Jozye 22

1 Lè sa a, Jozye fè rele tout moun nan branch fanmi Woubenn, nan branch fanmi Gad ak nan mwatye branch fanmi Manase a, li reyini yo,

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

2 li di yo: -Nou fè tou sa Moyiz, sèvitè Seyè a, te ban nou lòd fè a. Nou te koute m' chak fwa mwen te mande nou fè kichòy.

and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.

3 Depi nan konmansman rive jòdi a, nou pa lage moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou yo, nou te fè tou sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te mande nou fè.

You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

4 Koulye a, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ba yo lapè jan li te di yo a. Se konsa, nou mèt tounen al lakay nou, nan peyi ki pou nou an, peyi Moyiz, sèvitè Seyè a, te ban nou lòt bò larivyè Jouden.

Now Jehovah your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.

5 Sèl bagay n'ap mande nou, se pou nou obeyi kòmandman ak lalwa Moyiz, sèvitè Seyè a, te ban nou an. Se pou nou renmen Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Se pou nou toujou mache nan chemen li mete devan nou an. Se pou nou fè tou sa l' mande nou fè. Se pou nou kenbe pye l' fèm. Se pou nou sèvi l' ak tout kè nou ak tout nanm nou.

Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

6 Apre sa, Jozye ba yo benediksyon, li voye yo ale. Epi, y' al lakay yo.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

7 Moyiz te pran peyi Bazan an, li te bay mwatye nan branch fanmi Manase a. Jozye menm te bay lòt mwatye branch fanmi an yon pòsyon tè nan peyi ki sou bò solèy kouche larivyè Jouden an ansanm ak lòt branch fanmi pèp la. Lè Jozye t'ap voye premye mwatye moun Manase yo ale lakay yo, lè li fin beni yo,

Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

8 li di yo konsa: -N'ap tounen lakay nou avèk anpil richès, avèk anpil bèt, avèk anpil bagay fèt an ajan, an lò, an kwiv, an fè, ansanm ak anpil rad. Separe avèk moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou yo tou sa nou te pran nan men lènmi nou yo nan lagè.

and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers."

9 Se konsa, moun branch fanmi Woubenn yo, moun branch fanmi Gad yo ak mwatye moun nan branch fanmi Manase yo tounen tounen yo lakay yo. Yo kite rès pèp Izrayèl la lavil Silo nan peyi Kanaran, y' al nan peyi Galarad, nan peyi yo te ba yo a, dapre lòd Seyè a te bay Moyiz pou yo.

The descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

10 Lè moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ak mwatye moun Manase yo rive devan larivyè Jouden, sou bò peyi Kanaran an, yo bati yon kokenn chenn lotèl sou rivaj la.

When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

11 Lòt moun pèp Izrayèl yo vin konn sa. Moun te vin di yo: -Men moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ak mwatye moun Manase yo bati yon lotèl toupre larivyè Jouden sou fwontyè peyi Kanaran an, sou bò peyi moun Izrayèl yo.

The children of Israel heard this, "Look, the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."

12 Lè pèp Izrayèl la vin konn sa, tout moun sanble lavil Silo pou y' al goumen ak moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ak lòt mwatye moun Manase yo.

When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

13 Moun pèp Izrayèl yo voye Fineas, pitit gason Eleaza, prèt la, bò kote moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ansanm ak mwatye moun Manase yo nan pèyi Galarad.

The children of Israel sent to the descendants of Reuben, and to the descendants of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

14 Yo te pran dis chèf, yonn pou chak branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la, yo voye yo avèk Fineas. Chèf sa yo, se moun ki te alatèt branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo.

and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and every one of them heads of ancestral houses among the thousands of Israel.

15 Se konsa, mesye sa yo rive bò moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ak mwatye moun Manase yo nan peyi Galarad, epi yo di yo:

They came to the descendants of Reuben, and to the descendants of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

16 -Men sa tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo voye di nou: Ki bagay lèd sa a nou fè konsa kont Bondye pep Izrayèl la? Poukisa jòdi a nou vire do bay Seyè a, n' al bati yon lotèl pou tèt pa nou? Poukisa nou leve kont Seyè a jòdi a?

"Thus says the whole congregation of Jehovah, 'What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah?

17 Chonje peche nou te fè bò Peyò a, lè Seyè a te pini pèp li a. Jouk koulye a n'ap soufri pou bagay sa a toujou. Sa pa kont toujou?

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Jehovah,

18 Men jòdi a, n'ap vire do bay Seyè a ankò. Si nou leve kont Seyè a jòdi a, denmen se sou tout pèp Izrayèl la li pral fache.

that you must turn away this day from following Jehovah? It will be, seeing that you rebel today against Jehovah, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

19 Si nou wè peyi yo ban nou an pa bon pou fè sèvis Bondye, pito nou vin bò isit la nan peyi Seyè a, kote kay Seyè a ye a. Mande pou yo ban nou yon pòsyon pou nou ladan l'. Men, pa leve kont Seyè a, ni pa vire do ban nou. Piga nou kite lotèl Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou n' al bati yon lòt lotèl.

However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Jehovah, in which Jehovah's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Jehovah our God.

20 Chonje Akan, pitit gason Zera a, lè li te derefize swiv lòd Seyè a te bay pou bagay nou te fèt pou detwi nèt yo. Lè sa a, se tout pèp Izrayèl la nèt wi, Seyè a te pini. Se pa Akan sèlman ki te peye pou sa l' te fè a.

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man did not perish alone in his iniquity.'"

21 Lè sa a, moun Woubenn yo, moun Gad yo ak mwatye moun Manase yo pran lapawòl, yo reponn chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl la. Yo di yo:

Then the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

22 -Seyè a, Bondye ki gen plis pouvwa pase tout lòt bondye yo, konnen se pa paske nou leve kont li, ni paske nou vle vire do ba li kifè nou bati lotèl sa a. Li konnen sa, epi se pou l' fè pèp Izrayèl la konn sa tou. Si se pou rezon sa yo nou te moute lotèl sa a, se pou l' kite yo touye nou jòdi a menm.

"El, God, Jehovah. El, God, Jehovah. He knows; and Israel shall know. If it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah, do not save us this day,

23 Si nou bati lotèl sa a pou nou vire do bay Seyè a, pou nou ka gen lotèl pa nou pou boule bèt n'ap ofri yo sou li, oswa pou fè lòt ofrann jaden nou yo, osinon ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi, se pou Seyè a mande nou kont pou sa nou fè a.

that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Jehovah himself require it.

24 Pou di vre, nou te fè l' paske nou te pè pou denmen pitit pitit nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl bò lòt bò a pa di pitit pitit pa nou yo bò isit la: Nou pa gen anyen pou nou wè ak Seyè a.

If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your descendants might speak to our descendants, saying, "What have you to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

25 Seyè a mete larivyè Jouden an tankou yon limit nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la yon bò ak moun Woubenn yo ak moun Gad yo yon bò. Se sa ki fè moun Woubenn yo ak moun Gad yo pa gen anyen pou yo wè ak Seyè a. Konsa pitit moun pèp Izrayèl yo va lakòz pitit moun Woubenn yo ak pitit moun Gad yo sispann gen krentif pou Seyè a.

For Jehovah has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you descendants of Reuben and descendants of Gad. You have no portion in Jehovah."' So your children might make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.

26 Lè sa a nou di: Bon! Nou pral bati yon lotèl, nou pa pral boule ofrann ni touye ankenn bèt sou li.

Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;

27 Sèlman, se pou lotèl sa a sèvi yon mak pou nou tout ki la koulye a ak pou pitit nou yo, pou fè nou chonje se Seyè a nou sèvi avèk ofrann boule nou yo, avèk bèt nou touye yo, avèk ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi nou yo. Konsa denmen, pitit moun pèp Izrayèl yo p'ap ka di pitit pa nou yo: Wi, nou pa gen anyen pou nou wè ak Seyè a.

but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;' that your descendants may not tell our descendants in time to come, 'You have no portion in Jehovah.'

28 Nou te fè lide si yon jou yon moun ta vin di nou bagay konsa, osinon ta vin pale konsa ak pitit nou yo, n'a ka reponn yo: Gade! Men lotèl zansèt nou yo te bati. Li pòtre ak lotèl Seyè a. Se pa t' pou boule ofrann, ni pou touye ankenn bèt sou li. Men, se te yon mak pou fè nou tout chonje sak te pase!

Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Look the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."'

29 Nou pa janm fè lide leve kont Seyè a, ni vire do ba li. Nou pa bati yon lotèl jòdi a pou nou boule bèt nou yo, ni pou fè ofrann jaden nou yo, ni pou touye bèt nou ofri yo. Nou p'ap janm bati yon lòt lotèl ki pou ranplase lotèl Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki kanpe devan kay kote l' rete a.

Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle."

30 Lè Fineas, prèt la, chèf pèp la ak chèf branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl ki te ale avè l' yo tande sa moun Gad, moun Woubenn ak moun Manase yo te di yo, sa te fè yo plezi anpil.

When Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad and the descendants of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.

31 Lè sa a, Fineas, pitit gason Eleaza, prèt la, pale ak yo, li di yo konsa: -Koulye a nou konnen Seyè a avèk nou vre, paske nou pa t' chache vire do ba li. Se konsa nou sove pèp Izrayèl la anba chatiman Seyè a.

Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, to the descendants of Gad, and to the descendants of Manasseh, "Today we know that Jehovah is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Jehovah. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah."

32 Apre sa, Fineas, pitit Eleaza, prèt la, ak tout chèf yo kite moun Woubenn yo ak moun Gad yo nan peyi Galarad, yo tounen nan peyi Kanaran al jwenn rès pèp Izrayèl la. Yo rapòte yo repons lòt moun yo te ba yo a.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, returned from the descendants of Reuben, and from the descendants of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

33 Sa te fè pèp Izrayèl la plezi anpil: yo fè lwanj Bondye. Depi lè sa a, yo pa janm pale ankò sou keksyon al atake moun Woubenn yo ak moun Gad yo ni sou keksyon al detwi peyi moun sa yo.

The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad lived.

34 Moun branch fanmi Woubenn yo ak moun branch fanmi Gad yo rele lotèl la Temwen, paske yo t'ap di: L'a sèvi temwen devan nou tout se Seyè a ki Bondye.

The descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad called the altar: "A witness between us that Jehovah is God."