Josue 22

1Tinawag nga ni Josue ang mga Rubenita, at ang mga Gadita, at ang kalahating lipi ni Manases, 2At sinabi sa kanila, Inyong iningatan ang lahat na iniutos sa inyo ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon, at inyong dininig ang aking tinig sa lahat na aking iniutos sa inyo; 3Hindi ninyo iniwan ang inyong mga kapatid na malaong panahon hanggang sa araw na ito, kundi inyong iningatan ang bilin na utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios. 4At ngayo'y binigyan ng kapahingahan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios ang inyong mga kapatid, gaya ng sinalita niya sa kanila: kaya't ngayo'y pumihit kayo at yumaon kayo sa inyong mga tolda sa lupain na inyong ari, na ibinigay sa inyo ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon sa dako roon ng Jordan. 5Ingatan lamang ninyong mainam na gawin ang utos at ang kautusan na iniutos sa inyo ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon, na ibigin ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, at lumakad sa lahat niyang mga daan, at ingatan ang kaniyang mga utos, at lumakip sa kaniya, at maglingkod sa kaniya ng boo ninyong puso at ng boo ninyong kaluluwa. 6Gayon sila binasbasan ni Josue at pinagpaalam sila: at sila'y umuwi sa kanilang mga tolda. 7Ibinigay nga ni Moises sa kalahating lipi ni Manases ang mana sa Basan: nguni't ang kalahating lipi ay binigyan ni Josue sa gitna ng kanilang mga kapatid sa dako rito ng Jordan na dakong kalunuran. Bukod dito'y nang papagpaalamin sila ni Josue na pauwiin sa kanilang mga tolda, ay binasbasan sila, 8At sinalita sa kanila, na sinasabi, Kayo'y bumalik na may maraming kayamanan sa inyong mga tolda, at may maraming hayop, may pilak, at may ginto, at may tanso, at may bakal, at may maraming kasuutan: magbahagi kayo sa inyong mga kapatid ng samsam sa inyong mga kaaway. 9At ang mga anak ni Ruben, at ang mga anak ni Gad, at ang kalahating lipi ni Manases ay nagsibalik na humiwalay sa mga anak ni Israel mula sa Silo, na nasa lupain ng Canaan, upang pumaroon sa lupain ng Galaad, sa lupain ng kanilang ari na kanilang inari, ayon sa utos ng Panginoon, sa pamamagitan ni Moises. 10At nang sila'y dumating sa may lupain ng Jordan, na nasa lupain ng Canaan, ang mga anak ni Ruben, at ang mga anak ni Gad, at ang kalahating lipi ni Manases ay nagtayo roon ng dambana sa tabi ng Jordan, isang malaking dambana na matatanaw. 11At narinig ng mga anak ni Israel, na sinabi, Narito, ang mga anak ni Ruben, ang mga anak ni Gad, at ang kalahating lipi ni Manases ay nagtayo ng isang dambana sa tapat ng lupain ng Canaan sa may lupain ng Jordan, sa dako na nauukol sa mga anak ni Israel. 12At nang marinig ng mga anak ni Israel, ay nagpipisan sa Silo ang buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, upang sumampa laban sa kanila na makipagdigma. 13At sinugo ng mga anak ni Israel sa mga anak ni Ruben, at sa mga anak ni Gad, at sa kalahating lipi ni Manases, sa lupain ng Galaad, si Phinees na anak ni Eleazar na saserdote; 14At kasama niya ay sangpung prinsipe, na isang prinsipe sa sangbahayan ng mga magulang sa bawa't isa sa mga lipi ng Israel; at bawa't isa sa kanila'y pangulo sa mga sangbahayan ng kanilang mga magulang sa mga libolibo sa Israel. 15At sila'y naparoon sa mga anak ni Ruben, at sa mga anak ni Gad, at sa kalahating lipi ni Manases sa lupain ng Galaad, at sinalita nila sa kanila na sinasabi, 16Ganito ang sabi ng buong kapisanan ng Panginoon, Anong pagsalangsang ito na inyong ginawa laban sa Dios ng Israel, na humiwalay sa araw na ito sa pagsunod sa Panginoon, sa inyong pagtatayo para sa inyo ng isang dambana, upang manghimagsik sa araw na ito laban sa Panginoon? 17Napakaliit ba sa ganang atin ang kasamaan ng Peor, na hindi natin nilinis hanggang sa araw na ito, bagaman dumating ang salot sa kapisanan ng Panginoon, 18Upang kayo'y humiwalay sa araw na ito sa pagsunod sa Panginoon? at mangyayari na sapagka't kayo'y nanghihimagsik ngayon laban sa Panginoon ay magiinit siya bukas sa buong kapisanan ng Israel. 19Gayon man, kung ang lupain na inyong ari ay maging marumi, lumipat nga kayo sa lupain na ari ng Panginoon, na kinatahanan ng tabernakulo ng Panginoon, at kumuha kayo ng ari sa gitna namin: nguni't huwag kayong manghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, ni manghimagsik laban sa amin, sa pagtatayo ng isang dambana bukod sa dambana ng Panginoon nating Dios. 20Hindi ba si Achan na anak ni Zera ay nagkasala ng pagsalangsang sa itinalagang bagay, at ang pagiinit ay nahulog sa buong kapisanan ng Israel? at ang taong yaon ay hindi namatay na magisa sa kaniyang kasamaan. 21Nang magkagayo'y sumagot ang mga anak ni Ruben, at ang mga anak ni Gad, at ang kalahating lipi ni Manases, at nagsalita sa mga pangulo ng mga libolibo sa Israel. 22Ang Makapangyarihan, ang Dios, ang Panginoon, ang Makapangyarihan, ang Dios, ang Panginoon, ay siyang nakatatalastas; at matatalastas ng Israel; kung panghihimagsik nga o kung pagsalangsang laban sa Panginoon, (huwag mo kaming iligtas sa araw na ito,) 23Na kami ay nagtayo para sa amin ng isang dambana upang humiwalay sa pagsunod sa Panginoon; o kung paghandugan ng mga handog na susunugin o ng handog na harina, o kung paghandugan ng mga hain na mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, siyasatin nga ng Panginoon; 24At kung hindi namin ginawang maingat ito, at inakala, na sabihin. Marahil sa panahong darating ay masasalita ng inyong mga anak, na sasabihin, Anong ipakikialam ninyo sa Panginoon, sa Dios ng Israel? 25Sapagka't ginawang hangganan ng Panginoon ang Jordan sa pagitan namin at ninyo, ninyong mga anak ni Ruben at mga anak ni Gad: kayo'y walang bahagi sa Panginoon: sa gayo'y patitigilin ng inyong mga anak ang aming mga anak sa pagkatakot sa Panginoon. 26Kaya't aming sinabi, Maghanda tayo na magtayo para sa atin ng isang dambana, hindi upang sa handog na susunugin, ni sa hain man: 27Kundi magiging saksi sa pagitan namin at ninyo, at sa pagitan ng ating mga lahi pagkamatay natin, upang aming magawa ang paglilingkod sa Panginoon sa harap niya ng aming mga handog na susunugin at ng aming mga hain at ng aming mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan; upang huwag masabi ng inyong mga anak sa aming mga anak sa panahong darating, Kayo'y walang bahagi sa Panginoon. 28Kaya't sinabi namin, Mangyayari na pagka kanilang sasabihing gayon sa amin o sa aming lahi sa panahong darating, ay aming sasabihin, Narito ang anyo ng dambana ng Panginoon na ginawa ng aming mga magulang, hindi upang sa handog na susunugin, ni sa hain: kundi isang saksi sa pagitan namin at ninyo. 29Malayo nawa sa amin na kami ay manghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, at humiwalay sa araw na ito sa pagsunod sa Panginoon sa pagtatayo ng isang dambana para sa handog na susunugin, para sa handog na harina, o para sa hain bukod sa dambana ng Panginoon nating Dios na nasa harap ng kaniyang tabernakulo. 30At nang marinig ni Phinees na saserdote, at ng mga prinsipe ng kapisanan ng mga pangulo ng mga libolibo ng Israel na kasama niya, ang mga salita na sinalita ng mga anak ni Ruben, at ng mga anak ni Gad, at ng mga anak ni Manases, ay nakalugod na mabuti sa kanila. 31At sinabi ni Phinees na anak ni Eleazar na saserdote sa mga anak ni Ruben, at sa mga anak ni Gad, at sa mga anak ni Manases, Sa araw na ito ay talastas namin, na ang Panginoon ay nasa gitna natin, sapagka't kayo'y hindi nagkasala ng pagsalangsang na ito laban sa Panginoon: inyo ngang iniligtas ang mga anak ni Israel sa kamay ng Panginoon. 32At si Phinees na anak ni Eleazar na saserdote at ang mga prinsipe, ay nagsibalik na mula sa mga anak ni Ruben, at mula sa mga anak ni Gad, sa lupain ng Galaad, na tumungo sa lupain ng Canaan, sa mga anak ni Israel, at binigyan nilang sagot. 33At ang bagay ay nakalugod sa mga anak ni Israel; at pinuri ng mga anak ni Israel ang Dios at hindi na nagsalita pa ng pagsampa laban sa kanila na bumaka na gibain ang lupain na kinatatahanan ng mga anak ni Ruben at ng mga anak ni Gad. 34At ang dambana ay tinawag na Ed ng mga anak ni Ruben at ng mga anak ni Gad: Sapagka't anila, saksi sa pagitan natin, na ang Panginoon ay Dios.

1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you. 3You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God. 4Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan. 5Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” 6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents. 7Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 8and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with brass, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.” 9The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 10When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at. 11The children of Israel heard this, “Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.” 12When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. 13The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel. 15They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, 16“Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh? 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh, 18that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? It will be, since you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God. 20Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’” 21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel, 22“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us this day), 23that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it. 24“If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel? 25For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh.”’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh. 26“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; 27but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’ 28“Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’ 29“Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!” 30When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well. 31Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh.” 32Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived. 34The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God.”

1Toen riep Jozua de Rubenieten, en de Gadieten, en den halven stam van Manasse, 2En hij zeide tot hen: Gijlieden hebt onderhouden alles, wat u Mozes, de knecht des HEEREN, geboden heeft; en gij zijt mijner stem gehoorzaam geweest in alles, wat ik u geboden heb. 3Gij hebt uw broederen niet verlaten nu langen tijd, tot op dezen dag toe; maar gij hebt waargenomen de onderhouding der geboden van den HEERE, uw God. 4En nu, de HEERE, uw God, heeft uw broederen rust gegeven, gelijk Hij hun toegezegd had; keert dan nu wederom, en gaat gij naar uw tenten, naar het land uwer bezitting, hetwelk u Mozes, de knecht des HEEREN, gegeven heeft op gene zijde van de Jordaan. 5Alleenlijk neemt naarstiglijk waar te doen het gebod en de wet, die u Mozes, de knecht des HEEREN, geboden heeft, dat gij den HEERE, uw God, liefhebt, en dat gij wandelt in al Zijn wegen, en Zijn geboden houdt, en Hem aanhangt, en dat gij Hem dient met uw ganse hart en met uw ganse ziel. 6Alzo zegende hen Jozua, en hij liet hen gaan; en zij gingen naar hun tenten. 7Want aan de helft van den stam van Manasse had Mozes een erfdeel gegeven in Bazan; maar aan de andere helft van denzelven gaf Jozua een erfdeel bij hun broederen, aan deze zijde van de Jordaan westwaarts. Verder ook als Jozua hen liet trekken naar hun tenten, zo zegende hij hen. 8En hij sprak tot hen, zeggende: Keert weder tot uw tenten met veel rijkdom, en met zeer veel vee, met zilver, en met goud, en met koper, en met ijzer, en met zeer veel klederen; deelt den roof uwer vijanden met uw broederen. 9Alzo keerden de kinderen van Ruben, en de kinderen van Gad, en de halve stam van Manasse wederom, en togen van de kinderen Israels, van Silo, dat in het land Kanaan is, om te gaan naar het land van Gilead, naar het land hunner bezitting, in hetwelk zij bezitters gemaakt waren, naar den mond des HEEREN, door den dienst van Mozes. 10Toen zij kwamen aan de grenzen van de Jordaan, die in het land Kanaan zijn, zo bouwden de kinderen van Ruben, en de kinderen van Gad, en de halve stam van Manasse aldaar een altaar aan de Jordaan, een altaar groot in het aanzien. 11En de kinderen Israels hoorden zeggen: Ziet, de kinderen van Ruben, en de kinderen van Gad, en de halve stam van Manasse hebben een altaar gebouwd, tegenover het land Kanaan, aan de grenzen van de Jordaan, aan de zijde der kinderen Israels. 12Als de kinderen Israels dit hoorden, zo verzamelde de ganse vergadering der kinderen Israels te Silo, dat zij tegen hen optogen met een heir. 13En de kinderen Israels zonden aan de kinderen van Ruben, en aan de kinderen van Gad, en aan den halven stam van Manasse, in het land Gilead, Pinehas, den zoon van Eleazar, den priester; 14En tien vorsten met hem, van ieder vaderlijk huis een vorst, uit al de stammen van Israel; en zij waren een ieder een hoofd van het huis hunner vaderen over de duizenden van Israel. 15Toen zij tot de kinderen van Ruben, en tot de kinderen van Gad, en tot den halven stam van Manasse kwamen, in het land Gilead, zo spraken zij met hen, zeggende: 16Alzo spreekt de ganse gemeente des HEEREN: Wat overtreding is dit, waarmede gijlieden overtreden hebt tegen den God van Israel, heden afkerende van achter den HEERE, mits dat gij een altaar voor u gebouwd hebt, om heden tegen den HEERE wederspannig te zijn? 17Is ons de ongerechtigheid van Peor te weinig, van dewelke wij niet gereinigd zijn tot op dezen dag, hoewel de plaag in de vergadering des HEEREN geweest is? 18Dewijl gij u heden van achter den HEERE afkeert, het zal dan geschieden, als gij heden wederspannig zijt tegen den HEERE, zo zal Hij Zich morgen grotelijks vertoornen tegen de ganse gemeente van Israel. 19Maar toch, indien het land uwer bezitting onrein is, komt over in het land van de bezitting des HEEREN, waar de tabernakel des HEEREN woont, en neemt bezitting in het midden van ons; maar zijt niet wederspannig tegen den HEERE, en zijt ook niet wederspannig tegen ons, een altaar voor u bouwende, behalve het altaar van den HEERE, onzen God. 20Heeft niet Achan, de zoon van Zerah, overtreding begaan met het verbannene, en kwam er niet een verbolgenheid over de ganse vergadering van Israel? En die man stierf niet alleen in zijn ongerechtigheid. 21Toen antwoordden de kinderen van Ruben, en de kinderen van Gad, en de halve stam van Manasse, en zij spraken met de hoofden der duizenden van Israel: 22De God der goden, de HEERE, de God der goden, de HEERE, Die weet het; Israel zelf zal het ook weten! Is het door wederspannigheid, of is het door overtreding tegen den HEERE, zo behoudt ons heden niet; 23Dat wij ons een altaar zouden gebouwd hebben, om ons van achter den HEERE af te keren, of om brandoffer en spijsoffer daarop te offeren, of om dankoffer daarop te doen, zo eise het de HEERE. 24En zo wij dit niet uit zorg vanwege deze zaak gedaan hebben, zeggende: Morgen mochten uw kinderen tot onze kinderen spreken, zeggende: Wat hebt gij met den HEERE, den God van Israel, te doen? 25De HEERE heeft immers de Jordaan tot landpale gezet tussen ulieden, gij, kinderen van Ruben, en gij, kinderen van Gad! gij hebt geen deel aan den HEERE. Zo mochten uw kinderen onze kinderen doen ophouden, dat zij den HEERE niet vreesden. 26Daarom zeiden wij: Laat ons toch voor ons maken, bouwende een altaar, niet ten brandoffer, noch ten offer. 27Maar dat het een getuige zij tussen ons en tussen ulieden, en tussen onze geslachten na ons, opdat wij den dienst des HEEREN voor Zijn aangezicht dienen mochten met onze brandofferen, en met onze slachtofferen, en met onze dankofferen; en dat uw kinderen tot onze kinderen morgen niet zeggen: Gijlieden hebt geen deel aan den HEERE. 28Daarom zeiden wij: Wanneer het geschiedt, dat zij morgen alzo tot ons en tot onze geslachten zeggen zullen; zo zullen wij zeggen: Ziet de gedaante van het altaar des HEEREN, hetwelk onze vaderen gemaakt hebben, niet ten brandoffer, noch ten offer; maar het is een getuige tussen ons en tussen ulieden. 29Het zij verre van ons, van ons dat wij zouden wederspannig zijn tegen den HEERE, of dat wij te dezen dage ons van achter den HEERE afkeren zouden, bouwende een altaar ten brandoffer, ten spijsoffer, of ten slachtoffer, behalve het altaar van den HEERE, onzen God, dat voor Zijn tabernakel is. 30Toen de priester Pinehas, en de oversten der vergadering, en de hoofden der duizenden van Israel, die bij hem waren, de woorden hoorden, die de kinderen van Ruben, en de kinderen van Gad, en de kinderen van Manasse gesproken hadden, zo was het goed in hun ogen. 31En Pinehas, de zoon van den priester Eleazar, zeide tot de kinderen van Ruben, en tot de kinderen van Gad, en tot de kinderen van Manasse: Heden weten wij, dat de HEERE in het midden van ons is, dewijl gij deze overtreding tegen den HEERE niet begaan hebt; toen hebt gijlieden de kinderen Israel verlost uit de hand des HEEREN. 32En Pinehas, de zoon van den priester Eleazar, keerde wederom met de oversten van de kinderen van Ruben, en van de kinderen van Gad, uit het land Gilead, naar het land Kanaan, tot de kinderen Israel; en zij brachten hun antwoord weder; 33Het antwoord nu was goed in de ogen van de kinderen Israels, en de kinderen Israels loofden God, en zeiden niet meer van tegen hen op te trekken met een heir, om het land te verderven, waarin de kinderen van Ruben en de kinderen van Gad woonden. 34En de kinderen van Ruben en de kinderen van Gad noemden dat altaar: Dat het een getuige zij tussen ons, dat de HEERE God is.