يَشُوع 6

١ 1 وَكَانَتْ أَرِيحَا قَدْ أَحْكَمَتْ إِغْلاقَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا خَوْفاً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَوْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ.

Meanwhile, the guards of Jericho shut the gates of the city tightly, because [they were afraid] of the Israeli [army]. No one was allowed to go into the city or go out of it.

٢ 2 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْضَعْتُ لَكَ أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكَهَا وَمُحَارِبِيهَا الأَشِدَّاءَ.

Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Listen [to what I say]! I am going to enable your army [SYN] to capture/conquer [MTY] Jericho and its king and its soldiers.

٣ 3 فَلْيَدُرْ مُحَارِبُوكُمْ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، مُدَّةَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ.

So your army must march around the city for six days, once each day.

٤ 4 وَلْيَحْمِلْ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ وَيَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَدُورُونَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ بَيْنَمَا يَنْفُخُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

Tell seven priests to march around with them. Each priest must carry a trumpet. Four other priests must carry the sacred chest, and they must walk behind the priests who are carrying the trumpets. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must be blowing the trumpets while they march.

٥ 5 وَمَا إِنْ يَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ بُوقٍ مُمْتَدّاً حَتَّى يُطْلِقُوا دَوِيَّ هُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَيَنْهَارُ سُورُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فَيَنْدَفِعُ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَهَا، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ حَسَبَ وِجْهَتِهِ».

[After they have all marched around the city seven times], the priests must blow their trumpets [once], very loudly. When the Israeli people/soldiers hear that, they must shout loudly. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and all the Israeli people/soldiers will go straight into the city.”

٦ 6 فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ، وَلْيَتَقَدَّمْهُ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ حَامِلِينَ سَبْعَةَ أَبْوَاقِ هُتَافٍ».

So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry the chest [that contains] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave to us]. [Tell] seven [other] priests to carry trumpets and walk in front of them.”

٧ 7 وَأَمَرَ الشَّعْبَ: «هَيَّا دُورُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَدَعُوا الْجُنُودَ الْمُسَلَّحِينَ يَمْشُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ».

And Joshua told the soldiers, “Start marching! March around the city, with several soldiers with weapons marching in front. Behind them will march the seven priests with trumpets, and behind them will march the four priests carrying Yahweh’s [sacred] chest.”

٨ 8 فَسَارَ الشَّعْبُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ، إِذْ تَقَدَّمَ السَّبْعَةُ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلِينَ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ السَّبْعَةَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَنَفَخُوا بِالأَبْوَاقِ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ يَسِيرُ خَلْفَهُمْ.

After Joshua told that to the army, the seven priests, each carrying a sacred trumpet, started marching, blowing their trumpets. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them.

٩ 9 وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ النَّافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ. أَمَّا مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَدْ سَارَتْ وَرَاءَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانُوا يَمْشُونَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ يَنْفُخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

The group of soldiers carrying weapons marched in front of the priests who were blowing their trumpets, and the rest of the soldiers followed [the four men carrying] the chest. While [they were all marching], [the seven priests] were blowing their trumpets.

١٠ 10 وَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ: «لا تَهْتِفُوا وَلا تَتَكَلَّمُوا، وَلا يَصْدُرْ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ صَوْتٌ حَتَّى آمُرَكُمْ بِالْهُتَافِ، وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَهْتِفُونَ».

But [the rest of] the people [were silent, because] Joshua had commanded them, “Do not make a war cry. Do not yell or say anything until the day when I tell you to shout. On that day, you must shout [loudly]!”

١١ 11 فَدَارَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ وَبَاتُوا فِيهِ.

So the men carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest and all the others did what Joshua told them to do. They marched around the city once. Then they all returned to their camp and stayed there that night.

١٢ 12 فَبَكَّرَ يَشُوعُ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ.

The next morning, Joshua and the priests got up early, and the four priests carried Yahweh’s sacred chest [again].

١٣ 13 وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ يَتْبَعُهُمُ الْكَهَنَةُ النَّافِخُونَ فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْهُتَافِ، سَائِرِينَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، وَفِي أَعْقَابِهِ تَقَدَّمَتْ مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ. وَكَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ وَيَنْفُخُونَ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ.

The seven priests who were carrying trumpets went in front of [the men carrying] the chest. The seven priests were blowing their trumpets as they marched. The group of soldiers carrying weapons went in front of all the others, and the rest of the army followed all the others. All the time, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets.

١٤ 14 وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ. وَظَلُّوا يَفْعَلُونَ هَكَذَا سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ.

So on that second day they again marched around the city once and then returned to their camp. They did the same thing for six days.

١٥ 15 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ بَكَّرُوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى هَذَا النَّمَطِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَهُوَ الْيَوْمُ الْوَحِيدُ الَّذِي دَارُوا فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

On the seventh day, they got up at dawn, and they all marched around the city the same way that they had done before, but this time they marched around the city seven times.

١٦ 16 وَعِنْدَمَا نَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ فِي المَرَّةِ السَّابِعَةِ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «اهْتِفُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَهَبَكُمُ الْمَدِينَةَ.

As they were marching around the seventh time, when the priests were about to blow the long/loud blast on their trumpets, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout, because Yahweh will enable you to capture the city!

١٧ 17 وَاجْعَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا مُحَرَّماً لِلرَّبِّ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ لاذَ بِبَيْتِهَا فَاسْتَحْيُوهُمْ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتِ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ الْمُرْسَلَيْنِ لاِسْتِطْلاعِ أَحْوَالِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

Yahweh has declared that you must destroy [IDM] the city and everything in it [to show that it belongs to him]. You must spare only Rahab the prostitute and the others who are in her house, because she hid the spies whom we sent there.

١٨ 18 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مَا هُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ لِئَلّا تَهْلِكُوا وَتَجْعَلُوا مُخَيَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُحَرَّماً وَتُسَبِّبُوا لَهُ الْكَوَارِثَ.

And because Yahweh has declared that everything must be destroyed [IDM], you must not take [EUP] any of the things in the city. If you take anything, you will cause Yahweh to destroy our own camp and cause terrible things to happen to us.

١٩ 19 أَمَّا كُلُّ غَنَائِمِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَآنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ، فَتُخَصَّصُ لِلرَّبِّ وَتُحْفَظُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ».

But all the silver and gold and articles made from iron and bronze that you find, you must set apart for Yahweh. You must put those things in his treasury.”

٢٠ 20 فَهَتَفَ الشَّعْبُ، وَنَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ. وَكَانَ هُتَافُ الشَّعْبِ لَدَى سَمَاعِهِمْ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ الأَبْوَاقِ عَظِيماً، فَانْهَارَ السُّورُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ. فَانْدَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلٌّ إِلَى وِجْهَتِهِ، وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا.

So they did what Joshua told them to do. When the priests blew a long blast on their trumpets, the people/army shouted loudly, and the wall of the city collapsed! Then the Israeli soldiers rushed in and captured the city.

٢١ 21 وَدَمَّرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَضَوْا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ وَأَطْفَالٍ وَشُيُوخٍ حَتَّى الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالْحَمِيرِ.

They killed [IDM] every living thing in the city—men and women, young people and old people, even cattle and sheep and donkeys.

٢٢ 22 وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَهَبَا لِاسْتِكْشَافِ الْمَدِينَةِ: «ادْخُلا بَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةِ الزَّانِيَةِ وَأَخْرِجَاهَا مَعَ كُلِّ مَا لَهَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ كَمَا حَلَفْتُمَا لَهَا».

Then Joshua said to the two men (who had spied on/whom he had sent to learn all they could about) the land, “Go to the prostitute’s house. Bring her out, along with all her family, just as you promised to her.”

٢٣ 23 فَمَضَى الْجَاسُوسَانِ إِلَى بَيْتِ رَاحَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَاهَا هِيَ وَأَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا وَإِخْوَتَهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، وَأَقْرِبَاءَهَا، وَذَهَبَا بِهِمْ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آمِنٍ خَارِجَ مُخَيَّمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.

٢٤ 24 ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالنَّارِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا. أَمَّا الْفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ وَآنِيَةُ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ فَقَدْ حَفِظُوهَا فِي خِزَانَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

٢٥ 25 وَاسْتَحْيَا يَشُوعُ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةَ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، فَأَقَامَتْ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ (وَكَذَلِكَ ذُرِّيَّتُهَا) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتْ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَرْسَلَهُمَا يَشُوعُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَطْلِعَا أَحْوَالَ أَرِيحَا.

٢٦ 26 فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنْذَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ قَائِلاً: «مَلْعُونٌ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كُلُّ مَنْ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ بِنَاءَ مَدِينَةِ أَرِيحَا، فَإِنَّ بِكْرَهُ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ يَضَعُ أَسَاسَاتِهَا، وَصَغِيرَهُ يَهْلِكُ وَهُوَ يُقِيمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا».

At that time, Joshua warned the people, “Yahweh will curse/punish anyone who tries to rebuild this city, Jericho. When that person lays/builds its foundation, his oldest son will die. And when he finishes building the city wall and sets up its gates, his youngest son will die.”

٢٧ 27 وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ يَشُوعَ فَشَاعَ صِيتُهُ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

Because of what happened that day, it was clear that Yahweh was with/helped Joshua, and Joshua became famous throughout the land.

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down