Omweengeli wOmwene
1 Opo nee omweengeli wOmwene okwa dja muGilgal e uya kuBokim, ndele ta ti: “Ame nde mu pitifa mo muEgipiti ndele nde mu eta medu eli, nde li udanekela ooxo nokwaana, ndele nda tile: ‘Ame ihandi ka teya po ehangano letu nanye fiyo alushe, 2 ndelenee inamu ninga nande ehangano noonakukalamo vomedu eli. Oiyambelo yavo mu noku i ngumauna po.’ Ndelenee nye inamu pwilikina ondaka yange. Paife omwa ninga shike? 3 Onghee hano ohandi mu lombwele yo: Ame ihandi ke va taataa komesho yeni, opo vo otava ka ninga ovatondadi veni, noikalunga yavo tai ka ninga omwiyo weni.” 4 Ndele fimbo omweengeli wOmwene a popifa ovana aveshe vaIsrael neendjovo edi, ovanhu va yelula ondaka yavo ndele tava lili. 5 Ndele va luka onhele oyo Bokim ndele va yandjela eyambo lavo kOmwene.
Oukali wOvaisraeli mefimbo lovatokolipangeli
6 Opo nee Josua okwa lekela ovanhu, novana vaIsrael, keshe umwe, okwa ya moshitukulwafyuululwa shaye e ke shi nangale. 7 Novanhu ova longela Omwene omafiku aeshe fimbo Josua kwa li e nomwenyo nomafiku aeshe fimbo ovakulunhu ava va kala nomwenyo konima yefyo laJosua, ava va mona oilonga aishe inene yOmwene, e i ningila Israel. 8 Ndelenee Josua yaNun, omupiya wOmwene okwa fya e nomido efele nomulongo. 9 Ndele vo ove mu paka monhele yoshitukulwafyuululwa shaye muTimnat-Heres, keemhunda daEfraim koumbangalanhu womhunda yaGaas. 10 Ndele epupi olo alishe, eshi la ongelwa kooxe, epupi limwe la holoka konima yavo, lo inali shiiva Omwene nosho yo inava shiiva oilonga ye e i ningila Israel. 11 Novana vaIsrael va ninga eshi inashi wapala momesho Omwene, vo ova longela ooBaal, 12 ndele va efa Omwene Kalunga kooxe, ou e va pitifa mo medu laEgipiti, ndele va shikula oikalunga yoiwana oyo ya li ye va dingilila, ndele ve i linyongamena ndele va handukifa Omwene. 13 Ndele vo eshi va efa Omwene ndele va longela ooBaal nooAstarot, 14 ehandu lOmwene ola xwamena Ovaisraeli ndele Ye e va efela momake ovahanauni, ava ve va lwa. Ndele Ye okwe va landifa po momake ovatondadi vavo ve va dingilila, onghee hano va nyengwa okulipopila moipafi yovatondadi vavo. 15 Keshe apa va ya, eke lOmwene le va lwifa noku va etela owii, ngaashi Omwene e shi va tongelele nongaashi Omwene e shi va anenene.
16 Ndelenee alushe eshi va hangika koudjuu, Omwene okwa pendula ovatokolipangeli, ava ve va xupifa mo momake ovahanauni vavo. 17 Vo inava pwilikina yo nande ovatokolipangeli vavo, ndelenee moluhaelo va shikula oikalunga imwe ndele ve linyongamena kuyo. Va yapuka mo diva mondjila ei ooxe va enda nayo, mokudulika koipango yOmwene. Hasho va ninga. 18 Ndele alushe Omwene ngeenge e va pendulila ovatokolipangeli, Omwene okwa li pamwe nomutokolipangeli oku va xupifa mo momake ovatondadi vavo momafiku aeshe omutokolipangeli, osheshi Omwene okwa li e va uditile olukeno, vo eshi va kema omolwovafininiki novahepeki vavo. 19 Ndelenee alushe omutokolipangeli eshi a fya, vo ova nyona ve dule ooxe, okushikula oikalunga imwe yo ve i longela nokulinyongamena kuyo. Vo inava efa oilonga yavo nokweenda kwavo moukukutu. 20 Onghee hano ehandu lOmwene la xwamena Israel ndele Ye ta ti: “Oshiwana eshi eshi sha teya ehangano lange nde li lombwela ooxe ndele itashi pwilikine ondaka yange, 21 ame ihandi ka taataa vali komesho yavo oshiwana nande shimwe shomuyo, Josua e i xupifa mefimbo lefyo laye, 22 molwayo Ame nda hala okuyeleka Ovaisraeli, vo ngeenge tava diinine tuu ondjila yOmwene ngaashi ooxe ve i diinina, ile ahowe.” 23 Onghee hano Omwene okwa efa oiwana oyo i kale po, Ye ine i taataa diva, ndele ine i yandja momake aJosua.
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
6 ¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 ¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it , or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
