Yosua 7
1 Ke Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa ŋu. Woda le eƒe se si wòde na wo be woatsrɔ̃ nu sia nu negbe nu siwo woatsɔ ada ɖe Yehowa ƒe nudzraɖoƒe la ko dzi. Akan, Karmi ƒe viŋutsu, si nye Zabdi ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi, ame si ƒe tɔgbuigãe nye Zera tso Yuda ƒe ƒomea me la tsɔ nu siwo woha la ƒe ɖewo na eɖokui. Nu sia na Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Israel dukɔ blibo la ŋu.
But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined [part] of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
2 Esi woxɔ Yeriko teti ko la, Yosua ɖo ame aɖewo ɖa be woatsa ŋku le Ai, si te ɖe Bet Aven le Betel ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo.
And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.
3 Ŋkutsalawo trɔ gbɔ va gblɔ na Yosua be, “Ai nye du sue aɖe ko, míaƒe aʋawɔla akpe eve alo akpe etɔ̃ gɔ̃ hã ate ŋu axɔ du la bɔbɔe, eya ta mehiã be mí katã míayi o.”
And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up there the whole people, for [the enemy] are few.
4 Ale woɖo aʋawɔla abe akpe etɔ̃ ene ko ɖa. Ke woɖu Israelviwo dzi bɔbɔe;
And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai.
5 wowu Israelvi abe ame blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade ene le aʋakpekpe la me, eye ame bubu geɖewo ku esime futɔwo nya wo tso Ai va se ɖe kpegbãƒe la. Nyadzɔdzɔ sia de vɔvɔ̃ lãme na Israelviwo ŋutɔŋutɔ.
And the men of Gai killed of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
6 Yosua kple Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo dze woƒe awuwo; wotsyɔ mo anyi ɖe Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la ŋgɔ, eye wolɔ ke kɔ ɖe ta me abe konyifafa ƒe dzesi ene va se ɖe fiẽ.
And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
7 Yosua do ɣli na Yehowa be, “Oo, Yehowa, nu ka ta nèkplɔ mí va tso Yɔdan tɔsisi la be Amoritɔwo nawu mí? Nu ka ta míekpɔ ŋudzedze le nu si nɔ mía si la ŋu o? Nu ka ta míetsi tɔsisi la ƒe akpa kemɛ o?
And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, therefore has your servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.
8 Oo, Yehowa, nu ka mawɔ azɔ esi Israel si le eƒe futɔwo nu?
And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy?
9 Ne Kanaantɔwo kple dukɔ bubu siwo le nuto sia me ase nya sia la, woaɖe to ɖe mí, akpe aʋa kpli mí, eye woatsrɔ̃ míaƒe ŋkɔ keŋkeŋ. Ekema nya kae adzɔ ɖe bubu kple ŋkɔ gã si le asiwò la dzi?”
And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what will you do [for] your great name?
10 Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be, “Tsi tsitre! Nu ka ta nèmlɔ anyigba ale?
And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why have you fallen upon your face?
11 Israelviwo wɔ nu vɔ̃, wogbe nubabla si mewɔ kpli wo la dzi wɔwɔ. Wotsɔ nu siwo meɖe gbe be woatsrɔ̃ la dometɔ aɖewo, wofi wo, da alakpa, eye wotsɔ wo ɣla ɖe woƒe nuwo dome.
The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
12 Esia ta wole Israelviwo dzi ɖum ɖo, eya ta wò aʋawɔlawo le sisim le woƒe futɔwo nu, elabena fiƒode le wo dzi. Nyemaganɔ mia dome azɔ o, negbe ɖeko miaɖe busunu si le mia dome la ɖa hafi.
And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless you remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
13 “Tsi tsitre! Gblɔ na ameawo be, ‘Ele be mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nawɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖeɖe ɖa ƒe kɔnu, adzra ɖo na etsɔ si gbɔna, elabena Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ be ame aɖe fi fi, eya ta miate ŋu aɖu miaƒe futɔwo dzi o va se ɖe esime miaɖe nu vɔ̃ sia ƒe busu ɖa le mia dome.
Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; you shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until you shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
14 “‘Eya ta le ŋdi la, miava le ɖoɖo nu, to sia to nava, eye Yehowa afia asi to si me fɔɖila sia tso. To ma ƒe hlɔ̃wo ava ɖekaɖeka ekema Yehowa aɖe hlɔ̃ si me fɔɖila la le la afia, eye hlɔ̃ ma hã ƒe ƒomewo ava ɖekaɖeka. Le esia megbe la, ƒome si me fɔɖila la le la me tɔwo ava ɖekaɖeka.
And you shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall show, you shall bring man by man.
15 Ekema woatɔ dzo ame si da le sea dzi la ƒe nuwo kple nu sia nu si nye etɔ la, elabena eda le Yehowa ƒe nubabla la dzi, eye wòhe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va Israel dukɔ la dzi.’”
And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel.
16 Ale esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanya la, Yosua kplɔ Israelviwo ƒe towo va Yehowa ŋkume, eye wòtɔ asi Yuda ƒe to la dzi.
And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
17 Yosua kplɔ Yuda ƒe hlɔ̃wo vɛ ɖekaɖeka, eye wòtɔ asi Zera ƒe hlɔ̃ la dzi. Wokplɔ ƒome siwo tso Zera ƒe hlɔ̃ me la va Yehowa ŋkume ɖekaɖekae, eye wòtɔ asi Zabdi ƒe ƒome la dzi.
And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
18 Ale mlɔeba la, wokplɔ Zabdi ƒe ŋutsuwo vɛ ɖekaɖeka, eye wokpɔ be fiafitɔ lae nye Akan, Karmi ƒe vi.
And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
19 Yosua gblɔ na Akan be, “Vinye, tsɔ bubu na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la, eye nàʋu nu vɔ̃ me; gblɔ nu si nèwɔ la nam.”
And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what you have done, and hide it not from me.
20 Akan ɖo eŋu be, “Mewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ŋu.
And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
21 Mekpɔ awu nyui aɖe si woƒle tso Babilonia kple klosaloga home aɖe kpe ɖe sikakɔ aɖe ŋuti. Meɣla wo ɖe to me le nye agbadɔ me; klosalo la le nuawo te.”
I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachmas of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachmas, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.
22 Yosua ɖo ame aɖewo ɖa be woaɖadi nu fifiawo. Woƒu du yi Axan ƒe agbadɔ me, eye wokpɔ nu fifiawo le to me, klosalo la nɔ nu bubuawo te abe ale si Axan gblɔ ene.
And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.
23 Wolɔ nuawo katã va da ɖe anyigba le Yosua ƒe afɔ nu.
And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.
24 Yosua kple Israelviwo katã kplɔ Akan, Zera ƒe vi, wotsɔ klosalo la, awu la kple sikakɔ la, eye wokplɔ via ŋutsuwo, via nyɔnuwo, eƒe nyiwo, tedziwo kple alẽwo, eye wokɔ eƒe agbadɔ kple nu sia nu si nɔ esi la yi Axor balime.
And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people [were] with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor.
25 Yosua gblɔ na Axan le afi ma be, “Nu ka ta nèhe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va mía dzi ɖo? Yehowa ahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va wò hã dzi azɔ.” Ale Israelviwo ƒu kpe wo woku, wotɔ dzo wo,
And Joshua said to Achar, Why have you destroyed us? the Lord destroy you as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.
26 eye wofɔ kpewo li kɔ ɖe wo dzi. Kpeawo gale afi ma va se ɖe egbe. Wogayɔa teƒe la be “Dzɔgbevɔ̃e Ƒe Balime” va se ɖe egbe. Ale Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la nu tso.
And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emecachor until this day.
