يَشُوع 8
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا تَجْزَعْ وَلا تَثْبُطْ هِمَّتُكَ. خُذْ جَيْشَكَ بِرُمَّتِهِ وَحَاصِرْ عَايَ لأَنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُكَ مَلِكَ عَايَ وَشَعْبَهُ وَمَدِينَتَهُ وَأَرْضَهُ. | ١ 1 |
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged: take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to 'Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of 'Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
| فَتُجْرِي عَلَى عَايَ وَمَلِكِهَا مَا أَجْرَيْتَهُ عَلَى أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكِهَا، غَيْرَ أَنَّكُمْ تَنْهَبُونَ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ غَنِيمَتَهَا وَبَهَائِمَهَا. انْصُبْ كَمِيناً خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ». | ٢ 2 |
And thou shalt do to 'Ai and to its king as thou hast done unto Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its cattle shall ye take for booty unto yourselves; but lay thee an ambush for the city in its rear.
| فَهَبَّ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ وَتَوَجَّهُوا لِمُهَاجَمَةِ عَايَ. وَاخْتَارَ يَشُوعُ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِيهِ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ لَيْلاً، بَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: | ٣ 3 |
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against 'Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.
| «اذْهَبُوا وَاكْمُنُوا خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ. لَا تَبْتَعِدُوا عَنْهَا كَثِيراً وَتَأَهَّبُوا جَمِيعُكُمْ لِلْقِتَالِ. | ٤ 4 |
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, in the rear of the city; go not very far from the city; and be ye all ready;
| أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَقِيَّةُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ مَعِي فَنَقْتَرِبُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَمَا إِنْ يَخْرُجُوا لِلِقَائِنَا، كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، حَتَّى نَتَظَاهَرَ بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ، | ٥ 5 |
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass that, when they come out against us, as at the first time, we will flee before them;
| فَيَتَعَقَّبُونَا، وَبِذَلِكَ نَجْذِبُهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّنَا هَارِبُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا جَرَى فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ، | ٦ 6 |
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee from us as at the first time: and we will flee before them.
| فَتَنْقَضُّونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَكْمَنِ وَتَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُخْضِعُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
And then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in into your hand.
| وَلَدَى اسْتِيلائِكُمْ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ تُضْرِمُونَ فِيهَا النَّارَ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، فَافْعَلُوا وَنَفِّذُوا مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ». | ٨ 8 |
And it shall be, that as soon as ye have seized the city, ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the Lord shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
| وَأَطْلَقَهُمْ يَشُوعُ فَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى الْمَكْمَنِ، حَيْثُ تَرَبَّصُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَغَرْبِيِّ عَايَ. وَقَضَى يَشُوعُ لَيْلَتَهُ تِلْكَ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٩ 9 |
And Joshua sent them off: and they went to lie in ambush, and remained between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي نَهَضَ يَشُوعُ مُبَكِّراً، وَأَحْصَى الْجَيْشَ وَسَارَ هُوَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَلِيعَتِهِمْ نَحْوَ عَايَ. | ١٠ 10 |
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people, toward 'Ai.
| وَتَقَدَّمَتْ مَعَهُ قُوَّاتُهُ كُلُّهَا حَتَّى أَتَوْا إِلَى مُقَابِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَيْثُ نَزَلُوا شِمَالِيَّهَا، لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ عَايَ سِوَى الْوَادِي. | ١١ 11 |
And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew nigh, and came opposite the city, and encamped on the north side of 'Ai; and the valley was between them and 'Ai.
| وَأَرْسَلَ يَشُوعُ قُوَّةَ دَعْمٍ أُخْرَى مُؤَلَّفَةً مِنْ خَمْسَةِ آلافِ مُحَارِبٍ لِتَكْمُنَ بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَايَ غَرْبِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ 12 |
And he took about five thousand men, and set them as an ambush between Beth-el and 'Ai, on the west side of 'Ai.
| وَتَمَرْكَزَ الْجَيْشُ الرَّئِيسِيُّ فِي شِمَالِيِّ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي حِينِ تَرَبَّصَ الْكَمِينُ فِي غَرْبِيِّهَا، أَمَّا يَشُوعُ فَقَدْ قَضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي وَسَطِ الْوَادِي. | ١٣ 13 |
And the people, all the camp that was on the north of the city, and its ambush on the west of the city got ready; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى مَلِكُ عَايَ مَا يَجْرِي، خَرَجَ بِجَيْشِهِ مُبَكِّراً لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُحَارَبَتِهِ فِي السَّهْلِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي أَنَّ هُنَاكَ كَمِيناً يَتَحَفَّزُ لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
And it came to pass, when the king of 'Ai saw this, the men of the city hastened and rose up early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him in the rear of the city.
| فَتَظَاهَرَ يَشُوعُ وَبَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِالانْكِسَارِ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلاذُوا بِالْفِرَارِ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٥ 15 |
And Joshua and Israel feigned themselves beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
| فَتَنَادَى جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتَعَقُّبِ يَشُوعَ، فَجَدُّوا وَرَاءَهُمْ مُبْتَعِدِينَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٦ 16 |
And all the people that were in 'Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
| وَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي عَايَ أَوْ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَسْعَ فِي مُطَارَدَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، تَارِكِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ مَفْتُوحَةً لِلْكَمِينِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And there was not a man left in 'Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «مُدَّ رُمْحَكَ نَحْوَ عَايَ لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُكَ الْمَدِينَةَ». فَمَدَّ يَشُوعُ الْحَرْبَةَ الَّتِي بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٨ 18 |
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward 'Ai; for into thy hand will I give it. And Joshua stretched out the spear which was in his hand toward the city.
| فَانْدَفَعَ الْكَمِينُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ بِسُرْعَةٍ عِنْدَمَا مَدَّ يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ وَرَكَضُوا وَاقْتَحَمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took possession of it, and hastened and set the city on fire.
| فَالْتَفَتَ رِجَالُ عَايَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإِذْ بِهِمْ يُشَاهِدُونَ دُخَانَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَتَصَاعَدُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ مَهْرَبٍ، فَانْقَلَبَ الْجَيْشُ الْهَارِبُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُطَارِدِيهِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And the men of 'Ai turned [and looked] behind them, and they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى يَشُوعُ وَمُحَارِبُوهُ أَنَّ الْكَمِينَ قَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَنَّ دُخَانَهَا قَدْ مَلأَ الْفَضَاءَ، شَرَعُوا فِي مُهَاجَمَةِ رِجَالِ عَايَ وَالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢١ 21 |
For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had seized the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended: they turned back, and smote the men of 'Ai.
| كَذَلِكَ خَرَجَ الْكَمِينُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِقَطْعِ طَرِيقِ الْهَرَبِ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَوَجَدَ أَهْلُ عَايَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مَحْصُورِينَ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الأَمَامِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْفِ، فَفَتَكَ بِهِمِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، فَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ٢٢ 22 |
And the others issued out of the city against them; so that the Israelites had them in the middle, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until there was not left of them one that remained or escaped.
| أَمَّا مَلِكُ عَايَ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِي الأَسْرِ فَتَسَلَّمَهُ يَشُوعُ. | ٢٣ 23 |
And the king of 'Ai they caught alive, and brought him to Joshua.
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَيْشِ عَايَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حَيْثُ تَعَقَّبُوا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، وَفَنُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، رَجَعَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى عَايَ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ فِيهَا. | ٢٤ 24 |
And it came to pass, that, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of 'Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had pursued them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, All the Israelites returned unto 'Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
| فَكَانَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً، وَهُمْ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And [the number of] all that fell in that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand, all the people of 'Ai.
| وَظَلَّ يَشُوعُ مَادّاً يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he had stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of 'Ai.
| أَمَّا الْبَهَائِمُ وَغَنَائِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَدْ نَهَبَهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَصْدَرَهُ إِلَى يَشُوعَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty unto themselves, according to the word of the Lord which he had commanded Joshua.
| وَهَكَذَا أَحْرَقَ يَشُوعُ عَايَ وَحَوَّلَهَا إِلَى تَلِّ خَرَابٍ أَبَدِيٍّ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And Joshua burnt 'Ai, and made it a ruinous heap of desolation for ever, even unto this day,
| وَشَنَقَ مَلِكَ عَايَ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ إِلَى وَقْتِ الْمَسَاءِ، وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ فَأَنْزَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ عَنِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَطَرَحُوهَا عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وهَالُوا عَلَيْهَا كَوْمَةَ حِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And the king of 'Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide; and at the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate, and they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is] even unto this day.
| حِينَئِذٍ بَنَى يَشُوعُ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Then did Joshua build an altar unto the Lord, the God of Israel on mount 'Ebal,
| كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِحَسَبِ مَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَوْرَاةِ مُوسَى، فَكَانَ الْمَذْبَحُ مَبْنِيًّا مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ لَمْ يَنْحَتْهَا أَحَدٌ بِآلَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَقَدَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ. | ٣١ 31 |
As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no one had lifted up any iron tool; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
| وَعَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَل نَقَشَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى حِجَارَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ نُسْخَةً مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي كَانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أَمْلاهَا عَلَيْهِ | ٣٢ 32 |
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
| وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، غُرَبَاءَ وَمُوَاطِنِينَ، مَعَ شُيُوخِهِمْ وَعُرَفَائِهِمْ وَقُضَاتِهِمْ يَقِفُونَ إِلَى جَانِبَيْ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ الْكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي التَّابُوتِ. وَقَفَ نِصْفُهُمْ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ جِرِزِّيمَ، وَوَقَفَ النِّصْفُ الآخَرُ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ تَنْفِيذاً لِتَعْلِيمَاتِ مُوسَى عَبْدِ الرَّبِّ السَّابِقَةِ الَّتِي أَصْدَرَهَا بِشَأْنِ بَرَكَةِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
And all Israel, and their elders, and the officers, and their judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark, opposite the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger no less than the native born: half of them turned toward mount Gerizzim, and the other half of them turned toward mount 'Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, to bless the people of Israel at first.
| ثُمَّ تَلا يَشُوعُ جَمِيعَ عِبَارَاتِ التَّوْرَاةِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَاللَّعْنَةِ، كَمَا وَرَدَتْ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, all, just as it is written in the book of the law.
| لَمْ يَغْفَلْ يَشُوعُ كَلِمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى، بَلْ قَرَأَهَا كُلَّهَا أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى أَمَامَ النِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ وَالْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ. | ٣٥ 35 |
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the stranger that walked in the midst of them.
