Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
Congregavitque Iosue omnes tribus Israel in Sichem, et vocavit maiores natu, ac principes, et iudices, et magistros: steteruntque in conspectu Domini:
2 And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods.
et ad populum sic locutus est: Haec dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Trans fluvium habitaverunt patres vestri ab initio, Thare pater Abraham, et Nachor: servieruntque diis alienis.
3 And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Tuli ergo patrem vestrum Abraham de Mesopotamiae finibus: et adduxi eum in Terram Chanaan: multiplicavique semen eius,
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
et dedi ei Isaac: illique rursum dedi Iacob et Esau. E quibus, Esau dedi montem Seir ad possidendum: Iacob vero, et filii eius descenderunt in Aegyptum.
5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof; and afterward I brought you out.
Misique Moysen et Aaron, et percussi Aegyptum multis signis atque portentis.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.
Eduxique vos et patres vestros de Aegypto, et venistis ad mare: persecutique sunt Aegyptii patres vestros cum curribus et equitatu, usque ad Mare rubrum.
7 And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
Clamaverunt autem ad Dominum filii Israel: qui posuit tenebras inter vos et Aegyptios, et adduxit super eos mare, et operuit eos. Viderunt oculi vestri cuncta quae in Aegypto fecerim, et habitastis in solitudine multo tempore:
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan; and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
et introduxi vos in Terram Amorrhaei, qui habitabat trans Iordanem. Cumque pugnarent contra vos, tradidi eos in manus vestras, et possedistis Terram eorum, atque interfecistis eos.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab, et pugnavit contra Israelem. Misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis:
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he even blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
et ego nolui audire eum, sed econtrario per illum benedixi vobis, et liberavi vos de manu eius.
11 And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
Transistisque Iordanem, et venistis ad Iericho. Pugnaveruntque contra vos viri civitatis eius, Amorrhaeus, et Pherezaeus, et Chananaeus, et Hethaeus, et Gergezaeus, et Hevaeus, et Iebusaeus: et tradidi illos in manus vestras.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Misique ante vos crabrones: et eieci eos de locis suis, duos reges Amorrhaeorum, non in gladio nec in arcu tuo.
13 And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Dedique vobis Terram, in qua non laborastis, et urbes quas non aedificastis, ut habitaretis in eis: vineas et oliveta, quae non plantastis.
14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Nunc ergo timete Dominum, et servite ei perfecto corde atque verissimo: et auferte deos, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia et in Aegypto, ac servite Domino.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.'
Sin autem malum vobis videtur ut Domino serviatis, optio vobis datur: eligite hodie quod placet, cui servire potissimum debeatis, utrum diis, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia, an diis Amorrhaeorum, in quorum Terra habitatis: ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino.
16 And the people answered and said: 'Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Responditque populus, et ait: Absit a nobis ut relinquamus Dominum, et serviamus diis alienis.
17 for the LORD our God, He it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
Dominus Deus noster ipse eduxit nos, et patres nostros de Terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis: fecitque videntibus nobis signa ingentia, et custodivit nos in omni via, per quam ambulavimus, et in cunctis populis, per quos transivimus.
18 and the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land; therefore we also will serve the LORD; for He is our God.'
Et eiecit universas gentes, Amorrhaeum habitatorem Terrae, quam nos intravimus. Serviemus igitur Domino, quia ipse est Deus noster.
19 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
Dixitque Iosue ad populum: Non poteritis servire Domino: Deus enim sanctus, et fortis aemulator est, nec ignoscet sceleribus vestris atque peccatis.
20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that He hath done you good.'
Si dimiseritis Dominum, et servieritis diis alienis, convertet se, et affliget vos, atque subvertet postquam vobis praestiterit bona.
21 And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.'
Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Nequaquam ita ut loqueris, erit, sed Domino serviemus.
22 And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. — And they said: 'We are witnesses.' —
Et Iosue ad populum, Testes, inquit, vos estis, quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum ut serviatis ei. Responderuntque: Testes.
23 Now therefore put away the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD, the God of Israel.'
Nunc ergo, ait, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri, et inclinate corda vestra ad Dominum Deum Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua: 'The LORD our God will we serve, and unto His voice will we hearken.'
Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Domino Deo nostro serviemus, et obedientes erimus praeceptis eius.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Percussit ergo Iosue in die illo foedus, et proposuit populo praecepta atque iudicia in Sichem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Scripsit quoque omnia verba haec in volumine legis Domini: et tulit lapidem pergrandem, posuitque eum subter quercum, quae erat in Sanctuario Domini:
27 And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke unto us; it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.'
et dixit ad omnem populum: En lapis iste erit vobis in testimonium quod audieritis omnia verba Domini, quae locutus est vobis: ne forte postea negare velitis, et mentiri Domino Deo vestro.
28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
Dimisitque populum, singulos in possessionem suam.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
Et post haec mortuus est Iosue filius Nun servus Domini, centum et decem annorum:
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
sepelieruntque eum in finibus possessionis suae in Thamnathsare, quae est sita in monte Ephraim, a Septentrionali parte montis Gaas.
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.
Servivitque Israel Domino cunctis diebus Iosue et seniorum, qui longo vixerunt tempore post Iosue, et qui noverunt omnia opera Domini quae fecerat in Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Ossa quoque Ioseph, quae tulerant filii Israel de Aegypto, sepelierunt in Sichem, in parte agri, quem emerat Iacob a filiis Hemor patris Sichem, centum novellis ovibus, et fuit in possessionem filiorum Ioseph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the Hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Eleazar quoque filius Aaron mortuus est: et sepelierunt eum in Gabaath Phinees filii eius, quae data est ei in monte Ephraim.
