The Covenant Renewed at Shechem
1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
2Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. 3But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac, 4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.
5“ ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out. 6When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen24:6 Or charioteers as far as the Red Sea.24:6 Or the Sea of Reeds 7But they cried to the Lord for help, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them. You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8“ ‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land. 9When Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor to put a curse on you. 10But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.
11“ ‘Then you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites, but I gave them into your hands. 12I sent the hornet ahead of you, which drove them out before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow. 13So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
14“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
16Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! 17It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.”
19Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. 20If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.”
21But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”
22Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”
“Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied.
23“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”
25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws. 26And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the Lord.
27“See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”
28Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.
Buried in the Promised Land
29After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah24:30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.
32And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value. from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
33And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
Wɔti Awurade Apam No Mu
1Na Yosua frɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa, wɔn mpanimfoɔ, ntuanofoɔ, atemmufoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ kɔɔ Sekem. Na wɔn nyinaa baa Onyankopɔn anim.
2Yosua ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ nie: Mo tete agyanom, Tera a ɔyɛ Abraham agya ne Nahor tenaa Asubɔnten Eufrate agya nohoa na wɔsomm anyame foforɔ. 3Nanso, mefaa mo agya Abraham firii asase a ɛda Eufrate agya hɔ de no baa Kanaan asase so. Mefaa ne ba Isak so maa nʼasefoɔ dɔɔso. 4Mede Yakob ne Esau maa Isak. Mede Seir bepɔman no maa Esau, ɛnna Yakob ne ne mma siane kɔɔ Misraim.
5“Na mesomaa Mose ne Aaron, na mede ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu baa Misraimfoɔ no so na akyire yi, meyii mo firii hɔ ma monyaa ahofadie. 6Ɛberɛ a mo agyanom duruu Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ ho no, Misraimfoɔ no de wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn apɔnkɔkafoɔ taa wɔn. 7Mosu frɛɛ Awurade no, mede esum bɛtoo mo ne Misraimfoɔ no ntam, memaa Ɛpo no bu faa wɔn so kataa wɔn so. Mo ankasa mode mo ani hunuu deɛ meyɛeɛ. Afei motenaa ɛserɛ so mfeɛ bebree.
8“Mede mo baa Amorifoɔ asase so wɔ Yordan apueeɛ fam. Wɔne mo koeɛ, nanso memaa modii wɔn so nkonim na mofaa wɔn asase. 9Na Moabhene Sipor babarima Balak hyɛɛ aseɛ ko tiaa Israel. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Beor babarima Balaam sɛ ɔnnome mo. 10Nanso, mantie no, na mmom mema ɔhyiraa mo, na megyee mo firii Balak nsam.
11“Na motwaa Asubɔnten Yordan baa Yeriko no, Yeriko mmarima ko tiaa mo. Na nkurɔfoɔ pii nso ko tiaa mo a Amorifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ ka ho. Nanso, mema modii wɔn so nkonim. 12Afei, mesomaa nnowa dii mo anim ma wɔkɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ahemfo baanu no. Ɛnyɛ mo akofena anaa mo agyan na ɛma modii nkonim. 13Memaa mo asase a ɛnyɛ mo na modii ho dwuma, maa mo nkuropɔn a ɛnyɛ mo na mokyekyereeɛ, nkuropɔn a mote mu seesei no. Memaa mo bobe nturo ne ngo dua mfuo sɛ mobɛnya aduane, a mpo ɛnyɛ mo na moduaeɛ.
14“Enti, monni Awurade ni, na momfa mo akoma nyinaa nsom no. Monto ahoni a mo agyanom somee no wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔte Asubɔnten Eufrate agya ne Misraim no nyinaa ngu korakora. Monsom Awurade nko ara. 15Sɛ nso mompɛ sɛ mosom Awurade a, ɛnnɛ yi ara, monkyerɛ deɛ mobɛsom no. Anyame a mo agyanom somm wɔn wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔwɔ Eufrate agya no na mopɛ? Anaa Amorifoɔ a mote wɔn asase so seesei no anyame? Na me ne me fie deɛ, yɛbɛsom Awurade.”
16Na ɔman no buaa sɛ, “Yɛrempa Awurade akyi nkɔsom anyame foforɔ. 17Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn na ɔgyee yɛn ne yɛn agyanom firii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim. Ɔyɛɛ anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ wɔ yɛn anim. Na yɛfaa ɛserɛ so wɔ yɛn atamfoɔ mu no, ɔbɔɔ yɛn ho ban. 18Ɛyɛ Awurade na ɔpamoo Amorifoɔ ne aman foforɔ a na wɔte asase yi so no. Enti yɛn nso, yɛbɛsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno nko ne yɛn Onyankopɔn.”
19Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Morentumi nsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ kronkron ne ninkunfoɔ Onyankopɔn. Ɔremfa mo atuateɛ ne mo bɔne nkyɛ mo. 20Sɛ mopa Awurade akyi na mosom anyame foforɔ a, ɔbɛdane atia mo, asɛe mo a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔne mo adi no yie.”
21Nnipa no buaa Yosua sɛ, “Dabi, yɛasi yɛn adwene pi sɛ yɛbɛsom Awurade.”
22Yosua nso kaa sɛ, “Mobɛbu saa gyinaeɛ yi ho akonta. Moaka sɛ mobɛsom Awurade.”
Wɔbuaeɛ sɛ, “Aane, yɛbɛbu ho akonta.”
23Yosua kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monsɛe ahoni a mowɔ nyinaa na momfa mo akoma nto Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn so.”
24Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Yɛbɛsom Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn. Yɛbɛyɛ ɔsetie ama ɔno nko ara.”
25Enti, Yosua ne nnipa no yɛɛ apam saa ɛda no wɔ Sekem, de wɔn hyɛɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a emu yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ daa wɔ wɔne Awurade ntam. 26Yosua twerɛɛ yeinom nyinaa guu Onyankopɔn Mmara Nwoma no mu. Ɔfaa ɔbotan kɛseɛ bi pire kɔtoo odum dua bi a ɛbɛn Awurade ntomadan no ase sɛ nkaeɛ adeɛ.
27Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Saa ɔbotan yi ate biribiara a Awurade aka akyerɛ yɛn no. Sɛ moanni mo Onyankopɔn nokorɛ a, ɛbɛyɛ adansedeɛ atia mo.”
28Afei, Yosua gyaa nnipa no kwan maa obiara kɔɔ nʼagyapadeɛ so.
Yosua Wuo
29Asɛm yi akyi, ankyɛre na Nun babarima Yosua, Awurade ɔsomfoɔ wuiɛ. Ɔdii mfirinhyia ɔha ne edu. 30Wɔsiee no wɔ nʼagyapadeɛ asase so wɔ Timnat-Sera a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔ asase so, wɔ Gaas Bepɔ atifi fam.
31Na Israel somm Awurade wɔ Yosua, ne mpanimfoɔ a wɔanyinyini sene noɔ a wɔhunuu deɛ Awurade yɛ maa Israel wɔn nkwa nna nyinaa mu.
32Na Yosef nnompe a Israelfoɔ de firi Misraim baeɛ no, wɔsiee wɔ Sekem wɔ asasetam bi a Yakob tɔɔ no dwetɛ mpɔ ɔha firii Hamor mmammarima nkyɛn no so. Na saa asase yi wɔ Efraim ne Manase mmusuakuo a wɔyɛ Yosef asefoɔ asase kyɛfa a wɔde maa wɔn no so.
33Aaron babarima Eleasa nso wuiɛ. Wɔsiee no wɔ Efraim bepɔ asase no so wɔ Gibea kuro no a na wɔde ama ne babarima Pinehas no mu.
