Liber Iosue, 24

1. Congregavitque Iosue omnes tribus Israel in Sichem et vocavit maiores natu ac principes et iudices et praefectos, steteruntque in conspectu Dei;

1. Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.

2. et ad totum populum sic locutus est: “Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Trans fluvium habitaverunt patres vestri ab initio, Thare pater Abraham et Nachor, servieruntque diis alienis.

2. And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, `Your fathers lived of old beyond the Euphra'tes, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

3. Tuli ergo patrem vestrum Abraham de Mesopotamiae finibus et adduxi eum per totam terram Chanaan multiplicavique semen eius.

3. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac;

4. Et dedi ei Isaac illique rursum dedi Iacob et Esau; e quibus Esau dedi montem Seir ad possidendum, Iacob vero et filii eius descenderunt in Aegyptum.

4. and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Se'ir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

5. Misique Moysen et Aaron et percussi Aegyptum signis, quae feci in medio eius, et postea eduxi vos.

5. And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it; and afterwards I brought you out.

6. Eduxique patres vestros de Aegypto, et venistis ad mare. Persecutique sunt Aegyptii patres vestros cum curribus et equitatu usque ad mare Rubrum.

6. Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

7. Clamaverunt autem ad Dominum, qui posuit tenebras inter vos et Aegyptios et adduxit super eos mare et operuit illos. Viderunt oculi vestri, quae in Aegypto fecerim; et habitastis in solitudine multo tempore.

7. And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did to Egypt; and you lived in the wilderness a long time.

8. Et introduxi vos ad terram Amorraei, qui habitabat trans Iordanem; cumque pugnarent contra vos, tradidi eos in manus vestras, et occupastis terram eorum atque interfecistis illos.

8. Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

9. Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab et pugnavit contra Israelem; misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis.

9. Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and invited Balaam the son of Be'or to curse you,

10. Et ego nolui audire eum, sed e contrario benedixit vobis, et liberavi vos de manu eius.

10. but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.

11. Transistisque Iordanem et venistis ad Iericho; pugnaveruntque contra vos viri civitatis illius, Amorraeus et Pherezaeus et Chananaeus et Hetthaeus et Gergesaeus et Hevaeus et Iebusaeus; et tradidi illos in manus vestras.

11. And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Gir'gashites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites; and I gave them into your hand.

12. Misique ante vos crabrones, et eiecerunt eos coram vobis — duos reges Amorraeorum — non in gladio nec in arcu tuo.

12. And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.

13. Dedique vobis terram, de qua non laborastis, et urbes, quas non aedificastis, et habitatis in eis, vineas et oliveta, quae non plantastis, et manducatis ex eis.

13. I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you dwell therein; you eat the fruit of vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant.'

14. Nunc ergo timete Dominum et servite ei perfecto corde atque verissimo; et auferte deos, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia et in Aegypto, ac servite Domino.

14. "Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

15. Sin autem malum vobis videtur, ut Domino serviatis, eligite vobis hodie, cui servire vultis, utrum diis, quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia, an diis Amorraeorum, in quorum terra habitatis. Ego autem et domus mea serviemus Domino”.

15. And if you be unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

16. Responditque populus et ait: “Absit a nobis, ut relinquamus Dominum et serviamus diis alienis.

16. Then the people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

17. Dominus Deus noster ipse eduxit nos et patres nostros de terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis; fecitque videntibus nobis signa ingentia et custodivit nos in omni via, per quam ambulavimus, et in cunctis populis, per quos transivimus;

17. for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed;

18. et eiecit universas gentes, Amorraeum habitatorem terrae, quam nos intravimus. Serviemus igitur etiam nos Domino, quia ipse est Deus noster”.

18. and the LORD drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land; therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God."

19. Dixitque Iosue ad populum: “Non poteritis servire Domino. Deus enim sanctus et Deus aemulator est nec ignoscet sceleribus vestris atque peccatis.

19. But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve the LORD; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

20. Si dimiseritis Dominum et servieritis diis alienis, convertet se et affliget vos atque subvertet, postquam vobis praestiterit bona”.

20. If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good."

21. Dixitque populus ad Iosue: “Nequaquam, sed Domino serviemus”.

21. And the people said to Joshua, "Nay; but we will serve the LORD."

22. Et Iosue ad populum: “Testes, inquit, vos estis contra vos quia ipsi elegeritis vobis Dominum, ut serviatis ei”. Responderuntque: “Testes”.

22. Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses."

23. “Nunc ergo, ait, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri et inclinate corda vestra ad Dominum, Deum Israel”.

23. He said, "Then put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel."

24. Dixitque populus ad Iosue: “Domino Deo nostro serviemus; oboedientes erimus praeceptis eius”.

24. And the people said to Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey."

25. Percussit igitur Iosue in die illo foedus populo et proposuit ei praecepta atque iudicia in Sichem.

25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem.

26. Scripsitque verba haec in volumine legis Dei; et tulit lapidem pergrandem posuitque eum ibi subter quercum, quae erat in sanctuario Domini,

26. And Joshua 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 in the sanctuary of the LORD.

27. et dixit ad omnem populum: “En lapis iste erit adversus vos in testimonium quia audivit omnia verba Domini, quae locutus est inter nos, ne forte postea negare velitis et mentiri Domino Deo vestro”.

27. And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God."

28. Dimisitque populum, singulos in possessionem suam.

28. So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

29. Et post haec mortuus est Iosue filius Nun, servus Domini, centum decem annorum.

29. After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

30. Sepelieruntque eum in finibus possessionis suae in Thamnathsare, quae sita est in monte Ephraim a septentrionali parte montis Gaas.

30. And they buried him in his own inheritance at Tim'nath-se'rah, which is in the hill country of E'phraim, north of the mountain of Ga'ash.

31. Servivitque Israel Domino cunctis diebus Iosue et seniorum, qui longo vixerunt tempore post Iosue et qui noverunt omnia opera Domini, quae fecerat Israel.

31. And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work which the LORD did for Israel.

32. Ossa quoque Ioseph, quae tulerant filii Israel de Aegypto, sepelierunt in Sichem, in parte agri, quem emerat Iacob a filiis Hemmor patris Sichem centum argenteis, et fuit in possessionem filiorum Ioseph.

32. The bones of Joseph which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33. Eleazar quoque filius Aaron mortuus est; et sepelierunt eum in Gabaa Phinees filii eius, quae data est ei in monte Ephraim.

33. And Elea'zar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gib'e-ah, the town of Phin'ehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of E'phraim.