يَشُوع 23

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

Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

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

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of 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 everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting 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.

Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.

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

The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.

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

So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

٧ 7 لِكَيْ لَا تَخْتَلِطُوا بِهَؤُلاءِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مَعَكُمْ، وَلا تَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ آلِهَتِهَا وَلا تُقْسِمُوا بِها وَلا تَعْبُدُوهَا وَلا تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا.

Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

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

But be true to the Lord your God as you have been till this day.

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

For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

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

One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

١١ 11 فَاحْرِصُوا جِدّاً عَلَى مَحَبَّةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

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

For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

١٣ 13 فَاعْلَمُوا يَقِيناً أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَا 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.

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord 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 بِها قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ. الْكُلُّ صَارَ لَكُمْ. لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.

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

And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord 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».

If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good land which he has given you.