Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo 2
1 Gbe ɖeka la, Mawudɔla aɖe tso Gilgal yi Bokim eye wògblɔ na Israelviwo be, “Mekplɔ mi tso Egiptenyigba dzi va anyigba si ŋugbe medo na mia tɔgbuiwo la dzi. Megblɔ na mi bena, nyemagbe nubabla si mewɔ kpli mi la dzi wɔwɔ o,
And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:
2 ne miawɔ ɖeka kple ame siwo le anyigba sia dzi o. Megagblɔ na mi be, miagbã woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo, ke nu ka ta mieɖo tom o?
On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this?
3 Esi miegbe míaƒe nubabla la dzi wɔwɔ ta la, nubabla la megabla nye hã o eya ta nyemagado ŋugbe be matsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo le miaƒe anyigba dzi o, ke boŋ woanye ŋu anɔ axadame na mi eye woƒe mawuwo anye tetekpɔ na mi ɣe sia ɣi.”
Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.
4 Esi Israelviwo se nya sia la, wofa avi hoo.
And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Ale wona ŋkɔ teƒe ma be Bokim si gɔmee nye “Avifaƒe” eye wosa vɔ na Yehowa.
And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
6 Esi Yosua ɖe asi le dukɔa ŋu la, ame sia ame yi ɖe eƒe domenyinu si nye anyigba si wòxɔ la dzi.
And Josue sent away the people, and the children of Israel went every one to his own possession to hold it:
7 Ameawo subɔ Yehowa le Yosua kple ametsitsi siwo nɔ agbe wòdidi wu Yosua la ƒe agbemeŋkekewo me eye wokpɔ nu dzɔatsu siwo katã Yehowa wɔ na Israel.
And they served the Lord all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.
8 Yosua, Nun ƒe vi, Yehowa ƒe dɔla ku esi wòxɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka kple ewo,
And Josue the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old,
9 eye woɖii ɖe anyigba si ƒe dome wònyi le Timnat Heres le Efraim ƒe tonyigba dzi le Gaas to la ƒe anyiehe.
And they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in mount Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas.
10 Mlɔeba la, dzidzime mawo katã ku. Dzidzime si kplɔ wo ɖo la menya Yehowa loo alo nu siwo wòwɔ na Israel o.
And all that generation was gathered to their fathers: and there arose others that knew not the Lord, and the works which he had done for Israel.
11 Tete Israelviwo wɔ nu si nye vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume eye wosubɔ Baalwo.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
12 Woɖe asi le Yehowa, ame si nye wo fofowo ƒe Mawu, ame si kplɔ wo tso Egiptenyigba dzi la ŋu eye wosubɔ dukɔ siwo ƒo xlã wo la ƒe mawuwo. Wodo dɔmedzoe na Mawu elabena
And they left the Lord the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt: and they followed strange gods, and the gods of the people that dwelt round about them, and they adored them: and they provoked the Lord to anger.
13 wogblẽe ɖi eye wosubɔ Baalwo kple Astarɔtwo.
Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth.
14 Le Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe si wòdo ɖe Israel ŋu ta la, etsɔ wo de asi na adzohawo eye woha wo. Etsɔ wo dzra na woƒe futɔ siwo ƒo xlã wo, ame siwo nu womagate ŋu nɔ te ɖo o.
And the Lord being angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers: who took them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt round about: neither could they stand against their enemies:
15 Ne Israelviwo yi aʋa wɔ ge la, Yehowa megakpena ɖe wo ŋu o ale woɖua wo dzi abe ale si wòka atam na wo la ene eya ta wonɔ xaxa gã aɖe me.
But whithersoever they meant to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, as he had said, and as he had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 Yehowa ɖo Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo na wo, ame siwo ɖe wo tso adzoha siawo ƒe asi me.
And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,
17 Ke hã la, womeɖo to woƒe Ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo o, ke boŋ wodze mawu bubuwo yome hesubɔ wo. Womenɔ abe wo fofowo ene o, wotrɔ le mɔ si dzi wo fofowo zɔ le la dzi kaba, mɔ si nye toɖoɖo Yehowa ƒe sededewo.
Committing fornication with strange gods, and adoring them. They quickly forsook the way, in which their fathers had walked: and hearing the commandments of the Lord, they did all things contrary.
18 Ne Yehowa ɖo Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la aɖe na wo la, enɔa anyi kple Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ma, eye wòɖea wo tso woƒe futɔwo ƒe asi me zi ale si Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ma le agbe elabena Yehowa kpɔa nublanui na wo ne wole ŋeŋem le ame siwo le wo tem ɖe anyi, le funyafunya wɔm wo la ƒe kɔkuti te.
And when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors.
19 Ke ne Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ma ku la, ameawo galéa mɔ siwo vɔ̃ɖi wu wo fofowo tɔ la tsɔna, eye wodzea mawu bubuwo yome, dea ta agu na wo hesubɔa wo. Wogbe be yewomaɖe asi le woƒe nuwɔna kple mɔ vɔ̃ɖiwo ŋuti o.
But after the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them and adoring them. They left not their own inventions, and the stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.
20 Le esia ta Yehowa do dɔmedzoe vevie ɖe Israel ŋu hegblɔ be, “Esi dukɔ sia tu nu si mebla kple wo fofowo eye womeɖo tom o ta la,
And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said: Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which I had made with their fathers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice:
21 nyemaganya dukɔ siwo Yosua metsrɔ̃ hafi ku o la le wo ŋgɔ o;
I also will not destroy the nations which Josue left, when he died:
22 ke boŋ mawɔ dukɔ siawo ŋu dɔ, ado nye dukɔ, Israel kpɔ, ale be manya ne woaɖo to Yehowa azɔ le eƒe mɔ dzi abe wo fofowo ene loo alo womaɖo toe o.”
That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.
23 Ale Yehowa gblẽ dukɔ siawo ɖe anyigba la dzi; menya wo ɖa zi ɖeka to wo tsɔtsɔ de asi na Yosua me o.
The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.
