Joshua 23
1 And it comes to pass, many days after that YHWH has given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, that Joshua is old, entering into days,
Mucho tiempo después, una vez que el Señor había dado la paz a los israelitas del conflicto con los enemigos que los rodeaban, Josué, ya siendo muy anciano,
2 and Joshua calls for all Israel, for his elderly, and for his heads, and for his judges, and for his authorities, and says to them, “I have become old; I have entered into days;
convocó a todos los israelitas – los ancianos, los líderes, los jueces y los funcionarios – y les dijo: “Yo estoy viejo, y me estoy envejeciendo aún más.
3 and you have seen all that your God YHWH has done to all these nations because of you, for your God YHWH [is] He who is fighting for you;
Ustedes han visto todo lo que el Señor, su Dios, ha hecho por ustedes ante todas las naciones. El Señor, su Dios, ha luchado por ustedes.
4 see, I have caused these nations who are left to fall to you for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan (and all the nations which I cut off), and the Great Sea [at] the [setting] sun.
“Les he asignado la tierra de las naciones restantes para que la posean, así como las naciones ya conquistadas, desde el Jordán hasta el Mar Mediterráneo.
5 As for your God YHWH, He thrusts them from your presence, and has dispossessed them from before you, and you have possessed their land, as your God YHWH has spoken to you,
El Señor, tu Dios, las hará retroceder ante ti. Los expulsará ante ti y tomarás posesión de su tierra, como el Señor, tu Dios, te ha prometido.
6 and you have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Scroll of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,
“Asegúrate de observar todo lo que está escrito en el libro de la Ley de Moisés. No te desvíes de ella, ni a la izquierda ni a la derecha.
7 so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and you do not make mention of the name of their gods, nor do you swear, nor do you serve them, nor do you bow yourselves to them;
No te asocies on las naciones que quedan. No menciones los nombres de sus dioses, ni jures por ellos, ni los adores, ni te inclines ante ellos.
8 but you cleave to your God YHWH, as you have done until this day.
Mantente cerca del Señor, tu Dios, como has hecho hasta ahora.
9 And YHWH is dispossessing great and mighty nations from before you; as for you, none has stood in your presence until this day;
El Señor ha expulsado ante ti a naciones fuertes y poderosas. Nadie ha podido enfrentarse a ti hasta el día de hoy.
10 one man of you pursues a thousand, for your God YHWH [is] He who is fighting for you, as He has spoken to you;
Uno solo de ustedes puede ahuyentar a mil enemigos, porque el Señor, su Dios, lucha por ustedes, como se los ha prometido.
11 and you have been very watchful for yourselves to love your God YHWH.
Procurenamar al Señor, su Dios.
12 But—if you turn back at all and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
Porque si se apartan de él y siguen los caminos de las naciones que quedan, si se unen en matrimonio, mezclándose unos con otros,
13 certainly know that your God YHWH is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a trap, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground which your God YHWH has given to you.
pueden estar absolutamente seguros de que el Señor, su Dios, no expulsará definitivamente a estas naciones delante de ustedes. Por el contrario, serán una trampa y un lazo, un látigo en su espalda y como espinas en sus ojos hasta que desaparezcan completamente de esta buena tierra que el Señor su Dios les ha dado.
14 And behold, I am going, today, in the way of all the earth, and you have known—with all your heart, and with all your soul—that there has not fallen one thing of all the good things which your God YHWH has spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there has not failed of it one thing.
“Ahora estoy a punto de morir, el destino de todo ser viviente en la tierra. En el fondo sabes que no ha fallado ni una sola de las buenas promesas del Señor. Todo se ha cumplido. Ni una sola ha fallado.
15 And it has been, as there has come on you all the good thing which your God YHWH has spoken to you, so YHWH brings on you the whole of the evil thing, until His destroying you from off this good ground which your God YHWH has given to you;
Pero de la misma manera que recibiste todas las cosas buenas que el Señor, tu Dios, te prometió, el Señor traerá sobre ti todas las cosas malas con las que te ha amenazado, hasta que seas completamente eliminado de esta buena tierra que el Señor, tu Dios, te ha dado.
16 in your transgressing the covenant of your God YHWH which He commanded you, and you have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then the anger of YHWH has burned against you, and you have perished quickly from off the good land which He has given to you.”
Si rompes el acuerdo que el Señor tu Dios hizo contigo y vas a adorar a otros dioses, inclinándote ante ellos, entonces el Señor se enojará contigo y serás rápidamente borrado de la buena tierra que te ha dado”.
