¹Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

¹ A ciya Rabbi tamo Musa buuyaŋo banda, waato gaa Rabbi salaŋ Yasuwa Nun izo se, kaŋ ga ti Musa zanka. A ne:

²“Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the children of Israel.

² «Ay tamo Musa bu. Sohõ binde, ni ma tun ka Urdun wo daŋandi, nin da jama wo kulu, ka koy laabo kaŋ ay g'i no din ra, ngey Israyla* izey.

³I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.

³ Nangu kulu kaŋ araŋ ce taamey ga taamu, ay n'a no araŋ se, danga mate kaŋ cine ay ci Musa se.

⁴From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

⁴ Za taasi beero gaa ka koy Liban wo gaa, kala ma koy Ufratis isa beero gaa, Hittancey laabo kulu, kal a ma koy teeku beero gaa wayna kaŋay haray, ngey no ga ti araŋ hirrey me.

⁵No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

⁵ Boro si no kaŋ ga hin ka kay ni jine ni fundo me muudu. Danga mate kaŋ cine ay go Musa banda, yaadin cine no ay ga goro ni mo banda, Ay si ni naŋ, ay si ni furu mo.

⁶“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

⁶ Ma gaabandi, ma te bine-gaabi hanno, zama laabo kaŋ ay no i kaayey se ka ne: ‹Ay g'i no nd'a›, ni g'a no tubu jama wo se.

⁷Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

⁷ Day, ni ma gaabandi, ma te bine-gaabi hanno. Ma haggoy ka goy ka te asariya kulu boŋ kaŋ ay tamo Musa na ni lordi nd'a. Ma si kamba a gaa ka koy kambe ŋwaari wala kambe wow haray, zama ni ma te saaya naŋ kulu kaŋ ni ga koy.

⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

⁸ Asariya tira wo mo ma si fay da ni meyo, amma ni ma soobay k'a fintal cin da zaari, zama ni ma du ka haggoy d'a k'a goy mo, mate kaŋ i hantum a ra din boŋ. Zama yaadin gaa no ni ga naŋ ni fonda ma te albarka, yaadin gaa mo no ni ga te zaama.

⁹Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is with you wherever you go.”

⁹ Manti ay jin ka ni lordi? Ma gaabandi, ma te bine-gaabi mo. Ma si humburu, ma si joote mo, zama Rabbi ni Irikoyo go ni banda nangu kulu kaŋ ni ga koy.»

¹⁰Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

¹⁰ Waato din gaa no Yasuwa na jama wongu nyaŋey lordi ka ne:

¹¹“Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.’”

¹¹ «Wa gana gata bindo ra ka borey lordi ka ne: Wa hindoonayyaŋ soola, zama ne ka koy jirbi hinza araŋ ga Urdun wo daŋandi, zama araŋ ma furo ka laabo ŋwa, kaŋ Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo g'araŋ no araŋ ma ŋwa.»

¹²Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,

¹² Yasuwa binde salaŋ da Ruben izey, da Gad izey, da Manasse kunda jara mo ka ne:

¹³“Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.

¹³ «Wa fongu nda sanno kaŋ Rabbi tamo Musa n'araŋ lordi d'a, ka ne: ‹Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo g'araŋ no fulanzamay, a g'araŋ no mo laabo wo.

¹⁴Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them

¹⁴ Araŋ wandey d'araŋ ize kayney d'araŋ almaney ga goro laabo kaŋ Musa na araŋ no Urdun wo daranta din ra. Amma araŋ wo kaŋ ga ti soojey gaabikooney kulu da wongu jinayey, araŋ ga daŋandi araŋ nya-izey jine. Araŋ g'i gaa mo.›

¹⁵until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’”

¹⁵ Araŋ g'i gaa hala waati kaŋ Rabbi n'araŋ nya-izey mo no fulanzamay, danga mate kaŋ cine a n'araŋ no, ngey mo ma laabo kaŋ Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo n'i no din ŋwa. Waato din gaa no araŋ ga ye ka kaa araŋ mayray nango do, k'a may. Laabu nooya kaŋ Rabbi tamo Musa n'araŋ no Urdun wo daŋanta, wayna funay haray.»

¹⁶They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

¹⁶ I tu Yasuwa se ka ne: «Hay kulu kaŋ ni n'iri lordi nd'a, iri g'a te. Naŋ kaŋ ni n'iri donton kulu mo, iri ga koy.

¹⁷Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

¹⁷ Danga mate kaŋ cine iri hangan Musa se hay kulu ra, yaadin no iri ga hangan ni mo se. Kala day Rabbi ni Irikoyo ma goro ni banda, danga mate kaŋ cine a go Musa banda.

¹⁸Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

¹⁸ Boro kulu kaŋ no, d'a murte ni lordo gaa, a mana hangan ni sanney se mo, hay kulu kaŋ ra ni n'a lordi, i g'a wi. Kala day ma gaabandi, ma te bine-gaabi mo.»