約書亞記 24
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1約書亞 將 以色列 的眾支派聚集在 示劍 ，召了 以色列 的長老、族長、審判官，並官長來，他們就站在上帝面前。
1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
2約書亞 對眾民說：「耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝如此說：『古時你們的列祖，就是 亞伯拉罕 和 拿鶴 的父親 他拉 ，住在大河那邊事奉別神，
2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
3我將你們的祖宗 亞伯拉罕 從大河那邊帶來，領他走遍 迦南 全地，又使他的子孫眾多，把 以撒 賜給他；
3But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
4又把 雅各 和 以掃 賜給 以撒 ，將 西珥山 賜給 以掃 為業；後來 雅各 和他的子孫下到 埃及 去了。
4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
5我差遣 摩西 、 亞倫 ，並照我在 埃及 中所行的降災與 埃及 ，然後把你們領出來。
5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
6我領你們列祖出 埃及 ，他們就到了 紅海 ； 埃及 人帶領車輛馬兵追趕你們列祖到 紅海 。
6When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
7你們列祖哀求耶和華，他就使你們和 埃及 人中間黑暗了，又使海水淹沒 埃及 人。我在 埃及 所行的事，你們親眼見過。你們在曠野也住了許多年日。
7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8我領你們到 約旦河 東 亞摩利 人所住之地。他們與你們爭戰，我將他們交在你們手中，你們便得了他們的地為業；我也在你們面前將他們滅絕。
8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
9那時， 摩押 王 西撥 的兒子 巴勒 起來攻擊 以色列 人，打發人召了 比珥 的兒子 巴蘭 來咒詛你們。
9Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
10我不肯聽 巴蘭 的話，所以他倒為你們連連祝福。這樣，我便救你們脫離 巴勒 的手。
10but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
11你們過了 約旦河 ，到了 耶利哥 ； 耶利哥 人、 亞摩利 人、 比利洗 人、 迦南 人、 赫 人、 革迦撒 人、 希未 人、 耶布斯 人都與你們爭戰；我把他們交在你們手裏。
11After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
12我打發黃蜂飛在你們前面，將 亞摩利 人的二王從你們面前攆出，並不是用你的刀，也不是用你的弓。
12I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
13我賜給你們地土，非你們所修治的；我賜給你們城邑，非你們所建造的。你們就住在其中，又得吃非你們所栽種的葡萄園、橄欖園的果子。』
13So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
14「現在你們要敬畏耶和華，誠心實意地事奉他，將你們列祖在大河那邊和在 埃及 所事奉的神除掉，去事奉耶和華。
14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
15若是你們以事奉耶和華為不好，今日就可以選擇所要事奉的：是你們列祖在大河那邊所事奉的神呢？是你們所住這地的 亞摩利 人的神呢？至於我和我家，我們必定事奉耶和華。」
15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
16百姓回答說：「我們斷不敢離棄耶和華去事奉別神；
16The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
17因耶和華－我們的上帝曾將我們和我們列祖從 埃及 地的為奴之家領出來，在我們眼前行了那些大神蹟，在我們所行的道上，所經過的諸國，都保護了我們。
17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
18耶和華又把住此地的 亞摩利 人都從我們面前趕出去。所以，我們必事奉耶和華，因為他是我們的上帝。」
18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
19約書亞 對百姓說：「你們不能事奉耶和華；因為他是聖潔的上帝，是忌邪的上帝，必不赦免你們的過犯罪惡。
19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
20你們若離棄耶和華去事奉外邦神，耶和華在降福之後，必轉而降禍與你們，把你們滅絕。」
20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
21百姓回答 約書亞 說：「不然，我們定要事奉耶和華。」
21“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
22約書亞 對百姓說：「你們選定耶和華，要事奉他，你們自己作見證吧！」他們說：「我們願意作見證。」
22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
23約書亞 說：「你們現在要除掉你們中間的外邦神，專心歸向耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝。」
23“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
24百姓回答 約書亞 說：「我們必事奉耶和華－我們的上帝，聽從他的話。」
24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
25當日， 約書亞 就與百姓立約，在 示劍 為他們立定律例典章。
25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
26約書亞 將這些話都寫在上帝的律法書上，又將一塊大石頭立在橡樹下耶和華的聖所旁邊。
26Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
27約書亞 對百姓說：「看哪，這石頭可以向我們作見證；因為是聽見了耶和華所吩咐我們的一切話，倘或你們背棄你們的上帝，這石頭就可以向你們作見證。」
27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
28於是 約書亞 打發百姓各歸自己的地業去了。
28Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29這些事以後，耶和華的僕人 嫩 的兒子 約書亞 ，正一百一十歲，就死了。
29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
30以色列 人將他葬在他地業的境內，就是在 以法蓮 山地的 亭拿‧西拉 ，在 迦實山 的北邊。
30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31約書亞 在世和 約書亞 死後，那些知道耶和華為 以色列 人所行諸事的長老還在的時候， 以色列 人事奉耶和華。
31Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
32以色列 人從 埃及 所帶來 約瑟 的骸骨，葬埋在 示劍 ，就是在 雅各 從前用一百塊 銀子 向 示劍 的父親、 哈抹 的子孫所買的那塊地裏；這就作了 約瑟 子孫的產業。
32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
33亞倫 的兒子 以利亞撒 也死了，就把他葬在他兒子 非尼哈 所得 以法蓮 山地的小山上。
33Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
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