Joshua 24

24 ¹Joshua gather all di tribe of Israel come Shechem, e call dia elders, dia leaders, dia judges, and dia officers, and dem stand for front of our Papa.

²Joshua tell all di people say, “Na dis be wetin our Papa, di God of Israel, talk: ‘Long time ago una grandpapa dem live for di oda side of River Euphrates—Terah, di papa of Abraham and Nahor—and dem serve oda gods.’ ³I carry una papa Abraham comot from di oda side of di River, I lead am go through all di land of Canaan, I make im pikin dem plenty, and I give am Isaac. ⁴I give Isaac two pikin—Jacob and Esau, I give Esau Mount Seir make e take am, but Jacob and im pikin dem go down enter Egypt.

⁵‘I send Moses and Aaron, I beat Egypt wit wetin I do for dia middle, den I bring una comot.’ ⁶I bring una grandpapa dem comot from Egypt; una reach di sea. Di Egypt people chase una grandpapa dem wit chariot and horse-riders go reach di Red Sea. ⁷Wen dem cry to me, I put darkness between una and di Egypt people, I bring di sea come cover dem, and e swallow dem. Una own eye see wetin I do for Egypt. Den una live for di wilderness for long time.

⁸‘I bring una come di land of di Amorite people for di oda side of Jordan. Dem fight una; I hand dem give una, and una take dia land. I destroy dem for una front. ⁹Den Balak, di pikin of Zippor, di king of Moab, rise up come fight Israel. E send message go call Balaam, di pikin of Beor, make e curse una, ¹⁰but I no gree hear Balaam, so e bless una again and again, and I rescue una from im hand.

¹¹Una cross di Jordan reach Jericho. Di people wey dey inside fight una—Amorite people, Perizzite people, Canaanite people, Hittite people, Girgashite people, Hivite people, Jebusite people—but I hand dem give una. ¹²I send di hornet go una front; e drive di two Amorite kings comot for una front—no be wit una sword or una bow. ¹³I give una land wey una no work for, cities wey una no build—and una dey live inside dem; una dey chop from vineyard and olive garden wey una no plant.’”

¹⁴So now, make una fear our Papa, serve am wit true heart and faithful heart. Comot di gods wey una grandpapa dem serve for di oda side of di River and for Egypt, and serve our Papa. ¹⁵“But if to serve our Papa no dey sweet una, choose for unaself today who una go serve—di gods wey una grandpapa dem serve for di oda side of di River, or di gods of di Amorite people wey una dey live for dia land. But as for me and my house, we go serve our Papa.”

¹⁶Di people answer say, “God forbid say we go leave our Papa go serve oda gods. ¹⁷Because na our Papa bring us and our grandpapa dem comot from di land of Egypt, comot from di house of slavery, and e do dis big-big signs for our eye. E keep us safe for di whole road wey we waka, and among all di people wey we pass through. ¹⁸And our Papa drive comot for our front all di people, plus di Amorite people wey dey live for di land. We too go serve am, because na im be our Papa.”

¹⁹Joshua tell di people say, “Una no fit serve our Papa—E be holy God, jealous God. E no go forgive una rebellion and una sins. ²⁰If una leave our Papa go serve foreign gods, E go turn, do una bad, and finish una, afta E don do una good.”

²¹But di people talk give Joshua say, “No! We go serve our Papa.”

²²Den Joshua tell di people say, “Una be witness against unaself say una don choose our Papa, to serve am.” Dem answer say, “We be witness.”

²³“So now, comot di foreign gods wey dey among una, and turn una heart to our Papa, di God of Israel.”

²⁴And di people talk give Joshua say, “We go serve our Papa, and we go obey im voice.”

²⁵Joshua make Covenant wit di people dat day, and e set law and rule for dem for Shechem. ²⁶Joshua write dis words for inside di Book of di Law of our Papa, den e take one big stone stand am up dia under di oak tree wey dey near our Papa holy place.

²⁷Joshua tell all di people say, “See, dis stone go be witness against us, because e hear every word wey our Papa talk give us. E go be witness against una, so una no go deny una Papa.” ²⁸Den Joshua send di people comot, each one go im own inheritance.

Joshua, di Papa Servant, Rest

²⁹Afta dis, Joshua di pikin of Nun, di servant of our Papa, die wen e reach 110 years old. ³⁰Dem bury am for im inheritance for Timnath-serah, for di hill country of Ephraim, for di north side of Mount Gaash. ³¹Israel serve our Papa all di days of Joshua, and all di days of di elders wey live pass am and wey sabi all di work wey our Papa don do for Israel. ³²Joseph bones, wey di Israel people carry comot from Egypt, dem bury am for Shechem, for di piece of land wey Jacob buy from di pikin of Hamor, di papa of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver—e come be di inheritance of Joseph pikin dem. ³³Eleazar di pikin of Aaron die, and dem bury am for Gibeah, di place wey dem give im pikin Phinehas for di hill country of Ephraim.