Joshua 23
1 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.
耶和华使以色列人安静，不与四围的一切仇敌争战，已经多日。约书亚年纪老迈，
2 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.
就把以色列众人的长老、族长、审判官，并官长都召了来，对他们说：“我年纪已经老迈。
3 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.
耶和华—你们的 神因你们的缘故向那些国所行的一切事，你们亲眼看见了，因那为你们争战的是耶和华—你们的 神。
4 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.
我所剪除和所剩下的各国，从约旦河起到日落之处的大海，我已经拈阄分给你们各支派为业。
5 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.
耶和华—你们的 神必将他们从你们面前赶出去，使他们离开你们，你们就必得他们的地为业，正如耶和华—你们的 神所应许的。
6 “Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it [IDM].
所以，你们要大大壮胆，谨守遵行写在摩西律法书上的一切话，不可偏离左右。
7 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.
不可与你们中间所剩下的这些国民搀杂。他们的神，你们不可提他的名，不可指着他起誓，也不可事奉、叩拜；
8 You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.
只要照着你们到今日所行的，专靠耶和华—你们的 神。
9 “Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.
因为耶和华已经把又大又强的国民从你们面前赶出；直到今日，没有一人在你们面前站立得住。
10 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.
你们一人必追赶千人，因耶和华—你们的 神照他所应许的，为你们争战。
11 So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.
你们要分外谨慎，爱耶和华—你们的 神。
12 “If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them,
你们若稍微转去，与你们中间所剩下的这些国民联络，彼此结亲，互相往来，
13 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.
你们要确实知道，耶和华—你们的 神必不再将他们从你们眼前赶出；他们却要成为你们的网罗、机槛、肋上的鞭、眼中的刺，直到你们在耶和华—你们 神所赐的这美地上灭亡。
14 “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.
“我现在要走世人必走的路。你们是一心一意地知道，耶和华—你们 神所应许赐福与你们的话没有一句落空，都应验在你们身上了。
15 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.
耶和华—你们 神所应许的一切福气怎样临到你们身上，耶和华也必照样使各样祸患临到你们身上，直到把你们从耶和华—你们 神所赐的这美地上除灭。
16 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.”
你们若违背耶和华—你们 神吩咐你们所守的约，去事奉别神，叩拜他，耶和华的怒气必向你们发作，使你们在他所赐的美地上速速灭亡。”
