Joshua 23
1 परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका वरिपरि भएका शत्रुहरूबाट शान्ति प्रदान गर्नु भयो। परमप्रभुले इस्राएललाई सुरक्षित तुल्याउनु भयो। धेरै वर्ष बितेर गए, अनि यहोशू अत्यन्त बृद्ध भए।
2 यस बेला यहोशूले समस्त बूढा अगुवाहरू, कुल नायकहरू, न्यायकर्ताहरू, अनि इस्राएली मानिसहरूका अधिकारीहरूको सभा राखे। यहोशूले भने, “म अत्यन्त बृद्ध भएको छु।
3 तिमीहरूले ती कुराहरू देख्यौ जो परमप्रभुले हाम्रा शत्रुहरू प्रति गर्नु भयो। उहाँले हामीलाई सहायता गर्न यसो गर्नुभयो। परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूको निम्ति युद्ध गर्नु भयो।
4 मैले तिमीहरूलाई भनेका कुरा सम्झ। तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूले यर्दन नदी अनि पश्चिममा भूमध्य समुद्र माझको भूमि प्राप्त गर्न सक्ने छौ। मैले त्यो भूमि तिमीहरूलाई दिने वचन दिएको थिएँ। तर तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई अझ अधिकारमा लिएका छैनौ।
5 तर परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले त्यहाँ बसेका मानिसहरूलाई त्यो भूमि छाड्न वाध्य तुल्याउनु हुनेछ। तिमीहरूले त्यो भूमि लिने छौ। परमप्रभुले त्यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरूलाई भूमि छोड्न वाध्य तुल्याउनु हुनेछ। परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूका निम्ति यसो गर्ने वचन दिनु भएको छ।
6 “परमप्रभुले हामीलाई आज्ञा गर्नु भएका सबै कुराहरू पालन गर्न तिमीहरू सावधान हुनुपर्छ। मोशाको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा लेखिएका हरेक कुरा पालन गर। त्यो नियमबाट टाढा नफर्कनु।
7 हाम्रो माझ अझ पनि केही मानिसहरू बसेकाछन् जो इस्राएलका मानिस होइनन्। ती मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूका आफ्नै देवताहरूको पूजा गर्छन्। तिनीहरूको देवताहरूको सेवा अथवा तिमीहरूले पूजा नगर।
8 तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको अनुसरण गर्दै जानुपर्छ। बितेका समयमा तिमीहरूले यसो गरेका थियौ अनि तिमीहरूले यसो गर्दै जानुपर्छ।
9 परमप्रभुले अनेक महान अनि शक्तिशाली राष्ट्रहरूलाई परास्त गर्नमा सहायता प्रदान गर्नुभयो। परमप्रभुले ती मानिसहरूलाई छोडन बाध्य तुल्याउनु भयो। तिमीहरूलाई परास्त गर्न कुनै राष्ट्रपनि समर्थ भएन।
10 परमप्रभुको सहयोग द्वारा इस्राएलका एक मानिसले शत्रुहरूका हजार सैनिकलाई परास्त गर्न सके। किन? किनभने परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर तिमीहरूको निम्ति लड्नु भएको थियो। परमप्रभुले यसो गर्ने प्रतिज्ञा दिनु भएको थियो।
11 यसर्थ तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिम्रा परमेश्वरलाई प्रेम गरिरहनु पर्छ।
12 “परमप्रभुको अनुसरण गर्न नछोड। ती अन्य मानिसहरूको मित्र नबन जो इस्राएली होइनन्। तिनीहरूका कुनै मानिसहरूसित विवाह नगर। तर यदि तिमीहरू यी मानिसहरूका मित्र बन्यौ भने।
13 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूलाई परास्त गर्नमा सहयोह गर्नुहुने छैन। यी मानिसहरू तिमीहरूका निम्ति पासो जस्तै हुनेछन्। तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई तिम्रा आखाँमा धुँवा र धूलो परे जस्तै कष्ट दिनेछन्। अनि तिमीहरूलाई यो उत्तम भूमि छोड्न बाध्य तुल्याउने छन्। परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई यो भूमि दिनुभयो। तर यदि तिमीहरूले यो आज्ञा पालन गरेनौ भने तिमीहरूले यसलाई गुमाउन सक्छौ।
14 “अब प्रायः मेरो मृत्यु हुने समय भयो। तिमीहरू जान्दछौ अनि साँच्चै विश्वास गर्छौ कि परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूका निम्ति महान कार्यहरू गर्नु भएको छ। तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छ। कि उहाँले आफ्ना कुनै पनि प्रतिज्ञा पूर्ण गर्न चुक्नु भएन। परमप्रभुले सबै प्रतिज्ञा पूर्ण गर्नु भयो जो उहाँले हामीसँग गर्नु भएको थियो।
15 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले हामी प्रति गर्नु भएको हरेक उत्तम प्रतिज्ञा सत्य भएको छ। तर त्यसरी नै परमप्रभुले उहाँका अन्य प्रतिज्ञाहरूलाई सत्य तुल्याउनु हुनेछ। उहाँले वचन दिनु भएको छ कि यदि तिमीहरूले नराम्रो कुरा गर्यौ भने तिमीहरू माथि नराम्रा कुराहरू घट्नेछन्। उहाँले वचन दिनु भएको छ कि उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई दिनु भएको यो उत्तम भूमिबाट निक्लन तिनीहरूलाई उहाँले बाध्य तुल्याउनु हुनेछ।
16 यदि तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूको परमेश्वरसित गरेको करार पालन गर्न अस्वीकार गर्यौ भने यस्तो हुनेछ। यदि तिमीहरूले अन्य देवताहरूको पूजा गर्यौ भने, यो भूमि गुमाउने छौ। यदि तिमीहरूले यसो गर्यौ भने तिमीहरू प्रति परमप्रभु अत्यन्त क्रोधित हुनुहुनेछ। तब उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई दिनु भएको यो उत्तम भूमि तुरन्न्त छोड्न बाध्य तुल्याइने छ।”
1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
5 And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
8 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.
16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
18 Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.