Joshua 24

1 And Joshua convened all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

١ وَجَمَعَ يَشُوعُ جَمِيعَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى شَكِيمَ. وَدَعَا شُيُوخَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرُؤَسَاءَهُمْ وَقُضَاتَهُمْ وَعُرَفَاءَهُمْ فَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

٢ وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: آبَاؤُكُمْ سَكَنُوا فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ مُنْذُ ٱلدَّهْرِ. تَارَحُ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَبُو نَاحُورَ، وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

٣ فَأَخَذْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبَاكُمْ مِنْ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَسِرْتُ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَأَكْثَرْتُ نَسْلَهُ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُ إِسْحَاقَ.

4 And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

٤ وَأَعْطَيْتُ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْقُوبَ وَعِيسُوَ، وَأَعْطَيْتُ عِيسُوَ جَبَلَ سَعِيرَ لِيَمْلِكَهُ. وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ وَبَنُوهُ فَنَزَلُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ.

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

٥ وَأَرْسَلْتُ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ وَضَرَبْتُ مِصْرَ حَسَبَ مَا فَعَلْتُ فِي وَسَطِهَا، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ.

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red sea.

٦ فَأَخْرَجْتُ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَدَخَلْتُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ وَتَبِعَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ آبَاءَكُمْ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ إِلَى بَحْرِ سُوفٍ.

7 And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

٧ فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، فَجَعَلَ ظَلَامًا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَجَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَغَطَّاهُمْ. وَرَأَتْ أَعْيُنُكُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُ فِي مِصْرَ، وَأَقَمْتُمْ فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of Jordan, and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

٨ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فَحَارَبُوكُمْ، وَدَفَعْتُهُمْ بِيَدِكُمْ فَمَلَكْتُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ وَأَهْلَكْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ.

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

٩ وَقَامَ بَالَاقُ بْنُ صِفُّورَ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ وَحَارَبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْسَلَ وَدَعَا بَلْعَامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ لِكَيْ يَلْعَنَكُمْ.

10 But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

١٠ وَلَمْ أَشَأْ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ لِبَلْعَامَ، فَبَارَكَكُمْ بَرَكَةً وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

11 And ye went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.

١١ ثُمَّ عَبَرْتُمُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ وَأَتَيْتُمْ إِلَى أَرِيحَا. فَحَارَبَكُمْ أَصْحَابُ أَرِيحَا: ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ وَٱلْحِثِّيُّونَ وَٱلْجِرْجَاشِيُّونَ وَٱلْحِوِّيُّونَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيُّونَ، فَدَفَعْتُهُمْ بِيَدِكُمْ.

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

١٢ وَأَرْسَلْتُ قُدَّامَكُمُ ٱلزَّنَابِيرَ وَطَرَدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، أَيْ مَلِكَيِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ، لَا بِسَيْفِكَ وَلَا بِقَوْسِكَ.

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat.

١٣ وَأَعْطَيْتُكُمْ أَرْضًا لَمْ تَتْعَبُوا عَلَيْهَا، وَمُدُنًا لَمْ تَبْنُوهَا وَتَسْكُنُونَ بِهَا، وَمِنْ كُرُومٍ وَزَيْتُونٍ لَمْ تَغْرِسُوهَا تَأْكُلُونَ.

14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

١٤ فَٱلْآنَ ٱخْشَوْا ٱلرَّبَّ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ بِكَمَالٍ وَأَمَانَةٍ، وَٱنْزِعُوا ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَبَدَهُمْ آبَاؤُكُمْ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَفِي مِصْرَ، وَٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ.

15 And if it seemeth evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

١٥ وَإِنْ سَاءَ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ، فَٱخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنْ تَعْبُدُونَ: إِنْ كَانَ ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَبَدَهُمْ آبَاؤُكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ آلِهَةَ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتُمْ سَاكِنُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ. وَأَمَّا أَنَا وَبَيْتِي فَنَعْبُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ».

16 And the people answered, and said, Be it far from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

١٦ فَأَجَابَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَقَالُوا: «حَاشَا لَنَا أَنْ نَتْرُكَ ٱلرَّبَّ لِنَعْبُدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى،

17 For the LORD our God, he [it is] that brought us, and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

١٧ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَنَا وَآبَاءَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ، وَٱلَّذِي عَمِلَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِنَا تِلْكَ ٱلْآيَاتِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ، وَحَفِظَنَا فِي كُلِّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّتِي سِرْنَا فِيهَا وَفِي جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ عَبَرْنَا فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land: [therefore] will we also serve the LORD; for he [is] our God.

١٨ وَطَرَدَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِنَا جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ، وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ ٱلْأَرْضَ. فَنَحْنُ أَيْضًا نَعْبُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا».

19 And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he [is] a holy God; he [is] a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions, nor your sins.

١٩ فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ لِأَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ قُدُّوسٌ وَإِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ هُوَ. لَا يَغْفِرُ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَخَطَايَاكُمْ.

20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

٢٠ وَإِذَا تَرَكْتُمُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْتُمْ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً يَرْجِعُ فَيُسِيءُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيُفْنِيكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكُمْ».

21 And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.

٢١ فَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «لَا. بَلِ ٱلرَّبَّ نَعْبُدُ».

22 And Joshua said to the people, Ye [are] witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

٢٢ فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ قَدِ ٱخْتَرْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمُ ٱلرَّبَّ لِتَعْبُدُوهُ». فَقَالُوا: «نَحْنُ شُهُودٌ».

23 Now therefore put away ([said he] ) the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

٢٣ «فَٱلْآنَ ٱنْزِعُوا ٱلْآلِهَةَ ٱلْغَرِيبَةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَسَطِكُمْ وَأَمِيلُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

٢٤ فَقَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا نَعْبُدُ وَلِصَوْتِهِ نَسْمَعُ».

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

٢٥ وَقَطَعَ يَشُوعُ عَهْدًا لِلشَّعْبِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ فَرِيضَةً وَحُكْمًا فِي شَكِيمَ.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD.

٢٦ وَكَتَبَ يَشُوعُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ فِي سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ ٱللهِ. وَأَخَذَ حَجَرًا كَبِيرًا وَنَصَبَهُ هُنَاكَ تَحْتَ ٱلْبَلُّوطَةِ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ مَقْدِسِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

27 And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us, it shall be therefore a witness to you, lest ye deny your God.

٢٧ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «إِنَّ هَذَا ٱلْحَجَرَ يَكُونُ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْنَا، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ كُلَّ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَنَا بِهِ، فَيَكُونُ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ لِئَلَّا تَجْحَدُوا إِلَهَكُمْ».

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man to his inheritance.

٢٨ ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَشُوعُ ٱلشَّعْبَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun the servant of the LORD died, [being] a hundred and ten years old.

٢٩ وَكَانَ بَعْدَ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ أَنَّهُ مَاتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ عَبْدُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱبْنَ مِئَةٍ وَعَشْرِ سِنِينَ.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which [is] in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

٣٠ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي تُخْمِ مُلْكِهِ، فِي تِمْنَةَ سَارَحَ ٱلَّتِي فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ شِمَالِيَّ جَبَلِ جَاعَشَ.

31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel.

٣١ وَعَبَدَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱلرَّبَّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ يَشُوعَ، وَكُلَّ أَيَّامِ ٱلشُّيُوخِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَالَتْ أَيَّامُهُمْ بَعْدَ يَشُوعَ وَٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا كُلَّ عَمَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ.

32 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

٣٢ وَعِظَامُ يُوسُفَ ٱلَّتِي أَصْعَدَهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ دَفَنُوهَا فِي شَكِيمَ، فِي قِطْعَةِ ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّتِي ٱشْتَرَاهَا يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِمِئَةِ قَسِيطَةٍ، فَصَارَتْ لِبَنِي يُوسُفَ مُلْكًا.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill [that pertained] to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

٣٣ وَمَاتَ أَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ هَارُونَ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي جِبْعَةِ فِينْحَاسَ ٱبْنِهِ ٱلَّتِي أُعْطِيَتْ لَهُ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.