< 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.
Bertahun-tahun telah berlalu, dan TUHAN sudah membuat bangsa Israel aman dari semua musuh mereka. Ketika Yosua sudah sangat tua,
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.
dia mengumpulkan para tua-tua, kepala suku, hakim, dan pengatur pasukan seluruh bangsa Israel, lalu berkata kepada mereka, “Saya sudah sangat tua.
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.
Selama ini kalian sudah melihat segala yang TUHAN lakukan bagi kita. TUHAN Allah kita, Dialah yang berperang melawan semua bangsa di sini demi kita.
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.
Ingatlah, saya sudah membagi dengan undian seluruh daerah di sebelah barat sungai Yordan sampai ke Laut Tengah sebagai tanah warisan suku-suku kalian, baik daerah yang masih ditinggali bangsa-bangsa setempat, maupun daerah yang bangsa-bangsanya sudah kita kalahkan.
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.
TUHANlah yang akan mengusir mereka dari hadapan kalian, sehingga kalian dapat menguasai tanah mereka seperti yang TUHAN janjikan kepadamu.
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;
“Karena itu, kalian harus benar-benar kuat dan taat dalam melakukan semua yang ditulis dalam kitab Taurat. Janganlah menyimpang dari semuanya itu.
7 that you go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall you serve them, neither shall you bow down to them.
Jangan bercampur dengan bangsa-bangsa yang masih tinggal di antaramu. Kalian tidak boleh bersumpah memakai nama dewa mereka, bahkan jangan menyebut nama dewa mereka sama sekali! Kalian tidak boleh mengabdi ataupun bersujud menyembah dewa mereka!
8 But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until this day.
Kalian harus setia kepada TUHAN Allahmu, seperti yang selama ini kalian lakukan sampai sekarang.
9 And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
“TUHAN sudah mengusir dari hadapan kalian bangsa-bangsa yang besar dan kuat. Sampai hari ini, tidak ada satu pun bangsa yang dapat bertahan melawan kalian.
10 One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.
Satu orang dari kalian dapat mengalahkan seribu orang, karena TUHAN Allahmu berperang bagi kalian, seperti yang Dia janjikan kepadamu.
11 And take you great heed to love the Lord our God.
Karena itu, pastikanlah baik-baik untuk mengasihi TUHAN Allahmu!
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,
“Kalau kalian tidak setia kepada-Nya dan berbaur dengan bangsa-bangsa lain yang tersisa di antara kalian, menikah dengan mereka, dan bergaul dengan mereka,
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.
ketahuilah, TUHAN Allahmu pasti tidak akan mengusir bangsa-bangsa ini dari hadapan kalian lagi. Mereka akan menjadi jerat atau perangkap bagi kalian. Mereka akan membuat kalian menderita, seperti cambuk pada punggung dan duri pada mata, hingga kalian binasa dari tanah yang baik ini, yang diberikan TUHAN kepada kalian.
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.
“Sebentar lagi saya akan mati. Kalian semua tahu benar bahwa TUHAN Allahmu sudah memenuhi semua hal baik yang Dia janjikan kepadamu. Tidak ada satu pun yang tidak dipenuhi.
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,
Tetapi sebagaimana TUHAN Allahmu sudah memberikan segala yang baik kepada kalian, Dia pasti juga akan menggenapi kutukan-Nya bila kalian melanggar perjanjian-Nya dengan menyembah dewa-dewa. Dia akan sangat marah dan segera membinasakan kalian dari negeri yang baik ini, yang sudah Dia berikan kepadamu.”
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.