Joshua 7
1 No rĩrĩ, andũ a Isiraeli nĩmagire kwĩhokeka ũhoro-inĩ ũkoniĩ indo iria ciamũrĩtwo cia kũniinwo; nake Akani mũrũ wa Karimi, mũrũ wa Zimuri, mũrũ wa Zera, wa mũhĩrĩga wa Juda, nĩoire imwe ciacio. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova agĩcinwo nĩ marakara nĩ ũndũ wa Isiraeli.
But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
2 Ningĩ Joshua agĩtũma andũ kuuma Jeriko mathiĩ Ai, itũũra rĩakuhanĩrĩirie na Bethi-Aveni mwena wa irathĩro wa Betheli, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ambatai mũthiĩ mũgathigaane bũrũri ũcio.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ acio magĩthiĩ na magĩthigaana Ai.
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.
3 Nao magĩcooka kũrĩ Joshua na makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Hatirĩ bata wa andũ othe mambate makahũũre itũũra rĩa Ai. Rekia andũ 2,000 kana ithatũ makarĩtunyane; tiga kũnogia andũ othe, nĩgũkorwo no andũ anini marĩ kuo.”
Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio no andũ ta 3,000 maambatire, no magĩtoorio nĩ andũ a Ai,
So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
5 nao andũ acio a Ai makĩũraga ta andũ mĩrongo ĩtatũ na atandatũ a Isiraeli. Nĩmaingatire andũ a Isiraeli kuuma kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra rĩu makĩmakinyia o kũrĩa kwenjagwo mahiga, na makĩmahũũrĩra kũu igaragaro-inĩ. Ihũũra rĩu rĩgĩtũma ngoro cia andũ a Isiraeli iringĩke, na makĩiyũrwo nĩ maaĩ nda.
The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
6 Nake Joshua agĩtembũranga nguo ciake, akĩĩgũithia thĩ, agĩturumithia ũthiũ wake thĩ mbere ya ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova, agĩikara hau nginya hwaĩ-inĩ. Nao athuuri a Isiraeli magĩĩka o ta ũguo na makĩĩhurĩria rũkũngũ mĩtwe.
Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.
7 Nake Joshua akiuga atĩrĩ, “Hĩ, Mwathani Jehova, nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire ũrehe andũ aya mũrĩmo ũyũ wa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani nĩguo ũtũneane moko-inĩ ma Aamori, matũniine? Naarĩ korwo nĩtwaiganĩire tũtũũre mũrĩmo ũrĩa ũngĩ wa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani!
And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!
8 Wee Mwathani, ingĩkiuga atĩa, kuona atĩ Isiraeli nĩmatooretio nĩ thũ ciao?
O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
9 Andũ a Kaanani na andũ arĩa angĩ a bũrũri ũyũ nĩmarĩigua ũhoro ũcio, nao matũthiũrũrũkĩrie, matũniine biũ, meherie rĩĩtwa riitũ gũkũ thĩ. Nawe ũgaagĩĩka atĩa nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩu rĩaku inene?”
For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?
10 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ, “Ũkĩra! Ũkwĩgũithia ũturumithĩtie ũthiũ waku thĩ nĩkĩ?
Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?
11 Isiraeli nĩmehĩtie; nĩmathũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa kĩrĩa ndamaathire marũmagĩrĩre. Nĩmoete indo imwe iria ciamũrĩtwo cia kũniinwo; nĩmaiyĩte, na makaheenania, o na magaciiganĩria hamwe na indo ciao o ene.
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
12 Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmi kĩrĩa kĩgirĩtie andũ a Isiraeli meetirie thũ ciao; na nĩkĩo marorĩra thũ ciao tondũ nĩmatuĩkĩte a kũniinwo. Na niĩ ndigũcooka gũkorwo hamwe na inyuĩ o tiga mũniinire kĩndũ kĩu kĩamũrĩtwo gĩa kũniinwo kĩehere thĩinĩ wanyu.
For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
13 “Ũkĩra, ũthiĩ ũtherie andũ acio. Thiĩ ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Mwĩtheriei mwĩhaarĩrie nĩ ũndũ wa rũciũ; nĩgũkorwo Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli ekuuga atĩrĩ: Nĩ harĩ kĩndũ kĩamũre gĩa kũniinwo kĩrĩ thĩinĩ wanyu, inyuĩ Isiraeli. Mũtingĩhota gwĩtiiria thũ cianyu o nginya rĩrĩa mũgaakĩeheria kiume thĩinĩ wanyu.
Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.
14 “‘Tondũ ũcio rũciũ kĩroko mũkeyumĩria inyuĩ ene o mũhĩrĩga, o mũhĩrĩga. Na rĩrĩ, mũhĩrĩga ũrĩa Jehova agaathuura nĩũkeyumĩria o mbarĩ, o mbarĩ; nayo mbarĩ ĩrĩa Jehova agaathuura nĩĩkeyumĩria o nyũmba, o nyũmba; nayo nyũmba ĩrĩa Jehova agaathuura nĩĩkeyumĩria o mũndũ, o mũndũ.
So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.
15 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũkũnyiitwo na indo icio ciamũrĩtwo cia kũniinwo nĩagacinwo na mwaki hamwe na indo ciake ciothe. Nĩgũkorwo nĩathũkĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova, na nĩekĩte ũndũ wa thoni thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli!’”
Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.
16 Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ rũciinĩ tene, Joshua akĩĩra andũ a Isiraeli moimĩre o ta ũrĩa mĩhĩrĩga yao yatariĩ, naguo mũhĩrĩga wa Juda ũgĩthuurwo.
So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;
17 Mbarĩ cia Juda ikiumĩra, nake agĩthuura mbarĩ ya Azera. Agĩcooka akiumĩria mbarĩ cia Azera mbere kũringana na nyũmba ciao, nake Zabedi agĩthuurwo.
Then he made Judah come forward, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he made the family of the Zerahites come forward man by man; and Zabdi was taken;
18 Nake Joshua akiumĩria nyũmba yake mũndũ o mũndũ, nake Akani mũrũ wa Karimi, mũrũ wa Zimuri, mũrũ wa Zera, wa mũhĩrĩga wa Juda, agĩthuurwo.
Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 Nake Joshua akĩĩra Akani atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa, gooca Jehova, o we Ngai wa Isiraeli, na ũmũkumie. Njĩĩra ũrĩa wĩkĩte na ndũkaahithe.”
And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
20 Nake Akani agĩcookia akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ nĩnjĩhĩirie Jehova Ngai wa Isiraeli. Na ũũ nĩguo njĩkĩte:
And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:
21 Rĩrĩa ndonire kabuti gathaka koimĩte Babuloni, na cekeri magana meerĩ cia betha, na gĩkama gĩa thahabu kĩa ũritũ wa cekeri mĩrongo ĩtano thĩinĩ wa indo iria twatahĩte, nĩndaciĩrirĩirie na ngĩcioya, na ithikĩtwo thĩ kũu hema-inĩ yakwa, nayo betha ĩrĩ rungu wacio.”
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
22 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Joshua agĩtũma andũ, nao makĩhanyũka magĩthiĩ nginya hema-inĩ yake, na magĩkora indo icio ihithĩtwo thĩinĩ wa hema ĩyo, nayo betha ĩyo yaigĩtwo rungu rwacio.
So Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.
23 Nao andũ acio makĩruta indo icio kuuma hema-inĩ ĩyo, magĩcitwarĩra Joshua o hamwe na andũ a Isiraeli othe, nao magĩciaragania thĩ mbere ya Jehova.
And they took them from the tent and came back with them to Joshua and the children of Israel, and put them before the Lord.
24 Nake Joshua, hamwe na Isiraeli othe, makĩnyiita Akani mũrũ wa Zera, na makĩoya betha ĩyo, na kabuti, na gĩkama gĩa thahabu, na ariũ ake na airĩtu ake, na ngʼombe ciake, na ndigiri na ngʼondu ciake, na makĩoya hema yake o na indo ciothe iria arĩ nacio, magĩcitwara Gĩtuamba kĩa Akori.
Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley of Achor.
25 Nake Joshua akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte ũtũrehere thĩĩna ũyũ? Wee nawe ũmũthĩ nĩũkuonio thĩĩna nĩ Jehova.” Nao andũ a Isiraeli othe makĩmũhũũra na mahiga nyuguto, na maarĩkia kũhũũra acio angĩ na mahiga, makĩmacina.
And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.
26 Magĩcooka makĩhũmbĩra Akani na hĩba nene mũno ya mahiga, namo mahiga macio marĩ o ho nginya ũmũthĩ. Nake Jehova agĩthirwo nĩ marakara marĩa maamũcinĩte. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio handũ hau hagĩcooka gwĩtwo Gĩtuamba kĩa Akori o nginya ũmũthĩ.
And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
