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 came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

²že povolal Jozua celého Izraela, jeho starších a jeho hlavy, jeho sudcov a jeho správcov a riekol im: Ja som už 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 old and well stricken in years:

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 have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought 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.

⁴Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down 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.

⁵And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto 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,

⁶Therefore 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;

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.

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 down yourselves unto them;

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

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

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

⁹For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto 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 shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.

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

¹¹Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye 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,

¹²Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto 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 for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given 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.

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 Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

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,

¹⁵And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given 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.

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