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 gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented 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 said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served 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 took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave 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 gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into 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 sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof: and afterward I 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 brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto 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 when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the 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.

⁸And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

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

⁹Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

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

¹⁰but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered 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.

¹¹And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered 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 sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with 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.

¹³And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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.

¹⁴Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away 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 it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will 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 answered and said, Far be it from us that we should 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, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom 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 drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will 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 said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

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

²⁰If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

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

²¹And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.

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 said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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

²³Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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

²⁴And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.

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

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them 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 wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by 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 said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

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

²⁸So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

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

²⁹And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

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

³⁰And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain 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 served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for 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 children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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

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