Yoshua

3 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoshua te si mɔtu mla, nɛ e kɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ* tsuo je Shitim kɛ ba Yordan Pa a nya. A hwɔ lejɛ ɔ nyɔ ɔ mi loko a po pa a.

2 Ligbi etɛ se ɔ, ma nikɔtɔma amɛ nyɛɛ sito he ɔ tsuo, 3 nɛ a fã ni ɔmɛ ke: “Ke nyɛ na kaa Levi osɔfo ɔmɛ tloo Yehowa nyɛ Mawu ɔ somi daka a pɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ je he nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛɛ nyɛɛ se. 4 Se nyɛ ha nɛ blɔ maa pee kɔni fã 2,000* nɛ hi nyɛɛ kɛ daka a nyɛ kpɛti; nyɛ ko hɛ nyɛ kɛ su he, konɛ nyɛɛ na he nɛ e sa kaa nyɛɛ gu, ejakaa nyɛ gui blɔ nɛ ɔ nɔ hyɛ.”

5 Jehanɛ ɔ, Yoshua de ni ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ tsu nyɛ he, ejakaa Yehowa maa pee nyakpɛ níhi ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti hwɔɔ.”

6 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoshua de osɔfo ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛ wo somi daka a nɛ nyɛɛ sɛ ni ɔmɛ a hlami.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a wo somi daka a, nɛ a sɛ ni ɔmɛ a hlami.

7 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de Yoshua ke: “Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, ma bɔni o nɔ womi ngɛ Israel tsuo hɛ mi, konɛ a ná nɛ a le kaa ma piɛɛ o he kaa bɔ nɛ i piɛɛ Mose he ɔ. 8 Moo ngɔ fami nɛ ɔ kɛ ha osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo somi daka a: ‘Ke nyɛ su Yordan Pa a he ɔ, nyɛɛ sɛ nyu ɔ mi nɛ nyɛɛ da si.’”

9 Nɛ Yoshua de Israel bi ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ba hiɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ba bu Yehowa nyɛ Mawu ɔ munyu ɔmɛ tue.” 10 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoshua de ke: “Kɛ gu enɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, nyɛ maa le kaa Mawu hɛ kalɔ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti, nɛ bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, e maa fiee Kanaan bi ɔmɛ, Hit bi ɔmɛ, Hiv bi ɔmɛ, Periz bi ɔmɛ, Girgash bi ɔmɛ, Amor bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Yebus bi ɔmɛ kɛ je nyɛ hɛ mi. 11 Hyɛ! Zugba a tsuo Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ somi daka a ngɛ nyɛ hlami sɛe kɛ yaa Yordan Pa a mi. 12 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ hla nyumuhi 12 kɛ je Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a mi, nyumu kake kɛ ha wɛtso fɛɛ wɛtso, 13 nɛ ke osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo Yehowa, zugba a tsuo Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ Daka a kɛ a nane ma Yordan Pa a mi pɛ ɔ, nyu ɔ nɛ beɔ kɛ jeɔ yiti je kɛ baa a maa da si, nɛ e maa pee kaa gbogbo.”

14 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, benɛ ni ɔmɛ je a bo tsu ɔmɛ a mi nɛ a ma Yordan Pa a pomi pɛ ɔ, osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo somi daka a sɛ ni ɔmɛ a hlami. 15 Benɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo Daka a su Yordan Pa a he nɛ a ngɔ a nane kɛ ma nyu ɔ mi pɛ ɔ (jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Yordan Pa a hyiɔ kɛ beɔ nɔ ngɛ ní kpami ligbi ɔmɛ a mi tsuo), 16 nyu nɛ beɔ kɛ jeɔ pa a yiti je kɛ baa a da si. E te si da si kaa gbogbo ngɛ tsitsaa ngɛ Adam, nɛ ji ma nɛ e kɛ Zaretan he kɛ we ɔ, be mi nɛ nyu ɔ nɛ e kpleɔ kɛ yaa Araba a Wo ɔ, nɛ ji Ngo Wo* ɔ blɔ ɔ lɛɛ e be kɛ ho ɔ. Nyu ɔ da si, nɛ ni ɔmɛ po pa a ngɛ Yeriko hɛ mi. 17 Be mi nɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo Yehowa somi daka a ya nɔ nɛ a da si ngɛ zugba gbigbli nɔ ngɛ Yordan Pa a kpɛti ɔ, Israel ma a tsuo po mi ngɛ zugba gbigbli nɔ kɛ ya si be nɛ ma a tsuo po Yordan Pa a ta.