14.「現在你們要敬畏耶和華,誠心實意地事奉他,將你們列祖在大河那邊和在埃及所事奉的神除掉,去事奉耶和華。
「Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
15.若是你們以事奉耶和華為不好,今日就可以選擇所要事奉的:是你們列祖在大河那邊所事奉的神呢?是你們所住這地的亞摩利人的神呢?至於我和我家,我們必定事奉耶和華。」
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.」
16.百姓回答說:「我斷不敢離棄耶和華去事奉別神;
Then the people answered, 「Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
17.因耶和華我們的 神曾將我們和我們列祖從埃及地的為奴之家領出來,在我們眼前行了那些大神蹟,在我們所行的道上,所經過的諸國,都保護了我們。
It was the LORD our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
18.耶和華又把住此地的亞摩利人都從我們面前趕出去。所以,我們必事奉耶和華,因為他是我們的 神。」
And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because he is our God.」