Joshua 24
1 [Many years later], Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem [city]. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.
Yosua memanggil para tua-tua, kepala suku, hakim, dan pengatur pasukan dari semua suku bangsa Israel untuk berkumpul di Sikem. Di sana mereka datang menghadap Allah.
2 Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River.
Kata Yosua kepada mereka, “Inilah yang dikatakan oleh TUHAN, Allah Israel: Dulu nenek moyang kalian, termasuk Terah, ayah Abraham dan Nahor, tinggal di seberang sungai Efrat dan menyembah dewa-dewa.
3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.
Tetapi Aku mengambil Abraham, leluhur kalian, dari sana. Aku menyuruh dia menjelajahi negeri Kanaan dan membuat keturunannya banyak. Aku memberikan Isak kepadanya,
4 When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.
dan kepada Isak Aku berikan Yakub dan Esau. Aku sudah memberikan kepada Esau pegunungan Seir untuk menjadi miliknya, sedangkan Yakub dan anak-anaknya pergi ke Mesir.
5 “[Many years later], I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused [the people of] Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt.
“Kemudian Aku mengutus Musa dan Harun, lalu mendatangkan berbagai bencana besar kepada bangsa Mesir. Sesudah itu Aku membawa nenek moyang kalian keluar dari Mesir.
6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea.
Tetapi waktu mereka sampai di Laut Merah, orang Mesir mengejar mereka dengan kereta perang dan pasukan berkuda.
7 Then [your ancestors] pleaded with me to help them. So he caused (darkness/a very dark cloud) to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed [IDM]. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years.
Ketika mereka berteriak minta tolong kepada-Ku, Aku mendatangkan kegelapan di antara nenek moyang kalian dan pasukan Mesir. Aku juga menenggelamkan pasukan Mesir. Kalian tahu bagaimana mereka sendiri menyaksikan apa yang Aku lakukan di Mesir. Setelah itu mereka lama tinggal di padang belantara.
8 “Then I brought your [ancestors] to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I [enabled you to] destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].
“Lalu Aku membawa kalian ke daerah orang Amori di sebelah timur sungai Yordan. Mereka berperang melawan kalian, tetapi Aku membinasakan mereka dan membuat kalian menang supaya kalian bisa menduduki negeri mereka.
9 Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, (decided that his army would fight against/opposed) the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you.
Lalu Balak anak Zipor memerangi kalian. Balak adalah raja negeri Moab. Dia memanggil Bileam anak Beor untuk mengutuk kalian.
10 But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he (blessed/said that I would do great things for) you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you [IDM].
Tetapi Aku tidak membiarkan Bileam melakukannya. Sebaliknya, Aku membuat dia memberkati kalian. Dengan demikian Aku menyelamatkan kalian dari Balak.
11 “Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, [and the armies of] the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus [all prepared to do the same thing] but I enabled you to defeat [IDM] them all.
“Ketika kalian menyeberangi sungai Yordan dan tiba di Yeriko, penduduk Yeriko berperang melawan kalian, demikian juga bangsa Amori, Feris, Kanaan, Het, Girgasi, Hewi, dan Yebus. Tetapi Aku menyerahkan mereka kepada kalian.
12 I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; [it was I who defeated them].
Aku membuat mereka dan juga kedua raja orang Amori itu begitu ketakutan sehingga mereka lari dari kalian. Kalian menang bukan karena pedang maupun panahmu.
13 So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. [Now] you live in those [cities] and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’”
Aku memberikan kepada kalian tanah walaupun bukan kalian yang menggarapnya, dan kota-kota walaupun bukan kalian yang membangunnya. Sekarang kalian tinggal di dalamnya. Aku juga memberikan kepada kalian kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun zaitun walaupun bukan kalian yang menanamnya, dan kalianlah yang memakan hasilnya.”
14 [Then Joshua said to the people], “[Because of all that] Yahweh [has done for you], revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh.
Lalu Yosua berkata, “Karena itu kalian harus takut dan hormat kepada TUHAN. Sembahlah Dia dengan tulus dan setia. Musnahkanlah berhala-berhala yang dulu disembah oleh nenek moyangmu di seberang sungai Efrat dan di Mesir. Sembahlah hanya TUHAN saja.
15 But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what [gods] you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, [serve/worship]. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”
Akan tetapi, kalau menurut kalian menyembah TUHAN itu tidak baik, pilihlah pada hari ini siapa yang akan kalian sembah. Apakah kalian mau menyembah dewa-dewa yang dulu disembah nenek moyangmu di seberang sungai Efrat? Atau apakah kalian mau menyembah dewa-dewa yang disembah bangsa Amori, yang negerinya kalian diami ini? Tetapi saya dan seluruh keluarga saya akan mengabdi kepada TUHAN!”
16 The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!
Bangsa itu menjawab, “Kami tidak akan pernah meninggalkan TUHAN untuk menyembah dewa-dewa!
17 It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. [He rescued them] from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled.
Karena TUHAN Allah kitalah yang sudah membawa kita dan nenek moyang kita keluar dari perbudakan di Mesir. Dialah yang membuat keajaiban-keajaiban besar di depan mata kita. Dia jugalah yang selama ini melindungi kita sepanjang perjalanan ketika kita melewati semua bangsa asing.
18 As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so [we are saying that] we also will serve/worship him.”
TUHAN sudah mengusir semua bangsa dari hadapan kita, termasuk orang Amori yang tinggal di negeri ini. Jadi, kami juga akan menyembah TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah kita.”
19 Joshua replied to the people, “[I think that] you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling [against him]. He demands that you serve/worship only him [IDM].
Berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa Israel, “Kalian tidak sanggup mengabdi kepada TUHAN, karena Dia adalah Allah yang kudus dan cemburu. Dia tidak akan bersabar terhadap pelanggaran dan dosamu.
20 He has been good to you [in the past], but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn [against you] and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish [IDM] you severely!”
Apabila kalian meninggalkan TUHAN dan menyembah dewa-dewa, Dia akan berbalik melawan kalian, walaupun sebelumnya Dia baik kepada kalian. Dia akan mencelakai dan membinasakan kalian.”
21 But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”
Jawab bangsa Israel, “Kami tidak akan meninggalkan TUHAN! Hanya TUHANlah yang akan kami sembah.”
22 Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”
Lalu kata Yosua kepada mereka, “Kalian menjadi saksi bagi dirimu sendiri, bahwa kalian sudah memilih untuk menyembah TUHAN.” Jawab mereka, “Ya, kamilah saksinya!”
23 Then Joshua said, “Since [you have decided] that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [serve/worship].”
Kata Yosua, “Kalau begitu, musnahkanlah berhala-berhala yang ada di antara kalian dan mengabdilah kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel, dengan sepenuh hati.”
24 The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”
Jawab bangsa itu kepada Yosua, “Kami akan menyembah TUHAN, Allah kita. Kami akan taat kepada-Nya.”
25 That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey.
Pada hari itu di Sikem, Yosua mengadakan perjanjian antara bangsa Israel dengan TUHAN, dan menetapkan hukum serta peraturan-peraturan bagi mereka.
26 He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he [told some men to] set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the [large] oak tree near the place where [they worshiped] Yahweh.
Yosua menulis semuanya itu dalam sebuah kitab hukum Allah. Sebagai peringatan, dia menempatkan sebuah batu besar di bawah pohon besar, di dekat kemah TUHAN.
27 He said to all the people, “Look! [It is as though] this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you [and that you promised Yahweh]. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”
Kata Yosua kepada bangsa Israel, “Lihatlah, batu ini ada di sini selama perkataan TUHAN disampaikan. Karena itu batu ini menjadi saksi bisu bagi kita, sebagai pengingat agar kalian tidak meninggalkan Allahmu.”
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
Lalu Yosua menyuruh mereka pulang ke tanah warisannya masing-masing.
29 Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Beberapa waktu sesudah itu, Yosua anak Nun, hamba TUHAN itu, meninggal pada umur seratus sepuluh tahun.
30 The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah [town] town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim.
Mereka menguburkannya di tanah warisannya, di Timnat Serah di pegunungan Efraim, di sebelah utara gunung Gaas.
31 The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive.
Bangsa Israel menyembah TUHAN sepanjang hidup Yosua. Sesudah dia meninggal, mereka tetap menyembah TUHAN selama masih ada para tua-tua yang hidup lebih lama daripada Yosua, yaitu mereka yang sudah menyaksikan semua perbuatan TUHAN bagi bangsa Israel.
32 Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons.
Tulang-tulang Yusuf, yang dibawa bangsa Israel keluar dari Mesir, dikuburkan di Sikem, tanah yang dibeli Yakub dengan harga seratus keping perak dari anak-anak Hemor. Hemor adalah ayah Sikem. Tanah ini menjadi warisan bagi keturunan Yusuf.
33 Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim.
Eleazar anak Harun juga meninggal. Dia dikuburkan di kota Gibea di pegunungan Efraim. Kota itu sudah diberikan kepada Pinehas, anak Eleazar.
