Joshua 23

1 Tukun pacl loeloes, LEUM GOD El sang misla nu sin mwet Israel liki mwet lokoalok lalos. In pacl sac, Joshua el arulana matuoh.

And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.

2 Na el pangoneni mwet Israel nukewa, mwet matu, mwet kol, mwet nununku, mwet leum lalos, ac fahk nu selos, “Nga arulana matuoh inge, ac pacl luk apkuranme.

And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

3 Kowos liye tari ma nukewa ma LEUM GOD lowos El oru nu sin mutunfacl inge nukewa keiwos. LEUM GOD lowos El mweun keiwos.

And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; [for it] is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

4 Liye, nga kitalik tari nu sin sruf lun Israel mutunfacl nukewa su nga sruokya ke mweun oayapa mutunfacl su soenna sruhu, mutawauk Infacl Jordan su oan kutulap, fahla nwe Meoa Mediterranean, su oan roto.

See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and [some] I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.

5 LEUM GOD lowos El ac fah oru tuh elos in kaingkin kowos, ac El fah luselosyak liki ye motowos. Kowos ac fah eis facl selos, oana LEUM GOD lowos El tuh wulela nu suwos.

And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.

6 Ke ma inge, kowos in arulana karinganang ac akos ma nukewa ma simla in book in Ma Sap lal Moses, ac nik kowos kuhfla liki.

Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left;

7 Kowos fah tia asruoki yurin mwetsac su lula in masrlowos, ku fahk inen god lalos, ku fulahk ke inen god lalos, ku epasr nu selos.

that ye go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall ye serve them, neither shall ye bow down to them.

8 A kowos in arulana oaru nu sin LEUM GOD, oana ke kowos oru oemeet me nwe misenge.

But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.

9 Tuh LEUM GOD El lusla mutunfacl yohk ac ku ye motowos, ac wangin sie selos tuh ku in tu lain kowos.

And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

10 Siefanna suwos ku in ukwauk sie tausin selos, ke sripen LEUM GOD lowos El mweun keiwos, oana El tuh wulela nu suwos.

One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.

11 Ke ma inge kowos in sismouk keiwos sifacna tuh kowos in lungse LEUM GOD lowos.

And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God.

12 Kowos fin soaru ac kupasr nu sin mutunfacl su muta inmasrlowos an, ac payuk nu selos,

For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

13 kowos in kalem kac lah LEUM GOD lowos El ac fah tia lusak mutunfacl inge liki kowos in oana ke El oru nu suwos meet. A elos ac fah mwe sensen nu suwos oana mwe kwasrip ku luf, na ac fah ngal oana mwe sringsring nu fintukuwos ku otoh nu in motowos. Ma inge ac orek nu suwos nwe ke na wangin sie suwos lula fin acn wowo se ma LEUM GOD lowos El sot nu suwos.

know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling-blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

14 “Inge nga akola in misa. Kais sie suwos sifacna etu insiowos ac in ngunuwos lah LEUM GOD lowos El sot ma wolana nukewa El tuh wulela kac. Wulela lal nukewa akpwayeyuk; wangin sie tafongla.

But I hasten to go the way [of death], as all that are upon the earth also [do]: and ye know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen [to the ground] of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.

15 Tusruktu, in oana ke LEUM GOD lowos El akpwayeye ma wo nukewa El tuh wulela kac nu suwos, El ac fah usot pac nu fowos ma koluk nukewa nwe ke na El unikowosla liki facl wolana se su LEUM GOD lowos El sot nu suwos.

And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you,

16 Kowos fin tia karinganang wulela se ma LEUM GOD lowos El sapkin nu suwos, ac kowos fin kulansap ac alu nu sin god saya, na mulat lun God ac fah tayak lain kowos, na ac tia paht, ac fah wangin sie suwos lula ke facl wolana se inge su El asot nu suwos.”

when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.