Josue being old admonisheth the people to keep God's commandments. 12. and to avoid marriages, and all society with gentiles, lest falling to idolatry God as certainly punish them, as he hath been beneficial, and bountiful to them.Iosue being old admonisheth the people to keepe Gods commandementes. 12. and to auoide mariages, and al societie with gentiles, lest falling to idolatrie God as certainly punish them, as he hath benne benificial, and bountiful to them.
And when much time was passed, after that our Lord had given peace to Israel, all the nations being subdued round about, and Josue now very ancient, and of a great age:ANd when much time was passed, after that our Lord had geuen peace to Israel, al the nations being subdewed round about, and Iosue now verie ancient, and of a great age:Evoluto autem multo tempore, postquam pacem dederat Dominus Israëli, subjectis in gyro nationibus universis, et Josue jam longævo, et persenilis ætatis,
2Josue called all Israel, and the elders, and the princes and the judges, and the masters, and said to them: I am old, and far gone in age:Iosue called al Israel, and the elders, and the princes and the iudges, and the maisters, and said to them: I am old, and farre gone in age:vocavit Josue omnem Israëlem, majoresque natu, et principes ac duces, et magistros, dixitque ad eos : Ego senui, et progressioris ætatis sum :
3and you see all things, that our Lord your God hath done to all the nations round about, how himself hath fought for you:and you see al thinges, that our Lord your God hath done to al the nations round about, how him selfe hath fought for you:vosque cernitis omnia, quæ fecerit Dominus Deus vester cunctis per circuitum nationibus, quomodo pro vobis ipse pugnaverit :
4and now because he hath by lot divided to you all the Land, the East part of Jordan unto the great sea, and many nations yet remain:and now because he hath by lotte diuided to you al the Land, the East part of Iordan vnto the great sea, and manie nations yet remaine:et nunc quia vobis sorte divisit omnem terram, ab orientali parte Jordanis usque ad mare magnum, multæque adhuc supersunt nationes :
5Our Lord your God will destroy them, and take them away from your face, and you shall possess the Land, as he hath promised you.Our Lord your God wil destroy them, and take them away from your face, and you shal possesse the Land, as he hath promised you.Dominus Deus vester disperdet eas et auferet a facie vestra, et possidebitis terram, sicut vobis pollicitus est.
6Only take courage, and be solicitous, watchful: full of care, not merely cautious · Vulgate: solliciti, that you keep all things which be written in the volume of the law of Moyses: and decline not from them neither to the right hand nor to the left:Onlie take courage, and be careful, that you keepe al thinges which be written in the volume of the law of Moyses: and decline not from them neither to the right hand nor to the left:Tantum confortamini, et estote solliciti, ut custodiatis cuncta quæ scripta sunt in volumine legis Moysi : et non declinetis ab eis neque ad dexteram neque ad sinistram :
7lest after that you are entered in to the Gentiles, which shall be among you, you swear in the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them:lest after that you are entred in to the Gentiles, which shal be among you, you sweare in the name of their goddes, and serue them, and adore them:ne postquam intraveritis ad gentes quæ inter vos futuræ sunt, juretis in nomine deorum earum, et serviatis eis, et adoretis illos :
8but cling fast, hold fast to, not to split apart · Vulgate: adhæreatis to our Lord your God: which you have done until this day.but cleaue to our Lord your God: which you haue done vntil this day.sed adhæreatis Domino Deo vestro : quod fecistis usque in diem hanc.
9And then our Lord God will take away in your sight the great nations and very strong, and no man shall be able to resist you.And then our Lord God wil take away in your sight the great nations and very strong, and no man shal be able to resist you.Et tunc auferet Dominus Deus in conspectu vestro gentes magnas et robustissimas, et nullus vobis resistere poterit.
10One of you shall pursue a thousand men of the enemies: because our Lord your God himself will fight for you, as he hath promised.One of you shal pursew a thousand men of the enemies: because our Lord your God him selfe wil fight for you, as he hath promised.Unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros : quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit, sicut pollicitus est.
11This only beware very diligently before hand, that you love our Lord your God.This onlie beware very diligently before hand, that you loue our Lord your God.Hoc tantum diligentissime præcavete : ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum.
12But if you will cleave to the error of these nations, that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendship, alliance, league · Vulgate: amicitias:But if you wil cleaue to the errour of these nations, that dwel among you, and make mariages with them, and ioyne amitie:Quod si volueritis gentium harum, quæ inter vos habitant, erroribus adhærere, et cum eis miscere connubia, atque amicitias copulare :
13even now know ye that our Lord your God will not destroy them before your face, but they shall be a pit and a snare for you, and a stumbling block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, till he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land, which he hath delivered to you.euen now know ye that our Lord your God wil not destroy them before your face, but they shal be a pitte and a snare for you, and a stumbling blocke at your side, and stakes in your eies, til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land, which he hath deliuered to you.jam nunc scitote quod Dominus Deus vester non eas deleat ante faciem vestram, sed sint vobis in foveam ac laqueum, et offendiculum ex latere vestro, et sudes in oculis vestris, donec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima, quam tradidit vobis.
14Behold I this day enter into the way of all the path every mortal must go: i.e. death, not bodily appetite · Vulgate: viam universæ terræ: "way of all the earth", and you shall know with all your mind that all the words, which our Lord promised that he would perform to you, one is not escaped without effect.Behold I this day enter into the way of al flesh, and you shal know with al your minde that al the wordes, which our Lord promised that he would performe to you, one is not escaped without effect.En ego hodie ingredior viam universæ terræ, et toto animo cognoscetis quod de omnibus verbis, quæ se Dominus præstiturum vobis esse pollicitus est, unum non præterierit incassum.
15Therefore as he hath fulfilled in deed that which he promised, and all things prosperous have come: so will he bring upon you what evils soever he hath threatened, till he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land, which he hath delivered to you,Therfore as he hath fulfilled in deede that which he promised, and al thinges prosperous haue come: so wil he bring vpon you what euils soeuer he hath threatened, til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land, which he hath deliuered to you,Sicut ergo implevit opere quod promisit, et prospera cuncta venerunt : sic adducet super vos quidquid malorum comminatus est, donec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima, quam tradidit vobis,
16because you have transgressed the covenant of our Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and have served strange gods, and adored them: quickly and in haste shall the fury of our Lord rise against you, and you shall be taken away from this excellent Land, which he hath delivered to you.because you haue transgressed the couenant of our Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and haue serued strange goddes, and adored them: quickly and in hast shal the furie of our Lord ryse against you, and you shal be taken away from this excellent Land, which he hath deliuered to you.eo quod præterieritis pactum Domini Dei vestri, quod pepigit vobiscum, et servieritis diis alienis, et adoraveritis eos : cito atque velociter consurget in vos furor Domini, et auferemini ab hac terra optima, quam tradidit vobis.