Josua 24
1 Og Josva samlede alle Israels Stammer til Sikem, og han sammenkaldte Israels Ældste og deres Øverster og deres Dommere og deres Fogeder, og de stillede sig for Guds Ansigt.
Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Then he called the elders, leaders, judges, and officials and they came and stood before the Tabernacle of God.
2 Da sagde Josva til alt Folket: Saa siger Herren, Israels Gud: Eders Fædre boede fordum paa hin Side Floden, Thara, Abrahams Fader og Nakors Fader, og de tjente andre Guder.
Joshua said to all the people, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Long, long ago your forefathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.
3 Og jeg tog eders Fader Abraham fra hin Side Floden og lod ham vandre om i hele Kanaans Land, og jeg formerede hans Sæd og gav ham Isak.
I brought your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.
4 Og Isak gav jeg Jakob og Esau; og jeg gav Esau Sejrs Bjerg til Eje, men Jakob og hans Børn droge ned til Ægypten.
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to own, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
5 Da sendte jeg Mose og Aron og slog Ægypterne, ligesom jeg gjorde midt iblandt dem; og derefter førte jeg eder ud.
I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought plagues on the people of Egypt, and I brought you out.
6 Og jeg udførte eders Fædre af Ægypten, og I kom til Havet; og Ægypterne forfulgte eders Fædre med Vogne og med Ryttere til det røde Hav.
Yes, I brought your forefathers out, but when you arrived at the Red Sea the Egyptians were chasing after your forefathers with chariots and horsemen.
7 Da raabte de til Herren, og han satte et Mørke imellem eder og imellem Ægypterne og lod Havet komme over dem, og det skjulte dem, og eders Øjne have set det, som jeg gjorde i Ægypten; og I bleve i Ørken mange Aar.
Your forefathers called out to the Lord for help, and he placed darkness between you and the Egyptians. Then he brought the sea back over them and they drowned. You saw what I did with your own eyes in Egypt. Then you lived for many years in the wilderness.
8 Og jeg førte eder ind i Amoriternes Land, som boede paa hin Side Jordanen, og de strede mod eder; og jeg gav dem i eders Haand, saa at I indtoge deres Land til Ejendom, og jeg ødelagde dem for eders Ansigt.
After that I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought against you but I handed them over to you to defeat and you took over their land. I destroyed them before you.
9 Da gjorde Balak, Zippors Søn, Moabs Konge, sig rede og stred mod Israel, og han sendte hen og kaldte Bileam, Beors Søn, til at forbande eder.
When Balak, son of Zippor, the king of Moab, wanted to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam, son of Beor, to come and curse you.
10 Men jeg vilde ikke høre Bileam; og han velsignede eder, og jeg reddede eder af hans Haand.
But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam, so instead he blessed you repeatedly, and saved you from Balak.
11 Og der I gik over Jordanen og kom til Jeriko, da strede Mændene af Jeriko, Amoriterne og Feresiterne og Kananiterne og Hethiterne og Girgasiterne og Heviterne og Jebusiterne imod eder; men jeg gav dem i eders Haand.
You crossed the Jordan and arrived at Jericho where the men of Jericho fought against you. So did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
12 Og jeg sendte foran eder Gedehamse, som uddreve dem fra eders Ansigt, saa vel som de to Amoriters Konger, ikke med dit Sværd, ej heller med din Bue.
But I handed them over to you to defeat. And I sent the hornet before you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. You did not win using your swords or your bows!
13 Og jeg gav eder et Land, paa hvilket du ikke har arbejdet, og Stæder, som I ikke have bygget, og I bo udi dem; af Vingaarde og af Oliegaarde, som I ikke have plantet, æde I.
I gave you a land you didn't work for and towns you didn't build. Now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves you didn't plant.’
14 Saa frygter nu Herren og tjener ham i Oprigtighed og i Sandhed, og borttager de Guder, som eders Fædre tjente paa hin Side Floden og i Ægypten, og tjener Herren!
So respect the Lord and worship him, sincerely and faithfully. Get rid of the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship the Lord.
15 Og om det mishager eder at tjene Herren, saa udvælger eder i Dag, hvem I ville tjene, enten de Guder, som eders Fædre, der vare paa hin Side Floden, tjente, eller Amoriternes Guder, i hvis Land I bo; men jeg og mit Hus, vi ville tjene Herren.
But if you don't want to worship the Lord, choose today who you want to worship! Is it going to be the gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the Euphrates? Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you're now living? But as for me and my family, we will worship the Lord!”
16 Da svarede Folket og sagde: Det være langt fra os at forlade Herren for at tjene andre Guder.
The people responded, “We are never going to give up on the Lord and worship other gods!
17 Thi Herren vor Gud, han er den, som førte os og vore Fædre op af Ægyptens Land, af Trælles Hus, og som gjorde disse store Tegn for vore Øjne og bevarede os paa al den Vej, hvorpaa vi gik, og iblandt alle de Folk, vi have gaaet midt igennem.
For the Lord our God brought us and our forefathers out of slavery in Egypt. He was the one who did great miracles before our very eyes. He looked after us on the way as we traveled through the lands of many nations.
18 Og Herren har uddrevet alle Folkene, endog Amoriten, som boede i Landet, fra vort Ansigt; ogsaa vi ville tjene Herren, thi han er vor Gud.
The Lord drove out before us the Amorites and all the other nations who were living in the land. So we will worship the Lord, for he is our God!”
19 Og Josva sagde til Folket: I kunne ikke tjene Herren, thi han er en hellig Gud, han er en nidkær Gud, han skal ikke bære over med eders Overtrædelser og eders Synder.
Joshua told the people, “Remember that the Lord is a holy and jealous God. You won't be able to worship him, and he won't forgive your rebellion and sins
20 Naar I forlade Herren og tjene fremmede Guder, da skal han vende om og gøre eder ondt og fortære eder, efter at han har gjort eder godt.
if you give up on him and worship foreign gods. He will turn against you and destroy you despite all the good he has done for you.”
21 Og Folket sagde til Josva: Ingenlunde! men vi ville tjene Herren.
“Don't say that!” the people replied. “We will worship the Lord!”
22 Da sagde Josva til Folket: I ere selv Vidner imod eder, at I have udvalgt eder Herren til at tjene ham; og de sagde: Vi ere Vidner.
Then Joshua cautioned the people, “You have made yourselves witnesses against yourselves by saying that you have chosen to worship the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” the people replied.
23 Saa borttager nu de fremmede Guder, som ere midt iblandt eder, og bøjer eders Hjerter til Herren, Israels Gud.
“Then get rid of those foreign gods you have and promise to be loyal only to the Lord, the God of Israel,” Joshua told them.
24 Og Folket sagde til Josva: Vi ville tjene Herren vor Gud, og vi ville høre hans Røst.
The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and we will obey him.”
25 Saa gjorde Josva paa den samme Dag en Pagt med Folket, og han lagde dem Lov og Ret for i Sikem.
So Joshua made a solemn agreement between the people and the Lord that day in Shechem, obligating them to follow all the Lord's laws and instructions.
26 Og Josva skrev disse Ord i Guds Lovbog; og han tog en stor Sten og lod den oprejse der under Egen, som var ved Herrens Helligdom.
Joshua recorded this in the Book of the Law of God, and he set up a large stone under the oak tree near the Lord's sanctuary.
27 Og Josva sagde til alt Folket: Se, denne Sten skal være til Vidnesbyrd imod os, thi den har hørt alle Herrens Ord, som han har talet med os; ja, den skal være til Vidnesbyrd imod eder, at I ikke skulle fornægte eders Gud.
Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”
28 Saa lod Josva Folket fare, hver til sin Arv.
Then Joshua dismissed the people, sending them to their allotted lands.
29 Og det skete efter disse Handler, da døde Josva, Nuns Søn, Herrens Tjener, hundrede og ti Aar gammel.
Later, after all this, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.
30 Og de begrove ham i hans Arvs Landemærke i Thimnath-Sera, som ligger paa Efraims Bjerg, Norden for Gaas Bjerg.
They buried him in Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash, the land he had been allocated.
31 Og Israel tjente Herren, saa længe Josva levede, og saa længe de Ældste levede, som levede længe efter Josva, og som kendte al Herrens Gerning, hvilken han havde gjort mod Israel.
The Israelites continued to worship the Lord throughout Joshua's life, and throughout the lifetimes of the elders who outlived him, those who had seen all that the Lord had done for Israel.
32 Og Josefs Ben, som Israels Børn havde ført op af Ægypten, begrove de i Sikem, paa den Agers Del, som Jakob havde købt af Hemors, Sikems Faders, Børn for hundrede Penninge; og de bleve Josefs Børn til Arv.
The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought with them from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the piece of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's sons.
33 Og Eleasar, Arons Søn, døde, og de begrove ham i Gibea, som hørte hans Søn Pinehas til og var given ham paa Efraims Bjerg.
And Eleazar, son of Aaron, died and they buried him at Gibeah, in the hill country of Ephraim, land which had been given to his son Phinehas.
