Joshua 23

1 And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.

١ وَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ أَرَاحَ فِيهَا الرَّبُّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ، شَاخَ يَشُوعُ وَطَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ،

2 And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

٢ فَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شُيُوخٍ وَرُؤَسَاءَ وَقُضَاةٍ وَعُرَفَاءَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ وَطَعَنْتُ فِي السِّنِّ،

3 And you have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; [for it] is the Lord your God who has fought for you.

٣ وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ شَهِدْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ كُلَّ مَا صَنَعَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ كَانَ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ.

4 See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and [some] I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.

٤ فَاذْكُرُوا كَيْفَ وَزَّعْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْعَةِ كُلَّ أَرَاضِي تِلْكَ الشُّعُوبِ الْبَاقِيَةِ، وَالشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي قَهَرْتُهَا، الَّتِي كَانَتْ مُقِيمَةً مَا بَيْنَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَالْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ غَرْباً، لِتَكُونَ مِلْكاً لَكُمْ حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

5 And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and you shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.

٥ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْفِي الشُّعُوبَ الْبَاقِيَةَ وَيَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَتَرِثُونَ أَرْضَهُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

6 Do you therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not to the right hand or to the left;

٦ فَتَشَجَّعُوا جِدّاً وَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، وَعَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِهِ لِئَلّا تَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا شِمَالاً أَوْ يَمِيناً.

7 that you go not in amongst these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named amongst you, neither shall you serve them, neither shall you bow down to them.

٧ لِكَيْ لَا تَخْتَلِطُوا بِهَؤُلاءِ الأُمَمِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مَعَكُمْ، وَلا تَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ آلِهَتِهَا وَلا تُقْسِمُوا بِها وَلا تَعْبُدُوهَا وَلا تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا.

8 But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until this day.

٨ وَلَكِنْ تَمَسَّكُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

9 And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.

٩ قَدْ طَرَدَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ شُعُوباً عَظِيمَةً قَوِيَّةً، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُقَاوِمَكُمْ حَتَّى الآنَ.

10 One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.

١٠ فَالرَّجُلُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْكُمْ يَطْرُدُ أَلْفاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ.

11 And take you great heed to love the Lord our God.

١١ فَاحْرِصُوا جِدّاً عَلَى مَحَبَّةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

12 For if you shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

١٢ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا ارْتَدَدْتُمْ وَالْتَصَقْتُمْ بِبَقِيَّةِ هَذِهِ الأُمَمِ الْمَاكِثِينَ مَعَكُمْ، وَصَاهَرْتُمُوهُمْ وَاخْتَلَطْتُمْ بِهِمْ وَهُمْ بِكُمْ،

13 know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

١٣ فَاعْلَمُوا يَقِيناً أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَا يَعُودُ يَطْرُدُ تِلْكَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحُوا لَكُمْ شَرَكاً وَفَخّاً وَسَوْطاً يَنْهَالُ عَلَى ظُهُورِكُمْ، وَشَوْكاً فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ حَتَّى تَنْقَرِضُوا مِنَ الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

14 But I hasten to go the way [of death], as all that are upon the earth also [do]: and you know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen [to the ground] of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.

١٤ وَهَا أَنَا الْيَوْمَ مَاضٍ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي يَمْضِي إِلَيْهَا أَحْيَاءُ الأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ حَقَّ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ وُعُودِ الرَّبِّ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَعَدَكُمْ بِها قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ. الْكُلُّ صَارَ لَكُمْ. لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you,

١٥ وَكَمَا وَفَى الرَّبُّ بِوُعُودِهِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي وَعَدَكُمْ بِها، فَإِنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ يَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ وَعِيدٍ أَنْذَرَكُمْ بِهِ، حَتَّى يُفْنِيَكُمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ.

16 when you transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them.

١٦ حِينَ تَتَعَدَّوْنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ الَّذِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ فَتَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَتَسْجُدُونَ لَهَا، عِنْدَئِذٍ يَحْتَدِمُ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَنْقَرِضُونَ سَرِيعاً مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْخَيِّرَةِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ».