Yosua 6
1 Wotu Yeriko ƒe agbowo goŋgoŋgoŋ le vɔvɔ̃ na Israelviwo ta, eye womeɖe mɔ na ame aɖeke be wòado go alo age ɖe eme o.
(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)
2 Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be, “Mieɖu Yerikotɔwo kple woƒe fia kple woƒe aʋawɔla sesẽwo katã dzi xoxo, elabena metsɔ wo de asi na mi!
And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.
3 Nu si miawɔe nye, wò kple wò aʋawɔlawo katã miazɔ aƒo xlã Yeriko du la zi ɖeka gbe sia gbe hena ŋkeke ade.
Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.
4 Na nunɔla adre ɖe sia ɖe natsɔ lãdzokpẽwo ɖe asi, eye woadze ŋgɔ na nubablaɖaka la. Le ŋkeke adrelia gbe la, wò kple wò aʋawɔlawo katã miazɔ aƒo xlã du la zi adre le esime nunɔlaawo anɔ kpẽawo kum.
And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.
5 Ne nunɔlaawo ku kpẽawo zi ɖeka sesĩe ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe la, ameawo katã nado ɣli sesĩe. Dua ƒe gliwo amu adze anyi ekema miato teƒe sia teƒe age ɖe dua me.”
And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.
6 Yosua, Nun ƒe vi, yɔ nunɔlaawo hegblɔ na wo be, “Mikɔ nubablaɖaka la; mia dometɔ adre nakɔ woƒe kpẽwo, eye miadze Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la ŋgɔ.”
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.
7 Ale wòɖe gbe na ameawo be, “Mizɔ yi ŋgɔ! Mizɔ ƒo xlã du la. Ame siwo lé aʋawɔnuwo ɖe asi la nedze ŋgɔ na Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la.”
And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.
8 Esi Yosua ƒo nu na ameawo vɔ la, nunɔla adre siwo lé kpẽ adre ɖe asi le Yehowa ŋkume la zɔ ɖe ŋgɔgbe henɔ woƒe kpẽawo kum, eye Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la kplɔ wo ɖo.
So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.
9 Ame siwo lé aʋawɔnuwo ɖe asi la dze ŋgɔ na nunɔla siwo nɔ kpeawo kum, eye ame mamlɛawo dze nubablaɖaka la yome. Kpẽawo nɔ ɖiɖim esi wonɔ nu siawo katã wɔm.
And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.
10 Yosua ɖe gbe na ameawo be, “Migado aʋaɣli o, migakɔ miaƒe gbewo dzi o, eye migagblɔ nya aɖeke o va se ɖe gbe si gbe magblɔ na mi be mido ɣli, ekema miado ɣli!”
And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.
11 Ale wòna wokɔ Yehowa ƒe aɖaka la ƒo xlã du la zi ɖeka. Tete ameawo gbugbɔ yi asaɖa la me, eye wotsi afi ma dɔ.
So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.
12 Yosua fɔ ŋdi kanya, nunɔlaawo kɔ nubablaɖaka la,
And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
13 eye nunɔla adre siwo si kpẽawo le la, dze ŋgɔ na Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la, eye wonɔ kpẽawo kum. Aʋawɔla aɖewo dze ŋgɔ na nunɔlaawo, eye mamlɛawo kplɔ nubablaɖaka la ɖo, le esime kpẽawo ganɔ ɖiɖim ko.
And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.
14 Ale wozɔ ƒo xlã du la zi ɖeka le ŋkeke evelia gbe, eye wogatrɔ yi asaɖa la me. Wowɔ alea ŋkeke ade.
The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.
15 Le ŋkeke adrelia ƒe fɔŋli la, wogadze mɔ, ke azɔ ya la, womegaƒo xlã du la zi ɖeka ko o, ke boŋ woƒo xlãe zi adre.
Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.
16 Esi woƒo xlã du la zi adrelia la, nunɔlaawo ku kpẽawo sesĩe ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe. Yosua ɖe gbe na ameawo be, “Ɣli neɖi! Yehowa tsɔ du sia na mí!”
And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.
17 Yosua gblɔ na ameawo do ŋgɔ be, “Miwu ame sia ame negbe Rahab, gbolo la kple ame sia ame si anɔ eƒe aƒe me la ko, elabena exɔ na míaƒe ŋkutsalawo.
And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.
18 Migaha naneke o, elabena ele be miatsrɔ̃ nu sia nu gbidigbidi. Ne miewɔ alea o la, dzɔgbevɔ̃e ava Israel dukɔ blibo la dzi.
And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.
19 Ke woƒe klosalo kple sika katã kple nu siwo wowɔ kple akɔbli kple gayibɔ la, woakɔ wo ŋu na Yehowa, eya ta mitsɔ wo va de Yehowa ƒe nudzraɖoƒe la me.”
But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.
20 Esi ameawo se kpẽawo ƒe ɖiɖi sesĩe la, wodo ɣli sesĩe abe ale si woate ŋui ene. Tete Yeriko ƒe gliwo mu dze anyi, eye wokaka le wo ŋkume. Israelviwo ge ɖe du la me bibibi to afi sia afi, eye woxɔ du la.
So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.
21 Wotsrɔ̃ nu sia nu le dua me, ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo, ɖeviwo kple ame tsitsiwo, nyiwo, alẽwo kple tedziwo. Wotsrɔ̃ nu sia nu keŋkeŋkeŋ.
And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.
22 Yosua gblɔ na ŋkutsala eveawo be, “Miwɔ miaƒe ŋugbedodo dzi. Miyi miaxɔ Rahab, gbolo la kple ame siwo katã le eƒe aƒe me la ɖe agbe.”
Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.
23 Ŋkutsalawo yi ɖatu Rahab, eye woxɔe ɖe agbe kpe ɖe fofoa, dadaa, nɔviawo kple ame siwo katã nɔ egbɔ la ŋu. Wona ame siawo nɔ Israelviwo ƒe asaɖa la godo.
So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.
24 Wotɔ dzo du la kple nu siwo katã le eme la negbe klosalo kple sika kple nu siwo wowɔ kple akɔbli kple gayibɔ ko wolɔ yi ɖada ɖe Yehowa ƒe nudzraɖoƒe.
Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.
25 Ale Yosua na Rahab, gbolo la kple eƒe ƒometɔ siwo nɔ egbɔ le eƒe aƒe me la tsi agbe, eye wotsi Israelviwo dome va se ɖe egbe, elabena Rahab ɣla ŋkutsala eve siwo Yosua ɖo ɖe Yeriko.
But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.
26 Ɣe ma ɣi la, Yosua ka atam vevi sia be, “Ame si agbugbɔ Yeriko du sia atso la, fiƒode sia ava edzi le Yehowa ŋkume. Atsɔ Via ŋutsu ŋgɔgbetɔ aɖo eƒe gɔmeɖokpewoe, eye wòatsɔ via ɖevitɔ ƒe agbe atsɔ ade agbowo du la nu.”
Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his youngest son he will put up its doors.
27 Ale Yehowa nɔ kple Yosua, eye eƒe ŋkɔxɔxɔ kaka ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi.
So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.
