Joshua 23
1 And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,
Proteklo je mnogo dana kako je Jahve dao Izraelu da otpočine od svih neprijatelja unaokolo. I Jošua bijaše ostario, zašao u godine.
2 and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, 'I have become old; I have entered into days;
Dozva zato Jošua sve Izraelce, starješine, glavare, suce i upravitelje njihove i reče im: “Ostario sam i odmakao u godinama.
3 and ye — ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you;
Vi ste bili svjedoci svega što je Jahve, Bog vaš, pred vašim očima učinio svim narodima radi vas: Jahve, Bog vaš, borio se za vas.
4 see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun.
Vidite, razdijelio sam ždrijebom u baštinu vašim plemenima sve narode koji su ostali i sve one narode koje sam istrijebio od Jordana do Velikog mora na zapadu.
5 'As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you,
Jahve, Bog vaš, sam će ih goniti ispred vas i otjerat će ih ispred vas i zaposjest ćete njihovu zemlju, kao što vam je obećao Jahve, Bog vaš.
6 and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,
Budite, dakle, postojani i sve čvršći u tome da čuvate i vršite sve što je napisano u Knjizi zakona Mojsijeva i da ne odstupite od toga ni desno ni lijevo.
7 so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;
Ne miješajte se s tim narodima koji ostadoše među vama; i ne spominjite imena njihovih bogova niti se kunite njima; nemojte im služiti i ne klanjajte se njima.
8 but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
Nego se držite Jahve, Boga svoga, kako ste činili do danas.
9 And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
Jahve je protjerao ispred vas velike i moćne narode i nitko se nije do danas mogao održati pred vama.
10 one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;
Jedan je od vas tjerao pred sobom tisuću, jer se Jahve, Bog vaš, borio za vas, kao što vam je obećao.
11 and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.
Brižno pazite da ljubite Jahvu, Boga svojega, jer se radi o vašem životu.
12 'But — if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
Jer ako se odmetnete i prionete uz ostatak onih naroda koji preostaše među vama i s njima se povežete tazbinom i pomiješate se s njima i oni s vama,
13 know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
znajte dobro da će Jahve, Bog vaš, prestati goniti te narode ispred vas; oni će vam postati zamka i mreža, bit će bič bokovima vašim i trnje očima vašim, sve dok se ne iselite iz ove dobre zemlje koju vam dade Jahve, Bog vaš.
14 'And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known — with all your heart, and with all your soul — that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.
Evo, ja krećem danas na put kojim je svima poći. Spoznajte i priznajte svim srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom: ni jedno od svih obećanja koja vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, nije ostalo neispunjeno.
15 'And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you;
I kao što vam se ispunilo svako obećanje što vam ga je dao Jahve, Bog vaš, tako će Jahve ispuniti i svaku prijetnju dok vas ne izbriše s lica ove dobre zemlje koju vam je dao Jahve, Bog vaš.
16 in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.'
Ako prekršite Savez koji je Jahve, Bog vaš, sklopio s vama; ako budete služili drugim bogovima i klanjali se njima, buknut će gnjev Jahvin na vas i nestat će vas ubrzo iz dobre zemlje koju vam je Jahve dao.”
