Joshua 3
1 And so, Joshua arose in the night, and he moved the camp. And they departed from Shittim, and they went to the Jordan: he, and all the sons of Israel, and they remained there for three days.
Ade kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua ne Israelfo no nyinaa tu fii Sitim koduu Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa, baabi a wɔtenaa nna kakra ansa na wɔretwa.
2 After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
Nnansa akyi no, Israelfo ntuanofo no faa atenae hɔ nyinaa
3 and they began to proclaim: “When you will see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the stock of Levi carrying it, you also shall rise up and follow those who are going before you.
maa nnipa no akwankyerɛ sɛ, “Sɛ muhu sɛ Lewifo asɔfo no so Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka no a, munni wɔn akyi.
4 And let there be, between you and the ark, the space of two thousand cubits, so that you may be able to see it from far away, and to know along which way you should advance. For you have not walked this way before. And be careful that you do not approach the ark.”
Esiane sɛ momfaa ha da no nti, wɔbɛkyerɛ mo kwan. Momma ɔkwansin fa nna mo ne wɔn ntam, na moammɛn Apam Adaka no. Monhwɛ na moammɛn ho.”
5 And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfo no se, “Munnwira mo ho, efisɛ, ɔkyena Awurade bɛyɛ anwonwade wɔ mo mu.”
6 And he said to the priests: “Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.” And they fulfilled the orders, and they took it and walked before them.
Anɔpa no, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ asɔfo no se, “Mompagyaw Apam Adaka no na momfa nni nnipa no anim ntwa asubɔnten no.” Ɛno nti wosii mu.
7 And the Lord said to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that, just as I was with Moses, so also am I with you.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se, “Nnɛ, mefi ase ayɛ wo ɔkɛse wɔ Israelfo no nyinaa ani so. Na ɛbɛma wɔahu sɛ, meka wo ho sɛnea na meka Mose ho no.
8 Now instruct the priests, who are carrying the ark of the covenant, and say to them, ‘When you will have entered into a part of the water of the Jordan, stand still in it.’”
Fa saa akwankyerɛ yi ma asɔfo a wɔso Apam Adaka no: ‘Sɛ mudu Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa hɔ a, monnantew nkɔ nsu no mu kakra na munnyina.’”
9 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Israelfo no se, “Mommra mmetie asɛm a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn aka.
10 And again, he said: “By this shall you know that the Lord, the living God, is in your midst, and that he shall scatter in your sight, the Canaanite and the Hittite, the Hivite and the Perizzite, likewise the Girgashite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite.
Nnɛ mubehu sɛ Onyankopɔn teasefo no ka mo ho. Ampa ara ɔbɛpam Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Hewifo, Perisifo, Girgasifo, Amorifo ne Yebusifo.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
Munnwen ho! Apam Adaka a ɛyɛ Awurade a asase nyinaa yɛ ne de no bedi mo anim de mo atwa Asubɔnten Yordan.
12 Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Afei, munyiyi nnipa dumien a ɔbaako biara fi mmusuakuw dumien no mu.
13 And when the priests who are carrying the ark of the Lord, the God of the entire earth, will have placed the steps of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are lower will run down and pass away, and those that are approaching above will stand together in a mass.”
Asɔfo no bɛsoa Awurade a ɔyɛ asase nyinaa wura no Adaka no. Sɛ wɔn nan nya si asu no mu ara pɛ, nsu no betwa afi atifi ama ano aboa wɔ hɔ.”
14 And the people departed from their tents, so that they might cross the Jordan. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant were advancing before them.
Bere a nnipa no sɔree sɛ wɔrekotwa Yordan no, asɔfo a na wɔso Apam Adaka no dii wɔn anim.
15 And as soon as they entered into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in a portion of the water, (now the Jordan, since it was the time of the harvest, had filled the banks of its channel, )
Na ɛyɛ otwabere mu nti na Yordan no ayiri aba nsunoa. Nanso, asɔfo a wɔso Adaka no anan sii nsu no ano pɛ,
16 the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea, ) until they entirely passed away.
nsu no ano fitii ase boaa wɔ nʼatifi fam, baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Adam a ɛbɛn Saretan. Na nsu a ɛwɔ anafo no nso sen koguu Nkyene Po no mu kosii sɛ asu no subon no yowee. Enti, nnipa no nyinaa twaa wɔ beae bi a ɛbɛn Yeriko kuropɔn no.
17 Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.
Saa bere no mu, asɔfo a wɔso Awurade Apam Adaka no gyinaa asase kesee so wɔ subon no mfimfini maa nnipa no nyinaa twaa mu. Wɔtwɛn wɔ hɔ kosii sɛ obiara faa asase kesee so twaa Yordan.
