Iosue 24
1 Congregavitque Iosue omnes tribus Israel in Sichem, et vocavit maiores natu, ac principes, et iudices, et magistros: steteruntque in conspectu Domini:
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God.
2 et ad populum sic locutus est: Haec dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Trans fluvium habitaverunt patres vestri ab initio, Thare pater Abraham, et Nachor: servieruntque diis alienis.
Joshua said to all the people, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Your ancestors long ago lived beyond the Euphrates River—Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—and they worshiped other gods.
3 Tuli ergo patrem vestrum Abraham de Mesopotamiae finibus: et adduxi eum in Terram Chanaan: multiplicavique semen eius,
But I took your father from beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan and gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
4 et dedi ei Isaac: illique rursum dedi Iacob et Esau. E quibus, Esau dedi montem Seir ad possidendum: Iacob vero, et filii eius descenderunt in Aegyptum.
Then to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
5 Misique Moysen et Aaron, et percussi Aegyptum multis signis atque portentis.
I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians with plagues. After that, I brought you out.
6 Eduxique vos et patres vestros de Aegypto, et venistis ad mare: persecutique sunt Aegyptii patres vestros cum curribus et equitatu, usque ad Mare rubrum.
I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Sea of Reeds.
7 Clamaverunt autem ad Dominum filii Israel: qui posuit tenebras inter vos et Aegyptios, et adduxit super eos mare, et operuit eos. Viderunt oculi vestri cuncta quae in Aegypto fecerim, et habitastis in solitudine multo tempore:
When your ancestors called out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea to come over them and cover them. You saw what I did in Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 et introduxi vos in Terram Amorrhaei, qui habitabat trans Iordanem. Cumque pugnarent contra vos, tradidi eos in manus vestras, et possedistis Terram eorum, atque interfecistis eos.
I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.
9 Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab, et pugnavit contra Israelem. Misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis:
Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, got up and attacked Israel. He sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you.
10 et ego nolui audire eum, sed econtrario per illum benedixi vobis, et liberavi vos de manu eius.
But I did not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I rescued you out of his hand.
11 Transistisque Iordanem, et venistis ad Iericho. Pugnaveruntque contra vos viri civitatis eius, Amorrhaeus, et Pherezaeus, et Chananaeus, et Hethaeus, et Gergezaeus, et Hevaeus, et Iebusaeus: et tradidi illos in manus vestras.
You went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho fought against you, along with the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I gave you victory over them and put them under your control.
12 Misique ante vos crabrones: et eieci eos de locis suis, duos reges Amorrhaeorum, non in gladio nec in arcu tuo.
I sent the hornet before you, which drove them and the two kings of the Amorites out before you. It did not happen by your sword or by your bow.
13 Dedique vobis Terram, in qua non laborastis, et urbes quas non aedificastis, ut habitaretis in eis: vineas et oliveta, quae non plantastis.
I gave you land on which you had not worked and cities that you had not built, and now you live in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.'
14 Nunc ergo timete Dominum, et servite ei perfecto corde atque verissimo: et auferte deos, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia et in Aegypto, ac servite Domino.
Now fear Yahweh and worship him with all integrity and faithfulness; get rid of the gods that your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh.
15 Sin autem malum vobis videtur ut Domino serviatis, optio vobis datur: eligite hodie quod placet, cui servire potissimum debeatis, utrum diis, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia, an diis Amorrhaeorum, in quorum Terra habitatis: ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino.
If it seems wrong in your eyes for you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But as for me and my house, we will worship Yahweh.”
16 Responditque populus, et ait: Absit a nobis ut relinquamus Dominum, et serviamus diis alienis.
The people answered and said, “We would never forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,
17 Dominus Deus noster ipse eduxit nos, et patres nostros de Terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis: fecitque videntibus nobis signa ingentia, et custodivit nos in omni via, per quam ambulavimus, et in cunctis populis, per quos transivimus.
for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight, and who preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
18 Et eiecit universas gentes, Amorrhaeum habitatorem Terrae, quam nos intravimus. Serviemus igitur Domino, quia ipse est Deus noster.
Then Yahweh drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship Yahweh, for he is our God.”
19 Dixitque Iosue ad populum: Non poteritis servire Domino: Deus enim sanctus, et fortis aemulator est, nec ignoscet sceleribus vestris atque peccatis.
But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.
20 Si dimiseritis Dominum, et servieritis diis alienis, convertet se, et affliget vos, atque subvertet postquam vobis praestiterit bona.
If you forsake Yahweh and worship foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm. He will consume you, after he has done good to you.”
21 Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Nequaquam ita ut loqueris, erit, sed Domino serviemus.
But the people said to Joshua, “No, we will worship Yahweh.”
22 Et Iosue ad populum, Testes, inquit, vos estis, quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum ut serviatis ei. Responderuntque: Testes.
Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves Yahweh, to worship him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
23 Nunc ergo, ait, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri, et inclinate corda vestra ad Dominum Deum Israel.
“Now put away the foreign gods that are with you, and turn your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
24 Dixitque populus ad Iosue: Domino Deo nostro serviemus, et obedientes erimus praeceptis eius.
The people said to Joshua, “We will worship Yahweh our God. We will listen to his voice.”
25 Percussit ergo Iosue in die illo foedus, et proposuit populo praecepta atque iudicia in Sichem.
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day. He put in place decrees and laws at Shechem.
26 Scripsit quoque omnia verba haec in volumine legis Domini: et tulit lapidem pergrandem, posuitque eum subter quercum, quae erat in Sanctuario Domini:
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God. He took a large stone and set it up there beneath the oak tree that was beside Yahweh's sanctuary.
27 et dixit ad omnem populum: En lapis iste erit vobis in testimonium quod audieritis omnia verba Domini, quae locutus est vobis: ne forte postea negare velitis, et mentiri Domino Deo vestro.
Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone will be a testimony against us. It has heard all the words Yahweh said to us. So it will be a witness against you, should you ever deny your God.”
28 Dimisitque populum, singulos in possessionem suam.
So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29 Et post haec mortuus est Iosue filius Nun servus Domini, centum et decem annorum:
After these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being 110 years old.
30 sepelieruntque eum in finibus possessionis suae in Thamnathsare, quae est sita in monte Ephraim, a Septentrionali parte montis Gaas.
They buried him within the border of his own inheritance, at Timnath Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31 Servivitque Israel Domino cunctis diebus Iosue et seniorum, qui longo vixerunt tempore post Iosue, et qui noverunt omnia opera Domini quae fecerat in Israel.
Israel worshiped Yahweh all of Joshua's days, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, those who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for Israel.
32 Ossa quoque Ioseph, quae tulerant filii Israel de Aegypto, sepelierunt in Sichem, in parte agri, quem emerat Iacob a filiis Hemor patris Sichem, centum novellis ovibus, et fuit in possessionem filiorum Ioseph.
The bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up out of Egypt—they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He bought it for one hundred pieces of silver, and it became an inheritance for the descendants of Joseph.
33 Eleazar quoque filius Aaron mortuus est: et sepelierunt eum in Gabaath Phinees filii eius, quae data est ei in monte Ephraim.
Eleazar son of Aaron also died. They buried him at Gibeah, the city of Phinehas his son, which had been given to him. It was in the hill country of Ephraim.
