Josué 24

1 Entonces Josué reunió a todas las tribus de Israel en Siquem; y envió por los hombres responsables de Israel y sus jefes y sus jueces y sus supervisores; y tomaron su lugar delante de 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 Y Josué dijo a todo el pueblo: Estas son las palabras del Señor, el Dios de Israel: En el pasado, tus padres, Taré, el padre de Abraham y el padre de Nahor, vivían al otro lado del río: y estaban adorando 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 Y tomé a su padre Abraham del otro lado del río, guiándolo por toda la tierra de Canaán; Hice que su descendencia fuera grande en número, 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 Y a Isaac le di a Jacob y a Esaú; a Esaú le di al monte Seir, como su herencia; pero 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 Y envié a Moisés y a Aarón, herí a Egipto por todas las señales que hice entre ellos; y después de eso los 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 Saqué a sus padres de Egipto; y cuando llegaron al Mar Rojo; y los egipcios vinieron tras sus padres al Mar Rojo, con sus carros de guerra y sus jinetes.

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 Y ante su clamor, el Señor oscureció entre ustedes y los egipcios, e hizo que el mar los cubriera, cubriéndolos con sus aguas; Sus ojos han visto lo que hice en Egipto, durante mucho tiempo estuvieron viviendo en el desierto.

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 Y los llevé a las tierras de los amorreos al otro lado del Jordán; Y les hicieron guerra, y yo los entregué en sus manos, y ustedes tomaron su tierra; y envié destrucción sobre ellos delante de ustedes.

“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, subió a la guerra contra Israel; y mandó llamar a Balaam, hijo de Beor, para que los 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 no escuché a Balaam; Y así los fui bendiciendo repetidamente y los mantuve a salvo de él.

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 Luego pasaron por el Jordán y vinieron a Jericó; y los hombres de Jericó te hicieron la guerra: amorreos, ferezeos, cananeos, hititas, gergeseos, a los heveos, a los jebuseos, y los entregué a tus manos.

“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 Y envié el avispón delante de ustedes, expulsando a los dos reyes de los amorreos delante de ustedes, 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 Y les di una tierra en la que no habían hecho ningún trabajo, y pueblos que no edificaron, y ahora estás viviendo en ellos; y su comida proviene de viñedos y olivares que no plantaron.

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, teme al Señor y sé sus siervos con un corazón verdadero: quita de entre ustedes a los dioses adorados por sus padres al otro lado del río y en Egipto, y sé siervos del Señor.

[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 Y si te parece mal ser siervos del Señor, toma hoy la decisión de quién serán siervos: de los dioses cuyos siervos sus padres cruzaron el río, o de los dioses de los amorreos en cuya tierra viven: pero yo y mi casa seremos siervos del Señor.

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 Entonces el pueblo en respuesta dijo: Nunca renunciaremos al Señor para ser siervos de 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 el Señor nuestro Dios quien nos sacó a nosotros y a nuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, de la prisión, y que hizo todas esas grandes señales ante nuestros ojos, y nos mantuvo a salvo en todos nuestros viajes, y entre 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 Y el Señor envió de delante de nosotros a todos los pueblos, los amorreos que vivían aquí, por todo esto, así seremos siervos del Señor, 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 Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Tú no puedes ser el servidor del Señor, porque él es un Dios santo, un Dios que no permitirá que su honor sea entregado a otro: no tendrá piedad de sus maldades o sus 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 se apartan del Señor y se convierten en siervos de dioses extraños, entonces él se volverá contra ustedes y les hará mal, y los destruirá, a pesar de que les haya hecho 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 Y la gente dijo a Josué: ¡No! Pero seremos siervos del Señor.

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

22 Y Josué dijo al pueblo: Son ustedes testigos contra ustedes mismos de haber tomado la decisión de ser siervos del Señor. Y ellos dijeron: Si, 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 Entonces, él dijo, quiten los dioses extraños que hay entre ustedes, volviendo sus corazones al Señor, 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 Y el pueblo dijo a Josué: Seremos siervos del Señor nuestro Dios, y oiremos su voz.

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

25 Y Josué llegó a un acuerdo con el pueblo ese día, y les dio una regla y una ley 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 Y Josué dejó estas palabras en el registro, escribiéndolas en el libro de la ley de Dios; y tomó una gran piedra, y la puso allí debajo del roble que estaba en el lugar santo del Señor.

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 Y ​​Josué dijo a todo el pueblo: Mira ahora, esta piedra debe ser un testigo contra nosotros; porque todas las palabras del Señor se nos han dicho, ella las ha escuchado hoy. Así será un testimonio contra ustedes si son falsos al Señor 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 dejó que la gente se fuera, cada uno a su herencia.

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

29 Después de estas cosas, ocurrió la muerte de Josué, el hijo de Nun, el siervo del Señor, que tenía entonces 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 Y lo enterraron en la tierra de su herencia en Timnat-sera, en la región montañosa de Efraín, al norte del Monte 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 E Israel fue fiel al Señor todos los días de Josué, y todos los días de los hombres mayores que aún vivían después de la muerte de Josué, y habían visto lo que el Señor 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 Y los huesos de José, que los hijos de Israel habían tomado de Egipto, pusieron en la tierra en Siquem, en la propiedad que Jacob había obtenido de los hijos de Hamor, el padre de Siquem, por cien piezas de plata. Y después se convirtieron en 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 Entonces tuvo lugar la muerte de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón; y su cuerpo fue enterrado en la colina de Finees, su hijo, 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.