¹It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

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,

²that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced 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.

³You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

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

⁴Behold, I have allotted to 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 to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

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.

⁵Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.

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.

⁶“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;

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,

⁷that you not come 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 to them;

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.

⁸but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.

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

⁹“For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

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

¹⁰One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

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

¹¹Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

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

¹²“But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

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,

¹³know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given 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.

¹⁴“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.

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.

¹⁵It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,

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,

¹⁶when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has 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.