Joshua 10
1 Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai [town] and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon [city] had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them.
Yerusalemhene Adoni-Sedek tee sɛ Yosua afa Ai na wasɛe no pasaa, akum ɛhɔ hene, sɛnea wasɛe Yeriko kuropɔn akum ɛhɔ hene no. Ɔtee nso sɛ Gibeonfo ne Israelfo ayɛ asomdwoe apam, na wɔayɛ baako.
2 Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And [even though] Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, [they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them].
Ɛno nti, ɔne ne nkurɔfo bo tuu yiye, efisɛ Gibeon yɛ kuropɔn kɛse te sɛ ahemman no nkuropɔn no bi a ɛso sen Ai. Na Gibeon mmarima no nyinaa nso yɛ akofo a wɔyɛ den.
3 So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron [city], to Piram the king of Jarmuth [city], to Jarmuth the king of Lachish [city], and to Debir the king of Eglon [city].
Enti Yerusalemhene Adoni-Sedek soma ma wɔkɔɔ ahemfo afoforo bebree nkyɛn: Hebronhene Hoham ne Yarmuthene Piram ne Lakishene Yafia ne Eglonhene Debir kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se,
4 In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.”
“Mommra mmɛboa me na yɛnsɛe Gibeon, efisɛ wɔne Yosua ne Israelfo ayɛ asomdwoe apam.”
5 So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it.
Enti Amorifo ahemfo baanum no de wɔn nsraadɔm bɔɔ mu maa ɔko. Wɔde wɔn nsraadɔm no gyinagyinae, na afei wɔtow hyɛɛ Gibeon so.
6 So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!”
Na Gibeonfo no soma kɔɔ Yosua nkyɛn wɔ Gilgal. Wɔkɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nnyaa wʼasomfo. Bra yɛn nkyɛn ntɛm begye yɛn nkwa! Bɛboa yɛn, efisɛ Amorifo ahemfo a wɔte mmepɔw so de wɔn nsraadɔm rebɛko atia yɛn.”
7 So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal.
Enti Yosua ne Israel nsraadɔm nyinaa fii Gilgal sɛ wɔrekɔboa Gibeonfo.
8 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them [IDM]. None of them will be able to (resist/fight and defeat) your army.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Nsuro wɔn; mɛma woadi wɔn so nkonim. Wɔn mu biara rentumi ne wo nnyina.”
9 Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.
Yosua nantew anadwo mu no nyinaa fii Gilgal kofii Amorifo nsraadɔm no mu.
10 They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to (become very confused/start running in all directions) when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon [and killed many of them]. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns.
Awurade ma wɔbɔɔ hu wɔ Israelfo no anim, na wokunkum wɔn mu bebree wɔ Gibeon. Israelfo no taa atamfo no faa ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Bet-Horon no, na wɔtow hyɛɛ wɔn so kunkum wɔn wɔ Aseka ne Makeda.
11 As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.
Bere a Amorifo reguan wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Bet-Horon so no, Awurade him abo akɛse guu wɔn so kosii sɛ woduu Aseka. Abo no kunkum wɔn mu bebree sen dodow a Israelfo de afoa kunkum wɔn no.
12 On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.”
Da a Awurade de Amorifo no hyɛɛ Israelfo no nsa no, Yosua bɔɔ Awurade mpae wɔ Israelfo no anim se, “Ma owia nnyina dinn wɔ Gibeon so na ɔsram nso nnyina wɔ Ayalon bon mu.”
13 And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not (set/go down) for about a whole day.
Na owia ne ɔsram gyinaa dinn, kosii sɛ Israelfo dii atamfo no so. Wɔnkyerɛw saa nsɛm yi wɔ Teefo Nhoma no mu ana? Owia gyinae wɔ wim mfimfini na ankɔtɔ sɛnea ɛyɛ daa no.
14 On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people!
Awurade ko maa Israel da no. Ebi nsii saa da na bi rensi da sɛ saa da no a Awurade tiee abisade sɛɛ fii onipa nkyɛn.
15 After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal.
Na Yosua ne Israel nsraadɔm no san kɔɔ Gilgal atenae hɔ.
16 While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah [town].
Ɔko no mu, ahemfo baanum no guan kɔhyɛɛ Makeda ɔbodan mu.
17 Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!”
Yosua tee sɛ wɔahu wɔn no,
18 When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it.
ɔhyɛɛ sɛ, “Momfa abotan akɛse nsiw ɔbodan no ano kwan, na momma awɛmfo no nwɛn ano na ahemfo no nhyɛ mu.
19 But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. [IDM]”
Mo a moaka no nso, montaa atamfo no na munkunkum wɔn mfi akyi. Mommma wɔnnkɔ wɔn nkurow so, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn bɛma mo adi wɔn so nkonim.”
20 So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities.
Enti Yosua ne Israel nsraadɔm toaa so kunkum wɔn, tɔree nsraadɔm anum no ase ma ɛkaa dɔm no kakraa bi a wotumi guan kɔɔ wɔn nkuropɔn a wɔabɔ ho ban no mu.
21 Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize [MTY] the Israelis.
Afei, Israelfo no san baa Yosua nkyɛn asomdwoe mu wɔ Makeda. Ɛno akyi, obiara suroo sɛ ɔbɛkasa atia Israel.
22 Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”
Afei, Yosua kae se, “Munyiyi abotan a ɛkata ɔbodan no ano no na momfa ahemfo baanum no mmrɛ me.”
23 So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
Wokoyii ahemfo baanum no fii ɔbodan no mu bae: Yerusalemhene, Hebronhene, Yarmuthene, Lakishene ne Eglonhene.
24 When they brought those kings to Joshua [and forced them to lie on the ground], he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nʼakofodɔm asahene no se, “Mommra mmetiatia ahemfo no kɔn so.” Na wɔyɛɛ sɛnea wɔkyerɛɛ wɔn no.
25 Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nʼasraafo no se, “Munnsuro na mommma mo aba mu mmu da. Monyɛ den na mo bo nyɛ duru, efisɛ Awurade rebɛyɛ eyi atia mo atamfo nyinaa.”
26 Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.
Yosua kunkum ahemfo baanum no mmaako mmaako de wɔn sensɛn nnua anum so kosii anwummere.
27 At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.
Owia rekɔtɔ no, Yosua hyɛɛ sɛ wonyiyi ahemfo no amu no mfi nnua no so na wɔnkɔtow wɔn ngu ɔbodan a wɔkɔtetɛw mu no mu. Afei, wɔde abotan akɛse mmoano sii ɔbodan no ano a ɛda so wɔ hɔ besi nnɛ.
28 That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.
Da no ara, Yosua sɛee Makeda kuropɔn no pasaa, kum obiara a ɔwɔ mu ne ɛhɔ hene no. Onipa baako koraa anka wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Okum Makedahene te sɛnea okum Yerikohene no.
29 That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went [southwest] from Makkedah to Libnah [city] and attacked it.
Afei, Yosua ne Israelfo no kɔɔ Libna kɔtow hyɛɛ wɔn so.
30 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not (spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive). They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.
Ɛhɔ nso, Awurade de kuropɔn no ne ɛhɔ hene no maa wɔn. Wokunkum obiara a ɔwɔ kuropɔn no mu a anka ɔteasefo baako po. Na Yosua kum Libnahene sɛnea okum Yerikohene no.
31 Then Joshua and his army went [south] from Libnah to Lachish [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
Yosua ne Israelfo no fi Libna no, wɔkɔɔ Lakis kɔtow hyɛɛ wɔn so.
32 On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city.
Na ne nnaanu so no, Awurade de Lakis maa Israelfo. Ɛhɔ nso, wokunkum kuropɔn no mu nnipa nyinaa sɛnea wɔyɛɛ Libna no.
33 King Horam from Gezer [city and his army] came to help [the soldiers of] Lachish, but Joshua’s [army] defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.
Wɔto hyɛɛ Lakis so no, Geserhene Horam de nʼakofo bae sɛ wɔrebɛboa abɔ kuropɔn no ho ban. Nanso Yosua mmarima no kum no sɛee nʼakofo no nyinaa.
34 Then Joshua and his army went [west] from Lachish to Eglon [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
Ɛnna Yosua ne ne Israel nsraadɔm no kɔɔ Eglon kɔtow hyɛɛ so.
35 On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.
Wɔde da koro faa kurow no dommum na ɛhɔ nso, wokum obiara wɔ kuropɔn no mu sɛnea wɔyɛɛ Lakis.
36 Then Joshua and his army went [west from Eglon] up [into the hills] to Hebron [city]. They attacked the city
Wofi Eglon no, wɔkɔtow hyɛɛ Hebron so,
37 and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.
faa hɔ ne nkurow a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa nnommum. Na sɛnea wɔyɛɛ Eglon no, wokunkum ɛhɔ nnipa nyinaa. Onipa baako koraa anka.
38 Then Joshua and his army turned [south] and went to Debir [city] and attacked it.
Afei, wɔsan wɔn akyi kɔtow hyɛɛ Debir so.
39 They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.
Wɔfaa kuropɔn no, wɔn hene ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa nnommum. Na wokum obiara a ɔwɔ mu a anka ɔbaako mpo. Wɔsɛee Debir pasaa sɛnea wɔsɛee Libna ne Hebron no.
40 That is how Joshua [and his army] conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings [who ruled] the hilly area, the dry southern area, the [western] foothills, and the [eastern] slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
Na Yosua dii ɔmantam no nyinaa so. Odii ahemfo no, nnipa a wɔte mmepɔw man no so, Negeb, atɔe fam nkoko ne wɔn a wɔte mmepɔw nsian so no nyinaa so. Ɔsɛee wɔn nyinaa pasaa a anka ɔteasefo baako mpo sɛnea Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, hyɛe no.
41 Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea [city] in the far south to Gaza [city] near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon [city].
Yosua kunkum wɔn fi Kades-Barnea kosii Gasa, de fii Gosen koduu Gibeon.
42 At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they [ruled]. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], was fighting for them.
Akodi baako mu no, Yosua dii ahemfo yi nyinaa so faa wɔn nsase, efisɛ na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, reko ama ne manfo.
43 Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
Afei, Yosua ne Israel nsraadɔm no san kɔɔ wɔn atenae wɔ Gilgal.
