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Jozueu 22
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22 Pastaj Jozueu thirri Rubenitët, Gaditët dhe gjysmën e fisit të Manasit dhe u tha atyre:

2 "Ju keni zbatuar të gjitha ato që Moisiu, shërbëtori i Zotit, ju kishte urdhëruar dhe i jeni bindur zërit tim lidhur me ato që ju kam porositur.

3 Ju nuk keni braktisur vëllezërit tuaj gjatë kësaj kohe të gjatë deri më sot dhe keni zbatuar urdhrat që Zoti, Perëndia juaj, ju ka porositur.

4 Dhe tani që Zoti, Perëndia juaj, i ka lënë të pushojnë vëllezërit tuaj, ashtu siç u kishte premtuar, kthehuni dhe shkoni në çadrat tuaja në vendin që ju përket, dhe që Moisiu, shërbëtori i Zotit, ju ka caktuar matanë Jordanit.

5 Vetëm kini kujdes të zbatoni urdhërimet dhe ligjin që Moisiu, shërbëtori i Zotit, ju ka dhënë, duke e dashur Zotin, Perëndinë tuaj, duke ecur në të gjitha rrugët e tij, duke zbatuar të gjitha urdhërimet e tij, duke qendruar sa më afër tij dhe duke i shërbyer me gjithë zemër dhe me gjithë shpirt".

6 Pastaj Jozueu i bekoi dhe u dha urdhër të largohen, dhe ata u kthyen në çadrat e tyre.

7 Moisiu i kishte dhënë gjysmës së fisit të Manasit një trashëgimi në Bashan, kurse Jozueu i dha gjysmës tjetër një trashëgimi midis vëllezërve të tyre, nga kjo anë e Jordanit, në perëndim. Kështu, kur Jozueu i ktheu në çadrat e tyre, i bekoi,

8 dhe u foli atyre, duke thënë: "Ju po ktheheni në çadrat tuaja me pasuri të mëdha, me një numër të madh bagëtish, me argjend, me flori, me bronz, me hekur e një numër të madh rrobash; ndani me vëllezërit plaçkën e armiqve tuaj".

9 Kështu bijtë e Rubenit, bijtë e Gadit dhe gjysma e fisit të Manasit u kthyen, duke i lënë bijtë e Izraelit në Shilon, në vendin e Kanaanit, për të shkuar në vendin e Galaadit, pronë e tyre dhe që e kishin marrë simbas urdhrit të dhënë nga Zoti me anë të Moisiut.

10 Pasi arritën në brigjet e Jordanit që ndodhet në vendin e Kanaanit, bijtë e Rubenit, bijtë e Gadit dhe gjysma e fisit të Manasit ndërtuan një altar, pranë Jordanit, një altar me pamje të madhërishme.

11 Bijtë e Izraelit dëgjuan se thuhej: "Ja, bijtë e Rubenit, bijtë e Gadit dhe gjysma e fisit të Manasit kanë ndërtuar një altar në kufijtë e vendit të Kanaanit, në brigjet e Jordanit, në anën e pushtuar nga bijtë e Izraelit".

12 Kur bijtë e Izraelit e mësuan këtë gjë, tërë asambleja e bijve të Izraelit u mblodh në Shilon për të bërë luftë kundër tyre.

13 Atëherë bijtë e Izraelit u dërguan bijve të Rubenit, bijve të Gadit dhe gjysmës së fisit të Manasit, në vendin e Galaadit, Finehasin, birin e priftit Eleazar,

14 dhe bashkë me të dhjetë princa, një princ për çdo shtëpi atërore të fiseve të ndryshme të Izraelit; secili prej tyre ishte kreu i një shtëpie atërore midis ndarjeve të Izraelit.

15 Ata shkuan te bijtë e Rubenit, te bijtë e Gadit dhe te gjysma e fisit të Manasit në vendin e Galaadit dhe folën me ta, duke thënë:

16 "Kështu thotë tërë asambleja e Zotit: "Ç’është kjo shkelje që keni kryer kundër Perëndisë së Izraelit, duke mos e ndjekur më sot Zotin, duke ndërtuar një altar për të ngritur krye sot kundër Zotit?

17 Mos qe vallë gjë e vogël paudhësia e Peorit, nga e cila nuk jemi larë ende deri më sot dhe që solli një fatkeqësi mbi asamblenë e Zotit,

18 që ju shtyn sot të mos e ndiqni Zotin? Sepse, po të jetë se sot ngreni krye kundër Zotit, nesër ai do të zemërohet kundër tërë asamblesë së Izraelit.

19 Në qoftë se e konsideroni të papastër vendin që zotëroni, mund të kaloni në vendin që është pronë e Zotit, ku ndodhet tabernakulli i Zotit, dhe të banoni midis nesh; por mos ngrini krye kundër Zotit dhe kundër nesh, duke ndërtuar një altar përveç atij të Zotit, Perëndisë tonë.

20 Kur Akani, bir i Zerahut, kreu një shkelje në gjërat e caktuara të shfarosen, a nuk tërhoqi vallë zemërimin e Zotit mbi gjithë asamblenë e Izraelit? Dhe ai njeri nuk qe i vetmi që gjeti vdekjen në paudhësinë e tij"".

21 Atëherë bijtë e Rubenit, bijtë e Gadit dhe gjysma e fisit të Manasit u përgjegjën dhe u thanë krerëve të ndarjeve të Izraelit:

22 "Zoti Perëndia i perëndive, Zoti Perëndia i perëndive! Ai e di, bile edhe Izraeli do ta mësojë. Në qoftë se e bëmë për rebelim ose për mosbesnikëri ndaj Zotit, mos na kurseni në këtë ditë.

23 Në rast se kemi ndërtuar një altar për të mos e ndjekur më Zotin ose për të ofruar mbi të olokaustet apo blatime ushqimore, ose për të bërë mbi të flijime falënderimi, le të na kërkojë llogari vetë Zoti!

24 Por në të vërtetë ne e bëmë këtë me frikë, për një arësye, duke menduar që në të ardhmen pasardhësit tuaj mund t’u thonin pasardhësve tanë: "Çfarë ju lidh me Zotin, Perëndinë e Izraelit?

25 Zoti e ka vënë Jordanin si kufi midis jush dhe nesh, o bij të Rubenit, o bij të Gadit; ju nuk keni asnjë pjesë te Zoti". Kështu pasardhësit tuaj mund t’i largojnë pasardhësit tanë nga frika e Zotit.

26 Prandaj thamë: "Le të ndërtojmë një altar, jo për olokauste as për flijime,

27 por që të shërbejë si dëshmi midis jush dhe nesh dhe midis pasardhësve tanë pas nesh, në mënyrë që të mund të kryejmë shërbimin e Zotit përpara tij, me olokaustet tona, flijimet tona dhe ofertat tona të falënderimit, me qëllim që pasardhësit tuaj të mos u thonë një ditë pasardhësve tanë: Ju nuk keni asnjë pjesë tek Zoti".

28 Prandaj thamë: Në rast se ndodh që një ditë të na thonë këtë neve ose pasardhësve tanë, atëherë do të përgjigjemi: Shikoni formën e altarit të Zotit që ndërtuan etërit tanë, jo për olokauste as për flijime, por që të shërbejë si dëshmitar midis nesh dhe jush.

29 Nuk na ka shkuar mendja të ngremë krye kundër Zotit dhe as të heqim dorë nga bindja ndaj Zotit, duke ndërtuar një altar për olokaustet, për blatimet e ushqimit ose për flijimet, përveç altarit të Zotit, Perëndisë tonë, që ndodhet përpara tabernakullit të tij!".

30 Kur prifti Finehas dhe princat e asamblesë, krerët e ndarjeve të Izraelit që ishin me të, dëgjuan fjalët që thanë bijtë e Rubenit, bijtë e Gadit dhe bijtë e Manasit, mbetën të kënaqur.

31 Atëherë Finehasi, bir i priftit Eleazar, u tha bijve të Rubenit, të Gadit dhe të Manasit: "Sot pranojmë që Zoti është midis nesh, sepse ju nuk keni kryer këtë shkelje ndaj Zotit; kështu i keni shpëtuar bijtë e Izraelit nga dora e Zotit".

32 Pastaj Finehasi, bir i priftit Eleazar dhe princat i lanë bjtë e Rubenit dhe të Gadit, dhe vendin e Galaadit, dhe u kthyen në vendin e Kanaanit pranë bijve të Izraelit, të cilëve u treguan ngjarjen.

33 Kjo gjë u pëlqeu bijve të Izraelit, dhe bijtë e Izraelit bekuan Perëndinë, dhe nuk folën më të shkojnë për të luftuar kundër bijve të Rubenit dhe të Gadit dhe të shkatërronin vendin në të cilin ata banonin.

34 Dhe bijtë e Rubenit dhe të Gadit e quajtën "Dëshmitar" këtë altar, sepse thanë: "Ai është dëshmitar midis nesh që Zoti është Perëndia".

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Joshua 22
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III. Return of the Transjordan Tribes and Joshua’s Farewell

Chapter 22

The Eastern Tribes Dismissed. 1 At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 and said to them:(A) “You have observed all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you, and have listened to my voice in everything I commanded you. 3 For many years now, even until today, you have not abandoned your allies, but have taken care to observe the commands of the Lord, your God. 4 Now that the Lord, your God, has settled your allies as he promised them, you may return to your tents, to your own land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you, across the Jordan.(B) 5 But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you: love the Lord, your God,(C) follow him in all his ways, keep his commandments, hold fast to him, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole self.” 6 Joshua then blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

7 (For, to half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had assigned land in Bashan;(D) and to the other half Joshua had given a portion along with their allies west of the Jordan.) When Joshua sent them away to their tents and blessed them, 8 he said, “Now that you are returning to your own tents with great wealth, with abundant livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and with a very large supply of clothing, divide these spoils of your enemies with your allies there.”(E) 9 So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and returned to the land of Gilead, their own land, which they had received according to the Lord’s command through Moses.(F)

The Altar Beside the Jordan. 10 When the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, they built an altar there at the Jordan, an impressively large altar. 11 The other Israelites heard the report:(G) “The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar” in the region of the Jordan facing the land of Canaan,[a] across from the Israelites. 12 When the Israelites heard this, they assembled at Shiloh, as the entire Israelite community to take military action against them.[b]

Accusation of the Western Tribes. 13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead,(H) 14 and with him ten leaders, one from each tribe of Israel, each one the head of an ancestral house among the clans of Israel. 15 When these came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they said to them: 16 “Thus says the whole community of the Lord: What act of treachery is this you have committed against the God of Israel? This day you have turned from following the Lord; by building an altar of your own you have rebelled against the Lord this day. 17 Is the iniquity of Peor not enough, by which we made ourselves impure, even to this day, and a plague came upon the community of the Lord?(I) 18 If today you turn away from following the Lord, and rebel against the Lord, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel! 19 If you consider the land you now possess unclean,[c] cross over to the land the Lord possesses, where the tabernacle of the Lord stands, and share that with us. But do not rebel against the Lord, nor involve us in rebellion, by building an altar of your own in addition to the altar of the Lord, our God. 20 When Achan, son of Zerah,(J) acted treacherously by violating the ban, was it not upon the entire community of Israel that wrath fell? Though he was but a single man, he did not perish alone[d] for his guilt!”

Reply of the Eastern Tribes. 21 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the Israelite clans: 22 “The Lord is the God of gods. The Lord, the God of gods,[e] knows and Israel shall know. If now we have acted out of rebellion or treachery against the Lord, our God, do not try to save us this day, 23 and if we have built an altar of our own to turn from following the Lord, or to sacrifice burnt offerings, grain offerings, or communion sacrifices upon it, the Lord himself will exact the penalty. 24 We did it rather out of our anxious concern lest in the future your children should say to our children: ‘What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel? 25 For the Lord has placed the Jordan as a boundary between you and us, you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the Lord.’ Thus your children would prevent ours from revering the Lord. 26 So we thought, ‘Let us act for ourselves by building this altar of our own’—not for burnt offerings or sacrifice, 27 (K)but as witness between us and you and our descendants, that we have the right to provide for the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and communion sacrifices. Now in the future your children cannot say to our children, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’ 28 Our thought was that, if in the future they should speak thus to us or to our descendants, we could answer: ‘Look at the copy of the altar of the Lord which our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or for sacrifices, but to witness[f] between you and us.’ 29 Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord or to turn now from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice in addition to the altar of the Lord, our God, which stands before his tabernacle.”

30 When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community, the heads of the Israelite clans, heard what the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites had to say, they were satisfied. 31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, “Today we know that the Lord is in our midst. Since you have not rebelled against the Lord by this act of treachery, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the Lord.”

32 Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the Israelites in the land of Canaan, and reported the matter to them. 33 The report satisfied the Israelites, who blessed God and decided not to take military action against the Reubenites and Gadites nor to ravage the land where they lived.

34 The Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar its name[g] as a witness among them that the Lord is God.

Footnotes

  1. 22:11 In the region of the Jordan facing the land of Canaan: on the eastern side of the Jordan valley. The river itself formed the boundary between these eastern tribes and the rest of the tribes who lived in what was formerly Canaan—though the term “Canaan” could also be used of both sides of the Jordan valley (cf. v. 10). The Transjordan tribes naturally built their altar in their own territory.
  2. 22:12 To take military action against them: the western Israelites considered this altar, which seemed to violate the customary unity of the sanctuary (cf. Lv 17:1–9; Dt 12:4–14), as constituting rebellion against the Lord and compromising national unity.
  3. 22:19 Unclean: not sanctified by the tabernacle.
  4. 22:20 Achan…did not perish alone: his guilt caused the failure of the first attack on Ai (7:4–23); this fact is adduced as an argument for the solidarity and mutual responsibility of all the Israelites.
  5. 22:22 The Lord, the God of gods: the Hebrew, which cannot be adequately rendered in English here, adds to the divine name Yhwh (“the Lord”) two synonymous words for “God,” ’el and ’elohim. The repetition of these three sacred words adds force to the protestations of fidelity and innocence.
  6. 22:28 To witness: far from being destined to form a rival sanctuary, the copy of the altar is intended by the eastern tribes solely as a means of teaching their children to be faithful to the one true sanctuary beyond the Jordan.
  7. 22:34 The name of this altar was the Hebrew word for “witness,” ‘ed.
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Joshua 22
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Eastern Tribes Return Home

22 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded,(A) and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded. 3 For a long time now—to this very day—you have not deserted your fellow Israelites but have carried out the mission the Lord your God gave you. 4 Now that the Lord your God has given them rest(B) as he promised, return to your homes(C) in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.(D) 5 But be very careful to keep the commandment(E) and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord(F) your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands,(G) to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.(H)”

6 Then Joshua blessed(I) them and sent them away, and they went to their homes. 7 (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan,(J) and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side(K) of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,(L) 8 saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock,(M) with silver, gold, bronze and iron,(N) and a great quantity of clothing—and divide(O) the plunder(P) from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

9 So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh(Q) in Canaan to return to Gilead,(R) their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.

10 When they came to Geliloth(S) near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar(T) there by the Jordan. 11 And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side, 12 the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh(U) to go to war against them.

13 So the Israelites sent Phinehas(V) son of Eleazar,(W) the priest, to the land of Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 14 With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.(X)

15 When they went to Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh—they said to them: 16 “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith(Y) with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion(Z) against him now? 17 Was not the sin of Peor(AA) enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! 18 And are you now turning away from the Lord?

“‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community(AB) of Israel. 19 If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle(AC) stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar(AD) for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God. 20 When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,[a](AE) did not wrath(AF) come on the whole community(AG) of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’”(AH)

21 Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel: 22 “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God,(AI) the Lord!(AJ) He knows!(AK) And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord, do not spare us this day. 23 If we have built our own altar to turn away from the Lord and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings,(AL) or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the Lord himself call us to account.(AM)

24 “No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord, the God of Israel? 25 The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the Lord.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the Lord.

26 “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’ 27 On the contrary, it is to be a witness(AN) between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings.(AO) Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’

28 “And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness(AP) between us and you.’

29 “Far be it from us to rebel(AQ) against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.(AR)”

30 When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of the Israelites—heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased. 31 And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us,(AS) because you have not been unfaithful to the Lord in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s hand.”

32 Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the Israelites.(AT) 33 They were glad to hear the report and praised God.(AU) And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

34 And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness(AV) Between Us—that the Lord is God.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:20 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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