- Josué 24
  
  1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
  
  2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
  
  3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
  
  4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
  
  5 "'I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.
  
  6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea .
  
  7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
  
  8 "'I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
  
  9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
  
  10 but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
  
  11 "'You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
  
  12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
  
  13 I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant.'
  
  14 "Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.
  
  15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."
  
  16 The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
  
  17 for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
  
  18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God."
  
  19 Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
  
  20 If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
  
  21 The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve Yahweh."
  
  22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."
  
  23 "Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel."
  
  24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice."
  
  25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
  
  26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
  
  27 Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God."
  
  28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
  
  29 It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
  
  30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
  
  31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
  
  32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
  
  33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  
  Jérémie 13
  
  1 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water.
  
  2 So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.
  
  3 The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,
  
  4 Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
  
  5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
  
  6 It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
  
  7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
  
  8 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
  
  9 Thus says Yahweh, In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
  
  10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
  
  11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
  
  12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
  
  13 Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
  
  14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
  
  15 Hear, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
  
  16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
  
  17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive.
  
  18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headdresses have come down, even the crown of your glory.
  
  19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
  
  20 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
  
  21 What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
  
  22 If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
  
  23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
  
  24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.
  
  25 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
  
  26 Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.
  
  27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
  
  Actes 4
  
  1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
  
  2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  
  3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
  
  4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
  
  5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
  
  6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
  
  7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
  
  8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
  
  9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
  
  10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
  
  11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'
  
  12 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
  
  13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
  
  14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
  
  15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
  
  16 saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
  
  17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
  
  18 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
  
  19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
  
  20 for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
  
  21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
  
  22 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
  
  23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
  
  24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
  
  25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
  
  26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ .'
  
  27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
  
  28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
  
  29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
  
  30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
  
  31 When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
  
  32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
  
  33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
  
  34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
  
  35 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
  
  36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
  
  37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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