< 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,
Ary rehefa ela, taorian’ ny nanomezan’ i Jehovah fitsaharana ho an’ ny Isiraely ho afaka amin’ ny fahavalony rehetra manodidina, ary Josoa dia efa zoki-olona sady nandroso fahanterana,
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;
dia nantsoin’ i Josoa ny Isiraely rehetra, dia ny loholony sy ny lehibeny sy ny mpitsara azy ary ny mpifehy azy, ka hoy izy taminy: Efa zoki-olona aho izao ka mandroso fahanterana,
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;
ary ianareo efa nahita izay rehetra nataon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo tamin’ ireo firenena rehetra ireo teo anoloanareo; fa Jehovah Andriamanitrareo no niady ho anareo.
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.
Indreo, efa voazarako ho lovan’ ny firenenareo tamin’ ny filokana ireo firenena sisa ireo, hatrany Jordana, mbamin’ ny firenena rehetra izay nofongorako, ka hatramin’ ny Ranomasina Lehibe andrefana.
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,
Ary Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, Izy no handroaka ireny eo anoloanareo, dia hampiala azy eo anoloanareo; ary handova ny taniny ianareo araka izay nolazain’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo taminareo.
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,
Dia mahereza tsara ianareo hitandrina sy hanao izay rehetra voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ i Mosesy, mba tsy hivilianareo hiala aminy na ho amin’ ny ankavanana, na ho amin’ ny ankavia,
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;
mba tsy hankanesanareo any amin’ ireo firenena sisa eo aminareo ireo; ny anaran’ ny andriamaniny dia aoka tsy hotononinareo na hampianiananareo akory, ary aza manompo azy na miankohoka eo anatrehany;
8 but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.
fa Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ihany no ifikiro, araka ny nataonareo mandraka androany.
9 And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;
Fa nandroaka firenena lehibe sy mahery teo anoloanareo Jehovah; ary dia tsy nisy olona nahajanona teo anoloanareo mandraka androany.
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;
Ny lehilahy iray aminareo manenjika ny arivo; fa Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, Izy no miady ho anareo, araka izay nolazainy taminareo.
11 and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.
Dia tandremo tsara ny fanahinareo mba ho tia an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo.
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,
Fa raha mihemotra ianareo ka miray aminareo ireo firenena sisa eo aminareo ireo ary mifanambady aminy ka miditra ao aminy, ary izy kosa ao aminareo,
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.
dia ho fantatrareo tokoa fa tsy handroaka ireo firenena ireo eo anoloanareo intsony Jehovah Andriamanitrareo; fa ho fandrika sy tonta aminareo ireo, ary ho fanindronana amin’ ny tehezanareo, sy ho tsilo eo amin’ ny masonareo, mandra-pahalany ritranareo tsy ho eo amin’ ity tany soa nomen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo anareo ity.
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.
Ary, indro, efa handeha ho amin’ ny lalana falehan’ ny tany rehetra aho izao; ary fantatrareo ao amin’ ny fonareo rehetra sy ny fanahinareo rehetra fa tsy misy latsaka na dia zavatra iray akory aza ny zava-tsoa rehetra izay nilazan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo anareo; efa tanteraka taminareo avokoa izy rehetra: tsy nisy latsaka izy na dia zavatra iray akory aza.
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;
Ary tahaka ny efa nanatanterahana taminareo ny zava-tsoa rehetra, izay nolazain’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo taminareo, no hanatanterahan’ i Jehovah aminareo kosa ny loza rehetra mandra-paharingany anareo tsy ho eo amin’ ity tany soa nomen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo anareo ity.
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.'
Amin’ izay hivadihanareo ny faneken’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, izay nandidiany anareo, sy handehananareo hanompo ireo andriamani-kafa ary hiankohofanareo eo anatrehany, dia hirehitra aminareo ny fahatezeran’ i Jehovah, ary ho lany ringana faingana ianareo tsy ho eo amin’ ny tany soa nomeny anareo.

< Joshua 23 >