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 it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.
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.
And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
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.
And you have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; [for it] is the Lord your God who has 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.
See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and [some] I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at 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 our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and you shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to 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.
Do you therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not to the right hand or 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.
that you go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall you serve them, neither shall you bow down to them.
8 Kama raparanụ nʼahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu dịka unu mere ruo taa.
But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until 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.
And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
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 of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.
11 Nʼihi ya, lezienụ onwe unu anya nke ọma ka unu hụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nʼanya.
And take you great heed to love the Lord our 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,
For if you shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with 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.
know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given 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.
But I hasten to go the way [of death], as all that are upon the earth also [do]: and you know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen [to the ground] of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.
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.
And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given 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 you transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.
