Josue 24
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nagsalita si Josue sa mga Tao sa Shekem
24 Tinipon ni Josue sa Shekem ang lahat ng lipi ng Israel. Pinapunta niya roon ang matatandang namumuno, mga tagapangasiwa, ang mga hukom at ang mga opisyal ng Israel, at sila'y humarap sa Diyos. 2 Sinabi(A) niya, “Ito ang ipinapasabi sa inyo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel: ‘Noong una, ang inyong mga ninuno ay nanirahan sa kabila ng Ilog Eufrates. Isa sa mga ito si Terah na ama ni Abraham at ni Nahor. Sumamba sila sa mga diyus-diyosan. 3 Tinawag(B) ko si Abraham buhat sa lupaing iyon at dinala ko siya at pinatnubayan sa buong lupain ng Canaan. Pinarami ko ang lahing nagmula sa kanya. Ibinigay ko sa kanya si Isaac, 4 at(C) kay Isaac ay ibinigay ko si Jacob at si Esau. Ibinigay ko kay Esau ang kaburulan ng Seir bilang bahagi niya. Ngunit si Jacob at ang kanyang mga anak ay nagpunta sa Egipto. 5 Isinugo(D) ko si Moises at si Aaron, at sa pamamagitan ng mga salot ay pinahirapan ko ang mga Egipcio. Pagkatapos ay inilabas ko kayo roon. 6 Inilabas(E) ko sa Egipto ang inyong mga ninuno at nakarating sila sa Dagat na Pula.[a] Hinabol sila ng mga Egipciong sakay ng mga karwahe at kabayo hanggang sa may dagat. 7 Ang inyong mga ninuno'y humingi ng tulong sa akin, at naglagay ako ng dilim sa pagitan nila at ng mga Egipcio. Pinagsama kong muli ang nahating dagat at sila'y natabunan ng tubig. Nasaksihan ninyo ang mga ginawa ko sa mga Egipcio. At matagal kayong nanirahan sa ilang.
8 “‘Pagkatapos,(F) dinala ko kayo sa lupain ng mga Amoreo sa silangan ng Jordan. Nilabanan nila kayo, ngunit pinagtagumpay ko kayo laban sa kanila. Pinuksa ko sila at nasakop ninyo ang kanilang lupain. 9 Nilabanan(G) kayo ng hari ng Moab na si Balac na anak ni Zippor at isinugo niya si Balaam na anak ni Beor upang sumpain kayo. 10 Ngunit hindi ko hinayaang gawin ni Balaam iyon, sa halip pinagpala niya kayo. Sa ganoon, iniligtas ko kayo sa kamay ni Balac. 11 Tumawid(H) kayo ng Jordan at nakarating sa Jerico. Nilabanan kayo ng mga taga-Jerico at ng mga Amoreo, Perezeo, Cananeo, Heteo, Gergeseo, Hivita, at Jebuseo. Ngunit sila'y ibinigay ko sa inyong kapangyarihan. 12 Parang(I) hinabol ng mga putakti na nagtakbuhan ang dalawang haring Amoreo at pinalayas ko sila bago kayo dumating. Walang kinalaman sa pangyayaring iyon ang inyong mga tabak at pana. 13 Binigyan(J) ko kayo ng lupaing hindi ninyo binungkal. Pinatira ko kayo sa mga lunsod na hindi kayo ang nagtayo. Kumakain kayo ngayon ng ubas at olibo na galing sa mga punong hindi kayo ang nagtanim.’
14 “Kaya ngayon, sambahin ninyo si Yahweh at paglingkuran ninyo siya nang buong puso't katapatan. Alisin ninyo ang mga diyus-diyosang dating sinasamba ng inyong mga ninuno sa Mesopotamia at sa Egipto. Si Yahweh lamang ang inyong paglingkuran. 15 At kung ayaw ninyong maglingkod kay Yahweh, pumili kayo ngayon kung sino ang inyong paglilingkuran: ang mga diyos na pinaglingkuran ng inyong mga ninuno sa Mesopotamia, o ang mga diyos ng mga Amoreo, na sinasamba dito sa lupaing inyong tinitirhan. Ngunit para sa akin at sa aking sambahayan, kay Yahweh kami maglilingkod.”
16 Sumagot ang bayan, “Hindi namin magagawang talikuran si Yahweh at maglingkod sa ibang diyos! 17 Si Yahweh, na ating Diyos, ang siyang humango sa atin sa pagkaalipin sa Egipto. Nasaksihan din namin ang mga kababalaghang ginawa niya upang tayo'y maingatan saanman tayo makarating at mailigtas sa mga kaaway sa mga bansang ating dinaanan. 18 Pagdating natin, pinalayas ni Yahweh sa lupaing ito ang mga Amoreong nanirahan dito. Kaya't kay Yahweh rin kami maglilingkod sapagkat siya ang aming Diyos.”
19 Ngunit sinabi ni Josue sa taong-bayan, “Hindi ninyo kayang maglingkod kay Yahweh sapagkat siya'y isang Diyos na banal at siya'y mapanibughuing Diyos. Hindi niya palalampasin ang inyong mga pagsuway at pagkakasala. 20 Kapag tinalikuran ninyo siya at naglingkod kayo sa mga diyos ng ibang bansa, kapopootan niya kayo at paparusahan. Hindi niya panghihinayangang lipulin kayo sa kabila ng kanyang mga kabutihan sa inyo.”
21 Sumagot ang taong-bayan kay Josue, “Hindi po mangyayari iyan! Kay Yahweh kami maglilingkod.”
22 Sinabi ni Josue, “Kayo na rin ang mga saksi na pinili ninyong paglingkuran si Yahweh.”
Sumagot naman sila, “Opo! Saksi kami.”
23 Sinabing muli ni Josue, “Kung gayon, itapon ninyo ang mga diyus-diyosang iniingatan pa ninyo. Manumpa kayo kay Yahweh, sa Diyos ng Israel.”
24 Sumagot muli ang mga tao, “Maglilingkod kami kay Yahweh na aming Diyos at susundin namin ang kanyang mga utos.”
25 Kaya, nang araw na iyon ay gumawa si Josue ng kasunduan para tuparin ng sambayanan. Binigyan niya sila sa Shekem ng mga batas at tuntunin. 26 Isinulat ni Josue ang mga batas na ito sa Aklat ng Kautusan ng Diyos. Kumuha siya ng isang malaking bato, itinayo sa lilim ng sagradong puno sa Banal na Lugar ni Yahweh. 27 At sinabi niya sa lahat, “Tingnan ninyo ang batong ito. Ito ang ating saksi. Narinig nito ang lahat ng sinabi sa atin ni Yahweh. Ito rin ang magiging saksi laban sa inyo, kapag kayo'y tumalikod sa Diyos.” 28 Pagkatapos, pinaalis na ni Josue ang mga tao, at umuwi sila sa kani-kanilang lupain.
Ang Pagkamatay ni Josue at ni Eleazar
29 Lumipas ang sandaling panahon at ang lingkod ni Yahweh na si Josue, na anak ni Nun, ay namatay sa gulang na 110 taon. 30 Inilibing(K) siya sa kanyang sariling lupain sa Timnat-sera, sa kaburulan ng Efraim, hilaga ng Bundok ng Gaas.
31 Naglingkod kay Yahweh ang sambayanang Israel habang nabubuhay si Josue. Kahit wala na siya, nanatili pa rin silang tapat kay Yahweh habang nabubuhay ang mga pinunong nakasaksi sa lahat ng mga ginawa ni Yahweh para sa Israel.
32 Dinala(L) ng bayang Israel ang mga buto ni Jose nang sila'y umalis sa Egipto. Ibinaon nila ito sa Shekem, sa lupaing binili ni Jacob sa mga anak ni Hamor, na ama ni Shekem, sa halagang sandaang pirasong pilak. Ang lupaing ito ay kasama sa naging bahagi ng mga anak ni Jose.
33 Namatay din si Eleazar na anak ni Aaron at inilibing sa Gibea, ang bayang ibinigay sa anak niyang si Finehas sa kaburulan ng Efraim.
Footnotes
- Josue 24:6 Dagat na Pula: o kaya'y Dagat ng mga Tambo .
Joshua 24
New International Version
The Covenant Renewed at Shechem
24 Then Joshua assembled(A) all the tribes of Israel at Shechem.(B) He summoned(C) the elders,(D) leaders, judges and officials of Israel,(E) and they presented themselves before God.
2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,(F) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.(G) 3 But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(H) and gave him many descendants.(I) I gave him Isaac,(J) 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(K) I assigned the hill country of Seir(L) to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.(M)
5 “‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron,(N) and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.(O) 6 When I brought your people out of Egypt, you came to the sea,(P) and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen[a](Q) as far as the Red Sea.[b](R) 7 But they cried(S) to the Lord for help, and he put darkness(T) between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them.(U) You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians.(V) Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.(W)
8 “‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites(X) who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. I destroyed them from before you, and you took possession of their land.(Y) 9 When Balak son of Zippor,(Z) the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor(AA) to put a curse on you.(AB) 10 But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you(AC) again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.
11 “‘Then you crossed the Jordan(AD) and came to Jericho.(AE) The citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did also the Amorites, Perizzites,(AF) Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and Jebusites,(AG) but I gave them into your hands.(AH) 12 I sent the hornet(AI) ahead of you, which drove them out(AJ) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.(AK) 13 So I gave you a land(AL) on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’(AM)
14 “Now fear the Lord(AN) and serve him with all faithfulness.(AO) Throw away the gods(AP) your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt,(AQ) and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(AR) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(AS) we will serve the Lord.”(AT)
16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake(AU) the Lord to serve other gods! 17 It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery,(AV) and performed those great signs(AW) before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18 And the Lord drove out(AX) before us all the nations,(AY) including the Amorites, who lived in the land.(AZ) We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.(BA)”
19 Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God;(BB) he is a jealous God.(BC) He will not forgive(BD) your rebellion(BE) and your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord(BF) and serve foreign gods, he will turn(BG) and bring disaster(BH) on you and make an end of you,(BI) after he has been good to you.”
21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.”
22 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses(BJ) against yourselves that you have chosen(BK) to serve the Lord.”
“Yes, we are witnesses,(BL)” they replied.
23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods(BM) that are among you and yield your hearts(BN) to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.”(BO)
25 On that day Joshua made a covenant(BP) for the people, and there at Shechem(BQ) he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.(BR) 26 And Joshua recorded(BS) these things in the Book of the Law of God.(BT) Then he took a large stone(BU) and set it up there under the oak(BV) near the holy place of the Lord.
27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone(BW) will be a witness(BX) against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue(BY) to your God.”(BZ)
28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.(CA)
Buried in the Promised Land(CB)
29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died(CC) at the age of a hundred and ten.(CD) 30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah[c](CE) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.(CF)
31 Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders(CG) who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.
32 And Joseph’s bones,(CH) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(CI) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(CJ) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[d] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(CK) died and was buried at Gibeah,(CL) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(CM) in the hill country(CN) of Ephraim.
Footnotes
- Joshua 24:6 Or charioteers
- Joshua 24:6 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Joshua 24:30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)
- Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
Joshua 24
King James Version
24 And 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.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.
22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.
24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
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