¹Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

¹Siis Joosua kogus kõik Iisraeli suguharud Sekemisse ja kutsus Iisraeli vanemad, peamehed, kohtumõistjad ja ülevaatajad, ja need astusid Jumala ette.

²Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

²Ja Joosua ütles kogu rahvale: 'Nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Teisel pool jõge elasid muiste teie vanemad, Terah, Aabrahami ja Naahori isa, ja nad teenisid teisi jumalaid.

³I 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.

³Aga mina võtsin teie isa Aabrahami teiselt poolt jõge ja lasksin teda rännata kogu Kaananimaal; ja ma tegin paljuks tema soo ning andsin temale Iisaki.

⁴I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

⁴Ja Iisakile ma andsin Jaakobi ja Eesavi. Eesavile ma andsin Seiri mäestiku, et ta päriks selle, aga Jaakob ja tema pojad läksid alla Egiptusesse.

⁵“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.

⁵Siis ma läkitasin Moosese ja Aaroni ning lõin Egiptust sellega, mis ma seal tegin; ja seejärel ma tõin teid sealt ära.

⁶I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds .

⁶Ja kui ma tõin teie vanemad Egiptusest välja ja te jõudsite mere äärde, siis ajasid egiptlased teie vanemaid taga sõjavankrite ja ratsanikega kuni Kõrkjamereni.

⁷When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

⁷Siis nad kisendasid Issanda poole ja tema pani pimeduse teie ja egiptlaste vahele ja laskis mere tulla nende peale ning mattis nad. Jah, te olete oma silmaga näinud, mida ma Egiptuses tegin. Seejärel te elasite kaua aega kõrbes.

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

⁸Siis ma viisin teid emorlaste maale, kes asusid teisel pool Jordanit, ja nemad sõdisid teie vastu; aga ma andsin nad teie kätte ja te pärisite nende maa, ja ma hävitasin nad teie eest.

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

⁹Siis tõusis Baalak, Sippori poeg, Moabi kuningas, ja sõdis Iisraeli vastu; ta läkitas käskjalad ja kutsus Bileami, Beori poja, teid needma.

¹⁰but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

¹⁰Aga mina ei tahtnud kuulata Bileami ja ta pidi teid korduvalt õnnistama ning ma päästsin teid tema käest.

¹¹“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

¹¹Ja te läksite üle Jordani ning jõudsite Jeerikosse; ja Jeeriko elanikud ja emorlased, perislased, kaananlased, hetid, girgaaslased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased sõdisid teie vastu, aga mina andsin nad teie kätte.

¹²I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

¹²Ja mina läkitasin teie eel masenduse, mis ajas ära teie eest mõlemad emorlaste kuningad, aga mitte sinu mõõga ja ammuga.

¹³I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

¹³Ja ma andsin teile maa, mille kallal sa ei olnud vaeva näinud, ja linnad, mida te ei olnud ehitanud - ja neis te nüüd elate, viinamäed ja õlipuud, mida te ei olnud istutanud - ja neist te nüüd sööte.

¹⁴“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

¹⁴Sellepärast kartke nüüd Issandat ja teenige teda laitmatult ja ustavalt ja kõrvaldage jumalad, keda teie vanemad on teeninud teisel pool jõge ja Egiptuses, ja teenige Issandat!

¹⁵If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

¹⁵Aga kui teie silmis on halb teenida Issandat, siis valige endile täna, keda te tahate teenida: kas neid jumalaid, keda teie vanemad teenisid teisel pool jõge, või emorlaste jumalaid, kelle maal te elate? Aga mina ja mu pere, meie teenime Issandat!'

¹⁶The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

¹⁶Siis vastas rahvas ja ütles: 'Jäägu see meist kaugele, et me jätame maha Issanda ja teenime teisi jumalaid!

¹⁷for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

¹⁷Sest Issand on meie Jumal, tema on see, kes meid ja meie vanemad tõi välja Egiptusemaalt orjusekojast, kes meie silma ees tegi neid suuri tunnustähti ja kes meid hoidis kogu sellel teel, mida me käisime, ja kõigi rahvaste seas, kelle keskelt me läbi läksime.

¹⁸Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”

¹⁸Ja Issand ajas ära meie eest kõik rahvad, ka emorlased, kes elasid sellel maal. Sellepärast teenime meiegi Issandat, sest tema on meie Jumal!'

¹⁹Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

¹⁹Siis Joosua ütles rahvale: 'Te ei või teenida Issandat, sest tema on püha Jumal! Tema on püha vihaga Jumal, tema ei anna andeks teie üleastumisi ja patte.

²⁰If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”

²⁰Kui te jätate maha Issanda ja teenite võõraid jumalaid, siis ta pöördub ära ning teeb teile kurja ja hävitab teid, pärast seda kui ta teile on head teinud.'

²¹The people said to Joshua, “No; but we will serve Yahweh.”

²¹Aga rahvas ütles Joosuale: 'Ei, vaid me teenime Issandat!'

²²Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”

²²Ja Joosua ütles rahvale: 'Te olete tunnistajaiks iseeneste vastu, et te olete endile valinud Issanda, et teda teenida.' Ja nad vastasid: 'Oleme tunnistajad!'

²³“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

²³'Ja nüüd kõrvaldage võõrad jumalad, kes teie keskel on, ja pöörake oma südamed Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala poole!'

²⁴The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”

²⁴Ja rahvas ütles Joosuale: 'Me tahame teenida Issandat, oma Jumalat, ja võtta kuulda tema häält!'

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁵Nõnda tegi Joosua sel päeval rahvaga lepingu ja andis temale Sekemis määrused ja seadlused.

²⁶Joshua 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 Yahweh.

²⁶Ja Joosua kirjutas need sõnad Jumala Seaduse raamatusse; siis ta võttis suure kivi ja pani püsti selle tamme alla, mis oli Issanda pühamu juures.

²⁷Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

²⁷Ja Joosua ütles kogu rahvale: 'Vaata, see kivi olgu tunnistajaks meie vastu, sest see on kuulnud kõiki Issanda sõnu, mis ta meile on öelnud. Ja see olgu tunnistajaks teie vastu, et te ei salgaks oma Jumalat!'

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

²⁸Siis Joosua saatis rahva minema, igaühe ta pärisosale.

²⁹It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

²⁹Ja pärast neid sündmusi suri Issanda sulane Joosua, Nuuni poeg, saja kümne aasta vanuses.

³⁰They 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.

³⁰Ja nad matsid tema ta pärisosa maa-alale Timnat-Serahisse, mis on Efraimi mäestikus põhja pool Gaasi mäge.

³¹Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

³¹Ja Iisrael teenis Issandat kogu Joosua eluaja ja kogu nende vanemate eluaja, kes elasid veel pärast Joosuat ja kes tundsid kõiki Issanda tegusid, mis ta Iisraelile oli teinud.

³²They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, 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. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

³²Ja Joosepi luud, mis Iisraeli lapsed olid Egiptusest ära toonud, matsid nad Sekemisse selle väljaosa peale, mille Jaakob oli ostnud Sekemi isa Hamori lastelt saja rahatüki eest ja mis oli saanud pärisosaks Joosepi lastele.

³³Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

³³Ka Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, suri, ja nad matsid ta Gibeasse, ta poja Piinehasi linna, mis temale oli antud Efraimi mäestikus.