1 And it came to pass a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in age,

2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old, advanced in age;

3 and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you. For Jehovah your God is he that hath fought for you.

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea toward the sun-setting.

5 And Jehovah your God, he will expel them from before you, and dispossess them from out of your sight; and ye shall take possession of their land, as Jehovah your God hath said unto you.

6 And be ye 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 enter not among these nations, these that remain among you; and ye shall make no mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear {by them}, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;

8 but ye shall cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.

9 For Jehovah hath dispossessed from before you great and strong nations; and as to you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

10 One man of you chaseth a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.

11 Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.

12 For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:

13 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and 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 Jehovah your God hath given you.

14 And behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your heart, and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good words that Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you: all are come to pass unto you-not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;

16 when ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves unto them, so that the anger of Jehovah shall be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

1 A, ka maha nga ra i muri i ta Ihowa meatanga i a Iharaira kia okioki i o ratou hoariri katoa i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha, a ka maha haere nga ra o Hohua, ka koroheketia,

2 Na ka karanga a Hohua ki a Iharaira katoa, ki o ratou kaumatua, ki o ratou ariki, ki o ratou kaiwhakariterite, ki o ratou rangatira, a ka mea ki a ratou, Kua koroheketia ahau, kua maha oku ra:

3 A kua kite koutou i nga mea katoa i mea ai a Ihowa, to koutou Atua ki enei iwi katoa, na te whakaaro hoki ki a koutou; no te mea ko Ihowa, ko to koutou Atua, nana ta koutou riri.

4 Titiro, kua oti te wehe atu e ahau mo koutou enei iwi ka mahue nei, hei wahi tupu mo o koutou iwi, o Horano atu me nga iwi katoa i huna e ahau a tae noa ki te moana nui, ki te toenetanga o te ra.

5 A ko Ihowa, ko to koutou Atua, mana ratou e pei i to koutou aroaro, mana hoki ratou e huna i to koutou aroaro; a ka riro to ratou oneone i a koutou, ka pera me te kupu a Ihowa, a to koutou Atua ki a koutou.

6 No reira kia uaua rawa ki te pupuri, ki te mahi i nga mea katoa i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka o te ture a Mohi, kei peka ke i reira ki matau, ki maui;

7 Kei haere hoki ki roto ki enei iwi, i mahue iho nei ki waenganui i a koutou; kei whakahuatia nga ingoa o o ratou atua, kei oatitia, kei mahi ki a ratou, kei koropiko ki a ratou:

8 Engari me awhi ki a Ihowa, ki to koutou Atua, me pera me ta koutou i mea ai a tae noa mai ki tenei ra.

9 Kua peia hoki e Ihowa i mua i a koutou nga iwi nunui, kaha hoki: tena ko koutou, kahore ano tetahi tangata kia tu ki to koutou aroaro a taea noatia tenei ra.

10 Kia kotahi tangata o koutou hei whai i te mano: no te mea ko Ihowa, ko to koutou Atua, mana ta koutou riri, ka pera me tana i korero ai ki a koutou.

11 Na reira tiakina marietia koutou, kia aroha ai koutou ki a Ihowa, ki to koutou Atua.

12 Ki te anga hoki koutou ki te hoki atu, ki te awhi ki nga toenga o enei iwi, o enei ka mahue nei i roto i a koutou, a ka marenatia ki a ratou, ka whakauru hoki ki a ratou, me ratou hoki ki a koutou:

13 Kia tino mohio, e kore a Ihowa, to koutou Atua e pei ano i enei iwi i mua i a koutou; engari ka waiho ratou hei rore, hei mahanga mo koutou, hei whiu hoki mo o koutou kaokao, hei koikoi i roto i o koutou kanohi, kia huna ra ano koutou i runga i tenei whenua pai ka homai nei e Ihowa, e to koutou Atua ki a koutou.

14 Nana, ko aianei ahau haere ai i te huarahi o te whenua katoa; a e mohio ana o koutou ngakau katoa, o koutou wairua katoa, kahore ano i taka tetahi mea o nga mea pai katoa i korerotia e Ihowa, e to koutou Atua mo koutou; kua pono katoa ki a kouto u, kahore ano tetahi mea o ena i taka.

15 Na tenei ake ka rite ki te putanga mai ki a koutou o nga mea pai katoa i korerotia e Ihowa, e to koutou Atua ki a koutou, ka pera ano te whakaputanga mai a Ihowa i nga mea kino katoa ki a koutou, kia whakangaromia ra ano koutou e ia i tenei when ua pai, kua homai nei e Ihowa, e to koutou Atua ki a koutou.

16 Ina whakapaheketia e koutou te kawenata a Ihowa, a to koutou Atua, i whakaritea mai nei e ia ki a koutou, a ka haere, ka mahi ki nga atua ke, ka koropiko ki a ratou; ko reira mura ai te riri o Ihowa ki a koutou, a ka ngaro whakarere atu koutou i runga i te whenua pai kua homai nei e ia ki a koutou.