¹Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

¹Tedaj pokliče Jozue Rubenske in Gadske in polovico Manasejevega rodu

²and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.

²in jim reče: Ohranili ste vse, kar vam je bil zapovedal Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, in ste poslušali glas moj v vsem, kar sem vam zapovedal.

³You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.

³Niste zapustili svojih bratov vse tiste mnoge dni do dandanes, a zvesto ste pazili na zapoved GOSPODA, Boga svojega.

⁴Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.

⁴Ker pa je zdaj pripravil GOSPOD, vaš Bog, pokoj vašim bratom, kakor jim je bil obljubil, zato pojdite sedaj in se vrnite v svoje šatore, v posestva svojega deželo, ki vam jo je dal Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, onostran Jordana.

⁵Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

⁵Samo prizadevajte si skrbno, da izpolnjujete zapoved in postavo, ki vam jo je zapovedal Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV: da ljubite GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ter hodite po vseh potih njegovih in hranite zapovedi njegove in se njega oklepate in njemu služite iz vsega srca svojega in z vso dušo svojo.

⁶So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.

⁶In blagoslovil jih je Jozue ter jih odpustil, in šli so k svojim šatorom.

⁷Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

⁷Polovici Manasejevega rodu je bil dal Mojzes dediščino v Basanu, a drugi polovici je dal Jozue med njih brati tostran Jordana, proti zahodu. Vrhutega jih je Jozue, ko jih je odpuščal v njih šatore, blagoslovil

⁸and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with brass, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”

⁸in jim govoril, rekoč: Vrnite se z mnogim blagom v svoje šatore, z jako mnogoštevilno živino, s srebrom, zlatom, bronom in z železom in z mnogimi oblačili; delite plen sovražnikov svojih s svojimi brati.

⁹The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

⁹In vrnili so se sinovi Rubenovi in sinovi Gadovi in polovica Manasejevega rodu, in ko so se odpravili od Izraelovih sinov iz Sila, ki je v deželi Kanaanski, so šli v Gileadsko pokrajino, v svojega posestva deželo, ki so jo bili posedli s poveljem GOSPODOVIM po Mojzesu.

¹⁰When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.

¹⁰In ko pridejo v kraje pri Jordanu, ki so v deželi Kanaanski, zgrade ondi ob Jordanu oltar sinovi Rubenovi in Gadovi in polovica Manasejevega rodu, velik in očiten oltar.

¹¹The children of Israel heard this, “Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.”

¹¹In zaslišijo sinovi Izraelovi, da se govori: Glej, sinovi Rubenovi in sinovi Gadovi in polovica Manasejevega rodu so zgradili oltar na pročelju Kanaanske dežele, v krajih pri Jordanu, nasprotno Izraelovim sinovom.

¹²When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

¹²In ko so to slišali, se zbere vsa občina Izraelovih sinov v Silo, da bi šli zoper nje v boj.

¹³The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

¹³In sinovi Izraelovi pošljejo k Rubenovim in Gadovim sinovom in k polovici Manasejevega rodu v Gileadsko pokrajino Pinehasa, sina Eleazarja duhovnika,

¹⁴and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.

¹⁴in ž njim deset knezov, po enega kneza očetovske hiše za vsak Izraelov rod; in vsak izmed njih je bil poglavar očetovske hiše med tisoči Izraelovimi.

¹⁵They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

¹⁵In ko pridejo k Rubenovim in Gadovim sinovom in k polovici Manasejevega rodu v Gileadsko pokrajino, jih ogovore, rekoč:

¹⁶“Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?

¹⁶Tako pravi vsa občina GOSPODOVA: Kakšna je to nezvestoba, ki ste jo zagrešili proti Izraelovemu Bogu, ko ste se odvrnili danes, da ne bi hodili za GOSPODOM, in ste si zgradili oltar, upirajoč se danes GOSPODU?

¹⁷Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,

¹⁷Majhna li nam je pregreha s Peorjem, ki se je nismo očistili do današnjega dne in zaradi katere je šiba zadela občino GOSPODOVO,

¹⁸that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? It will be, since you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

¹⁸da se odvračate danes, da ne bi šli za GOSPODOM? In zgodi se, ker se danes upirate GOSPODU, da se bo jutri jezil nad vso občino Izraelovo!

¹⁹However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.

¹⁹Ali če je dežela vašega posestva nečista, preidite v deželo posestva GOSPODOVEGA, kjer je prebivališče GOSPODOVO, in vzemite si last med nami; samo ne bodite uporni GOSPODU in nam s tem, da si gradite oltar razen oltarja GOSPODA, Boga našega.

²⁰Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’”

²⁰Ni li se pregrešil Ahan, sin Zerahov, z nezvestobo, ko je vzel od prokletega, in jeza GOSPODOVA je prišla nad vso občino Izraelovo? In on ni poginil sam v svoji pregrehi!

²¹Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

²¹Nato odgovore Rubenovi in Gadovi sinovi in polovica Manasejevega rodu ter reko poglavarjem tisoč Izraelovih:

²²“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us this day),

²²Bog bogov, Jehova, Bog bogov, Jehova, On ve, in tudi Izrael naj ve: Ako se je storilo v upornosti ali iz nezvestobe proti GOSPODU, ne bodi nam v pomoč danes!

²³that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.

²³Ako smo si zgradili oltar z namenom, da se odvrnemo ter ne bomo hodili za GOSPODOM, ali da bomo na njem darovali žgalne in jedilne daritve ali pokladali nanj mirovne žrtve, naj nas kaznuje zato GOSPOD!

²⁴“If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, “What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?

²⁴Marveč storili smo to v skrbi za dobro stvar, meneč: V prihodnjih časih bi lahko rekli otroci vaši našim otrokom: Kaj vam je do GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega?

²⁵For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh.”’ So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.

²⁵Saj je GOSPOD naredil Jordan v mejo med nami in vami, sinovi Rubenovi in sinovi Gadovi: nimate deleža v GOSPODU! S tem bi vaši otroci odvrnili otroke naše od strahu GOSPODOVEGA.

²⁶“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;

²⁶Zato smo rekli: Dejte, zgradimo si oltar, ne za žgalne žrtve, ne za klalne daritve,

²⁷but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’

²⁷ampak da bodi priča med nami in vami in za naše rodove za nami, da smemo opravljati GOSPODU službo pred Njim s svojimi žgalnimi, klalnimi in mirovnimi žrtvami, ter da ne smejo vaši otroci reči našim otrokom v prihodnjih časih: Nimate deleža v GOSPODU.

²⁸“Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’

²⁸Rekli smo torej: Ako nam tako poreko ali rodovom našim za nami v prihodnjih časih, bomo dejali: Glejte podobščino GOSPODOVEGA oltarja, ki so ga postavili očetje naši, ne za žgalno, ne za klalno daritev, ampak da bodi priča med nami in vami.

²⁹“Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!”

²⁹Bog ne daj, da bi se uprli zoper GOSPODA in se danes odvrnili, ne hoteč hoditi za GOSPODOM, da si zgradimo oltar za žgalno, jedilno in klalno daritev, razen oltarja GOSPODA, Boga našega, ki je pred njegovim prebivališčem!

³⁰When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.

³⁰Ko so pa slišali Pinehas duhovnik in knezi občine, poglavarji tisoč Izraelovih, ki so bili ž njim, te besede, ki so jih govorili Rubenovi in Gadovi in Manasejevi sinovi, se jim je dobro videlo.

³¹Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh.”

³¹In Pinehas, Eleazarjev sin, duhovnik, reče Rubenovim in Gadovim in Manasejevim sinovom: Danes spoznavamo, da je GOSPOD med nami, ker niste zagrešili te nezvestobe zoper GOSPODA. Sedaj ste rešili Izraelove sinove roke GOSPODOVE!

³²Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

³²Tedaj se vrnejo Pinehas, sin Eleazarja duhovnika, in knezi od Rubenovih in Gadovih sinov iz Gileadske pokrajine v Kanaansko deželo k Izraelovim sinovom in jim prineso poročilo.

³³The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.

³³In stvar se je dobra videla sinovom Izraelovim; in Izraelovi sinovi so hvalili Boga in niso več omenili, da pojdejo zoper nje v boj ugonabljat deželo, ki prebivajo v njej sinovi Rubenovi in sinovi gadovi.In Rubenovi in Gadovi sinovi so imenovali oltar Priča, zakaj „on je priča med nami, da je Jehova Bog“.

³⁴The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God.”

³⁴In Rubenovi in Gadovi sinovi so imenovali oltar Priča, zakaj „on je priča med nami, da je Jehova Bog“.