يَشُوع 24

١ 1 ثُمَّ جَمَعَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي شَكِيمَ، وَدَعَا شُيُوخَهُمْ وَرُؤَسَاءَهُمْ وَقُضَاتَهُمْ وَعُرَفَاءَهُمْ فَمَثَلُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ.

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

٢ 2 وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَقَدْ أَقَامَ أَجْدَادُكُمْ، وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمْ تَارَحُ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو نَاحُورَ مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ حَيْثُ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

٣ 3 فَأَخَذْتُ أَبَاكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ شَرْقِيِّ النَّهْرِ وَقُدْتُهُ عَبْرَ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَكَثَّرْتُ نَسْلَهُ، وَرَزَقْتُهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ،

And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

٤ 4 وَأَنْعَمْتُ عَلَى إِسْحَاقَ بِيَعْقُوبَ وَعِيسُو، فَوَهَبْتُ عِيسُو جَبَلَ سِعِيرَ مِيرَاثاً. وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ فَقَدِ انْحَدَرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ.

And I gave to Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir to possess it. And Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْتُ مُوسَى وَهرُونَ، وَأَنْزَلْتُ بِمِصْرَ الْبَلايَا بِسَبَبِ مَا صَنَعْتُهُ بِها، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْهَا.

And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it, and afterward I brought you out.

٦ 6 وَحَرَّرْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ مِصْرَ. وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا الْبَحْرَ الأَحْمَرَ وَلَحِقَ بِهِمِ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ،

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt. And ye came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

٧ 7 اسْتَغَاثُوا بِي فَأَقَمْتُ حَاجِزاً مِنْ ظَلامٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَرَدَدْتُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَغَرِقُوا. وَشَهِدُوا بِأُمِّ أَعْيُنِهِمْ مَا صَنَعْتُهُ فِي مِصْرَ. وَأَقَامُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حِقْبَةً طَوِيلَةً.

And when they cried out to Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I did in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فَحَارَبُوكُمْ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ، فَامْتَلَكْتُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَأَبَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ.

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt beyond the Jordan. And they fought with you. And I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.

٩ 9 وَهَبَّ بَالاقُ بْنُ صِفُّورَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ لِمُحَارَبَتِكُمْ، وَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ بَلْعَامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ لِكَيْ يَلْعَنَكُمْ.

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,

١٠ 10 فَلَمْ أُرِدْ أَنْ أَسْتَجِيبَ لِبَلْعَامَ، فَبَارَكَكُمْ بَرَكَةً بَعْدَ بَرَكَةٍ، وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.

١١ 11 ثُمَّ اجْتَزْتُمْ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ وَحَاصَرْتُمْ أَرِيحَا، فَتَصَدَّى لَكُمْ أَصْحَابُهَا الأَمُورِيُّونَ وَالْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ وَالْحِثِّيُّونَ وَالْجِرْجَاشِيُّونَ وَالْحِوِّيُّونَ وَالْيَبُوسِيُّونَ، فَأَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ.

And ye went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hand.

١٢ 12 وَأَرْسَلْتُ أَمَامَكُمْ أَسْرَابَ الزَّنَابِيرِ وَطَرَدْتُ مَلِكَيِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ وَجْهِكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَكُنْ سُيُوفُكُمْ وَلا سِهَامُكُمْ هِيَ الَّتِي نَصَرَتْكُمْ.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

١٣ 13 وَوَهَبْتُكُمْ أَرْضاً لَمْ تَتْعَبُوا فِيهَا وَمُدُناً لَمْ تَبْنُوهَا فَأَقَمْتُمْ فِيهَا، وَكُرُوماً وَزَيْتُوناً لَمْ تَغْرِسُوهَا وَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهَا.

And I gave you a land in which thou had not labored, and cities which ye did not build, and ye dwell in it. Ye eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.

١٤ 14 والآنَ اتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ وَاعْبُدُوهُ بِكُلِّ أَمَانَةٍ، وَانْزِعُوا الأَوْثَانَ الَّتِي عَبَدَهَا آبَاؤُكُمْ فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ وَفِي مِصْرَ وَاعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ.

Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah.

١٥ 15 وَإِنْ سَاءَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ، فَاخْتَارُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ تَعْبُدُونَ سَوَاءَ مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي عَبَدَهَا آبَاؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْطَنُوا شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ أَمْ آلِهَةِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ. أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَيْتِي فَنَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ».

And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ: «حَاشَا لَنَا أَنْ نَنْبِذَ الرَّبَّ لِنَعْبُدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods.

١٧ 17 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا وَأَخْرَجَ آبَاءَنَا مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ مِنْ تَحْتِ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَجْرَى عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنَّا تِلْكَ الآيَاتِ الْعَظِيمَةَ، وَرَعَانَا فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سِرْنَا فِيهَا، وَفِي وَسَطِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ مَرَرْنَا بِهِمْ،

For Jehovah our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

١٨ 18 وَطَرَدَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ وَجْهِنَا جَمِيعَ الشُّعوُبِ، وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمِ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ. فَنَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا».

And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.

١٩ 19 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «لَنْ تَقْدِرُوا أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ حَقَّ الْعِبَادَةِ لأَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ قُدُّوسٌ وَغَيُورٌ وَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَذُنُوبَكُمْ.

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

٢٠ 20 وَإذَا نَبَذْتُمُ الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْتُمُ الأَوْثَانَ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيَفْجَعُكُمْ وَيُفْنِيكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ».

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.

٢١ 21 فَقَالَ الشَّعْبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا، بَلِ الرَّبَّ نَعْبُدُ».

And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah.

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُمُ الرَّبَّ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ لِتَعْبُدُوهُ». فَأَجَابُوا: «نَحْنُ شُهُودٌ».

And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen for you, Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ: «إِذَنْ انْزِعُوا الآنَ الآلِهَةَ الْغَرِيبَةَ الَّتِي مَعَكُمْ وَأَخْضِعُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel.

٢٤ 24 فَأَجَابُوا: «الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا نَعْبُدُ، وَأَمْرَهُ نُطِيعُ».

And the people said to Joshua, we will serve Jehovah our God, and we will hearken to his voice.

٢٥ 25 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَطَعَ يَشُوعُ عَهْداً لِلشَّعْبِ وَسَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي شَكِيمَ شَرَائِعَ وَأَحْكَاماً.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

٢٦ 26 وَدَوَّنَ يَشُوعُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي كِتَابِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ، وَتَنَاوَلَ حَجَراً كَبِيراً وَنَصَبَهُ هُنَاكَ تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ الَّتِي عِنْدَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God. And he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

٢٧ 27 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ جَمِيعِهِ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَجَرَ شَاهِدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لِئَلّا تَجْحَدُوا إِلَهَكُمْ».

And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

٢٨ 28 ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ.

So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

٢٩ 29 وَمَا لَبِثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ مَاتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سَنَوَاتٍ،

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

٣٠ 30 فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ سَارَحَ الَّتِي فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ شِمَالِيَّ جَبَلِ جَاعَشَ.

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

٣١ 31 وَعَبَدَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الرَّبَّ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ يَشُوعَ، وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ أَيَّامِ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ عَمَّرُوا طَوِيلاً بَعْدَ يَشُوعَ، مِمَّنَ شَهِدُوا كُلَّ مُعَامَلاتِ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا مَعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

٣٢ 32 وَدَفَنَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِظَامَ يُوسُفَ الَّتِي نَقَلُوهَا مَعَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ فِي شَكِيمَ، فِي قِطْعَةِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِمِئَةِ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، الَّتِي أَصْبَحَتْ جُزْءاً مِنْ مِيرَاثِ ذُرِّيَّةِ يُوسُفَ.

And they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought from the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs. And he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

٣٣ 33 وَمَاتَ أَيْضاً أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ هرُونَ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي جِبْعَةَ فِينْحَاسَ ابْنِهِ الَّتِي أُعْطِيَتْ لَهُ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. And they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.