Josue 23
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Habilin ni Josue sa mga Israelita
23 Sa mahabang panahon, binigyan ng Panginoon ng kapahingahan ang Israel sa mga kalaban nila sa paligid. Matanda na si Josue, 2 kaya ipinatawag niya ang lahat ng mamamayan ng Israel, kasama ang mga tagapamahala, mga pinuno, mga hukom at mga opisyal ng Israel. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Matanda na ako. 3 Nakita nʼyo mismo ang lahat ng ginawa ng Panginoon na inyong Dios sa mga bansang ito alang-alang sa inyo. Ang Panginoon na inyong Dios ang nakipaglaban para sa inyo. 4 Pinaghati-hati ko na sa inyo bilang mana ng mga lahi nʼyo ang lahat ng lupain ng mga bansang nasakop natin, mula sa Ilog ng Jordan sa silangan hanggang sa Dagat ng Mediteraneo sa kanluran, pati na rin ang mga lupain ng mga bansang hindi pa natin nasasakop. 5 Magiging inyo ang mga lupain nila, ayon sa ipinangako sa inyo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios. Itataboy sila ng Panginoon na inyong Dios mismo. Tatakas sila habang nilulusob ninyo.
6 “Magpakatatag kayo at tuparin nʼyong mabuti ang lahat ng nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kautusan ni Moises. Huwag nʼyo itong itakwil. 7 Huwag kayong makikiisa sa mga bayan na natitira pa sa karatig ninyo, at huwag ninyong babanggitin ang mga pangalan ng mga dios nila o kayaʼy sumumpa sa pangalan ng mga ito. Huwag kayong sasamba o kayaʼy maglilingkod sa kanila, 8 kundi, maging tapat kayo sa Panginoon na inyong Dios, gaya ng ginagawa nʼyo hanggang ngayon.
9 “Itinaboy ng Panginoon ang malalaki at mga makapangyarihang bansa nang lusubin nʼyo sila at hanggang ngayon wala pang kahit isa na nakatalo sa inyo. 10 Kahit sino sa inyo ay makakapagtaboy ng 1,000 tao dahil ang Panginoon na inyong Dios ang nakikipaglaban para sa inyo, ayon sa ipinangako niya. 11 Kaya ingatan ninyong lubos sa inyong puso na ibigin ang Panginoon na inyong Dios.
12 “Pero kung tatalikod kayo sa kanya at makikipag-isa sa mga karatig bansang natira, at makikipag-asawa sa kanila at makikisalamuha, 13 tiyak na hindi na itataboy ng Panginoon na inyong Dios ang mga bansang ito. Sa halip, magiging mapanganib sila para sa inyo gaya ng bitag, at magiging pahirap sila sa inyo gaya ng malupit na latigo kapag hinagupit kayo sa likod o kayaʼy tinik kapag tinusok ang mata ninyo. Mangyayari ito hanggang sa mamatay kayong lahat sa magandang lupain na ibinigay sa inyo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios.
14 “Malapit na akong mamatay. Nalalaman nʼyo ng buong puso ninyoʼt kaluluwa na tinupad ng Panginoon na inyong Dios ang lahat ng mabubuting bagay na ipinangako niya sa inyo. Wala, kahit isa na hindi niya tinupad. 15 Pero ngayon na tinupad ng Panginoon na inyong Dios ang lahat ng mabubuting bagay na ipinangako niya sa inyo, tutuparin din niya ang parusa na babala niya sa inyo hanggang sa malipol niya kayo rito sa magandang lupain na ibinigay niya sa inyo. 16 Oo, mangyayari ito sa inyo kung lalabag kayo sa kasunduan ng Panginoon na inyong Dios at kung sasamba kayo at maglilingkod sa ibang mga dios. Talagang ipaparanas niya sa inyo ang kanyang galit at malilipol agad kayo sa magandang lupain na ibinigay niya sa inyo.”
Joshua 23
EasyEnglish Bible
Joshua says ‘goodbye’
23 Joshua became very old. The Lord had let the Israelite people live safely for many years. The other nations who lived near them did not attack them. 2 One day, Joshua called all the leaders to meet with him. They were the leaders of Israel's tribes and clans, the judges and the officers. He said to them,
‘I am now very old. 3 You yourselves have seen what the Lord has done to these other nations. It was the Lord who fought against them on your behalf. 4 Remember how I have given land to each of your tribes. The land is between the Jordan River in the east, and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. It is land that belonged to different nations. Some of those people we have chased away, but some of them still remain in the land. 5 The Lord himself will chase those people out of the land, so that you can live there. The Lord your God has promised you all this.
6 Be very strong. Be careful that you obey everything that Moses wrote in the Book of the Law. Do not turn away from any of those rules. 7 Do not become friends of the nations that live near you. Do not call out to their gods. Do not use the names of their gods to make a promise. You must not serve them or worship them. 8 But you must always serve the Lord your God, as you have until now.
9 The Lord has chased out in front of you nations that are great and strong. None of them has been strong enough to win against you. 10 Because the Lord your God fights on your behalf, one of you can chase away 1,000 men! The Lord has promised to do this for you. 11 You must be very careful that you continue to love the Lord your God. 12 You must not turn away from him to join with the other nations that still live near you. Do not marry any of them. Do not live in the way that they live. 13 If you do that, the Lord your God will not chase them out in front of you any more. Instead, those nations will become a danger for you. They will be like a trap that catches you. They will be like sticks that beat your backs, and like sharp thorns in your eyes. They will bring trouble to you until none of you remain in this good land that the Lord your God has given to you.
14 I will soon die, as all men do. The Lord your God has done everything that he promised you he would do. Deep inside yourselves, you know that is true. He has not failed to do even one thing that he promised. 15 The Lord has given to you every good thing that he has promised. But if you refuse to obey him, he will also punish you in every way that he has promised. He will destroy you so that you no longer live in this good land that he has given to you. 16 You must obey the rules that he commanded you to obey in his covenant. You must not serve or worship other gods. If you turn against him, the Lord your God will be very angry with you. Then very soon none of you will remain in this good land that he has given to you.’
Joshua 23
New International Version
Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders
23 After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest(A) from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,(B) 2 summoned all Israel—their elders,(C) leaders, judges and officials(D)—and said to them: “I am very old.(E) 3 You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you.(F) 4 Remember how I have allotted(G) as an inheritance(H) for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea(I) in the west. 5 The Lord your God himself will push them out(J) for your sake. He will drive them out(K) before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you.(L)
6 “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law(M) of Moses, without turning aside(N) to the right or to the left.(O) 7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(P) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(Q) to them. 8 But you are to hold fast to the Lord(R) your God, as you have until now.
9 “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations;(S) to this day no one has been able to withstand you.(T) 10 One of you routs a thousand,(U) because the Lord your God fights for you,(V) just as he promised. 11 So be very careful(W) to love the Lord(X) your God.
12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them(Y) and associate with them,(Z) 13 then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out(AA) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares(AB) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,(AC) until you perish from this good land,(AD) which the Lord your God has given you.
14 “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth.(AE) You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise(AF) has been fulfilled; not one has failed.(AG) 15 But just as all the good things(AH) the Lord your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things(AI) he has threatened, until the Lord your God has destroyed you(AJ) from this good land he has given you.(AK) 16 If you violate the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.(AL)”
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