Joshua 7
1 Ma ụmụ Izrel ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nʼihe gbasara ihe ndị ahụ e debere iche nye Onyenwe anyị. Nʼihi na Ekan nwa Kami, nwa Zimri, nwa Zera, onye si nʼebo Juda gara were ụfọdụ nʼime ihe ndị ahụ. Nke a mere ka iwe wee Onyenwe anyị nke ukwuu megide ụmụ Izrel.
But the sons of Israel transgressed the commandment, and they usurped what was anathema. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took something from what was anathema. And the Lord became angry against the sons of Israel.
2 Emesịa, Joshua si Jeriko zipụ ụfọdụ ndị mmadụ ka ha gaa Ai, obodo dị Bet-Aven nso, nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Betel. Ọ gwara ha sị ha, “Gaanụ nnyopụta akụkụ ala ahụ niile.” Ya mere, ndị ahụ gara nnyochapụta obodo Ai.
And when Joshua sent men from Jericho against Ai, which is beside Bethaven, toward the eastern region of the town of Bethel, he said to them, “Go up and explore the land.” And they fulfilled his instruction, and they explored Ai.
3 Mgbe ha lọghachiri azụ, ha gwara Joshua sị ya, “Ai bụ obodo nta. Ọ gaghị ewe karịa puku mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ imeri obodo ahụ. Ọ bakwaghị uru ka anyị niile gaa tigbuo obodo a, nʼihi na ha dị mmadụ ole na ole.”
And returning, they said to him: “Let not the entire people go up. Instead, let two or three thousand men go out and destroy the city. Why should all the people be troubled without cause against enemies that are so very few?”
4 Nʼihi nke a, ihe dịka puku ndị agha atọ ka e zigara imeri obodo Ai. Ma ngwangwa, ndị agha obodo Ai meriri ndị agha ụmụ Izrel, chụọ ha ọsọ.
Therefore, they went up with three thousand fighters. And they promptly turned their backs,
5 Ihe dịka iri mmadụ atọ na isii nʼetiti ndị agha Izrel ka e gburu nʼagha ahụ. Ndị Ai chụrụ ha ọsọ site nʼụzọ ama obodo ruo nʼebe a na-awa nkume, gbuo ha na mgbada ugwu ahụ. Nʼihi nke a, ndị agha Izrel dara mba, obi lọkwara ha mmiri.
and were struck down by the men of the city of Ai. And thirty-six men of them fell. And the adversaries pursued them from the gate, even as far as Shebarim. And they felled them as they were fleeing downward. And the heart of the people was struck with fear, and it melted like water.
6 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua na ndị okenye Izrel sitere nʼobi mwute dọwaa uwe ha, daa nʼala kpuo ihu nʼala nʼihu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị site nʼụtụtụ ruo nʼanyasị. Ha wekwara ntụ wụkwasị onwe ha nʼisi igosi obi mwute ha.
And truly, Joshua tore his garments, and he fell prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord, even until evening, both he and all the elders of Israel. And they cast dust upon their heads.
7 Mgbe ahụ kwa, Joshua sịrị, “Ewoo, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị! Nʼihi gịnị ka i ji mee ka ndị a gabiga osimiri Jọdan, inyefe anyị nʼaka ndị Amọrait, ime ka ha tigbuo anyị? Ọ gaara adị anyị mma nke ọma ma ọ bụrụ na anyị nọdụrụ nʼofe ọzọ nke Jọdan.
And Joshua said: “Alas, O Lord God! Why would you want to lead this people over the river Jordan, so that you might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us? I wish that we had remained beyond the Jordan, as when we began.
8 Biko, Onyenwe m, Gịnị ka m ga-ekwu ugbu a ụmụ Izrel sitere nʼihu ndị iro ha gbaa ọsọ?
My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?
9 Nʼihi na mgbe ndị Kenan na ndị bi nʼakụkụ ala ahụ ga-anụ maka mmeri e meriri anyị, ha ga-agba anyị gburugburu lụso anyị agha, bipụ aha anyị nʼụwa. Ọ bụkwa gịnị ka ị ga-eme banyere aha ukwu gị dị ebube?”
The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and coming together as one, they will surround us, and they will wipe our name from the earth. And what will you do concerning your great name?”
10 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị Joshua, “Bilie ọtọ! Gịnị bụ nke a, na ị dara kpuo ihu nʼala?
And the Lord said to Joshua: “Rise up. Why are you lying flat on the ground?
11 Izrel emehiela. Ha emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ m nyere ha nʼiwu idebe, ha ewerela ụfọdụ nʼime ihe ndị ahụ e doro iche nye Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụghị naanị na ha zuru ohi, ha nọkwa nʼelu ya ghaa ụgha banyere ya. Ha ewerekwala ihe ndị ahụ tinyekọta nʼihe nke aka ha.
Israel has sinned and transgressed my covenant. And they have taken from what is anathema. And they have stolen and lied, and they have hidden it among their goods.
12 Ọ bụ nʼihi nke a mere na ụmụ Izrel enwekwaghị ike iguzo nʼihu ndị iro ha. Ọ bụkwa nke a mere ha ji tụgharịa gbaa ọsọ, nʼihi na ha aghọọla ndị kwesiri ka e bibie. Ya mere, agaghị m anọnyere unu ọzọ, tutu ruo mgbe unu wezugara ma mebie site nʼetiti onwe unu, ihe ọbụla e debere iche maka mbibi.
Israel is not able to stand before his enemies, and he will flee from them. For he has been defiled by what is anathema. I will no longer be with you, until you destroy him who is guilty of this wickedness.
13 “Bilie! Doo Izrel nsọ. Gwa ndị m okwu sị ha, ‘Onye ọbụla nʼetiti unu ga-ejikere doo onwe ya nsọ maka echi. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel na-ekwu sị, Ihe ndị e doro nsọ dị nʼetiti unu, Izrel. Unu apụghịkwa iguzosi ike nʼihu ndị iro unu, tutu ruo mgbe unu ga-esite nʼetiti onwe unu wezuga ihe ndị ahụ.’
Rise up. Sanctify the people. And you shall say to them: ‘Be sanctified tomorrow. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: That which is anathema is in your midst, O Israel! You are not able to stand before your enemies, until he who has been contaminated by this wickedness is taken away from you.’
14 “‘Nʼụtụtụ echi, unu ga-apụta nʼebo nʼebo. Ebo ọbụla Onyenwe anyị họpụtara ga-apụta nʼikwu nʼikwu, ikwu ọbụla Onyenwe anyị họpụtara ga-apụta bịa nʼezinaụlọ nʼezinaụlọ, ụlọ ọbụla nke Onyenwe anyị họọrọ, ndị ikom ya ga-apụta nʼotu nʼotu.
And you shall draw near in the morning, each one by your tribes. And whichever tribe will be found by lot shall come forward by its families, and the families by houses, and the house by the men.
15 Ma onye ọbụla e jidere ji ihe ndị ahụ e doro nsọ ka a ga-akpọ ọkụ, ya onwe ya, na ihe niile ọ nwere, nʼihi o mebiela iwu ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị, meekwa ihe jọgburu onwe ya na njọ nʼIzrel.’”
And whoever he may be that will be found guilty of this deed, he shall be burnt with fire with all his substance. For he transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and he committed a wicked act in Israel.”
16 Nʼihi nke a, Joshua biliri nʼisi ụtụtụ. O mere ka ebo niile dị nʼIzrel bịaruo nso nʼebo nʼebo, ebo Juda ka a họọrọ.
And so Joshua, rising in the morning, brought forth Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was found.
17 Mgbe ahụ, e mere ka ikwu niile dị nʼebo Juda bịaruo nso, ikwu Zera ka ahọpụtara. Mgbe e mere ka ikwu Zera pụta nʼezinaụlọ ha niile nʼotu nʼotu, ezinaụlọ Zimri bụ nke ahọpụtara.
And when its families had been presented, the family of Zerah was found. Likewise, bringing that one forward by the houses, he discovered Zabdi.
18 Joshua mere ka ndị ikom niile dị nʼezinaụlọ Zimri pụta nʼotu nʼotu, ma e jidere Ekan, nwa Kami, nwa Zimri, nwa Zera onye ebo Juda.
And dividing his house by each man, he found Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah.
19 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua sịrị Ekan, “Nwa m, nye Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel otuto, nyekwa ya nsọpụrụ. Gwa m ihe i mere. Ezonarịkwala m ihe ọjọọ i mere.”
And Joshua said to Achan: “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and confess, and reveal to me what you have done. You may not conceal it.”
20 Mgbe ahụ, Ekan zara Joshua sị ya, “Ọ bụ eziokwu! Emehiela m megide Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel. Lee ihe m mere.
And Achan responded to Joshua, and he said to him: “Truly, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and I have done one thing and another.
21 Mgbe m hụrụ nʼetiti ihe ndị a kwatara nʼagha, otu uwe mwụda Babilọn mara mma, na narị Shekel ọlaọcha abụọ, na mkpirisi ọlaedo ịdị arọ ya ruru iri shekel ise. E nwere m anya ukwu nʼebe ihe ndị a dị, chịrị ha. Lee, ezoro m ha nʼime ala nʼụlọ ikwu m, ọlaọcha ahụ dịkwa nʼokpuru ya.”
For I saw among the spoils a very fine scarlet cloak, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels. And coveting these, I took and hid them in the ground near the middle of my tent, and I covered the silver with the soil that I had dug.”
22 Ya mere, Joshua zigara ụfọdụ ndị ikom ka ha gaa chọọ ihe ahụ Ekan zoro. Ndị a gara nʼụlọ ikwu ahụ, chọpụta ihe ahụ ezuru nʼohi. Dịka Ekan kwuru, ihe ikpeazụ ha hụrụ bụ ọlaọcha ahụ.
Therefore, Joshua sent ministers, who, running to his tent, discovered everything hidden in the same place, together with the silver.
23 Ha chịkọtara ha niile chịtara ha Joshua. Mgbe ha bịaruru ebe Joshua na ndị Izrel niile nọ, ha chịsara ya nʼala nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
And taking these from the tent, they brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and they cast them down before the Lord.
24 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua na ndị Izrel niile, duuru Ekan, nwa Zera, chịkọrọkwa ọlaọcha ahụ, na uwe mwụda ahụ, na mkpirisi ọlaedo ahụ, na ụmụ ya ndị ikom na ụmụ ya ndị inyom, na ehi na ịnyịnya ibu ya, na igwe ewu na atụrụ ya, na ụlọ ikwu ya, na ihe niile o nwere, gaa na Ndagwurugwu Akọ.
And so Joshua took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the cloak, and the gold bar, also his sons and daughters, the oxen and donkeys and sheep, and even the tent and all his goods, (and all of Israel went with him, ) and he brought these to the valley of Achor.
25 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua sịrị, “Gịnị mere i ji wetara anyị nsogbu ndị a? Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka nsogbu dakwasịkwa gị onwe gị taa.” Ndị Izrel niile weere nkume tugbuo ha nʼebe ahụ. Emesịa, a kpọrọ ha ọkụ.
There, Joshua said: “Because you have troubled us, the Lord troubles you, on this day.” And all of Israel stoned him. And all the things that were his were consumed by fire.
26 Ha tụkọtara ọtụtụ nkume tụkwasị ya nʼelu Ekan. Nkume ndị a dị nʼebe ahụ ruo taa. Ọ bụkwa nʼụzọ dị otu a ka iwe ọkụ Onyenwe anyị ji dajụọ. Ya mere, e ji akpọ ebe ahụ Ndagwurugwu Akọ ruo taa.
And they gathered upon him a great pile of stones, which remains even to the present day. And the fury of the Lord was averted from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, even to this day.
