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.

¹Siis Joosua kogus kõik Iisraeli suguharud Sekemisse ja kutsus Iisraeli vanemad, peamehed, kohtumõistjad ja ülevaatajad, ja need astusid Jumala ette.

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.

²Ja Joosua ütles kogu rahvale: 'Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Teisel pool jõge elasid muiste teie vanemad, Terah, Aabrahami ja Naahori isa, ja nad teenisid teisi jumalaid.

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.

³Aga mina võtsin teie isa Aabrahami teiselt poolt jõge ja lasksin teda rännata kogu Kaananimaal; ja ma tegin paljuks tema soo ning andsin temale Iisaki.

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.

⁴Ja Iisakile ma andsin Jaakobi ja Eesavi. Eesavile ma andsin Seiri mäestiku, et ta päriks selle, aga Jaakob ja tema pojad läksid alla Egiptusesse.

⁵I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

⁵Siis ma läkitasin Moosese ja Aaroni ning lõin Egiptust sellega, mis ma seal tegin; ja seejärel ma tõin teid sealt ära.

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.

⁶Ja kui ma tõin teie vanemad Egiptusest välja ja te jõudsite mere äärde, siis ajasid egiptlased teie vanemaid taga sõjavankrite ja ratsanikega kuni Kõrkjamereni.

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.

⁷Siis nad kisendasid Issanda poole ja tema pani pimeduse teie ja egiptlaste vahele ja laskis mere tulla nende peale ning mattis nad. Jah, te olete oma silmaga näinud, mida ma Egiptuses tegin. Seejärel te elasite kaua aega kõrbes.

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.

⁸Siis ma viisin teid emorlaste maale, kes asusid teisel pool Jordanit, ja nemad sõdisid teie vastu; aga ma andsin nad teie kätte ja te pärisite nende maa, ja ma hävitasin nad teie eest.

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:

⁹Siis tõusis Baalak, Sippori poeg, Moabi kuningas, ja sõdis Iisraeli vastu; ta läkitas käskjalad ja kutsus Bileami, Beori poja, teid needma.

¹⁰But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

¹⁰Aga mina ei tahtnud kuulata Bileami ja ta pidi teid korduvalt õnnistama ning ma päästsin teid tema käest.

¹¹And you 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.

¹¹Ja te läksite üle Jordani ning jõudsite Jeerikosse; ja Jeeriko elanikud ja emorlased, perislased, kaananlased, hetid, girgaaslased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased sõdisid teie vastu, aga mina andsin nad teie kätte.

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.

¹²Ja mina läkitasin teie eel masenduse, mis ajas ära teie eest mõlemad emorlaste kuningad, aga mitte sinu mõõga ja ammuga.

¹³And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

¹³Ja ma andsin teile maa, mille kallal sa ei olnud vaeva näinud, ja linnad, mida te ei olnud ehitanud - ja neis te nüüd elate, viinamäed ja õlipuud, mida te ei olnud istutanud - ja neist te nüüd sööte.

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.

¹⁴Sellepärast kartke nüüd Issandat ja teenige teda laitmatult ja ustavalt ja kõrvaldage jumalad, keda teie vanemad on teeninud teisel pool jõge ja Egiptuses, ja teenige Issandat!

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.

¹⁵Aga kui teie silmis on halb teenida Issandat, siis valige endile täna, keda te tahate teenida: kas neid jumalaid, keda teie vanemad teenisid teisel pool jõge, või emorlaste jumalaid, kelle maal te elate? Aga mina ja mu pere, meie teenime Issandat!'

¹⁶And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

¹⁶Siis vastas rahvas ja ütles: 'Jäägu see meist kaugele, et me jätame maha Issanda ja teenime teisi jumalaid!

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:

¹⁷Sest Issand on meie Jumal, tema on see, kes meid ja meie vanemad tõi välja Egiptusemaalt orjusekojast, kes meie silma ees tegi neid suuri tunnustähti ja kes meid hoidis kogu sellel teel, mida me käisime, ja kõigi rahvaste seas, kelle keskelt me läbi läksime.

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.

¹⁸Ja Issand ajas ära meie eest kõik rahvad, ka emorlased, kes elasid sellel maal. Sellepärast teenime meiegi Issandat, sest tema on meie Jumal!'

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.

¹⁹Siis Joosua ütles rahvale: 'Te ei või teenida Issandat, sest tema on püha Jumal! Tema on püha vihaga Jumal, tema ei anna andeks teie üleastumisi ja patte.

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.

²⁰Kui te jätate maha Issanda ja teenite võõraid jumalaid, siis ta pöördub ära ning teeb teile kurja ja hävitab teid, pärast seda kui ta teile on head teinud.'

²¹And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

²¹Aga rahvas ütles Joosuale: 'Ei, vaid me teenime Issandat!'

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.

²²Ja Joosua ütles rahvale: 'Te olete tunnistajaiks iseeneste vastu, et te olete endile valinud Issanda, et teda teenida.' Ja nad vastasid: 'Oleme tunnistajad!'

²³Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

²³'Ja nüüd kõrvaldage võõrad jumalad, kes teie keskel on, ja pöörake oma südamed Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala poole!'

²⁴And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

²⁴Ja rahvas ütles Joosuale: 'Me tahame teenida Issandat, oma Jumalat, ja võtta kuulda tema häält!'

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁵Nõnda tegi Joosua sel päeval rahvaga lepingu ja andis temale Sekemis määrused ja seadlused.

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.

²⁶Ja Joosua kirjutas need sõnad Jumala Seaduse raamatusse; siis ta võttis suure kivi ja pani püsti selle tamme alla, mis oli Issanda pühamu juures.

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.

²⁷Ja Joosua ütles kogu rahvale: 'Vaata, see kivi olgu tunnistajaks meie vastu, sest see on kuulnud kõiki Issanda sõnu, mis ta meile on öelnud. Ja see olgu tunnistajaks teie vastu, et te ei salgaks oma Jumalat!'

²⁸So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

²⁸Siis Joosua saatis rahva minema, igaühe ta pärisosale.

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.

²⁹Ja pärast neid sündmusi suri Issanda sulane Joosua, Nuuni poeg, saja kümne aasta vanuses.

³⁰And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

³⁰Ja nad matsid tema ta pärisosa maa-alale Timnat-Serahisse, mis on Efraimi mäestikus põhja pool Gaasi mäge.

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.

³¹Ja Iisrael teenis Issandat kogu Joosua eluaja ja kogu nende vanemate eluaja, kes elasid veel pärast Joosuat ja kes tundsid kõiki Issanda tegusid, mis ta Iisraelile oli teinud.

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.

³²Ja Joosepi luud, mis Iisraeli lapsed olid Egiptusest ära toonud, matsid nad Sekemisse selle väljaosa peale, mille Jaakob oli ostnud Sekemi isa Hamori lastelt saja rahatüki eest ja mis oli saanud pärisosaks Joosepi lastele.

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.

³³Ka Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, suri, ja nad matsid ta Gibeasse, ta poja Piinehasi linna, mis temale oli antud Efraimi mäestikus.