Jošua 23
1 Proteklo je mnogo dana kako je Jahve dao Izraelu da otpočine od svih neprijatelja unaokolo. I Jošua bijaše ostario, zašao u godine.
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 Dozva zato Jošua sve Izraelce, starješine, glavare, suce i upravitelje njihove i reče im: “Ostario sam i odmakao u godinama.
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
3 Vi ste bili svjedoci svega što je Jahve, Bog vaš, pred vašim očima učinio svim narodima radi vas: Jahve, Bog vaš, borio se za vas.
“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 Vidite, razdijelio sam ždrijebom u baštinu vašim plemenima sve narode koji su ostali i sve one narode koje sam istrijebio od Jordana do Velikog mora na zapadu.
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 Jahve, Bog vaš, sam će ih goniti ispred vas i otjerat će ih ispred vas i zaposjest ćete njihovu zemlju, kao što vam je obećao Jahve, Bog vaš.
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 Budite, dakle, postojani i sve čvršći u tome da čuvate i vršite sve što je napisano u Knjizi zakona Mojsijeva i da ne odstupite od toga ni desno ni lijevo.
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 Ne miješajte se s tim narodima koji ostadoše među vama; i ne spominjite imena njihovih bogova niti se kunite njima; nemojte im služiti i ne klanjajte se njima.
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 Nego se držite Jahve, Boga svoga, kako ste činili do danas.
Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
9 Jahve je protjerao ispred vas velike i moćne narode i nitko se nije do danas mogao održati pred vama.
The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
10 Jedan je od vas tjerao pred sobom tisuću, jer se Jahve, Bog vaš, borio za vas, kao što vam je obećao.
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
11 Brižno pazite da ljubite Jahvu, Boga svojega, jer se radi o vašem životu.
Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
12 Jer ako se odmetnete i prionete uz ostatak onih naroda koji preostaše među vama i s njima se povežete tazbinom i pomiješate se s njima i oni s vama,
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 znajte dobro da će Jahve, Bog vaš, prestati goniti te narode ispred vas; oni će vam postati zamka i mreža, bit će bič bokovima vašim i trnje očima vašim, sve dok se ne iselite iz ove dobre zemlje koju vam dade Jahve, Bog vaš.
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 Evo, ja krećem danas na put kojim je svima poći. Spoznajte i priznajte svim srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom: ni jedno od svih obećanja koja vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, nije ostalo neispunjeno.
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 I kao što vam se ispunilo svako obećanje što vam ga je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, tako će Jahve ispuniti i svaku prijetnju dok vas ne izbriše s lica ove dobre zemlje koju vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš.
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 Ako prekršite Savez koji je Jahve, Bog vaš, sklopio s vama; ako budete služili drugim bogovima i klanjali se njima, buknut će gnjev Jahvin na vas i nestat će vas ubrzo iz dobre zemlje koju vam je Jahve dao.”
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.”
