¹And it came to pass a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in age,

¹A stalo sa po mnohých dňoch, po tom, čo dal Hospodin Izraelovi odpočinutie od všetkých ich nepriateľov naokolo, a keď už bol Jozua starý, sošlý vekom,

²that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old, advanced in age;

²že povolal Jozua celého Izraela, jeho starších a jeho hlavy, jeho sudcov a jeho správcov a riekol im: Ja som už starý, sošlý vekom.

³and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you. For Jehovah your God is he that hath fought for you.

³A vy ste videli všetko, čo učinil Hospodin, váš Bôh, všetkým tým pohanským národom pre vás, lebo Hospodin, váš Bôh, on bojoval za vás.

⁴Behold, I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea toward the sun-setting.

⁴Hľaďte, rozdelil som vám losom tie pozostalé národy do dedičstva, vašim pokoleniam, od Jordána i všetky národy, ktoré som vyplienil, až po Veľké more, na západe slnka.

⁵And Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess them from out of your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah your God hath said unto you.

⁵A Hospodin, váš Bôh, on sám ich vypudí zpred vás a vyženie ich zpred vašej tvári, a zaujmete ich zem do dedičstva, tak ako vám hovoril Hospodin, váš Bôh.

⁶And be ye 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;

⁶Preto buďte v tom veľmi silní, aby ste ostríhali a činili všetko, čo je napísané v knihe zákona Mojžišovho, tak, aby ste sa neuhli od neho ani napravo ani naľavo,

⁷that ye enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;

⁷tak, aby ste neišli medzi tie pohanské národy, tie, ktoré pozostaly s vami, a nepripomínajte si mena ich bohov ani na nich neprisahajte ani im neslúžte ani sa im neklaňajte.

⁸but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

⁸Ale Hospodina, svojho Boha, sa pridŕžajte, jako ste robili až do tohoto dňa.

⁹For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

⁹A Hospodin vyhnal zpred vašej tvári veľké národy a mocné, takže neobstál nikto pred vami až do tohoto dňa.

¹⁰One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.

¹⁰Jediný muž z vás bude honiť tisíc, lebo Hospodin, váš Bôh, on bojuje za vás, tak ako vám hovoril.

¹¹Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.

¹¹Preto sa veľmi vystríhajte pozorujúc na svoje duše, aby ste milovali Hospodina, svojho Boha.

¹²For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:

¹²Lebo keby ste sa predsa len odvrátili a pripojili by ste sa ostatku týchto národov, tých, ktoré pozostaly s vami, a spríbuznili by ste sa s nimi ženbou alebo vydajom a vošli by ste k nim, a oni by vošli k vám,

¹³know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and 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 Jehovah your God hath given you.

¹³vtedy vedzte istotne, že Hospodin, váš Bôh, nevyženie viacej tých národov zpred vašej tvári, ale vám budú smečkou a pascou a bičom na vaše boky a tŕňami vo vašich očiach, dokiaľ nezahyniete s povrchu tejto dobrej a krásnej zeme, ktorú vám dal Hospodin, váš Bôh.

¹⁴And behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your heart, and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good words that Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you: all are come to pass unto you -- not one thing hath failed thereof.

¹⁴A hľa, ja odchádzam dnes cestou celej zeme, a tedy znajte celým svojím srdcom a celou svojou dušou, že nepadlo ani jediné slovo, aby sa nebolo splnilo, zo všetkých tých dobrých slov, ktoré hovoril Hospodin, váš Bôh, o vás, všetky sa vám naplnily, nepadlo z toho ani jediné slovo.

¹⁵But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;

¹⁵A stane sa, že jako prišlo na vás každé to slovo dobré, ktoré vám hovoril Hospodin, váš Bôh, tak zase uvedie na vás Hospodin každé to slovo zlé, dokiaľ vás nezahladí s povrchu tejto dobrej a krásnej zeme, ktorú vám dal Hospodin, váš Bôh,

¹⁶when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

¹⁶keď by ste prestúpili smluvu Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktorú vám prikázal, a keby ste odišli a slúžili iným bohom a klaňali by ste sa im; vtedy sa zapáli na vás hnev Hospodinov, a zahyniete rýchle s povrchu tej dobrej a krásnej zeme, ktorú vám dal.