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,
After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well 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.
Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well 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.
You have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; 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.
Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea towards the going down of the sun.
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.
The LORD your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as the LORD your God spoke 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.
“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the scroll of the Torah of Moses, that you not turn away from it 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 not come amongst these nations, these that remain amongst you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
8 Men nou dwe kenbe fèm a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, jis jan ke nou te fè jis Jodi a.
but hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to 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.
“For the LORD has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to 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 man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
11 Pou sa, veye tèt nou anpil pou nou renmen SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your 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,
“But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain amongst you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to 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 for a certainty that the LORD your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish 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.
“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
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,
It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which the LORD your God spoke to you, so the LORD will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God 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 disobey the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the LORD’s anger will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”
