Joshua 24

1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

١ ثُمَّ جَمَعَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي شَكِيمَ، وَدَعَا شُيُوخَهُمْ وَرُؤَسَاءَهُمْ وَقُضَاتَهُمْ وَعُرَفَاءَهُمْ فَمَثَلُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ.

2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

٢ وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَقَدْ أَقَامَ أَجْدَادُكُمْ، وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمْ تَارَحُ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو نَاحُورَ مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ حَيْثُ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

٣ فَأَخَذْتُ أَبَاكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ شَرْقِيِّ النَّهْرِ وَقُدْتُهُ عَبْرَ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَكَثَّرْتُ نَسْلَهُ، وَرَزَقْتُهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ،

4 And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. And Jacob and his children went down into Egypt, and became there a great and numerous and mighty nation, and the Egyptians afflicted them.

٤ وَأَنْعَمْتُ عَلَى إِسْحَاقَ بِيَعْقُوبَ وَعِيسُو، فَوَهَبْتُ عِيسُو جَبَلَ سِعِيرَ مِيرَاثاً. وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ فَقَدِ انْحَدَرُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ.

5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out

٥ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْتُ مُوسَى وَهرُونَ، وَأَنْزَلْتُ بِمِصْرَ الْبَلايَا بِسَبَبِ مَا صَنَعْتُهُ بِها، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْهَا.

6 from Egypt. And you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

٦ وَحَرَّرْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ مِصْرَ. وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا الْبَحْرَ الأَحْمَرَ وَلَحِقَ بِهِمِ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ،

7 When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

٧ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِي فَأَقَمْتُ حَاجِزاً مِنْ ظَلامٍ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَرَدَدْتُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَطْبَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَغَرِقُوا. وَشَهِدُوا بِأُمِّ أَعْيُنِهِمْ مَا صَنَعْتُهُ فِي مِصْرَ. وَأَقَامُوا فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حِقْبَةً طَوِيلَةً.

8 I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

٨ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فَحَارَبُوكُمْ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ، فَامْتَلَكْتُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَأَبَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ.

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

٩ وَهَبَّ بَالاقُ بْنُ صِفُّورَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ لِمُحَارَبَتِكُمْ، وَاسْتَدْعَى إِلَيْهِ بَلْعَامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ لِكَيْ يَلْعَنَكُمْ.

10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

١٠ فَلَمْ أُرِدْ أَنْ أَسْتَجِيبَ لِبَلْعَامَ، فَبَارَكَكُمْ بَرَكَةً بَعْدَ بَرَكَةٍ، وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

11 You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

١١ ثُمَّ اجْتَزْتُمْ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ وَحَاصَرْتُمْ أَرِيحَا، فَتَصَدَّى لَكُمْ أَصْحَابُهَا الأَمُورِيُّونَ وَالْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ وَالْحِثِّيُّونَ وَالْجِرْجَاشِيُّونَ وَالْحِوِّيُّونَ وَالْيَبُوسِيُّونَ، فَأَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ.

12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

١٢ وَأَرْسَلْتُ أَمَامَكُمْ أَسْرَابَ الزَّنَابِيرِ وَطَرَدْتُ مَلِكَيِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ وَجْهِكُمْ، فَلَمْ تَكُنْ سُيُوفُكُمْ وَلا سِهَامُكُمْ هِيَ الَّتِي نَصَرَتْكُمْ.

13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you did not build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'

١٣ وَوَهَبْتُكُمْ أَرْضاً لَمْ تَتْعَبُوا فِيهَا وَمُدُناً لَمْ تَبْنُوهَا فَأَقَمْتُمْ فِيهَا، وَكُرُوماً وَزَيْتُوناً لَمْ تَغْرِسُوهَا وَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهَا.

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

١٤ والآنَ اتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ وَاعْبُدُوهُ بِكُلِّ أَمَانَةٍ، وَانْزِعُوا الأَوْثَانَ الَّتِي عَبَدَهَا آبَاؤُكُمْ فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ وَفِي مِصْرَ وَاعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ.

15 If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

١٥ وَإِنْ سَاءَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ، فَاخْتَارُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ تَعْبُدُونَ سَوَاءَ مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي عَبَدَهَا آبَاؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ اسْتَوْطَنُوا شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ أَمْ آلِهَةِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ. أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَيْتِي فَنَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ».

16 The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

١٦ فَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ: «حَاشَا لَنَا أَنْ نَنْبِذَ الرَّبَّ لِنَعْبُدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

17 for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

١٧ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا وَأَخْرَجَ آبَاءَنَا مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ مِنْ تَحْتِ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَجْرَى عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنَّا تِلْكَ الآيَاتِ الْعَظِيمَةَ، وَرَعَانَا فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سِرْنَا فِيهَا، وَفِي وَسَطِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ مَرَرْنَا بِهِمْ،

18 The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God."

١٨ وَطَرَدَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ وَجْهِنَا جَمِيعَ الشُّعوُبِ، وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمِ الأَمُورِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ. فَنَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا».

19 Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve the LORD; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

١٩ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «لَنْ تَقْدِرُوا أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ حَقَّ الْعِبَادَةِ لأَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ قُدُّوسٌ وَغَيُورٌ وَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَذُنُوبَكُمْ.

20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good."

٢٠ وَإذَا نَبَذْتُمُ الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْتُمُ الأَوْثَانَ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيَفْجَعُكُمْ وَيُفْنِيكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ».

21 The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve the LORD."

٢١ فَقَالَ الشَّعْبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا، بَلِ الرَّبَّ نَعْبُدُ».

22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the LORD, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."

٢٢ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُمُ الرَّبَّ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ لِتَعْبُدُوهُ». فَأَجَابُوا: «نَحْنُ شُهُودٌ».

23 "Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel."

٢٣ فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ: «إِذَنْ انْزِعُوا الآنَ الآلِهَةَ الْغَرِيبَةَ الَّتِي مَعَكُمْ وَأَخْضِعُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice."

٢٤ فَأَجَابُوا: «الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا نَعْبُدُ، وَأَمْرَهُ نُطِيعُ».

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

٢٥ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَطَعَ يَشُوعُ عَهْداً لِلشَّعْبِ وَسَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي شَكِيمَ شَرَائِعَ وَأَحْكَاماً.

26 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.

٢٦ وَدَوَّنَ يَشُوعُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي كِتَابِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ، وَتَنَاوَلَ حَجَراً كَبِيراً وَنَصَبَهُ هُنَاكَ تَحْتَ الْبَلُّوطَةِ الَّتِي عِنْدَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

27 Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God."

٢٧ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ جَمِيعِهِ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَجَرَ شَاهِدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لِئَلّا تَجْحَدُوا إِلَهَكُمْ».

28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

٢٨ ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ.

29 It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.

٢٩ وَمَا لَبِثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ مَاتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سَنَوَاتٍ،

30 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.

٣٠ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ سَارَحَ الَّتِي فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ شِمَالِيَّ جَبَلِ جَاعَشَ.

31 Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel.

٣١ وَعَبَدَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الرَّبَّ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ يَشُوعَ، وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ أَيَّامِ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ عَمَّرُوا طَوِيلاً بَعْدَ يَشُوعَ، مِمَّنَ شَهِدُوا كُلَّ مُعَامَلاتِ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا مَعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred kesitahs. They became the inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

٣٢ وَدَفَنَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِظَامَ يُوسُفَ الَّتِي نَقَلُوهَا مَعَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ فِي شَكِيمَ، فِي قِطْعَةِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي اشْتَرَاهَا يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِمِئَةِ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، الَّتِي أَصْبَحَتْ جُزْءاً مِنْ مِيرَاثِ ذُرِّيَّةِ يُوسُفَ.

33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

٣٣ وَمَاتَ أَيْضاً أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ هرُونَ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي جِبْعَةَ فِينْحَاسَ ابْنِهِ الَّتِي أُعْطِيَتْ لَهُ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.