Josue 22
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Altar sa Tabi ng Jordan
22 Pagkatapos, tinipon ni Josue ang mga mandirigma ng lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at kalahati ng lipi ni Manases. 2 Sinabi(A) niya, “Tinupad ninyo ang lahat ng tagubilin sa inyo ni Moises na lingkod ni Yahweh, at sinunod ninyo ang bawat utos ko. 3 Hanggang sa panahong ito'y hindi ninyo pinabayaan ang mga kapatid ninyong Israelita. Tinupad ninyong mabuti ang lahat ng ipinag-utos ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos. 4 At ngayon, naibigay na ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos sa inyong mga kapatid ang kapayapaang ipinangako niya. Kaya umuwi na kayo sa inyong mga tahanan sa kabila ng Jordan, sa lupaing ibinigay sa inyo ni Moises na lingkod ni Yahweh. 5 Huwag lamang ninyong kakalimutang sundin ang mga tagubilin at kautusang ibinigay ni Moises sa inyo, “Ibigin ninyo si Yahweh na inyong Diyos. Sundin ninyo ang kanyang kalooban at tuparin ang kanyang mga utos. Maging tapat kayo sa kanya at paglingkuran ninyo siya nang buong puso't kaluluwa.” 6 Binasbasan sila ni Josue, at umuwi na sila.
7 Ang kalahati ng lipi ni Manases ay binigyan ni Moises ng lupain sa Bashan; ang kalahati ay binigyan ni Josue ng lupa sa kanluran ng Jordan, katabi ng iba pang lipi ng Israel. Nang sila'y pauwi na, binasbasan sila ni Josue 8 at sinabi sa kanila, “Mayayaman kayong babalik sa inyo—maraming baka, ginto, pilak, tanso, bakal at mga damit. Bahaginan ninyo ng mga nasamsam ninyo sa mga kaaway ang inyong mga kapatid.” 9 Umuwi na nga ang mga mandirigma ng lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at kalahati ng lipi ni Manases. Iniwan nila sa Canaan ang ibang mga Israelita at bumalik sila sa Gilead, sa lupaing naging bahagi nila ayon sa iniutos ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ni Moises.
10 Pagdating nila ng Jordan na nasa panig ng Canaan, nagtayo sila ng isang mataas at malaking altar sa tabi ng ilog. 11 Nalaman ito ng ibang mga Israelita at ganito ang kumalat na usap-usapan, “Alam ninyo, nagtayo ang mga lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at ng kalahati ng lipi ni Manases ng isang altar sa hangganan ng Canaan bago tumawid ng Jordan.” 12 Pagkarinig nito'y nagtipun-tipon sila sa Shilo at humandang digmain ang nasabing mga lipi.
13 Sinugo ng bayang Israel si Finehas na anak ng paring si Eleazar, upang kausapin ang mga lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at kalahati ng lipi ni Manases. 14 May kasama siyang sampung pinuno ng mga angkang buhat sa bawat lipi ni Israel. Bawat isa sa kanila ay pinuno ng mga angkan sa kani-kanilang mga lipi. 15 Pagdating sa Gilead, sinabi nila sa mga lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at kalahati ng lipi ni Manases, 16 “Ito(B) ang ipinapasabi sa inyo ng buong sambayanan ni Yahweh: ‘Bakit ninyo ginawa ang ganitong pagtataksil sa Diyos ng Israel? Naghihimagsik kayo laban kay Yahweh sa pagtatayo ninyo ng sariling altar. Siya'y tinalikuran ninyo. 17 Nalimutan(C) na ba ninyo ang kasalanan natin sa Peor? Hanggang ngayon nga'y nagtitiis pa tayo sa parusang salot na iginawad ni Yahweh sa atin! Hindi pa ba sapat iyon, 18 at ngayo'y nangahas pa kayong talikuran siya? Kapag naghimagsik kayo kay Yahweh ngayon, bukas din ay magagalit siya sa buong Israel. 19 Kaya, kung ang inyong lupain ay hindi angkop sa pagsamba sa kanya, tumawid kayo sa gawi namin, sa kinaroroonan ng kanyang tabernakulo. Doon na kayo manirahan, huwag lamang kayong magtayo ng ibang altar maliban sa altar ni Yahweh na ating Diyos, sapagkat iyan ay paghihimagsik laban sa kanya at sa amin. 20 Nakalimutan(D) na ba ninyo si Acan na anak ni Zera? Nang sumuway siya sa utos tungkol sa mga bagay na dapat sunugin, kasama niyang naparusahan ang buong Israel! Hindi lamang siya ang namatay dahil sa kanyang kasalanan.”
21 Sumagot ang mga lipi ni Ruben, ni Gad at kalahati ng lipi ni Manases sa mga pinuno ng mga angkan ng Israel, 22 “Si Yahweh ay Diyos ng mga diyos! Si Yahweh ang Makapangyarihan sa lahat. Siya lamang ang Diyos! Alam niya kung bakit ginawa namin ito, at dapat din ninyong malaman! Kung kami'y sumuway at kung kami'y nagtaksil kay Yahweh, huwag na niya kaming hayaang mabuhay sa araw na ito. 23 Kung nagtayo kami ng sariling altar upang suwayin si Yahweh, kung nag-alay kami ng handog na susunugin, o handog na pagkaing butil, o handog na pinagsasaluhan, parusahan nawa kami ni Yahweh!
24 “Ginawa namin ito sa takot na baka dumating ang araw na sabihin ng inyong mga anak sa aming mga anak, ‘Ano ang kinalaman ninyo kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel? 25 Siya na rin ang nagtakda na ang Ilog Jordan ay maging hangganang maghihiwalay sa atin. Kayong mga lipi ni Ruben at ni Gad ay walang bahagi kay Yahweh na Diyos ng Israel.’ Kapag nangyari iyon, ang aming mga anak ay maaaring hadlangan ng inyong mga anak sa pagsamba kay Yahweh. 26 Ang totoo, itinayo namin ang altar na ito, hindi upang pagsunugan o pag-alayan ng mga handog. 27 Itinayo namin ito upang maging bantayog para sa amin, para sa inyo, at para sa ating mga salinlahi—upang maging katibayan na talagang sinasamba natin si Yahweh sa pamamagitan ng mga handog na susunugin, mga alay at handog na pinagsasaluhan. Sa ganoon, hindi masasabi ng inyong mga anak sa aming mga anak, ‘Wala kayong pakialam kay Yahweh.’ 28 At kung sakaling mangyari ito, masasabi ng aming mga anak, ‘Tingnan ninyo! Nagtayo ang aming mga ninuno ng isang altar na katulad ng altar ni Yahweh, hindi upang pagsunugan o pag-alayan ng mga handog, kundi upang maging saksi para sa amin at para sa inyo.’ 29 Kailanma'y hindi namin inisip sumuway kay Yahweh o tumalikod sa kanya. Hindi kami nagtayo ng iba pang altar na pagsusunugan ng handog, o pag-aalayan ng handog na pagkaing butil, o handog na pinagsasaluhan, bukod sa altar ni Yahweh—sa altar na nasa harap ng kanyang tabernakulo.”
30 Narinig ni Finehas at ng mga pinuno ng mga angkan ng Israel na kasama niya, ang sinabi ng mga lipi nina Ruben, Gad at Manases, at nasiyahan sila. 31 Kaya, sinabi sa kanila ni Finehas, ang anak ng paring si Eleazar, “Alam na namin ngayon na kasama natin si Yahweh sa araw na ito. Hindi kayo nagtaksil kay Yahweh, kaya iniligtas ninyo ang Israel sa parusa ni Yahweh.”
32 Iniwan ni Finehas at ng mga pinuno ng mga angkan ang mga lipi ni Ruben at ni Gad sa lupain ng Gilead. Nagbalik na sila sa Canaan at iniulat sa Israel ang buong pangyayari. 33 Natuwa ang mga Israelita at nagpuri sa Diyos. Hindi na nila muling nabanggit ang balak nilang paglusob at pagwasak sa lupain nina Gad at Ruben.
34 Ang altar na iyon ay tinawag na “Saksi” sapagkat sabi ng mga lipi nina Gad at Ruben, “Saksi ito para sa ating lahat na si Yahweh ay siyang Diyos.”
Joshua 22
King James Version
22 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.
4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.
5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
9 And the 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 unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are 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 Jordan, a great altar to see to.
11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
13 And the children of Israel sent unto 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,
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,
18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.
20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;
24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?
25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.
26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.
28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
29 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle.
30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.
32 And Phinehas 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, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God.
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