Yoswa 23
1 Bwe waayitawo ekiseera, Mukama Katonda ng’awadde Isirayiri emirembe mu njuyi zonna awaali abalabe, Yoswa ng’akaddiye ng’awangadde emyaka mingi,
A long time later, after the Lord had given peace to the Israelites from conflict with their enemies around them, Joshua, by now really old,
2 n’ayita Abayisirayiri bonna, abakadde baabwe n’abakulembeze baabwe, abalamuzi n’abakungu n’abagamba nti, “Kaakano nkaddiye era mmaze emyaka mingi;
summoned all the Israelites—the elders, leaders, judges, and officials—and told them, “I'm old, getting on in years.
3 mmwe bennyini mulabye byonna Mukama Katonda wammwe byakoze amawanga gano gonna ku lwammwe, kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe yabalwaniridde.
You've seen everything the Lord your God has done to all the nations on your behalf—the Lord your God has been fighting for you.
4 Mulabe, ngabidde ebika byammwe amawanga ago agabadde gakyasigadde, amawanga gonna ge namala okuwangula, okuva ku Yoludaani okutuuka ku nnyanja ennene ebugwanjuba.
I have allotted the land of the remaining nations for you to own, as well as the nations already conquered, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.
5 Mukama Katonda ajja kubagoba babaviire abasindiikirize okuva mu maaso gammwe mutwale ensi yaabwe nga Mukama Katonda wammwe bwe yabasuubiza.
The Lord your God will make them retreat from you. He will drive them out before you and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
6 “Noolwekyo mwegendereze nnyo okukwata n’okukola byonna ebiwandiikiddwa mu kitabo kya Musa eky’amateeka, obutakyama kukivaako kudda ku ddyo wadde ku kkono.
Be sure to observe everything that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Don't stray from it, either to the left or to the right.
7 Temwetabanga n’amawanga gano agasigadde mu mmwe, wadde okwogera ku mannya ga bakatonda baabwe, okulayira mu mannya gaabwe okubaweereza wadde okubavuunamira.
Don't associate with the nations that are left. Don't mention the names of their gods, and don't swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.
8 Naye munywerere ku Mukama Katonda wammwe nga bwe mukoze okutuusa leero.
Stay close to the Lord your God, as you have done up to now.
9 “Kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe agobye amawanga amanene ag’amaanyi era n’okutuusa kaakano teri n’omu asobodde kubaziyiza.
The Lord has driven out strong, powerful nations before you. No one has been able to stand up to you to this day.
10 Omuntu omu ku mmwe agoba abantu lukumi, kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe yaabalwanirira nga bwe yabasuubiza.
Just one of you can chase away a thousand enemies, for the Lord your God is fighting for you, as he promised you.
11 Noolwekyo mwekuume, mwagale Mukama Katonda wammwe,
Take great care to love the Lord your God.
12 kubanga bwe munaamuvaangako ne mwegattanga n’abamawanga abaasigalawo abali mu mmwe, oba ne mufumbiriganwa ne mukolagananga nabo,
For if you do turn from him, and adopt the ways of the nations that are left, if you intermarry with them, associating with one other,
13 mukitegeererewo nti Mukama Katonda wammwe tagenda kweyongera kubagobamu mawanga gano, naye ganaafuukanga emitego era enkonge gye muli, embooko ezinaabakubanga mu mbiriizi, n’amaggwa aganaabafumitanga mu maaso gammwe okutuusa lwe mulizikirira mu nsi eno ennungi Mukama Katonda wammwe gy’abawadde.
you can be absolutely sure that the Lord your God will definitely not drive out these nations before you. On the contrary, they will be a trap and a snare to you, a whip on you back and thorns in your eyes until you die out completely from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
14 “Era kaakano nnaatera okukwata olugendo lw’abantu bonna ab’oku nsi era mumanyi n’emitima gyammwe n’emmeeme yammwe mmwe mwenna nti, Tewali kintu kyonna kitatuukiridde Mukama Katonda wammwe kye yasuubiza ekibakwatako. Byonna bibakoleddwa, tewali na kimu kiremye.
Now I am about to die, the fate of every living thing on the earth. Deep down you know that not a single one of the Lord's good promises has failed. Everything has come true. Not one has failed.
15 Naye ng’ebintu byonna ebirungi Mukama Katonda wammwe bye yabasuubiza nga bwe bibaweereddwa, bw’atyo Mukama Katonda wammwe bw’anaabatuusangako, ebibi byonna okutuusa ng’abazikirizza okuva mu nsi eno ennungi gy’abawadde.
But in the same way that you received all the good things that the Lord you God promised, the Lord will bring on you all the bad things he has threatened until you're completely wiped out from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
16 Bwe munaamenyanga endagaano ya Mukama Katonda wammwe gye yabalagira, ne mugenda ne muweerezanga bakatonda abalala ne mubavuunamiranga, obusungu bwa Mukama bunaaboolekeranga, ne muzikirira mangu okuva mu nsi ennungi gy’abawadde.”
If you break the agreement the Lord your God made with you, and you go and worship other gods, bowing down before them, then the Lord will become angry with you, and you will be quickly wiped out from the good land he has given you.”
