Yosua 24

1 Na Yosua frɛɛ Israelfo nyinaa, wɔn mpanyimfo, ntuanofo, atemmufo ne adwumayɛfo kɔɔ Sekem. Na wɔn nyinaa baa Onyankopɔn anim.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and 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 Yosua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Sɛnea Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se ni: Mo tete agyanom, Tera a ɔyɛ Abraham agya ne Nahor tenaa Asubɔnten Efrate agya nohɔ na wɔsom anyame foforo.

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

3 Nanso mefaa mo agya Abraham fii asase a ɛda Efrate agya hɔ de no baa Kanaan asase so. Mefaa ne ba Isak so maa nʼasefo dɔɔso.

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

4 Mede Yakob ne Esau maa Isak. Mede Seir bepɔwman no maa Esau, na Yakob ne ne mma sian kɔɔ Misraim.

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

5 “Na mesomaa Mose ne Aaron, na mede ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu baa Misraimfo no so na akyiri no, miyii mo fii hɔ ma munyaa ahofadi.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and afterwards I brought you out.

6 Bere a mo agyanom duu Po Kɔkɔɔ ho no, Misraimfo no de wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn apɔnkɔkafo taa wɔn.

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 Musu frɛɛ Awurade no, mede sum bɛtoo mo ne Misraimfo no ntam, memaa Po no bu faa wɔn so kataa wɔn so. Mo ankasa mo de mo ani huu nea meyɛe. Afei motenaa sare so mfe bebree.

Then they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

8 “Mede mo baa Amorifo asase so wɔ Yordan apuei fam. Wɔne mo koe, nanso memaa mudii wɔn so nkonim na mofaa wɔn asase.

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt beyond 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 Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak fii ase ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam se ɔnnome mo.

And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

10 Nanso mantie no, na mmom mema ohyiraa mo ntoatoaso, na migyee mo fii Balak nsam.

but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

11 “Na mutwaa Asubɔnten Yordan baa Yeriko no, Yeriko mmarima ko tiaa mo. Na nkurɔfo pii nso ko tiaa mo a Amorifo, Perisifo, Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Girgasifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo ka ho. Nanso mema mudii wɔn so nkonim.

And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 Afei, mesomaa nnowa dii mo anim ma wɔkɔpam Amorifo ahemfo baanu no. Ɛnyɛ mo afoa anaa mo agyan na ɛma mudii nkonim.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

13 Memaa mo asase a ɛnyɛ mo na mudii ho dwuma, maa mo nkuropɔn a ɛnyɛ mo na mokyekyeree, nkuropɔn a mote mu mprempren no. Memaa mo bobe nturo ne ngodua mfuw sɛ mubenya aduan, a mpo ɛnyɛ mo na muduae.

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

14 “Enti munni Awurade ni, na momfa mo koma nyinaa nsom no. Montow ahoni a mo agyanom somee no wɔ bere a na wɔte Asubɔnten Efrate agya ne Misraim no nyinaa ngu korakora. Monsom Awurade nko ara.

And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.

15 Sɛ nso mompɛ sɛ mosom Awurade a, nnɛ yi ara, monkyerɛ nea mobɛsom no. Anyame a mo agyanom somee wɔ bere a na wɔwɔ Efrate agya no na mopɛ? Anaa Amorifo a mote wɔn asase so mprempren no anyame? Na me ne me fi de, yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

16 Na ɔman no buae se, “Yɛrempa Awurade akyi nkɔsom anyame foforo.

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

17 Efisɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn na ogyee yɛn ne yɛn agyanom fii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim. Ɔyɛɛ anwonwade akɛse wɔ yɛn anim. Na yɛfaa sare so wɔ yɛn atamfo mu no, ɔbɔɔ yɛn ho ban.

for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed!

18 Ɛyɛ Awurade na ɔpam Amorifo ne aman foforo a na wɔte asase yi so no. Enti yɛn nso, yɛbɛsom Awurade, efisɛ ɔno nko ne yɛn Nyankopɔn.”

And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, and the Amorites the inhabitants of the land: so therefore we will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.

19 Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no se, “Morentumi nsom Awurade, efisɛ ɔyɛ kronkron ne ninkufo Nyankopɔn. Ɔremfa mo atuatew ne mo bɔne nkyɛ mo.

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

20 Sɛ mopa Awurade akyi na mosom anyame foforo a, ɔbɛdan atia mo, asɛe mo a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔne mo adi no yiye.”

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21 Nnipa no buaa Yosua se, “Dabi, yɛasi yɛn adwene pi sɛ yɛbɛsom Awurade.”

And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.

22 Yosua nso kae se, “Mubebu saa gyinae yi ho akontaa. Moaka sɛ mobɛsom Awurade.” Wobuae se, “Yiw, yebebu ho akontaa.”

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

23 Yosua kae sɛ, “Eye, monsɛe ahoni a mowɔ nyinaa na momfa mo koma nto Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn so.”

Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

24 Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Yɛbɛsom Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn. Yɛbɛyɛ osetie ama ɔno nko ara.”

And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and to his voice will we hearken.

25 Enti Yosua ne nnipa no yɛɛ apam saa da no wɔ Sekem, de wɔn hyɛɛ nhyehyɛe a emu yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ wɔne Awurade ntam.

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

26 Yosua kyerɛw eyinom nyinaa guu Onyankopɔn Mmara Nhoma no mu. Ɔfaa ɔbotan kɛse bi pirew kɔtoo odum dua bi a ɛbɛn Awurade ntamadan no ase sɛ nkae ade.

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

27 Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no se, “Saa ɔbotan yi ate biribiara a Awurade aka akyerɛ yɛn no. Sɛ moanni mo Nyankopɔn nokware a, ɛbɛyɛ adansede atia mo.”

And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

28 Afei, Yosua gyaa nnipa no kwan maa obiara kɔɔ nʼagyapade so.

And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

29 Asɛm yi akyi, ankyɛ na Nun babarima Yosua, Awurade somfo wui. Odii mfirihyia ɔha ne du.

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.

30 Wosiee no wɔ nʼagyapade asase so wɔ Timnat-Sera a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔw asase so, wɔ Gaas Bepɔw atifi fam.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.

31 Na Israel som Awurade wɔ Yosua, ne mpanyimfo a wɔanyinyin sen no a wohuu nea Awurade yɛ maa Israel wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.

And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders whose days were prolonged after Joshua, and who had known all the works of Jehovah, which he had done for Israel.

32 Na wosiee Yosef nnompe a Israelfo de fi Misraim bae no wɔ Sekem wɔ asasetam bi a Yakob tɔɔ no dwetɛ mpɔw ɔha fii Hamor mmabarima nkyɛn no so. Na saa asase yi wɔ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuw a wɔyɛ Yosef asefo asase kyɛfa a wɔde maa wɔn no so.

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 Aaron babarima Eleasar nso wui. Wosiee no wɔ Efraim bepɔw asase no so wɔ Gibea kurow no a na wɔde ama ne babarima Pinehas no mu.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in mount Ephraim.