Yosua 7
1 Nanso, Israel anni nokorɛ wɔ nneɛma a wɔgya maa Awurade no ho. Ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Akan wiaa saa nneɛma no bi, enti Awurade bo fuu Israelfoɔ no yie. Akan yɛ Karmi a ɔfiri Simri efie mu, na ɔbɔ Serah abusua a ɛwɔ Yuda abusuakuo mu no babarima.
But the children of Israel committed a trespasse in the excommunicate thing: for Achan the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah of the tribe of Iuda tooke of the excommunicate thing: wherfore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 Yosua somaa ne nnipa no bi firi Yeriko sɛ wɔnkɔsra Ai kuropɔn a ɛwɔ Bet-El apueeɛ a ɛbɛn Bet-Awen no.
And Ioshua sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is beside Bethauen, on ye East side of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying, Goe vp, and view the countrey. And ye men went vp, and viewed Ai,
3 Wɔsane baeɛ no, wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Kuro no sua enti, ɛrenhia nnipa mpenu anaa mpensa sɛ wɔbɛsɛe kuropɔn no. Ɛho nhia sɛ yɛn nyinaa bɛkɔ hɔ.”
And returned to Ioshua, and saide vnto him, Let not al the people go vp, but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp, and smite Ai, and make not al the people to labour thither, for they are fewe.
4 Enti, wɔde akofoɔ bɛyɛ mpensa kɔɔ hɔ nanso wɔdii Israelfoɔ no so pasaa. Ai mmarima
So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai.
5 taa Israelfoɔ no firi kuropɔn no ɛpono ano kɔsii Sebarim, na wɔkunkumm wɔn mu nnipa bɛyɛ aduasa nsia a na wɔredwane afiri akono wɔ nsianeeɛ bi so. Ɛbaa saa no, ehu bɔɔ Israelfoɔ no ma wɔbotoeɛ.
And the men of Ai smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate vnto Shebarim, and smote them in the going downe: wherfore the heartes of the people melted away like water.
6 Yosua ne ɔman ntuanofoɔ de abasamutuo tetee wɔn ntadeɛ mu, too mfuturo guu wɔn tirim, bɔɔ wɔn mu ase, wɔ Awurade Adaka no anim kɔsii anwummerɛ.
Then Ioshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face before the Arke of the Lord, vntill the euentide, he, and the Elders of Israel, and put dust vpon their heads.
7 Afei, Yosua su frɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Otumfoɔ Awurade, adɛn na wode yɛn twaa Asubɔnten Yordan a wonim sɛ Amorifoɔ no bɛkunkum yɛn? Sɛ yɛnim a, anka yɛtenaa Asubɔnten Yordan agya hɔ ara.
And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iorden, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, and to destroye vs? would God we had bene content to dwell on the other side Iorden.
8 Awurade, seesei a Israelfoɔ adwane afiri wɔn atamfoɔ anim yi, asɛm bɛn na menka?
Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies?
9 Na sɛ Kanaanfoɔ ne nnipa a aka a wɔtete asase yi so te saa asɛm yi a, wɔbɛtwa yɛn ho ahyia na wɔatɔre yɛn ase afiri asase yi so. Na afei ɛdeɛn na wobɛyɛ de ahyɛ wo din kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ animuonyam no?”
For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?
10 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Sɔre! Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim abutu hɔ saa?
And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Get thee vp: wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face?
11 Israel ayɛ bɔne. Wɔabu mʼapam no so. Wɔawia nneɛma a mehyɛɛ sɛ wɔnnya mma me no. Na ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔawia nko, na mmom, wɔatwa ho nkontompo de asie wɔn nneɛma mu.
Israel hath sinned, and they haue transgressed my couenant, which I commanded them: for they haue euen taken of the excommunicate thing, and haue also stollen, and dissembled also, and haue put it euen with their owne stuffe.
12 Ɛno enti na Israelfoɔ adi nkoguo na wɔredwane afiri wɔn atamfoɔ anim. Seesei deɛ, wɔayi Israel asi hɔ ama ɔsɛeɛ. Merenka mo ho bio, gye sɛ mosɛe biribiara a ɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a anka ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe no.
Therefore ye children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies, but haue turned their backes before their enemies, because they be execrable: neither will I bee with you any more, except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you.
13 “Sɔre! Kɔka kyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, ‘Obiara nkɔdwira ne ho mma ɔkyena, na saa na Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ: Ao, Israel, mode nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgya ma Awurade no ahinta mo mu. Morentumi nni mo atamfoɔ so da kɔsi sɛ moyi saa nneɛma no firi mo mu.
Vp therefore, sanctifie the people, and say, Sanctifie your selues against to morowe: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an execrable thing among you, O Israel, therefore ye cannot stand against your enemies, vntill ye haue put the execrable thing from among you.
14 “‘Adekyeɛ mu no, abusuakuo biara bɛba, na Awurade bɛkyerɛ abusuakuo a wɔn ho wɔ asɛm no. Saa abusuakuo 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 efie a ne ho wɔ asɛm no. Awieeɛ no, efie a ne ho wɔ asɛm no mu nnipa bɛba mmaako mmaako.
In the morning therefore ye shall come according to your tribes, and the tribe which the Lord taketh, shall come according to the families: and the familie which the Lord shall take, shall come by the housholds: and the houshold which the Lord shall take, shall come man by man.
15 Onipa a wawia nneɛma a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsɛe no, wɔbɛhye no ne nʼagyapadeɛ nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wabu Awurade apam no so na wayɛ deɛ ɛmfra koraa wɔ Israel.’”
And he that is taken with the excommunicate thing, shall be burnt with fire, hee, and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the couenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 Adeɛ kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua de Israel mmusuakuo no baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Yuda abusuakuo no.
So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Iudah was taken.
17 Afei Yuda mmusuaban baa anim, na wɔyii Serafoɔ. Afei Sera efie biara baa Awurade anim, na wɔyii Simri efie.
And he brought the families of Iudah, and tooke the familie of the Zarhites, and he brought the familie of the Zarhites, man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
18 Na Simri efie baa mmaako mmaako na wɔyii Akan, Karmi ba.
And he brought his houshold, man by man, and Achan ye sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah of the tribe of Iudah was take.
19 Afei, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Akan sɛ, “Me ba, fa animuonyam ma Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, na ka nokorɛ. Ka wo bɔne ne deɛ wayɛ kyerɛ me. Mfa nsie me.”
Then Ioshua said vnto Achan, My sonne, I beseech thee, giue glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession vnto him, and shewe me now what thou hast done: hide it not from me.
20 Akan buaa sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn.
And Achan answered Ioshua, and saide, In deede, I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus haue I done.
21 Mehunuu atadeɛ ngugusoɔ fɛfɛ bi a wɔkra firii Babilonia, dwetɛ kilogram mmienu ne fa ne sikakɔkɔɔ poma baako a ano si gram ahanum ne aduɔson. Mʼani bereeɛ enti, mefaeɛ. Mede asie fam wɔ me ntomadan mu, na dwetɛ no deɛ, ɛhyɛ fam kyɛn nkaeɛ no.”
I sawe among the spoyle a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundreth shekels of siluer, and a wedge of golde of fiftie shekels weight, and I coueted them, and tooke them: and behold, they lye hid in the earth in the mids of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.
22 Enti, Yosua somaa mmarima bi sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ. Wɔtutuu mmirika kɔɔ ntomadan no mu kɔhunuu awifodeɛ no sɛ wɔde asie wɔ hɔ, sɛdeɛ Akan kaeɛ no ara pɛ, na ɔde dwetɛ no asie nneɛma a aka no ase tɔnn.
Then Ioshua sent messengers, which ran vnto the tent, and beholde, it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vnder it.
23 Wɔtasee nneɛma no firii ntomadan no mu de brɛɛ Yosua ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa. Wɔde ne nyinaa guu fam wɔ Awurade anim.
Therefore they tooke them out of the tent, and brought them vnto Ioshua, and vnto all the children of Israel, and layd them before the Lord.
24 Afei, Yosua ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa faa Serah babarima Akan, dwetɛ no, atadeɛ ngugusoɔ no, sikakɔkɔɔ poma no, ne mmammarima, ne mmammaa, nʼanantwie, ne mfunumu, ne nnwan, ne ntomadan ne nʼagyapadeɛ nyinaa na wɔde no baa Akɔr bɔnhwa mu.
Then Ioshua tooke Achan the sonne of Zerah, and the siluer, and the garment and the wedge of golde and his sonnes, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheepe, and his tent, and all that hee had: and all Israel with him brought them vnto the valley of Achor.
25 Yosua bisaa Akan sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wode saa ɔhaw yi abrɛ yɛn? Wo nso, Awurade de ɔhaw bɛbrɛ wo.” Na Israelfoɔ nyinaa sii Akan ne nʼabusuafoɔ aboɔ, hyee wɔn amu no.
And Ioshua said, In as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lord shall trouble thee this day: and all Israel threwe stones at him, and burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
26 Wɔsoaa aboɔ guu Akan funu so hɔree no esie a ɛda so wɔ hɔ bɛsi ɛnnɛ. Enti, na wɔafrɛ saa beaeɛ hɔ Akɔr Bɔnhwa no. Afei, Awurade bo dwoeɛ.
And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day: and so the Lord turned from his fierce wrath: therefore hee called the name of that place, The valley of Achor, vnto this day.
