Iyyaasuu 24

1 Iyyaasuunis ergasii gosoota Israaʼel hunda Sheekemitti walitti qabe. Innis maanguddoota, hooggantoota, abbootii murtii fi qondaaltota Israaʼel walitti waame; isaanis fuula Waaqaa duratti dhiʼaatan.

And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.

2 Iyyaasuun saba hundaan akkana jedhe; “Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: ‘Abbootiin keessan bara durii, Taaraa abbaa Abrahaamii fi Naahoor dabalatanii Laga gama jiraatanii waaqota biraa waaqeffatan.

And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, [even] Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.

3 Ani garuu abbaa keessan Abrahaam biyya Laga gamaatii fuudhee biyya Kanaʼaan keessa isa dabarsee sanyii baayʼee kenneef. Ani Yisihaaqin isaafan kenne;

And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;

4 Yisihaaqiif immoo Yaaqoobii fi Esaawun kenne. Biyyaa gaaraa Seeʼiir Esaawufin kenne; Yaaqoobii fi ilmaan isaa garuu Gibxitti gad buʼan.

and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.

5 “‘Anis Musee fi Aroon ergee waanan achitti hojjedheen namoota Gibxi dhaʼichaan dhaʼee achii isin baase.

And I struck Egypt with the wonders that I wrought amongst them.

6 Yeroo ani abbootii keessan biyya Gibxi keessaa baasetti, isin gara galaanaa dhuftan; warri Gibxi immoo gaariiwwan lolaatii fi warra fardeen yaabbataniin hamma Galaana Diimaatti isaan hordofan.

And afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and you entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.

7 Isaan gargaarsa barbaaduuf Waaqayyotti iyyatan; innis isaanii fi warra Gibxi gidduu dukkana buuse; warra Gibxitti galaana fidee isaan ukkaamse. Isin waan ani warra Gibxi godhe ijuma keessaniin argitan. Ergasiis isin bara dheeraa gammoojjii keessa jiraattan.

And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and you were in the wilderness many days.

8 “‘Anis biyya Amoorota gama baʼa Yordaanos jiraachaa turan sanaatti isin nan fide. Isaanis isin lolan; ani garuu dabarsee harka keessanitti isaan kenne. Ani fuula keessan duraa isaan nan barbadeesse; isinis biyya isaanii qabattan.

And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that lived beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and you inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you.

9 Baalaaq ilmi Ziphoori mootichi Moʼaab sun yeroo Israaʼelitti duuluuf qophaaʼetti akka inni isin abaaruuf Balaʼaam ilma Beʼooritti dhaamsa ergate.

And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.

10 Ani garuu Balaʼaamin hin dhaggeeffanne; kanaafuu inni irra deddeebiʼee isin eebbise; anis harka isaa keessaa isin nan baase.

But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us].

11 “‘Isinis ergasii laga Yordaanos ceetanii Yerikoo dhuftan. Jiraattonni Yerikoos akkuma Amooronni, Feerzonni, Kanaʼaanonni, Heetonni, Girgaashonni, Hiiwonnii fi Yebuusonni godhan sana isin lolan; ani garuu dabarseen harka keessanitti isaan kenne.

And you crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.

12 Ani sonsa isaanii fi mootota Amoorotaa lamaan fuula keessan duraa ariʼee baasu isin dura nan erge. Isin goraadee keessanii fi iddaa keessaniin isaan hin ariine.

And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, [even] twelve kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with your bow.

13 Ani akkasiin biyya isin itti hin dadhabinii fi magaalaa isin hin ijaarin isiniifan kenne; isinis isaan keessa jiraattanii iddoo dhaabaa wayiniitii fi muka ejersaa kan ofii keessanii hin dhaabin irraa nyaattan.’

And he gave you a land on which you did not labour, and cities which you did not build, and you were settled in them; and you eat [of] vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant.

14 “Egaa Waaqayyoon sodaadhaatii amanamummaa guutuudhaan isa tajaajilaa. Waaqota abbootiin keessan Laga gamaa fi biyya Gibxitti waaqeffatan sana gataatii Waaqayyoon tajaajilaa.

And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.

15 Isin garuu yoo Waaqayyoon tajaajiluu hin barbaanne, waaqota abbootiin keessan Laga gamatti tajaajilaa turan sana yookaan waaqota Amoorotaa biyya isaanii keessa jiraattan kanneenii keessaa harʼa filadhaa. Anii fi manni koo garuu Waaqayyoon waaqeffanna.”

But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, amongst whom you dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.

16 Sabnis akkana jedhee deebiseef; “Waaqota biraa tajaajiluudhaaf jennee Waaqayyoon dhiisuun nurraa haa fagaatu!

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.

17 Kan biyya Gibxi, biyya garbummaa sana keessaa nuu fi abbootii keenya baasee waan mallattoowwan gurguddaa sana ija keenya duratti hojjete Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaa dha. Inni karaa keenya hunda irrattii fi saboota nu gidduu isaanii tarre sana hunda gidduutti nu eege.

The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and amongst all the nations through whom we passed.

18 Waaqayyo saboota hunda, Amoorota biyya sana keessa jiraachaa turanis fuula keenya duraa ariʼee baase. Sababii inni Waaqa keenya taʼeef nu Waaqayyoon tajaajilla.”

And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yes, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.

19 Iyyaasuunis sabaan akkana jedhe; “Isin Waaqayyoon tajaajiluu hin dandeessan. Inni Waaqa qulqulluu dha. Inni Waaqa hinaafuu dha. Inni fincila keessanii fi cubbuu keessan isinii hin dhiisu.

And Joshua said to the people, Indeed you will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.

20 Yoo isin Waaqayyoon dhiiftanii waaqota ormaa tajaajiltan, inni erguma waan gaarii isinii godhee booddee garagalee balaa isinitti buusee isin balleessa.”

Whenever you shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good.

21 Namoonni garuu Iyyaasuudhaan, “Lakki! Nu Waaqayyoon tajaajilla” jedhan.

And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.

22 Iyyaasuunis deebisee, “Isin akka Waaqayyoon tajaajiluu filattan ofii keessanitti dhugaa baatota taataniirtu” jedheen. Isaanis deebisanii, “Eeyyee, nu dhugaa baatota” jedhan.

And Joshua said to the people, You [are] witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.

23 Kana irratti Iyyaasuun, “Yoos amma waaqota ormaa kanneen isin gidduu jiran sana baasaa gataatii garaa keessan Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼelitti kennaa” jedheen.

And now take away the strange gods that are amongst you, and set your heart right towards the Lord God of Israel.

24 Sabnis Iyyaasuudhaan, “Nu Waaqayyo Waaqa keenya tajaajilla; ni ajajamnaafis” jedhe.

And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will listen to his voice.

25 Iyyaasuun guyyaa sana sabaaf kakuu galee Sheekemitti ajajaa fi seera baase.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.

26 Innis waan kana Kitaaba Seera Waaqaa keessatti barreesse. Dhagaa guddaa tokkos fuudhee iddoo qulqulluu Waaqayyoo biratti qilxuu tokko jala dhaabe.

And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.

27 Inni nama hundaan akkana jedhe; “Kunoo! Dhagaan kun dhugaa nutti baʼaa. Inni dubbii Waaqayyo nutti dubbate hunda dhagaʼeera. Yoo isin Waaqa keessaniif hin amanamin dhagaan kun dhugaa isinitti baʼa.”

And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be amongst you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this [stone] shall be amongst you for a witness in the last days, whenever you shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.

28 Kanaafuu Iyyaasuun tokkoo tokkoo namaa gara dhaala mataa mataa isaatti erge.

And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.

29 Sana booddee Iyyaasuun ilmi Nuuni, garbichi Waaqayyoo sun, waggaa dhibba tokkoo fi kudhanitti duʼe.

And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, [at the age] of a hundred and ten years.

30 Isaanis lafa dhaala isaa, Timnaat Seeraa kan biyya gaaraa Efreem keessatti karaa kaaba Tulluu Gaʼaashitti argamtu sanatti isa awwaalan.

And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad.

31 Sabni Israaʼel bara jireenya Iyyaasuu guutuu fi bara maanguddoota erga inni duʼee as hafanii jiraatanii waan Waaqayyo Israaʼeliif godhe hunda arganii keessa Waaqayyoon tajaajileera.

And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.

32 Lafeen Yoosef kan Israaʼeloonni biyya Gibxii baasanii fidanis Sheekemitti lafa Yaaqoob meetii dhibba tokkoon ilmaan Hamoor, abbaa Sheekem irraa bitee sanatti awwaalame. Lafti kunis dhaala sanyii Yoosef taʼe.

And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried [them] in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who lived in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

33 Eleʼaazaar ilmi Aroonis duʼee Gibeʼaa lafa biyya gaaraa Efreem kan ilma isaa Fiinehaasiif ixaadhaan kenname keessatti awwaalame.

And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim.