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.
So samla Josva alle Israels-ætterne i Sikem, og kalla til seg styresmennerne i Israel og hovdingarne og domarane og formennerne deira, og dei steig fram for Guds åsyn.
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.
Då tala Josva soleis til heile lyden: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «På hi sida Storelvi budde i gamle dagar federne dykkar, millom deim Tarah, far åt Abraham og Nahor, og dei tente framande gudar.
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.
Og eg henta Abraham, ættefaren dykkar, frå hi sida åt elvi og førde honom ikring i heile Kana’ans-landet; og eg auka ætti hans, og gav honom Isak.
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.
Og Isak gav eg Jakob og Esau: Esau let eg få Se’irfjellet til eigedom, men Jakob og sønerne hans for ned til Egyptarland.
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.
Sidan sende eg Moses og Aron, og heimsøkte egyptarane med dei plågorne de veit, og so førde eg dykk ut.
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.
Då eg no førde federne dykkar ut or Egyptarland, kom de til sjøen; men egyptarane sette etter deim til Sevhavet med vogner og hestfolk.
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.
Då ropa dei til Herren, og han sende eit tett myrker millom dykk og egyptarane, og let havet slå i hop yver deim og grava deim ned. Med eigne augo såg de kva eg gjorde i Egyptarland. Sidan var de lenge i øydemarki.
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].
So førde eg dykk inn til landet åt amoritarne, som budde austanfor Jordan, og dei stridde mot dykk, men eg gav deim i dykkar hender; de eigna til dykk landet deira, og eg rudde deim ut for dykk.
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.
Balak Sipporsson, kongen i Moab, budde seg til strid og tok på Israel; han sende bod på Bileam Beorsson, og bad honom lysa våbøn yver dykk;
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].
men eg vilde ikkje lyda etter Bileam, og han laut velsigna dykk; soleis berga eg dykk ifrå honom.
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.
So for de yver Jordan, og kom til Jeriko, og Jeriko-buarne stridde mot dykk, og det same gjorde amoritarne og perizitarne og kananitarne og hetitarne og girgasitarne, hevitarne og jebusitarne; men eg gav deim i dykkar hender.
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].
Ein kvefsesvarm sende eg fyre dykk, og dei støkte deim burt for dykk, liksom båe amoritarkongarne; det var ikkje med sverdet ditt eller bogen du dreiv deim ut.
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.’”
Eg gav dykk eit land som du ikkje hev havt noko stræv med, og byar som ikkje de hev bygt, og der sette de dykk ned; de et av vinhagar som de ikkje sjølve hev stelt til, og av oljetre som de ikkje hev sett.»
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.
So ber då age for Herren og ten honom ærleg og trufast! Skil dykk av med dei gudarne som federne dykkar dyrka på hi sida Storelvi og i Egyptarland, og ten Herren!
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!”
Men hev de ikkje hug til å tena Herren, so vel i dag kven de vil tena, anten dei gudarne som federne dykkar austanfor Storelvi tente, eller gudarne åt amoritarne, som åtte det landet de bur i! Men eg og mitt hus me vil tena Herren.»
16 The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!
Då svara folket so: «Å, nei, aldri kunde me koma på slikt som å falla frå Herren og tena andre gudar!
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.
For Herren er vår Gud! Han var det som førde oss og federne våre ut or Egyptarlandet, or slavehuset, og som gjorde desse store teikni for augo våre, og vara oss på heile den vegen me for og millom alle dei folkeslagi me laut framum.
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.”
Herren var det som dreiv burt for oss amoritarne som budde her i landet, og alle dei andre folki. Me og vil tena Herren; for han er vår Gud.»
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].
«De er ikkje god til å tena Herren, » sagde Josva, «for han er ein heilag Gud; ein streng Gud er han; han vil ikkje hava tol med broti og synderne dykkar.
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!”
Fell de frå Herren og tener framande gudar, då kjem han til å taka ei onnor leid, og lata det ganga dykk ille og gjera ende på dykk, kor mykje godt han fyrr hev gjort dykk.»
21 But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”
«Jau, me vil tena Herren, » svara folket.
22 Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”
Då sagde Josva til folket: «So vitnar de då mot dykk sjølve at de hev valt Herren og vil tena honom.» «Ja, det vitnar me, » svara dei.
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].”
«Hav då burt dei framande gudarne som er hjå dykk, » sagde Josva, «og bøyg hjarta dykkar innåt Herren, Israels Gud!»
24 The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”
Og folket svara: «Ja, Herren, vår Gud, vil me tena, og hans ord vil me lyda.»
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.
Den dagen gjorde Josva ei pakt med folket. Der i Sikem sette han deim lov og rett,
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.
og skreiv alt upp i Guds lovbok. So tok han ein stor stein og reiste upp under ei eik som stend frammed heilagdomen åt Herren,
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!”
og tala soleis til heile folket: «Denne steinen skal vera vitne imot oss, han hev høyrt kvart ord som Herren hev tala med oss, og han skal vera vitne mot dykk, so de ikkje gløymer Herren, dykkar Gud.»
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
So bad Josva farvel med folket, og dei for heim att, kvar til sin eigedom.
29 Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Ei tid etter dette hadde hendt, andast Josva Nunsson, Herrens tenar; han var då hundrad og ti år gamall.
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.
Han vart gravlagd på sin eigen gard og grunn, i Timnat-Serah på Efraimsheidi, nordanfor Ga’asfjell.
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.
Israel tente Herren so lenge Josva var til, og so lenge dei gamle var til som livde etter Josva og kjende til alt det som Herren hadde gjort for 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.
Beini åt Josef, som Israels-sønerne hadde ført med seg frå Egyptarland, gravla dei attmed Sikem, på den marki som Jakob hadde kjøpt av sønerne åt Hemor, far hans Sikem, for hundrad gullpenger, og som Josefs-borni hadde fenge til odel og eiga.
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.
Sidan døydde Eleazar, son åt Aron, og vart gravlagd i Gibea på Efraimsheidi, ein by som hadde vorte gjeven åt Pinehas, son hans.
