Liber Iosue, 23
1. Evoluto autem multo tem pore, postquam pacem Do minus dederat Israeli ab omnibus in gyro nationibus et Iosue iam longaevo et persenilis aetatis,
1. A long time afterward, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
2. vocavit Iosue omnem Israelem maioresque natu et principes ac iudices et praefectos dixitque ad eos: “Ego senui et progressioris aetatis sum,
2. Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders and heads, their judges and officers, and said to them, "I am now old and well advanced in years;
3. vosque vidistis omnia, quae fecerit Dominus Deus vester cunctis nationibus istis, quomodo pro vobis ipse pugnaverit.
3. and you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the LORD your God who has fought for you.
4. Videte, sorte divisi vobis gentes, quae supersunt, in possessionem tribuum vestrarum, sicut omnes, quas delevi, a Iordane usque ad mare Magnum in occidente.
4. Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
5. Dominus Deus vester disperdet eas et auferet a facie vestra, et possidebitis terram eorum, sicut vobis pollicitus est.
5. The LORD your God will push them back before you, and drive them out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
6. Tantum confortamini, ut custodiatis cuncta, quae scripta sunt in volumine legis Moysi, et non declinetis ab eis nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram;
6. Therefore be very steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left,
7. ne conveniatis cum gentibus, quae inter vos residuae sunt, et iuretis in nomine deorum earum et serviatis eis et adoretis illos;
7. that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down yourselves to them,
8. sed adhaereatis Domino Deo vestro, quod fecistis usque in diem hanc.
8. but cleave to the LORD your God as you have done to this day.
9. Et expulit Dominus in conspectu vestro gentes magnas et robustissimas, et nullus vobis resistere potuit:
9. For the LORD has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day.
10. unus e vobis persequitur hostium mille viros, quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnat, sicut pollicitus est;
10. One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, as he promised you.
11. hoc tantum diligentissime praecavete, ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum.
11. Take good heed to yourselves, therefore, to love the LORD your God.
12. Quod si volueritis gentium harum, quae inter vos residuae sunt, erroribus adhaerere et cum eis miscere conubia atque amicitias copulare,
12. For if you turn back, and join the remnant of these nations left here among you, and make marriages with them, so that you marry their women and they yours,
13. iam nunc scitote quod Dominus Deus vester non eas deleat ante faciem vestram; sed sint vobis in rete, foveam ac laqueum et flagellum ex latere vestro, et spinae in oculis vestris, donec vos disperdat de terra hac optima, quam tradidit vobis.
13. know assuredly that the LORD your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, till you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
14. En ego hodie ingredior viam universae terrae; et toto animo cognoscetis quod de omnibus verbis bonis, quae Dominus Deus vester locutus est vobis, non praeterierit ne unum quidem incassum.
14. "And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed.
15. Sicut ergo implevit opere, quod promisit, et prospera cuncta venerunt, sic adducet super vos quidquid malorum comminatus est, donec vos disperdat de terra hac optima, quam tradidit vobis.
15. But just as all the good things which the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you,
16. Si praeterieritis pactum Domini Dei vestri, quod mandavit vobis, et servieritis diis alienis et adoraveritis eos, consurget in vos furor Domini, et cito peribitis ab hac terra optima, quam tradidit vobis”.
16. if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you."
