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 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.
2 Le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia gbe la, kplɔlawo tsa le asaɖa la me,
And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of 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 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;
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.”
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.'
5 Yosua gblɔ na ameawo be, “Mikɔ mia ɖokuiwo ŋuti, elabena etsɔ la, Yehowa le nukunu gã aɖe wɔ ge.”
And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'
6 Yosua gblɔ na nunɔlawo le ŋdi me be, “Mikɔ nubablaɖaka la, eye miakplɔ mí atso Yɔdan tɔsisi lae!” Ale wodze mɔ.
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.
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 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;
8 Gblɔ na nunɔla siwo kɔ nubablaɖaka la be woatɔ ɖe tɔsisi la nu.”
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.'
9 Yosua ƒo ƒu Israelviwo katã nu, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miva miase nya si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la gblɔ.
And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Come nigh 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 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:
11 Mibu eŋu kpɔ! Mawu, ame si nye Aƒetɔ na xexea me katã la ƒe nubablaɖaka akplɔ mí atso tɔsisi lae!
lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into 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 for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man — one man for a 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 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.'
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 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,
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 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) —
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.
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;
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 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.
