Joshua 24
1 And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem, and called for the ancients, and the princes, and the judges, and the masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord:
Yosua memanggil para tua-tua, kepala suku, hakim, dan pengatur pasukan dari semua suku bangsa Israel untuk berkumpul di Sikem. Di sana mereka datang menghadap Allah.
2 And he spoke thus to the people: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Thare the father of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods.
Kata Yosua kepada mereka, “Inilah yang dikatakan oleh TUHAN, Allah Israel: Dulu nenek moyang kalian, termasuk Terah, ayah Abraham dan Nahor, tinggal di seberang sungai Efrat dan menyembah dewa-dewa.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the borders of Mesopotamia: and brought him into the land of Chanaan: and I multiplied his seed,
Tetapi Aku mengambil Abraham, leluhur kalian, dari sana. Aku menyuruh dia menjelajahi negeri Kanaan dan membuat keturunannya banyak. Aku memberikan Isak kepadanya,
4 And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
dan kepada Isak Aku berikan Yakub dan Esau. Aku sudah memberikan kepada Esau pegunungan Seir untuk menjadi miliknya, sedangkan Yakub dan anak-anaknya pergi ke Mesir.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and wonders.
“Kemudian Aku mengutus Musa dan Harun, lalu mendatangkan berbagai bencana besar kepada bangsa Mesir. Sesudah itu Aku membawa nenek moyang kalian keluar dari Mesir.
6 And I brought you and your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea: and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.
Tetapi waktu mereka sampai di Laut Merah, orang Mesir mengejar mereka dengan kereta perang dan pasukan berkuda.
7 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time:
Ketika mereka berteriak minta tolong kepada-Ku, Aku mendatangkan kegelapan di antara nenek moyang kalian dan pasukan Mesir. Aku juga menenggelamkan pasukan Mesir. Kalian tahu bagaimana mereka sendiri menyaksikan apa yang Aku lakukan di Mesir. Setelah itu mereka lama tinggal di padang belantara.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorrhite, who dwelt beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and slew them.
“Lalu Aku membawa kalian ke daerah orang Amori di sebelah timur sungai Yordan. Mereka berperang melawan kalian, tetapi Aku membinasakan mereka dan membuat kalian menang supaya kalian bisa menduduki negeri mereka.
9 And Balac son of Sephor king of Moab arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you:
Lalu Balak anak Zipor memerangi kalian. Balak adalah raja negeri Moab. Dia memanggil Bileam anak Beor untuk mengutuk kalian.
10 And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.
Tetapi Aku tidak membiarkan Bileam melakukannya. Sebaliknya, Aku membuat dia memberkati kalian. Dengan demikian Aku menyelamatkan kalian dari Balak.
11 And you passed over the Jordan, and you came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Gergesite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and I delivered them into your hands.
“Ketika kalian menyeberangi sungai Yordan dan tiba di Yeriko, penduduk Yeriko berperang melawan kalian, demikian juga bangsa Amori, Feris, Kanaan, Het, Girgasi, Hewi, dan Yebus. Tetapi Aku menyerahkan mereka kepada kalian.
12 And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow.
Aku membuat mereka dan juga kedua raja orang Amori itu begitu ketakutan sehingga mereka lari dari kalian. Kalian menang bukan karena pedang maupun panahmu.
13 And I gave you a land, in which you had not laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built not, vineyards and oliveyards, which you planted not.
Aku memberikan kepada kalian tanah walaupun bukan kalian yang menggarapnya, dan kota-kota walaupun bukan kalian yang membangunnya. Sekarang kalian tinggal di dalamnya. Aku juga memberikan kepada kalian kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun zaitun walaupun bukan kalian yang menanamnya, dan kalianlah yang memakan hasilnya.”
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart: and put away the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
Lalu Yosua berkata, “Karena itu kalian harus takut dan hormat kepada TUHAN. Sembahlah Dia dengan tulus dan setia. Musnahkanlah berhala-berhala yang dulu disembah oleh nenek moyangmu di seberang sungai Efrat dan di Mesir. Sembahlah hanya TUHAN saja.
15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
Akan tetapi, kalau menurut kalian menyembah TUHAN itu tidak baik, pilihlah pada hari ini siapa yang akan kalian sembah. Apakah kalian mau menyembah dewa-dewa yang dulu disembah nenek moyangmu di seberang sungai Efrat? Atau apakah kalian mau menyembah dewa-dewa yang disembah bangsa Amori, yang negerinya kalian diami ini? Tetapi saya dan seluruh keluarga saya akan mengabdi kepada TUHAN!”
16 And the people answered, and said: God forbid we should leave the Lord, and serve strange gods.
Bangsa itu menjawab, “Kami tidak akan pernah meninggalkan TUHAN untuk menyembah dewa-dewa!
17 The Lord our God he brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: and did very great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
Karena TUHAN Allah kitalah yang sudah membawa kita dan nenek moyang kita keluar dari perbudakan di Mesir. Dialah yang membuat keajaiban-keajaiban besar di depan mata kita. Dia jugalah yang selama ini melindungi kita sepanjang perjalanan ketika kita melewati semua bangsa asing.
18 And he hath cast out all the nations, the Amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come. Therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
TUHAN sudah mengusir semua bangsa dari hadapan kita, termasuk orang Amori yang tinggal di negeri ini. Jadi, kami juga akan menyembah TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah kita.”
19 And Josue said to the people: You will not be able to serve the Lord: for he is a holy God, and mighty and jealous, and will not forgive your wickedness and sins.
Berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa Israel, “Kalian tidak sanggup mengabdi kepada TUHAN, karena Dia adalah Allah yang kudus dan cemburu. Dia tidak akan bersabar terhadap pelanggaran dan dosamu.
20 If you leave the Lord, and serve strange gods, he will turn, and will afflict you, and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you.
Apabila kalian meninggalkan TUHAN dan menyembah dewa-dewa, Dia akan berbalik melawan kalian, walaupun sebelumnya Dia baik kepada kalian. Dia akan mencelakai dan membinasakan kalian.”
21 And the people said to Josue: No, it shall not be so as thou sayest, but we will serve the Lord.
Jawab bangsa Israel, “Kami tidak akan meninggalkan TUHAN! Hanya TUHANlah yang akan kami sembah.”
22 And Josue said to the people: You are witnesses, that you yourselves have chosen you the Lord to serve him. And they answered: We are witnesses.
Lalu kata Yosua kepada mereka, “Kalian menjadi saksi bagi dirimu sendiri, bahwa kalian sudah memilih untuk menyembah TUHAN.” Jawab mereka, “Ya, kamilah saksinya!”
23 Now therefore, said he, put away strange gods from among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.
Kata Yosua, “Kalau begitu, musnahkanlah berhala-berhala yang ada di antara kalian dan mengabdilah kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel, dengan sepenuh hati.”
24 And the people said to Josue: We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his commandments.
Jawab bangsa itu kepada Yosua, “Kami akan menyembah TUHAN, Allah kita. Kami akan taat kepada-Nya.”
25 Josue therefore on that day made a covenant, and set before the people commandments and judgments in Sichem.
Pada hari itu di Sikem, Yosua mengadakan perjanjian antara bangsa Israel dengan TUHAN, dan menetapkan hukum serta peraturan-peraturan bagi mereka.
26 And he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord: and he took a great stone, and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the Lord.
Yosua menulis semuanya itu dalam sebuah kitab hukum Allah. Sebagai peringatan, dia menempatkan sebuah batu besar di bawah pohon besar, di dekat kemah TUHAN.
27 And he said to all the people: Behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.
Kata Yosua kepada bangsa Israel, “Lihatlah, batu ini ada di sini selama perkataan TUHAN disampaikan. Karena itu batu ini menjadi saksi bisu bagi kita, sebagai pengingat agar kalian tidak meninggalkan Allahmu.”
28 And he sent the people away every one to their own possession.
Lalu Yosua menyuruh mereka pulang ke tanah warisannya masing-masing.
29 And after these things Josue the son of Null the servant of the Lord died, being a hundred and ten years old:
Beberapa waktu sesudah itu, Yosua anak Nun, hamba TUHAN itu, meninggal pada umur seratus sepuluh tahun.
30 And they buried him in the border of his possession in Thamnathsare, which is situate in mount Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas.
Mereka menguburkannya di tanah warisannya, di Timnat Serah di pegunungan Efraim, di sebelah utara gunung Gaas.
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue, and of the ancients that lived a long time after Josue, and that had known all the works of the Lord which he had done in Israel.
Bangsa Israel menyembah TUHAN sepanjang hidup Yosua. Sesudah dia meninggal, mereka tetap menyembah TUHAN selama masih ada para tua-tua yang hidup lebih lama daripada Yosua, yaitu mereka yang sudah menyaksikan semua perbuatan TUHAN bagi bangsa Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.
Tulang-tulang Yusuf, yang dibawa bangsa Israel keluar dari Mesir, dikuburkan di Sikem, tanah yang dibeli Yakub dengan harga seratus keping perak dari anak-anak Hemor. Hemor adalah ayah Sikem. Tanah ini menjadi warisan bagi keturunan Yusuf.
33 Eleazar also the son of Aaron died: and they buried him in Gabaath that belongeth to Phinees his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Eleazar anak Harun juga meninggal. Dia dikuburkan di kota Gibea di pegunungan Efraim. Kota itu sudah diberikan kepada Pinehas, anak Eleazar.
