1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: 10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
14 ¶ Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he , the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 ¶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
32 ¶ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Tauta apliecina derību ar Dievu
(2Moz 24:9–18)1 Tad Jozua Šehemā sapulcināja visas Israēla ciltis un sasauca Israēla vecajos un viņu galvenos, un viņu tiesnešus, un virsniekus, un tie stājās Dieva priekšā. 2 Un Jozua teica visai tautai: “Tā saka Kungs, Israēla Dievs: jūsu tēvi senlaik dzīvoja viņpus upes – Terahs, Ābrahāma un Nāhora tēvs, un viņi kalpoja citiem dieviem. 3 Tad es viņpus upes ņēmu jūsu tēvu Ābrahāmu un vedu cauri visai Kanaāna zemei, vairoju viņa pēcnācējus un devu viņam Īzaku. 4 Un Īzakam es devu Jēkabu un Ēsavu; Ēsavam es devu par mantojumu Seīra kalnus, bet Jēkabs ar saviem dēliem devās uz Ēģipti. 5 Tad es sūtīju Mozu un Āronu un situ Ēģipti ar sērgām – tā es tur darīju, un pēc tam es jūs no turienes aizvedu. 6 Es izvedu jūsu tēvus no Ēģiptes, un jūs nonācāt pie jūras, un ēģiptieši vajāja jūsu tēvus – ar kararatiem un jātniekiem! – līdz Niedru jūrai. 7 Kad tie brēca uz Kungu, viņš sūtīja tumsību starp tiem un ēģiptiešiem un šiem uznāca jūra un apklāja viņus. Paši savām acīm jūs redzējāt, ko es darīju Ēģiptē! Tad ilgu laiku jūs mitāt tuksnesī. 8 Un es jūs aizvedu uz amoriešu zemi viņpus Jardānas, un tie cīnījās pret jums, bet es tos nodevu jūsu rokā, un jūs iemantojāt viņu zemi, un es tos iznīcināju jūsu priekšā. 9 Tad cēlās Moāba ķēniņš Bālāks, Ciporas dēls, un karoja ar Israēlu – viņš sūtīja pēc Bileāma, Beora dēla, lai tas jūs nolād. 10 Bet es negribēju klausīt Bileāmu, un viņš svētīdams svētīja jūs – tā es jūs izglābu no viņa rokas. 11 Un jūs pārgājāt Jardānu un nonācāt Jērikā, un ar jums karoja Jērikas vīri – amorieši un perizieši, un kanaānieši, un hetieši, un girgašieši, un hivieši, un jebūsieši – es tos atdevu jūsu rokā. 12 Es izsūtīju jums pa priekšu sirseņus, kas padzina tos jūsu priekšā – abus amoriešu ķēniņus! – neba jūsu zobens vai loks! 13 Es devu jums zemi, ko jūsu roka nebija iestrādājusi, un pilsētas, ko jūs nebijāt cēluši – tajās jūs apmetāties! – un vīnadārzus un olīvkokus, ko jūs nebijāt stādījuši – no tiem jūs ēdāt! 14 Tad nu bīstieties Kunga un krietni kalpojiet viņam uzticībā, aizvāciet dievus, kuriem kalpoja jūsu tēvi viņpus upes un Ēģiptē, un kalpojiet Kungam! 15 Bet, ja jums netīk kalpot Kungam, tad izvēlieties šodien, kam kalpot – vai nu dieviem, kam jūsu tēvi kalpoja viņpus upes, vai amoriešu dieviem, kuru zemē jūs mītat; bet es un mans nams – mēs kalposim Kungam!”
16 Tad tauta atbildēja un teica: “Pasargi, Dievs, ka mēs pamestu Kungu un kalpotu citiem dieviem! 17 Jo Kungs, mūsu Dievs, izveda mūs un mūsu tēvus no Ēģiptes zemes un vergu nama. Viņš mūsu acu priekšā darīja visas šīs varenās zīmes un sargāja mūs ceļā, ko gājām, un starp visām tautām, kuru vidū mēs nonācām. 18 Un Kungs padzina mūsu priekšā visas tautas, arī amoriešus, kuri mita tajā zemē, tad nu mēs kalposim Kungam, jo viņš ir mūsu Dievs!”
19 Bet Jozua teica tautai: “Jūs nevarat kalpot Kungam, jo viņš ir svēts Dievs, viņš ir dedzīgs Dievs, viņš nepiedos jūsu pārkāpumus un grēkus! 20 Ja jūs atmetīsiet Kungu un kalposiet svešiem dieviem, tad viņš novērsīsies, darīs jums ļaunu un iznīcinās jūs – arī tad, kad jau darījis jums labu!”
21 Bet tauta teica Jozuam: “Nē! Mēs kalposim Kungam!” 22 Tad Jozua teica tautai: “Jūs paši sev šodien esat liecinieki, ka izvēlējāties Kungu, lai kalpotu viņam!” Un tie teica: “Esam liecinieki!” 23 “Tad nu aizvāciet svešos dievus, kas jūsu vidū, un šķīstiet savas sirdis Kungam, Israēla Dievam!” 24 Un tauta teica Jozuam: “Mēs kalposim Kungam, mūsu Dievam, un mēs klausīsim viņa balsij!”
25 Todien Jozua noslēdza ar tautu derību un deva tiem Šehemā likumus un tiesas. 26 Jozua rakstīja šos vārdus Dieva bauslības grāmatā, ņēma lielu akmeni un uzslēja zem ozola pie Kunga svētvietas. 27 Tad Jozua sacīja visai tautai: “Redzi, šis akmens lai ir mums par liecību, jo tas ir dzirdējis visus Kunga vārdus, ko viņš sacījis! Tādēļ tas lai jums ir par liecību, ka nepieviļat savu Dievu!” 28 Tad Jozua atlaida ļaudis – katru uz savu mantojuma daļu.
Jozuas nāve
29 Pēc tam Kunga kalps Jozua, Nūna dēls, nomira – viņš bija simt desmit gadu vecs. 30 Tie viņu apglabāja viņa mantojuma daļas robežās Timnat-Serahā, kas Efraima kalnienē uz ziemeļiem no Gaašas kalna. 31 Israēls kalpoja Kungam visu Jozuas laiku un visu to vecajo laiku, kuri nāca pēc Jozuas un zināja visus Kunga darbus, ko viņš bija darījis Israēlā.
32 Jāzepa kaulus, ko Israēla dēli bija izveduši no Ēģiptes, viņi apglabāja Šehemā – tajā lauka daļā, ko Jēkabs bija nopircis no Šehemas tēva Hamora dēliem par simts naudas gabaliem, un tas bija Jāzepa dēlu īpašums. 33 Un Elāzārs, Ārona dēls, nomira, un viņa dēls viņu apglabāja Pinhāsa Gibā – tā bija viņam dotā daļa Efraima kalnienē.
