Yosua 24

1 Kemudian Yosua mengumpulkan semua suku orang Israel di Sikhem. Dipanggilnya para tua-tua orang Israel, para kepalanya, para hakimnya dan para pengatur pasukannya, lalu mereka berdiri di hadapan Allah.

[Many years later], Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem [city]. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.

2 Berkatalah Yosua kepada seluruh bangsa itu: "Beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Dahulu kala di seberang sungai Efrat, di situlah diam nenek moyangmu, yakni Terah, ayah Abraham dan ayah Nahor, dan mereka beribadah kepada allah lain.

Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River.

3 Tetapi Aku mengambil Abraham, bapamu itu, dari seberang sungai Efrat, dan menyuruh dia menjelajahi seluruh tanah Kanaan. Aku membuat banyak keturunannya dan memberikan Ishak kepadanya.

But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.

4 Kepada Ishak Kuberikan Yakub dan Esau. Kepada Esau Kuberikan pegunungan Seir menjadi miliknya, sedang Yakub serta anak-anaknya pergi ke Mesir.

When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.

5 Lalu Aku mengutus Musa serta Harun dan menulahi Mesir, seperti yang Kulakukan di tengah-tengah mereka, kemudian Aku membawa kamu keluar.

“[Many years later], I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused [the people of] Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt.

6 Setelah Aku membawa nenek moyangmu keluar dari Mesir dan kamu sampai ke laut, lalu orang Mesir mengejar nenek moyangmu dengan kereta dan orang berkuda ke Laut Teberau.

When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea.

7 Sebab itu berteriak-teriaklah mereka kepada TUHAN, maka diadakan-Nya gelap antara kamu dan orang Mesir itu dan didatangkan-Nya air laut atas mereka, sehingga mereka diliputi. Dan matamu sendiri telah melihat, apa yang Kulakukan terhadap Mesir. Sesudah itu lama kamu diam di padang gurun.

Then [your ancestors] pleaded with me to help them. So he caused (darkness/a very dark cloud) to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed [IDM]. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years.

8 Aku membawa kamu ke negeri orang Amori yang diam di seberang sungai Yordan, dan ketika mereka berperang melawan kamu, mereka Kuserahkan ke dalam tanganmu, sehingga kamu menduduki negerinya, sedang mereka Kupunahkan dari depan kamu.

“Then I brought your [ancestors] to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them [IDM]. I [enabled you to] destroy them so that you could live in their land [IDM].

9 Ketika itu Balak bin Zipor, raja Moab, bangkit berperang melawan orang Israel. Disuruhnya memanggil Bileam bin Beor untuk mengutuki kamu.

Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, (decided that his army would fight against/opposed) the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you.

10 Tetapi Aku tidak mau mendengarkan Bileam, sehingga iapun memberkati kamu. Demikianlah Aku melepaskan kamu dari tangannya.

But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he (blessed/said that I would do great things for) you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you [IDM].

11 Setelah kamu menyeberangi sungai Yordan dan sampai ke Yerikho, berperanglah melawan kamu warga-warga kota Yerikho, orang Amori, orang Feris, orang Kanaan, orang Het, orang Girgasi, orang Hewi dan orang Yebus, tetapi mereka itu Kuserahkan ke dalam tanganmu.

“Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, [and the armies of] the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus [all prepared to do the same thing] but I enabled you to defeat [IDM] them all.

12 Kemudian Aku melepaskan tabuhan mendahului kamu dan binatang-binatang ini menghalau mereka dari depanmu, seperti kedua raja orang Amori itu. Sesungguhnya, bukan oleh pedangmu dan bukan pula oleh panahmu.

I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; [it was I who defeated them].

13 Demikianlah Kuberikan kepadamu negeri yang kamu peroleh tanpa bersusah-susah dan kota-kota yang tidak kamu dirikan, tetapi kamulah yang diam di dalamnya; juga kebun-kebun anggur dan kebun-kebun zaitun yang tidak kamu tanami, kamulah yang makan hasilnya.

So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. [Now] you live in those [cities] and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’”

14 Oleh sebab itu, takutlah akan TUHAN dan beribadahlah kepada-Nya dengan tulus ikhlas dan setia. Jauhkanlah allah yang kepadanya nenek moyangmu telah beribadah di seberang sungai Efrat dan di Mesir, dan beribadahlah kepada TUHAN.

[Then Joshua said to the people], “[Because of all that] Yahweh [has done for you], revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh.

15 Tetapi jika kamu anggap tidak baik untuk beribadah kepada TUHAN, pilihlah pada hari ini kepada siapa kamu akan beribadah; allah yang kepadanya nenek moyangmu beribadah di seberang sungai Efrat, atau allah orang Amori yang negerinya kamu diami ini. Tetapi aku dan seisi rumahku, kami akan beribadah kepada TUHAN!"

But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what [gods] you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, [serve/worship]. But as for me and my family [MTY], we will serve/worship Yahweh!”

16 Lalu bangsa itu menjawab: "Jauhlah dari pada kami meninggalkan TUHAN untuk beribadah kepada allah lain!

The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!

17 Sebab TUHAN, Allah kita, Dialah yang telah menuntun kita dan nenek moyang kita dari tanah Mesir, dari rumah perbudakan, dan yang telah melakukan tanda-tanda mujizat yang besar ini di depan mata kita sendiri, dan yang telah melindungi kita sepanjang jalan yang kita tempuh, dan di antara semua bangsa yang kita lalui,

It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. [He rescued them] from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled.

18 TUHAN menghalau semua bangsa dan orang Amori, penduduk negeri ini, dari depan kita. Kamipun akan beribadah kepada TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah kita."

As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so [we are saying that] we also will serve/worship him.”

19 Tetapi Yosua berkata kepada bangsa itu: "Tidaklah kamu sanggup beribadah kepada TUHAN, sebab Dialah Allah yang kudus, Dialah Allah yang cemburu. Ia tidak akan mengampuni kesalahan dan dosamu.

Joshua replied to the people, “[I think that] you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling [against him]. He demands that you serve/worship only him [IDM].

20 Apabila kamu meninggalkan TUHAN dan beribadah kepada allah asing, maka Ia akan berbalik dari padamu dan melakukan yang tidak baik kepada kamu serta membinasakan kamu, setelah Ia melakukan yang baik kepada kamu dahulu."

He has been good to you [in the past], but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn [against you] and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish [IDM] you severely!”

21 Tetapi bangsa itu berkata kepada Yosua: "Tidak, hanya kepada TUHAN saja kami akan beribadah."

But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”

22 Kemudian berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa itu: "Kamulah saksi terhadap kamu sendiri, bahwa kamu telah memilih TUHAN untuk beribadah kepada-Nya." Jawab mereka: "Kamilah saksi!"

Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”

23 Ia berkata: "Maka sekarang, jauhkanlah allah asing yang ada di tengah-tengah kamu dan condongkanlah hatimu kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel."

Then Joshua said, “Since [you have decided] that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [serve/worship].”

24 Lalu jawab bangsa itu kepada Yosua: "Kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, kami akan beribadah, dan firman-Nya akan kami dengarkan."

The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”

25 Pada hari itu juga Yosua mengikat perjanjian dengan bangsa itu dan membuat ketetapan dan peraturan bagi mereka di Sikhem.

That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey.

26 Yosua menuliskan semuanya itu dalam kitab hukum Allah, lalu ia mengambil batu yang besar dan mendirikannya di sana, di bawah pohon besar, di tempat kudus TUHAN.

He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he [told some men to] set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the [large] oak tree near the place where [they worshiped] Yahweh.

27 Kata Yosua kepada seluruh bangsa itu: "Sesungguhnya batu inilah akan menjadi saksi terhadap kita, sebab telah didengarnya segala firman TUHAN yang diucapkan-Nya kepada kita. Sebab itu batu ini akan menjadi saksi terhadap kamu, supaya kamu jangan menyangkal Allahmu."

He said to all the people, “Look! [It is as though] this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you [and that you promised Yahweh]. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!”

28 Sesudah itu Yosua melepas bangsa itu pergi, masing-masing ke milik pusakanya.

Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.

29 Dan sesudah peristiwa-peristiwa ini, maka matilah Yosua bin Nun, hamba TUHAN itu, ketika berumur seratus sepuluh tahun.

Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.

30 Lalu ia dikuburkan di daerah milik pusakanya, di Timnat-Serah yang di pegunungan Efraim, di sebelah utara gunung Gaas.

The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah [town] town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim.

31 Orang Israel beribadah kepada TUHAN sepanjang zaman Yosua dan sepanjang zaman para tua-tua yang hidup lebih lama dari pada Yosua, dan yang mengenal segenap perbuatan yang dilakukan TUHAN bagi orang Israel.

The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive.

32 Tulang-tulang Yusuf, yang dibawa orang Israel dari Mesir, dikuburkan mereka di Sikhem, di tanah milik yang dibeli Yakub dengan harga seratus kesita dari anak-anak Hemor, bapa Sikhem, dan yang ditentukan bagi bani Yusuf menjadi milik pusaka mereka.

Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons.

33 Juga Eleazar bin Harun mati, dan dia dikuburkan di bukit yang diberikan kepada Pinehas, anaknya itu, di pegunungan Efraim.

Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim.