¹Evoluto autem multo tempore,Now a long time passed,postquam pacem dederat Dominus Israëli, subjectis in gyro nationibus universis,after the Lord had given peace to Israel by subjecting all the surrounding nations.et Josue jam longævo, et persenilis ætatis,And Joshua was now old and very advanced in age.

¹Evoluto autem multo tempore,Now a long time passed,postquam pacem dederat Dominus Israëli, subjectis in gyro nationibus universis,after the Lord had given peace to Israel by subjecting all the surrounding nations.et Josue jam longævo, et persenilis ætatis,And Joshua was now old and very advanced in age.

²vocavit Josue omnem Israëlem, majoresque natu,Joshua called all of Israel, and those greater by birth,et principes ac duces, et magistros,and the leaders and rulers and teachers,dixitque ad eos:and he said to them:Ego senui, et progressioris ætatis sum:“I am elderly and advanced in age.

²vocavit Josue omnem Israëlem, majoresque natu,Joshua called all of Israel, and those greater by birth,et principes ac duces, et magistros,and the leaders and rulers and teachers,dixitque ad eos:and he said to them:Ego senui, et progressioris ætatis sum:“I am elderly and advanced in age.

³vosque cernitis omnia, quæ fecerit Dominus Deus vester cunctis per circuitum nationibus,And you yourselves discern all that the Lord your God has done with all the surrounding nations,quomodo pro vobis ipse pugnaverit:in what manner he himself has fought for you.

³vosque cernitis omnia, quæ fecerit Dominus Deus vester cunctis per circuitum nationibus,And you yourselves discern all that the Lord your God has done with all the surrounding nations,quomodo pro vobis ipse pugnaverit:in what manner he himself has fought for you.

⁴et nunc quia vobis sorte divisit omnem terram,And now, since he has divided to you by lot all the land,ab orientali parte Jordanis usque ad mare magnum,from the eastern part of the Jordan even to the great sea,multæque adhuc supersunt nationes:and yet many nations still remain,

⁴et nunc quia vobis sorte divisit omnem terram,And now, since he has divided to you by lot all the land,ab orientali parte Jordanis usque ad mare magnum,from the eastern part of the Jordan even to the great sea,multæque adhuc supersunt nationes:and yet many nations still remain,

⁵Dominus Deus vester disperdet easthe Lord your God will destroy them,et auferet a facie vestra,and he will take them away before your face,et possidebitis terram,and you shall possess the land,sicut vobis pollicitus est.just as he has promised you.

⁵Dominus Deus vester disperdet easthe Lord your God will destroy them,et auferet a facie vestra,and he will take them away before your face,et possidebitis terram,and you shall possess the land,sicut vobis pollicitus est.just as he has promised you.

⁶Tantum 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:Even so, be strengthened and be careful that you observe all the things that have been written in the book of the law of Moses, and that you do not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left.

⁶Tantum 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:Even so, be strengthened and be careful that you observe all the things that have been written in the book of the law of Moses, and that you do not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left.

⁷ne postquam intraveritis ad gentes quæ inter vos futuræ sunt,Otherwise, after you have entered to the Gentiles, who will be among you in the future,juretis in nomine deorum earum, et serviatis eis,you might swear by the name of their gods, and serve them,et adoretis illos:and adore them.

⁷ne postquam intraveritis ad gentes quæ inter vos futuræ sunt,Otherwise, after you have entered to the Gentiles, who will be among you in the future,juretis in nomine deorum earum, et serviatis eis,you might swear by the name of their gods, and serve them,et adoretis illos:and adore them.

⁸sed adhæreatis Domino Deo vestro:Instead, cling to the Lord your God,quod fecistis usque in diem hanc.just as you have done even to this day.

⁸sed adhæreatis Domino Deo vestro:Instead, cling to the Lord your God,quod fecistis usque in diem hanc.just as you have done even to this day.

⁹Et tunc auferet Dominus Deus in conspectu vestro gentes magnas et robustissimas,And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust,et nullus vobis resistere poterit.and no one will be able to withstand you.

⁹Et tunc auferet Dominus Deus in conspectu vestro gentes magnas et robustissimas,And then the Lord God will take away, in your sight, nations that are great and very robust,et nullus vobis resistere poterit.and no one will be able to withstand you.

¹⁰Unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros:One of you shall pursue a thousand men of the enemies.quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit,For the Lord your God himself will fight on your behalf,sicut pollicitus est.just as he promised.

¹⁰Unus e vobis persequetur hostium mille viros:One of you shall pursue a thousand men of the enemies.quia Dominus Deus vester pro vobis ipse pugnabit,For the Lord your God himself will fight on your behalf,sicut pollicitus est.just as he promised.

¹¹Hoc tantum diligentissime præcavete:Even so, be very diligent and careful in this:ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum.that you love the Lord your God.

¹¹Hoc tantum diligentissime præcavete:Even so, be very diligent and careful in this:ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum.that you love the Lord your God.

¹²Quod si volueritis gentium harum, quæ inter vos habitant, erroribus adhærere,But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you,et cum eis miscere connubia,and to mix with them by marriage,atque amicitias copulare:and to join with them by friendship,

¹²Quod si volueritis gentium harum, quæ inter vos habitant, erroribus adhærere,But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you,et cum eis miscere connubia,and to mix with them by marriage,atque amicitias copulare:and to join with them by friendship,

¹³jam nunc scitote quod Dominus Deus vester non eas deleat ante faciem vestram,even now, know this: that the Lord your God will not wipe them away before your face.sed sint vobis in foveam ac laqueum,Instead, they shall be a pit and a snare to you,et offendiculum ex latere vestro,and a stumbling block at your side,et sudes in oculis vestris,and stakes in your eyes,donec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima,until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis.which he has delivered to you.

¹³jam nunc scitote quod Dominus Deus vester non eas deleat ante faciem vestram,even now, know this: that the Lord your God will not wipe them away before your face.sed sint vobis in foveam ac laqueum,Instead, they shall be a pit and a snare to you,et offendiculum ex latere vestro,and a stumbling block at your side,et sudes in oculis vestris,and stakes in your eyes,donec vos auferat atque disperdat de terra hac optima,until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis.which he has delivered to you.

¹⁴En ego hodie ingredior viam universæ terræ,Lo, today I am entering the way of the entire earth,et toto animo cognoscetis quod de omnibus verbis,and you shall know with all your mind that,quæ se Dominus præstiturum vobis esse pollicitus est,out of all the words that the Lord has promised to fulfill for you,unum non præterierit incassum.not one will pass by unfulfilled.

¹⁴En ego hodie ingredior viam universæ terræ,Lo, today I am entering the way of the entire earth,et toto animo cognoscetis quod de omnibus verbis,and you shall know with all your mind that,quæ se Dominus præstiturum vobis esse pollicitus est,out of all the words that the Lord has promised to fulfill for you,unum non præterierit incassum.not one will pass by unfulfilled.

¹⁵Sicut ergo implevit opere quod promisit,Therefore,et prospera cuncta venerunt:just as he has fulfilled in deed what he has promised,sic adducet super vos quidquid malorum comminatus est,and all prosperous things have arrived,donec vos auferatso will he bring upon you whatever evils were threatened,atque disperdat de terra hac optima,until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis,which he has delivered to you,

¹⁵Sicut ergo implevit opere quod promisit,Therefore,et prospera cuncta venerunt:just as he has fulfilled in deed what he has promised,sic adducet super vos quidquid malorum comminatus est,and all prosperous things have arrived,donec vos auferatso will he bring upon you whatever evils were threatened,atque disperdat de terra hac optima,until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis,which he has delivered to you,

¹⁶eo quod præterieritis pactum Domini Dei vestri,when you will have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God,quod pepigit vobiscum,which he has formed with you,et servieritis diis alienis,and will have served strange gods,et adoraveritis eos:and will have adored them.cito atque velociter consurget in vos furor Domini,And then the fury of the Lord will rise up quickly and speedily against you,et auferemini ab hac terra optima,and you will be taken away from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis.which he has delivered to you.”

¹⁶eo quod præterieritis pactum Domini Dei vestri,when you will have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God,quod pepigit vobiscum,which he has formed with you,et servieritis diis alienis,and will have served strange gods,et adoraveritis eos:and will have adored them.cito atque velociter consurget in vos furor Domini,And then the fury of the Lord will rise up quickly and speedily against you,et auferemini ab hac terra optima,and you will be taken away from this excellent land,quam tradidit vobis.which he has delivered to you.”