Joshua 24
1 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.
Derpaa kaldte Josua alle Israels Stammer sammen i Sikem og lod Israels Ældste og Overhoved, Dommere og Tilsynsmænd kalde til sig; og de stillede sig op for Guds Aasyn.
2 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.
Da sagde Josua til hele Folket: »Saa siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Hinsides Floden boede eders Forfædre i gamle Dage, Tara, Abrahams og Nakors Fader, og de dyrkede andre Guder.
3 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.
Da førte jeg eders Stamfader Abraham bort fra Landet hinsides Floden og lod ham vandre omkring i hele Kana'ans Land, gav ham en talrig Æt og skænkede ham Isak.
4 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.
Og Isak skænkede jeg Jakob og Esau, og Esau gav jeg Se'irs Bjerge i Eje, medens Jakob og hans Sønner drog ned til Ægypten.
5 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.
Derpaa sendte jeg Moses og Aron, og jeg plagede Ægypterne med de Gerninger, jeg øvede iblandt dem, og derefter førte jeg eder ud;
6 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.
og da jeg førte eders Fædre ud af Ægypten, og I var kommet til Havet, satte Ægypterne efter eders Fædre med Stridsvogne og Ryttere til det røde Hav.
7 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.
Da raabte de til HERREN, og han satte Mørke mellem eder og Ægypterne og bragte Havet over dem, saa det dækkede dem; og I saa med egne Øjne, hvad jeg gjorde ved Ægypterne. Og da I havde opholdt eder en Tid lang i Ørkenen,
8 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.
førte jeg eder ind i Amoriternes Land hinsides Jordan, og da de angreb eder, gav jeg dem i eders Haand, saa I tog deres Land i Besiddelse, og jeg tilintetgjorde dem foran eder.
9 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,
Da rejste Zippors Søn, Kong Balak af Moab, sig og angreb Israel; og han sendte Bud og lod Bileam, Beors Søn, hente, for at han skulde forbande eder;
10 but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.
men jeg vilde ikke bønhøre Bileam, og han maatte velsigne eder; saaledes friede jeg eder af hans Haand.
11 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.
Derpaa gik I over Jordan og kom til Jeriko; og Indbyggerne i Jeriko, Amoriterne, Perizziterne, Kana'anæerne, Hetiterne, Girgasjiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne angreb eder, men jeg gav dem i eders Haand.
12 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.
Jeg sendte Gedehamse foran eder, og de drev de tolv Amoriterkonger bort foran eder; det skete ikke ved dit Sværd eller din Bue.
13 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.
Og jeg gav eder et Land, I ikke havde haft Arbejde med, og Byer, I ikke havde bygget, og I tog Bolig i dem; af Vinhaver og Oliventræer, I ikke plantede, nyder I nu Frugten.
14 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.
Saa frygt nu HERREN og tjen ham i Oprigtighed og Trofasthed, skaf de Guder bort, som eders Forfædre dyrkede hinsides Floden og i Ægypten, og tjen HERREN!
15 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.
Men hvis I ikke synes om at tjene HERREN, saa vælg i Dag, hvem I vil tjene, de Guder, eders Forfædre dyrkede hinsides Floden, eller Amoriternes Guder, i hvis Land I nu bor. Men jeg og mit Hus, vi vil tjene HERREN!«
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods.
Da svarede Folket: »Det være langt fra os at forlade HERREN for at dyrke andre Guder;
17 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.
nej, HERREN er vor Gud, han, som førte os og vore Fædre op fra Ægypten, fra Trællehuset, og gjorde hine store Tegn for vore Øjne og bevarede os under hele vor Vandring og blandt alle de Folk, hvis Lande vi drog igennem;
18 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.
og HERREN drev alle disse Folk og Amoriterne, som boede her i Landet, bort foran os. Derfor vil vi ogsaa tjene HERREN, thi han er vor Gud!«
19 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.
Da sagde Josua til Folket: »I vil ikke kunne tjene HERREN, thi han er en hellig Gud; han er en nidkær Gud, som ikke vil tilgive eders Overtrædelser og Synder.
20 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.
Naar I forlader HERREN og dyrker fremmede Guder, vil han vende sig bort og bringe Ulykke over eder og tilintetgøre eder, skønt han tidligere gjorde vel imod eder.«
21 And the people said to Joshua, No, but we will serve Jehovah.
Da sagde Folket til Josua: »Nej HERREN vil vi tjene!«
22 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.
Josua sagde da til Folket: »I er Vidner imod eder selv paa, at I har valgt at tjene HERREN.
23 Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Saa skaf da de fremmede Guder bort, som I har hos eder, og bøj eders Hjerte til HERREN, Israels Gud!«
24 And the people said to Joshua, we will serve Jehovah our God, and we will hearken to his voice.
Da sagde Folket til Josua: »HERREN vor Gud vil vi tjene, og hans Røst vil vi lyde!«
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Derpaa lod Josua samme Dag Folket indgaa en Pagt, og han fastsatte det Lov og Ret i Sikem.
26 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.
Og Josua opskrev disse Ord i Guds Lovbog; og han tog en stor Sten og rejste den der under den Eg, som staar i HERRENS Helligdom;
27 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.
og Josua sagde til hele Folket: »Se, Stenen her skal være Vidne imod os; thi den har hørt alle HERRENS Ord, som han talede til os; den skal være Vidne imod eder; at I ikke skal fornægte eders Gud!«
28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
Derpaa lod Josua Folket drage bort hver til sin Arvelod.
29 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.
Efter disse Begivenheder døde HERRENS Tjener Josua, Nuns Søn 110 Aar gammel.
30 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.
Og de jordede ham paa hans Arvelod i Timnat-Sera i Efraims Bjerge norden for Bjerget Ga'asj.
31 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.
Og Israel dyrkede HERREN, saa længe Josua levede, og saa længe de Ældste var i Live, som overlevede Josua, og som havde kendt hele det Værk, HERREN havde øvet for Israel.
32 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.
Men Josefs Ben, som Israeliterne havde bragt op fra Ægypten jordede de i Sikem paa den Mark Jakob havde købt af Hamors, Sikems Faders, Sønner for hundrede Kesita, og som han havde givet Josef i Eje.
33 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.
Da Arons Søn Eleazar døde jordede de ham i hans Søn Pinehas's By Gibea, som var givet ham i Efraims Bjerge.
