Joshua 3
1 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass 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 cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp,
Nnansa akyi no, Israelfo ntuanofo no faa atenae hɔ nyinaa
3 and command the people, saying, 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone 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 only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the 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 And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfo no se, “Munnwira mo ho, efisɛ, ɔkyena Awurade bɛyɛ anwonwade wɔ mo mu.”
6 And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go 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 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am 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 and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan — in the Jordan 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 And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;
Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no se, “Mommra mmetie asɛm a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn aka.
10 and Joshua saith, 'By this ye know that the living God [is] in your midst, and He doth 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 passing over before you into Jordan;
Munnwen ho! Apam Adaka a ɛyɛ Awurade a asase nyinaa yɛ ne de no bedi mo anim de mo atwa Asubɔnten Yordan.
12 and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man — one man for a tribe;
Afei, munyiyi nnipa dumien a ɔbaako biara fi mmusuakuw dumien no mu.
13 and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off — the waters which are coming down from above — and they stand — one heap.'
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 cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of 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 and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its 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 stand; those coming down from above have risen — one heap, very far above Adam the city, which [is] at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-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 bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan — established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass 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.
