Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them 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 the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, [even] Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; 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 Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;
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 him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
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 smote Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.
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 afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and ye entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into 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 we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were 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 he brought us into the land of the Amorites that dwelt beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and ye inherited their land, and utterly 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 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.
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 the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us].
men jeg vilde ikke bønhøre Bileam, og han maatte velsigne eder; saaledes friede jeg eder af hans Haand.
11 And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.
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 he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, [even] twelve 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 he gave you a land on which ye did not labour, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and 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 And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.
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 But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
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 to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.
Da svarede Folket: »Det være langt fra os at forlade HERREN for at dyrke andre Guder;
17 The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through 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 the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yea, we will serve the Lord, 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, Indeed ye will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.
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 Whensoever ye shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because 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, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.
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 the Lord to serve him.
Josua sagde da til Folket: »I er Vidner imod eder selv paa, at I har valgt at tjene HERREN.
23 And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord 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 the Lord, 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 on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.
Derpaa lod Josua samme Dag Folket indgaa en Pagt, og han fastsatte det Lov og Ret i Sikem.
26 And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.
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 the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this [stone] shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever ye shall deal falsely with the Lord my 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 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.
Derpaa lod Josua Folket drage bort hver til sin Arvelod.
29 And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, [at the age] of a hundred and ten years.
Efter disse Begivenheder døde HERRENS Tjener Josua, Nuns Søn 110 Aar gammel.
30 And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad.
Og de jordede ham paa hans Arvelod i Timnat-Sera i Efraims Bjerge norden for Bjerget Ga'asj.
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he 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 the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried [them] in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of 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 it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim.
Da Arons Søn Eleazar døde jordede de ham i hans Søn Pinehas's By Gibea, som var givet ham i Efraims Bjerge.
