Yoshua 1

1 Sasa ilitokea baada ya kufa kwa Musa, mtumishi wa Yahweh, Yahweh alimwambia Yoshua, mwana wa Nuni, msaidizi mkuu wa Musa, kusema,

Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Josue the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to him:

2 “Musa, mtumishi wangu amekufa. Sasa basi inuka, vuka mto huu wa Yordani, wewe na watu hawa wote, kuingia katika nchi ambayo ninawapa - watu waisraeli.

Moses my servant is dead: arise, and pass over this Jordan, thou and thy people with thee, into the land which I will give to the children of Israel.

3 Nimewapa ninyi kila sehemu ambapo nyayo za miguu yenu itakanyaga. Nimewapa ninyi, kama nilivyomwahidi Musa.

I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I have said to Moses.

4 kuanzia jangwani na Lebanoni, hadi mto mkubwa wa Frati, nchi yote ya Wahiti, na hata Bahari kuu, ambako jua huzama, itakuwa nchi yenu.

From the desert and from Libanus unto the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hethites unto the great sea toward the going; down of the sun, shall be your border.

5 Hakuna mtu awaye yote atakayeweza kusimama kinyume chako siku zote za maisha yako. Nitakuwa pamoja nawe kama nilivyokuwa na Musa. Sitakupungukia wala kukuacha.

No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 Uwe hodari na jasiri. Wewe utawafanya watu hawa wairithi nchi ambayo niliwaahidi baba zao kuwa ningewapa.

Take courage, and be strong: for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.

7 Uwe hodari na jasiri sana. uwe makini kutii sheria zote ambazo Musa mtumishi wangu alikuagiza. Usikengeuke upande wa kulia au wa kushoto, ili uweze kufanikiwa kila mahali utakapoenda.

Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

8 Siku zote uuongee juu ya kitabu hiki cha sheria. Utakitafakari mchana na usiku ili kwamba uweze kutii yote yaliyoandikwa humo. Kisha utastawi na kufanikiwa.

Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.

9 Je si mimi niliyekuagiza? Uwe hadori na jasiri! Usiogope. Usivunjike moyo. Yahweh Mungu wako yuko pamoja nawe kila uendeko.

Behold I command thee, take courage, and be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to.

10 Kisha Yoshua akawaagiza viongozi wa watu,

And Josue commanded the princes of the people, saying: Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, and say:

11 “Nendeni katika kambi na waagizeni watu, 'andaeni chakula kwa ajili yenu. Baada ya siku tatu mtavuka mto huu wa Yordani na kuingia ndani na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Yahweh Mungu wenu awapeni ninyi ili kuimiliki.””

Prepare you victuals: for after the third day you shall pass over the Jordan and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you.

12 Yoshua akawaambia Wareubeni, Wagadi na nusu ya kabila la Manase,

And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses:

13 “Kumbukeni maneno ambayo Musa, mtumishi wa Yahweh, aliwaaagiza aliposema, 'Yahweh Mungu wenu awapeni ninyi pumziko, naye awapeni ninyi nchi hii.'

Remember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying: The Lord your God hath given you rest, and all this land.

14 Wake zenu, na watoto wenu na mifugo yenu itakaa katika nchi ambayo Musa aliwapa ninyi ng'ambo ya Yordani. Lakini watu wenu wa vita wataenda pamoja na ndugu zao na kuwasaidia.

Your wives, and children, and cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren, all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them,

15 Mpaka hapo Yahweh atakapowapa ndugu zenu pumziko kama alivyowapa ninyi. Na wao pia watamiliki nchi ambayo Yahweh Mungu wenu awapeni ninyi. Kisha mtarudi katika nchi yenu na kuimiliki, nchi ambayo Musa mtumishi wa Yahweh aliwapa ninyi ng'ambo ya Yordani, mahali pa mapambazuko ya jua.”

Until the Lord give rest to your brethren as he hath given you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.

16 Nao wakamjibu Yoshua, na kusema, “Mambo yote uliyotuagiza tutayafanya, na kila mahali utakapotutuma tutaenda.

And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that thou hast commanded us we will do; and whithersoever thou shalt send us, we will go.

17 Tutakutii kama tulivyomtii Musa. Yahweh Mungu wako na awe pamoja nawe tu kama aliyokuwa pamoja na Musa.

As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey thee also: only be the Lord thy God with thee, as he was with Moses.

18 Yeyote anayeasi maagizo yako na kutotii maneno yako atauawa. Uwe hodari na jasiri tu.

He that shall gainsay thy mouth, and not obey all thy words, that thou shalt command him, let him die: only take thou courage, and do manfully.