1 و َجَمَعَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي شَكِيمَ. وَاستَدْعَى كُلَّ الشُّيُوخِ وَالقادَةِ وَالقُضاةِ وَالمَسؤُولِينَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَأَتَوْا وَوَقَفُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

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

2 ف َقالَ يَشُوعُ لَهُمْ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹فِي القَدِيمِ سَكَنَ آباؤكُمْ، بِمَنْ فِيهِم تارَحُ أبُو إبراهِيمَ وَناحُورَ، فِي الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

3 ث ُمَّ أخَذْتُ أباكُمْ إبراهِيمَ مِنَ الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهْرِ الفُراتِ وَقُدتُهُ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ، وَأعطَيتُهُ نَسلاً كَثِيراً، وَأعْطَيتُهُ إسْحَاقَ.

Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

4 و َأعْطَيتُ لإسْحَاقَ وَلَدَيهِ يَعقُوبَ وَعِيسُوَ. وَأعطَيتُ عِيسُوَ مِنْطَقَةَ سَعِيرَ الجَبَلِيَّةَ لِيَمتَلِكَها. أمّا يَعقُوبُ وَأوَلادُهُ، فَنَزَلُوا إلَى مِصْرَ.

To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

5 ‹ ثُمَّ أرسَلْتُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ، وَجَلَبْتُ ضِيقاً عَظِيماً عَلَى مِصْرَ وَعَلَى شَعبِها بِما عَمِلْتُهُ هُناكَ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ أخرَجْتُكُمْ.

Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.

6 و َحِينَ أخرَجْتُ آباءَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ أتَيتُمْ إلَى البَحرِ، وَطارَدَ المِصرِيُّونَ آباءَكُمْ بِمَرْكَباتٍ وَفُرسانٍ إلَى البَحرِ الأحمَرِ.

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

7 و َحِينَ صَرَخُوا للهِ طَلَباً لِلعَونِ، وَضَعَ ظُلْمَةً بَينَكُمْ وَبَينَ المِصْرِيِّينَ، وَرَدَّ البَحرَ عَلَيهِمْ فَغَطّاهُمْ. قَدْ رَأتْ عُيُونُكُمْ ما عَمِلْتُهُ بمِصْرَ. ‹وَبَعْدَ أنْ عِشْتُمْ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ زَمَناً طَوِيلاً،

But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

8 أ حْضَرْتُكُمْ إلَى أرْضِ الأمِورِيِّينَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَحارَبُوكُمْ، وَأعطَيتُهُمْ لَكُمْ فامتَلَكْتُمْ أرْضَهُمِ وَأفنَيتُمُوهُمْ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ.

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

9 ‹ ثُمَّ استَعَدَّ المَلِكُ بالاقُ بْنُ صِفُّورَ، مَلِكُ مُوآبَ لِيُحارِبَ إسْرائِيلَ، فَأرسَلَ وَدَعا بِلْعامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ لِيَلْعَنَكُمْ،

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

10 ل َكِنِّي لَمْ أشَأْ أنْ أستَمِعَ لِبَلْعامَ، وَلِذا بارَكْتُكُمْ، وَأنقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

11 ‹ وَحِينَ عَبَرْتُمْ نَهرَ الأُردُنِّ وَأتَيتُمْ إلَى أرِيحا، حارَبَكُمْ سُكّانُ أرِيحا، كَما عَمِلَ الأمُورِيُّونَ وَالفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَالكَنعانِيُّونَ وَالحِثِّيُّونَ وَالجِرجاشِيُّونَ وَالحِوِّيُّونَ وَاليَبُوسَيُّونَ، فَأخضَعتُهُمْ لَكُمْ.

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus I gave them into your hand.

12 و َأرسَلْتُ الدَّبابِيرَ أمامَكُمْ فَطَرَدُوا مَلِكَيِّ الأمُورِيِّينَ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ. لَمْ تَطرُدُوهُمْ بِسُيُوفِكُمْ وَأقواسِكُمْ.

Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow.

13 ‹ أعطَيتُكُمْ أرْضاً لَمْ تَعمَلُوا فِيها، وَمُدُناً لَمْ تَبنُوها فَسَكَنْتُمْ فِيها. تَأكُلُونَ مِنْ كُرُومٍ وَأشجارِ زَيتُونٍ لِمْ تَزرَعُوها.›»

I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’ “We Will Serve the Lord ”

14 « وَالآنَ، اخشَوا يهوه وَهابُوهُ وَاخدِمُوهُ بِإخلاصٍ وَبِأمانَةٍ. تَخَلَّصُوا مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي عَبَدَها آباؤكُمْ فِي الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهرِ الفُراتِ وَفِي مِصْرَ، وَاخدِمُوا يهوه.

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

15 « وَإنْ كُنتُمْ لا تَرغَبُونَ فِي خِدمَةِ يهوه، فاختارُوا لِأنفُسِكُمُ اليَومَ إلهاً آخَرَ تَخدِمُونَهُ، سَواءٌ مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي خَدَمَها آباؤكُمْ فِي الجِهَةِ الأُخرَى مِنْ نَهرِ الفُراتِ، أمْ مِنْ آلِهَةِ الأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ تَسكُنُونَ فِي أرْضِهِمْ. وَأمّا أنا وَبَيْتِي فَسَنَخدِمُ يهوه.»

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

16 ف َأجابَ الشَّعبُ: «لَنْ نَترُكَ يهوه لِنَعبُدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

17 ف َإلَهُنا يهوه هُوَ مَنْ أخرَجَنا وَأخرَجَ آباءَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ حَيثُ كُنّا عَبِيداً. وَقَدْ عَمِلَ عَجائِبَ عَظِيمَةً أمامَ عُيُونِنا، وَحَمانا فِي كُلِّ رِحلَتِنا وَوَسَطَ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي سِرْنا فِي أرْضِها.

for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did these great signs in our sight and preserved us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.

18 و َقَدْ طَرَدَ يهوه مِنْ أمامِنا جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، كَالأمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَسْكُنُونَ فِي الأرْضِ. لِذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أيضاً سَنَخدِمُ يهوه، لأَنَّهُ إلَهُنا.»

The Lord drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.”

19 ف َقالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «لا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ الآنَ أنْ تَخْدِمُوا يهوه لِأنَّهُ إلَهٌ قُدُّوسٌ. إنَّهُ إلَهٌ غَيُّورٌ، وَلَنْ يَغفِرَ لَكُمْ تَمَرُّدَكُمْ وَخَطاياكُمْ.

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

20 إ نْ تَرَكْتُمُ يهوه وَخَدَمْتُمْ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً، فَإنَّهُ سَيَرجِعُ وَيَجلِبُ عَلَيكُمْ كَوارِثَ وَيُفنِيكُمْ، حَتَّى بَعْدَ أنْ أحْسَنَ إلَيْكُمْ.»

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”

21 ف َقالَ الشَّعبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «كَلّا! بَلْ سَنَخدِمُ يهوه.»

The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.”

22 ث ُمَّ قالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعبِ: «أنتُمْ شُهُودٌ عَلَى أنفُسِكُمْ أنَّكُمُ اختَرْتُمُ يهوه لِتَخدِمُوهُ.» فَقالُوا: «نَحنُ شُهُودٌ.»

Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”

23 ف َقالَ يَشُوعُ: «تَخَلَّصُوا إذاً مِنَ الآلِهَةِ الغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي بَينَكُمْ. وَأمِيلُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ إلَى يهوه إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.»

“Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

24 ف َقالَ الشَّعبُ لِيَشُوعَ: «سَنَخدِمُ يهوه إلَهَنا وَنُطِيعُهُ.»

The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and we will obey His voice.”

25 ف َقَطَعَ يَشُوعُ عَهْداً مَعَ الشَّعبِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، وَوَضَعَ لَهُمْ أحكاماً وَقَوانِينَ فِي شَكِيمَ.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 و َكَتَبَ يَشُوعُ هَذا الكَلامَ فِي كِتابِ شَرِيعَةِ اللهِ. وَأخَذَ حَجَراً كَبِيراً وَوَضَعَهُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ البَلُّوطِ الَّتِي عِنْدَ خَيْمَةِ يهوه المُقّدَّسَةِ.

And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

27 و َقالَ يَشُوعُ لِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ: «سَيَكُونُ هَذا الحَجَرُ شاهِداً عَلَينا، كَأنَّهُ سَمِعَ كَلامَ يهوه الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إلَينا. سَيَكُونُ شاهِداً عَلَيكُمْ كَي لا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى إلَهِكُمْ.»

Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God.”

28 ث ُمَّ صَرَفَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعبَ كُلَّ واحِدٍ إلَى أرْضِهِ وَمِيراثِهِ. مَوتُ يَشُوع

Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance. Joshua’s Death and Burial

29 و َبَعدَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، ماتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ خادِمُ اللهِ ، وَلَهُ مِنَ العُمْرِ مِئِةٌ وَعَشْرُ سَنَواتٍ.

It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

30 و َدُفِنَ فِي أرْضِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ سارَحَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ إلَى الشِّمالِ مِنْ جَبَلِ جاعَشَ.

And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.

31 و َخَدَمَ إسْرائِيلُ اللهَ وعبدوه طَوالَ حَياةِ يَشُوعَ وَالشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ بَقَوْا أحياءَ بَعدَهُ، الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا وَاختَبَرُوا العَمَلَ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ اللهُ لإسْرائِيلَ. عِظامُ يُوسُف

Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

32 و َدُفِنَتْ عِظامُ يُوسُفَ الَّتِي أحضَرَها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ فِي شَكِيمَ. فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي اشتَراها يَعقُوبُ بِمِئَةِ قِطعَةٍ مِنَ الفِضّةِ مِنْ أبناءِ حَمُورَ أبِي شَكيمَ. فَصارَتْ هَذِهِ الأرْضُ مُلْكاً لِنَسلِ يَوسُفَ. مَوتُ ألعازار

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

33 و َماتَ ألِعازَارُ بْنُ هارُونَ. وَدُفِنَ فِي جِبْعَةَ مَدِينَةِ ابنِهِ فِينْحاسَ، الَّتِي أُعطِيَتْ لَهُ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.