約書亞記 24
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
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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。
1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; 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，
2Joshua said to all the people, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor. They served 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；
3I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and 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。
4I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into 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。
5“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: 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 。
6I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to 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。
7When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.
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。
8“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan. They fought with you, and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land, and I destroyed them from 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 the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the 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; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of 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。
11“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; 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 before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your 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。』
13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t 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。
14“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, 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。」
15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but 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 answered, “Far be it from us that we should 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 it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the middle of whom we passed.
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。」
18The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for 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。
19Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor 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, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
21百姓回答 約書亞 說：「不然，我們定要事奉耶和華。」
21The people said to Joshua, “No, but 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。」
22Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”
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 put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart 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。」
24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to 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。
25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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 wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by 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。」
27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
28於是 約書亞 打發百姓各歸自己的地業去了。
28So 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。
29After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.
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。
30They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of 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 served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked 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。
32They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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 the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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