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.

Congregavitque Iosue omnes tribus Israel in Sichem, et vocavit maiores natu, ac principes, et iudices, et magistros: steteruntque in conspectu Domini:

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.

et ad populum sic locutus est: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Trans fluvium habitaverunt patres vestri ab initio, Thare pater Abraham, et Nachor: servieruntque diis alienis.

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.

Tuli ergo patrem vestrum Abraham de Mesopotamiæ finibus: et adduxi eum in Terram Chanaan: multiplicavique semen eius,

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.

et dedi ei Isaac: illique rursum dedi Iacob et Esau. E quibus, Esau dedi montem Seir ad possidendum: Iacob vero, et filii eius descenderunt in Ægyptum.

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.

Misique Moysen et Aaron, et percussi Ægyptum multis signis atque portentis.

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.

Eduxique vos et patres vestros de Ægypto, et venistis ad mare: persecutique sunt Ægyptii patres vestros cum curribus et equitatu, usque ad Mare Rubrum.

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.

Clamaverunt autem ad Dominum filii Israel: qui posuit tenebras inter vos et Ægyptios, et adduxit super eos mare, et operuit eos. Viderunt oculi vestri cuncta quæ in Ægypto fecerim, et habitastis in solitudine multo tempore:

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.

et introduxi vos in Terram Amorrhæi, qui habitabat trans Iordanem. Cumque pugnarent contra vos, tradidi eos in manus vestras, et possedistis Terram eorum, atque interfecistis eos.

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,

Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab, et pugnavit contra Israelem. Misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis:

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

et ego nolui audire eum, sed econtrario per illum benedixi vobis, et liberavi vos de manu eius.

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.

Transistisque Iordanem, et venistis ad Iericho. Pugnaveruntque contra vos viri civitatis eius, Amorrhæus, et Pherezæus, et Chananæus, et Hethæus, et Gergezæus, et Hevæus, et Iebusæus: et tradidi illos in manus vestras.

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.

Misique ante vos crabrones: et eieci eos de locis suis, duos reges Amorrhæorum, non in gladio nec in arcu tuo.

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.

Dedique vobis Terram, in qua non laborastis, et urbes quas non ædificastis, ut habitaretis in eis: vineas et oliveta, quæ non plantastis.

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.

Nunc ergo timete Dominum, et servite ei perfecto corde atque verissimo: et auferte deos, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia et in Ægypto, ac servite Domino.

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.

Sin autem malum vobis videtur ut Domino serviatis, optio vobis datur: eligite hodie quod placet, cui servire potissimum debeatis, utrum diis, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia, an diis Amorrhæorum, in quorum Terra habitatis: ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino.

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

Responditque populus, et ait: Absit a nobis ut relinquamus Dominum, et serviamus diis alienis.

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.

Dominus Deus noster ipse eduxit nos, et patres nostros de Terra Ægypti, de domo servitutis: fecitque videntibus nobis signa ingentia, et custodivit nos in omni via, per quam ambulavimus, et in cunctis populis, per quos transivimus.

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.

Et eiecit universas gentes, Amorrhæum habitatorem Terræ, quam nos intravimus. Serviemus igitur Domino, quia ipse est Deus noster.

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.

Dixitque Iosue ad populum: Non poteritis servire Domino: Deus enim sanctus, et fortis æmulator est, nec ignoscet sceleribus vestris atque peccatis.

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.

Si dimiseritis Dominum, et servieritis diis alienis, convertet se, et affliget vos, atque subvertet postquam vobis præstiterit bona.

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

Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Nequaquam ita ut loqueris, erit, sed Domino serviemus.

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.

Et Iosue ad populum, Testes, inquit, vos estis, quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum ut serviatis ei. Responderuntque: Testes.

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

Nunc ergo, ait, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri, et inclinate corda vestra ad Dominum Deum Israel.

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

Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Domino Deo nostro serviemus, et obedientes erimus præceptis eius.

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

Percussit ergo Iosue in die illo fœdus, et proposuit populo præcepta atque iudicia in Sichem.

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.

Scripsit quoque omnia verba hæc in volumine legis Domini: et tulit lapidem pergrandem, posuitque eum subter quercum, quæ erat in Sanctuario Domini:

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.

et dixit ad omnem populum: En lapis iste erit vobis in testimonium quod audierit omnia verba Domini, quæ locutus est vobis: ne forte postea negare velitis, et mentiri Domino Deo vestro.

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

Dimisitque populum, singulos in possessionem suam.

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.

Et post hæc mortuus est Iosue filius Nun servus Domini, centum et decem annorum:

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.

sepelieruntque eum in finibus possessionis suæ in Thamnathsare, quæ est sita in monte Ephraim, a Septentrionali parte montis Gaas.

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.

Servivitque Israel Domino cunctis diebus Iosue et seniorum, qui longo vixerunt tempore post Iosue, et qui noverunt omnia opera Domini quæ fecerat in 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.

Ossa quoque Ioseph, quæ tulerant filii Israel de Ægypto, sepelierunt in Sichem, in parte agri, quem emerat Iacob a filiis Hemor patris Sichem, centum novellis ovibus, et fuit in possessionem filiorum Ioseph.

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.

Eleazar quoque filius Aaron mortuus est: et sepelierunt eum in Gabaath Phinees filii eius, quæ data est ei in monte Ephraim.