يَشُوع 23

١ 1 وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَرَاحَ فِيهَا الرَّبُّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ، شَاخَ يَشُوعُ وَطَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ،

It happened after many days, when Jehovah had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

٢ 2 فَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شُيُوخٍ وَرُؤَسَاءَ وَقُضَاةٍ وَعُرَفَاءَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ وَطَعَنْتُ فِي السِّنِّ،

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, "I am old and well advanced in years.

٣ 3 وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ شَهِدْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ كَانَ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ.

You have seen all that Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Jehovah your God who has fought for you.

٤ 4 فَاذْكُرُوا كَيْفَ وَزَّعْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْعَةِ كُلَّ أَرَاضِي تِلْكَ الشُّعُوبِ الْبَاقِيَةِ، وَالشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي قَهَرْتُهَا، الَّتِي كَانَتْ مُقِيمَةً مَا بَيْنَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَالْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ غَرْباً، لِتَكُونَ مِلْكاً لَكُمْ حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

Look, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun.

٥ 5 إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْفِي الشُّعُوبَ الْبَاقِيَةَ وَيَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَتَرِثُونَ أَرْضَهُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

And Jehovah your God will himself thrust them out from before you, and drive them out of your sight, and he will send wild animals against them until he utterly destroys them and their kings from before you; and you will inherit their land, as Jehovah your God spoke to you.

٦ 6 فَتَشَجَّعُوا جِدّاً وَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، وَعَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِهِ لِئَلاَّ تَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا شِمَالاً أَوْ يَمِيناً.

Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;

٧ 7 لِكَيْ لاَ تَخْتَلِطُوا بِهَؤُلاَءِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مَعَكُمْ، وَلاَ تَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ آلِهَتِهَا وَلاَ تُقْسِمُوا بِهَا وَلاَ تَعْبُدُوهَا وَلاَ تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا.

that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

٨ 8 وَلَكِنْ تَمَسَّكُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

but hold fast to Jehovah your God, as you have done to this day.

٩ 9 قَدْ طَرَدَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ شُعُوباً عَظِيمَةً قَوِيَّةً، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُقَاوِمَكُمْ حَتَّى الآنَ.

For Jehovah has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

١٠ 10 فَالرَّجُلُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْكُمْ يَطْرُدُ أَلْفاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ.

One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God is he who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

١١ 11 فَاحْرِصُوا جِدّاً عَلَى مَحَبَّةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

And be very watchful of yourselves to love Jehovah your God.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ إِذَا ارْتَدَدْتُمْ وَالْتَصَقْتُمْ بِبَقِيَّةِ هَذِهِ الأُمَمِ الْمَاكِثِينَ مَعَكُمْ، وَصَاهَرْتُمُوهُمْ وَاخْتَلَطْتُمْ بِهِمْ وَهُمْ بِكُمْ،

Else if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

١٣ 13 فَاعْلَمُوا يَقِيناً أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لاَ يَعُودُ يَطْرُدُ تِلْكَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحُوا لَكُمْ شَرَكاً وَفَخّاً وَسَوْطاً يَنْهَالُ عَلَى ظُهُورِكُمْ، وَشَوْكاً فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ حَتَّى تَنْقَرِضُوا مِنَ الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.

١٤ 14 وَهَا أَنَا الْيَوْمَ مَاضٍ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي يَمْضِي إِلَيْهَا أَحْيَاءُ الأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ حَقَّ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ وُعُودِ الرَّبِّ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَعَدَكُمْ بِهَا قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ. الْكُلُّ صَارَ لَكُمْ. لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

Look, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.

١٥ 15 وَكَمَا وَفَى الرَّبُّ بِوُعُودِهِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَعَدَكُمْ بِهَا، فَإِنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ يَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ وَعِيدٍ أَنْذَرَكُمْ بِهِ، حَتَّى يُفْنِيَكُمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ.

It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Jehovah your God spoke to you, so Jehovah will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you,

١٦ 16 حِينَ تَتَعَدَّوْنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ الَّذِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ فَتَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَتَسْجُدُونَ لَهَا، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَحْتَدِمُ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَنْقَرِضُونَ سَرِيعاً مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ».

when you disobey the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you."