Josué 24
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1*Et Josué assembla toutes les tribus d’Israël à Sichem, et il appela les anciens d’Israël, et ses chefs, et ses juges, et ses magistrats ; et ils se tinrent devant Dieu.
2Et Josué dit à tout le peuple : Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël : Vos pères, Térakh, père d’Abraham et père de Nakhor, ont habité anciennement au-delà du fleuve, et ils ont servi d’autres dieux ;
3et je pris votre père Abraham d’au-delà du fleuve, et je le fis aller par tout le pays de Canaan, et je multipliai sa semence : je lui donnai Isaac,
4et je donnai à Isaac Jacob et Ésaü ; et je donnai à Ésaü la montagne de Séhir pour la posséder ; et Jacob et ses fils descendirent en Égypte ;
5et j’envoyai Moïse et Aaron, et je frappai l’Égypte de plaies, selon ce que j’ai fait au milieu d’elle ; et ensuite je vous en fis sortir.
6Je fis sortir vos pères de l’Égypte, et vous êtes venus à la mer ; et les Égyptiens poursuivirent vos pères avec des chars et des cavaliers jusqu’à la mer Rouge ;
7et ils crièrent à l’Éternel, et il mit une obscurité entre vous et les Égyptiens, et fit venir la mer sur eux, et les couvrit ; et vos yeux virent ce que je fis aux Égyptiens ; et vous avez habité longtemps dans le désert.
8Et je vous amenai au pays des Amoréens qui habitaient au-delà du Jourdain ; et ils vous firent la guerre ; et je les livrai en votre main, et vous avez pris possession de leur pays, et je les détruisis devant vous.
9Et Balak, fils de Tsippor, roi de Moab, se leva et fit la guerre contre Israël ; et il envoya et appela Balaam, fils de Béor, pour vous maudire ;
10mais je ne voulus pas écouter Balaam, et il vous bénit expressément ; et je vous délivrai de sa main.
11Et vous avez passé le Jourdain, et vous êtes venus à Jéricho ; et les hommes de Jéricho, [et] l’Amoréen, et le Phérézien, et le Cananéen, et le Héthien, et le Guirgasien, le Hévien, et le Jébusien, vous firent la guerre, et je les livrai en votre main ;
12et j’envoyai devant vous les frelons qui les chassèrent devant vous, [comme] les deux rois des Amoréens : ce ne fut point par ton épée ni par ton arc.
13Et je vous donnai un pays où tu n’avais pas travaillé et des villes que vous n’aviez point bâties, et vous y habitez ; vous mangez [le fruit] des vignes et des oliviers que vous n’avez pas plantés.
14Et maintenant, craignez l’Éternel, et servez-le en intégrité et en vérité ; et ôtez les dieux que vos pères ont servis de l’autre côté du fleuve et en Égypte, et servez l’Éternel.
15Et s’il est mauvais à vos yeux de servir l’Éternel, choisissez aujourd’hui qui vous voulez servir, soit les dieux que vos pères qui étaient de l’autre côté du fleuve ont servis, soit les dieux de l’Amoréen, dans le pays duquel vous habitez. Mais moi et ma maison, nous servirons l’Éternel.
16Et le peuple répondit et dit : Loin de nous que nous abandonnions l’Éternel pour servir d’autres dieux !
17Car l’Éternel, notre Dieu, c’est lui qui nous a fait monter, nous et nos pères, du pays d’Égypte, de la maison de servitude, et qui a fait devant nos yeux ces grands signes, et qui nous a gardés dans tout le chemin par lequel nous avons marché, et parmi tous les peuples au milieu desquels nous avons passé.
18Et l’Éternel a chassé de devant nous tous les peuples, et l’Amoréen qui habitait dans le pays. Aussi nous, nous servirons l’Éternel, car c’est lui qui est notre Dieu.
19Et Josué dit au peuple : Vous ne pourrez pas servir l’Éternel ; car il est un Dieu saint, il est un ✶Dieu jaloux : il ne pardonnera pas votre transgression et vos péchés.
20Si vous abandonnez l’Éternel, et si vous servez des dieux étrangers, alors il se retournera et vous fera du mal et vous consumera après vous avoir fait du bien.
21Et le peuple dit à Josué : Non, car nous servirons l’Éternel.
22Et Josué dit au peuple : Vous êtes témoins contre vous-mêmes que c’est vous qui vous êtes choisi l’Éternel pour le servir. Et ils dirent : [Nous en sommes] témoins.
23Et maintenant, ôtez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, et inclinez votre cœur vers l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.
24Et le peuple dit à Josué : Nous servirons l’Éternel, notre Dieu, et nous écouterons sa voix.
25Et Josué fit une alliance avec le peuple en ce jour-là, et lui établit un statut et une ordonnance, à Sichem.
26Et Josué écrivit ces paroles dans le livre de la loi de Dieu. Et il prit une grande pierre, et la dressa là sous le chêne qui était auprès du sanctuaire de l’Éternel ;
27et Josué dit à tout le peuple : Voici, cette pierre sera témoin contre nous, car elle a entendu toutes les paroles de l’Éternel, qu’il nous a dites ; et elle sera témoin contre vous, de peur que vous ne reniiez votre Dieu.
28Et Josué renvoya le peuple, chacun à son héritage.
29Et il arriva, après ces choses, que Josué, fils de Nun, serviteur de l’Éternel, mourut, âgé de 110 ans.
30Et on l’enterra dans les limites de son héritage, à Thimnath-Sérakh, qui est dans la montagne d’Éphraïm, au nord de la montagne de Gaash.
31Et Israël servit l’Éternel tous les jours de Josué, et tous les jours des anciens dont les jours se prolongèrent après Josué et qui avaient connu toute l’œuvre de l’Éternel, qu’il avait faite pour Israël.
32Et on enterra à Sichem les os de Joseph, que les fils d’Israël avaient transportés d’Égypte, dans la portion de champ que Jacob avait achetée des fils de Hamor, père de Sichem, pour 100 kesitas, et qui devint l’héritage des fils de Joseph.
33Et Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, mourut ; et on l’enterra dans le coteau de Phinées, son fils, qui lui avait été donné dans la montagne d’Éphraïm.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y JUNTANDO Josué todas las tribus de Israel en Sichêm, llamó á los ancianos de Israel, y á sus príncipes, á sus jueces, y á sus oficiales; y presentáronse delante de Dios.
2Y dijo Josué á todo el pueblo: Así dice Jehová, Dios de Israel: Vuestros padres habitaron antiguamente de esotra parte del río, es á saber, Tharé, padre de Abraham y de Nachôr; y servían á dioses extraños.
3Y yo tomé á vuestro padre Abraham de la otra parte del río, y trájelo por toda la tierra de Canaán, y aumenté su generación, y díle á Isaac.
4Y á Isaac dí á Jacob y á Esaú: y á Esaú dí el monte de Seir, que lo poseyese: mas Jacob y sus hijos descendieron á Egipto.
5Y yo envié á Moisés y á Aarón, y herí á Egipto, al modo que lo hice en medio de él, y después os saqué.
6Y saqué á vuestros padres de Egipto: y como llegaron á la mar, los Egipcios siguieron á vuestros padres hasta el mar Bermejo con carros y caballería.
7Y como ellos clamasen á Jehová, él puso oscuridad entre vosotros y los Egipcios, é hizo venir sobre ellos la mar, la cual los cubrió: y vuestros ojos vieron lo que hice en Egipto. Después estuvisteis muchos días en el desierto.
8Y os introduje en la tierra de los Amorrheos, que habitaban de la otra parte del Jordán, los cuales pelearon contra vosotros; mas yo los entregué en vuestras manos, y poseísteis su tierra, y los destruí de delante de vosotros.
9Y levantóse después Balac hijo de Sephor, rey de los Moabitas, y peleó contra Israel; y envió á llamar á Balaam hijo de Beor, para que os maldijese.
10Mas yo no quise escuchar á Balaam, antes os bendijo repetidamente, y os libré de sus manos.
11Y pasado el Jordán, vinisteis á Jericó; y los moradores de Jericó pelearon contra vosotros: los Amorrheos, Pherezeos, Cananeos, Hetheos, Gergeseos, Heveos, y Jebuseos: y yo los entregué en vuestras manos.
12Y envié tábanos delante de vosotros, los cuales los echaron de delante de vosotros, á saber, á los dos reyes de los Amorrheos; no con tu espada, ni con tu arco.
13Y os dí la tierra por la cual nada trabajasteis, y las ciudades que no edificasteis, en las cuales moráis; y de las viñas y olivares que no plantasteis, coméis.
14Ahora pues, temed á Jehová, y servidle con integridad y en verdad; y quitad de en medio los dioses á los cuales sirvieron vuestros padres de esotra parte del río, y en Egipto; y servid á Jehová.
15Y si mal os parece servir á Jehová, escogeos hoy á quién sirváis; si á los dioses á quienes sirvieron vuestros padres, cuando estuvieron de esotra parte del río, ó á los dioses de los Amorrheos en cuya tierra habitáis: que yo y mi casa serviremos á Jehová.
16Entonces el pueblo respondió, y dijo: Nunca tal acontezca, que dejemos á Jehová por servir á otros dioses:
17Porque Jehová nuestro Dios es el que nos sacó á nosotros y á nuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre; el cual delante de nuestros ojos ha hecho estas grandes señales, y nos ha guardado por todo el camino por donde hemos andado, y en todos los pueblos por entre los cuales pasamos.
18Y Jehová echó de delante de nosotros á todos los pueblos, y al Amorrheo que habitaba en la tierra: nosotros, pues, también serviremos á Jehová, porque él es nuestro Dios.
19Entonces Josué dijo al pueblo: No podréis servir á Jehová, porque él es Dios santo, y Dios celoso; no sufrirá vuestras rebeliones y vuestros pecados.
20Si dejareis á Jehová y sirviereis á dioses ajenos, se volverá, y os maltratará, y os consumirá, después que os ha hecho bien.
21El pueblo entonces dijo á Josué: No, antes á Jehová serviremos.
22Y Josué respondió al pueblo: Vosotros sois testigos contra vosotros mismos, de que os habéis elegido á Jehová para servirle. Y ellos respondieron: Testigos somos.
23Quitad, pues, ahora los dioses ajenos que están entre vosotros, é inclinad vuestro corazón á Jehová Dios de Israel.
24Y el pueblo respondió á Josué: A Jehová nuestro Dios serviremos, y á su voz obedeceremos.
25Entonces Josué hizo alianza con el pueblo el mismo día, y púsole ordenanzas y leyes en Sichêm.
26Y escribió Josué estas palabras en el libro de la ley de Dios; y tomando una grande piedra, levantóla allí debajo de un alcornoque que estaba junto al santuario de Jehová.
27Y dijo Josué á todo el pueblo: He aquí esta piedra será entre nosotros por testigo, la cual ha oído todas las palabras de Jehová que él ha hablado con nosotros: será, pues, testigo contra vosotros, porque no mintáis contra vuestro Dios.
28Y envió Josué al pueblo, cada uno á su heredad.
29Y después de estas cosas murió Josué, hijo de Nun, siervo de Jehová, siendo de ciento y diez años.
30Y enterráronlo en el término de su posesión en Timnath-sera, que está en el monte de Ephraim, al norte del monte de Gaas.
31Y sirvió Israel á Jehová todo el tiempo de Josué, y todo el tiempo de los ancianos que vivieron después de Josué, y que sabían todas las obras de Jehová, que había hecho por Israel.
32Y enterraron en Sichêm los huesos de José que los hijos de Israel habían traído de Egipto, en la parte del campo que Jacob compró de los hijos de Hemor padre de Sichêm, por cien corderas; y fué en posesión á los hijos de José.
33También murió Eleazar, hijo de Aarón; al cual enterraron en el collado de Phinees su hijo, que le fué dado en el monte de Ephraim.
King James Version
1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
16And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
22And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
24And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
World English Bible
1Joshua 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.
2Joshua said to all the people, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served other gods.
3I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.
4I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
7When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.
8“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
11“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
12I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’
14“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve the LORD.
15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond 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.”
16The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
17for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
18The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God.”
19Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
20If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
21The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the LORD.”
22Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
23“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
28So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.
30They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
31Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel.
32They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.