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1 Yos Xuas hu tas nrho cov xeem His Xas Lais tuaj nyob Xis Kes. Nws hu cov txwj laus His Xas Lais, cov nom tswv, cov txiav txim thiab cov thoob xwm ntawv tuaj sawv ua tej phiaj nyob ntawm Tswv Ntuj xub ntiag. 2 Ces Yos Xuas hais rau tsoom sid sawv daws tias : “Tsoom His Xas Lais tus HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj hais li no : Thaum ub, nej cov yawg koob nyob sab dej tid. Yog Tes Las uas nws yog Has Nplas Has thiab Nas Hos nkawd txiv. Thaud, lawv teev lwm cov dab. 3 Kuv tau hu Has Nplas Has thiab tau coj nws mus hla tas nrho cov teb chaws Kas Nas Has. Kuv tau pub kom nws muaj tub ki, muaj xeeb zeej xeeb ntxwv huam vam. Kuv pub His Xas Has rau nws. 4 Kuv pub Yas Kos thiab Es Xas Ws rau His Xas Has. Kuv muab lub roob Xes Is rau Es Xas Ws yuav ua nws tug. Yas Kos thiab nws cov tub tsiv mus nram Hais Nkws Tos teb.
1 Joshua 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 Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh, 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 I 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 I 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 Ces kuv thiaj tau xa Mais Xes thiab As Loos nkawd tuaj thiab tau tso xwv txheej los raug Hais Nkws Tos teb. Kuv mam li pab kom nej tawm los. 6 Kuv coj nej cov yawg koob tawm los. Thaum lawv los txog ntawm lub Hiav Txwv, mas cov Hais Nkws Tos caij tsheb caij nees tuaj caum lawv txog ntawm lub Hiav Txwv Tauj. 7 Lawv hu txog HUAB TAIS, ces HUAB TAIS tso huab tuaj thaiv nej ntawm cov Hais Nkws Tos thiab nws tso dej hiav txwv nphau los nyab lawv. Nej qhov muag tau pom tej yam kuv ua nyob Hais Nkws Tos teb. Nej tau los nyob ntev xyoo nyob hauv teb chaws suab puam.
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 I 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 When they cried out to Yahweh, 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 Ces kuv tau coj nej los nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mos uas nyob sab dej Yos Las Das tim ub. Lawv sawv ua rog ntaus nej, tab sis kuv muab lawv rau hauv nej tes, ces nej tau lawv lub teb chaws los ua nej lub cuab tam, vim kuv tau ua kom lawv ploj ntshis nyob ntawm nej xub ntiag. 9 Tus vaj Muas kuj tau sawv ua rog rau His Xas Lais. Nws tso neeg mus hu Npas Las Has tuaj tsawm nej. 10 Tab sis kuv tsis kam mloog Npas Las Has, ces Npas Las Has tseem tau foom lus zoo txog nej thiab kuv tau cawm nej dim ntawm nws txhais tes.
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 Then 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 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
11 Thaum nej hla dej Yos Las Das los txog Yes Lis Kos, cov neeg kav Yes Lis Kos ua rog rau nej. Cov As Mos, cov Pes Lis Xis, cov Kas Nas Has, cov His Tis, cov Zis Nkas Sis, cov His Vis thiab cov Zes Npws kuj sawv ntaus nej, tab sis kuv tau muab lawv los zwm rau nej huv tib si. 12 Kuv tau tso ib co nkawj ua nej ntej mus caum ob tug vaj As Mos. Ces nej tsis tau siv ntaj los siv hneev. 13 Lub teb chaws kuv muab rau nej mas tsis yog nej tau khwv txhim. Cov tsheej uas nej mus nyob hauv mas tsis yog nej tau khwv ua. Cov txiv cawv thiab txiv roj uas niaj hnub nej noj mas tsis yog nej tau khwv cog.”
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 I 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 I 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 Nyob Xis Kes, Yos Xuas hais rau cov His Xas Lais tias : “Tsoom His Xas Lais, nyem no, nej yuav hwm thiab tsob hwb HUAB TAIS raws txoj kev ntshiab kev ncaj. Cov dab uas thaum ub nej cov yawg koob teev nyob ntawm tus dej sab tid thiab nyob Hais Nkws Tos teb mas nej muab tso pov tseg, nej los tsob hwb HUAB TAIS. 15 Tab sis yog nej tsis zoo siab tsob hwb HUAB TAIS, mas nej cia li xaiv ib co dab uas nej xav tsob hwb. Nej puas xaiv nej cov yawg koob thaud cov dab los puas xaiv cov As Mos cov dab, uas nyem no nej nyob hauv lawv teb chaws ? Ntawm kuv thiab kuv tsev neeg mas peb xav tsob hwb HUAB TAIS.”
14 “Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh. 15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, 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 Yahweh.”
16 Ces tsoom sid teb tias : “Peb tsis tso HUAB TAIS pov tseg mus teev lwm cov dab li ! 17 Peb tus HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj tsis yog tus tau coj peb cov yawg koob thiab coj peb tawm hauv Hais Nkws Tos teb los lod ? Nws cawm peb dim ntawm lub tsev ua qhev. Nws tau ua hwj huam loj rau peb qhov muag pom xyeem. Thaum peb mus kev thiab peb hla pej kum teb chaws, nws tau txuag peb. 18 Cov haiv neeg thiab cov As Mos uas lawv xub nyob teb chaws no, mas HUAB TAIS caum lawv khiav. Peb kuj yuav tsob hwb HUAB TAIS, vim nws yog peb tus Tswv Ntuj.”
16 The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods; 17 for it is Yahweh 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 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”
19 Ces Yos Xuas hais rau tsoom sid tias : “Nej yuav tsob hwb HUAB TAIS tsis tau, vim nws yog ib tug Tswv Ntuj ntshiab, nws yog ib tug Tswv Ntuj muaj khib, nws yuav tsis zam nej cov txhaum rau nej. 20 Yog nej tso HUAB TAIS pov tseg mus tsob hwb pej kum dab, mas HUAB TAIS kuj yuav hiam nej. Nws yog tus tau ua zoo rau nej, tab sis nws yuav ua kom nej ploj tas.”
19 Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins. 20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”
21 Tsoom sid teb rau Yos Xuas tias : “Peb tsis xav teev dab. Tus peb xav tsob hwb yog HUAB TAIS.” 22 Ces Yos Xuas hais rau tsoom sid tias : “Nej rov ua tim khawv zeem tias nej tau xaiv txoj kev tsob hwb HUAB TAIS.”
21 The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve Yahweh.” 22 Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.”
Lawv teb tias : “Peb ua tim khawv zeem li ntawd !”
They said, “We are witnesses.”
23 Yos Xuas hais tias : “Ua li mas nej ntiab pej kum neeg cov dab uas nyob hauv nruab nrab nej. Nej tig los cuag His Xas Lais tus HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj.”
23 “Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
24 Tsoom sid teb rau Yos Xuas tias : “Peb tus HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj yog tus peb xav tsob hwb. Peb xav mloog nws lub suab qhia peb !”
24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
25 Hnub ntawd Yos Xuas nrog tsoom sid cog lus. Nws tsa ib co txhooj thiab ib txog cai rau lawv coj nyob Xis Kes. 26 Yos Xuas sau cov lus ntawd tseg rau hauv phau ntawv hais txog Tswv Ntuj Txoj Cai. Nws ua li ntawd tas ces nws muab ib lub pob zeb loj los tsa nyob hauv tsob qab ntoo uas nyob hauv HUAB TAIS lub loog. 27 Yos Xuas hais rau tsoom sid tias : “Nej ntsia, lub pob zeb no ua tim khawv txog peb vim nws tau hnov cov lus uas HUAB TAIS hais rau peb tas tib si. Lub pob zeb no yuav ua tim khawv txiav txim rau peb, vim nws tau hnov cov lus uas HUAB TAIS hais rau peb.” 28 Ces Yos Xuas tso sawv daws nyias rov mus nyias tsev.
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 Joshua 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 Yahweh. 27 Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.” 28 So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29 Thaum tej xwm no tshwm sim tuaj tas lawm, mas Yos Xuas uas yog Nuv tus tub thiaj tuag, nws muaj ib puas kaum xyoo.
29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. 30 They 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 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. 32 They 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 Eleazar 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.