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 a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in age,

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.

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old, advanced in age;

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 Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you. For Jehovah your God is he that hath 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.

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea toward the sun-setting.

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 Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess them from out of your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah your God hath said unto 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.

And be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom 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 enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;

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

but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

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

For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto 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 man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.

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

Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.

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

For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto 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 for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath 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.

And behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your heart, and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good words that Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you: all are come to pass unto you — not one thing hath failed thereof.

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.

But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath 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 Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.