Yosua Ne Israel Di Nkra
1Mfe bebree twaa mu a Awurade maa Israelfo no ahotɔ a wɔn atamfo no mu biara anhaw wɔn bio. Yosua a afei na wanyin yiye no 2frɛɛ mpanyimfo, ntuanofo, atemmufo ne adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mprempren, mabɔ akwakoraa. 3Moahu biribiara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ayɛ ama mo me nkwa nna yi mu. Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ako atia mo atamfo. 4Mede amanaman no nsase a yennya nnii so ne nea yɛadi so ama mo sɛ mo agyapade, efi Asubɔnten Yordan kosi Po Kɛse a ɛwɔ atɔe fam no. 5Saa asase yi bɛyɛ mo dea, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn bɛpam nnipa a wɔtete so mprempren no nyinaa. Mubesi wɔn anan mu atena hɔ, sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.
6“Enti, monyɛ den! Monhwɛ na munni nkyerɛkyerɛ a wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose Mmara Nhoma no mu no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monntwe mo ho mfi ho ɔkwan biara so. 7Monhwɛ yiye sɛ mo ne nnipa foforo a wɔda so te asase no so no nnya ayɔnkofa biara. Mpo, mommmɔ wɔn anyame din na moabɔ wɔn din aka ntam anaasɛ moasom wɔn. 8Na munni Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no nokware sɛnea moayɛ abesi nnɛ yi.
9“Efisɛ Awurade apam amanaman akɛse a wɔyɛ den ama mo, enti obiara nni hɔ a watumi adi mo so nkonim. 10Mo mu biara betumi atu atamfo apem agu, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn ko ma mo sɛnea wahyɛ bɔ no. 11Enti monhwɛ yiye na monnɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.
12“Nanso sɛ motwe mo ho fi ne ho, na mo ne saa amanaman yi nkaefo a wɔwɔ mo mu yi di aware a, 13ɛno de akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn rempam wɔn mfi mo asase so. Mmom, wɔbɛyɛ mfiri ama mo, mo akyi mmaa, ne mo aniwa mu nsɔe de kosi sɛ mo ase bɛtɔre afi asase pa yi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn de ama mo no so.
14“Ɛrenkyɛ biara mewu, sɛnea obiara kɔ no. Mo koma mu no munim sɛ ɛbɔ biara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn hyɛɛ no aba mu. Bɔhyɛ no mu biara nni hɔ a amma mu! 15Nanso sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn de nnepa a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ maa mo no, saa ara na sɛ moanyɛ osetie amma no a ɔde amanehunu bɛba mo so. Ɔbɛpra mo afi saa asase pa a ɔde ama mo yi so. 16Sɛ mubu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn apam no so na mosɔre anaa mosom anyame foforo a, nʼabufuw bɛhyew mo na ɔbɛpra mo ntɛm so afi asase pa a ɔde ama mo no so.”
Joshua’s farewell to the leaders
1After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man, 2summoned all Israel – their elders, leaders, judges and officials – and said to them: ‘I am very old. 3You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you. 4Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain – the nations I conquered – between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.
6‘Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left. 7Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them. 8But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.
9‘The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no-one has been able to withstand you. 10One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised. 11So be very careful to love the Lord your God.
12‘But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, 13then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.
14‘Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. 15But just as all the good things the Lord your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things he has threatened, until the Lord your God has destroyed you from this good land he has given you. 16If you violate the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.’
