with you for you(m. p.) to choose to/for you [obj] LORD to/for to serve: minister [obj] him and to say witness
UJoshuwa wathi, “Yini elizifakazelayo ukuthi selikhethe ukukhonza uThixo.” Baphendula bathi, “Yebo singofakazi.”
23 and now to turn aside: remove [obj] God [the] foreign which in/on/with entrails: among your and to stretch [obj] heart your to(wards) LORD God Israel
UJoshuwa wathi kubo, “Ngakho-ke lahlani bonke onkulunkulu bezizweni abaphakathi kwenu beselinikela inhliziyo zenu kuThixo, uNkulunkulu wako-Israyeli.”
24 and to say [the] people to(wards) Joshua [obj] LORD God our to serve: minister and in/on/with voice his to hear: obey
Abantu bathi kuJoshuwa, “Sizamkhonza uThixo uNkulunkulu wethu simlalele.”
25 and to cut: make(covenant) Joshua covenant to/for people in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to set: put to/for him statute: decree and justice: judgement in/on/with Shechem
Ngalelolanga uJoshuwa wenzela abantu isivumelwano, njalo wabenzela imithetho lemilayo khonapho eShekhemu.
26 and to write Joshua [obj] [the] word [the] these in/on/with scroll: book instruction God and to take: take stone great: large and to arise: establish her there underneath: under [the] oak which in/on/with sanctuary LORD
UJoshuwa waloba konke lokhu oGwalweni lwemiThetho kaNkulunkulu. Wasethatha ilitshe elikhulu walimisa phansi kwesihlahla somʼOkhi eduzane lendawo engcwele kaThixo.
27 and to say Joshua to(wards) all [the] people behold [the] stone [the] this to be in/on/with us to/for witness for he/she/it to hear: hear [obj] all word LORD which to speak: speak with us and to be in/on/with you to/for witness lest to deceive [emph?] in/on/with God your
Wathi ebantwini bonke, “Khangelani! Ilitshe leli lizakuba yibufakazi kithi sonke. Selizwile wonke amazwi akhulunywe nguThixo kithi. Lizakuba ngofakazi wokulilahla nxa lingakhulumi iqiniso kuNkulunkulu.”
28 and to send: depart Joshua [obj] [the] people man: anyone to/for inheritance his
UJoshuwa wasetshela abantu ukuba bahambe, yilowo esiya elifeni lakhe.
29 and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and to die Joshua son: child Nun servant/slave LORD son: aged hundred and ten year
Ngemva kwezinto lezi, uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, inceku kaThixo wafa eseleminyaka elikhulu letshumi.
30 and to bury [obj] him in/on/with border: area inheritance his in/on/with Timnath-serah Timnath-serah which in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim from north to/for mountain: mount Gaash
Njalo bamngcwaba elizweni alizuza njengelifa, eThimnathi-Sera elizweni elilamaqaqa elako-Efrayimi enyakatho yentaba yeGashi.
31 and to serve: minister Israel [obj] LORD all day Joshua and all day [the] old: elder which to prolong day after Joshua and which to know [obj] all deed: work LORD which to make: do to/for Israel
Abako-Israyeli bamkhonza uThixo ngezinsuku zokuphila kukaJoshuwa labadala kulaye ababesele bephila njalo bebone zonke izinto uThixo ayezenzele abako-Israyeli.
32 and [obj] bone Joseph which to ascend: establish son: child Israel from Egypt to bury in/on/with Shechem in/on/with portion [the] land: country which to buy Jacob from with son: child Hamor father Shechem in/on/with hundred coin and to be to/for son: child Joseph to/for inheritance
Njalo amathambo kaJosefa, abako-Israyeli ababesuke lawo eGibhithe, angcwatshelwa eShekhemu esiqintini somhlaba leso uJakhobe asithenga ngenhlamvu ezilikhulu zesiliva emadodaneni kaHamori, uyise kaShekhemu. Leli laba yilifa lezizukulwane zikaJosefa.
33 and Eleazar son: child Aaron to die and to bury [obj] him in/on/with Gibeah Phinehas son: child his which to give: give to/for him in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim
U-Eliyazari indodana ka-Aroni wafa wasengcwatshelwa eGibhiya, eyayabelwe indodana yakhe uFinehasi elizweni lamaqaqa elako-Efrayimi.
