Josué 24
1 Josué reunió a todas las tribus de Israel en Siquem, y llamó a los ancianos de Israel, a sus jefes, a sus jueces y a sus oficiales, y se presentaron ante Dios.
[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 Josué dijo a todo el pueblo: “Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, dice: ‘Vuestros padres vivieron antiguamente al otro lado del río, Téraj, padre de Abraham, y padre de Nacor. Ellos sirvieron a otros dioses.
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 Yo tomé a vuestro padre Abraham del otro lado del río y lo conduje por toda la tierra de Canaán, y multipliqué su descendencia, y le di 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 A Isaac le di Jacob y Esaú, y a Esaú le di el monte Seír para que lo poseyera. Jacob y sus hijos descendieron a Egipto.
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 “‘Yo envié a Moisés y a Aarón, y plagué a Egipto, según lo que hice entre ellos; y después os saqué.
“[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 Yo saqué a vuestros padres de Egipto, y llegasteis al mar. Los egipcios persiguieron a vuestros padres con carros y con jinetes hasta el Mar Rojo.
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 Cuando clamaron a Yahvé, él puso tinieblas entre vosotros y los egipcios, e hizo que el mar los cubriera; y vuestros ojos vieron lo que hice en Egipto. Ustedes vivieron en el desierto muchos días.
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 “‘Yo te llevé a la tierra de los amorreos, que vivían al otro lado del Jordán. Ellos pelearon contigo, y yo los entregué en tu mano. Tú poseíste su tierra, y yo los destruí delante de ti.
“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 Entonces Balac, hijo de Zipor, rey de Moab, se levantó y luchó contra Israel. Envió y llamó a Balaam hijo de Beor para que te maldijera,
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 pero yo no quise escuchar a Balaam, por lo que te siguió bendiciendo. Así que te libré de su mano.
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 “‘Pasasteis el Jordán y llegasteis a Jericó. Los hombres de Jericó pelearon contra ti, el amorreo, el ferezeo, el cananeo, el hitita, el gergeseo, el heveo y el jebuseo; y yo los entregué en tu mano.
“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 Envié el avispero delante de ti, que los expulsó de tu presencia, a los dos reyes de los amorreos; no con tu espada ni con tu 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 Te di una tierra en la que no habías trabajado, y ciudades que no habías construido, y vives en ellas. Comes de viñas y olivares que no plantaste’.
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 “Ahora, pues, temed a Yahvé y servidle con sinceridad y con verdad. Dejad los dioses a los que vuestros padres sirvieron al otro lado del río, en Egipto, y servid a Yahvé.
[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 Si os parece mal servir a Yahvé, elegid hoy a quién serviréis; si a los dioses a los que sirvieron vuestros padres que estaban al otro lado del río, o a los dioses de los amorreos, en cuya tierra habitáis; pero en cuanto a mí y a mi casa, serviremos a Yahvé.”
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 El pueblo respondió: “Lejos de nosotros abandonar a Yahvé para servir a otros dioses;
The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit [serving/worshiping] Yahweh! We would never [think of] [IDM] serving/worshiping other gods!
17 porque es Yahvé nuestro Dios quien nos sacó a nosotros y a nuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre, y quien hizo esas grandes señales ante nuestros ojos, y nos preservó en todo el camino por el que fuimos, y en medio de todos los pueblos por los que pasamos.
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 Yahvé expulsó de delante de nosotros a todos los pueblos, incluso a los amorreos que vivían en la tierra. Por eso también nosotros serviremos a Yahvé, porque él es nuestro Dios”.
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 Josué dijo al pueblo: “No podéis servir a Yahvé, porque es un Dios santo. Es un Dios celoso. No perdonará vuestra desobediencia ni vuestros 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 Si abandonáis a Yahvé y servís a dioses extranjeros, él se volverá y os hará el mal, y os consumirá, después de haberos hecho el bien.”
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 El pueblo dijo a Josué: “No, sino que serviremos a Yahvé”.
But the people replied to Joshua, “No, [we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh] We will serve/worship Yahweh!”
22 Josué dijo al pueblo: “Ustedes son testigos contra sí mismos de que ustedes mismos han elegido a Yahvé para servirle.” Dijeron: “Somos testigos”.
Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.”
23 “Ahora, pues, dejad los dioses extranjeros que hay entre vosotros, e inclinad vuestro corazón hacia Yahvé, el Dios 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 El pueblo dijo a Josué: “Serviremos a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, y escucharemos su voz”.
The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.”
25 Aquel día Josué hizo un pacto con el pueblo, y estableció para ellos un estatuto y una ordenanza en Siquem.
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 Josué escribió estas palabras en el libro de la ley de Dios, y tomó una gran piedra y la colocó allí, debajo de la encina que estaba junto al santuario de Yahvé.
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 Josué dijo a todo el pueblo: “Miren, esta piedra será testigo contra nosotros, porque ha escuchado todas las palabras de Yahvé que nos ha dicho. Será, pues, un testigo contra ustedes, para que no renieguen de su Dios”.
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 Entonces Josué despidió al pueblo, cada uno a su heredad.
Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes.
29 Después de estas cosas, murió Josué hijo de Nun, siervo del Señor, siendo de ciento diez años.
Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died.
30 Lo enterraron en el límite de su heredad, en Timnat-sera, que está en la región montañosa de Efraín, al norte de la montaña 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 Israel sirvió a Yahvé todos los días de Josué, y todos los días de los ancianos que sobrevivieron a Josué, y había conocido toda la obra de Yahvé, que él había hecho por 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 Los huesos de José, que los hijos de Israel sacaron de Egipto, los enterraron en Siquem, en la parcela que Jacob compró a los hijos de Hamor, padre de Siquem, por cien monedas de plata. Pasaron a ser la herencia de los hijos 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 Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, murió. Lo enterraron en el monte de su hijo Finees, que le fue dado en la región montañosa de Efraín.
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.
