Joshua 22

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh

“Anuanom ne agyanom, muntie m’anoyi yi.”

and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded.

Wɔtee sɛ ɔka Hebri no, wɔyɛɛ komm koraa. Paulo toaa so se,

For a long time now—to this very day—you have not deserted your fellow Israelites but have carried out the mission the Lord your God gave you.

“Meyɛ Yudani a wɔwoo me wɔ Tarso a ɛwɔ Kilikia. Wɔtetew me wɔ Yerusalem wɔ Gamaliel nan ase. Misuaa sɛnea wodi Yudafo mmara ne wɔn amanne so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Mebɔɔ mmɔden sɛ biribiara a meyɛ no, mede bɛhyɛ Onyankopɔn anuonyam sɛnea mo nyinaa nso reyɛ nnɛ yi.

Now that the Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

Metaa nnipa a wodi Awurade asɛm so no nyinaa kunkum wɔn. Mekyeree mmea ne mmarima de wɔn guu afiase.

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Ɔsɔfo panyin ne agyinatufo no nyinaa di me adanse sɛ, asɛm a mereka yi yɛ nokware. Wɔn nkyɛn mpo na migyee tumi nhoma sɛ mede rekɔma anuanom Yudafo a wɔwɔ Damasko no. Saa nhoma no na anka megyina so makyekyere nnipa a wodi Awurade asɛm so no agu wɔn nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn, de wɔn aba Yerusalem na wɔatwe wɔn aso.

Paulo ka n’adwensakra ho asɛm

Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

“Owigyinae a mereyɛ madu Damasko no, prɛko pɛ, hann bi twa faa me ho.

(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,

Mitwa hwee fam, na metee nne bi a ɛrebisa me se, ‘Saulo! Saulo! Adɛn nti na wotaa me?

saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing—and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

Mibisae se, ‘Ɛyɛ wo hena, Awura?’ Ɛnne no buaa me se, ‘Ɛyɛ me Naseretni Yesu a wotaa me no.’

So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.

Nnipa a na wɔne me nam no huu hann no de, nanso wɔante nne a ɛkasa kyerɛɛ me no.

When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

“Mibisae se, ‘Dɛn na menyɛ, Awurade?’ Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Sɔre na kɔ Damasko, na ɛhɔ na mɛkyerɛ wo biribiara a mepɛ sɛ woyɛ.’

And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side,

Hann no hyerɛn ano den maa m’ani furae enti nnipa a na me ne wɔn rekɔ no susoo me nsa de me kɔɔ Damasko.

the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

“Na Onyamefɛrefo bi a wɔfrɛ no Anania a odi Mose mmara so a na Yudafo nyinaa di no ni no te Damasko hɔ.

So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Ɔbaa me nkyɛn bɛkae se, ‘Onua Saulo, hu ade bio!’

With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

“Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Yɛn nenanom Nyankopɔn ayi wo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛyɛ n’apɛde na woahu ɔtreneeni no, na wobɛte n’ankasa ne nne sɛ ɛkasa kyerɛ wo.

When they went to Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh—they said to them:

Wubedi adanse afa biribiara a woahu na woate wɔ Awurade ho no akyerɛ nnipa nyinaa.

“The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?

Afei dɛn na woretwɛn bio? Sɔre na ma wɔmmɔ wo asu nhohoro wo bɔne wɔ Yesu din mu.’

Wɔsoma Paulo Amanamanmufo nkyɛn

Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord!

“Mesan mekɔɔ Yerusalem na merebɔ mpae wɔ asɔredan mu no,

And are you now turning away from the Lord?

“‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel.

mihuu Awurade wɔ anisoadehu mu na ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Yɛ ntɛm fi Yerusalem ha, efisɛ, nnipa a wɔwɔ ha no rentie adanse a wudi fa me ho no.’

If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God.

“Mekae se, ‘Awurade, wɔn nyinaa nim pefee sɛ mekɔɔ hyiadan mu kɔkyekyeree asuafo, boroo wɔn.

When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,^[a] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’”

Saa ara nso na bere a wokum wo danseni Stefano no, na mewɔ hɔ bi. Mepenee ne kum no so, hwɛɛ awudifo no ntama so.’

Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

“Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, ‘Sɔre na kɔ, efisɛ, mɛsoma wo makɔ akyirikyiri, Amanamanmufo nkyɛn!’ “

“The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord, do not spare us this day.

Bere a Paulo kae se wɔasoma no Amanamanmufo nkyɛn pɛ, dɔm no fitii ase teɛteɛɛm dennen se, “Munkum no! Ɔmfata sɛ ɔtena wiase!”

If we have built our own altar to turn away from the Lord and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the Lord himself call us to account.

Nnipa no kɔɔ so teɛteɛɛm, hugyaa wɔn ntama, saw mfutuma, tow petee wim.

“No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

Roma safohene no hyɛe sɛ wɔmfa Paulo nkɔ aban mu, nkɔbɔ no mmaa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛka nea enti a nnipa no nyinaa mpɛ sɛ wotie n’asɛm no.

The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the Lord.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the Lord.

Bere a wɔkyekyeree no wiei a wɔrebɛbɔ no mmaa no, Paulo bisaa ɔsraani panyin a na ogyina hɔ no se, “Mowɔ ho kwan sɛ mobɔ Romani a wonnii n’asɛm, mmuu no fɔ no mmaa anaa?”.

“That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’

Bere a ɔsraani panyin no tee saa asɛm yi no, ɔkɔɔ ɔsafohene no nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Dɛn na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ yi? Onipa no yɛ Romani!”

On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’

Afei ɔsafohene no kɔɔ Paulo nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Woyɛ Romani anaa?” Paulo buaa no se, “Yiw meyɛ Romani.”

“And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

Ɔsafohene no kae se, “Mituaa sika bebree na mede tɔɔ me Roma man bayɛ.” Paulo nso kae se, “Me de wɔwoo me sɛ Romani.”

“Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.”

Ntɛm ara, nnipa a na wɔrebebisa Paulo nsɛm no twee wɔn ho fii ne nkyɛn. Ɔsafohene no tee sɛ Paulo yɛ Romani no, ɔsuroe sɛ wɔama wɔagu Paulo nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn.

Paulo gyina asennii

When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of the Israelites—heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

Esiane sɛ na ɔsafohene no pɛ sɛ ohu nea enti a Yudafo no asɔre atia Paulo no nti, ade kyee no, ɔhyɛ ma woyii Paulo fii nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn mu. Ɔmaa asɔfo mpanyin ne agyinatufo no nyinaa hyiae. Afei ɔde Paulo kɔe sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ n’asɛm no mu.

And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us, because you have not been unfaithful to the Lord in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s hand.”

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the Israelites.

They were glad to hear the report and praised God. And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us—that the Lord is God.