Joshua 23
1 After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies that around them, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years.
Pripetilo se je, dolgo časa po tem, ko je Gospod dal počitek Izraelu pred vsemi njegovimi sovražniki naokoli, da je Józue postal star in zvrhan v starosti.
2 Joshua called for all Israel—for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers—and he said to them, “I am very old.
Józue je dal poklicati ves Izrael in po njihove starešine, po njihove poglavarje, po njihove sodnike, po njihove častnike ter jim rekel: »Star sem in zvrhan v starosti.
3 You have seen everything that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.
Videli ste vse, kar je Gospod, vaš Bog, zaradi vas storil vsem tem narodom, kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, je ta, ki se je boril za vas.
4 Look! I have assigned to you the nations that remain to be conquered as an inheritance for your tribes, along with all the nations I have already destroyed, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
Glejte, z žrebom sem vam razdelil vse te narode, ki preostajajo, da bodo dediščina za vaše rodove, od Jordana, z vsemi narodi, ki sem jih iztrebil, celo do vélikega morja proti zahodu.
5 Yahweh your God will drive them out. He will push them out from you. He will seize their land, and you will take possession of their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you.
Gospod, vaš Bog, jih bo pregnal izpred vas in jih pognal iz vašega pogleda in vi boste vzeli v last njihovo deželo, kakor vam je Gospod, vaš Bog, obljubil.
6 So be very strong, so that you keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,
Bodite torej zelo pogumni, da se držite in da storite vse, kar je zapisano v knjigi Mojzesove postave, da se ne obrnete vstran od tam ne k desni roki ne k levi,
7 so you may not mix with these nations that remain among you or mention the names of their gods, swear by them, worship them, or bow down to them.
da ne pridete med te narode, te, ki preostajajo med vami, niti ne omenjajte imena njihovih bogov, niti ne povzročajte, da prisegate pri njih, niti jim ne služite, niti se jim ne priklanjajte,
8 Instead, you must cling to Yahweh your God just as you have done to this day.
temveč se trdno pridružite Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, kakor ste storili ta dan.
9 For Yahweh has driven out before you large, strong nations. As for you, no one has been able to stand before you to this present day.
Kajti Gospod je izpred vas pregnal velike in močne narode, toda glede vas, noben človek ni mogel obstati pred vami do tega dne.
10 Any single man of your number will make a thousand run away, for Yahweh your God, is the one who fights for you, just as he promised you.
En mož med vami jih bo pregnal tisoč, kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, on je ta, ki se bori za vas, kakor vam je obljubil.
11 Pay particular attention, so that you love Yahweh your God.
Pazite torej nase, da ljubite Gospoda, svojega Boga.
12 But if you turn back and cling to the survivors of these nations who remain among you, or if you intermarry with them, or if you come together with them and they with you,
Sicer če boste na kakršenkoli način šli nazaj in se trdno pridružili preostanku teh narodov, torej tem, ki preostajajo med vami in boste z njimi sklepali poroke in šli noter k njim in oni k vam,
13 then know for certain that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations out from among you. Instead, they will become a snare and a trap for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given you.
zagotovo vedite, da Gospod, vaš Bog, izpred vas ne bo več pregnal nobenega izmed teh narodov, temveč vam bodo zanke, pasti in nadloge na vaših straneh in trni v vaših očeh, dokler ne izginete iz te dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal Gospod, vaš Bog.
14 Now I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your hearts and souls that not one word has failed to come true of all the good things that Yahweh your God promised about you. All these things have come about for you. Not one of them has failed.
Glejte, ta dan grem pot vse zemlje in vi veste v vseh svojih srcih in v vseh svojih dušah, da se ni izjalovila niti ena od vseh dobrih stvari, ki jih je Gospod, vaš Bog, govoril glede vas. Vse so se vam zgodile in niti ena stvar od tega se ni izjalovila.
15 But just as every word Yahweh your God promised you has been fulfilled, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things until he has destroyed you from this good land that Yahweh your God has given you.
Zato se bo zgodilo, da kakor vse dobre stvari, ki so prišle nad vas, ki vam jih je Gospod, vaš Bog, obljubil, tako bo Gospod nad vas privedel vse zle stvari, dokler vas ne uniči iz te dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal Gospod, vaš Bog.
16 He will do this if you break the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you to keep. If you go and worship other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land that he has given you.”
Ko ste prekršili zavezo Gospoda, svojega Boga, ki vam jo je zapovedal in šli ter služili drugim bogovom in se jim priklanjali, potem bo zoper vas vžgana Gospodova jeza in hitro boste izginili iz dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal.«
