Jozue 23
1 Sima na Yawe kopesa bopemi na Isalaele liboso ya banguna nyonso oyo bazingelaki bango, elekaki tango molayi. Bongo, Jozue akomaki mobange, mpe mibu ya bomoi na ye epusanaki makasi.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.
2 Boye, Jozue abengisaki Isalaele mobimba: bampaka na yango, bakambi na yango, basambisi elongo na bakalaka na yango. Alobaki na bango: « Nakomi mobange mpe mibu ya bomoi na ngai epusani makasi.
Joshua was now very old. [One day] he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and [other] officials. He said to them, “I am now very old.
3 Bino moko bomonaki makambo nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, asalaki liboso ya bikolo oyo nyonso mpo na bolamu na bino, pamba te ezalaki Yawe, Nzambe na bino, nde azalaki kobundela bino.
You people have seen what Yahweh our God has done to help you defeat the people-groups [that lived in this land]. Yahweh our God has fought for you.
4 Bobosana te ndenge nini nazalaki kobeta zeke mpo na kokabolela mabota na bino lokola libula, mokili ya bikolo oyo etikali mpe ya bikolo oyo nabotolaki wuta na Yordani kino na Ebale monene, na ngambo ya weste.
But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan [River in the east] to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you.
5 Yawe, Nzambe na bino, nde akobengana bango, Ye moko, mosika liboso na bino; akobengana bango liboso na bino mpe bokozwa mokili na bango ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na bino, alakaki.
Yahweh our God will compel the people who are still living there to leave. He will push them out as you advance. Then the land will be yours, as Yahweh has promised you.
6 Boyika mpiko mpe bosenzela mpo na kotosa makambo nyonso oyo ekomama kati na buku ya Mobeko ya Moyize; bokende libanda na yango te.
“Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it [IDM].
7 Bosala boyokani te elongo na bikolo mosusu oyo etikali kati na bino, bobelela bakombo ya banzambe na yango te to mpe bolapa ndayi na bakombo na yango te. Bomeka kosalela yango te mpe bofukamela yango te.
Do not associate with the people who live among us [who are not Israelis and who worship other gods]. Do not mention the names of their gods, and do not use the names of their gods when you promise to do something. Do not serve their gods or worship them.
8 Kasi bokangama makasi na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, ndenge bozali kosala kino na mokolo ya lelo.
You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.
9 Yawe abenganaki bikolo ya minene mpe ya nguya liboso na bino; mpe kino na moyi ya lelo, moko te alongi kotelema liboso na bino.
“Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.
10 Moto moko kaka kati na bino azalaki kokimisa bato nkoto moko, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azalaki kobundela bino ndenge alakaki.
Each of you will be able to cause 1,000 of them to run away, because Yahweh your God will fight for you, just like he promised to do.
11 Boye, bosala keba ete bolinga Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.
12 Kasi soki bopesi Yawe mokongo, mpe soki bosali boyokani elongo na bato oyo babiki kati na bikolo oyo etikali kati na bino; soki bosali mabala mpe bosangani elongo na bango,
“If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them,
13 boyeba ete Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akobengana lisusu te bikolo yango liboso na bino. Bakokoma nde minyama mpe mitambo mpo na bino, bafimbu na mikongo na bino mpe banzube kati na miso na bino, kino tango bokosila kokufa na mokili ya kitoko oyo Nzambe na bino apesaki bino.
then you can be sure that Yahweh our God will not help you to expel those people-groups from your land. They will be [like] traps [DOU, MET] [that will catch you]. They will be [like] whips [that strike] your backs, and like thorns [that will scratch] your eyes. As a result, none of you will be left in this good land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.
14 Sik’oyo ngai nakomi pene ya kokende na nzela oyo moto nyonso akendaka. Na motema mpe elimo na bino mobimba, boyeba ete elaka moko te kati na bilaka nyonso ya kitoko oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apesaki bino ekotikala kokweya. Bilaka nyonso esila kokokisama, moko te ekotikala kokweya.
“It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does [EUP]. You know in your hearts [DOU] that Yahweh has done for you [LIT] everything that he promised to do.
15 Ndenge kaka bilaka nyonso ya kitoko ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, ekokisamaki solo, ndenge wana mpe akotindela bino makambo mabe kino tango akosilisa koboma bino kati na mokili ya kitoko oyo apesaki bino
He has given to you all the good things that he promised. In the same way, the other things that he promised, [things that are not good], will also happen. He said that if you do what is evil, he will get rid of you and send you away from this good land that he has given to you.
16 soki bobebisi boyokani ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo apeselaki bino mitindo, mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe mosusu mpe kofukamela yango. Kanda ya Yawe ekotumba bino mpe bokosila kokufa noki penza na mokili ya kitoko oyo apesaki bino. »
That will happen if you do not obey the commands that Yahweh our God told you to obey. If you serve other gods and worship them, Yahweh will become very angry with you. Very quickly [he will expel you from] this good land that he has given to you, [and] none of you will be left here.”
