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

And a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and stricken in age,

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

Then Ioshua called all Israel, and their Elders, and their heads, and their iudges, and their officers, and said vnto them, I am old, and stricken in age.

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

Also ye haue seene all that the Lord your God hath done vnto al these nations before you, howe the Lord your God him selfe hath 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.

Beholde, I haue deuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Iorden, with all the nations that I haue destroyed, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

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.

And the Lord your God shall expell them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shall possesse their land, as the Lord your God hath said vnto 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 ye therefore of a valiant courage, to obserue and doe all that is written in the booke of the Lawe of Moses, that ye turne not therefrom to the right hand nor 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.

Neither companie with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them nor bowe vnto them:

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

But sticke fast vnto the Lord your God, as ye haue done vnto this day.

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

For ye Lord hath cast out before you great nations and mightie, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto.

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

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

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

Take good heede therefore vnto your selues, that ye loue 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,

Els, if ye goe backe, and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remaine with you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe vnto them, and they to you,

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.

Knowe ye for certaine, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction vnto you, and a whip on your sides, and thornes in your eyes, vntill ye perish out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue 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!

And beholde, this day do I enter into the way of all ye world, and ye know in al your heartes and in all your soules, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised you, but all are come to passe vnto you: nothing hath failed thereof.

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.

Therefore as all good things are come vpon you, which the Lord your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring vpon you euery euill thing, vntill he haue destroyed you out of this good land, which ye Lord your God hath giue 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.”

When ye shall transgresse the couenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and bowe your selues to them, then shall the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you, and ye shall perish quickely out of the good lande which he hath giuen you.