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 the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on all sides, that Joshua became old [and] 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.
And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old [and] 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 the LORD your God hath done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD 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 to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to 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 your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised 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.
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside from it [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 come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them:
8 A kowos in arulana oaru nu sin LEUM GOD, oana ke kowos oru oemeet me nwe misenge.
But cleave to the LORD your God, as ye have done to 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 the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but [as for] you, no man hath been able to stand before you to 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 shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Ke ma inge kowos in sismouk keiwos sifacna tuh kowos in lungse LEUM GOD lowos.
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
12 Kowos fin soaru ac kupasr nu sin mutunfacl su muta inmasrlowos an, ac payuk nu selos,
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and associate 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 for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD 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, this day I [am] going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you: all are come to pass to you, [and] not one thing hath failed of it.
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.
Therefore it shall come to pass, [that] as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he hath destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD 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 have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given to you.
