Yisraelfoɛ fili Misraim aseɛ so bɛwale ne, ye afoɛ bɔ ɔtɔ so ɛyaa nna ne aburawɔtwɛ ne anu, né Solomon anya afoɛ nna wɔ Yisrael bia ne aso. Na bosome Siwe bɔ yeɛ ɔte bosome bɔ ɔtɔ so nyɔ ne anu, Solomon hyɛle ye bo sili AWURADE awuro ne.
Na ɛhe kɔyɛ kyɛ sɛngyerɛnneɛ bɔ ɔwɔ wɔ sa nwo, ná wayɛ ngayeɛ wɔ wɔ nwoma so wama wɔ, amaa ɔnate so AWURADE mmeraa ne ala wɔ noa; ofikyɛ AWURADE nate tumi piri so yeɛ ɔyele wɔ fili Misraim ɔ.
Na madwu mawa ase kyɛ mebaale bɛ mefi Misraimfoɛ sa nu, ná meye bɛ mefi sɔ aseɛ ne aso mekɔ aseɛ paa bɔ ɔtrɛ ɔ so, aseɛ bɔ nyɔfonesue ne woɛ tengyɛ wɔ so ne: Kanaanfoɛ, Hitifoɛ, Amorifoɛ, Perisifoɛ, Hiwifoɛ ne Yebusifoɛ maen ne.
Yiti ka kyire Yisraelfoɛ kyɛ, “Me ole AWURADE, na ngɔye ɛmɔ ngofi Misraim amaneɛnwunɛ nu, ná male ɛmɔ mafi bɛ ngoaasolɛ nu. Na ɔnate tumi asaa ne asohwenɛ mbiri mbiri so yeɛ ngɔfa ngole ɛmɔ ɔ.
“Bahyɛ afoɛ aburasoo sɔ alaa nzoo bafa wɔ maen ne wɔ kuro krongron ne anwo, kyɛ bɛ́ma mmeraatolɛ ne ɔbra ayieleɛ, ná bétu bɔne bo, kyɛ bɛ́yɛ amumuyɛɛ nwo mbata, ná bɛ́ma tenenee afebɔɔ ɔbra ɔ, ná bɛ́ma nyekyire ne ne ngɔmhyɛlɛ ne ɔbra nu, ná bɛ́popa nekaa krongron paa ne ngoo.
Na obuale kyɛ, “Nna nu biala ɔ, na mmom nde AWURADE lɔen so safohene bɔ afei mawa ɔ.” Yosua fale ye nyunu butuli berɛ sɔnene ye, na obisale ye kyɛ, “Me mene, nzikyɛ dwirɛ yeɛ ele ye ma w’akoaa ɔ?”