¹And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

¹ Kala Yasuwa na Israyla kunda kulu margu Sekem ra. A na Israyla arkusey, d'i jine borey, d'i alkaaley, d'i wongu nyaŋey ce. Ngey mo kaa ka kay Irikoy jine.

²And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

² Yasuwa ne jama kulu se: «Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci neeya: Araŋ kaayey, waato isa beero banda no i goro, danga Tera, kaŋ ti Ibrahim da Nahor baaba. Doŋ i goono ga may de-koy fooyaŋ se.

³And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

³ Kal ay n'araŋ kaayo Ibrahim sambu, ay n'a tunandi isa daŋanta. Ay n'a candi ka kond'a Kanaana laabo kulu ra. Ay n'a hayyaŋo mo tonton, k'a no Isaka.

⁴And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

⁴ Ay na Isaka mo no Yakuba nda Isuwa. Ay na Isuwa no Seyir tondo a m'a may. Amma Yakuba nda nga izey zulli ka koy Misira laabo ra.

⁵I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

⁵ Ay na Musa nda Haruna donton. Ay na masiibayaŋ daŋ Misira laabo ra, hay kulu kaŋ ay te i game ra hina me. Kokor banda no ay n'araŋ kaa noodin.

⁶And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

⁶ Ay n'araŋ kaayey kaa Misira laabo ra, araŋ kaa hala teeko do mo. Misira borey n'araŋ kaayey ce banda gana nda wongu torkoyaŋ da kaarukoyaŋ ka koy hala Teeku Cira me gaa.

⁷And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

⁷ Saaya kaŋ cine araŋ kaayey hẽ Rabbi gaa, kala Irikoy na kubay daŋ araŋ da Misirancey game ra. A na teeko haro candi ka daabu i boŋ. A naŋ haro m'i kulu gon, hal i yoole. Araŋ moy di mo haŋ kaŋ ay te Misira laabo ra. Araŋ te jirbi boobo saajo ra mo.

⁸And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

⁸ Kal ay kande araŋ Amorancey laabo kaŋ go Urdun daŋanta ra, ngey mo n'araŋ wongu. Ay n'i daŋ araŋ kambe ra hal araŋ n'i laabo mayra ta. Ay n'i halaci mo araŋ jine.

⁹Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

⁹ Waato din gaa no Zippor izo Balak, Mowab bonkoono, nga mo tun ka Israyla wongu. A donton mo ka Beyor izo Balaam ce ka ne a m'araŋ laali.

¹⁰But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

¹⁰ Amma ay ne: ‹Ay mana yadda ka Balaam sanney hangan.› Woodin sabbay se no kal a n'araŋ albarkandi. Yaadin cine mo no ay n'araŋ faaba nd'a Balak kambe ra.

¹¹And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

¹¹ Araŋ na Urdun daŋandi ka kaa Yeriko. Yeriko borey n'araŋ wongu, kaŋ yaŋ ga ti Amorancey, da Perizancey, da Kanaanancey, da Hittancey, da Jirgasancey, da Hibancey, da Yebusancey. Amma ay n'i daŋ araŋ kambe ra.

¹²And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

¹² Ay na cebeeri-hawlandi mo donton araŋ jine, k'i gaaray araŋ jine. Araŋ na Amorancey bonkooni hinka din gaaray, kaŋ manti nda ni takuba, manti nda ni biraw mo.

¹³And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

¹³ Ay n'araŋ no laabu kaŋ araŋ mana taabi fo te a ra, da birniyaŋ kaŋ araŋ mana cina, araŋ goono ga goro i ra, da reyzin* kaliyaŋ, da zeytun* nyayaŋ mo kaŋ araŋ mana tilam, araŋ go g'i nafa ŋwa.

¹⁴Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

¹⁴ A binde sohõ araŋ ma humburu Rabbi. Araŋ ma may a se cimi ra da munaficitaray-jaŋay ra. Toorey din kaŋ araŋ kaayey goro ka may i se isa beero daŋanta, da Misira laabo ra mo, araŋ ma banda bare i gaa ka may Rabbi se.

¹⁵And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

¹⁵ Amma hala day araŋ wo se, hari laalo no araŋ ma may Rabbi se, yaadin gaa wa suuban hunkuna wo kaŋ se no araŋ ga may. Hala isa beero banda toorey no, kaŋ yaŋ se araŋ kaayey goro ka may, wala Amorancey toorey no, kaŋ yaŋ araŋ go i laabo ra ga goro sohõ, wa suuban. Amma ay wo, in d'ay windo, Rabbi se no iri ga may.»

¹⁶And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

¹⁶ Kala jama kulu tu ka ne: «Irikoy m'iri waa d'iri ma fay da Rabbi ka tooruyaŋ gana!

¹⁷For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

¹⁷ Zama Rabbi iri Irikoyo, nga no k'iri nd'iri kaayey kaa Misira laabo ra, tamtaray kwaara. A na hay bambatey mo te iri jine. Iri di kaŋ a n'iri hallasi mo fondey kulu kaŋ iri gana yaŋ ra, dumey kulu game ra, waato kaŋ iri gana i laabey ra.

¹⁸And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

¹⁸ Rabbi na dumey din kulu gaaray iri jine mo, hala nda baa Amorancey kaŋ yaŋ go laabu wo ra da goray. Woodin se binde iri mo ga may Rabbi se, zama nga no ga ti iri Irikoyo.»

¹⁹And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

¹⁹ Kala Yasuwa ne jama se: «Araŋ sinda hina kaŋ ga naŋ araŋ ma may Rabbi se, zama nga wo Koy Hanno no. Nga wo Irikoy kaŋ ga canse mo no. A si araŋ taaley wala araŋ zunubey yaafa bo.

²⁰If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

²⁰ D'araŋ fay da Rabbi, ka koy ka may de-koy waani yaŋ se, saaya din a ga bare k'araŋ taabandi. A m'araŋ halaci mo, a gomno kaŋ a jin ka te araŋ se din banda.»

²¹And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

²¹ Kala jama ne Yasuwa se: «Manti yaadin no bo, amma iri ga may Rabbi se.»

²²And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

²² Yasuwa mo ye ka ne jama se: «Araŋ ya seedayaŋ no araŋ bumbey se, kaŋ araŋ na Rabbi suuban zama araŋ ma may a se.» I ne: «Iri ya seedayaŋ no.»

²³Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

²³ Sohõ binde nga din ne: «Kal araŋ ma banda bare mebarawey toorey kaŋ go araŋ do din gaa. Araŋ ma araŋ biney bare ka ye Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo do.»

²⁴And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

²⁴ Jama ne Yasuwa se: «Rabbi iri Irikoyo se no iri ga may, a sanno se mo no iri ga hangan.»

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁵ Yasuwa binde sappe nda jama han din hane. A na hin sanni nda farillayaŋ kayandi i se noodin Sekem ra.

²⁶And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

²⁶ Yasuwa na sanni woodin yaŋ mo hantum Irikoy asariya tira ra. Koyne, a na tondi bambata fo sambu k'a sinji noodin shen tuuri-nya fo cire, kaŋ go Rabbi nangu hananta tanjay.

²⁷And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

²⁷ Yasuwa ye ka ne jama kulu se koyne: «Guna tondo wo, a ga ciya seeda iri boŋ, zama a maa Rabbi sanney kulu kaŋ yaŋ a ci iri se. Tondo binde ga ciya seeda araŋ boŋ, zama araŋ ma si araŋ Irikoyo ze.»

²⁸So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

²⁸ Woodin banda Yasuwa na borey sallama, boro fo kulu ma koy nga tubo do.

²⁹And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

²⁹ A ciya woodin banda, kala Rabbi tamo Yasuwa, Nun izo te ka si. Saaya din a gonda jiiri zangu fo nda iway.

³⁰And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

³⁰ I n'a fiji nga tubo hirro boŋ gaa, Timnat-Sera ra. Kwaara din go Ifraymu tondey laabo ra, Gaas tondo se azawa kambe haray.

³¹And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.

³¹ Israyla borey may Rabbi se Yasuwa baafuna me-d'a-me ra, da dottijey kaŋ yaŋ cindi Yasuwa banda, ngey mo jirbey ra, borey kaŋ yaŋ ga Rabbi goyey kulu kaŋ a te Israyla se din bay.

³²And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

³² Yusufu biriyey mo kaŋ yaŋ Israyla izey sambu ka fun d'ey Misira laabo ra, i n'i fiji Sekem ra, laabu jara ra kaŋ Yakuba day Hamor izey Sekem cinakwa gaa. Nzarfu gude zangu no a n'a day d'a. A ciya Yusufu izey se tubu.

³³And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

³³ Haruna izo Eliyezar, nga mo bu. I n'a fiji nga izo Fineyas tudo gaa, wo kaŋ a du Ifraymu tondey laabo ra.