Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
Adeɛ kyee anɔpahema no, Yosua ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa tu firii Sitim kɔduruu Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa, baabi a wɔtenaa nna kakra ansa na wɔretwa.
2 And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;
Nnansa akyi no, Israelfoɔ ntuanofoɔ no faa atenaeɛ hɔ nyinaa
3 and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then remove from your place, and go after it;
maa nnipa no akwankyerɛ sɛ, “Sɛ mohunu sɛ Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ no so Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no a, monni wɔn akyi.
4 yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Esiane sɛ momfaa ha da no enti, wɔbɛkyerɛ mo ɛkwan. Momma akwansini fa nna mo ne wɔn ntam, na moammɛn Apam Adaka no. Monhwɛ na moammɛn ho.”
5 And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
Yosua ka kyerɛɛ nkurɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Monnwira mo ho, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔkyena Awurade bɛyɛ anwanwadeɛ wɔ mo mu.”
6 And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
Anɔpa no, Yosua ka kyerɛɛ asɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Mompagya Apam Adaka no na momfa nni nnipa no anim ntwa asubɔnten no.” Ɛno enti wɔsiim.
7 And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ, mɛhyɛ aseɛ ayɛ wo kɛseɛ wɔ Israelfoɔ no nyinaa ani so. Na ɛbɛma wɔahunu sɛ, meka wo ho sɛdeɛ na meka Mose ho no.
8 And thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.
Fa saa akwankyerɛ yi ma asɔfoɔ a wɔso Apam Adaka no: ‘Sɛ moduru Asubɔnten Yordan nsunoa hɔ a, monnante nkɔ nsuo no mu kakra na monnyina.’”
9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
Na Yosua ka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, “Mommra mmɛtie asɛm a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn aka.
10 And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in your midst, and [that] he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Ɛnnɛ mobɛhunu sɛ Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ no ka mo ho. Ampa ara ɔbɛpam Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Hewifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Amorifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into the Jordan.
Monnwene ho! Apam Adaka a ɛyɛ Awurade a asase nyinaa yɛ ne dea no bɛdi mo anim de mo atware Asubɔnten Yordan.
12 And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Afei, monyiyi nnipa dumienu a ɔbaako biara firi mmusuakuo dumienu no mu.
13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.
Asɔfoɔ no bɛsoa Awurade a ɔyɛ asase nyinaa wura no Adaka no. Sɛ wɔn nan nya si nsuo no mu ara pɛ, asuo no bɛtwa afiri atifi ama ano aboa wɔ hɔ.”
14 And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people;
Ɛberɛ a nnipa no sɔree sɛ wɔrekɔtwa Yordan no, asɔfoɔ a na wɔso Apam Adaka no dii wɔn anim.
15 and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest),
Na ɛyɛ otwaberɛ mu enti na Yordan no ayiri aba nsunoa. Nanso, asɔfoɔ a wɔso Adaka no nan sii asuo no ano pɛ,
16 the waters which flowed down from above stood [and] rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.
asuo no ano hyɛɛ aseɛ boaa wɔ nʼatifi fam, baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Adam a ɛbɛn Saretan. Na asuo a ɛwɔ anafoɔ no nso tene kɔguu Nkyene Ɛpo no mu kɔsii sɛ asuo no subɔnhwa no weeɛ. Enti, nnipa no nyinaa twaa wɔ beaeɛ bi a ɛbɛn Yeriko kuropɔn no.
17 And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
Saa ɛberɛ no mu, asɔfoɔ a wɔso Awurade Apam Adaka no gyinaa asase kesee so wɔ subɔnhwa no mfimfini ma nnipa no nyinaa twaa mu. Wɔtwɛnee wɔ hɔ kɔsii sɛ obiara faa asase kesee so twaa Yordan.
