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, for their heads, for their judges, and for 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.

And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; 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 the other side of the River, led him throughout 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. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

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

Also I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to what I did among them. Afterward I brought you out.

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

‘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 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،

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

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

And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them from 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 to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

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

But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.

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

Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you— also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

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

I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.

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

I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’

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, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. 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.»

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of 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 ف َأجابَ الشَّعبُ: «لَنْ نَترُكَ يهوه لِنَعبُدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى.

So 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, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom 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.»

And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt 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.

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 nor 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 you good.”

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

And 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.»

So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, 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,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”

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

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

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.

Then 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.»

And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”

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

So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance. Death of Joshua and Eleazar

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

Now it came to pass 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 within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side 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 outlived Joshua, who had known all the works 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

The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.