Joshua 1

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide:

M’adamfo pa Teofilo, me nhoma a edi kan a mekyerɛw wo no mu no, mekaa Yesu nnwuma a ɔyɛe, ne ne nkyerɛkyerɛ

“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites.

kosi bere a Onyankopɔn bɛfaa no kɔɔ soro no ho asɛm. Ansa na wɔrebɛfa no akɔ soro no, ɔnam Honhom Kronkron tumi so kyerɛkyerɛɛ n’asuafo no.

I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.

Ne wusɔre akyi, ɔtenaa asase so adaduanan, yii ne ho adi mpɛn pii kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no de kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, ampa, ɔte ase. Ɔkaa Onyankopɔn ahenni ho asɛm nso kyerɛɛ wɔn.

Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

Da bi a ɔne wɔn redidi no, ɔhyɛɛ wɔn se, “Mummfi Yerusalem, na montwɛn akyɛde a m’agya ahyɛ mo ho bɔ a maka ho asɛm akyerɛ mo no.

No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Yohane de, ɔde nsu na ɛbɔɔ asu, nanso mo de ɛrenkyɛ, wɔde Honhom Kronkron no bɛbɔ mo asu.”

Yesu Sorokɔ

Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

Asuafo no nyinaa ne Yesu hyiaa mu no, wobisaa no se, “Awurade, bere yi mu na wode ahenni no bɛma Israel anaa?”

“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Ɛho nhia sɛ mubehu bere a Agya no nam ne tumi so ahyehyɛ ato hɔ no.

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Na sɛ Honhom Kronkron no ba mo so a, mubenya tumi na moayɛ m’adansefo wɔ Yerusalem ne Yudea nyinaa ne Samaria kosi asase ano.”

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Ɔkasa wiei no, asuafo no huu no sɛ ɔnam omununkum mu rekɔ soro na wɔanhu no bio.

So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:

Wogu so rehwɛ wim no, amonom hɔ ara, mmarima baanu bi a wɔhyehyɛ ntade fitafitaa begyinaa wɔn nkyɛn,

“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you for your own.’”

kae se, “Mo mmarima a mufi Galilea, adɛn nti na mugyina ha rehwɛ wim? Yesu a wɔafa no afi mo nkyɛn kɔ soro no, sɛnea osi kɔɔ soro no, saa ara na ɔbɛsan aba bio.”

Woyi Yuda Nanmusifo

But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

Eyi akyi no, asuafo no fii Ngo Bepɔw no so baa Yerusalem. Efi Ngo Bepɔw no so ba Yerusalem no bɛyɛ borɔfokwansin fa.

“Remember the command that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you after he said, ‘The Lord your God will give you rest by giving you this land.’

Woduu hɔ no, wɔkɔɔ ɔdan bi a na ɛwɔ aborɔsan a na wɔte so mu. Nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no ne: Petro, Yohane, Yakobo ne Andrea; Filipo, Toma, Bartolomeo, Mateo, Alfeo ba Yakobo, Simon Seloteni ne Yakobo ba Yuda.

Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them

Na saa asuafo yi nyinaa taa ne mmea bi te sɛ Yesu ne na Maria ne Yesu nnuammarimanom hyia bɔ mpae.

until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

Nna kakraa bi akyi no, gyidifo no a wɔn dodow bɛyɛ sɛ ɔha aduonu no hyiae na Petro sɔre kasae se:

Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

“Me nuanom, ɛsɛ sɛ nkɔm a Honhom Kronkron no nam David so hyɛ faa Yuda ho sɛ ɛnam no so na wɔbɛkyere Yesu no ba mu.

Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

Yɛn a Yesu yii yɛn no, na Yuda nso ka yɛn ho wɔ ɔsom no mu.

Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”

Sika a Yuda nya fii ade bɔne a ɔyɛe no mu no wɔde tɔɔ asase wɔ faako a owui hɔ. Ɔtew bɛhwee fam maa ne mu paee maa n’ayamde tu guu so.

Nnipa a na wɔte Yerusalem nyinaa tee saa asɛm yi no, wɔtoo asase no din wɔ wɔn ankasa kasa mu se Hekeldama a ase kyerɛ ne sɛ, ‘Mogya Asase.’”

Petro toaa so kae se, “Wɔakyerɛw wɔ Dawid nnwom mu se, ‘Ne fi nna mpan, na ne som adwuma no obi mfa.’”

“Enti ɛsɛ sɛ yeyi nnipa a yɛne wɔn nantewee bere a na Yesu ne yɛn dii akɔneaba no nyinaa,

fi Yohane asubɔ adwuma no so de kosi bere a wɔfaa Yesu fii yɛn nkyɛn kɔɔ soro no, efisɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ saa nnipa no mu baako bɛka yɛn ho ne yɛn di Yesu wusɔre no ho adanse.

Woyii nnipa baanu. Ɔbaako din de Yosef a na wɔfrɛ no Barsaba, na wɔtaa nso frɛ no Yusto. Nea na ɔka ho no nso din de Matia.

Afei asuafo no bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, wunim obiara koma mu. Ɛno nti kyerɛ yɛn nnipa baanu yi mu nea woapaw no,

sɛ ommesi Yuda a wanya ne baabi kɔ no anan mu mmɛyɛ asomafodwuma no.”

Afei asuafo no bɔɔ wɔn so ntonto ma ɛbɔɔ Matia. Enti wɔfaa no kaa asomafo dubaako no ho.