Joshua 23 – NIV & ASCB

New International Version

Joshua 23:1-16

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.”

Asante Twi Contemporary Bible

Yosua 23:1-16

Yosua Ne Israel Di Nkra

1Mfeɛ bebree twaam a Awurade maa Israelfoɔ no ahotɔ a wɔn atamfoɔ no mu biara anha wɔn bio. Yosua a afei na wanyini yie no 2frɛɛ mpanimfoɔ, ntuanofoɔ, atemmufoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Seesei, mabɔ akɔkoraa. 3Moahunu biribiara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ayɛ ama mo me nkwa nna yi mu. Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ako atia mo atamfoɔ. 4Mede amanaman no nsase a yɛnnya nnii soɔ ne deɛ yɛadi soɔ ama mo sɛ mo agyapadeɛ, ɛfiri Asubɔnten Yordan kɔsi Ɛpo Kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ atɔeɛ fam no. 5Saa asase yi bɛyɛ mo dea, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn bɛpamo nnipa a wɔtete so seesei no nyinaa. Mobɛsi wɔn anan mu atena hɔ, sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

6“Enti, monyɛ den! Monhwɛ na monni nkyerɛkyerɛ a wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose Mmara Nwoma no mu no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monntwe mo ho mfiri ho kwan biara so. 7Monhwɛ yie sɛ mo ne nnipa foforɔ 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 monni Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no nokorɛ sɛdeɛ moayɛ abɛsi ɛnnɛ yi.

9“Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade apamo amanaman akɛseɛ a wɔyɛ dene ama mo, enti obiara nni hɔ a watumi adi mo so nkonim. 10Mo mu biara bɛtumi atu atamfoɔ apem agu, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn ko ma mo sɛdeɛ wahyɛ bɔ no. 11Enti, monhwɛ yie na monnɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no.

12“Nanso sɛ motwe mo ho firi ne ho, na mone saa amanaman yi nkaeɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ mo mu yi di awadeɛ a, 13ɛnneɛ akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn rempamo wɔn mfiri mo asase so. Mmom, wɔbɛyɛ afidie ama mo, ɔyea wɔ mo mfe mu ne kasɛɛ a ɛhyɛ mo aniwa mu, na wɔbɛtɔre mo ase afiri asase pa yi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de ama mo yi so.

14“Ɛrenkyɛre biara mɛwu, sɛdeɛ obiara korɔ no. Mo akoma mu no monim sɛ ɛbɔ biara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn hyɛeɛ no aba mu. Bɔhyɛ no mu biara nni hɔ a amma mu! 15Nanso, sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de nnepa a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ maa mo no, saa ara na sɛ moannyɛ ɔsetie amma no a ɔde amanehunu bɛba mo so. Ɔbɛpra mo afiri saa asase pa a ɔde ama mo yi so. 16Sɛ mobu Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn apam no so na mosɔre anaa mosom anyame foforɔ a, nʼabufuo bɛhye mo na ɔbɛpra mo ntɛm so afiri asase pa a ɔde ama mo no so.”