Yoshua

8 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de Yoshua ke: “Koo ye gbeye, nɛ koo nu sawale hulɔ. Ngɔɔ nyumuhi nɛ a hwuɔ ta a tsuo kɛ kuɔ kɛ ho kɛ ya tua Ai. Hyɛ, i ngɔ Ai matsɛ ɔ, e we bi ɔmɛ, e ma a, kɛ e zugba a kɛ wo o dɛ. 2 Moo pee Ai kɛ e matsɛ ɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o pee Yeriko kɛ e matsɛ ɔ, se ma a ta yibu ní ɔmɛ kɛ e lohwe lɛlɛɛ ɔmɛ lɛɛ, nyɛ ma nyɛ maa ha kɛ ha nyɛ he. Moo wo ka ngɛ ma a se je.”

3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yoshua kɛ nyumuhi nɛ a hwuɔ ta a tsuo kuɔ kɛ ya tua Ai. Yoshua hla tatsɛmɛ nɛ a he wa 30,000 nɛ e wo mɛ blɔ kɛ ho nyɔ mi. 4 E ngɔ fami nɛ ɔ kɛ ha mɛ ke: “Hyɛ, nyɛɛ wo ka ngɛ ma a se je. Nyɛɛ kɛ ma a he nɛ ko kɛ tsɔ, nɛ nyɛ tsuo nyɛɛ pee klaalo. 5 I kɛ nihi nɛ a piɛɛ ye he ɔ tsuo maa su ma a he, nɛ ke a ba tua wɔ kaa kekle ɔ, wa maa tu a nya fo. 6 Ke a je kpo kɛ ba fiee wa se ɔ, wa maa gbla mɛ kɛ je ma a mi, ejakaa a ma de ke, ‘A ngɛ wa nya fo tue kaa kekle ɔ.’ Nɛ wa maa tu a nya fo. 7 Kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ te si kɛ je ka womi he ɔ, nɛ nyɛ ba ngɔ ma a; Yehowa nyɛ Mawu ɔ maa ngɔ ma a kɛ wo nyɛ dɛ. 8 Ke nyɛ ngɔ ma a pɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ mɛ he la. Nyɛɛ pee kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa de ɔ. Hyɛ, famihi nɛ i kɛ ngɛ nyɛ hae ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.”

9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoshua wo mɛ blɔ kɛ ho, nɛ a si ako kɛ ho ka womi he ɔ ya; a ya laa a he ngɛ Betel kɛ Ai a kpɛti, kɛ yaa Ai pusinɔ he je, be mi nɛ Yoshua hwɔ ni ɔmɛ a ngɔ jamɛ a nyɔ ɔ mi.

10 Yoshua te si mɔtu mla nɛ e bua tabo ɔmɛ a nya,* lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e kɛ Israel nikɔtɔma amɛ nyɛɛ a hɛ mi kɛ ho Ai ya. 11 Nyumuhi nɛ a hwuɔ ta nɛ a piɛɛ e he ɔ tsuo kuɔ kɛ ho nɛ a ya a hɛ mi kɛ ya su ma a nya. A to si kɛ yaa Ai yiti je, nɛ dɔgba a ngɛ a kɛ Ai a kpɛti. 12 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, e ngɔ nyumuhi maa pee 5,000, nɛ e ha nɛ a ya wo ka ngɛ Betel kɛ Ai a kpɛti, kɛ yaa ma a pusinɔ he je. 13 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ta buli ɔmɛ hiɛhiɛɛ ya to si ngɛ ma a yiti je, nɛ sekpɛ tabo ɔ ngɛ ma a pusinɔ he je, nɛ jamɛ a nyɔ ɔ mi ɔ, Yoshua ya dɔgba a kpɛti.

14 Nɛ benɛ Ai matsɛ ɔ na nɔ́ nɛ ɔ pɛ ɔ, e kɛ ma a mi nyumu ɔmɛ kɛ oya yemi je kpo mɔtu mla konɛ a kɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ya hwu ta ngɛ he ko nɛ hɛ mi tsɔɔ nga kplanaa a. Se e li kaa a wo e he ka ngɛ ma a se je. 15 Benɛ Ai nyumu ɔmɛ ba tua mɛ ɔ, Yoshua kɛ Israel tsuo tu fo kɛ gu gbɛjegbɛ nɛ yaa nga a nɔ ɔ nɔ. 16 Kɛkɛ nɛ a tsɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ ma a mi ɔ kaa a fiee a se; nɛ benɛ a ngɛ Yoshua se fiee ɔ, a gbla mɛ kɛ je ma a mi. 17 Nyumu ko nyumu ko píɛ ngɛ Ai kɛ Betel nɛ e ji kpo kɛ nyɛɛ we Israel se. A si ma a nya kɛ fɔ si gbajaa, nɛ a fiee Israel se.

18 Jehanɛ ɔ, Yehowa de Yoshua ke: “Ngɔɔ akplɔ nɛ ngɛ o dɛ ɔ kɛ tsɔɔ Ai, ejakaa ma ngɔ kɛ wo o dɛ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yoshua ngɔ akplɔ nɛ ngɛ e dɛ ɔ kɛ tsɔɔ ma a. 19 Benɛ e kpã e nine mi pɛ ɔ, ka woli ɔmɛ te si esɔesɔ kɛ je he nɛ a ngɛ ɔ, nɛ a tu fo kɛ ya sɛ ma a mi, nɛ a ngɔ ma a. A mɛ ma a he la amlɔ nɔuu.

20 Benɛ Ai nyumu ɔmɛ plɛ a se ɔ, a na nɛ la su ku ngɛ ma a mi jee kɛ ngɛ hiɔwe yae, nɛ a ná we he wami ko nɛ a kɛ maa tu fo kɛ gu he ko he ko. Kɛkɛ nɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ fo tue kɛ yaa nga a nɔ ɔ plɛ a hɛ mi kɛ kpee nihi nɛ a ngɛ a se fiee ɔ. 21 Benɛ Yoshua kɛ Israel tsuo na kaa ka woli ɔmɛ ngɔ ma a, nɛ́ a na kaa ma a la su ku ɔ ngɛ tee ɔ, a plɛ a se nɛ a tua Ai nyumu ɔmɛ. 22 Nɛ ni kpa amɛ je kpo kɛ je ma a mi kɛ ba konɛ a kɛ mɛ nɛ ba kpe, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Ai nyumu ɔmɛ tlɔ kpɛ, nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a ti ni komɛ ngɛ hiɛ, nɛ ni komɛ hu ngɛ hiɛ, nɛ a gbe mɛ kɛ ya si benɛ nɔ ko píɛ nɛ e yi ná wami aloo e tu fo kɛ je. 23 Se a nu Ai matsɛ ɔ hɛ ngmengmle nɛ a kɛ lɛ ba Yoshua hɛ mi.

24 Benɛ Israel gbe Ai ma a mi bi ɔmɛ tsuo ta ngɛ nga a nɔ ngɛ he nɛ a fiee a se kɛ ya a, nɛ́ a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ gbo ngɛ klaate nya a, Israel tsuo kpale kɛ ho Ai ya nɛ a kɛ klaate ya gbe nihi nɛ a ngɛ mi ɔ. 25 Nihi tsuo nɛ a gbo jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, kɛ je nyumu nɔ kɛ ya si yo nɔ ɔ, a yibɔ ji 12,000, nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Ai ɔ. 26 Yoshua ngɔɛ e nine nɛ́ e kɛ kpã akplɔ ɔ mi ɔ kɛ fɔɛ si kɛ ya si be nɛ e kpata nihi nɛ a ngɛ Ai ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi. 27 Se Israel ngɔ jamɛ a ma a lohwe ɔmɛ kɛ e ta yibu ní ɔmɛ kɛ ha a he kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa fã Yoshua a.

28 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoshua sã Ai, nɛ e pee lɛ ma doku kɛ yaa neneene kaa bɔ nɛ e ji kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. 29 E sɛu Ai matsɛ ɔ ngɛ tso nɔ kɛ ya si gbɔkuɛ, nɛ benɛ pu ɔ miɔ nɛ e maa nɔ si ɔ, Yoshua fã ke a je e gbogboe ɔ ngɛ tso ɔ nɔ. Nɛ a ngɔ gbogboe ɔ kɛ ya fɔ ma a agbo ɔ nya nɛ a to tɛ glekuu nitsɛ kɛ pue e nɔ, nɛ e ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ.

30 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɛ Yoshua ma afɔle sami la tɛ ngɛ Ebal Yoku ɔ nɔ kɛ ha Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ nɛ, 31 kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa sɔmɔlɔ Mose fã Israel bi ɔmɛ ɔ, kɛ jehanɛ hu ɔ, kaa bɔ nɛ a ngma ngɛ Mose Mlaa womi ɔ mi ke: “Nyɛɛ ngɔ tɛ mluku nɛ a kɛ ní tsumi dade ko tɛ he kɛ ma afɔle sami la tɛ” ɔ. A sã sami afɔlehi kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi ngɛ nɔ kɛ ha Yehowa.

32 Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngma Mlaa a nɛ Mose ngma ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ɔ eko ngɛ tɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. 33 Israel tsuo, a nikɔtɔma amɛ, ma nɔ hyɛli ɔmɛ, kɛ a kojoli ɔmɛ daa si ngɛ Daka a hiɛ kɛ hiɛ ngɛ Levi osɔfo ɔmɛ nɛ a tloo Yehowa somi daka a hɛ mi. Nibwɔ ɔmɛ kɛ ma bi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. A kpɛti nihi fã da Gerizim Yoku ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ nihi fã nɛ piɛ ɔ hu da Ebal Yoku ɔ hɛ mi (kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa sɔmɔlɔ Mose fã be ko nɛ be ɔ), konɛ a jɔɔ Israel bi ɔmɛ. 34 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e wo e gbi nɔ kɛ kane mlaa a mi munyu ɔmɛ tsuo, jɔɔmi ɔmɛ kɛ gbiɛmi ɔmɛ ngɛ níhi tsuo nɛ a ngma ngɛ Mlaa womi ɔ mi ɔ nya. 35 Munyuhi tsuo nɛ Mose fã a ekoeko be nɛ Yoshua wo we e gbi nɔ kɛ́ kane ngɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo, kɛ yi ɔmɛ kɛ jokuɛwi ɔmɛ, kɛ nibwɔ ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ* a kpɛti ɔ a hɛ mi.