Josué 24

1 Depois ajuntou Josué todas as tribos de Israel em Sichem: e chamou os anciãos de Israel, e os seus Cabeças, e os seus juízes, e os seus oficiais: e eles se apresentaram diante de Deus.

[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 Então Josué disse a todo o povo: Assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: de além do rio antigamente habitaram vossos pais, Terah, pai de Abraão e pai de Nachor: e serviram a outros deuses.

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 Eu porém tomei a vosso pai Abraão de além do rio, e o fiz andar por toda a terra de Canaan: também multipliquei a sua semente, e dei-lhe a Isaac.

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 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 Egito.

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 Então enviei a Moisés e a Aarão, e feri ao Egito, como o fiz no meio dele; e depois vos tirei de lá

“[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 E, tirando eu a vossos pais do Egito, viestes ao mar: e os egípcios perseguiram a vossos pais, com carros e com cavaleiros, até ao Mar Vermelho.

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 E clamaram ao Senhor, e pôs uma escuridão entre vós e os egípcios, e trouxe o mar sobre eles, e os cobriu, e os vossos olhos viram o que eu fiz no Egito: depois habitastes no deserto muitos dias.

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 Então eu vos trouxe à terra dos amorreus, que habitavam de além do Jordão, os quais pelejaram contra vós: porém os dei na vossa mão, e possuístes a sua terra, e os destruí diante de vós

“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 Levantou-se também 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, 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 Porém eu não quis ouvir a Balaão: pelo que, abençoando-vos, abençoou, e livrei-vos da sua mão.

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 E, passando vós o Jordão, e vindo a Jericó, os habitantes de Jericó pelejaram contra vós, os amorreus, e os pherezeus, e os cananeus, e os heteus, e os girgaseus, e os heveus, e os jebuseus; porém os dei na vossa mão.

“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 E enviei vespões diante de vós, que os expeliram de diante de vós, como a ambos os reis dos amorreus: não com a tua espada, nem com o teu arco.

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 E eu vos dei a terra em que não trabalhastes, e cidades que não edificastes, e habitais nelas, e comeis das vinhas e dos olivais que não plantastes.

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 Agora pois temei ao Senhor, e servi-o com sinceridade e com verdade: e deitai fora os deuses aos quais serviram vossos pais de além do rio e no Egito, e servi ao Senhor.

[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 Porém, se vos parece mal aos vossos olhos servir ao Senhor, escolhei-vos hoje a quem sirvais: se os deuses a quem serviram vossos pais, que estavam de além do rio, ou os deuses dos amorreus, em cuja terra habitais: porém eu e a minha casa serviremos ao Senhor.

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 Então respondeu o povo, e disse: Nunca nos aconteça que deixemos ao Senhor para servir mos a outros deuses;

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

17 Porque o Senhor é o nosso Deus; ele é o que nos fez subir, a nós e a nossos pais, da terra do Egito, da casa da servidão, e o que tem feito estes grandes sinais aos nossos olhos, e nos guardou por todo o caminho que andamos, e entre todos os povos pelo meio dos quais passamos.

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 E o Senhor expeliu de diante de nós a todas estas gentes, até ao amorreu, morador da terra: também nós serviremos ao Senhor, porquanto é nosso Deus.

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 Então Josué disse ao povo: Não podereis servir ao Senhor, porquanto é Deus santo, é Deus zeloso, que não perdoará a vossa transgressão nem os vossos pecados.

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 Se deixardes ao Senhor, e servirdes a deuses estranhos, então se tornará, e vos fará mal, e vos consumirá, depois de vos fazer bem

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 Então disse o povo a Josué: Não, antes ao Senhor serviremos.

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

22 E Josué disse ao povo: Sois testemunhas contra vós mesmos de que vós escolhestes ao Senhor, para o servir. E disseram: Somos testemunhas.

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

23 Deitai pois agora fora aos deuses estranhos que há no meio de vós: e inclinai o vosso coração ao Senhor Deus de 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 E disse o povo a Josué: Serviremos ao Senhor nosso Deus, e obedeceremos à sua voz.

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

25 Assim fez Josué concerto naquele dia com o povo, e lho pôs por estatuto e direito em Sichem.

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 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 santuário do Senhor.

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 E disse Josué a todo o povo: Eis que esta pedra nos será por testemunho; pois ela ouviu todas as palavras que o Senhor nos tem dito: e também será testemunho contra vós, para que não mintais a vosso Deus

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 Então Josué enviou o povo, a cada um para a sua herdade.

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

29 E depois destas coisas sucedeu que Josué, filho de Nun, o servo do Senhor, faleceu, sendo da idade de cento e dez anos.

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

30 E sepultaram-no no termo da sua herdade, em Timnath-sera, que está no monte de Ephraim, para o norte do monte de 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 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.

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 Também enterraram em Sichem os ossos de José, que os filhos de Israel trouxeram do Egito, naquela parte do campo que Jacob comprara aos filhos de Hemor, pai de Sichem, por cem peças de prata: porquanto foram em herança para os filhos de José.

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 Faleceu também Eleazar, filho de Aarão, e o sepultaram no outeiro de Phineas, seu filho, que lhe fôra dado na montanha de Ephraim.

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.