Joshua 23
1 Thuutha wa ihinda inene gũthira na Jehova agĩkorwo aheete andũ a Isiraeli ũhurũko kuuma kũrĩ thũ ciao ciothe iria ciamathiũrũrũkĩirie, na Joshua agĩkorwo aarĩ mũkũrũ mũno na akaingĩhia mĩaka-rĩ,
And it came to pass a long time after that Yhwh had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
2 agĩĩta andũ a Isiraeli othe, na athuuri ao, na atongoria, na atuithania a maciira, na anene, akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Rĩu niĩ ndĩ mũkũrũ na ngaingĩhia mĩaka.
And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3 Inyuĩ ene nĩmwĩoneire maũndũ marĩa mothe Jehova Ngai wanyu ekĩte ndũrĩrĩ ici ciothe Nĩ ũndũ wanyu, nĩgũkorwo nĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu wamũrũĩrĩire.
And ye have seen all that Yhwh your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Yhwh your God is he that hath fought for you.
4 Ririkanai ũrĩa ndamũgaĩire ndũrĩrĩ iria ciatigarĩte ituĩke igai rĩa mĩhĩrĩga yanyu, hamwe na mabũrũri ma ndũrĩrĩ iria niĩ mwene ndatooririe, kuuma Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani o nginya Iria rĩrĩa Inene rĩa mwena wa ithũĩro.
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
5 Jehova Ngai wanyu we mwene nĩagaciingata imweherere. Nĩagacieheria mbere yanyu, na inyuĩ nĩmũkegwatĩra bũrũri wao ũtuĩke wanyu, o ta ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu aamwĩrire.
And Yhwh your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Yhwh your God hath promised unto you.
6 “Gĩai na hinya mũno; mũrũmie na mwathĩkagĩre watho wothe ũrĩa wandĩkĩtwo Ibuku-inĩ rĩa watho wa Musa, mũtekũgarũrũka na mwena wa ũrĩo kana wa ũmotho.
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 Mũtikanagwatanĩre na ndũrĩrĩ ici itigaire thĩinĩ wanyu; mũtikanagwete marĩĩtwa ma ngai ciacio kana mwĩhĩte nacio. Mũtikanacitungatĩre kana mũciinamĩrĩre.
That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
8 No inyuĩ no nginya mũrũmie kwĩgwatania na Jehova Ngai wanyu, o ta ũrĩa mũkoretwo mũgĩĩka nginya ũmũthĩ.
But cleave unto Yhwh your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 “Jehova nĩamũingatĩire ndũrĩrĩ nene na irĩ hinya mũno ikamweherera; na nginya ũmũthĩ ũyũ gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũhotete kũmwĩtiiria.
For Yhwh hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
10 Mũndũ ũmwe wanyu atooragia andũ ngiri, Nĩ ũndũ Jehova Ngai wanyu nĩwe ũmũrũagĩrĩra, o ta ũrĩa eeranĩire.
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for Yhwh your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwĩmenyererei mũno nĩguo mwendage Jehova Ngai wanyu.
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Yhwh your God.
12 “No rĩrĩ, mũngĩgarũrũka na mũnyiitanagĩre na matigari ma ndũrĩrĩ ici itigaire thĩinĩ wanyu na mũhikanie nacio na mũgwatanĩre nacio,
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 hĩndĩ ĩyo na inyuĩ mũmenye wega atĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu ndagacooka kũingata ndũrĩrĩ icio ciehere mbere yanyu. No rĩrĩ, igaatuĩka cia kũmũheenereria o na ituĩke ta mĩtego ya kũmũgwatia, na ituĩke iboko cia kũmũhũũra, na mĩigua ya kũmũtũra maitho, nginya mũthire bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ mwega, ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu amũheete.
Know for a certainty that Yhwh your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Yhwh your God hath given you.
14 “Rĩu niĩ ngirie gwĩthiĩra na njĩra ĩrĩa andũ othe a thĩ mathiiaga. Nĩmũũĩ na ngoro cianyu ciothe, na maroho manyu atĩ gũtirĩ kĩĩranĩro o na kĩmwe kĩa maũndũ marĩa mothe mega Jehova Ngai wanyu aamwĩrĩire atahingĩtie. Irĩkanĩro ciothe nĩihingĩtio, na gũtirĩ o na kĩmwe gĩtahingĩte.
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Yhwh your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
15 No rĩrĩ, o ta ũrĩa ciĩranĩro ciothe njega iria Ngai eeranĩire ihingĩte-rĩ, ũguo noguo Jehova akaamũrehithĩria ũũru ũrĩa wothe oigĩte nĩakamũrehere, o nginya amũniine mwehere bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ mwega amũheete.
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which Yhwh your God promised you; so shall Yhwh bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Yhwh your God hath given you.
16 Mũngĩthũkia kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu kĩrĩa aamwathire mũrũmagĩrĩre, na mũcooke gũtungatagĩra ngai ingĩ na mũgaciinamĩrĩra-rĩ, marakara ma Jehova nĩmakamũrĩrĩmbũkĩra, na inyuĩ nĩmũgakua narua mũthire bũrũri ũyũ mwega amũheete.”
When ye have transgressed the covenant of Yhwh your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of Yhwh be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
