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.
Pripetilo se je, dolgo časa po tem, ko je Gospod dal počitek Izraelu pred vsemi njegovimi sovražniki naokoli, da je Józue postal star in zvrhan v starosti.
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.
Józue je dal poklicati ves Izrael in po njihove starešine, po njihove poglavarje, po njihove sodnike, po njihove častnike ter jim rekel: »Star sem in zvrhan v starosti.
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.
Videli ste vse, kar je Gospod, vaš Bog, zaradi vas storil vsem tem narodom, kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, je ta, ki se je boril za vas.
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.
Glejte, z žrebom sem vam razdelil vse te narode, ki preostajajo, da bodo dediščina za vaše rodove, od Jordana, z vsemi narodi, ki sem jih iztrebil, celo do vélikega morja proti zahodu.
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.
Gospod, vaš Bog, jih bo pregnal izpred vas in jih pognal iz vašega pogleda in vi boste vzeli v last njihovo deželo, kakor vam je Gospod, vaš Bog, obljubil.
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;
Bodite torej zelo pogumni, da se držite in da storite vse, kar je zapisano v knjigi Mojzesove postave, da se ne obrnete vstran od tam ne k desni roki ne k levi,
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.
da ne pridete med te narode, te, ki preostajajo med vami, niti ne omenjajte imena njihovih bogov, niti ne povzročajte, da prisegate pri njih, niti jim ne služite, niti se jim ne priklanjajte,
8 But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until this day.
temveč se trdno pridružite Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, kakor ste storili ta dan.
9 And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
Kajti Gospod je izpred vas pregnal velike in močne narode, toda glede vas, noben človek ni mogel obstati pred vami do tega dne.
10 One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.
En mož med vami jih bo pregnal tisoč, kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, on je ta, ki se bori za vas, kakor vam je obljubil.
11 And take you great heed to love the Lord our God.
Pazite torej nase, da ljubite Gospoda, svojega Boga.
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,
Sicer če boste na kakršenkoli način šli nazaj in se trdno pridružili preostanku teh narodov, torej tem, ki preostajajo med vami in boste z njimi sklepali poroke in šli noter k njim in oni k vam,
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.
zagotovo vedite, da Gospod, vaš Bog, izpred vas ne bo več pregnal nobenega izmed teh narodov, temveč vam bodo zanke, pasti in nadloge na vaših straneh in trni v vaših očeh, dokler ne izginete iz te dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal Gospod, vaš Bog.
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.
Glejte, ta dan grem pot vse zemlje in vi veste v vseh svojih srcih in v vseh svojih dušah, da se ni izjalovila niti ena od vseh dobrih stvari, ki jih je Gospod, vaš Bog, govoril glede vas. Vse so se vam zgodile in niti ena stvar od tega se ni izjalovila.
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,
Zato se bo zgodilo, da kakor vse dobre stvari, ki so prišle nad vas, ki vam jih je Gospod, vaš Bog, obljubil, tako bo Gospod nad vas privedel vse zle stvari, dokler vas ne uniči iz te dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal Gospod, vaš Bog.
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.
Ko ste prekršili zavezo Gospoda, svojega Boga, ki vam jo je zapovedal in šli ter služili drugim bogovom in se jim priklanjali, potem bo zoper vas vžgana Gospodova jeza in hitro boste izginili iz dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal.«
