여호수아 23

1여호와께서 이스라엘의 사방 대적을 다 멸하시고 안식을 이스라엘에게 주신 지 오랜 후에 여호수아가 나이 많아 늙은지라 2여호수아가 온 이스라엘 곧 그 장로들과 두령들과 재판장들과 유사들을 불러다가 그들에게 이르되 나는 나이 많아 늙었도다 3너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희를 위하여 이 모든 나라에 행하신 일을 너희가 다 보았거니와 너희 하나님 여호와 그는 너희를 위하여 싸우신 자시니라 4보라 내가 요단에서부터 해 지는 편 대해까지의 남아있는 나라들과 이미 멸한 모든 나라를 내가 너희를 위하여 제비 뽑아 너희 지파에게 기업이 되게 하였느니라 5너희 하나님 여호와 그가 너희 앞에서 그들을 쫓으사 너희 목전에서 떠나게 하시리니 너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 말씀하신 대로 너희가 그 땅을 차지할 것이라 6그러므로 너희는 크게 힘써 모세의 율법 책에 기록된 것을 다 지켜 행하라 그것을 떠나 좌로나 우로나 치우치지 말라 7너희 중에 남아 있는 이 나라들 중에 가지 말라 그 신들의 이름을 부르지 말라 그것을 가리켜 맹세하지 말라 또 그것을 섬겨서 그것에게 절하지 말라 8오직 너희 하나님 여호와를 친근히 하기를 오늘날까지 행한 것 같이 하라 9대저 여호와께서 강대한 나라들을 너희 앞에서 쫓아내셨으므로 오늘날까지 너희를 당한 자가 하나도 없었느니라 10너희 중 한 사람이 천 명을 쫓으리니 이는 너희 하나님 여호와 그가 너희에게 말씀하신 것 같이 너희를 위하여 싸우심이라 11그러므로 스스로 조심하여 너희 하나님 여호와를 사랑하라 12너희가 만일 퇴보하여 너희 중에 빠져 남아 있는 이 민족들을 친근히 하여 더불어 혼인하며 피차 왕래하면 13정녕히 알라 너희 하나님 여호와께서 이 민족들을 너희 목전에서 다시는 쫓아내지 아니하시리니 그들이 너희에게 올무가 되며 덫이 되며 너희 옆구리에 채찍이 되며 너희 눈에 가시가 되어서 너희가 필경은 너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 주신 이 아름다운 땅에서 멸절하리라 14보라 나는 오늘날 온 세상이 가는 길로 가려니와 너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 대하여 말씀하신 모든 선한 일이 하나도 틀리지 아니하고 다 너희에게 응하여 그 중에 하나도 어김이 없음을 너희 모든 사람의 마음과 뜻에 아는 바라 15너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 말씀하신 모든 선한 일이 너희에게 임한 것 같이 여호와께서 모든 불길한 일도 너희에게 임하게 하사 너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 주신 이 아름다운 땅에서 너희를 멸절하기까지 하실 것이라 16만일 너희가 너희 하나님 여호와께서 너희에게 명하신 언약을 범하고 가서 다른 신들을 섬겨 그에게 절하면 여호와의 진노가 너희에게 미치리니 너희에게 주신 아름다운 땅에서 너희가 속히 망하리라

1After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years. 3You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you. 4Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun. 5Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you. 6“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left; 7that you not come 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 down yourselves to them; 8but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day. 9“For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day. 10One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you. 11Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God. 12“But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you; 13know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you. 14“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it. 15It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you, 16when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then Yahweh’s anger will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”

1En het geschiedde na vele dagen, nadat de HEERE Israel rust gegeven had van al zijn vijanden rondom heen, en Jozua oud geworden en wel bedaagd was; 2Zo riep Jozua gans Israel, hun oudsten, en hun hoofden, en hun richters, en hun ambtlieden, en hij zeide tot hen: Ik ben oud geworden, en wel bedaagd; 3En gijlieden hebt gezien alles, wat de HEERE, uw God, gedaan heeft aan al deze volken voor uw aangezicht; want de HEERE, uw God, Zelf, is het, Die voor u gestreden heeft. 4Ziet, ik heb u deze overige volken door het lot doen toevallen, ten erfdeel voor uw stammen, van de Jordaan af, met al de volken, die ik uitgeroeid heb, en tot de grote zee, tegen den ondergang der zon. 5En de HEERE, uw God, Zelf zal hen uitstoten voor ulieder aangezicht, en Hij zal hen van voor ulieder aangezicht verdrijven; en gij zult hun land erfelijk bezitten, gelijk als de HEERE, uw God, tot u gesproken heeft. 6Zo weest zeer sterk, om te bewaren en om te doen alles, wat geschreven is in het wetboek van Mozes; opdat gij daarvan niet afwijkt ter rechter hand noch ter linkerhand; 7Dat gij niet ingaat tot deze volken: deze, die overgebleven zijn bij ulieden; gedenkt ook niet aan den naam hunner goden, en doet er niet bij zweren, en dient hen niet, en buigt u voor die niet; 8Maar den HEERE, uw God, zult gij aanhangen, gelijk als gij tot op dezen dag gedaan hebt. 9Want de HEERE heeft van uw aangezicht verdreven grote en machtige volken; en u aangaande, niemand heeft voor uw aangezicht bestaan, tot op dezen dag toe. 10Een enig man onder u zal er duizend jagen; want het is de HEERE, uw God, Zelf, Die voor u strijdt, gelijk al Hij tot u gesproken heeft. 11Daarom bewaart uw zielen naarstiglijk, dat gij den HEERE, uw God, liefhebt. 12Want zo gij enigszins afkeert, en het overige van deze volken aanhangt, van deze, die bij u overgebleven zijn, en u met hen verzwagert, en gij tot hen zult ingaan, en zij tot u; 13Weet voorzeker, dat de HEERE, uw God, niet voortvaren zal deze volken van voor uw aangezicht te verdrijven; maar zij zullen ulieden zijn tot een strik, en tot een net, en tot een gesel aan uw zijden, en tot doornen in uw ogen, totdat gij omkomt van dit goede land, hetwelk u de HEERE, uw God, gegeven heeft. 14En ziet, ik ga heden in den weg der ganse aarde; en gij weet in uw ganse hart en in uw ganse ziel, dat er niet een enig woord gevallen is van al die goede woorden, welke de HEERE, uw God, over u gesproken heeft; zij zijn u alle overkomen; er is van dezelve niet een enig woord gevallen. 15En het zal geschieden, gelijk als al die goede dingen over u gekomen zijn, die de HEERE, uw God, tot u gesproken heeft, alzo zal de HEERE over u komen laten al die kwade dingen, totdat Hij u verdelge van dit goede land, hetwelk u HEERE, uw God gegeven heeft. 16Wanneer gij het verbond des HEEREN, uws Gods, overtreedt, dat Hij u geboden heeft, en gij heengaat en dient andere goden, en u voor dezelve nederbuigt, zo zal de toorn des HEEREN over u ontsteken, en gij zult haastiglijk omkomen van het goede land, hetwelk Hij u gegeven heeft.