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| [1]And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days, |
[1]And a long season after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old, and stricken in age, |
| [2]and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days; |
[2]Then Joshua called all Israel, and their elders, and their heads, and their judges, and their officers, and said unto them, I am old, and stricken in age. |
| [3]and ye -- ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you; |
[3]Also ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations before you, how the Lord your God himself hath fought for you. |
| [4]see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun. |
[4]Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have destroyed, even unto the great sea westward. |
| [5]`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you, |
[5]And the Lord your God shall expel them before you, and cast them out of your sight, and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath said unto you. |
| [6]and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left, |
[6]Be ye therefore of a valiant courage, to observe and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not there from to the right hand nor to the left, |
| [7]so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them; |
[7]Neither company with these nations: that is, with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them nor bow unto them: |
| [8]but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day. |
[8]But stick fast unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. |
| [9]And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day; |
[9]For the Lord hath cast out before you great nations and mighty, and no man hath stand before your face hitherto. |
| [10]one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you; |
[10]One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. |
| [11]and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God. |
[11]Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. |
| [12]`But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you, |
[12]Else, if ye go back, and cleave unto the rest of these nations: that is, of them that remain with you, and shall make marriages with them, and go unto them, and they to you, |
| [13]know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you. |
[13]Know ye for certain, that the Lord your God will cast out no more of these nations from before you: but they shall be a snare and destruction unto you, and a whip on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish out of this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you. |
| [14]`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known -- with all your heart, and with all your soul -- that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing. |
[14]And behold, this day do I enter into the way of all the world, and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that nothing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised you, but all are come to pass unto you: nothing hath failed thereof. |
| [15]`And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you; |
[15]Therefore as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring upon you every evil thing, until he have destroyed you out of this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you. |
| [16]in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.' |
[16]When ye shall transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and shall go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves to them, then shall the wrath of the Lord wax hot against you, and ye shall perish quickly out of the good land which he hath given you. |