Jozue 24

1 Jozue asangisaki mabota nyonso ya Isalaele na Sishemi. Abengisaki bampaka, bakambi, basambisi mpe bakalaka ya Isalaele; mpe bango bayaki liboso ya Nzambe.

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Wuta kala, bakoko na bino mpe Tera, tata ya Abrayami mpe Naori, bavandaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe bazalaki kosalela banzambe mosusu.

Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

3 Kasi nabimisaki tata na bino, Abrayami, wuta na mokili oyo ezalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale, natambolisaki ye na mokili mobimba ya Kanana mpe napesaki ye bakitani ebele. Napesaki ye Izaki;

I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

4 mpe na nzela ya Izaki, napesaki ye Jakobi mpe Ezawu. Napesaki mokili ya bangomba Seiri epai ya Ezawu, kasi Jakobi elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, bakendeki na Ejipito.

And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. And Jacob and his children went down into Egypt, and became there a great and numerous and mighty nation, and the Egyptians afflicted them.

5 Boye, natindaki Moyize mpe Aron; nabetaki Ejipito kolanda makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki kuna mpe nabimisaki bino kuna.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out

6 Tango nabimisaki batata na bino na Ejipito, bakomaki kino na ebale monene ya Barozo, bato ya Ejipito balandaki bango na bashar mpe na basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda kino na Ebale monene ya Motane.

from Egypt. And you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

7 Batata na bino bagangaki epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi, mpe Yawe atiaki molili kati na bino mpe bato ya Ejipito, azindisaki bango na mayi ya Ebale monene oyo ezipaki bango. Miso na bino moko emonaki makambo oyo nasalaki bato ya Ejipito. Mpe bowumelaki mibu ebele na esobe.

When they cried out to Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

8 Namemaki bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, oyo bazalaki kovanda na ngambo ya este ya Yordani. Babundisaki bino kasi nakabaki bango na maboko na bino. Nabomaki bango na miso na bino mpe bobotolaki mokili na bango.

I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9 Tango Balaki, mwana mobali ya Tsipori, mokonzi ya Moabi, abimaki mpo na kobundisa Isalaele, atindaki ete baluka Balami, mwana mobali ya Beori, mpo ete alakela bino mabe.

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

10 Kasi naboyaki koyoka Balami, boye akomaki nde kopambola bino tango na tango mpe nakangolaki bino na loboko na ye.

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

11 Boye bokatisaki Yordani mpe bokomaki na engumba Jeriko. Bavandi ya Jeriko babundisaki bino ndenge kaka bato ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Girigazi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi, basalaki; kasi nakabaki bango mpe na maboko na bino.

You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 Natindelaki bango liboso na bino, banzoyi ya minene oyo ebenganaki bango mosika na bino, na bakonzi mibale ya Amori. Bosalaki yango na mipanga mpe na matolotolo na bino te.

I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

13 Boye, napesaki bino mokili oyo bino bomonelaki pasi te mpe bingumba oyo bino botongaki te. Bokomaki kovanda kuna, kolia bambuma ya bilanga ya vino mpe ya olive oyo bolonaki te.

I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you did not build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'

14 Sik’oyo botosa Yawe mpe bosalela Ye na motema mobimba mpe na bosembo. Bobwaka banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe na Ejipito, mpe bosalela Yawe.

Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Jehovah.

15 Kasi soki bosepeli kosalela Yawe te, bopona lelo nani bolingi kosalela; banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki tango bazalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale to banzambe ya bato ya Amori epai wapi bozali kovanda. Kasi ngai mpe libota na ngai, tokosalela Yawe. »

If it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah."

16 Bato bazongisaki: — Tozali na likanisi te ya kosundola Yawe to ya kosalela banzambe mosusu!

The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

17 Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe na biso; ezali Ye Yawe nde abimisaki biso mpe batata na biso na Ejipito, na mokili wana ya bowumbu, mpe asalaki na miso na biso bilembo minene ya kokamwa. Azalaki kobatela biso na banzela nyonso oyo tozalaki kotambola mpe kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi tozalaki koleka.

for it is Jehovah our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

18 Yawe abenganaki liboso na biso bikolo nyonso elongo na bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili oyo. Biso mpe tokosalela Yawe, pamba te azali Nzambe na biso.

Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God."

19 Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bokokoka kosalela Yawe te, pamba te azali Nzambe ya Bule, Nzambe ya Zuwa; akolimbisa te botomboki mpe masumu na bino.

Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

20 Soki bosundoli Yawe mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe ya bapaya, akobalukela bino mpo na kosala bino mabe, mpe akosilisa koboma bino sima na kotalisa bino bolamu.

If you forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good."

21 Kasi bato balobaki na Jozue: — Te, tokosalela kaka Yawe!

The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve Jehovah."

22 Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bozali bino moko batatoli mpo na bino awa boponi kosalela Yawe. Bazongisaki: — Ezali se bongo, tondimi yango, tozali batatoli.

Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."

23 Jozue alobaki: — Na bongo, bolongola sik’oyo banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino mpe bopesa mitema na bino nyonso epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.

"Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel."

24 Bato bazongiselaki Jozue: — Tokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe tokoyoka mongongo na Ye.

The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Jehovah our God, and we will listen to his voice."

25 Na mokolo wana, Jozue asalaki boyokani elongo na bana ya Isalaele na Sishemi, mpe apesaki bango mibeko mpe bikateli.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 Bongo, Jozue akomaki makambo wana nyonso na buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe. Akamataki libanga moko ya monene mpe atelemisaki yango wana, na se ya terebente oyo ezalaki kati na Esika ya bule ya Yawe.

Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

27 Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Botala, libanga oyo ekozala litatoli mpo na biso, pamba te esili koyoka maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobi na biso. Ekozala motatoli mpo na kosambisa bino mpo ete bowangana Nzambe na bino te.

Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God."

28 Boye, Jozue azongisaki bato, moto na moto kati na libula na ye.

So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

29 Sima na makambo oyo, Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, mowumbu na Yawe, akufaki na mibu nkama moko na zomi.

It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being one hundred ten years old.

30 Bakundaki ye na mabele ya libula na ye, na Timinati-Sera, na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, na ngambo ya nor ya ngomba Gashi.

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

31 Bato ya Isalaele basalelaki Yawe tango nyonso Jozue azalaki na bomoi mpe, sima na kufa na ye, tango nyonso bampaka oyo bamonaki misala nyonso ya Yawe mpo na Isalaele bazalaki na bomoi.

Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had worked for Israel.

32 Mpe bakundaki mikuwa ya Jozefi oyo bana ya Isalaele bamemaki wuta na Ejipito na Sishemi, na eteni ya elanga oyo Jakobi asombaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkama moko, epai ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi. Yango ekoma mpe libula ya bakitani ya Jozefi.

They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred kesitahs. They became the inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33 Bongo, Eleazari, mwana mobali ya Aron, mpe akufaki. Bakundaki ye na ngomba moke oyo bapesaki na Pineasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi.

Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.