約書亞記 23
1 耶和華使以色列人安靜，不與四圍的一切仇敵爭戰，已經多日。約書亞年紀老邁，
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,
2 就把以色列眾人的長老、族長、審判官，並官長都召了來，對他們說：「我年紀已經老邁。
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
3 耶和華－你們的上帝因你們的緣故向那些國所行的一切事，你們親眼看見了，因那為你們爭戰的是耶和華－你們的上帝。
“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.
4 我所剪除和所剩下的各國，從約旦河起到日落之處的大海，我已經拈鬮分給你們各支派為業。
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.
5 耶和華－你們的上帝必將他們從你們面前趕出去，使他們離開你們，你們就必得他們的地為業，正如耶和華－你們的上帝所應許的。
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.
6 所以，你們要大大壯膽，謹守遵行寫在摩西律法書上的一切話，不可偏離左右。
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.
7 不可與你們中間所剩下的這些國民攙雜。他們的神，你們不可提他的名，不可指着他起誓，也不可事奉、叩拜；
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.
8 只要照着你們到今日所行的，專靠耶和華－你們的上帝。
Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
9 因為耶和華已經把又大又強的國民從你們面前趕出；直到今日，沒有一人在你們面前站立得住。
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
10 你們一人必追趕千人，因耶和華－你們的上帝照他所應許的，為你們爭戰。
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
11 你們要分外謹慎，愛耶和華－你們的上帝。
Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
12 你們若稍微轉去，與你們中間所剩下的這些國民聯絡，彼此結親，互相往來，
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,
13 你們要確實知道，耶和華－你們的上帝必不再將他們從你們眼前趕出；他們卻要成為你們的網羅、機檻、肋上的鞭、眼中的刺，直到你們在耶和華－你們上帝所賜的這美地上滅亡。
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.
14 「我現在要走世人必走的路。你們是一心一意地知道，耶和華－你們上帝所應許賜福與你們的話沒有一句落空，都應驗在你們身上了。
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.
15 耶和華－你們上帝所應許的一切福氣怎樣臨到你們身上，耶和華也必照樣使各樣禍患臨到你們身上，直到把你們從耶和華－你們上帝所賜的這美地上除滅。
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.
16 你們若違背耶和華－你們上帝吩咐你們所守的約，去事奉別神，叩拜他，耶和華的怒氣必向你們發作，使你們在他所賜的美地上速速滅亡。」
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.”
