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.
Josué reuniu todas as tribos de Israel em Siquém, e chamou os anciãos de Israel, por suas cabeças, seus juízes e seus oficiais; e eles se apresentaram diante de Deus.
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.
Josué disse a todo o povo: “Javé, o Deus de Israel, diz: 'Seus pais viveram de tempos passados além do rio, até mesmo Terah, o pai de Abraão, e o pai de Naor'. Eles serviram a outros deuses”.
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.
Eu levei seu pai Abraão de além do rio, e o conduzi por toda a terra de Canaã, e multipliquei sua descendência, e lhe dei Isaque.
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.
Eu dei a Isaac Jacob e Esaú: e dei a Esaú o Monte Seir, para possuí-lo. Jacó e seus filhos desceram ao Egito.
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.
“'Eu enviei Moisés e Arão, e atormentei o Egito, de acordo com o que fiz entre eles: e depois os trouxe para fora.
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.
trouxe seus pais para fora do Egito: e você veio ao mar. Os egípcios perseguiram seus pais com carruagens e com cavaleiros até o Mar Vermelho.
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.
Quando clamaram a Javé, ele colocou escuridão entre vós e os egípcios, e trouxe o mar sobre eles, e os cobriu; e vossos olhos viram o que eu fiz no Egito. Vocês viveram muitos dias no deserto.
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].
“'Eu o trouxe para a terra dos Amoritas, que viviam além do Jordão. Eles lutaram com você, e eu os entreguei em sua mão. Você possuía a terra deles, e eu os destruí de antes de você.
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.
Então Balak, filho de Zippor, rei dos Moab, levantou-se e lutou contra Israel. Ele enviou e chamou Balaão, o filho de Beor, para amaldiçoá-lo,
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].
mas eu não quis ouvir Balaão; por isso ele ainda o abençoou. Por isso, eu vos livrei de suas mãos.
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.
“'Você passou por cima do Jordão, e veio a Jericó. Os homens de Jericó lutaram contra você, o Amorreu, o Perizzite, o Cananeu, o Hitita, o Girgashite, o Hivita e o Jebuseu; e eu os entreguei em suas mãos.
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].
Enviei o vespeiro diante de ti, que os expulsou de diante de ti, mesmo os dois reis dos amoritas; não com a tua espada, nem com o teu arco.
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.’”
Eu lhe dei um terreno no qual você não tinha trabalhado, e cidades que você não construiu, e você vive nelas. Você come de vinhedos e olivais que não plantou”.
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.
“Agora, portanto, teme Yahweh, e serve-o com sinceridade e verdade. Afaste os deuses que seus pais serviram além do rio, no Egito; e sirva a Iavé.
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!”
Se lhe parece malvado servir a Javé, escolha hoje a quem você servirá; se os deuses que seus pais serviram que estavam além do rio, ou os deuses dos amorreus, em cuja terra você mora; mas quanto a mim e a minha casa, serviremos a Javé”.
16 The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!
O povo respondeu: “Longe de nós que devemos abandonar Javé, para servir a outros deuses;
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.
pois foi Javé nosso Deus que nos trouxe e a nossos pais para fora da terra do Egito, da casa da servidão, e que fez aqueles grandes sinais aos nossos olhos, e nos preservou em todo o caminho por onde passamos, e entre todos os povos pelo meio dos quais passamos.
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.”
Yahweh expulsou de diante de nós todos os povos, até mesmo os amoritas que viviam na terra. Portanto, nós também serviremos a Javé; pois ele é nosso Deus”.
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].
Josué disse ao povo: “Você não pode servir a Javé, pois ele é um Deus santo. Ele é um Deus ciumento”. Ele não perdoará sua desobediência nem seus pecados”.
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!”
Se você abandonar Javé, e servir deuses estrangeiros, ele se voltará e lhe fará o mal, e o consumirá, depois de lhe ter feito o bem”.
21 But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”
O povo disse a Joshua: “Não, mas nós serviremos a Javé”.
22 Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”
Josué disse ao povo: “Vocês são testemunhas contra vocês mesmos de que escolheram a Yahweh para servi-lo”. Eles disseram: “Somos testemunhas”.
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].”
“Agora, portanto, afaste os deuses estrangeiros que estão entre vocês e incline seu coração para Yahweh, o Deus de Israel”.
24 The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”
O povo disse a Josué: “Serviremos a Javé, nosso Deus, e escutaremos sua voz”.
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.
Então Josué fez um convênio com o povo naquele dia, e fez para eles um estatuto e uma portaria em Shechem.
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.
Josué escreveu estas palavras no livro da lei de Deus; e pegou uma grande pedra, e a colocou sob o carvalho que estava junto ao santuário de Yahweh.
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!”
Josué disse a todo o povo: “Eis que esta pedra será testemunha contra nós, pois ouviu todas as palavras de Iavé que ele nos dirigiu. Será, portanto, uma testemunha contra vós, para que não negueis vosso Deus”.
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
Então Josué mandou o povo embora, cada um para sua própria herança.
29 Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Depois destas coisas, Josué, filho de Freira, o servo de Yahweh, morreu, tendo cem e dez anos de idade.
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.
Eles o enterraram na fronteira de sua herança em Timnathserah, que fica na região montanhosa de Ephraim, ao norte da montanha de Gaash.
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 serviu a Javé todos os dias de Josué, e todos os dias dos anciãos que sobreviveram a Josué, e tinham conhecido todo o trabalho de Javé, que ele tinha trabalhado para 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.
Eles enterraram os ossos de José, que os filhos de Israel criaram fora do Egito, em Siquém, na parcela de terra que Jacó comprou dos filhos de Hamor, o pai de Siquém, por cem moedas de prata. Eles se tornaram a herança dos filhos de José.
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, filho de Aarão, morreu. Eles o enterraram na colina de Phinehas, seu filho, que lhe foi dado na região montanhosa de Efraim.
