Papa Defeat di Kings for di North
One northern group of kings gather with horses and chariots wey plenty like sand for seashore, and our Papa beat dem for the waters of Merom; dem cut the horses leg, dem burn the chariots. Na only Hazor dem burn. Then the long war end, and the land get rest.
11 1Wen Jabin king of Hazor hear dis tin, e send word give Jobab king of Madon, give di king of Shimron, an give di king of Achshaph, 2an give di kings for di north: for di hill kontri, di Arabah for south of Chinneroth, di lowland, an Dor high plos for di west; 3give di Canaan pipol for east an west, di Amorite pipol, Hittite pipol, Perizzite pipol, an Jebusite pipol for di hill kontri, an di Hivite pipol wey dey ondaneat Hermon for di land of Mizpah. 4Dem march kome wit all dia sojas—army wey plenti reach sand wey dey for di sea side—an plenti-plenti horse an chariot. 5All dis kings join bodi kome camp togeda for di wota of Merom to fight against Israel.
6Our Papa tell Joshua sey, “No fear dem, bikos by dis time tomorrow I go give dem all to Israel, dead. Kut di leg-string of dia horse an burn dia chariot wit fire.”
7Joshua an im army kome against dem sharp-sharp for di wota of Merom an attack dem, 8an our Papa give dem to Israel, wey beat dem an chase dem rish Greater Sidon an Misrephoth-maim, an for di east side rish di Valley of Mizpeh, an dem no leave anybodi wey survive. 9Joshua do dem as our Papa tell am: e kut di leg-string of dia horse an burn dia chariot wit fire. 10For dat time Joshua turn bak, capcha Hazor, an strike im king down wit sword, bikos before-before Hazor bin bi di head of all dis kingdoms. 11Dem strike everybodi wey dey inside wit sword, an destroy dem finish; notin wey dey breathe remain, an Joshua burn Hazor imsef wit fire. 12Joshua capcha all di siti of dis kings an all dia kings, kut dem down wit sword, an give dem to complete destruction, as Moses di servant of our Papa command. 13Israel no burn any of di siti wey siddon for dia mound, apart from Hazor alone—na dat one Joshua burn. 14Israel take all di lut an animal of dis siti for demsef, but dem strike everi person down wit sword tay nobodi remain wey dey breathe. 15As our Papa command im servant Moses, na so Moses command Joshua, an Joshua do am, an e no leave anytin undone from all wey our Papa bin command Moses.
16Joshua take all dis land: di hill kontri, all di Negev, all di land of Goshen, di lowland, di Arabah, an Israel hill kontri wit im lowland. 17From Mount Halak, wey dey rise go Seir, rish Baal-gad for di Valley of Lebanon ondaneat Mount Hermon, e capcha all dia kings, strike dem down, an kill dem. 18Joshua fight war against all dis kings for a long time. 19No siti make peace wit Israel apart from di Hivite pipol for Gibeon; Israel take dem all for battle. 20Bikos na our Papa harden dia heart make dem fight war against Israel, so dat dem go bi ones wey dem go give to destruction, wey no go see mersi, an wey dem go wipe out—as our Papa command Moses. 21For dat time Joshua go remove di Anakim pipol from di hill kontri—Hebron, Debir, Anab—an from all di hill kontri of Judah an all di hill kontri of Israel, an give dem an dia siti to destruction. 22No Anakim remain for di land of di Israel pipol; na only for Gaza, Gath, an Ashdod some remain. 23So Joshua take di whole land, exactly as our Papa bin tell Moses, an give am to Israel as inheritance by dia tribe divisions. Den di land rest from war.
