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,

¹And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

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

²and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days;

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

³and ye — ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you;

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.

⁴see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun.

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.

⁵`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you,

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,

⁶and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,

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.

⁷so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

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

⁸but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.

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

⁹And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;

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

¹⁰one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you;

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

¹¹and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.

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,

¹²`But — if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to 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.

¹³know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.

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.

¹⁴`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known — with all your heart, and with all your soul — that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.

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,

¹⁵`And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to 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.

¹⁶in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.`