1 耶和华的仆人摩西死了以后， 耶和华吩咐摩西的侍从， 嫩的儿子约书亚， 说：
2 "我的仆人摩西死了； 现在你要起来， 和全体人民过这约旦河， 到我现在要赐给他们以色列人的地去。
3 你们脚掌踏过的每一处地方， 我都照着我应许摩西的赐给你们了。
4 从旷野和这黎巴嫩， 直到大河， 就是幼发拉底河， 赫人的全地， 以至大海日落的地方， 就是你们的疆界。
5 你一生的日子必没有一人能在你面前立得住； 我怎样与摩西同在， 也必照样与你同在； 我决不离开你， 也不离弃你。
6 你要坚强勇敢， 因为你必使这人民得着我曾经向他们列祖起誓， 要赐给他们的那地作产业。
7 你只要坚强， 十分勇敢， 谨守遵行我仆人摩西吩咐你的一切律法， 不可偏离左右， 好使你无论到哪里去， 都可以亨通。
8 这律法书不可离开你的口， 要昼夜默诵， 好使你谨守遵行书中所记的一切； 这样， 你的道路就必顺利， 你必一路亨通。
9 我不是吩咐过你要坚强勇敢吗？所以， 你不要惧怕， 也不要惊慌； 因为你无论到哪里去， 耶和华你的 神必与你同在。"
10 于是约书亚吩咐人民的官长说：
11 "你们要走遍营中， 吩咐人民说： ‘你们要预备粮食， 因为三天之内， 你们要过这约旦河， 进去得耶和华你们的 神要赐给你们作产业的地。’"
12 约书亚又对流本人、迦得人和玛拿西半个支派的人说：
13 "你们要记住耶和华的仆人摩西吩咐你们的话： ‘耶和华你们的 神赐你们安息， 他必把这地赐给你们。’
14 你们的妻子、孩子和牲畜， 都可以留在约旦河东边、摩西赐给你们的地上； 但你们所有英勇的战士， 都要拿起武器， 在你们的兄弟前面过河去， 帮助他们；
15 等到耶和华使你们的兄弟可以和你们一样安居， 同样得着耶和华你们的 神要赐给他们作产业的地， 你们才可以回到你们所得的地， 以它作你们的产业， 就是耶和华的仆人摩西在约旦河东边日出之地赐给你们的地方。"
16 他们回答约书亚， 说： "你吩咐我们的一切， 我们都必遵行； 无论你差派我们到哪里去， 我们都一定去。
17 我们从前怎样凡事听从摩西， 现在也必照样听从你； 唯愿耶和华你的 神与你同在， 像与摩西同在一样。
18 无论谁违背你的话， 不听从你吩咐他的一切命令， 那人必要处死。你只管坚强勇敢。"
1 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them; 15 until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.