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.
And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, takes from the devoted thing, and the anger of YHWH burns 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 Joshua sends men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaks to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land”; and the men go up and spy 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 they return to Joshua, and say to him, “Do not let all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they strike Ai; do not cause all the people to labor there; for they [are] 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.
So about three thousand men of the people go up from there, and they flee before the men of Ai,
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 the men of Ai strike about thirty-six men from them, and pursue them before the gate to Shebarim, and they strike them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becomes 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 Joshua tears his garments, and falls on his face to the earth before the Ark of YHWH until the evening, he and [the] elderly of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head.
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 says, “Aah! Lord YHWH, why have You caused this people to pass over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? And oh that we had been willing—and we dwell beyond the Jordan!
8 Biko, Onyenwe m, Gịnị ka m ga-ekwu ugbu a ụmụ Izrel sitere nʼihu ndị iro ha gbaa ọsọ?
Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel has turned the neck before its 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?”
And the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and have come around against us, and cut off our name from the earth; and what do You do for Your great Name?”
10 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị Joshua, “Bilie ọtọ! Gịnị bụ nke a, na ị dara kpuo ihu nʼala?
And YHWH says to Joshua, “Rise, for you—why this—[that] you [are] falling on your face?
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 they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put [it] among their vessels,
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.
and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; they turn the neck before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I do not add to be with you—if you do not destroy the devoted thing from your midst.
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, sanctify the people, and you have said, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus said YHWH, God of Israel: A devoted thing [is] in your midst, O Israel, you are not able to stand before your enemies until your turning aside the devoted thing from your midst;
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 have been brought near in the morning by your tribes, and it has been [that] the tribe which YHWH captures draws near by families, and the family which YHWH captures draws near by households, and the household which YHWH captures draws near by 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 it has been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of YHWH, and because he has done folly 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 Joshua rises early in the morning, and brings Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured;
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 he brings the family of Judah near, and he captures the family of the Zerahite; and he brings the family of the Zerahite near by men, and Zabdi is captured;
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 he brings his household near by men, and Achan—son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah—is captured.
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 says to Achan, “My son, please give glory to YHWH, God of Israel, and give thanks to Him, and now declare to me what you have done—do not hide [it] from me.”
20 Mgbe ahụ, Ekan zara Joshua sị ya, “Ọ bụ eziokwu! Emehiela m megide Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel. Lee ihe m mere.
And Achan answers Joshua and says, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, God of Israel, and I have done thus and thus;
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.”
and I see among the spoil a good robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight [is] fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and behold, they [are] hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver [is] under it.”
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.
And Joshua sends messengers, and they run to the tent, and behold, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver [is] under it;
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 they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before YHWH.
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 Joshua takes Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his donkey, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he has, and all Israel with him, and they brought them up [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.
And Joshua says, “Why have you troubled us? YHWH troubles you this day!” And all Israel cast stone at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,
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 raise up a great heap of stones over him to this day, and YHWH turns back from the heat of His anger, therefore [one] has called the name of that place “Valley of Achor” until this day.
