Joshua 23

1 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.

Tukun pacl loeloes, LEUM GOD El sang misla nu sin mwet Israel liki mwet lokoalok lalos. In pacl sac, Joshua el arulana matuoh.

2 Joshua was now very old. [One day] he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and [other] officials. He said to them, “I am now very old.

Na el pangoneni mwet Israel nukewa, mwet matu, mwet kol, mwet nununku, mwet leum lalos, ac fahk nu selos, “Nga arulana matuoh inge, ac pacl luk apkuranme.

3 You people have seen what Yahweh our God has done to help you defeat the people-groups [that lived in this land]. Yahweh our God has fought for you.

Kowos liye tari ma nukewa ma LEUM GOD lowos El oru nu sin mutunfacl inge nukewa keiwos. LEUM GOD lowos El mweun keiwos.

4 But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan [River in the east] to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you.

Liye, nga kitalik tari nu sin sruf lun Israel mutunfacl nukewa su nga sruokya ke mweun oayapa mutunfacl su soenna sruhu, mutawauk Infacl Jordan su oan kutulap, fahla nwe Meoa Mediterranean, su oan roto.

5 Yahweh our God will compel the people who are still living there to leave. He will push them out as you advance. Then the land will be yours, as Yahweh has promised you.

LEUM GOD lowos El ac fah oru tuh elos in kaingkin kowos, ac El fah luselosyak liki ye motowos. Kowos ac fah eis facl selos, oana LEUM GOD lowos El tuh wulela nu suwos.

6 “Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it [IDM].

Ke ma inge, kowos in arulana karinganang ac akos ma nukewa ma simla in book in Ma Sap lal Moses, ac nik kowos kuhfla liki.

7 Do not associate with the people who live among us [who are not Israelis and who worship other gods]. Do not mention the names of their gods, and do not use the names of their gods when you promise to do something. Do not serve their gods or worship them.

Kowos fah tia asruoki yurin mwetsac su lula in masrlowos, ku fahk inen god lalos, ku fulahk ke inen god lalos, ku epasr nu selos.

8 You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.

A kowos in arulana oaru nu sin LEUM GOD, oana ke kowos oru oemeet me nwe misenge.

9 “Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.

Tuh LEUM GOD El lusla mutunfacl yohk ac ku ye motowos, ac wangin sie selos tuh ku in tu lain kowos.

10 Each of you will be able to cause 1,000 of them to run away, because Yahweh your God will fight for you, just like he promised to do.

Siefanna suwos ku in ukwauk sie tausin selos, ke sripen LEUM GOD lowos El mweun keiwos, oana El tuh wulela nu suwos.

11 So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.

Ke ma inge kowos in sismouk keiwos sifacna tuh kowos in lungse LEUM GOD lowos.

12 “If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them,

Kowos fin soaru ac kupasr nu sin mutunfacl su muta inmasrlowos an, ac payuk nu selos,

13 then you can be sure that Yahweh our God will not help you to expel those people-groups from your land. They will be [like] traps [DOU, MET] [that will catch you]. They will be [like] whips [that strike] your backs, and like thorns [that will scratch] your eyes. As a result, none of you will be left in this good land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.

kowos in kalem kac lah LEUM GOD lowos El ac fah tia lusak mutunfacl inge liki kowos in oana ke El oru nu suwos meet. A elos ac fah mwe sensen nu suwos oana mwe kwasrip ku luf, na ac fah ngal oana mwe sringsring nu fintukuwos ku otoh nu in motowos. Ma inge ac orek nu suwos nwe ke na wangin sie suwos lula fin acn wowo se ma LEUM GOD lowos El sot nu suwos.

14 “It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does [EUP]. You know in your hearts [DOU] that Yahweh has done for you [LIT] everything that he promised to do.

“Inge nga akola in misa. Kais sie suwos sifacna etu insiowos ac in ngunuwos lah LEUM GOD lowos El sot ma wolana nukewa El tuh wulela kac. Wulela lal nukewa akpwayeyuk; wangin sie tafongla.

15 He has given to you all the good things that he promised. In the same way, the other things that he promised, [things that are not good], will also happen. He said that if you do what is evil, he will get rid of you and send you away from this good land that he has given to you.

Tusruktu, in oana ke LEUM GOD lowos El akpwayeye ma wo nukewa El tuh wulela kac nu suwos, El ac fah usot pac nu fowos ma koluk nukewa nwe ke na El unikowosla liki facl wolana se su LEUM GOD lowos El sot nu suwos.

16 That will happen if you do not obey the commands that Yahweh our God told you to obey. If you serve other gods and worship them, Yahweh will become very angry with you. Very quickly [he will expel you from] this good land that he has given to you, [and] none of you will be left here.”

Kowos fin tia karinganang wulela se ma LEUM GOD lowos El sapkin nu suwos, ac kowos fin kulansap ac alu nu sin god saya, na mulat lun God ac fah tayak lain kowos, na ac tia paht, ac fah wangin sie suwos lula ke facl wolana se inge su El asot nu suwos.”