Omavirikiziro omasenina wa Josua
1 Kombunda yoruveze orure tjinene, Muhona tja za nokusuvisa Ovaisrael kovanavita na wo, Josua tjandje wa kurupire tjinene. 2 Eye otja isana Ovaisrael avehe, ovanene novanane novapangure novahongore votjiwaṋa, na tja ku wo: “Ami nambano mba kurupa tjinene. 3 Eṋe mwa muna oviṋa avihe Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, mbya tjita koviwaṋa mena reṋu. Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, we mu rwira. 4 Tareye! Ami mba yandja omahi woviwaṋa mbi mbya hupa ye rire ouini womihoko vyeṋu, na wina omahi woviwaṋa avihe ami mbi mba havera okuza kOjordan komuhuka nga kOmuronga Mediterania kongurova. 5 Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, omuini me vi humburura na eṋe tji mamu ryama ne vi ramba. Nu mamu kambura ehi rawo otja Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, pe mu kwizikira. 6 Kareye nonḓuviro nouṱakame amamu tjiti avihe mbya tjangwa mEmbo rOmatwako ra Moses. Amu pengura omazikamisiro waro nangarire kaṱiṱi. 7 Amu wana noviwaṋa mbi mbya sewa mokati keṋu, nu amu tamuna omana woomukuru vavyo vovisenginina; nu amu yana ku wo; amu ve karere nu amu rikotamene ku wo. 8 Nungwari rikotameneye ku Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, otja tji mwa kara nga ku ndinondi. 9 Muhona wa ramba oviwaṋa ovinene novinamasa tjinene komurungu weṋu; nu nga mba kapa ri tjimwe tji tja yenena okupirukira eṋe. 10 Auhe weṋu ma yenene okuramba ovandu eyovi, orondu Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, me mu rwire otja pe mu kwizikira. 11 Tjiteye ouatjiri kutja mamu suvere Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu erike. 12 Tji mamu poka namu wana noviwaṋa mbya sewa mokati keṋu, namu kupasana na vyo, 13 nu tjiweye nawa kutja Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, ke tji nakuramba oviwaṋa mbi komurungu weṋu, eṋe tji mamu ryama. Nungwari ovyo mavi rire oumba ku eṋe otja ombate poo otjitoto, navi mu hihamisa tjimuna ongora momatambo weṋu, nomakuiya momeho weṋu. Ihi matji kara nga amuhe tji mwa yandekerwa mehi ewa ndi, Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, nde mu pa.
14 “Tareye, ami nambano mbi ri pokukoka. Auhe weṋu ma tjiwa momutima na momuinyo we kutja Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, we mu yenenisira omambo aehe omawa nge mu kwizikira. Aehe nge mu kwizikira ya yenenisiwa; kape na rimwe nda kaera. 15 Nungwari otja inga omambo omawa aehe, Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, nga hungirire ku eṋe, punga aya tjitwa, ozondandero za Muhona ku eṋe opunga amaze tjitwa wina. 16 Tji mu hi nokuṱakamisa omerikutiropamwe, Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, nge mu rakiza okuyeṱakamisa nu tji mamu karere oomukuru vovisenginina namu rikotamene ku wo, eye me mu vere momazenge we nga tji pe hi na umwe ngu ma sewa po mehi ewa ndi Muhona nde mu pa.”
Joshua's Farewell Speech
1 The Lord let Israel live in peace with its neighbors for a long time, and Joshua lived to a ripe old age. 2 One day he called a meeting of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, including the old men, the judges, and the officials. Then he told them:
I am now very old. 3 You have seen how the Lord your God fought for you and helped you defeat the nations who lived in this land. 4-5 There are still some nations left, but the Lord has promised you their land. So when you attack them, he will make them run away. I have already divided their land among your tribes, as I did with the land of the nations I defeated between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
6 Be sure that you carefully obey everything written in The Book of the Law of Moses and do exactly what it says.
7 Don't have anything to do with the nations that live around you. Don't worship their gods or pray to their idols or make promises in the names of their gods. 8 Be as faithful to the Lord as you have always been.
9 When you attacked powerful nations, the Lord made them run away, and no one has ever been able to stand up to you. 10 Any one of you can defeat a thousand enemy soldiers, because the Lord God fights for you, just as he promised. 11 Be sure to always love the Lord your God. 12-13 Don't ever turn your backs on him by marrying people from the nations that are left in the land. Don't even make friends with them. I tell you that if you are friendly with those nations, the Lord won't chase them away when you attack. Instead, they'll be like a trap for your feet, a whip on your back, and thorns in your eyes. And finally, none of you will be left in this good land that the Lord has given you.
14 I will soon die, as everyone must. But deep in your hearts you know that the Lord has kept every promise he ever made to you. Not one of them has been broken. 15-16 Yes, when the Lord makes a promise, he does what he has promised. But when he makes a threat, he will also do what he has threatened. The Lord is our God. He gave us this wonderful land and made an agreement with us that we would worship only him. But if you worship other gods, it will make the Lord furious. He will start getting rid of you, and soon not one of you will be left in this good land that he has given you.
