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 convened all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and 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 to all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: 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 flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and 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 to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to 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.
I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward 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 to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen to 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 when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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 Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of Jordan, and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess 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, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam 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.
But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so 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 went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I delivered them 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 the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor 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 have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive-yards 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 in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye 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 seemeth evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites 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, Be it far from us that we should 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, he [it is] that brought us, and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the people through whom we 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 drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also 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 to the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] a holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions, nor 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 he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, 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 to Joshua, No; but we will serve 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.”
And Joshua said to the people, Ye [are] witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen 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.”
Now therefore put away ([said he] ) the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart to the LORD 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 to 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.
So Joshua made a covenant with the people 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 took a great stone, and set it up there under an 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 to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us, it shall be therefore a witness to you, lest ye deny your God.
28 Konsa, Josué te voye tout pèp la ale. Yo chak rive nan pwòp eritaj pa yo.
So Joshua let the people depart, every man to 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, [being] a 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 in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which [is] in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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 that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works 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 brought out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became 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 Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill [that pertained] to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
