Josué 24
1 Depois ajuntou Josué todas as tribus d'Israel em Sichem: e chamou os anciãos d'Israel, e os seus Cabeças, e os seus juizes, e os seus officiaes: e elles se apresentaram diante de Deus.
And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.
2 Então Josué disse a todo o povo: Assim diz o Senhor Deus d'Israel: D'além do rio antigamente habitaram vossos paes, Terah, pae d'Abrahão e pae de Nachor: e serviram a outros deuses.
And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.
3 Eu porém tomei a vosso pae Abrahão d'além do rio, e o fiz andar por toda a terra de Canaan: tambem multipliquei a sua semente, e dei-lhe a Isaac.
Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,
4 E a Isaac dei a Jacob e a Esaú: e a Esaú dei a montanha de Seir, para a possuir: porém Jacob e seus filhos desceram para o Egypto.
and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.
5 Então enviei a Moysés e a Aarão, e feri ao Egypto, como o fiz no meio d'elle; e depois vos tirei de lá
And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and portents.
6 E, tirando eu a vossos paes do Egypto, viestes ao mar: e os egypcios perseguiram a vossos paes, com carros e com cavalleiros, até ao Mar Vermelho.
And I led you and your fathers away from Egypt, and you arrived at the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.
7 E clamaram ao Senhor, e poz uma escuridão entre vós e os egypcios, e trouxe o mar sobre elles, e os cobriu, e os vossos olhos viram o que eu fiz no Egypto: depois habitastes no deserto muitos dias.
Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 Então eu vos trouxe á terra dos amorrheos, que habitavam d'além do Jordão, os quaes pelejaram contra vós: porém os dei na vossa mão, e possuistes a sua terra, e os destrui diante de vós
And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.
9 Levantou-se tambem Balac, filho de Zippor, rei dos moabitas, e pelejou contra Israel: e enviou e chamou a Balaão, filho de Beor, para que vos amaldiçoasse.
Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.
10 Porém eu não quiz ouvir a Balaão: pelo que, abençoando-vos, abençoou, e livrei-vos da sua mão.
And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.
11 E, passando vós o Jordão, e vindo a Jericó, os habitantes de Jericó pelejaram contra vós, os amorrheos, e os pherezeos, e os cananeos, e os hetheos, e os girgaseos, e os heveos, e os jebuseos; porém os dei na vossa mão.
And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.
12 E enviei vespões diante de vós, que os expelliram de diante de vós, como a ambos os reis dos amorrheos: não com a tua espada, nem com o teu arco.
And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.
13 E eu vos dei a terra em que não trabalhastes, e cidades que não edificastes, e habitaes n'ellas, e comeis das vinhas e dos olivaes que não plantastes.
And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’
14 Agora pois temei ao Senhor, e servi-o com sinceridade e com verdade: e deitae fóra os deuses aos quaes serviram vossos paes d'além do rio e no Egypto, e servi ao Senhor.
Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
15 Porém, se vos parece mal aos vossos olhos servir ao Senhor, escolhei-vos hoje a quem sirvaes: se os deuses a quem serviram vossos paes, que estavam d'além do rio, ou os deuses dos amorrheos, em cuja terra habitaes: porém eu e a minha casa serviremos ao Senhor.
But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
16 Então respondeu o povo, e disse: Nunca nos aconteça que deixemos ao Senhor para servir mos a outros deuses;
And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
17 Porque o Senhor é o nosso Deus; elle é o que nos fez subir, a nós e a nossos paes, da terra do Egypto, da casa da servidão, e o que tem feito estes grandes signaes aos nossos olhos, e nos guardou por todo o caminho que andámos, e entre todos os povos pelo meio dos quaes passámos.
The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
18 E o Senhor expelliu de diante de nós a todas estas gentes, até ao amorrheo, morador da terra: tambem nós serviremos ao Senhor, porquanto é nosso Deus.
And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
19 Então Josué disse ao povo: Não podereis servir ao Senhor, porquanto é Deus sancto, é Deus zeloso, que não perdoará a vossa transgressão nem os vossos peccados.
And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.
20 Se deixardes ao Senhor, e servirdes a deuses estranhos, então se tornará, e vos fará mal, e vos consumirá, depois de vos fazer bem
If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.”
21 Então disse o povo a Josué: Não, antes ao Senhor serviremos.
And the people said to Joshua, “By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord.”
22 E Josué disse ao povo: Sois testemunhas contra vós mesmos de que vós escolhestes ao Senhor, para o servir. E disseram: Somos testemunhas.
And Joshua said to the people, “You yourselves are witnesses, that you have chosen the Lord so that you may serve him.” And they answered, “We are witnesses.”
23 Deitae pois agora fóra aos deuses estranhos que ha no meio de vós: e inclinae o vosso coração ao Senhor Deus d'Israel.
“Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 E disse o povo a Josué: Serviremos ao Senhor nosso Deus, e obedeceremos á sua voz.
And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”
25 Assim fez Josué concerto n'aquelle dia com o povo, e lh'o poz por estatuto e direito em Sichem.
Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.
26 E Josué escreveu estas palavras no livro da lei de Deus: e tomou uma grande pedra, e a erigiu ali debaixo do carvalho que estava junto ao sanctuario do Senhor.
He also wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord. And he took a very great stone, and he stationed it under the oak that was in the Sanctuary of the Lord.
27 E disse Josué a todo o povo: Eis que esta pedra nos será por testemunho; pois ella ouviu todas as palavras que o Senhor nos tem dito: e tambem será testemunho contra vós, para que não mintaes a vosso Deus
And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”
28 Então Josué enviou o povo, a cada um para a sua herdade.
And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.
29 E depois d'estas coisas succedeu que Josué, filho de Nun, o servo do Senhor, falleceu, sendo da edade de cento e dez annos.
And after these things, Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
30 E sepultaram-n'o no termo da sua herdade, em Timnath-sera, que está no monte d'Ephraim, para o norte do monte de Gaas.
And they buried him within the borders of his possession at Timnath-Serah, which is situated on mount Ephraim, before the northern side of mount Gaash.
31 Serviu pois Israel ao Senhor todos os dias de Josué, e todos os dias dos anciãos que ainda viveram muito depois de Josué, e sabiam toda a obra que o Senhor tinha feito a Israel.
And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel.
32 Tambem enterraram em Sichem os ossos de José, que os filhos d'Israel trouxeram do Egypto, n'aquella parte do campo que Jacob comprara aos filhos d'Hemor, pae de Sichem, por cem peças de prata: porquanto foram em herança para os filhos de José.
And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.
33 Falleceu tambem Eleazar, filho d'Aarão, e o sepultaram no outeiro de Phineas, seu filho, que lhe fôra dado na montanha de Ephraim.
Likewise, Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him at Gibeah, which belongs to Phinehas, his son, and which was given to him on mount Ephraim.
