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 assembled all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves 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 unto all the people, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, On the other side of the river did your fathers dwell in old time, even Terach, the father of Abraham, 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 Abraham from the other side of the river, and I led him throughout all the land of Canaan; and I multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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

And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt in the manner as I have done among them; and after that I brought you out.

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 I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto 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 they cried unto the Lord, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I had done on Egypt; and ye dwelt 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 I brought you into the land of the Emorites, that dwelt on the other side of the Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land; and I 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.

Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel; and he sent and called Bil'am the son of Beor to curse you;

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

And I would not hearken unto Bil'am; but he had to bless you instead: and I delivered you out of his hand.

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 ye passed over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and then fought the men of Jericho against you, the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hand.

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 I sent before you the hornet which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Emorites: not with thy sword, and not with thy 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 I gave you a land for which ye had not toiled, and cities which ye had not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of 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.”

And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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, 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.

For the Lord our God it is that hath brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who hath done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us upon all the way whereon we have gone, and among all the people through the midst of whom we have 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 hath driven out all the nations, and the Emorites who dwelt in the land, from before us; therefore also will we 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 unto the people, Ye will not be able to serve the Lord; for he is a holy God; he is a watchful God; he will not have any indulgence for your transgressions and for your sins;

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

If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then will he again do ye evil, and consume ye, after that he hath done you good.

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

And the people said unto Joshua, No; nevertheless the Lord will we serve.

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

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye yourselves have chosen for you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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

And now put away the strange gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart unto the Lord the God of Israel.

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

And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

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

And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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

And 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 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 unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be among us as a witness; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore as a witness against you, that ye may not deny your God.

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

And Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

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 Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, one hundred and ten years old.

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

And they buried him on the border of his inheritance at Timnath-serach, which is on the mountain of Ephraim, on the north side of mount Ga'ash.

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 who lived many days after Joshua, and who had known all the deeds of the Lord, that he had done 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 bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Chamor the father of Shechem for one hundred kessitah: and it remained the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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

And Elazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him on the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the mountain of Ephraim.