Yosua 3
1 Yosua kple Israelviwo katã fɔ ŋdi kanya, eye wodze mɔ tso Sitim va ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la to le fiẽ me. Wotsi afi ma dɔ ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo hafi tso tɔsisi la.
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 Le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia gbe la, kplɔlawo tsa le asaɖa la me,
And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;
3 eye woɖe gbeƒã na ameawo be, “Ne miekpɔ nunɔlawo, ame siwo nye Levitɔwo wokɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe nubablaɖaka la, ekema miho miadze wo yome.
and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then remove from your place, and go after it;
4 Mieva afi sia kpɔ o, eya ta nunɔlawo afia afi si miayi la mi, gake migate ɖe nubablaɖaka la ŋu kplikplikpli o; mina dometsotso abe kilomita ɖeka ene nanɔ miawo kple nubablaɖaka la dome. Mikpɔ egbɔ be yewomete ɖe eŋu wu nenema o.”
yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 Yosua gblɔ na ameawo be, “Mikɔ mia ɖokuiwo ŋuti, elabena etsɔ la, Yehowa le nukunu gã aɖe wɔ ge.”
And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
6 Yosua gblɔ na nunɔlawo le ŋdi me be, “Mikɔ nubablaɖaka la, eye miakplɔ mí atso Yɔdan tɔsisi lae!” Ale wodze mɔ.
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be, “Made bubu gã aɖe ŋuwò egbe ale be, Israelviwo katã nanya be meli kpli wò abe ale si menɔ kple Mose ene.
And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
8 Gblɔ na nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la be woatɔ ɖe tɔsisi la nu.”
And thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.
9 Yosua ƒo ƒu Israelviwo katã nu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miva miase nya si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la gblɔ.
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
10 Egbe la, miadze sii kɔtɛe be Mawu gbagbe la le mia dome, eye wòanya Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Hivitɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Girgasitɔwo, Amoritɔwo, kple Yebusitɔwo le anyigba si xɔ ge míala fifia la dzi.
And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in your midst, and [that] he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Mibu eŋu kpɔ! Mawu, ame si nye Aƒetɔ na xexea me katã la ƒe nubablaɖaka akplɔ mí atso tɔsisi lae!
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into the Jordan.
12 “Fifia la, mitia ame wuieve, ame ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me hena dɔ tɔxɛ aɖe wɔwɔ.
And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
13 Ne nunɔla siwo kɔ Yehowa, anyigba la katã ƒe Aƒetɔ ƒe nubablaɖaka la, ka afɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la me teti ko la, eƒe tsi siwo le sisim yi anyigbeme la nu atso, eye woazu gli.”
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.
14 Ale esi ameawo do le asaɖa la me yina be woatso Yɔdan tɔsisia la, nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la dze ŋgɔ na wo.
And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people;
15 Azɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la ɖɔ, gbagba le nuŋeɣi katã, gake esi nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la ɖo Yɔdan tɔsisi la nu, eye woƒe afɔ ka tɔsisi la to teti ko la,
and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest),
16 dzigbetsi la dzudzɔ sisi, eye wòzu gli le adzɔge na wo le du aɖe si woyɔna be Adam la gbɔ le Zaretan lɔƒo. Ke tsi si nɔ sisim yina ɖe anyigbeme la si yi ɖe Araba alo Dzeƒu la me. Ale tsi la ƒe sisi tɔ keŋkeŋ, eye ameawo tso tɔsisi la ɖi go ɖe Yeriko kasa.
the waters which flowed down from above stood [and] rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.
17 Nunɔla siwo kɔ Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la tɔ ɖe anyigba ƒuƒui dzi le Yɔdan tɔsisi la titina, ale Israelviwo katã tso eme va se ɖe esime dukɔ blibo la tso tɔsisi la le anyigba ƒuƒu dzi.
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
