¹And 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.

¹In po mnogih dnevih, ko je bil dal GOSPOD pokoj Izraelu od vseh njegovih sovražnikov povsod okoli, in Jozue je bil že star in prileten,

²And 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:

²skliče Jozue vse Izraelce in njih starejšine, poglavarje, sodnike in oblastnike in jim reče: Star sem in prileten;

³And 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.

³vi pa ste videli vse, kar je storil GOSPOD, Bog vaš, vsem tem narodom spričo vas, zakaj GOSPOD, Bog vaš, on je, ki se je bojeval za vas.

⁴Behold, 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.

⁴Glejte, pridelil sem vam po žrebu te narode, kar jih je še ostalo, v dediščino vašim rodovom, od Jordana z vsemi narodi vred, ki sem jih iztrebil, do velikega morja proti solnčnemu zahodu.

⁵And 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.

⁵GOSPOD pa, vaš Bog, jih izpahne pred vami ter jih prežene izpred obličja vašega, in posedete njih deželo, kakor vam je obljubil GOSPOD, Bog vaš.

⁶Be 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;

⁶Bodite torej prav trdni, da hranite in izpolnjujete vse, kar je pisano v knjigi Mojzesovega zakona, da se od tega ne ganete ne na desno, ne na levo;

⁷That 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:

⁷da ne pridete med te narode, med tiste, ki preostajajo med vami, in se ne spominjate imena njih bogov in ne prisegate pri njih, tudi jim ne služite in jih ne molite;

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

⁸ampak oklepajte se GOSPODA, Boga svojega, kakor ste delali do tega dne.

⁹For 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.

⁹Zakaj GOSPOD je zatrl pred vami velike in mogočne narode, in kar se vas tiče, nihče ni mogel stati pred vami do tega dne.

¹⁰One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

¹⁰Eden vaših jih lahko podi tisoč, kajti GOSPOD, Bog vaš, on je, ki se bojuje za vas, kakor vam je govoril.

¹¹Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

¹¹Zato skrbno čuvajte duše svoje, da ljubite GOSPODA, svojega Boga!

¹²Else 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:

¹²Sicer če kakorkoli pojdete nazaj in se oklenete ostanka teh narodov, tistih, ki so preostali med vami, in se boste ženili in možile ž njimi, da pridete med nje in oni med vas:

¹³Know 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.

¹³vedite prav gotovo, da ne bo več GOSPOD, Bog vaš, zatiral teh narodov pred vami, temuč vam bodo v zanko in v zadrgo in kakor bič na bokih in trnje v očeh, dokler ne poginete s površja te dobre dežele, ki vam jo je dal GOSPOD, Bog vaš.

¹⁴And, 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.

¹⁴In glejte, jaz odhajam danes po poti vsega zemeljskega. Spoznajte torej z vsem svojim srcem in z vso dušo svojo, da ni izginila ne ena beseda iz vseh dobrih obljub, ki jih je za vas govoril GOSPOD, Bog vaš; vse se je uresničilo, ne ena beseda ni izginila.

¹⁵Therefore 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.

¹⁵Kakor pa se je izpolnila vsaka dobra beseda, ki jo je GOSPOD, vaš Bog, govoril za vas, tako stori GOSPOD, da se uresniči nad vami vsaka huda beseda, dokler vas ne iztrebi s površja te dobre zemlje, ki vam jo je dal GOSPOD, vaš Bog.Ako prestopite zavezo GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki vam jo je zapovedal, in pojdete služit drugim bogovom in jih boste molili, tedaj se vname jeza GOSPODOVA zoper vas, in hitro poginete s površja te dobre dežele, ki vam jo dal.

¹⁶When 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.

¹⁶Ako prestopite zavezo GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki vam jo je zapovedal, in pojdete služit drugim bogovom in jih boste molili, tedaj se vname jeza GOSPODOVA zoper vas, in hitro poginete s površja te dobre dežele, ki vam jo dal.