< 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 cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,
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 calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, 'I have become old; I have entered into days;
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 ye — ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting 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, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in 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.
'As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken 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.
and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or 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.
so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow 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 to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till 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 Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till 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 doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;
11 Pou sa, veye tèt nou anpil pou nou renmen SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah 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 ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone 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 certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to 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.
'And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known — with all your heart, and with all your soul — that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.
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 hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to 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.”
in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.'

< Jozye 23 >