Joshua 23

vayehi miyyamim rabbim akhare asher-heniakh Adonai leyisra'el mikkol-oyevehem missaviv vihoshua zaqen ba bayyamim

Much later, after GOD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, and when Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

vayyiqra yehoshua lekhol-yisra'el lizqenayw ulerashayw uleshofetayw uleshoterayw vayyomer alehem ani zaqanti bati bayyamim

Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders and commanders, their magistrates and officials, and said to them: “I have grown old and am advanced in years.

ve'attem re'item et kol-asher asah Adonai elohekhem lekhol-haggoyim ha'elleh mippenekhem ki Adonai elohekhem hu hannilkham lakhem

You have seen all that the ETERNAL your God has done to all those nations on your account, for it was the ETERNAL your God who fought for you.

re'u hippalti lakhem et-haggoyim hannisharim ha'elleh benakhalah leshivtekhem min-hayyarden vekhol-haggoyim asher hikhratti vehayyam haggadol mevo hashamesh

See, I have allotted to you, by your tribes, [the territory of] these nations that still remain, and that of all the nations that I have destroyed, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

va-Adonai elohekhem hu yehdofem mippenekhem vehorish otam millifnekhem virishtem et-artsam ka'asher dibber Adonai elohekhem lakhem

It is the ETERNAL your God who will thrust them out on your account and drive them out to make way for you, and you shall possess their land as the ETERNAL your God promised you.

vakhazaqtem me'od lishmor vela'asot et kol-hakkatuv besefer torat mosheh levilti sur-mimmennu yamin usemovl

“But be most resolute to observe faithfully all that is written in the Book of the Teaching of Moses, without ever deviating from it to the right or to the left,

levilti-vo baggoyim ha'elleh hannisharim ha'elleh ittekhem uveshem elohehem lo-tazkiru velo tashbi'u velo ta'avdum velo tishtakhavu lahem

and without intermingling with these nations that are left among you. Do not utter the names of their gods or swear by them; do not serve them or bow down to them.

ki im-ba-Adonai elohekhem tidbaqu ka'asher asitem ad hayyom hazzeh

But hold fast to the ETERNAL your God as you have done to this day.

vayyoresh Adonai mippenekhem goyim gedolim va'atsumim ve'attem lo-amad ish bifnekhem ad hayyom hazzeh

“GOD has driven out great, powerful nations on your account, and no one has withstood you to this day.

ish-ekhad mikkem yirdof-alef ki Adonai elohekhem hu hannilkham lakhem ka'asher dibber lakhem

A single one of you would put a thousand to flight, for the ETERNAL your God has been fighting for you, just as you were promised.

venishmartem me'od lenafshotekhem le'ahavah et-Adonai elohekhem

For your own sakes, therefore, be most mindful to love the ETERNAL your God.

ki im-shov tashuvu udevaqtem beyeter haggoyim ha'elleh hannisharim ha'elleh ittekhem vehitkhattantem bahem uvatem bahem vehem bakhem

For should you turn away and attach yourselves to the remnant of those nations—to those that are left among you—and intermarry with them, you joining them and they joining you,

yadoa tede'u ki lo yosif Adonai elohekhem lehorish et-haggoyim ha'elleh millifnekhem vehayu lakhem lefakh ulemoqesh uleshotet betsiddekhem velitsninim be'enekhem ad-avodkhem me'al ha'adamah hattovah hazzot asher natan lakhem Adonai elohekhem

know for certain that the ETERNAL your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you; they shall become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge to your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the ETERNAL your God has given you.

vehinneh anokhi holekh hayyom bederekh kol-ha'arets vidatem bekhol-levavkhem uvekhol-nafshekhem ki lo-nafal davar ekhad mikkol haddevarim hattovim asher dibber Adonai elohekhem alekhem hakkol ba'u lakhem lo-nafal mimmennu davar ekhad

“I am now going the way of all the earth. Acknowledge with all your heart and soul that not one of the good things that the ETERNAL your God promised you has failed to happen; they have all come true for you, not a single one has failed.

vehayah ka'asher-ba alekhem kol-haddavar hattov asher dibber Adonai elohekhem alekhem ken yavi Adonai alekhem et kol-haddavar hara ad-hashmido otekhem me'al ha'adamah hattovah hazzot asher natan lakhem Adonai elohekhem

But just as every good thing that the ETERNAL your God promised you has been fulfilled for you, so GOD can bring upon you every evil thing until you have been wiped off this good land that the ETERNAL your God has given you.

be'ovrekhem et-berit Adonai elohekhem asher tsivvah etkhem vahalakhtem va'avadtem elohim akherim vehishtakhavitem lahem vekharah af-Adonai bakhem va'avadtem meherah me'al ha'arets hattovah asher natan lakhem

If you break the covenant that the ETERNAL your God enjoined upon you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then GOD’s anger will burn against you, and you shall quickly perish from the good land that you have been given.”