Josue 24

1At pinisan ni Josue ang lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel sa Sichem, at tinawag ang mga matanda ng Israel at ang kanilang mga pangulo, at ang kanilang mga hukom, at ang kanilang mga pinuno; at sila'y nagsiharap sa Dios. 2At sinabi ni Josue sa buong bayan, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Ang inyong mga magulang ay tumahan nang unang panahon sa dako roon ng Ilog, na dili iba't si Thare, na ama ni Abraham at ama ni Nachor: at sila'y naglingkod sa ibang mga dios. 3At kinuha ko ang inyong amang si Abraham mula sa dako roon ng Ilog at pinatnubayan ko siya sa buong lupain ng Canaan, at pinarami ko ang kaniyang binhi at ibinigay ko sa kaniya si Isaac. 4At ibinigay ko kay Isaac si Jacob at si Esau: at ibinigay ko kay Esau ang bundok ng Seir upang ariin; at si Jacob at ang kaniyang mga anak ay bumabang pumasok sa Egipto. 5At aking sinugo si Moises at si Aaron, at sinalot ko ang Egipto, ayon sa aking ginawa sa gitna niyaon: at pagkatapos ay inilabas ko kayo. 6At inilabas ko ang inyong mga magulang sa Egipto: at kayo'y naparoon sa dagat; at hinabol ng mga taga Egipto ang inyong mga magulang, ng mga karo at ng mga nangangabayo hanggang sa Dagat na Mapula. 7At nang sila'y dumaing sa Panginoon ay nilagyan niya ng kadiliman ang pagitan ninyo at ang mga taga Egipto, at itinabon ang dagat sa kanila, at tinakpan sila; at nakita ng inyong mga mata kung ano ang aking ginawa sa Egipto at kayo'y tumahan sa ilang na malaon. 8At ipinasok ko kayo sa lupain ng mga Amorrheo, na tumatahan sa dako roon ng Jordan, at sila'y nakipagbaka sa inyo; at ibinigay ko sila sa inyong kamay, at inyong inari ang kanilang lupain: at nilipol ko sila sa harap ninyo. 9Nang magkagayo'y tumindig si Balac na anak ni Zippor, na hari sa Moab, at dumigma laban sa Israel; at siya'y nagsugo at tinawag si Balaam na anak ni Beor, upang sumpain kayo: 10Nguni't hindi ko dininig si Balaam; kaya't binasbasan nga niya kayo: gayon iniligtas ko kayo sa kaniyang kamay. 11At kayo'y tumawid sa Jordan at dumating sa Jerico: at ang mga tao sa Jerico ay nakipaglaban sa inyo, ang Amorrheo, at ang Pherezeo, at ang Cananeo, at ang Hetheo, at ang Gergeseo, ang Heveo, at ang Jebuseo, at ibinigay ko sila sa inyong kamay. 12At sinugo ko ang malalaking putakti sa unahan ninyo, na siyang nagtaboy sa kanila sa harap ninyo, sa makatuwid baga'y sa dalawang hari ng mga Amorrheo: hindi sa pamamagitan ng inyong tabak, ni ng inyong busog. 13At aking binigyan kayo ng lupain na hindi ninyo binukid, at ng mga bayang hindi ninyo itinayo, at inyong tinatahanan; at mga ubasan at mga olibohan na hindi ninyo itinanim ay inyong kinakain. 14Ngayon nga ay matakot kayo sa Panginoon, at paglingkuran ninyo siya sa pagtatapat at sa katotohanan: at inyong alisin ang mga dios na mga pinaglingkuran ng inyong mga magulang sa dako roon ng Ilog at sa Egipto; at inyong paglingkuran ang Panginoon. 15At kung inaakala ninyong masama na maglingkod sa Panginoon, ay piliin ninyo sa araw na ito kung sino ang inyong paglilingkuran; kung ang mga dios ng inyong mga magulang na pinaglingkuran sa dako roon ng Ilog, o ang dios ng mga Amorrheo na ang lupain nila ay inyong tinatahanan: nguni't sa ganang akin at ng aking sangbahayan ay maglilingkod kami sa Panginoon. 16At ang bayan ay sumagot at nagsabi, Malayo nawa sa amin na aming pabayaan ang Panginoon sa paglilingkod sa ibang mga dios: 17Sapagka't ang Panginoon nating Dios ay siyang nagsampa sa atin at sa ating mga magulang mula sa lupain ng Egipto, mula sa bahay ng pagkaalipin, at siyang gumawa ng mga dakilang tandang yaon sa ating paningin, at iningatan tayo sa lahat ng daan na ating pinaroonan, at sa gitna ng lahat ng mga bayan na ating dinaanan: 18At itinaboy ng Panginoon sa harap natin ang lahat ng mga bayan, ang mga Amorrheo na tumahan sa lupain: kaya't kami ay maglilingkod din sa Panginoon; sapagka't siya'y ating Dios. 19At sinabi ni Josue sa bayan, Kayo'y hindi makapaglilingkod sa Panginoon; sapagka't siya'y isang banal na Dios; siya'y mapanibughuing Dios; hindi niya ipatatawad ang inyong pagsalangsang ni ang inyong mga kasalanan. 20Kung inyong pabayaan ang Panginoon, at maglingkod sa ibang mga dios: ay hihiwalay nga siya at gagawan kayo ng kasamaan at lilipulin kayo pagkatapos na kaniyang nagawan kayo ng mabuti. 21At sinabi ng bayan kay Josue, Hindi: kundi kami ay maglilingkod sa Panginoon. 22At sinabi ni Josue sa bayan, Kayo'y mga saksi laban sa inyong sarili na inyong pinili sa inyo ang Panginoon, upang paglingkuran siya. At sinabi nila, Kami ay mga saksi. 23Ngayon nga'y alisin ninyo, sabi niya, ang ibang mga dios na nasa gitna ninyo at ikiling ninyo ang inyong puso sa Panginoon, na Dios ng Israel. 24At sinabi ng bayan kay Josue, Ang Panginoon nating Dios ay aming paglilingkuran, at ang kaniyang tinig ay aming didinggin. 25Sa gayo'y nakipagtipan si Josue sa bayan nang araw na yaon, at nilagdaan niya sila ng palatuntunan at ng ayos sa Sichem. 26At sinulat ni Josue ang mga salitang ito sa aklat ng kautusan ng Dios; at siya'y kumuha ng malaking bato, at inilagay sa lilim ng encina na nasa tabi ng santuario ng Panginoon. 27At sinabi ni Josue sa buong bayan, Narito, ang batong ito ay magiging saksi laban sa atin, sapagka't narinig nito ang lahat ng mga salita ng Panginoon, na kaniyang sinalita sa atin: ito nga'y magiging saksi laban sa inyo, baka ninyo itakuwil ang inyong Dios. 28Sa gayo'y pinapagpaalam ni Josue ang bayan, bawa't isa sa kaniyang mana. 29At nangyari, pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, na si Josue, na anak ni Nun na lingkod ng Panginoon, ay namatay na may isang daan at sangpung taon ang gulang. 30At inilibing nila siya sa hangganan ng kaniyang mana sa Timnath-sera, na nasa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim sa hilagaan ng bundok ng Gaas. 31At naglingkod ang Israel sa Panginoon sa lahat ng mga araw ni Josue, at sa lahat ng mga araw ng mga matandang natirang nabuhay kay Josue at nakilala ang lahat na gawa ng Panginoon, na kaniyang ginawa sa Israel. 32At ang mga buto ni Jose, na isinampa ng mga anak ni Israel mula sa Egipto ay inilibing nila sa Sichem, sa putol ng lupa na binili ni Jacob sa mga anak ni Hemor na ama ni Sichem ng isang daang putol na salapi: at mga naging mana ng mga anak ni Jose. 33At namatay si Eleazar na anak ni Aaron; at inilibing nila siya sa burol ni Phinees na kaniyang anak na nabigay sa kaniya sa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim.

1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. 3I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out. 6I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea. 7When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days. 8“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; 10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand. 11“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand. 12I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow. 13I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’ 14“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh. 15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.” 16The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods; 17for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed. 18Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.” 19Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins. 20If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.” 21The people said to Joshua, “No; but we will serve Yahweh.” 22Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.” 23“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.” 24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.” 25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. 27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.” 28So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance. 29After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 31Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. 32They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

1Daarna verzamelde Jozua al de stammen van Israel te Sichem, en hij riep de oudsten van Israel, en deszelfs hoofden, en deszelfs richters, en deszelfs ambtlieden; en zij stelden zich voor het aangezicht van God. 2Toen zeide Jozua tot het ganse volk: Alzo zegt de HEERE, de God Israels: Over gene zijde der rivier hebben uw vaders van ouds gewoond, namelijk Terah, de vader van Abraham, en de vader van Nahor; en zij hebben andere goden gediend. 3Toen nam Ik uw vader Abraham van gene zijde der rivier, en deed hem wandelen door het ganse land Kanaan; Ik vermeerderde ook zijn zaad en gaf hem Izak. 4En aan Izak gaf Ik Jakob en Ezau; en Ik gaf aan Ezau het gebergte Seir, om dat erfelijk te bezitten; maar Jakob en zijn kinderen togen af in Egypte. 5Toen zond Ik Mozes en Aaron, en Ik plaagde Egypte, gelijk als Ik in deszelfs midden gedaan heb; en daarna leidde Ik u daaruit. 6Als Ik uw vaders uit Egypte gevoerd had, zo kwaamt gij aan de zee, en de Egyptenaars jaagden uw vaderen na met wagens en met ruiters, tot de Schelfzee. 7Zij nu riepen tot den HEERE, en Hij stelde een duisternis tussen u en tussen de Egyptenaars, en Hij bracht de zee over hen, en bedekte hen; en uw ogen hebben gezien, wat Ik in Egypte gedaan heb. Daarna hebt gij vele dagen in de woestijn gewoond. 8Toen bracht Ik u in het land der Amorieten, die over gene zijde van de Jordaan woonden, die streden tegen u; maar Ik gaf hen in uw hand, en gij bezat hun land erfelijk, en Ik verdelgde hen voor ulieder aangezicht. 9Ook maakt zich Balak op, de zoon van Zippor, de koning der Moabieten, en hij streed tegen Israel; en hij zond heen, en deed Bileam, den zoon van Beor, roepen, opdat hij u vervloeken zou. 10Maar Ik wilde Bileam niet horen; dies zegende hij u gestadig, en Ik verloste u uit zijn hand. 11Toen gij over de Jordaan getrokken waart, en te Jericho kwaamt, zo krijgden de burgers van Jericho tegen u, de Amorieten, en de Ferezieten, en de Kanaanieten, en de Hethieten, en de Girgazieten, de Hevieten en de Jebusieten; doch Ik gaf hen in ulieder hand. 12En Ik zond horzelen voor u heen; die dreven hen weg van ulieder aangezicht, gelijk de beide koningen der Amorieten, niet door uw zwaard, noch door uw boog. 13Dus heb Ik u een land gegeven, waaraan gij niet gearbeid hebt, en steden, die gij niet gebouwd hebt, en gij woont in dezelve; gij eet van de wijngaarden en olijfbomen, die gij niet geplant hebt. 14En nu, vreest den HEERE, en dient Hem in oprechtheid en in waarheid; en doet weg de goden, die uw vaders gediend hebben, aan gene zijde der rivier, en in Egypte; en dient den HEERE. 15Doch zo het kwaad is in uw ogen den HEERE te dienen, kiest u heden, wien gij dienen zult; hetzij de goden, welke uw vaders, die aan de andere zijde der rivier waren, gediend hebben, of de goden der Amorieten, in welker land gij woont; maar aangaande mij, en mijn huis, wij zullen den HEERE dienen! 16Toen antwoordde het volk en zeide: Het zij verre van ons, dat wij den HEERE verlaten zouden, om andere goden te dienen. 17Want de HEERE is onze God; Hij is het, Die ons en onze vaderen uit het land van Egypte, uit het diensthuis heeft opgebracht, en Die deze grote tekenen voor onze ogen gedaan heeft, en ons bewaard heeft op al den weg, door welken wij getogen zijn, en onder alle volken, door welker midden wij getrokken zijn. 18En de HEERE heeft voor ons aangezicht uitgestoten al die volken, zelfs den Amoriet, inwoner des lands. Wij zullen ook den HEERE dienen, want Hij is onze God. 19Toen zeide Jozua tot het volk: Gij zult den HEERE niet kunnen dienen, want Hij is een heilig God; Hij is een ijverig God; Hij zal uw overtredingen en uw zonden niet vergeven. 20Indien gij den HEERE verlaten en vreemde goden dienen zult, zo zal Hij Zich omkeren, en Hij zal u kwaad doen, en Hij zal u verdoen, naar dat Hij u goed gedaan zal hebben. 21Toen zeide het volk tot Jozua: Neen, maar wij zullen den HEERE dienen. 22Jozua nu zeide tot het volk: Gij zijt getuigen over uzelven, dat gij u den HEERE verkoren hebt, om Hem te dienen. En zij zeiden: Wij zijn getuigen. 23En nu, doet de vreemde goden weg, die in het midden van u zijn, en neigt uw harten tot den HEERE, den God van Israel. 24En het volk zeide tot Jozua: Wij zullen den HEERE, onzen God, dienen, en wij zullen Zijner stem gehoorzamen. 25Alzo maakt Jozua op dienzelven dag een verbond met het volk; en hij stelde het hun tot een inzetting en recht te Sichem. 26En Jozua schreef deze woorden in het wetboek Gods; en hij nam een groten steen, en hij richtte dien daar op onder den eik, die bij het heiligdom des HEEREN was. 27En Jozua zeide tot het ganse volk: Ziet, deze steen zal ons tot een getuigenis zijn; want hij heeft gehoord al de redenen des HEEREN, die Hij tot ons gesproken heeft; ja, hij zal tot een getuigenis tegen ulieden zijn, opdat gij uw God niet liegt. 28Toen zond Jozua het volk weg, een ieder naar zijn erfdeel. 29En het geschiedde na deze dingen, dat Jozua, de zoon van Nun, de knecht des HEEREN, stierf, oud zijnde honderd en tien jaren. 30En zij begroeven hem in de landpale zijns erfdeels, te Timnath-Serah, welke is op een berg van Efraim, aan het noorden van den berg Gaas. 31Israel nu diende den HEERE al de dagen van Jozua, en al de dagen van de oudsten, die lang na Jozua leefden, en die al het werk des HEEREN wisten, hetwelk Hij aan Israel gedaan had. 32Zij begroeven ook de beenderen van Jozef, die de kinderen Israel uit Egypte opgebracht hadden, te Sichem, in dat stuk velds, hetwelk Jakob gekocht had van de kinderen van Hemor, den vader van Sichem, voor honderd stukken gelds, want zij waren aan de kinderen van Jozef ter erfenis geworden. 33Ook stierf Eleazar, de zoon van Aaron; en zij begroeven hem op den heuvel van Pinehas, zijn zoon, die hem gegeven was geweest op het gebergte van Efraim.