Joshua's Farewell
1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
Hata ikawa baada ya siku nyingi, Bwana alipokuwa amekwisha kuwapa Israeli raha mbele ya adui zao pande zote, naye Yoshua alipokuwa mzee, mwenye miaka mingi sana,
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
Yoshua akawaita Israeli wote, wazee wao, na wakuu wao, na makadhi yao, na maakida yao, akawaambia, Mimi ni mzee, nami nimekwendelea sana katika miaka yangu;
3 and ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
nanyi mmeona mambo yote ambayo Bwana, Mungu wenu, amewatenda mataifa haya yote kwa ajili yenu; kwa maana Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye aliyewapigania ninyi.
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
Tazama, nimewagawieni kwa kura mataifa haya yaliyobaki, yawe urithi kwa kabila zenu, toka mto wa Yordani, pamoja na mataifa yote niliyowakatilia mbali, mpaka bahari kubwa upande wa machweo ya jua.
5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
Yeye Bwana, Mungu wenu, atawatoa kwa nguvu mbele yenu, atawafukuza wasiwe mbele ya macho yenu tena; nanyi mtaimiliki nchi yao, kama Bwana Mungu wenu, alivyowaambia.
6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Basi, iweni mashujaa sana kuyashika yote yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu cha torati ya Musa, na kuyatenda, msiyaache kwa kugeukia upande wa kuume wala upande wa kushoto.
7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
Msiingie kati ya mataifa haya, yaani, haya yaliyobaki kati yenu; wala msitaje majina ya miungu yao, wala kuwaapisha watu kwa majina hayo, wala kuitumikia, wala kujiinamisha mbele yao;
8 but cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
bali shikamaneni na Bwana, Mungu wenu, kama mlivyotenda hata hivi leo.
9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
Maana Bwana amefukuza mbele yenu mataifa walio hodari, kisha wenye nguvu, lakini kwenu ninyi hapana mtu aliyesimama mbele yenu hata leo.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Mtu mmoja miongoni mwenu atafukuza watu elfu; maana Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye anayewapigania, kama alivyowaambia.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
Jihadharini nafsi zenu, basi, ili mmpende Bwana, Mungu wenu.
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Lakini mkirudi nyuma kwa njia yo yote na kushikamana na mabaki ya mataifa, yaani, mataifa haya yaliyobaki kati yenu, na kuoana nao, na kuingia kwao, nao kuingia kwenu;
13 know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
jueni hakika ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wenu, hatawafukuza tena mataifa haya mbele ya macho yenu, bali watakuwa mtego kwenu na tanzi, na mjeledi mbavuni mwenu, na miiba machoni mwenu, hata mtakapoangamia na kutoka katika nchi hii njema, ambayo Bwana, Mungu wenu, amewapa ninyi.
14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
Angalieni, mimi leo ninakwenda njia ile waendayo watu wote wa ulimwengu; nanyi nyote mnajua mioyoni mwenu, na rohoni mwenu, ya kuwa halikuwapungukia ninyi hata neno moja katika mambo hayo mema yote aliyoyanena Bwana, Mungu wenu, katika habari zenu; yote yametimia kwenu hapana neno lo lote mlilopungukiwa.
15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Kisha itakuwa, kama yalivyowafikilia yale mambo mema yote, Bwana, Mungu wenu, aliyowaahidia ninyi, kadhalika Bwana atawafikilizia mabaya yote, hata atakapokuwa amewaangamiza katika nchi hii njema, Bwana Mungu wenu, aliyowapa.
16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Hapo mtakapolivunja agano la Bwana, Mungu wenu, alilowaamuru, na kwenda kuitumikia miungu mingine, na kujiinamisha mbele yao, ndipo hasira ya Bwana itakapowaka juu yenu, nanyi mtaangamia upesi katika nchi hii njema aliyowapa.
