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 children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against the children 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.
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out 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.”
They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
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 went up there, and they fled 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.
The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became 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.
Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on 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.
Joshua said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived 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 shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before 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?”
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
10 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị Joshua, “Bilie ọtọ! Gịnị bụ nke a, na ị dara kpuo ihu nʼala?
Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
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. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
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.
Therefore the children of Israel can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
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.’
Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, “There is a devoted thing among you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among 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.
In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.
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.’”
It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed Yahweh’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing 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.
So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
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.
He brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
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.
He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
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.”
Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t 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.
Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.
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.”
When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver 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.
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver 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.
They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.
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.
Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; 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.
Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned 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.
They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
