< 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.
Ary Josoa nanangona ny firenen’ ny Isiraely rehetra tany Sekema ka niantso ny loholon’ ny Isiraely sy ny lehibeny sy ny mpitsara azy ary ny mpifehy azy, ka dia niara-niseho teo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra izy ireo.
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.
Ary hoy Josoa tamin’ ny vahoaka rehetra: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Tany an-dafin’ ny Ony no nonenan’ ny razanareo tany aloha, dia Tera, rain’ i Abrahama sy Nahora; ary nanompo andriamani-kafa izy.
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;
Dia naka an’ i Abrahama razanareo avy tany an-dafin’ ny Ony Aho ka nitondra azy nitety ny tany Kanana rehetra, dia nahamaro ny taranany ka nanome an’ Isaka ho zanany.
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.
Ary Isaka koa dia nomeko an’ i Jakoba sy Esao ho zanany; ary nomeko ho lovan’ i Esao ny tendrombohitra Seïra; fa Jakoba sy ny taranany kosa nankany Egypta.
5 And I struck Egypt with the wonders that I wrought amongst them.
Dia naniraka an’ i Mosesy sy Arona Aho ka namely an’ i Egypta, araka izay nataoko teo aminy; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia nitondra anareo nivoaka Aho.
6 And afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and you entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
Ary nony nitondra ny razanareo nivoaka avy tany Egypta Aho, dia tonga teo amin’ ny ranomasina ianareo; ary nanenjika ny razanareo hatreo amin’ ny Ranomasina Mena ny Egyptiana, nitaingina kalesy sy soavaly.
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 you were in the wilderness many days.
Dia nitaraina tamin’ i Jehovah izy, ka nasiany maizina teo anelanelanareo sy ny Egyptiana, sady nakatony taminy ny ranomasina ka naony azy, ary ny masonareo nahita izay nataoko tany Egypta; ary nitoetra ela tany efitra ianareo.
8 And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that lived beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and you inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you.
Ary nentiko ho any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Amorita, izay nonina tany an-dafin’ i Jordana ianareo; dia niady taminareo ireo; ary nanolotra azy teo an-tananareo Aho, mba handovanareo ny taniny, ary nandringana azy teo anoloanareo Aho.
9 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.
Dia nitsangana Balaka, zanak’ i Zipora, mpanjakan’ i Moaba, ka niady tamin’ ny Isiraely; dia naniraka ka nampaka an’ i Balama, zanak’ i Beora, izy hanozona anareo.
10 But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us].
Fa tsy nety nihaino an’ i Balama Aho, koa nitahy anareo tokoa izy; ka dia namonjy anareo tamin’ ny tànany Aho.
11 And you 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.
Ary nita an’ i Jordana ianareo ka nankany Jeriko; dia niady taminareo ny mponina tao Jeriko mbamin’ ny Amorita sy ny Perizita sy ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Girgasita sy ny Hivita ary ny Jebosita, ka natolotro teo an-tananareo ireny.
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 your sword, nor with your bow.
Dia nampandehaniko teo anoloanareo ny fanenitra, Izay nandroaka azy teo anoloanareo, dia ny mpanjaka roa tamin’ ny Amorita, fa tsy tamin’ ny sabatrao, na tamin’ ny tsipìkanao.
13 And he gave you a land on which you did not labour, and cities which you did not build, and you were settled in them; and you eat [of] vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant.
Ary nomeko tany izay tsy nasainareo ianareo sy tanàna izay tsy naorinareo ianareo ka dia nonina tao ianareo; ary nihinana ny avy amin’ ny tanim-boaloboka sy ny tanin’ oliva izay tsy nataonareo ianareo.
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.
Koa ankehitriny, matahora an’ i Jehovah, ka manompoa Azy amin’ ny fahitsiana sy ny fahamarinana; ary ario ny andriamanitra izay notompoin’ ny razanareo tany an-dafin’ ny Ony sy tany Egypta, ka manompoa an’ i Jehovah.
15 But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, amongst whom you dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
Nefa raha tsy sitrakareo ny hanompo an’ i Jehovah, dia fidionareo anio ary izay hotompoinareo, na ny andriamanitra izay notompoin’ ny razanareo tany an-dafin’ ny Ony, na ny andriamanitry ny Amorita, izay mponina teto amin’ ny tany onenanareo; fa raha izaho sy ny ankohonako kosa, dia hanompo an’ i Jehovah izahay.
16 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.
Dia namaly ny vahoaka ka nanao hoe: Sanatria raha hahafoy an’ i Jehovah izahay ka hanompo izay andriamani-kafa.
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 amongst all the nations through whom we passed.
Fa Jehovah Andriamanitsika, Izy no nitondra antsika sy ny razantsika nivoaka avy tany amin’ ny tany Egypta, tany amin’ ny trano nahandevozana, ary Izy no nanao ireny famantarana lehibe ireny teo imasontsika ka niaro antsika teny amin’ ny lalana rehetra nalehantsika sy teny amin’ ny firenena rehetra izay notetezintsika.
18 And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yes, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
Ary Jehovah nandroaka ny firenena rehetra teo anoloantsika, dia ny Amorita izay nonina teto amin’ ny tany; koa izahay koa dia mba hanompo an’ i Jehovah, fa Izy no Andriamanitsika.
19 And Joshua said to the people, Indeed you will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.
Ary hoy Josoa tamin’ ny vahoaka: Tsy mahay manompo an’ i Jehovah ianareo; fa Andriamanitra masìna Izy, Andriamanitra saro-piaro Izy ka tsy hamela ny fahadisoanareo sy ny fahotanareo.
20 Whenever you 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.
Raha mahafoy an’ i Jehovah ianareo ka manompo andriamani-kafa, dia hiverina Izy ka hampahory anareo sy hahafongana anareo, rehefa nasiany soa.
21 And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.
Dia hoy ny vahoaka tamin’ i Josoa: Tsia; fa Jehovah ihany no hotompoinay.
22 And Joshua said to the people, You [are] witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.
Dia hoy Josoa tamin’ ny vahoaka: Vavolombelona ho an’ ny tenanareo ianareo fa efa nifidy an’ i Jehovah hotompoinareo. Ary hoy ny olona: Eny vavolombelona izahay.
23 And now take away the strange gods that are amongst you, and set your heart right towards the Lord God of Israel.
Arionareo ankehitriny ary ny andriamani-kafa, izay eo aminareo, ka ampanatony an’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely ny fonareo.
24 And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will listen to his voice.
Dia hoy ny vahoaka tamin’ i Josoa: Jehovah Andriamanitray no hotompoinay ary ny feony no hohenoinay
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.
Ary dia nanao fanekena tamin’ ny vahoaka Josoa tamin’ izany andro izany ka nanome azy lalàna sy didy tany Sekema.
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.
Dia nosoratan’ i Josoa tao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ Andriamanitra ireo teny ireo, ary naka vato lehibe izy ka nanangana azy teo ambanin’ ny hazo terebinta, izay teo anilan’ ny fitoera-masin’ i Jehovah.
27 And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be amongst 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 amongst you for a witness in the last days, whenever you shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.
Dia hoy Josoa tamin’ ny vahoaka rehetra; Indro, io vato io ho vavolombelona amintsika; fa efa nahare ny teny rehetra nolazain’ i Jehovah tamintsika io, dia ho vavolombelona aminareo io, fandrao handainga amin’ Andriamanitrareo ianareo.
28 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.
Dia nampodin’ i Josoa ny vahoaka samy ho any amin’ ny lovany avy.
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.
Ary rehefa afaka izany zavatra izany, dia maty Josoa, zanak’ i Nona, mpanompon’ i Jehovah, rehefa folo amby zato taona ny androny.
30 And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad.
Dia nalevina tao amin’ ny faritanin’ ny lovany izy, dia tao Timnata-sera, any amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Efraima, avaratry ny tendrombohitra Gasa.
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.
Ary nanompo an’ i Jehovah ny Isiraely tamin’ ny andro rehetra niainan’ i Josoa sy tamin’ ny andro rehetra niainan’ ny loholona izay velona taorian’ i Josoa ka nahalala ny asa rehetra izay nataon’ i Jehovah ho an’ ny Isiraely
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 lived in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
Ary ny taolan’ i Josefa, izay efa nentin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely avy tany Egypta, dia naleviny tao Sekema, tao amin’ ny tany izay novidin’ i Jakoba volafotsy zato tamin’ ny zanak’ i Hamora, rain’ i Sekema; dia tonga lovan’ ny taranak’ i Josefa izany.
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.
Dia maty koa Eleazara, zanak’ i Arona, ka naleviny teo amin’ ny havoan’ i Finehasa zanany, izay nomena azy tany amin’ ny tany havoan’ i Efraima.

< Joshua 24 >