Joshua 3

Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.

Da bi Petro ne Yohane kɔɔ asɔredan mu awia nnɔn abiɛsa a ɛyɛ bere a wɔde bɔ mpae.

After three days the officers went throughout the camp,

Wɔreyɛ adu asɔredan pon a wɔfrɛ no Pon Fɛfɛ ano no, wohuu obubuafo bi sɛ ɔda hɔ. Na wɔsoa saa obubuafo yi de no bɛto pon yi ano da biara ma ɔsrɛsrɛ sika fi wɔn a wɔrekɔ asɔredan no mu no nkyɛn.

giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.

Bere a ohui sɛ Petro ne Yohane rekɔ mu no, ɔsrɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmma no biribi.

Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits^[a] between you and the ark; do not go near it.”

Wɔhwɛɛ n’anim dinn na Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Hwɛ yɛn!”

Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”

Ɔhwɛɛ wɔn susuwii sɛ wɔbɛma no biribi.

Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.

Nanso Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sika de, minni bi; na nea mewɔ a mede bɛma wo ne sɛ, Yesu Kritso Nasaretni din mu, sɔre nantew!”

And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.

Afei Petro de ne nsa nifa soo no mu maa no so gyinaa hɔ. Prɛko pɛ, ne nan no mu yɛɛ den.

Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’”

Ohuruw gyinaa ne nan so na ofii ase nantewee. Afei ɔne wɔn nyinaa kɔɔ asɔredan no mu a ɔrehuruhuruw, rekamfo Onyankopɔn.

Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.

Nnipa no nyinaa huu no sɛ ɔnam reyi Onyankopɔn ayɛ.

This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.

Wohuu no no, wohui sɛ ɔno ne ɔsrɛsrɛfo a na ɔda asɔredan pon a wɔfrɛ no Pon Fɛfɛ no ano no. Wɔn ho dwiriw wɔn.

Petro kasa kyerɛ nnipa no

See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

Bere a nnipa no hui sɛ ɔbarima no ne Petro ne Yohane nam no, wɔn ho dwiriw wɔn; enti wotuu mmirika kɔɔ wɔn nkyɛn, wɔ baabi a wɔfrɛ no Salomo Abranna no so hɔ.

Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

Bere a Petro huu nnipadɔm no no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Israelfo, adɛn na eyi yɛ mo nwonwa? Adɛn nti na mohwɛ yɛn susuw sɛ yɛnam yɛn tumi anaa yɛn som pa so na asa ɔbarima yi yare?

And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”

Abraham, Isak ne Yakob Nyankopɔn ne yɛn nenanom Nyankopɔn ama ne somfo Yesu ɔsoro anuonyam. Mode no maa atumfo; na bere a Pilato yɛɛ sɛ ɔbegyaa no no mpo, mopoo no wɔ n’anim.

So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

Na ɔyɛ Kronkron, ɔteɛ; nanso mopoo no na mosrɛɛ Pilato sɛ ɔmfa odwotwafo mma mo.

Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

Enti mukum obi a ogye nnipa kɔ nkwa mu. Nanso Onyankopɔn nyanee no fii awufo mu na yɛyɛ eyi ho adansefo.

the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

“Tumi a ɛwɔ ne din mu no na ɛmaa saa obubuafo yi nyaa ahoɔden. Gyidi a yɛwɔ wɔ ne din mu no na ɛma yetumi yɛɛ saa anwonwade a muhu yi. Gyidi a yɛwɔ wɔ Yesu din mu no na ama ne ho atɔ no a ogyina mo anim mprempren yi.

The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

“Afei me nuanom, minim sɛ nea mo ne mo mpanyimfo yɛɛ Yesu no na onim na munnim.

Tete no Onyankopɔn nam n’adiyifo so kae se Agyenkwa no behu amane. Na ɔnam saa kwan yi so ma ɛbaa mu.

Monsakra mo adwene na momfa mo ho mma Onyankopɔn na ɔde mo bɔne afiri mo,

sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Awurade Honhom mu ahoɔden bɛba na wasoma Yesu a ɔyɛ Mesia no a wayi no ama mo dedaw no.

Sɛnea Onyankopɔn nam n’adiyifo Kronkron so aka dedaw no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtena ɔsoro kosi sɛ nneɛma nyinaa bɛyɛ foforo.

Na Mose kae se, ‘Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn bɛsoma odiyifo aba mo nkyɛn sɛnea ɔsomaa me a mifi mo mu no. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutie asɛm biara a ɔbɛka akyerɛ mo.

Obiara a wantie nea odiyifo no bɛka no, wɔbɛtew no afi Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo ho na wɔasɛe no.’

“Samuel ne adiyifo a akyiri yi wɔbae no nyinaa nso aka asɛm a asi nnɛ yi ho asɛm pɛn.

Onyankopɔn bɔ a ɔnam adiyifo so hyɛɛ no yɛ mo de. Saa ara nso na mowɔ kyɛfa wɔ apam a Onyankopɔn ne mo agyanom pamoe no mu. Sɛnea ɔka kyerɛɛ Abraham se, ‘W’asefo so na menam mehyira wiasefo nyinaa.’

Enti Onyankopɔn dii kan yii ne somfo somaa no baa mo nkyɛn sɛ ɔmmɛdom mo na mo nyinaa nnan mfi mo akwammɔne no so.”