Joshua 24

1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.

Kemudian Yosua mengumpulkan semua suku orang Israel di Sikhem. Dipanggilnya para tua-tua orang Israel, para kepalanya, para hakimnya dan para pengatur pasukannya, lalu mereka berdiri di hadapan Allah.

2 And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.

Berkatalah Yosua kepada seluruh bangsa itu: "Beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Dahulu kala di seberang sungai Efrat, di situlah diam nenek moyangmu, yakni Terah, ayah Abraham dan ayah Nahor, dan mereka beribadah kepada allah lain.

3 Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,

Tetapi Aku mengambil Abraham, bapamu itu, dari seberang sungai Efrat, dan menyuruh dia menjelajahi seluruh tanah Kanaan. Aku membuat banyak keturunannya dan memberikan Ishak kepadanya.

4 and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.

Kepada Ishak Kuberikan Yakub dan Esau. Kepada Esau Kuberikan pegunungan Seir menjadi miliknya, sedang Yakub serta anak-anaknya pergi ke Mesir.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and portents.

Lalu Aku mengutus Musa serta Harun dan menulahi Mesir, seperti yang Kulakukan di tengah-tengah mereka, kemudian Aku membawa kamu keluar.

6 And I led you and your fathers away from Egypt, and you arrived at the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.

Setelah Aku membawa nenek moyangmu keluar dari Mesir dan kamu sampai ke laut, lalu orang Mesir mengejar nenek moyangmu dengan kereta dan orang berkuda ke Laut Teberau.

7 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Sebab itu berteriak-teriaklah mereka kepada TUHAN, maka diadakan-Nya gelap antara kamu dan orang Mesir itu dan didatangkan-Nya air laut atas mereka, sehingga mereka diliputi. Dan matamu sendiri telah melihat, apa yang Kulakukan terhadap Mesir. Sesudah itu lama kamu diam di padang gurun.

8 And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.

Aku membawa kamu ke negeri orang Amori yang diam di seberang sungai Yordan, dan ketika mereka berperang melawan kamu, mereka Kuserahkan ke dalam tanganmu, sehingga kamu menduduki negerinya, sedang mereka Kupunahkan dari depan kamu.

9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.

Ketika itu Balak bin Zipor, raja Moab, bangkit berperang melawan orang Israel. Disuruhnya memanggil Bileam bin Beor untuk mengutuki kamu.

10 And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.

Tetapi Aku tidak mau mendengarkan Bileam, sehingga iapun memberkati kamu. Demikianlah Aku melepaskan kamu dari tangannya.

11 And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.

Setelah kamu menyeberangi sungai Yordan dan sampai ke Yerikho, berperanglah melawan kamu warga-warga kota Yerikho, orang Amori, orang Feris, orang Kanaan, orang Het, orang Girgasi, orang Hewi dan orang Yebus, tetapi mereka itu Kuserahkan ke dalam tanganmu.

12 And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.

Kemudian Aku melepaskan tabuhan mendahului kamu dan binatang-binatang ini menghalau mereka dari depanmu, seperti kedua raja orang Amori itu. Sesungguhnya, bukan oleh pedangmu dan bukan pula oleh panahmu.

13 And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’

Demikianlah Kuberikan kepadamu negeri yang kamu peroleh tanpa bersusah-susah dan kota-kota yang tidak kamu dirikan, tetapi kamulah yang diam di dalamnya; juga kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun zaitun yang tidak kamu tanami, kamulah yang makan hasilnya.

14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Oleh sebab itu, takutlah akan TUHAN dan beribadahlah kepada-Nya dengan tulus ikhlas dan setia. Jauhkanlah allah yang kepadanya nenek moyangmu telah beribadah di seberang sungai Efrat dan di Mesir, dan beribadahlah kepada TUHAN.

15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Tetapi jika kamu anggap tidak baik untuk beribadah kepada TUHAN, pilihlah pada hari ini kepada siapa kamu akan beribadah; allah yang kepadanya nenek moyangmu beribadah di seberang sungai Efrat, atau allah orang Amori yang negerinya kamu diami ini. Tetapi aku dan seisi rumahku, kami akan beribadah kepada TUHAN!"

16 And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.

Lalu bangsa itu menjawab: "Jauhlah dari pada kami meninggalkan TUHAN untuk beribadah kepada allah lain!

17 The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.

Sebab TUHAN, Allah kita, Dialah yang telah menuntun kita dan nenek moyang kita dari tanah Mesir, dari rumah perbudakan, dan yang telah melakukan tanda-tanda mujizat yang besar ini di depan mata kita sendiri, dan yang telah melindungi kita sepanjang jalan yang kita tempuh, dan di antara semua bangsa yang kita lalui,

18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

TUHAN menghalau semua bangsa dan orang Amori, penduduk negeri ini, dari depan kita. Kamipun akan beribadah kepada TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah kita."

19 And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.

Tetapi Yosua berkata kepada bangsa itu: "Tidaklah kamu sanggup beribadah kepada TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah yang kudus, Dialah Allah yang cemburu. Ia tidak akan mengampuni kesalahan dan dosamu.

20 If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.”

Apabila kamu meninggalkan TUHAN dan beribadah kepada allah asing, maka Ia akan berbalik dari padamu dan melakukan yang tidak baik kepada kamu serta membinasakan kamu, setelah Ia melakukan yang baik kepada kamu dahulu."

21 And the people said to Joshua, “By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord.”

Tetapi bangsa itu berkata kepada Yosua: "Tidak, hanya kepada TUHAN saja kami akan beribadah."

22 And Joshua said to the people, “You yourselves are witnesses, that you have chosen the Lord so that you may serve him.” And they answered, “We are witnesses.”

Kemudian berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa itu: "Kamulah saksi terhadap kamu sendiri, bahwa kamu telah memilih TUHAN untuk beribadah kepada-Nya." Jawab mereka: "Kamilah saksi!"

23 “Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Ia berkata: "Maka sekarang, jauhkanlah allah asing yang ada di tengah-tengah kamu dan condongkanlah hatimu kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel."

24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”

Lalu jawab bangsa itu kepada Yosua: "Kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, kami akan beribadah, dan firman-Nya akan kami dengarkan."

25 Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.

Pada hari itu juga Yosua mengikat perjanjian dengan bangsa itu dan membuat ketetapan dan peraturan bagi mereka di Sikhem.

26 He also wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord. And he took a very great stone, and he stationed it under the oak that was in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

Yosua menuliskan semuanya itu dalam kitab hukum Allah, lalu ia mengambil batu yang besar dan mendirikannya di sana, di bawah pohon besar, di tempat kudus TUHAN.

27 And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”

Kata Yosua kepada seluruh bangsa itu: "Sesungguhnya batu inilah akan menjadi saksi terhadap kita, sebab telah didengarnya segala firman TUHAN yang diucapkan-Nya kepada kita. Sebab itu batu ini akan menjadi saksi terhadap kamu, supaya kamu jangan menyangkal Allahmu."

28 And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.

Sesudah itu Yosua melepas bangsa itu pergi, masing-masing ke milik pusakanya.

29 And after these things, Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

Dan sesudah peristiwa-peristiwa ini, maka matilah Yosua bin Nun, hamba TUHAN itu, ketika berumur seratus sepuluh tahun.

30 And they buried him within the borders of his possession at Timnath-Serah, which is situated on mount Ephraim, before the northern side of mount Gaash.

Lalu ia dikuburkan di daerah milik pusakanya, di Timnat-Serah yang di pegunungan Efraim, di sebelah utara gunung Gaas.

31 And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel.

Orang Israel beribadah kepada TUHAN sepanjang zaman Yosua dan sepanjang zaman para tua-tua yang hidup lebih lama dari pada Yosua, dan yang mengenal segenap perbuatan yang dilakukan TUHAN bagi orang Israel.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.

Tulang-tulang Yusuf, yang dibawa orang Israel dari Mesir, dikuburkan mereka di Sikhem, di tanah milik yang dibeli Yakub dengan harga seratus kesita dari anak-anak Hemor, bapa Sikhem, dan yang ditentukan bagi bani Yusuf menjadi milik pusaka mereka.

33 Likewise, Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him at Gibeah, which belongs to Phinehas, his son, and which was given to him on mount Ephraim.

Juga Eleazar bin Harun mati, dan dia dikuburkan di bukit yang diberikan kepada Pinehas, anaknya itu, di pegunungan Efraim.