Yoswa 23
1 Bwe waayitawo ekiseera, Mukama Katonda ng’awadde Isirayiri emirembe mu njuyi zonna awaali abalabe, Yoswa ng’akaddiye ng’awangadde emyaka mingi,
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.
2 n’ayita Abayisirayiri bonna, abakadde baabwe n’abakulembeze baabwe, abalamuzi n’abakungu n’abagamba nti, “Kaakano nkaddiye era mmaze emyaka mingi;
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 mmwe bennyini mulabye byonna Mukama Katonda wammwe byakoze amawanga gano gonna ku lwammwe, kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe yabalwaniridde.
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 Mulabe, ngabidde ebika byammwe amawanga ago agabadde gakyasigadde, amawanga gonna ge namala okuwangula, okuva ku Yoludaani okutuuka ku nnyanja ennene ebugwanjuba.
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 Mukama Katonda ajja kubagoba babaviire abasindiikirize okuva mu maaso gammwe mutwale ensi yaabwe nga Mukama Katonda wammwe bwe yabasuubiza.
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 “Noolwekyo mwegendereze nnyo okukwata n’okukola byonna ebiwandiikiddwa mu kitabo kya Musa eky’amateeka, obutakyama kukivaako kudda ku ddyo wadde ku kkono.
“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 Temwetabanga n’amawanga gano agasigadde mu mmwe, wadde okwogera ku mannya ga bakatonda baabwe, okulayira mu mannya gaabwe okubaweereza wadde okubavuunamira.
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 Naye munywerere ku Mukama Katonda wammwe nga bwe mukoze okutuusa leero.
You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.
9 “Kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe agobye amawanga amanene ag’amaanyi era n’okutuusa kaakano teri n’omu asobodde kubaziyiza.
“Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.
10 Omuntu omu ku mmwe agoba abantu lukumi, kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe yaabalwanirira nga bwe yabasuubiza.
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 Noolwekyo mwekuume, mwagale Mukama Katonda wammwe,
So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.
12 kubanga bwe munaamuvaangako ne mwegattanga n’abamawanga abaasigalawo abali mu mmwe, oba ne mufumbiriganwa ne mukolagananga nabo,
“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 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.
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 “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.
“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 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.
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 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.”
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.”
