< Yosua 24 >

1 Na Yosua frɛɛ Israelfo nyinaa, wɔn mpanyimfo, ntuanofo, atemmufo ne adwumayɛfo kɔɔ Sekem. Na wɔn nyinaa baa Onyankopɔn anim.
And Joshua gathers all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calls for [the] elderly of Israel, and for his heads, and for his judges, and for his authorities, and they station 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 says to all the people, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Beyond the River your fathers have dwelt of old—Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor—and they serve 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 take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give Isaac to him.
4 Mede Yakob ne Esau maa Isak. Mede Seir bepɔwman no maa Esau, na Yakob ne ne mma sian kɔɔ Misraim.
And I give Jacob and Esau to Isaac; and I give Mount Seir to Esau, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to 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 send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its midst, and afterward I have 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 bring out your fathers from Egypt, and you go to the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to 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.
and they cry to YHWH, and He sets thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brings the sea over him, and covers them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and you dwell in a wilderness [for] many days.
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 bring you into the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and you possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence.
9 Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak fii ase ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam se ɔnnome mo.
And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, rises and fights against Israel, and sends and calls for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,
10 Nanso mantie no, na mmom mema ohyiraa mo ntoatoaso, na migyee mo fii Balak nsam.
and I have not been willing to listen to Balaam, and he greatly blesses you, and I deliver 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 you pass over the Jordan, and come to Jericho, and the possessors of Jericho fight against you—the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—and I give 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 send the hornet before you, and it casts them out from your presence—two kings of the Amorite—not by your sword, nor by your 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 give a land to you for which you have not labored, and cities which you have not built, and you dwell in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive-yards which you have not planted.
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 YHWH, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve YHWH;
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 is] wrong in your eyes to serve YHWH—choose for yourselves today whom you serve—whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land you are dwelling; but me and my house—we serve YHWH.”
16 Na ɔman no buae se, “Yɛrempa Awurade akyi nkɔsom anyame foforo.
And the people answer and say, “Far be it from us to forsake YHWH, 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 our God YHWH [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who has done these great signs before our eyes, and keeps us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst 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 YHWH casts out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also serve YHWH, 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 says to the people, “You are not able to serve YHWH, for He [is] a most holy God; He [is] a zealous God; He does not bear with your transgression and with 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.”
When you forsake YHWH, and have served gods of a stranger, then He has turned back and done harm to you, and consumed you, after that He has done good to you.”
21 Nnipa no buaa Yosua se, “Dabi, yɛasi yɛn adwene pi sɛ yɛbɛsom Awurade.”
And the people say to Joshua, “No, but we serve YHWH!”
22 Yosua nso kae se, “Mubebu saa gyinae yi ho akontaa. Moaka sɛ mobɛsom Awurade.” Wobuae se, “Yiw, yebebu ho akontaa.”
And Joshua says to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen YHWH for yourselves, to serve Him,” and they say, “Witnesses!”
23 Yosua kae sɛ, “Eye, monsɛe ahoni a mowɔ nyinaa na momfa mo koma nto Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn so.”
“And now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart to YHWH, God of Israel.”
24 Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Yɛbɛsom Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn. Yɛbɛyɛ osetie ama ɔno nko ara.”
And the people say to Joshua, “We serve our God YHWH, and we listen to His voice.”
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.
And Joshua makes a covenant with the people on that day, and lays a statute and an ordinance on it, 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 writes these words in the Scroll of the Law of God, and takes a great stone, and raises it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of YHWH.
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 says to all the people, “Behold, this stone is for a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of YHWH which He has spoken with us, and it has been for a witness against you, lest you lie against your God.”
28 Afei, Yosua gyaa nnipa no kwan maa obiara kɔɔ nʼagyapade so.
And Joshua sends the people away, each to his inheritance.
29 Asɛm yi akyi, ankyɛ na Nun babarima Yosua, Awurade somfo wui. Odii mfirihyia ɔha ne du.
And it comes to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of YHWH, dies, a son of one hundred and ten years,
30 Wosiee no wɔ nʼagyapade asase so wɔ Timnat-Sera a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔw asase so, wɔ Gaas Bepɔw atifi fam.
and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill 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 serves YHWH all [the] days of Joshua, and all [the] days of the elderly who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of YHWH which He did to 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 sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with one hundred kesitah; and they are for an inheritance to the sons 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 son of Aaron died, and they bury him in a hill of his son Phinehas, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

< Yosua 24 >