< Joshua 23 >

1 and to be from day many after which to rest LORD to/for Israel from all enemy their from around and Joshua be old to come (in): advanced in/on/with day: year
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.
2 and to call: call to Joshua to/for all Israel to/for old: elder his and to/for head: leader his and to/for to judge him and to/for official his and to say to(wards) them I be old to come (in): advanced in/on/with day: year
Joshua was now very old. [One day] he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and [other] officials. He said to them, “I am now very old.
3 and you(m. p.) to see: see [obj] all which to make: do LORD God your to/for all [the] nation [the] these from face: before your for LORD God your he/she/it [the] to fight to/for you
You people have seen what Yahweh our God has done to help you defeat the people-groups [that lived in this land]. Yahweh our God has fought for you.
4 to see: behold! to fall: allot to/for you [obj] [the] nation [the] to remain [the] these in/on/with inheritance to/for tribe your from [the] Jordan and all [the] nation which to cut: eliminate and [the] sea [the] Great (Sea) entrance [the] sun
But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan [River in the east] to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you.
5 and LORD God your he/she/it to thrust them from face: before your and to possess: take [obj] them from to/for face: before your and to possess: take [obj] land: country/planet their like/as as which to speak: promise LORD God your to/for you
Yahweh our God will compel the people who are still living there to leave. He will push them out as you advance. Then the land will be yours, as Yahweh has promised you.
6 and to strengthen: strengthen much to/for to keep: obey and to/for to make: do [obj] all [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book instruction Moses to/for lest to turn aside: turn aside from him right and left
“Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it [IDM].
7 to/for lest to come (in): come in/on/with nation [the] these [the] to remain [the] these with you and in/on/with name God their not to remember and not to swear and not to serve: minister them and not to bow to/for them
Do not associate with the people who live among us [who are not Israelis and who worship other gods]. Do not mention the names of their gods, and do not use the names of their gods when you promise to do something. Do not serve their gods or worship them.
8 that if: except if: except in/on/with LORD God your to cleave like/as as which to make: do till [the] day: today [the] this
You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.
9 and to possess: take LORD from face: before your nation great: large and mighty and you(m. p.) not to stand: stand man: anyone in/on/with face: before your till [the] day: today [the] this
“Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.
10 man one from you to pursue thousand for LORD God your he/she/it [the] to fight to/for you like/as as which to speak: promise to/for you
Each of you will be able to cause 1,000 of them to run away, because Yahweh your God will fight for you, just like he promised to do.
11 and to keep: careful much to/for soul: myself your to/for to love: lover [obj] LORD God your
So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.
12 for if: except to return: return to return: return and to cleave in/on/with remainder [the] nation [the] these [the] to remain [the] these with you and be related in/on/with them and to come (in): marry in/on/with them and they(masc.) in/on/with you
“If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them,
13 to know to know for not to add: again LORD God your to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] nation [the] these from to/for face: before your and to be to/for you to/for snare and to/for snare and to/for scourge in/on/with side your and to/for thorn in/on/with eye your till to perish you from upon [the] land: soil [the] pleasant [the] this which to give: give to/for you LORD God your
then you can be sure that Yahweh our God will not help you to expel those people-groups from your land. They will be [like] traps [DOU, MET] [that will catch you]. They will be [like] whips [that strike] your backs, and like thorns [that will scratch] your eyes. As a result, none of you will be left in this good land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.
14 and behold I to go: went [the] day: today in/on/with way: journey all [the] land: country/planet and to know in/on/with all heart your and in/on/with all soul your for not to fall: fail word: thing one from all [the] word: thing [the] pleasant which to speak: promise LORD God your upon you [the] all to come (in): come to/for you not to fall: fail from him word: thing one
“It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does [EUP]. You know in your hearts [DOU] that Yahweh has done for you [LIT] everything that he promised to do.
15 and to be like/as as which to come (in): fulfill upon you all [the] word: thing [the] pleasant which to speak: promise LORD God your to(wards) you so to come (in): bring LORD upon you [obj] all [the] word: thing [the] bad: evil till to destroy he [obj] you from upon [the] land: soil [the] pleasant [the] this which to give: give to/for you LORD God your
He has given to you all the good things that he promised. In the same way, the other things that he promised, [things that are not good], will also happen. He said that if you do what is evil, he will get rid of you and send you away from this good land that he has given to you.
16 in/on/with to pass: trespass you [obj] covenant LORD God your which to command [obj] you and to go: went and to serve: minister God another and to bow to/for them and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with you and to perish haste from upon [the] land: country/planet [the] pleasant which to give: give to/for you
That will happen if you do not obey the commands that Yahweh our God told you to obey. If you serve other gods and worship them, Yahweh will become very angry with you. Very quickly [he will expel you from] this good land that he has given to you, [and] none of you will be left here.”

< Joshua 23 >