¹A Jozua shromaždil všetky pokolenia Izraelove do Síchema a povolal starších Izraelových a jeho hlavy i jeho sudcov i jeho správcov, a postavili sa pred tvárou Božou.

¹And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

²A Jozua riekol všetkému ľudu: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Tam za riekou bývali vaši otcovia od pradávna, Térach, otec Abrahámov a otec Náchorov, a slúžili iným bohom.

²And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old — Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor — and they serve other gods;

³A vzal som vášho otca, Abraháma, zpoza rieky a povodil som ho po celej zemi Kanaána a rozmnožil som jeho semeno dajúc mu Izáka.

³and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.

⁴Potom som dal Izákovi Jakoba a Ezava a Ezavovi so dal vrch Seir, aby ho zaujal do dedičstva, a Jakob a jeho synovia odišli do Egypta.

⁴And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

⁵A poslal som Mojžiša a Árona a zbil som Egypt ranami, jako som učinil v jeho strede, a potom som vás vyviedol von ztade.

⁵And I send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its midst, and afterwards I have brought you out.

⁶A keď som viedol vašich otcov z Egypta, prišli ste k moru. A Egypťania honili vašich otcov s vozmi a jazdcami až do Rudého mora.

⁶And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;

⁷A keď kričali na Hospodina postavil mrákavu medzi vás a medzi Egypťanov, a uviedol na neho more, a pokrylo ho. A vaše oči videly, čo som činil v Egypte, a bývali ste na púšti mnoho dní.

⁷and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

⁸Potom som vás doviedol do zeme Amoreja, ktorý býval za Jordánom, a bojovali s vami, ale som ich vydal do vašej ruky, a zaujali ste ich zem do dedičstva, a vyhladil som ich zpred vašej tvári.

⁸`And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence.

⁹A povstal Balák, syn Cipporov, moábsky kráľ, a bojoval proti Izraelovi a pošlúc poslov povolal Baláma, syna Beorovho, aby vám zlorečil.

⁹`And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,

¹⁰Ale nechcel som počuť Baláma, lež naopak: musel vám znova a znova žehnať, a tak som vás vytrhol z jeho ruky.

¹⁰and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.

¹¹A keď ste prešli cez Jordán, prešli ste k Jerichu, a bojovali proti vám páni Jericha, Amorej, Ferezej, Kananej, Hetej, Girgazej, Hevej a Jebuzej, a dal som ich do vašej ruky.

¹¹`And ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho — the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite — and I give them into your hand.

¹²A poslal som pred vami sršňov a zahnaly ich zpred vašej tvári, dvoch kráľov Amoreja; nevyhnal si ich svojím mečom ani svojím štítom.

¹²And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence — two kings of the Amorite — not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

¹³A dal som vám zem, na ktorej ste nepracovali, a mestá, ktoré ste nestaväli, a bývate v nich. Z viníc a z olivníc, ktorých ste nesadili, jete.

¹³`And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities which ye have not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating.

¹⁴Preto teraz sa bojte Hospodina a slúžte mu v úprimnosti a v pravde a odstráňte bohov, ktorým slúžili vaši otcovia tam za riekou a v Egypte, a slúžte Hospodinovi.

¹⁴`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah;

¹⁵No, ak je to zlé vo vašich očiach slúžiť Hospodinovi, vyvoľte si dnes, komu budete slúžiť, či bohom, ktorým slúžili vaši otcovia, ktorí boli za riekou, a či bohom Amorejov, v ktorých zemi bývate, ale ja a môj dom budeme slúžiť Hospodinovi.

¹⁵and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah — choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; — whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house — we serve Jehovah.`

¹⁶A ľud odpovedal a riekol: Nech je to preč od nás, aby sme mali opustiť Hospodina a slúžiť iným bohom.

¹⁶And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

¹⁷Lebo Hospodin, náš Bôh je to, ktorý nás vyviedol i našich otcov z Egyptskej zeme, z domu sluhov, sem hore, a ktorý činil tie veľké znamenia pred našimi očami a ostríhal nás na celej tej ceste, ktorou sme išli, a medzi všetkými národami, ktorých stredom sme prišli.

¹⁷for Jehovah our God [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;

¹⁸A Hospodin zahnal všetky tie národy, aj Amoreja, ktorý býval v zemi, zpred našej tvári. Aj my budeme slúžiť Hospodinovi, lebo on je náš Bôh.

¹⁸and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He [is] our God.`

¹⁹Ale Jozua riekol ľudu: Nebudete môcť slúžiť Hospodinovi, lebo on je presvätý Bôh, je silný Bôh žiarlivý, neodpustí vašich previnení a vašich hriechov.

¹⁹And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

²⁰Keď opustíte Hospodina a budete slúžiť cudzím bohom, obráti sa a učiní vám zle a zničí vás, kým vám prv činil dobre.

²⁰When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.`

²¹A ľud povedal Jozuovi: Nie tak, ale Hospodinovi budeme slúžiť.

²¹And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.`

²²Vtedy zase riekol Jozua ľudu: Svedkami budete sami proti sebe, že ste si sami vyvolili Hospodina, aby ste jemu slúžili. A riekli: Svedkami sme.

²²And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!`)

²³A tak teraz odstráňte cudzích bohov, ktorí sú ešte vo vašom strede, a nakloňte svoje srdcia k Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu.

²³and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.`

²⁴A ľud, všetci povedali Jozuovi: Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, budeme slúžiť a budeme počúvať na jeho hlas.

²⁴And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.`

²⁵Tak učinil Jozua toho dňa smluvu s ľudom a uložil mu ustanovenie a súd v Sícheme.

²⁵And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

²⁶A Jozua vpísal tie slová do knihy zákona Božieho. A vezmúc veľký kameň postavil ho tam pod dubom, ktorý bol v svätyni Hospodinovej.

²⁶And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

²⁷A Jozua riekol všetkému ľudu: Hľa, tento kameň bude svedoctvom proti vám, lebo on počul všetky reči Hospodinove, ktoré hovoril s nami, a bude svedoctvom proti vám, aby ste nezapreli svojho Boha.

²⁷And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.`

²⁸Potom rozpustil Jozua ľud, aby išiel každý do svojho dedičstva.

²⁸And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

²⁹A stalo sa po týchto veciach, že zomrel Jozua, syn Núnov, služobník Hospodinov, majúc sto desať rokov.

²⁹And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

³⁰A pochovali ho na území jeho dedičstva v Timnat-sérachu, ktoré je na vrchu Efraimovom od severa vrchu Gáš.

³⁰and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash.

³¹A Izrael slúžil Hospodinovi po všetky dni Jozuove i po všetky sni starších, ktorí prežili Jozuu a ktorí znali všetky skutky Hospodinove, ktoré učinil Izraelovi.

³¹And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

³²A kosti Jozefove, ktoré doniesli synovia Izraelovi hore z Egypta, pochovali v Sícheme, na diele poľa, ktoré bol kúpil Jakob od synov Chamora, otca Síchemovho, za sto kesít, a boly synom Jozefovým do dedičstva.

³²And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.

³³A zomrel aj Eleazár, syn Áronov, a pochovali ho na vŕšku Pinchasa, jeho syna, ktorý mu bol daný na vrchu Efraimovom.

³³And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.