Jozye 24

1 Josué te rasanble tout tribi Israël yo nan Sichem. Li te rele ansyen Israël yo, chèf an tèt pa yo, jij pa yo ak ofisye pa yo. Yo te prezante yo menm devan Bondye.

Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Then he called the elders, leaders, judges, and officials and they came and stood before the Tabernacle of God.

2 Josué te di a tout pèp la: “Konsa pale SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la: ‘Depi nan tan ansyen yo, zansèt nou yo te viv lòtbò Rivyè a. Menm Térach, papa Abraham nan, ak papa a Nachor, te sèvi lòt dye yo.

Joshua said to all the people, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Long, long ago your forefathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.

3 Epi Mwen te pran zansèt nou an, Abraham, pou l soti lòtbò Rivyè a. Mwen te mennen li pase nan tout peyi a Canaan yo. Mwen te miltipliye desandan li yo e te bay li Isaac.

I brought your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

4 A Isaac, Mwen te bay Jacob avèk Ésaü. A Ésaü, Mwen te bay Mòn Séir pou posede l, men Jacob avèk fis li yo te desann an Égypte.

I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to own, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

5 “‘Epi Mwen te voye Moïse avèk Aaron pou te toumante Égypte pa sa Mwen te fè nan mitan li yo. Epi apre, Mwen te mennen nou sòti.

I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought plagues on the people of Egypt, and I brought you out.

6 Mwen te mennen zansèt nou yo sòti an Égypte, e nou te rive bò kote lanmè a. Konsa, Égypte te kouri dèyè zansèt nou yo avèk cha ak sòlda sou cheval yo jis rive nan Lamè Wouj la.

Yes, I brought your forefathers out, but when you arrived at the Red Sea the Egyptians were chasing after your forefathers with chariots and horsemen.

7 Men lè yo te kriye vè SENYÈ a, Li te mete tenèb antre nou menm avèk Ejipsyen yo. Mwen te mennen lanmè a sou yo pou te kouvri yo, epi pwòp zye pa nou te wè sa Mwen te fè an Égypte. Konsa, nou te viv nan dezè a pandan anpil tan.

Your forefathers called out to the Lord for help, and he placed darkness between you and the Egyptians. Then he brought the sea back over them and they drowned. You saw what I did with your own eyes in Egypt. Then you lived for many years in the wilderness.

8 “‘Alò, Mwen te mennen nou antre nan peyi Amoreyen ki te rete lòtbò Jourdain an. Yo te goumen avèk nou, epi Mwen te livre yo nan men nou. Nou te pran posesyon a peyi pa yo a e Mwen te detwi yo devan nou.

After that I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought against you but I handed them over to you to defeat and you took over their land. I destroyed them before you.

9 Konsa, Balak, fis Tsippor a, wa Moab la, te leve pou te goumen kont Israël, e li te voye rele Balaam, fis a Beor a, pou modi nou.

When Balak, son of Zippor, the king of Moab, wanted to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam, son of Beor, to come and curse you.

10 Men Mwen pa t dakò koute Balaam. Konsa, li te oblije beni nou, e Mwen te delivre nou soti nan men li.

But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam, so instead he blessed you repeatedly, and saved you from Balak.

11 “‘Nou te travèse Jourdain an pou te rive Jéricho, epi pèp Jéricho yo te goumen kont nou; Amoreyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Kananeyen yo avèk Etyen yo avèk Gigazyen yo, Evyen yo ak Jebizyen yo. Konsa, Mwen te livre yo nan men nou.

You crossed the Jordan and arrived at Jericho where the men of Jericho fought against you. So did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

12 Apre, Mwen te voye gèp la devan nou e li te chase fè sòti wa Amoreyen yo devan nou, men pa akoz nepe nou ni banza nou.

But I handed them over to you to defeat. And I sent the hornet before you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. You did not win using your swords or your bows!

13 Mwen te bannou yon peyi pou sila nou pa t travay, vil ke nou pa t bati e nou te viv ladan yo. N ap manje nan chan rezen avèk chan doliv ke nou pa t plante.’

I gave you a land you didn't work for and towns you didn't build. Now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves you didn't plant.’

14 “Koulye a, pou sa, gen lakrent SENYÈ a e sèvi Li avèk bon kè ak verite. Mete akote dye ke zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòtbò Rivyè a ak an Égypte pou sèvi SENYÈ a.

So respect the Lord and worship him, sincerely and faithfully. Get rid of the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.

15 Si nou twouve li degoutan nan zye nou pou sèvi SENYÈ a, chwazi pou kont nou jodi a, kilès nou va sèvi; si se dye ke zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòtbò Rivyè a, oswa dye a Amoreyen yo, de peyi sila nou ap viv yo. Men pou mwen avèk lakay mwen, nou va sèvi SENYÈ a.”

But if you don't want to worship the Lord, choose today who you want to worship! Is it going to be the gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the Euphrates? Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you're now living? But as for me and my family, we will worship the Lord!”

16 Pèp la te reponn e te di: “Se lwen de nou pou nou ta abandone SENYÈ a pou sèvi lòt dye yo;

The people responded, “We are never going to give up on the Lord and worship other gods!

17 paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se Li ki te mennen nou avèk zansèt nou yo monte sòti nan peyi Égypte la, soti nan kay esklavaj la, ki te fè gwo sign sila yo nan mitan nou. Se Li ki te pwoteje nou nan tout chemen kote nou pase e pami tout pèp nan mitan a sila nou te pase yo.

For the Lord our God brought us and our forefathers out of slavery in Egypt. He was the one who did great miracles before our very eyes. He looked after us on the way as we traveled through the lands of many nations.

18 SENYÈ a te pouse fè sòti devan nou tout pèp yo, menm Amoreyen ki te viv nan peyi a. Konsa, nou osi, nou va sèvi SENYÈ a; paske se Li menm ki Dye nou.”

The Lord drove out before us the Amorites and all the other nations who were living in the land. So we will worship the Lord, for he is our God!”

19 Alò, Josué te di a pèp la: “Nou p ap kapab sèvi SENYÈ a, paske Li se yon Bondye ki sen. Li se yon Bondye ki jalou. Li p ap padone transgresyon nou yo oswa peche nou yo.

Joshua told the people, “Remember that the Lord is a holy and jealous God. You won't be able to worship him, and he won't forgive your rebellion and sins

20 Si nou abandone SENYÈ a pou sèvi dye etranje yo; alò, Li va vire fè nou mal e vin manje nou nèt apre Li te fin fè nou byen.”

if you give up on him and worship foreign gods. He will turn against you and destroy you despite all the good he has done for you.”

21 Pèp la te di a Josué: “Non, men nou va sèvi SENYÈ a.”

“Don't say that!” the people replied. “We will worship the Lord!”

22 Josué te di a pèp la: “Nou se temwen kont pwòp tèt nou ke nou te chwazi pou kont nou SENYÈ a, pou sèvi Li.” Yo te reponn: “Nou se temwen.”

Then Joshua cautioned the people, “You have made yourselves witnesses against yourselves by saying that you have chosen to worship the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” the people replied.

23 “Koulye a, pou sa, mete akote dye etranje ki nan mitan nou yo e tounen kè nou vè SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la.”

“Then get rid of those foreign gods you have and promise to be loyal only to the Lord, the God of Israel,” Joshua told them.

24 Pèp la te di a Josué: “Nou va sèvi SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an e nou va obeyi vwa Li.”

The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and we will obey him.”

25 Konsa, Josué te fè yon akò avèk pèp la nan jou sa a. Li te fè pou yo yon lwa ak yon règleman nan Sichem.

So Joshua made a solemn agreement between the people and the Lord that day in Shechem, obligating them to follow all the Lord's laws and instructions.

26 Josué te ekri pawòl sila yo nan liv lalwa Bondye a; epi li te pran yon gwo wòch e te fè l kanpe la anba gwo bwadchenn ki te akote sanktyè SENYÈ a.

Joshua recorded this in the Book of the Law of God, and he set up a large stone under the oak tree near the Lord's sanctuary.

27 Josué te di a tout pèp la: “Gade byen, wòch sa a va tankou yon temwen kont nou; paske li te tande tout pawòl SENYÈ a te pale nou yo. Konsa, li va tankou yon temwen kont nou, pou nou pa vin enfidèl anvè Bondye nou an.”

Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”

28 Konsa, Josué te voye tout pèp la ale. Yo chak rive nan pwòp eritaj pa yo.

Then Joshua dismissed the people, sending them to their allotted lands.

29 Li te vin rive apre bagay sa yo ke Josué, fis a Nun nan, sèvitè Bondye a, te vin mouri, avèk laj san-dis ane.

Later, after all this, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

30 Yo te antere li nan teritwa eritaj li nan Thimnath-Sérach, ki nan peyi ti mòn Éphraïm yo, sou nò a mòn Gaasch.

They buried him in Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash, the land he had been allocated.

31 Israël te sèvi SENYÈ a pandan tout jou a Josué yo, tout jou a ansyen ki te vivan nan tan Josué yo, e yo te konnen tout zèv SENYÈ a te fè pou Israël.

The Israelites continued to worship the Lord throughout Joshua's life, and throughout the lifetimes of the elders who outlived him, those who had seen all that the Lord had done for Israel.

32 Alò, yo te antere zo Joseph yo, ke fis Israël yo te mennen monte soti Égypte, nan Sichem, nan mòso tè ke Jacob te achte nan men fis a Hamor yo, papa a Sichem, pou san pyès lajan an. Konsa, yo te devni eritaj a fis Joseph yo.

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought with them from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the piece of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's sons.

33 Anplis, Éléazar, fis a Aaron an te vin mouri. Yo te antere li nan Guibeath-Phinées, ki te bay a fis li nan peyi ti kolin a Éphraïm yo.

And Eleazar, son of Aaron, died and they buried him at Gibeah, in the hill country of Ephraim, land which had been given to his son Phinehas.