Jošua 23

1 Proteklo je mnogo dana kako je Jahve dao Izraelu da otpočine od svih neprijatelja unaokolo. I Jošua bijaše ostario, zašao u godine.

After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies that around them, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years.

2 Dozva zato Jošua sve Izraelce, starješine, glavare, suce i upravitelje njihove i reče im: “Ostario sam i odmakao u godinama.

Joshua called for all Israel—for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers—and he said to them, “I am very old.

3 Vi ste bili svjedoci svega što je Jahve, Bog vaš, pred vašim očima učinio svim narodima radi vas: Jahve, Bog vaš, borio se za vas.

You have seen everything that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

4 Vidite, razdijelio sam ždrijebom u baštinu vašim plemenima sve narode koji su ostali i sve one narode koje sam istrijebio od Jordana do Velikog mora na zapadu.

Look! I have assigned to you the nations that remain to be conquered as an inheritance for your tribes, along with all the nations I have already destroyed, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

5 Jahve, Bog vaš, sam će ih goniti ispred vas i otjerat će ih ispred vas i zaposjest ćete njihovu zemlju, kao što vam je obećao Jahve, Bog vaš.

Yahweh your God will drive them out. He will push them out from you. He will seize their land, and you will take possession of their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you.

6 Budite, dakle, postojani i sve čvršći u tome da čuvate i vršite sve što je napisano u Knjizi zakona Mojsijeva i da ne odstupite od toga ni desno ni lijevo.

So be very strong, so that you keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,

7 Ne miješajte se s tim narodima koji ostadoše među vama; i ne spominjite imena njihovih bogova niti se kunite njima; nemojte im služiti i ne klanjajte se njima.

so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.

8 Nego se držite Jahve, Boga svoga, kako ste činili do danas.

Instead, you must cling to Yahweh your God just as you have done to this day.

9 Jahve je protjerao ispred vas velike i moćne narode i nitko se nije do danas mogao održati pred vama.

For Yahweh has driven out before you large, strong nations. As for you, no one has been able to stand before you to this present day.

10 Jedan je od vas tjerao pred sobom tisuću, jer se Jahve, Bog vaš, borio za vas, kao što vam je obećao.

Any single man of your number will make a thousand run away, for Yahweh your God, is the one who fights for you, just as he promised you.

11 Brižno pazite da ljubite Jahvu, Boga svojega, jer se radi o vašem životu.

Pay particular attention, so that you love Yahweh your God.

12 Jer ako se odmetnete i prionete uz ostatak onih naroda koji preostaše među vama i s njima se povežete tazbinom i pomiješate se s njima i oni s vama,

But if you turn back and cling to the survivors of these nations who remain among you, or if you intermarry with them, or if you come together with them and they with you,

13 znajte dobro da će Jahve, Bog vaš, prestati goniti te narode ispred vas; oni će vam postati zamka i mreža, bit će bič bokovima vašim i trnje očima vašim, sve dok se ne iselite iz ove dobre zemlje koju vam dade Jahve, Bog vaš.

then know for certain that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations out from among you. Instead, they will become a snare and a trap for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given you.

14 Evo, ja krećem danas na put kojim je svima poći. Spoznajte i priznajte svim srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom: ni jedno od svih obećanja koja vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, nije ostalo neispunjeno.

Now I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your hearts and souls that not one word has failed to come true of all the good things that Yahweh your God promised about you. All these things have come about for you. Not one of them has failed.

15 I kao što vam se ispunilo svako obećanje što vam ga je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, tako će Jahve ispuniti i svaku prijetnju dok vas ne izbriše s lica ove dobre zemlje koju vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš.

But just as every word Yahweh your God promised you has been fulfilled, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things until he has destroyed you from this good land that Yahweh your God has given you.

16 Ako prekršite Savez koji je Jahve, Bog vaš, sklopio s vama; ako budete služili drugim bogovima i klanjali se njima, buknut će gnjev Jahvin na vas i nestat će vas ubrzo iz dobre zemlje koju vam je Jahve dao.”

He will do this if you break the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you to keep. If you go and worship other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land that he has given you.”