Josué 23

1 Mucho tiempo después, una vez que el Señor había dado la paz a los israelitas del conflicto con los enemigos que los rodeaban, Josué, ya siendo muy anciano,

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

2 convocó a todos los israelitas – los ancianos, los líderes, los jueces y los funcionarios – y les dijo: “Yo estoy viejo, y me estoy envejeciendo aún más.

And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age:

3 Ustedes han visto todo lo que el Señor, su Dios, ha hecho por ustedes ante todas las naciones. El Señor, su Dios, ha luchado por ustedes.

And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you.

4 “Les he asignado la tierra de las naciones restantes para que la posean, así como las naciones ya conquistadas, desde el Jordán hasta el Mar Mediterráneo.

Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.

5 El Señor, tu Dios, las hará retroceder ante ti. Los expulsará ante ti y tomarás posesión de su tierra, como el Señor, tu Dios, te ha prometido.

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised to you.

6 “Asegúrate de observar todo lo que está escrito en el libro de la Ley de Moisés. No te desvíes de ella, ni a la izquierda ni a la derecha.

Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

7 No te asocies on las naciones que quedan. No menciones los nombres de sus dioses, ni jures por ellos, ni los adores, ni te inclines ante ellos.

That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them:

8 Mantente cerca del Señor, tu Dios, como has hecho hasta ahora.

But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

9 El Señor ha expulsado ante ti a naciones fuertes y poderosas. Nadie ha podido enfrentarse a ti hasta el día de hoy.

For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day.

10 Uno solo de ustedes puede ahuyentar a mil enemigos, porque el Señor, su Dios, lucha por ustedes, como se los ha prometido.

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you.

11 Procurenamar al Señor, su Dios.

Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.

12 Porque si se apartan de él y siguen los caminos de las naciones que quedan, si se unen en matrimonio, mezclándose unos con otros,

Else if you do in any wise go back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you:

13 pueden estar absolutamente seguros de que el Señor, su Dios, no expulsará definitivamente a estas naciones delante de ustedes. Por el contrario, serán una trampa y un lazo, un látigo en su espalda y como espinas en sus ojos hasta que desaparezcan completamente de esta buena tierra que el Señor su Dios les ha dado.

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

14 “Ahora estoy a punto de morir, el destino de todo ser viviente en la tierra. En el fondo sabes que no ha fallado ni una sola de las buenas promesas del Señor. Todo se ha cumplido. Ni una sola ha fallado.

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass to you, and not one thing has failed thereof.

15 Pero de la misma manera que recibiste todas las cosas buenas que el Señor, tu Dios, te prometió, el Señor traerá sobre ti todas las cosas malas con las que te ha amenazado, hasta que seas completamente eliminado de esta buena tierra que el Señor, tu Dios, te ha dado.

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come on you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

16 Si rompes el acuerdo que el Señor tu Dios hizo contigo y vas a adorar a otros dioses, inclinándote ante ellos, entonces el Señor se enojará contigo y serás rápidamente borrado de la buena tierra que te ha dado”.

When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.