Yosua 23

1 Mfe bebree twaa mu a Awurade maa Israelfo no ahotɔ a wɔn atamfo no mu biara anhaw wɔn bio. Yosua a afei na wanyin yiye no

A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

2 frɛɛ mpanyimfo, ntuanofo, atemmufo ne adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mprempren, mabɔ akwakoraa.

he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

3 Moahu biribiara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ayɛ ama mo me nkwa nna yi mu. Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ako atia mo atamfo.

“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

4 Mede amanaman no nsase a yennya nnii so ne nea yɛadi so ama mo sɛ mo agyapade, efi Asubɔnten Yordan kosi Po Kɛse a ɛwɔ atɔe fam no.

See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

5 Saa asase yi bɛyɛ mo dea, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn bɛpam nnipa a wɔtete so mprempren no nyinaa. Mubesi wɔn anan mu atena hɔ, sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

6 “Enti, monyɛ den! Monhwɛ na munni nkyerɛkyerɛ a wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose Mmara Nhoma no mu no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monntwe mo ho mfi ho ɔkwan biara so.

Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

7 Monhwɛ yiye sɛ mo ne nnipa foforo a wɔda so te asase no so no nnya ayɔnkofa biara. Mpo, mommmɔ wɔn anyame din na moabɔ wɔn din aka ntam anaasɛ moasom wɔn.

So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

8 Na munni Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no nokware sɛnea moayɛ abesi nnɛ yi.

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

9 “Efisɛ Awurade apam amanaman akɛse a wɔyɛ den ama mo, enti obiara nni hɔ a watumi adi mo so nkonim.

The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

10 Mo mu biara betumi atu atamfo apem agu, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ko ma mo sɛnea wahyɛ bɔ no.

One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

11 Enti monhwɛ yiye na monnɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

12 “Nanso sɛ motwe mo ho fi ne ho, na mo ne saa amanaman yi nkaefo a wɔwɔ mo mu yi di aware a,

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

13 ɛno de akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn rempam wɔn mfi mo asase so. Mmom, wɔbɛyɛ mfiri ama mo, mo akyi mmaa, ne mo aniwa mu nsɔe de kosi sɛ mo ase bɛtɔre afi asase pa yi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn de ama mo no so.

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

14 “Ɛrenkyɛ biara mewu, sɛnea obiara kɔ no. Mo koma mu no munim sɛ ɛbɔ biara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ no aba mu. Bɔhyɛ no mu biara nni hɔ a amma mu!

Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

15 Nanso sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn de nnepa a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ maa mo no, saa ara na sɛ moanyɛ osetie amma no a ɔde amanehunu bɛba mo so. Ɔbɛpra mo afi saa asase pa a ɔde ama mo yi so.

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

16 Sɛ mubu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn apam no so na mosɔre anaa mosom anyame foforo a, nʼabufuw bɛhyew mo na ɔbɛpra mo ntɛm so afi asase pa a ɔde ama mo no so.”

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”