Josue 23
1 Ket kalpasan dagiti adu nga aldaw, idi inted ni Yahweh ti inana iti Israel iti amin a kabusorda a nanglikmut kadakuada, lakay unayen ni Josue.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully [for many years] with the people-groups that were around them.
2 Inayaban ni Josue ti entero nga Israel- dagiti panglakayenda, dagiti mangidadaulo kadakuada, dagiti ukomda, ken dagiti opisialda—ket kinunana kadakuada, “Lakayak unayen.
Joshua was now very old. [One day] he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and [other] officials. He said to them, “I am now very old.
3 Nakitayo amin a banag nga inaramid ni Yahweh a Diosyo kadagitoy amin a nasion para iti pagsayaatanyo, ta ni Yahweh a Diosyo ti nakigubgubat para kadakayo.
You people have seen what Yahweh our God has done to help you defeat the people-groups [that lived in this land]. Yahweh our God has fought for you.
4 Kitaenyo! Biningaybingayko kadakayo dagiti nasion a natda a sakupenyonto a kas tawid para kadagiti tribuyo, a pakairamanan dagiti amin a nasion a dinadaelkon, manipud iti Jordan agingga iti Dakkel a Baybay iti laud.
But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan [River in the east] to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you.
5 Papanawento ida ni Yahweh a Diosyo. Paksiatennanto ida iti imatangyo. Sakupennanto ti dagada, ket tagikuaenyonto ti dagada a kas iti imbilin kadakayo ni Yahweh a Diosyo.
Yahweh our God will compel the people who are still living there to leave. He will push them out as you advance. Then the land will be yours, as Yahweh has promised you.
6 Agbalinkayo ngarud a napigsa unay, tapno masalimetmetan ken maaramidyo amin a naisurat iti Libro ti linteg ni Moises, a saankayo a sumiasi iti daytoy iti makannawan man wenno iti makannigid,
“Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it [IDM].
7 tapno saankayo a mailaok kadagitoy a nasion a natda kadakayo wenno dakamaten dagiti nagan dagiti diosda, agsapata babaen kadakuada, agdayaw kadakuada, wenno agrukbab kadakuada.
Do not associate with the people who live among us [who are not Israelis and who worship other gods]. Do not mention the names of their gods, and do not use the names of their gods when you promise to do something. Do not serve their gods or worship them.
8 Ngem ketdi, masapul a kumpetkayo kenni Yahweh a Diosyo a kas iti inaramidyo agingga iti daytoy nga aldaw.
You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing.
9 Ta pinagtalaw ni Yahweh iti sangoananyo dagiti dadakkel ken nabibileg a nasion. No maipapan kadakayo, awan ti nakabael nga agtakder iti sangoananyo agingga iti daytoy agdama nga aldaw.
“Yahweh has forced [many] very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you.
10 Ti siasinoman a lalaki kadakayo ket kabaelanna a patarayen ti sangaribu, ta ni Yahweh a Diosyo ti makirangranget para kadakayo a kas iti inkarina kadakayo.
Each of you will be able to cause 1,000 of them to run away, because Yahweh your God will fight for you, just like he promised to do.
11 Ipangagyo a nasayaat, tapno ayatenyo ni Yahweh a Diosyo.
So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God.
12 Ngem no tumallikodkayo ket kumpetkayo kadagiti nakalasat kadagitoy a nasion a natda kadakayo, wenno no makiasawakayo kadakuada, wenno no makikaduakayo kadakuada ken isuda kadakayo,
“If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them,
13 ket ammoenyo a nasayaat a saanton a pagtalawen ni Yahweh a Diosyo dagitoy a nasion manipud kadakayo. Ngem ketdi, agbalindanto a silo ken palab-og kadakayo, saplit kadagiti bukotyo ken siit kadagiti matayo, agingga a mapukawkayo iti daytoy nasayaat a daga nga inted kadakayo ni Yahweh a Diosyo.
then you can be sure that Yahweh our God will not help you to expel those people-groups from your land. They will be [like] traps [DOU, MET] [that will catch you]. They will be [like] whips [that strike] your backs, and like thorns [that will scratch] your eyes. As a result, none of you will be left in this good land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.
14 Ket ita mapmapanakon iti dalan iti amin a daga, ken ammoyo iti amin a pusoyo ken kararuayo nga awan ti uray maysa a sao a nagkurang a pumudno iti amin a nasayaat a banbanag nga inkari ni Yahweh a Diosyo maipanggep kadakayo. Amin dagitoy a banag ket napasamak kadakayo. Awan ti uray maysa kadagitoy a nagkurang.
“It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does [EUP]. You know in your hearts [DOU] that Yahweh has done for you [LIT] everything that he promised to do.
15 Ngem no kasano a natungpal ti tunggal sao nga inkari ni Yahweh a Diosyo kadakayo, kastanto met nga iyeg ni Yahweh kadakayo dagiti amin a dakes a banbanag agingga a madadaelnakayo iti daytoy nasayaat a daga nga inted kadakayo ni Yahweh a Diosyo.
He has given to you all the good things that he promised. In the same way, the other things that he promised, [things that are not good], will also happen. He said that if you do what is evil, he will get rid of you and send you away from this good land that he has given to you.
16 Aramidenna daytoy no labsingenyo ti tulag ni Yahweh a Diosyo nga imbilinna kadakayo a salimetmetanyo. No mapankayo agdayaw kadagiti sabali a dios ken agrukbab kadakuada, ket sumgedto ti pungtot ni Yahweh kadakayo, ken dagdagus a mapukawkayonto iti nasayaat a daga nga intedna kadakayo.”
That will happen if you do not obey the commands that Yahweh our God told you to obey. If you serve other gods and worship them, Yahweh will become very angry with you. Very quickly [he will expel you from] this good land that he has given to you, [and] none of you will be left here.”
