Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.
Jozue asangisaki mabota nyonso ya Isalaele na Sishemi. Abengisaki bampaka, bakambi, basambisi mpe bakalaka ya Isalaele; mpe bango bayaki liboso ya Nzambe.
2 And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Wuta kala, bakoko na bino mpe Tera, tata ya Abrayami mpe Naori, bavandaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe bazalaki kosalela banzambe mosusu.
3 Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,
Kasi nabimisaki tata na bino, Abrayami, wuta na mokili oyo ezalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale, natambolisaki ye na mokili mobimba ya Kanana mpe napesaki ye bakitani ebele. Napesaki ye Izaki;
4 and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.
mpe na nzela ya Izaki, napesaki ye Jakobi mpe Ezawu. Napesaki mokili ya bangomba Seiri epai ya Ezawu, kasi Jakobi elongo na bana na ye ya mibali, bakendeki na Ejipito.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and portents.
Boye, natindaki Moyize mpe Aron; nabetaki Ejipito kolanda makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki kuna mpe nabimisaki bino kuna.
6 And I led you and your fathers away from Egypt, and you arrived at the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.
Tango nabimisaki batata na bino na Ejipito, bakomaki kino na ebale monene ya Barozo, bato ya Ejipito balandaki bango na bashar mpe na basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda kino na Ebale monene ya Motane.
7 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Batata na bino bagangaki epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi, mpe Yawe atiaki molili kati na bino mpe bato ya Ejipito, azindisaki bango na mayi ya Ebale monene oyo ezipaki bango. Miso na bino moko emonaki makambo oyo nasalaki bato ya Ejipito. Mpe bowumelaki mibu ebele na esobe.
8 And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.
Namemaki bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, oyo bazalaki kovanda na ngambo ya este ya Yordani. Babundisaki bino kasi nakabaki bango na maboko na bino. Nabomaki bango na miso na bino mpe bobotolaki mokili na bango.
9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.
Tango Balaki, mwana mobali ya Tsipori, mokonzi ya Moabi, abimaki mpo na kobundisa Isalaele, atindaki ete baluka Balami, mwana mobali ya Beori, mpo ete alakela bino mabe.
10 And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.
Kasi naboyaki koyoka Balami, boye akomaki nde kopambola bino tango na tango mpe nakangolaki bino na loboko na ye.
11 And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.
Boye bokatisaki Yordani mpe bokomaki na engumba Jeriko. Bavandi ya Jeriko babundisaki bino ndenge kaka bato ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Girigazi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi, basalaki; kasi nakabaki bango mpe na maboko na bino.
12 And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.
Natindelaki bango liboso na bino, banzoyi ya minene oyo ebenganaki bango mosika na bino, na bakonzi mibale ya Amori. Bosalaki yango na mipanga mpe na matolotolo na bino te.
13 And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’
Boye, napesaki bino mokili oyo bino bomonelaki pasi te mpe bingumba oyo bino botongaki te. Bokomaki kovanda kuna, kolia bambuma ya bilanga ya vino mpe ya olive oyo bolonaki te.
14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
Sik’oyo botosa Yawe mpe bosalela Ye na motema mobimba mpe na bosembo. Bobwaka banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale mpe na Ejipito, mpe bosalela Yawe.
15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Kasi soki bosepeli kosalela Yawe te, bopona lelo nani bolingi kosalela; banzambe oyo batata na bino basalelaki tango bazalaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale to banzambe ya bato ya Amori epai wapi bozali kovanda. Kasi ngai mpe libota na ngai, tokosalela Yawe. »
16 And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
Bato bazongisaki: — Tozali na likanisi te ya kosundola Yawe to ya kosalela banzambe mosusu!
17 The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
Pamba te Yawe azali Nzambe na biso; ezali Ye Yawe nde abimisaki biso mpe batata na biso na Ejipito, na mokili wana ya bowumbu, mpe asalaki na miso na biso bilembo minene ya kokamwa. Azalaki kobatela biso na banzela nyonso oyo tozalaki kotambola mpe kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi tozalaki koleka.
18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
Yawe abenganaki liboso na biso bikolo nyonso elongo na bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili oyo. Biso mpe tokosalela Yawe, pamba te azali Nzambe na biso.
19 And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bokokoka kosalela Yawe te, pamba te azali Nzambe ya Bule, Nzambe ya Zuwa; akolimbisa te botomboki mpe masumu na bino.
20 If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.”
Soki bosundoli Yawe mpe bokeyi kosalela banzambe ya bapaya, akobalukela bino mpo na kosala bino mabe, mpe akosilisa koboma bino sima na kotalisa bino bolamu.
21 And the people said to Joshua, “By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord.”
Kasi bato balobaki na Jozue: — Te, tokosalela kaka Yawe!
22 And Joshua said to the people, “You yourselves are witnesses, that you have chosen the Lord so that you may serve him.” And they answered, “We are witnesses.”
Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bozali bino moko batatoli mpo na bino awa boponi kosalela Yawe. Bazongisaki: — Ezali se bongo, tondimi yango, tozali batatoli.
23 “Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Jozue alobaki: — Na bongo, bolongola sik’oyo banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino mpe bopesa mitema na bino nyonso epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele.
24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”
Bato bazongiselaki Jozue: — Tokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mpe tokoyoka mongongo na Ye.
25 Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.
Na mokolo wana, Jozue asalaki boyokani elongo na bana ya Isalaele na Sishemi, mpe apesaki bango mibeko mpe bikateli.
26 He also wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord. And he took a very great stone, and he stationed it under the oak that was in the Sanctuary of the Lord.
Bongo, Jozue akomaki makambo wana nyonso na buku ya Mobeko ya Nzambe. Akamataki libanga moko ya monene mpe atelemisaki yango wana, na se ya terebente oyo ezalaki kati na Esika ya bule ya Yawe.
27 And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”
Jozue alobaki na bato nyonso: — Botala, libanga oyo ekozala litatoli mpo na biso, pamba te esili koyoka maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobi na biso. Ekozala motatoli mpo na kosambisa bino mpo ete bowangana Nzambe na bino te.
28 And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.
Boye, Jozue azongisaki bato, moto na moto kati na libula na ye.
29 And after these things, Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
Sima na makambo oyo, Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, mowumbu na Yawe, akufaki na mibu nkama moko na zomi.
30 And they buried him within the borders of his possession at Timnath-Serah, which is situated on mount Ephraim, before the northern side of mount Gaash.
Bakundaki ye na mabele ya libula na ye, na Timinati-Sera, na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, na ngambo ya nor ya ngomba Gashi.
31 And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel.
Bato ya Isalaele basalelaki Yawe tango nyonso Jozue azalaki na bomoi mpe, sima na kufa na ye, tango nyonso bampaka oyo bamonaki misala nyonso ya Yawe mpo na Isalaele bazalaki na bomoi.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.
Mpe bakundaki mikuwa ya Jozefi oyo bana ya Isalaele bamemaki wuta na Ejipito na Sishemi, na eteni ya elanga oyo Jakobi asombaki na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende nkama moko, epai ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi. Yango ekoma mpe libula ya bakitani ya Jozefi.
33 Likewise, Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him at Gibeah, which belongs to Phinehas, his son, and which was given to him on mount Ephraim.
Bongo, Eleazari, mwana mobali ya Aron, mpe akufaki. Bakundaki ye na ngomba moke oyo bapesaki na Pineasi, mwana na ye ya mobali, kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi.
