Joshua 23

وَكَانَ غِبَّ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، بَعْدَمَا أَرَاحَ الرَّبُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ حَوَالَيْهِمْ، أَنَّ يَشُوعَ شَاخَ. تَقَدَّمَ فِي الأَيَّامِ.

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

فَدَعَا يَشُوعُ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَشُيُوخَهُ وَرُؤَسَاءَهُ وَقُضَاتَهُ وَعُرَفَاءَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ. تَقَدَّمْتُ فِي الأَيَّامِ.

And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ كُلَّ مَا عَمِلَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ بِجَمِيعِ أُولئِكَ الشُّعُوبِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكُمْ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ.

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

اُنْظُرُوا. قَدْ قَسَمْتُ لَكُمْ بِالْقُرْعَةِ هؤُلاَءِ الشُّعُوبَ الْبَاقِينَ مُلْكًا حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ، مِنَ الأُرْدُنِّ وَجَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي قَرَضْتُهَا، وَالْبَحْرِ الْعَظِيمِ نَحْوَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ.

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

وَالرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ هُوَ يَنْفِيهِمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ وَيَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ قُدَّامِكُمْ، فَتَمْلِكُونَ أَرْضَهُمْ كَمَا كَلَّمَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ.

And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

فَتَشَدَّدُوا جِدًّا لِتَحْفَظُوا وَتَعْمَلُوا كُلَّ الْمَكْتُوبِ فِي سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى حَتَّى لاَ تَحِيدُوا عَنْهَا يَمِينًا أَوْ شِمَالاً.

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

حَتَّى لاَ تَدْخُلُوا إِلَى هؤُلاَءِ الشُّعُوبِ، أُولئِكَ الْبَاقِينَ مَعَكُمْ، وَلاَ تَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَلاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِهَا، وَلاَ تَعْبُدُوهَا، وَلاَ تَسْجُدُوا لَهَا.

That ye come not among these nations, these 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:

وَلكِنِ الْصَقُوا بِالرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمْ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

قَدْ طَرَدَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ شُعُوبًا عَظِيمَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَمْ يَقِفْ أَحَدٌ قُدَّامَكُمْ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْكُمْ يَطْرُدُ أَلْفًا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكُمْ هُوَ الْمُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا كَلَّمَكُمْ.

One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

فَاحْتَفِظُوا جِدًّا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلهَكُمْ.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

«وَلكِنْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ وَلَصِقْتُمْ بِبَقِيَّةِ هؤُلاَءِ الشُّعُوبِ، أُولئِكَ الْبَاقِينَ مَعَكُمْ، وَصَاهَرْتُمُوهُمْ وَدَخَلْتُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ،

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

فَاعْلَمُوا يَقِينًا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكُمْ لاَ يَعُودُ يَطْرُدُ أُولئِكَ الشُّعُوبَ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَيَكُونُوا لَكُمْ فَخًّا وَشَرَكًا وَسَوْطًا عَلَى جَوَانِبِكُمْ، وَشَوْكًا فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ، حَتَّى تَبِيدُوا عَنْ تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ.

Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations 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 hath given you.

وَهَا أَنَا الْيَوْمَ ذَاهِبٌ فِي طَرِيقِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا. وَتَعْلَمُونَ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكُلِّ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَمْ تَسْقُطْ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْكَلاَمِ الصَّالِحِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَنْكُمُ. الْكُلُّ صَارَ لَكُمْ. لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

And, 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 thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

وَيَكُونُ كَمَا أَنَّهُ أَتَى عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ الْكَلاَمِ الصَّالِحِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ عَنْكُمْ، كَذلِكَ يَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمُ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ الْكَلاَمِ الرَّدِيءِ حَتَّى يُبِيدَكُمْ عَنْ هذِهِ الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ.

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

حِينَمَا تَتَعَدَّوْنَ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمُ الَّذِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِهِ وَتَسِيرُونَ وَتَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَتَسْجُدُونَ لَهَا، يَحْمَى غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَبِيدُونَ سَرِيعًا عَنِ الأَرْضِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكُمْ».

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.