1The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you:
1 Rabbi malayka* mo tun Jilgal ka kaa Bokim. A ne: «Ay no k'araŋ fattandi araŋ ma fun Misira laabo ra. Ay kande araŋ mo laabo kaŋ ay ze d'a araŋ kaayey se din ra, kaŋ ay ne ay s'ay alkawlo tunandi in d'araŋ game ra, abada.
2and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?
2 Araŋ mo ma si sappe da laabo wo gorokoy, araŋ m'i sargay feemey bagu-bagu. Amma araŋ mana hanga jeeri ay sanno se. Ifo no wo kaŋ araŋ te?
3Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”
3 Woodin se no ay mo ne: ‹Ay si i gaaray araŋ jine, amma i ga ciya danga karji araŋ carrawey gaa. I toorey mo ga hima araŋ se hirrimiyaŋ.› »
4It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
4 A ciya no, waato kaŋ Rabbi malayka na sanney din ci Israyla izey jama kulu se, kala jama na ngey jinde sambu ka hẽ.
5They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
5 I na nango din maa daŋ Bokim (kaŋ a feerijo ga ti Hẽeni). Noodin mo i na sargay te Rabbi se.
6Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
6 A ciya no, waato kaŋ cine Yasuwa na jama sallama, Israyla izey afo kulu koy nga tubo do, zama nga ma laabo ta.
7The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
7 Jama may mo Rabbi se Yasuwa baafuna jirbey kulu ra, da dottijey kaŋ yaŋ cindi Yasuwa jihaado banda jirbey ra, borey kaŋ yaŋ di goy bambatey kaŋ yaŋ Rabbi te Israyla se.
8Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
8 Yasuwa, Nun izo, Rabbi tamo, a binde kaa ka bu; a jiirey jiiri zangu nda iway no.
9They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
9 I na Yasuwa fiji nga bumbo tubo hirro boŋ, Timnat-Sera ra, Ifraymu tondey laabo ra, Gaas tondo azawa kamba.
10Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
10 I na jihaadi woodin izey kulu margu ngey kaayey do. Kala zamana fo boroyaŋ, kaŋ tun i banda, ngey wo si Rabbi bay, i si goy kaŋ a te Israyla se mo bay.
11The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;
11 Israyla izey binde na goy laalo te Rabbi diyaŋ gaa, hal i may Baalyaŋ se.
12and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.
12 I fay da Rabbi ngey kaayey Irikoyo ganayaŋ -- Irikoyo kaŋ n'i kaa Misira laabo ra. I na tooru fooyaŋ gana, dumi cindey toorey kaŋ yaŋ go i windanta ra, i sumbal i se mo. I na Rabbi futa tunandi mo.
13They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
13 I fay da Rabbi ganayaŋ ka soobay ka may Baal* da Astarot se.
14The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
14 Rabbi futa mo koroŋ Israyla boŋ. Nga mo n'i daŋ kuukoyaŋ kambe ra, kaŋ yaŋ na Israyla ku ka dira nd'a. Rabbi n'i neera mo ngey ibarey kaŋ go g'i windi din se, kal a to naŋ kaŋ Israyla sinda hina kaŋ ga tonton ka kay nga ibarey jine.
15Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were very distressed.
15 Naŋ kaŋ i ga fatta kulu, Rabbi kamba goono ga gaaba nd'ey, ngey masiibey se, sanda mate kaŋ Rabbi ci da sanda mate kaŋ Rabbi ze d'a i se mo. I na taabi haŋ gumo.
16Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.
16 Kala Rabbi na jine boroyaŋ tunandi i se, kaŋ n'i faaba ngey kuukoy kambe ra.
17Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh. They didn’t do so.
17 Kulu nda yaadin, i mana hangan ngey jine borey se, amma kaaruwataray* ra i na de-koy* fooyaŋ gana ka sumbal toorey din se. I na Rabbi fonda taŋ da waasi, wo kaŋ i kaayey gana, ngey kaŋ yaŋ na Rabbi lordey gana. Amma manti yaadin no i izey te.
18When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
18 Saaya kaŋ cine Rabbi na jine boro tunandi i se, waato din Rabbi go jine bora din banda. Rabbi n'i faaba mo ngey ibarey kambe ra jine bora din jirbey kulu ra. Zama Rabbi na nga miila barmay i durayyaŋey sabbay se, i kankamandiyaŋ d'i kaynandikoy kambe ra.
19But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn’t cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
19 Amma a ciya, da jine bora din bu, i ga bare ka fanta goyyaŋ te kaŋ bisa i kaayey waney cine. I ga tooru fooyaŋ gana zama ngey ma may i se, ngey ma sumbal i se mo. I mana ngey goyey da ngey boŋ sanday daa mo naŋ.
20The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
20 Kala Rabbi futa ga koroŋ Israyla boŋ. Rabbi ne i se: «Za kaŋ dumi woone n'ay sappa kaŋ ay n'i kaayey lordi nd'a feeri, i mana hangan ay sanney se mo --
21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
21 ne ka koy jine ay si ye ka dumi baa afo gaaray, ngey kaŋ Yasuwa naŋ hal a ga bu.
22that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
22 Zama ay ma Israyla si i do, ka di hal i ga Rabbi fonda gana, i ma dira a ra, sanda mate kaŋ cine i kaayey na fonda gana, wala mo hal i si te yaadin.»
23So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
23 Rabbi binde na dumey din naŋ. A man'i gaaray da cahãyaŋ. A man'i daŋ Yasuwa kamba ra mo.