Joshua 23
1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
以後上主使以色列同四周敵人平安無事，這樣過弓很長的時間，若蘇厄已年老，上了年紀，
2 he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
便將全以色列人，他們的長老、首領、判官和官長召來，對他們說：「我已年老，上了年紀
3 “and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
你們都親眼見了上主你們的天主，為了你們對有的民族所做的一切；因為是上你們的天主在替你們作戰。
4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
你們看，我己用抽籤方式，將由約旦河起，直到日落之處的大海之間，所消滅和所剩下的各民族的土地，按照你們各支派，都分了你們作產業。
5 The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
上主你們的天主入將他們由你們面前趕走，使他們離開你們，叫你們承受他們的土地，一如上主你們的天主向你們所應許的。
6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
因此，你們要更忠實謹守奉行梅瑟法律書上所記載的一切，不可偏左偏右，
7 So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
不可與你們中間的異族往來，不可提起你們的神名，不可指著他們起誓，不可事奉那些神袛，也不可在你們面前跪拜。
8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
反之，你們應依照你們直到到今天所行的，依附上主你們的天主，
9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
因為是上主從你們中間趕走了那些強大的異族，直到今天，沒有人能抵抗你們，
10 One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
你們一人能趕走千人，是因為上主你們的天主，照衪所應許的，親自為你們作戰。
11 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
你們要盡心盡力，愛慕上主你們的天主。
12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
如果你們背棄上主，依戀你們中間所剩餘的異族，同他們結婚，互相往來，
13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
你們就當知道，上主你們的天主必不從你們面前，趕走這個異族，你們必將成為你們的羅網和陷阱，打你們腰的鞭子，扎你們眼的芒刺，直到從上主你們的天主所賜給你們的這福地上，全被消滅。
14 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
看我今天就要走世人必走的路，你們要一心一意地承認，上主你們的天主應許所賜給你們的話，沒有一句落空。
15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
上主你們的天主對你們所應許的一切幸福，怎樣實行在你們身上，直到將你們從上主你們天主所賜與你們的這土地上消滅。
16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
如果你們違犯上主你們的天主與你們訂立的盟約，去事奉敬其他的神，上主必向你們大發忿怒，使你們迅速從你們的福地上消滅。
