Yosua 23

1 Le esiawo katã megbe esi Yehowa na be Israelviwo ɖu woƒe futɔwo katã dzi, eye wokpɔ gbɔdzɔe la, Yosua, ame si zu amegãɖeɖi azɔ la

And it came to pass after many days, when the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

2 yɔ Israel ƒe kplɔlawo, ametsitsiwo, ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo kple dɔdzikpɔlawo katã ƒo ƒu hegblɔ na wo be, “Fifia metsi azɔ.

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them: 'I am old and well stricken in years.

3 Miekpɔ nu siwo katã Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la wɔ na mi le nye agbenɔɣi. Ewɔ aʋa kple miaƒe futɔwo na mi, eye wòtsɔ woƒe anyigba na mi.

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God, He it is that hath fought for you.

4 Mema dukɔ siwo gali kokoko kple esiwo dzi meɖu la ƒe anyigbawo na mi abe miaƒe domenyinu ene, tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la ŋu le ɣedzeƒe heyi Domeƒu la ŋu le ɣetoɖoƒe.

Behold, I have allotted unto you for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun.

5 Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ana miaƒe futɔwo nagbugbɔ, eye wòanya wo, woasi le mia ŋgɔ. Miaxɔ woƒe anyigbawo abe ale si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la do ŋugbe na mi ene.

And the LORD your God, He shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke unto you.

6 “Ke miwɔ se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe Mose ƒe Segbalẽ la me la dzi pɛpɛpɛ. Migade axa na seawo dzi wɔwɔ le mɔ suetɔ kekeake gɔ̃ hã nu o.

Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

7 Mikpɔ nyuie be, miade ha kple trɔ̃subɔla siwo gale anyigba la dzi kura o. Migayɔ woƒe mawuwo ƒe ŋkɔ gɔ̃ hã o; migawɔ woƒe ŋkɔ ŋu dɔ le atamkaka me o, eye migasubɔ wo o.

that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor worship them;

8 Ke midze Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la yome abe ale si miele wɔwɔm va se ɖe fifia ene.

but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day;

9 Yehowa nya dukɔ triakɔwo ɖa le mia ŋgɔ, eye dukɔ aɖeke mete ŋu ɖu mia dzi o.

wherefore the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and mighty; but as for you, no man hath stood against you unto this day.

10 Mia dometɔ ɖeka ɖe sia ɖe te ŋu nya futɔ akpe ɖeka ɖe du nu, elabena Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la wɔa aʋa na mi,

One man of you hath chased a thousand; for the LORD your God, He it is that fought for you, as He spoke unto you.

11 eya ta mikpɔ egbɔ be yewoyi Yehowa miaƒe Mawu lɔlɔ̃ dzi.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

12 “Ne miegbugbɔ le Yehowa yome, eye ne miede asi srɔ̃ɖeɖe tso wo dome me la,

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

13 ekema minyae nyuie be, Yehowa maganya dukɔ mawo ɖa le miaƒe anyigba dzi o, ke boŋ azu mɔ si wotre na mi, ana miase veve le miaƒe axadame, wòazu ŋu anɔ ŋku tɔm na mi, eye miatsrɔ̃ le anyigba si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la na mi la dzi.

know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

14 “Esusɔ vie ko maku. Mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nya nyuie le eƒe dzi me be Yehowa miaƒe Mawu na nu nyui siwo katã ŋugbe wòdo la mi, ɖeke meda le edzi o.

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; consider ye therefore in all your heart and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 Ke abe ale si wòwɔ ŋugbe siwo katã wòdo na mi dzi ene la, nenema ke wòawɔ ɖe nya vɔ̃ siwo katã wògblɔ da ɖi la hã dzii.

And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spoke unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

16 Ne miewɔ nubabla si Yehowa wɔ kpli mi dzi o, eye ne miesubɔ Mawu bubuwo la, ekema ahe to na mi le eƒe dɔmedzoe me, eye eteƒe madidi o la, mia dometɔ aɖeke magasusɔ ɖe anyigba nyui si Yehowa tsɔ na mi la dzi o.”

When ye transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which He hath given unto you.'