Yosua 24

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

And Ioshua assembled againe all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called the Elders of Israel, and their heades, and their iudges, and their officers, and they presented themselues 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.

Then Ioshua said vnto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the flood in olde time, euen Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor, and serued 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 tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

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

And I gaue vnto Izhak, Iaakob and Esau: and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: but Iaakob and his children went downe 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.

I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt: and when I had so done among them, I brought you out.

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

So I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came vnto the Sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with charets and horsemen vnto 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 cryed vnto the Lord, and he put a darkenesse betweene you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea vpon them, and couered them: so your eyes haue seene what I haue done in Egypt also ye dwelt in the wildernesse a long season.

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

After, I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Iorden, and they fought with you: but I gaue them into your hand, and ye possessed their countrey, and I destroyed them out of your sight.

9 Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak fii ase ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam se ɔnnome mo.

Also Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent to call Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you,

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

But I would not heare Balaam: therefore he blessed you, and I deliuered 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 ouer Iorden, and came vnto Iericho, and the men of Iericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hiuites and the Iebusites, and I deliuered 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 hornets before you, which cast them out before you, euen the two kings of the Amorites, and 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 haue giuen you a land, wherein ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and yee dwell in them, and eate of the vineyards and oliue trees, which yee planted not.

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.

Nowe therefore feare the Lord, and serue him in vprightnesse and in trueth, and put away the gods, which your fathers serued beyonde the flood and in Egypt, and serue the Lord.

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 seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, choose you this day whome yee will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued (that were beyond the flood) or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: but I and mine house will serue the Lord.

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

Then the people answered and saide, God forbid, that we shoulde forsake the Lord, to serue 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 the Lord our God, he brought vs and our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and he did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in all the way that we went, and among all the people through whome we came.

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 the Lord did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites which dwelt in the lande: therefore will we also serue the Lord, 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 Ioshua saide vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holie God: he is a ielous God: hee will not pardon your iniquitie nor your sinnes.

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 yee forsake the Lord and serue strange gods, then he will returne and bring euill vpon you, and consume you, after that hee hath done you good.

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

And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.

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

And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Yee are witnesses against your selues, that yee haue chosen you the Lord, to serue him: and they sayd, We are witnesses.

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

Then put away nowe, saide he, the strange gods which are among you, and bowe your hearts vnto the Lord God of Israel.

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

And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, and his voyce wil we obey.

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 Ioshua made a couenant with the people the same day, and gaue them an ordinance and lawe 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 Ioshua wrote these woordes in the booke of the Lawe of God, and tooke a great stone, and pitched it there vnder an oke that was in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.

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 Ioshua saide vnto all the people, Beholde, this stone shall be a witnesse vnto vs: for it hath heard all the wordes of the Lord which he spake with vs: it shall be therefore a witnesse against you, lest yee denie your God.

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

Then Ioshua let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritance.

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

And after these things Ioshua the sonne of Nun, the seruaunt of the Lord died, being an hundreth and ten yeeres olde.

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 ye border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the Northside of mount 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 serued the Lord all the daies of Ioshua, and all the daies of the Elders that ouerliued Ioshua, and which had knowen all the workes of the Lord that 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 Ioseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in a parcell of ground which Iaakob bought of the sonnes of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundreth pieces of siluer, and the children of Ioseph had them in their inheritance.

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.

Also Eleazar the sonne of Aaron died, whome they buried in the hill of Phinehas his sonne, which was giuen him in mount Ephraim.