1 ¶ And it came to pass many days after the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

A long time after that, the Lord had given Israel rest from all those around them who hated them. Joshua had grown old, and had lived many years.

2 A nd Joshua called for all Israel and for their elders and for their princes and for their judges and for their officers and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age;

Joshua called all Israel, their leaders, their heads, and the men chosen among them who judge between what is right or wrong. Then he said to them, “I am old and have lived many years.

3 a nd ye have seen all that the LORD your God has done with all these Gentiles in your presence; for the LORD your God has fought for you.

And you have seen all the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you. The Lord your God is the One Who has fought for you.

4 B ehold, I have divided unto you as inheritance unto your tribes all these Gentiles, those that remain as well as those that are destroyed, from the Jordan unto the great sea towards the going down of the sun.

See, I have given to you as land for your families those nations that are left, with all the nations I have destroyed. They lie from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

5 A nd the LORD your God, shall expel them from before you and drive them from out of your presence; and ye shall possess their lands, as the LORD your God has promised unto you.

The Lord your God will send them out from in front of you. He will send them away from you. Then their land will be yours, just as the Lord your God promised you.

6 B e ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses without turning aside to the right hand or to the left

So do not be moved by others. Keep and obey all that is written in the book of the Law of Moses. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left.

7 t hat ye not enter in among these Gentiles that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them,

Do not mix with these nations that stay among you. Do not say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Do not work for them or worship them.

8 b ut cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

But hold on to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

9 F or the LORD has driven out from before you great and strong Gentiles; and until now no one has been able to stand before your face.

For the Lord has driven away large and strong nations from in front of you. No man has been able to stand in front of you to this day.

10 O ne man of you has chased a thousand; for the LORD your God, he himself has fought for you, as he has promised you.

One of your men makes a thousand run away. For the Lord your God is the One Who fights for you, just as He promised you.

11 ¶ Therefore take heed for your souls that ye love the LORD your God.

Be very careful to love the Lord your God.

12 B ecause if ye do in any wise go back and cleave unto the remnant of these Gentiles that remain among you and shall make marriages with them and go in unto them and they to you,

For if you ever turn away and join the people of these nations left among you and marry some of their people and go among them,

13 k now for a certainty that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these Gentiles from before you, but they shall be snares and traps unto you and scourges in your sides and thorns in your eyes until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

know for sure that the Lord your God will stop driving these nations away from you. And they will be a net and a trap to you. They will be a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you are destroyed from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

14 A nd, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing has failed thereof.

“See, today I am going the way of all the earth. Know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God made to you has been broken. All have come true for you. Not one of them has been broken.

15 T herefore it shall come to pass that as all the good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you

Every good promise the Lord your God made to you has come true. But in the same way, He will keep His promises to punish you. He will punish you until He has destroyed you from this good land the Lord your God has given you.

16 w hen ye shall transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, going in and serving other gods and bowing yourselves to them. And the anger of the LORD shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given unto you.

If you do not keep the agreement the Lord your God made with you, and serve other gods and worship them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you and you will be destroyed from the good land He has given you.”