Moses Im Last Goodbye Word
For one hundred and twenty years, Moses hand the work over: our Papa dey go in front and e no go ever leave you, Joshua go lead. Dem write the law down, to read am loud every seventh year give everybody, including pikin. Dem teach one song, because e know say dem go turn back.
31 1So Moses go talk dis words give all Israel. 2E tell dem say, “Today I don reach 120 years; I no fit go out and come in again, and our Papa don tell me say, ‘You no go cross dis Jordan.’ 3Una Papa imsef go cross go una front; E go destroy dis nations for una front, and una go drive dem comot. Joshua go cross go una front, just as our Papa don talk. 4Our Papa go do dem like as E do Sihon and Og, di kings of di Amorite people, and dia land, wen E destroy dem. 5Our Papa go give dem to una, and una must do dem exactly as I command una. 6Make una strong and get liver. No fear dem, no shake for dem, because una Papa dey go with una; E no go ever leave una or forsake una.”
7Moses call Joshua and tell am for front of all Israel say, “Make you strong and get liver—you go go with dis people enter di land wey our Papa swear give dia grandpapa-grandmama say E go give dem, and you go hand am give dem as dia inheritance. 8Our Papa imsef dey go before you; E go dey with you. E no go ever leave you or forsake you. No fear; no let your heart weak.”
Di Law Wey Dem Hand Give Israel to Keep
9Moses write dis law and give am to di priests, di sons of Levi, wey dey carry di ark of our Papa Covenant, and give all di elders of Israel. 10Moses come command dem say, “Every seven years, for di time wey dem set for di release year, during di Festival of Booths, a a v10 Festival of Booths: na one-week harvest celebration for autumn wey families dey build and dey live inside temporary shelter, to remember di journey wey Israel waka for wilderness. 11wen all Israel come before una Papa for di place wey E go choose, read dis law loud make all Israel hear. 12Gather di people—men, women, pikin dem, and di stranger wey dey live for una towns—make dem hear, learn, and fear una Papa, and keep and do all di words of dis law. 13So dia pikin dem, wey no know dis law, go hear am and learn to fear una Papa for all di days wey una dey live for di land wey una dey cross Jordan go possess.”
Our Papa Give Joshua Im Work
14Our Papa tell Moses say, “Your time to die don near. Call Joshua and make una two show for di tent of meeting; I go give am im work.” So Moses and Joshua go show demsef for di tent of meeting.
15Our Papa come show for di tent inside pillar of cloud, and di pillar of cloud stand for di door of di tent. 16And our Papa tell Moses say, “You dey near to lie down with your grandpapa-grandmama dem. Dis people go come rise and follow di foreign gods of di land wey dem dey enter go do ashawo, dem go forsake me and break di Covenant wey I make with dem. 17For dat day my anger go burn against dem. I go abandon dem, hide my face from dem, and dem go finish. Plenty disaster and trouble go come on dem. For dat day dem go say, ‘No be because our God no dey with us make all dis disaster take come on us?’ 18I go sure sure hide my face for dat day, because of all di evil wey dem don do, wey dem turn to oda gods.
19Now write dis song for unasef, teach am di Israel people, put am for dia mouth, so dat dis song go be witness for me against di Israel people. 20Wen I bring dem enter di land wey milk and honey dey flow, wey I swear give dia grandpapa-grandmama, dem go chop, belleful and fat, turn to oda gods and serve dem, dem go despise me, and break my Covenant. 21Wen plenty disaster and trouble catch dem, dis song go face dem as witness, because dem no go forget am from di mouth of dia pikin-pikin. Because I know wetin dem dey plan today, even before I bring dem enter di land wey I swear say I go give dem.”
22So Moses write dis song for dat same day and teach am di Israel people.
23Our Papa come give Joshua di son of Nun im work say, “Make you strong and get liver—you go bring di Israel people enter di land wey I swear say I go give dem, and I mysef go dey with you.”
24Wen Moses don finish write di words of dis law inside book, from beginning reach end, 25E command di Levite people wey dey carry di ark of di Covenant of our Papa say, 26“Take dis Book of di Law and put am for side of di ark of di Covenant of una Papa, make e stay dia as witness against una. 27Because I know how una dey rebel and how una head dey hard. Even now, wen I still dey alive with una today, una don rebel against our Papa—how much more wen I don die! 28Gather all di elders of una tribe dem and di officers come meet me, make I fit talk dis words give dem and call heaven and earth make dem witness against dem. 29Because I know say afta I don die, una go spoil kpatakpata and turn comot from di way wey I command una. And for di days wey dey come, disaster go fall on una, because una go do wetin bad for di eye of our Papa, wey una dey provoke am make E vex through di work of una hand.”
30Moses talk di words of dis song, from start reach finish, give di whole gathering of Israel.
