Joshua 23

1 Ma mgbe ọtụtụ oge gasịrị, site nʼoge Onyenwe anyị mere ka Izrel nwee ezumike nʼebe ndị iro gbara ha okirikiri nọ, Joshua aghọọla agadi, gbaa ọtụtụ afọ.

And a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and stricken in age,

2 Ya mere, Joshua kpọrọ ndị Izrel niile, ndị okenye ha, ndị ndu ha, ndị odozi okwu ha na ndịisi ha, sị ha, “Emeela m agadi gbaakwa ọtụtụ afọ.

Then Ioshua called all Israel, and their Elders, and their heads, and their iudges, and their officers, and said vnto them, I am old, and stricken in age.

3 Unu onwe unu ejirila anya unu hụ ihe niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu mere mba ndị a niile, nʼihi unu. Ọ lụụrụ unu ọgụ, nyere unu aka imeri ndị iro unu.

Also ye haue seene all that the Lord your God hath done vnto al these nations before you, howe the Lord your God him selfe hath fought for you.

4 Unu hụrụ na ekekwarala m unu ala mba ahụ niile nke fọdụrụnụ ka ha bụrụ ihe nketa ebo unu, site na Jọdan, tinyekwara mba niile ndị ahụ m kpochapụrụ nʼakụkụ osimiri Mediterenịa dị na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ.

Beholde, I haue deuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Iorden, with all the nations that I haue destroyed, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

5 Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-akwapụ ndị bi nʼime ha nʼihi unu. Ọ ga-achụpụ ha nʼihu unu, mee ka unu nweta ala ha, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere unu nkwa.

And the Lord your God shall expell them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shall possesse their land, as the Lord your God hath said vnto you.

6 “Ya mere, dịnụ ike, lezienụ anya idebezu na irube isi nʼihe niile e dere nʼAkwụkwọ Iwu Mosis. Unu esila nʼime ya wezuga onwe unu nʼụzọ ọbụla.

Be ye therefore of a valiant courage, to obserue and doe all that is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, that ye turne not therefrom to the right hand nor to the left,

7 Lezienụ anya ka unu na mba ndị a fọdụrụ nʼala a ghara inwe mmekọ ọbụla. Unu akpọtụkwala chi ha niile aha. Unu aṅụkwala iyi nʼaha ha, maọbụ fee ha ofufe, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha.

Neither companie with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them nor bowe vnto them:

8 Kama raparanụ nʼahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu dịka unu mere ruo taa.

But sticke fast vnto the Lord your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.

9 “Onyenwe anyị achụpụla mba dị ukwuu na mba siri ike site nʼebe unu nọ. O nwekwaghị otu mba nʼime ha o kwere ka ha merie unu.

For ye Lord hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.

10 Otu nwoke nʼime unu achụọla puku ndị ikom ndị iro unu ọsọ. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu alụọlara unu ọgụ, dịka ya onwe ya kwere nkwa.

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

11 Nʼihi ya, lezienụ onwe unu anya nke ọma ka unu hụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nʼanya.

Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue the Lord your God.

12 “Ma ọ bụrụ na unu alaghachi azụ, ma kwere ka e jikọọ unu na mba ndị a fọdụrụ nʼetiti unu. Ọ bụrụ na unu na ha ebido ịlụrịta di na nwunye, na-emekọrịta ihe ọnụ,

Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you,

13 maranụ nke ọma, na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu agaghị achụpụrụ unu mba ndị a site nʼala unu. Kama ha ga-abụrụ unu igbudu na ọnya. Ha ga-abụkwara unu apịpịa nʼakụkụ unu, na ogwu nʼanya unu, ruo mgbe unu ga-ala nʼiyi nʼezi ala a, nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere unu.

Knowe ye for certaine, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction vnto you, and a whip on your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill ye perish out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you.

14 “Mgbe na-adịghị anya, mụ onwe m ga-agbaso ụzọ ahụ ndị niile bi nʼụwa na-aghaghị ịgbaso. Unu niile maara nʼime obi unu na nʼime mkpụrụobi unu na o nweghị otu nʼime nkwa ọma Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere nye unu nke na-emezughị. E mezuola nkwa ndị a niile; o nweghị nke ọbụla a na-emezughị.

And beholde, this day do I enter into the way of all ye world, and ye know in al your heartes and in all your soules, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised you, but all are come to passe vnto you: nothing hath failed thereof.

15 Ma dịka ezi nkwa niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kwere si bụrụ ihe e mezuru emezu, otu a kwa ka Onyenwe anyị ga-esi mee ka ihe ọjọọ niile ọ bara mba ya mezuo nʼisi unu, tutu ruo mgbe o mere ka unu laa nʼiyi nʼezi ala ahụ ọ na-enye unu.

Therefore as all good things are come vpon you, which the Lord your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring vpon you euery euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue you.

16 Ọ bụrụ na unu emebie ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, nke o nyere unu iwu idebe, tụgharịa malite ịgbaso na ife chi ndị ọzọ na ịkpọ isiala nye ha, iwe Onyenwe anyị ga-adị ọkụ megide unu, unu ga-alakwa nʼiyi ngwangwa nʼala ọma ahụ o nyere unu.”

When ye shall transgresse the couenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and bowe your selues to them, then shall the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you, and ye shall perish quickely out of the good lande which he hath giuen you.