Jozye 23

1 Alò, li te vin rive apre anpil jou, lè SENYÈ a te bay repo a Israël kont tout lènmi yo nan tout kote, e Josué te vin vye, avanse nan laj,

And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.

2 ke Josué te rele tout Israël, tout ansyen yo avèk chèf an tèt yo avèk jij yo ak ofisye yo. Li te di yo: “Mwen vin vye, avanse nan laj.

And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

3 Konsa, nou te wè tout sa ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te fè a tout nasyon sila yo akoz nou menm. Paske se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki t ap goumen pou nou an.

And you have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; [for it] is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

4 Nou wè, mwen te apòsyone pou nou nasyon sila ki rete yo kòm eritaj pou tribi nou yo, avèk tout nasyon ke mwen te koupe retire nèt yo, soti nan Jourdain an jis rive nan Gran Lamè a vè solèy kouche.

See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and [some] I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.

5 SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, li va pouse yo sòti devan nou e chase yo soti pou nou pa wè yo. Konsa, nou va posede peyi yo, jis jan ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te pwomèt nou an.

And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and you shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.

6 Pou sa, Kenbe fèm! Sonje e fè tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa Moïse la, pou nou pa vire akote li, ni adwat, ni agoch.

Do you therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not to the right hand or to the left;

7 Ke nou pa asosye avèk nasyon sila yo, sila ki toujou rete pami nou yo, ni nonmen non a dye pa yo, ni fè pèsòn sèmante pa yo, ni sèvi yo, ni bese devan yo.

that you go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall you serve them, neither shall you bow down to them.

8 Men nou dwe kenbe fèm a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, jis jan ke nou te fè jis Jodi a.

But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until this day.

9 Paske SENYÈ a te chase deyò, nasyon ki gran e ki gen fòs soti devan nou. Epi pou nou menm, nanpwen pèsòn ki te konn kanpe devan nou jis Jodi a.

And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

10 Youn nan moun pa nou yo va fè yon milye sove ale; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se Li menm ki goumen pou nou jan Li te pwomèt nou an.

One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.

11 Pou sa, veye tèt nou anpil pou nou renmen SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.

And take you great heed to love the Lord our God.

12 Paske si nou janm retounen pou kole a lòt nasyon sila yo, sila ki rete toujou pami nou yo, e vin fè maryaj avèk yo, pou nou vin nan relasyon avèk yo, e yo menm avèk nou,

For if you shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

13 konnen, anverite, ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, p ap kontinye chase nasyon sila yo sòti devan nou; men yo va vin yon pèlen ak yon pyèj pou nou, yon frèt bò kote nou ak pikan nan zye nou, jiskaske nou peri sòti nan bon peyi sa a ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te bannou an.

know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

14 Alò, gade, jodi a, mwen ap fè chemen ki oblije fèt pou tout tè a. Konsa, nou konnen nan tout kè nou ak nan tout nanm nou, ke pa menm yon mo nan tout pawòl ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te pale konsènan nou menm pa t manke akonpli. Tout te vin akonpli pou nou. Pa youn nan yo pa t manke.

But I hasten to go the way [of death], as all that are upon the earth also [do]: and you know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen [to the ground] of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.

15 Li va vin rive a nou menm ke menm jan tout bon bagay ke SENYÈ a Bondye nou an te pale de nou te vin rive, ke menm jan, SENYÈ a va mennen fè rive sou nou tout menas, jiskaske Li fin detwi nou e fè nou sòti nèt nan bon peyi sa a ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te bannou an,

And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you,

16 si nou transgrese akò a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ke Li te kòmande nou an, pou ale sèvi lòt dye yo e bese devan yo. Konsa, kòlè Bondye va brile kont nou e nou va peri vit, pou nou kite bon peyi ke Li te bannou an.”

when you transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.