< 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.
And Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before 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.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, On the other side of the river did your fathers dwell in old time, even Terach, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor; and they served 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.
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and I led him throughout all the land of Canaan; and I multiplied his seed, and 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.
And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into 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.
And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt in the manner as I have done among them; and after that 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.
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red Sea.
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.
And they cried unto the Lord, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I had done on Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
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.
And I brought you into the land of the Emorites, that dwelt on the other side of the Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land; and I destroyed them from 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.
Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel; and he sent and called Bil'am the son of Beor to 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.
And I would not hearken unto Bil'am; but he had to bless you instead: and I delivered you out of his hand.
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.
And ye passed over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and then fought the men of Jericho against you, the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hand.
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.
And I sent before you the hornet which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Emorites: not with thy sword, and not with thy bow.
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.’
And I gave you a land for which ye had not toiled, and cities which ye had not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
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.
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve 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.”
And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve 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;
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, to serve 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 it is that hath brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who hath done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us upon all the way whereon we have gone, and among all the people through the midst of whom we have passed:
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.”
And the Lord hath driven out all the nations, and the Emorites who dwelt in the land, from before us; therefore also will we serve 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.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye will not be able to serve the Lord; for he is a holy God; he is a watchful God; he will not have any indulgence for your transgressions and for your 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 ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then will he again do ye evil, and consume ye, after that he hath done you good.
21 Pèp la te di a Josué: “Non, men nou va sèvi SENYÈ a.”
And the people said unto Joshua, No; nevertheless the Lord will we serve.
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.”
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye yourselves have chosen for you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 “Koulye a, pou sa, mete akote dye etranje ki nan mitan nou yo e tounen kè nou vè SENYÈ a, Bondye Israël la.”
And now put away the strange gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart unto the Lord the God of Israel.
24 Pèp la te di a Josué: “Nou va sèvi SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an e nou va obeyi vwa Li.”
And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
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.
And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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.
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
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.”
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be among us as a witness; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore as a witness against you, that ye may not deny your God.
28 Konsa, Josué te voye tout pèp la ale. Yo chak rive nan pwòp eritaj pa yo.
And Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
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.
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, one hundred and ten years old.
30 Yo te antere li nan teritwa eritaj li nan Thimnath-Sérach, ki nan peyi ti mòn Éphraïm yo, sou nò a mòn Gaasch.
And they buried him on the border of his inheritance at Timnath-serach, which is on the mountain of Ephraim, on the north side of mount Ga'ash.
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.
And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived many days after Joshua, and who had known all the deeds of the Lord, that he 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.
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Chamor the father of Shechem for one hundred kessitah: and it remained the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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 Elazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him on the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the mountain of Ephraim.