Joshua 24

Then 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.

Nnanum akyi no, ɔsɔfo panyin Anania ne mpanyimfo bi ne mmaranimfo bi a ne din de Tertulo kɔɔ Kaesarea. Woduu hɔ no, wɔkɔɔ Amrado Felike nkyɛn de nsɛm a wɔwɔ tia Paulo no too n’anim.

Joshua 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.

Wɔfrɛɛ Tertulo ma ɔbɔɔ ne nkuro se, “Onuonyamfo! Esiane wo nimdeɛ ne w’akwankyerɛ pa nti, efi bere a wobae yi, nsakrae pa pii aba yɛn man yi mu ama yɛn ho atɔ yɛn.

But 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,

Baabiara a yɛwɔ no yɛka eyi ho asɛm na yɛn ani sɔ nea woayɛ ama yɛn no da wo ase papaapa.

and 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.

Mempɛ sɛ mesɛe wo bere enti mesrɛ wo sɛ nya bere tiaa bi ma me na tie asɛm a merebɛka afa saa ɔbarima yi ho no.

“‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.

Yɛahu sɛ saa ɔbarima yi yɛ ɔmammɔfo a ɔde basabasayɛ ba Yudafo nyinaa mu. Ɔyɛ Nasiri fekuw no mu panyin.

When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen^[a] as far as the Red Sea.^[b]

Ɔpɛe sɛ ogu asɔredan no ho fi. Ɛno nti, yɛkyeree no yɛɛ yɛn adwene sɛ anka yɛbɛfa yɛn mmara so abu no atɛn.

But 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.

Nanso ɔsafohene Lisia begyee no fii yɛn nsam abra nso,

“‘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.

hyɛe sɛ wommedi n’asɛm wɔ w’anim. Sɛ wubisa no a, wo ara ankasa wubehu sɛ nsɛm a yɛreka afa ne ho no nyinaa yɛ nokware.

When 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.

Yudafo no nso foaa nsɛm a wɔkae no so, sɛ ɛyɛ nokware.

Paulo yi ne ho ano

But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.

Afei Amrado no maa Paulo kwan sɛ onyi ne ho ano. Paulo yii ne ho ano se, “Minim sɛ woyɛɛ ɔman yi so ɔtemmufo akyɛ, ɛno nti, sɛ migyina w’anim reyi me ho ano a, minsuro.

“‘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.

Sɛnea ebia woate no, ɛbɛyɛ nnafua dumien ni a mekɔɔ Yerusalem, kɔɔ asɔredan mu sɛ merekɔsom.

I 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.

Yudafo a wɔde me baa ha yi anhu me sɛ me ne obi regye akyinnye wɔ asɔredan mu hɔ anaasɛ meretu nnipa aso wɔ hyiadan mu anaa ɔman no mu baabiara.

So 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.’

Saa ara nso na wɔrentumi nkyerɛ sɛ, nsɛm a wɔreka ato me so yi nyinaa yɛ nokware.

“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.

“Nanso migye tom sɛ menam Awurade asɛm a Yudafo yi kasa tia no so som yɛn agyanom Nyankopɔn. Na migye nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose mmara no ne adiyifo nhoma no mu no nso midi.

But 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.”

Mewɔ anidaso a saa nnipa yi nso wɔ wɔ Onyankopɔn mu sɛ da bi nnipa pa ne nnipa bɔne nyinaa bɛsɔre afi owu mu no nso di.

Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods!

Eyi nti, da biara mebɔ mmɔden sɛ mede ahonim pa bɛbɔ me bra Onyankopɔn ne nnipa anim.

It 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.

“Mfe bebree akyi a mifii Yerusalem no, mesan mebaa hɔ sɛ mede ayɛyɛde rebrɛ me nuanom na mabɔ afɔre.

And 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.”

Bere a madwira me ho awie na migu so rebɔ aseda afɔre wɔ asɔredan no mu no, na nnipa a wɔde me baa ha yi huu me. Na matwitwa me ti nhwi sɛnea mmara no kyerɛ no. Saa bere no nso na dɔm biara nka me ho na basabasayɛ bi aba.

Joshua 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.

Saa bere no, na Yudafo bi a wofi Asiaman mu wɔ hɔ. Wɔn na sɛ anka wɔwɔ asɛm bi ka tia me a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka.

If 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.”

Sɛ saa nnipa a wɔwɔ ha yi nso nim asɛm bi a wogyina so buu me fɔ wɔ agyinatufo no anim a, wɔnka.

But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”

Asɛm baako pɛ na migyina wɔn anim no, mekae. Saa asɛm no ne sɛ, ‘Gyidi a mewɔ wɔ awufosɔre no mu nti na migye di sɛ morebu me atɛn nnɛ.’

Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.”

“Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied.

Felike a na onim saa Awurade asɛm no yiye no tuu asɛm no hyɛɛ da, kae se, “Sɛ ɔsafohene Lisia ba a, na medi w’asɛm no.”

“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Ɔhyɛɛ ɔsraani panyin a na ɔhwɛ Paulo so no sɛ ɔmma wɔnwɛn no nanso wɔmma no ahotɔ kakra. Na sɛ ne nnamfonom de biribiara a ɛho hia no no rebrɛ no a, wɔmma ho kwan.

Paulo gyina Felike ne Drusila anim

And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”

Nna bi akyi no, Felike ne ne yere Drusila a ɔyɛ Yudani no bae. Ɔsoma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Paulo brɛɛ no ma ɔbɛkaa gyidi a ɔwɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu mu no kyerɛɛ wɔn.

On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.

Paulo reka trenee, ahosohyɛ ne atemmuda ho asɛm no Felike suroe enti ɔkae se, “Kɔ! Akyiri yi, sɛ minya adagyew a mɛsoma mabɛfrɛ wo.

And 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.

Na Felike ani da so sɛ Paulo bɛma no sika na wagyaa no, ɛno nti, na ɔma wɔtaa kɔfrɛ no ntiantia mu ba ne nkyɛn ne no bɔ nkɔmmɔ.

“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.”

Mfe abien akyi no, Porkio Festo besii Felike ananmu sɛ amrado. Esiane sɛ na Felike pɛ sɛ ɔsɔ Yudafo no ani no nti, ogyaw Paulo wɔ afiase hɔ.

Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.

Buried in the Promised Land

After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah^[c] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Israel 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.

And 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 silver^[d] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.