Livro de Josué 24

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1 Josué convocou a Siquém todas as tribos de Israel, seus anciãos, seus chefes, seus juízes e seus oficiais. Eles apresentaram-se diante de Deus,	1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.
2 e Josué disse a todo o povo: Eis o que diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: outrora, vossos ancestrais, Taré, pai de Abraão e de Nacor, habitavam além do rio e serviam a deuses estrangeiros.	2 And he spoke to the people in this way: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Your fathers lived, in the beginning, across the river: Terah, the father of Abraham, and Nahor. And they served strange gods.
3 Tomei vosso pai Abraão do outro lado do Jordão e conduzi-o à terra de Canaã. Multipliquei sua descendência e dei-lhe Isaac,	3 Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,
4 ao qual dei Jacó e Esaú, e dei a este último a montanha de Seir; Jacó, porém, e seus filhos desceram ao Egito.	4 and I gave to him Isaac. And to him, I gave again Jacob and Esau. And I gave mount Seir to Esau as a possession. Yet truly, Jacob and his sons descended into Egypt.
5 Depois mandei Moisés e Aarão e feri o Egito com tudo o que fiz no meio dele; e em seguida vos tirei de lá.	5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with many signs and portents.
6 Fiz sair vossos pais do Egito e, quando chegastes ao mar, os egípcios perseguiram vossos pais com carros e cavaleiros até o mar Vermelho.	6 And I led you and your fathers away from Egypt, and you arrived at the sea. And the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen, as far as the Red Sea.
7 Os israelitas clamaram ao Senhor, o qual pôs trevas entre vós e os egípcios, e fez vir o mar sobre eles, cobrindo-os. Vistes com os vossos olhos o que fiz aos egípcios, e depois disso habitastes muito tempo no deserto.	7 Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
8 Conduzi-vos em seguida à terra dos amorreus, que habitavam além do Jordão. Eles combateram contra vós, mas eu os entreguei em vossas mãos; tomastes posse de sua terra e eu os exterminei diante de vós.	8 And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.
9 Balac, filho de Sefor, rei de Moab, combateu contra Israel. Mandou chamar Balaão, filho de Beor, para vos amaldiçoar.	9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.
10 Mas eu não quis ouvir Balaão, e ele teve de vos abençoar; e tirei-vos da mão de Balac.	10 And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.
11 Passastes o Jordão e chegastes a Jericó. Combateram contra vós os homens dessa cidade, bem como os amorreus, os ferezeus, os cananeus, os hiteus, os gergeseus, os heveus e os jebuseus, e eu os entreguei todos nas vossas mãos.	11 And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.
12 Mandei adiante de vós vespas que expulsaram os dois reis dos amorreus, não com a vossa espada, nem com o vosso arco.	12 And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.
13 Desse modo, dei-vos uma terra que não lavrastes, cidades que não construístes, onde agora habitais, vinhas e oliveiras que não plantastes, das quais comeis agora os frutos.	13 And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’
14 Agora, pois, temei o Senhor e servi-o com toda a retidão e fidelidade. Tirai os deuses que serviram vossos pais além do rio e no Egito, e servi o Senhor.	14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
15 Porém se vos desagrada servir o Senhor, escolhei hoje a quem quereis servir: se aos deuses, a quem serviram os vossos pais além do rio, se aos deuses dos amorreus, em cuja terra habitais. Porque, quanto a mim, eu e minha casa serviremos o Senhor.	15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
16 O povo respondeu: Longe de nós abandonarmos o Senhor para servir outros deuses.	16 And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
17 O Senhor é o nosso Deus, ele que nos tirou, a nós e a nossos pais, da terra do Egito, da casa da servidão; e que operou à nossa vista maravilhosos prodígios e guardou-nos ao longo de todo o caminho que percorremos, entre todos os povos pelos quais passamos.	17 The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
18 O Senhor expulsou diante de nós todas essas nações, assim como os amorreus que habitam na terra. Nós também, nós serviremos o Senhor, porque ele é o nosso Deus.	18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
19 Josué disse ao povo: Vós não podereis servir o Senhor, porque ele é um Deus santo, um Deus zeloso que não perdoará as vossas rebeliões e os vossos pecados.	19 And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.
20 Se abandonardes o Senhor para servir outros deuses, ele se voltará contra vós e vos fará mal, e vos consumirá, depois de vos ter feito bem.	20 If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you.”
21 Não, clamou o povo, porque é o Senhor que nós queremos servir!	21 And the people said to Joshua, “By no means will it be as you are saying, but we will serve the Lord.”
22 Josué disse-lhes: Sois testemunhas contra vós mesmos de que escolhestes o Senhor para prestar-lhe culto. Somos testemunhas!, responderam eles.	22 And Joshua said to the people, “You yourselves are witnesses, that you have chosen the Lord so that you may serve him.” And they answered, “We are witnesses.”
23 Agora, pois, tirai os deuses estranhos que estão no meio de vós e inclinai os vossos corações para o Senhor, Deus de Israel.	23 “Now therefore,” he said, “take away strange gods from among yourselves, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
24 Nós serviremos o Senhor, nosso Deus, respondeu o povo a Josué, e obedeceremos à sua voz.	24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will be obedient to his precepts.”
25 Desse modo, Josué fez um pacto naquele dia com o povo e deu-lhe, em Siquém, leis e prescrições.	25 Therefore, on that day, Joshua struck a covenant, and he set before the people at Shechem the precepts and the judgments.
26 Josué escreveu tudo isso no livro da lei de Deus, tomou em seguida uma pedra muito grande e erigiu-a ali, debaixo do carvalho que estava no santuário do Senhor.	26 He also wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the Lord. And he took a very great stone, and he stationed it under the oak that was in the Sanctuary of the Lord.
27 E disse a todo o povo: Esta pedra servirá de testemunho contra nós, porque ela ouviu todas as palavras que o Senhor nos disse; ela servirá de testemunho contra vós, para que não abandoneis o vosso Deus.	27 And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”
28 Então Josué despediu o povo, cada um para a sua propriedade.	28 And he dismissed the people, each one to their own possession.
29 E aconteceu depois disso que Josué, filho de Nun, servo do Senhor, morreu com a idade de cento e dez anos.	29 And after these things, Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
30 Sepultaram-no na terra de sua possessão, em Tamnat-Saré, na montanha de Efraim, ao norte do monte Gaas.	30 And they buried him within the borders of his possession at Timnath-Serah, which is situated on mount Ephraim, before the northern side of mount Gaash.
31 Durante todo o tempo da vida de Josué, Israel serviu o Senhor, bem como enquanto viveram depois dele os anciãos que conheciam tudo o que o Senhor tinha feito em favor de Israel.	31 And Israel served the Lord during all the days of Joshua, and of the elders who lived for a long time after Joshua, and who had known all the works of the Lord that he had accomplished in Israel.
32 Sepultaram também em Siquém os ossos de José que os israelitas tinham trazido do Egito; depuseram-nos na porção da terra que Jacó havia comprado aos filhos de Hemor, pai de Siquém, por cem peças de prata, e que se tornou propriedade dos filhos de José.	32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred young female sheep, and so it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.
33 Eleazar, filho de Aarão, morreu também. Enterraram-no em Gabaa, cidade de Finéias, seu filho, que lhe tinha sido dada na montanha de Efraim.	33 Likewise, Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died. And they buried him at Gibeah, which belongs to Phinehas, his son, and which was given to him on mount Ephraim.