Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.
Jozye reyini tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo lavil Sichèm. Li fè rele tout chèf fanmi yo, tout lòt chèf yo, tout jij yo ak tout notab yo. Yo parèt devan lotèl Seyè a.
2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, [even] Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.
Jozye di pèp la konsa: -Men sa Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, di: Lontan lontan, zansèt nou yo, Terak ak de pitit gason l' yo, Abraram ak Nakò, t'ap viv nan yon peyi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat, kote yo t'ap sèvi lòt bondye.
3 And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;
Lè sa a, mwen pran Abraram lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, mwen fè l' travèse tout peyi Kanaran an. Mwen ba li anpil pitit pitit. Pou konmanse, mwen ba li Izarak.
4 and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
Apre sa, mwen bay Izarak de pitit: Jakòb ak Ezaou. Mwen bay Ezaou tout mòn Seyi a pou li. Men Jakòb desann nan peyi Lejip ansanm ak tout pitit li yo.
5 And I struck Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.
Apre sa, mwen voye Moyiz ak Arawon nan peyi Lejip. Mwen fè gwo malè tonbe sou peyi a pou pini moun li yo. Mwen fè nou soti kite peyi a.
6 And afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and you entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
Lè mwen fè zansèt nou yo soti kite peyi Lejip, yo rive bò lanmè Wouj la. Moun peyi Lejip yo pran kouri dèyè yo ak cha lagè yo ak kavalye yo jouk lanmè Wouj la.
7 And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and you were in the wilderness many days.
Zansèt nou yo rele nan pye m', mwen mete yon fènwa nan mitan yo ak moun peyi Lejip yo. Mwen fè lanmè a vini sou moun peyi Lejip yo, li kouvri yo. Nou te wè ak je nou sa mwen te fè moun peyi Lejip yo. Apre sa, nou pase anpil tan ap viv nan dezè a.
8 And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that lived beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and you inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you.
Lèfini, mwen fè nou antre nan peyi moun Amori yo, lòt bò larivyè Jouden, sou bò solèy leve. Yo leve goumen ak nou. Men mwen lage yo nan men nou. Nou pran peyi yo a pou nou. Mwen disparèt yo devan nou kote nou pase.
9 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.
Apre sa, Balak, pitit gason Zipò a, wa peyi Moab, leve vin fè nou lagè. Li fè chache Balaram, pitit gason Peyò a, pou l' vin ban nou madichon.
10 But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us].
Men, mwen pa koute l'. Konsa, li te blije ban nou benediksyon. Se konsa mwen sove nou nan men Balak.
11 And you crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.
Lèfini, nou janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden, nou rive lavil Jeriko. Moun ki te rete lavil Jeriko yo pran goumen ak nou. Moun Amori yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun Kanaran yo, moun Et yo, moun Gigach yo, moun Evi yo ak moun Jebis yo fè menm bagay la tou. Mwen lage yo tout nan men nou.
12 And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, [even] twelve kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with your bow.
Mwen voye yon kantite gèp panyòl devan nou. Yo fè de wa moun Amori yo kouri met deyò anvan nou rive sou yo. Se pa t' ni banza nou yo ni nepe nou yo ki te fè sa!
13 And he gave you a land on which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you were settled in them; and you eat [of] vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant.
Apre sa, mwen ban nou tè nou pa t' janm travay plante. Mwen ban nou anpil lavil nou pa t' janm bati. Se la nou rete koulye a. N'ap manje rezen nan pye rezen nou pa t' plante, oliv nan pye oliv nou pa t' plante.
14 And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.
Koulye a menm, se pou nou gen krentif pou Seyè a, se pou nou sèvi l' ak tout kè nou tout bon vre. Voye bondye zansèt nou yo te konn sèvi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la ak nan peyi Lejip la jete! Sèvi Seyè a.
15 But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
Men, si nou pa vle sèvi Seyè a, depi koulye a chwazi sa nou vle sèvi a: oswa bondye zansèt nou yo t'ap sèvi nan peyi lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, osinon bondye moun Amori yo t'ap sèvi nan peyi kote n'ap viv koulye a. Men, pou mwen menm ansanm ak tout moun lakay mwen, se Seyè a n'ap sèvi.
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.
Pèp la reponn! -Nou p'ap janm fè lide vire do bay Seyè a pou n' al sèvi lòt bondye.
17 The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki te fè nou soti ansanm ak zansèt nou yo nan esklavaj nou te ye nan peyi Lejip la. Se li menm ki te fè tout gwo mèvèy sa yo devan je nou. Se li menm ki te pwoteje nou tout kote nou pase, nan mitan tout nasyon sa yo, lè nou t'ap travèse peyi yo.
18 And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yes, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
Se Seyè a ki te chase tout pèp sa yo pou yo te fè plas pou nou ansanm ak moun Amori yo ki te rete nan peyi a. Nou menm tou, se Seyè a n'ap sèvi, paske se limenm ki Bondye nou.
19 And Joshua said to the people, Indeed you will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.
Lè sa a, Jozye di pèp la: -Nou p'ap ka sèvi Seyè a, paske Seyè a se yon Bondye ki apa, yon Bondye ki fè jalouzi. Li p'ap janm padonnen peche nou yo ak sa n'ap fè ki mal.
20 Whenever you shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good.
Si nou lage Seyè a, si n' al sèvi lòt bondye, Seyè a pral leve dèyè nou. Atout li te fin fè tout byen sa yo pou nou, l'a pini nou, l'a fini nèt ak nou.
21 And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.
Pèp la reponn: -Non. Sa p'ap janm rive. Se Seyè a n'ap sèvi!
22 And Joshua said to the people, You [are] witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.
Lè sa a, Jozye di pèp la: -Mwen pran nou sèvi temwen, se nou menm menm ki chwazi se Seyè a n'ap sèvi. Yo reponn: -Wi, nou tout temwen.
23 And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.
Jozye di yo lè sa a: -Koulye a, se pou nou pran tout bondye lòt pèp ki nan mitan nou ap sèvi yo, voye yo jete. Se pou nou apiye nèt ak tout kè nou sou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
24 And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will listen to his voice.
Pèp la reponn li: -Se Seyè a, Bondye nou an, n'ap sèvi. N'ap koute tou sa li di nou fè.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.
Se konsa, jou sa a, Jozye pase yon kontra avèk pèp la lavil Sichèm. Li ba yo tout lwa ak tout regleman pou yo swiv.
26 And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.
Jozye ekri yo tout nan liv lalwa Bondye a. Li pran yon gwo wòch, li plante l' kanpe anba pye chenn ki te anndan kote yo te mete apa pou Seyè a.
27 And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this [stone] shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever you shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.
Epi Jozye di pèp la konsa: -Nou wè wòch sa a! Enben, l'ap sèvi yon mak pou l' fè nou chonje paske li te tande tout pawòl Seyè a te di nou. L'ap sèvi yon mak pou l' fè nou chonje pou nou pa janm vire do bay Bondye nou an!
28 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.
Apre sa, Jozye voye pèp la ale, chak moun sou pòsyon tè ki te vin pou fanmi yo.
29 And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, [at the age] of a hundred and ten years.
Apre tout bagay sa yo, Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, sèvitè Seyè a, mouri. Li te gen sandizan (110 an).
30 And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad.
Yo antere l' sou tè ki te pou li a, nan zòn Timnat-Sera, nan mòn ki pou branch fanmi Efrayim lan, sou bò nò mòn Gach.
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.
Pèp Izrayèl la te sèvi Seyè a pandan tout tan Jozye te vivan an, epi apre sa, pandan tout tan chèf ki te konnen sa Seyè a te fè pou pèp Izrayèl la te vivan toujou.
32 And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried [them] in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who lived in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
Pèp Izrayèl la te pran zosman Jozèf yo avèk yo lè yo t'ap soti kite peyi Lejip. Yo antere zosman yo sou moso tè Jakòb te achte nan men pitit Amò yo pou san pyès ajan. Se Amò sa a ki te papa Sichèm. Moso tè a rete pou pitit pitit Jozèf yo.
33 And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim.
Apre sa, lè Eleaza, pitit gason Arawon an, mouri, yo antere l' sou ti mòn ki te pou Fineas, pitit gason l' lan. Yo te ba li ti mòn sa a ki nan mitan mòn ki pou branch fanmi Efrayim lan.
