Yosua
5:1 Na ɛbaa sɛ Amorifoɔ ahene a wɔtete hɔ nyinaa
Yordan afam atɔeɛ fam, ne Kanaanfoɔ ahemfo nyinaa, a
wɔ ɛpo ho no, wɔtee sɛ AWURADE ama Yordan nsuo ayow
firi Israelfoɔ anim kɔsi sɛ yɛtwaa, sɛ
wɔn koma mu yɛɛ den, na honhom nni wɔn mu bio, efisɛ
Israelfoɔ mu.
5:2 Saa berɛ no, AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: Yɛ nnade nnam na
montwa Israelfoɔ twetia ne mprenu so bio.
5:3 Na Yosua yɛɛ nnade nnam maa no, na ɔtwaa Israelfoɔ twetia
wɔ koko a ɛwɔ anim nwoma no so.
5:4 Na eyi nti na Yosua twaa twetia: Nnipa a
fi Misraim bae, a na wɔyɛ mmarima, mpo mmarima a wɔyɛ akofo nyinaa, wuwui wɔ
sare so kwan so, bere a wofii Misraim bae akyi.
5:5 Na wɔatwa nnipa a wɔfirii adi no nyinaa twetia, na ɔman no nyinaa deɛ
a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ ɛserɛ so wɔ kwan so berɛ a wɔfirii mu baeɛ no
Egypt, wɔn a na wɔntwaa twetia.
5:6 Na Israelfoɔ nanteɛ mfeɛ aduanan wɔ ɛserɛ so, kɔsii sɛ
nnipa a na wɔyɛ akofoɔ a wɔfiri Misraim baeɛ no nyinaa wɔ hɔ
wɔsɛee wɔn, efisɛ wɔantie AWURADE nne, na wɔn
AWURADE kaa ntam sɛ ɔrenkyerɛ wɔn asase a AWURADE kaa ntam no
wɔn agyanom sɛ ɔde bɛma yɛn, asase a nufusuo sene so
ne ɛwo.
5:7 Na wɔn mma a ɔnyanee wɔn sii wɔn ananmu no, wɔn Yosua
wɔatwa twetia, ɛfiri sɛ na wɔntwaa twetia
twaa wɔn twetia wɔ kwan so.
5:8 Na ɛbaa sɛ wɔtwaa ɔman no nyinaa twetia wiei.
sɛ wɔtenaa wɔn atrae wɔ nsraban no mu kɔsii sɛ wɔn ho tɔɔ wɔn.
5:9 Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: Ɛnnɛ matutu ahohorabɔ no afiri hɔ
Misraim fi mo nkyɛn. Ɛno nti wɔtoo beaeɛ no din Gilgal
de besi nnɛ.
5:10 Na Israelfoɔ no kɔbɔɔ nsra wɔ Gilgal, na wɔdii Twam afahyɛ no
bosome no da a ɛtɔ so dunan anwummerɛ wɔ Yeriko asasetaw so.
5:11 Na wodii asase no so atoko dedaw no bi wɔ adekyee a
twam afahyɛ, paanoo a mmɔkaw nnim, ne atoko a ayow da koro no ara.
5:12 Na mana no gyaee adekyee a wodii atoko dedaw no bi akyi
asase no ho; na Israelfoɔ nso nni mana bio; nanso wɔn
dii Kanaan asase so aba no bi saa afe no.
5:13 Na Yosua wɔ Yeriko ho no, ɔmaa ne de so
aniwa na ɔhwɛɛ, na hwɛ, ɔbarima bi gyina hɔ a ɔne no gyina hɔ
ne nkrante twee ne nsam, na Yosua kɔɔ ne nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no
no sɛ: Wo ma yɛn anaa yɛn atamfo?
5:14 Na ɔkaa sɛ: Dabi; nanso seesei maba sɛ AWURADE dɔm no sahene.
Na Yosua de n’anim butubutuw fam, na ɔsɔree, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ
no sɛ: Dɛn na me wura ka kyerɛ n’akoa?
5:15 Na AWURADE dɔm no sahene ka kyerɛɛ Yosua sɛ: Sane wo mpaboa
fi wo nan so; ɛfiri sɛ baabi a wogyina no yɛ kronkron. Na Yosua nso
yɛɛ saa.