Yosua 7
1 Nanso Israel anni nokware wɔ nneɛma a wogyaw maa Awurade no ho. Ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Akan wiaa saa nneɛma no bi, enti Awurade bo fuw Israelfo no yiye. Akan yɛ Karmi a ɔyɛ Simri a na ɔbɔ Serah abusua a ɛwɔ Yuda abusuakuw mu no babarima.
But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse: Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 Yosua somaa ne nnipa no bi fi Yeriko sɛ wɔnkɔsra Ai kuropɔn a ɛwɔ Bet-El apuei a ɛbɛn Bet-Awen no.
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
3 Wɔsan bae no, wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Kurow no sua nti, ɛrenhia nnipa mpennu anaa mpensa sɛ wɔbɛsɛe kuropɔn no. Ɛho nhia sɛ yɛn nyinaa bɛkɔ hɔ.”
And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither, for they are few.
4 Enti wɔde akofo bɛyɛ mpensa kɔɔ hɔ, nanso wodii Israelfo no so pasaa. Ai mmarima
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
5 taa Israelfo no fi kuropɔn no pon ano kosii Sebarim, na wokunkum wɔn mu nnipa bɛyɛ aduasa asia a na wɔreguan afi akono wɔ asiansian bi so. Ɛbaa saa no, ehu bɔɔ Israelfo no ma wɔbotowee.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 Yosua ne ɔman ntuanofo no de abasamtu tetew wɔn ntade mu, tow mfutuma guu wɔn tirim, bɔɔ wɔn mu ase, wɔ Awurade Adaka no anim kosii anwummere.
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.
7 Afei, Yosua su frɛɛ Awurade se, “Otumfo Awurade, adɛn na wode yɛn twaa Asubɔnten Yordan a wunim sɛ Amorifo no bekunkum yɛn? Sɛ yenim a, anka yɛtenaa Asubɔnten Yordan agya hɔ ara.
And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!
8 Awurade, mprempren a Israelfo aguan afi wɔn atamfo anim yi, asɛm bɛn na menka?
Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
9 Na sɛ Kanaanfo ne nnipa a wɔaka a wɔtete asase yi so te saa asɛm yi a, wobetwa yɛn ho ahyia na wɔatɔre yɛn afi asase yi so. Na afei dɛn na wobɛyɛ de ahyɛ wo din kɛse a ekura anuonyam no?”
When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Sɔre! Adɛn nti na wode wʼanim abutuw hɔ saa?
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel ayɛ bɔne. Wɔabu mʼapam no so. Wɔawia nneɛma a mehyɛɛ sɛ wonnyaw mma me no. Na ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔawia nko, na mmom, wɔatwa ho nkontompo de asie wɔn nneɛma mu.
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.
12 Ɛno nti na Israelfo adi nkogu na wɔreguan afi wɔn atamfo anim. Mprempren de, wɔayi Israel asi hɔ ama ɔsɛe. Merenka mo ho bio, gye sɛ mosɛe biribiara a ɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a anka ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe no.
And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies: they shall turn their backs before their enemies, for they have made themselves accursed. I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.
13 “Sɔre! Kɔka kyerɛ nnipa no se, ‘Obiara nkodwira ne ho mma ɔkyena, na saa na Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn se: Israel, mode nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wogyaw ma Awurade no ahintaw mo mu. Morentumi nni mo atamfo so da kosi sɛ muyi saa nneɛma no fi mo mu.
Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst.
14 “‘Adekyee mu no, abusuakuw biara bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ abusuakuw a wɔn ho wɔ asɛm no. Saa abusuakuw no de wɔn mmusuaban no nso bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ abusuaban a ne ho wɔ asɛm no. Saa abusuaban no nso bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ ofi a ne ho wɔ asɛm no. Awiei no, ofi a ne ho wɔ asɛm no mu nnipa bɛba mmaako mmaako.
And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes; and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by families, and the family which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by households; and the household which Jehovah taketh shall come forward man by man.
15 Onipa a wawia nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsɛe no no, wɔbɛhyew no ne nʼagyapade nyinaa, efisɛ wabu Awurade apam no so na wayɛ nea ɛmfra koraa wɔ Israel.’”
And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.
16 Ade kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua de Israel mmusuakuw no baa Awurade anim, na woyii Yuda abusuakuw no.
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
17 Afei Yuda mmusuaban baa anim, na woyii Serafo. Afei Serafo nyinaa baa Awurade anim, na woyii Simrifo.
And he caused the families of Judah to come forward, and he took the family of the Zarhites. And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
18 Na Simrifo baa mmaako mmaako na woyii Akan, Karmi ba.
And he caused his household to come forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 Afei, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Akan se, “Me ba, fa anuonyam ma Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, na ka nokware. Ka wo bɔne ne nea wayɛ kyerɛ me. Mfa nsie me.”
And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah the God of Israel, and make confession to him: tell me now what thou hast done, keep it not back from me.
20 Akan buae se, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn.
And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.
21 Mihuu atade nguguso fɛfɛ bi a wɔkra fii Babilonia, dwetɛ kilogram abien ne fa ne sikakɔkɔɔ pema baako a ano si gram ahannum ne aduoson. Mʼani beree, enti mefae. Mede asie fam wɔ me ntamadan mu, na dwetɛ no de, ɛhyɛ fam kyɛn nkae no.”
I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 Enti Yosua somaa mmarima bi sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ. Wotutuu mmirika kɔɔ ntamadan no mu kohuu awifode no sɛ wɔde asie wɔ hɔ, sɛnea Akan kae no ara pɛ, na ɔde dwetɛ no asie nneɛma a aka no ase tɔnn.
And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 Wɔtasee nneɛma no fii ntamadan no mu de brɛɛ Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa. Wɔde ne nyinaa guu fam wɔ Awurade anim.
And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.
24 Afei, Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa faa Serah babarima Akan, dwetɛ no, atade nguguso no, sikakɔkɔɔ pema no, ne mmabarima, ne mmabea, nʼanantwi, ne mfurum, ne nguan, ne ntamadan ne nʼagyapade nyinaa na wɔde no baa Akora bon mu.
Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up into the valley of Achor.
25 Yosua bisaa Akan se, “Adɛn nti na wode saa ɔhaw yi abrɛ yɛn? Wo nso, Awurade de ɔhaw bɛbrɛ wo.” Na Israelfo nyinaa siw Akan ne nʼabusuafo abo, hyew wɔn amu no.
And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
26 Wɔsoaa abo guu Akan funu so hɔree no siw a ɛda so wɔ hɔ besi nnɛ. Enti na wɔafrɛ saa beae hɔ Ɔhaw Bon no. Afei, Awurade bo dwoe.
And they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is there] to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
