Joshua 8
1 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sịrị Joshua, “Atụla egwu, adakwala mba. Chịrị ndị agha gị niile gaa Ai, nʼihi na ugbu a, unu onwe unu ga-emeri ha. Aga m eme ka i merie eze ndị Ai, na ndị ya na obodo ya, na ala ya.
And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with you all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into your hands the king of Gai, and his land.
2 Ị ga-emekwa obodo Ai na eze ya ihe i mere Jeriko na eze ya. Ma ihe dị iche na nke a bụ na unu ga-edebere onwe unu ihe niile unu kwatara nʼagha, ya bụ anụ ụlọ niile na ngwongwo obodo ahụ niile. Jikerenụ ibuso ha agha. Ọ bụkwa nʼazụ obodo ha ka unu ga-esi lụso ha agha.”
And you shall do to Gai, as you did to Jericho and its king; and you shall take to yourself the spoil of its cattle; set now for yourself an ambush for the city behind.
3 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua na ndị agha ya niile, biliri gaa ibuso Ai agha. Joshua họpụtara iri puku ndị agha atọ zipụ ha nʼabalị
And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
4 o nyere ha iwu a, “Lee! Unu ga-aga zoo onwe unu nʼọhịa dị nʼazụ obodo Ai. Unu ezola onwe unu nʼebe dị anya site nʼobodo ahụ, kama nọọnụ nso, nọọkwanụ na njikere.
And he charged them, saying, Do you lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and you shall all be ready.
5 Mụ na ndị niile so m ga-abịaru obodo ahụ nso. Mgbe ha ga-apụta ịlụso anyị ọgụ dịka ha mere na mbụ, anyị ga-agbakwa ọsọ nʼihu ha,
Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
6 Ha ga-achụ anyị ọsọ, tutu ruo mgbe anyị mere ka ha niile hapụ nʼobodo ha pụta. Nʼihi nʼuche ha, ha ga-asị, ‘Ha na-agbara anyị ọsọ dịka ha mere na mbụ, bịanụ ka anyị chụọ ha ọsọ gbuo ha.’ Ya mere, dịka anyị na-agbapụ site nʼebe ha nọ,
And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.
7 unu ga-esite nʼebe unu zoro onwe unu bilie, nweta obodo ahụ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ga-enyefe ya nʼaka unu.
And you shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.
8 Mgbe unu weere obodo ahụ, unu ga-esunye obodo ahụ ọkụ. Meenụ ihe Onyenwe anyị nyere nʼiwu. Hụnụ na unu mezuru ihe ndị a m nyere unu nʼiwu.”
You shall do according to this word, behold! I have commanded you.
9 Mgbe Joshua nyesịrị ha iwu ndị a, o zipụrụ ha. Ha hapụkwara nʼabalị ahụ gaa zoo onwe ha nʼọhịa dị nʼetiti Betel na ọdịda anyanwụ Ai. Ma Joshua na ndị agha ndị ọzọ fọdụrụ nọdụrụ nʼabalị ahụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel.
And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.
10 Nʼisi ụtụtụ echi ya, Joshua chịkọtara ndị agha ya, ya na ndị ndu Izrel gara nʼihu ha, ruo Ai.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.
11 Ndị agha niile ha na ya so, chere ihu ha gaa nso obodo ruo nʼihu ya. Ha mara ụlọ ikwu ha nʼakụkụ ugwu obodo Ai, ndagwurugwu bụ ihe kewara ha na obodo ahụ.
And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
12 Joshua chịịrị ihe ruru puku ndị agha ise, zoo ha nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ obodo ahụ, nʼetiti Betel na Ai.
And the ambuscade [was] on the west side of the city.
13 Ya mere, ndị agha were ọnọdụ ha nʼusoro, ndị ga-ebu agha nọ nʼakụkụ ugwu, ndị niile zoro onwe ha nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke obodo ahụ. Ma nʼabalị ahụ, Joshua gara nọdụ na ndagwurugwu ahụ.
14 Mgbe eze Ai hụrụ nke a, ya na ndị ikom obodo ahụ niile mere ngwangwa pụọ nʼisi ụtụtụ izute ndị Izrel nʼotu ebe, nke chere ihu nʼAraba. Ma ọ mataghị na o nwere ndị agha zubere imegide ya ndị zoro onwe ha nʼọhịa dị nʼazụ obodo.
And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw [it], he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people [that were] with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade [formed] against him behind the city.
15 Joshua na ndị Izrel niile mere ka ha chụghachi ha azụ site nʼihu ha, ha gbara ọsọ na-aga akụkụ ọzara ahụ niile dịka ndị e meriri emeri.
And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.
16 Nʼihi nke a, a kpọkuru ndị ikom niile nọ nʼime obodo Ai sị ha pụta bịa chụọ ụmụ Izrel ọsọ, ha chụrụ Joshua na-aga, e si otu a rapụta ha nʼebe dị anya site nʼobodo ahụ.
And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
17 Ọ dịkwaghị otu onye nwoke nke fọdụrụ na Ai maọbụ na Betel. Ha hapụkwara obodo ahụ ka o ghere oghe, gaa ịchụ ndị Izrel ọsọ.
There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị kpọrọ Joshua sị ya, “Setịpụ ùbe dị gị nʼaka nʼụzọ Ai, nʼihi na aga m enye gị obodo a.” Joshua mere dịka Onyenwe anyị gwara ya.
And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth your hand with the spear that is in your hand towards the city, for I have delivered it into your hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.
19 Mgbe ndị agha ahụ zoro onwe ha nʼime ọhịa lere anya hụ na Joshua setịrị aka ya, ngwangwa, ha wụpụtara site nʼebe ha zoro onwe ha, gbara ọsọ gbaba nʼobodo Ai, merie ya, mụnye ya ọkụ.
And Joshua stretched out his hand [and] his spear towards the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire.
20 Ma mgbe ndị agha Ai lere anya nʼazụ, hụ ka anwụrụ ọkụ si nʼobodo ha na-alali elu, ha dara mba nʼime onwe ha. Ohere ọbụla adịghịkwa nye ha ịgbalaga gaa otu ụzọ maọbụ ụzọ ọzọ. Nʼihi na ndị Izrel ahụ buuru ụzọ gbaa ọsọ, ndị ahụ gbara na-aga nʼọzara, chigharịrị bido ịlụso ndị agha Ai ahụ na-achụ ha ọsọ ọgụ.
And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
21 Nʼihi na mgbe Joshua na ndị agha Izrel so ya lepụrụ anya hụ ka anwụrụ ọkụ si nʼobodo Ai na-arịgo elu, ha matara na ndị ha zoro onwe ha nʼọhịa abanyela obodo Ai, lụgbuo ya. Ya mere, Joshua na ndị agha so ya tụgharịrị bido igbu ndị agha obodo Ai.
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and struck the men of Gai.
22 Ndị agha Izrel ahụ gara kpọọ obodo ahụ ọkụ pụtakwara, site nʼobodo ahụ, bido ịlụso ndị agha Ai ọgụ. Nke a mere ka ndị agha Ai nọdụ nʼetiti ụzọ ndị agha Izrel abụọ. Otu nʼihu ha, ndị nke ọzọ nʼazụ ha. Ya mere, ndị agha Izrel menyụrụ ha anya, gbuo ha, ruo na ọ dịkwaghị otu onye fọdụrụ nʼime ha, maọbụ onye gbapụrụ agbapụ.
And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some [being] on this side, and some on that; and they struck them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
23 Naanị eze Ai ka e jidere na ndụ. A kpọtakwara ya bịaruo nʼebe Joshua nọ.
And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 Mgbe ndị agha Izrel gbusịrị ndị agha Ai niile nọ nʼọhịa na nʼọzara, ha lọghachiri azụ gbuo ndị niile fọdụrụ nʼime obodo ahụ.
And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them [even] to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.
25 Ndị niile e gburu nʼụbọchị ahụ, ma nwoke ma nwanyị dị puku iri na abụọ. Ọ bụkwa ndị niile nọ nʼobodo ahụ ka e gburu.
And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: [they killed] all the inhabitants of Gai.
26 Nʼihi na Joshua nọgidere setịpụ ùbe o ji nʼaka ya, megide obodo Ai, tutu e bibie ndị niile nọ nʼobodo ahụ kpamkpam.
27 Ma ndị Izrel kwaara anụ ụlọ, na ihe nkwata nʼagha nke obodo ahụ, dịka okwu Onyenwe anyị nyere Joshua nʼiwu si dị.
Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
28 Ya mere, Joshua kpọrọ obodo Ai ọkụ, mee ya ka ọ ghọọ mkpọmkpọ ebe nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu ruo taa.
And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, [even] to this day.
29 Ma Joshua kwụbara eze ndị Ai nʼelu osisi site nʼụtụtụ ruo nʼanyasị. Mgbe anyanwụ dara, Joshua nyere iwu ka e wedata ozu eze Ai site nʼosisi ahụ, tụsa ya nʼihu ọnụ ụzọ e si abata obodo ahụ. Emesịa, ha tụkọtara ọtụtụ nkume nʼelu ya. Nkume ahụ ha tụkọtara dịkwa nʼebe ahụ ruo taa.
And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
30 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua wuuru Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel ebe ịchụ aja nʼelu ugwu Ebal,
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gaebal,
31 dịka Mosis onyeozi Onyenwe anyị nyere ndị Izrel nʼiwu. O wuru ya dịka ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ iwu Mosis si dị, ebe ịchụ aja a na-ejighị nkume a wara awa wuo, nkume a na-ejighị ngwa ọrụ igwe waa. Nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja a ka ha chụụrụ Onyenwe anyị aja nsure ọkụ na aja udo.
as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.
32 Ma mgbe ndị Izrel nọ na-ele anya, Joshua depụtara iwu ndị ahụ Mosis nyere ha nʼelu nkume.
And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
33 Izrel niile, ha na ndị okenye ha, na ndị ọchịagha ha, na ndị ikpe ha, guzo nʼakụkụ abụọ nke igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị, na ncherita ihu ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị Livayị ndị na-ebu ya. Ma ndị ọbịa bi nʼetiti ha, ma ndị amụrụ nʼala ahụ nọ nʼebe ahụ. Ọkara nʼime ha gara guzo nʼakụkụ ugwu Gerizim, ọkara ndị ọzọ guzoro nʼakụkụ ugwu Ebal, dịka Mosis onyeozi Onyenwe anyị nyere nʼiwu na mbụ, na ha ga-agọzi ndị Izrel.
And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
34 Emesịa, Joshua gụpụtara na ntị ha, okwu niile nke iwu ahụ, ya na ngọzị na ọbụbụ ọnụ so ya, dịka ihe niile e dere nʼAkwụkwọ Iwu si dị.
And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
35 Iwu niile Mosis nyere ha ka Joshua gụpụtara na ntị ndị Izrel niile. Ndị inyom na ụmụntakịrị, na ndị ọbịa niile bi nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel so nọkọọ nʼoge a ndị Izrel niile zukọrọ.
There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.
