約書亞記 3
1 若蘇厄清早起來，同所有的以色列子民由史廷出發，來到弓約旦河，住在那裏，等候過河。
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 過了三天，官長走遍全營，
And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;
3 吩咐百姓說：「你們一看見上主你們天主的約櫃，和抬約櫃的肋未人，他們便你們所住的地方起身，跟著它走，
and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then remove from your place, and go after it;
4 好使你們知道你們應走的路，因為這條路你們從來沒有走過。但在你們與約櫃之間，相隔二千肘，不可走近約櫃。」
yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 若蘇厄對百姓說：「你們應該自潔，因為上主明天要在你們中間行神蹟。
And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.
6 若蘇厄又吩咐司祭說：「你們抬起約櫃，在百姓前過河。」他們遂抬起約櫃，走在百姓前面。
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 上主對若蘇厄說：「今天我要開始在眾以色列眼前顯揚你，使他們知道，我要與你同在，有如過去我與梅瑟同在一樣。
And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
8 你吩咐抬約櫃的司祭說：「你們一到約旦河的水邊，就停在約旦河邊。」
And thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.
9 若蘇厄又吩咐以色列子民說：「他們前來靜聽上主你們天主的話。」
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
10 若蘇厄遂說：「你們由此可知道，永生的天主是在你們中間，衪必由你們面前，將客納罕人、赫特人、希威人、培黎齊人、基爾加士人、阿摩黎人和耶步斯人趕走。
And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in your midst, and [that] he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 看，大地主宰的約櫃要在你們前面渡過約旦河。
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into the Jordan.
12 現在，你們應從以色列支派中，挑選十二人，每支派一人。
And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
13 當抬大地的主宰上主約櫃的司祭的腳掌，一踏入約旦河的水，約旦河的水就必中斷，由上流下的水要停，像一道堤。
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.
14 當百姓起程離開帳幕要到約旦河時，司祭抬著約櫃，走在百姓的前面。
And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people;
15 當抬約櫃的司祭到了約旦河，他們的腳一踏入水邊，──原來約旦河在整個收割期間，水常漲至河岸──
and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest),
16 水就停住了：由上流下的水像一道堤，停在很遠的地方，遠至匝爾堂附近的阿當城；往下流入的水像一道堤，停在很遠的地方，遠至匝爾堂附近的阿當城；往下流入阿辣巴海，即鹽海的水，已全退去；於是百姓在耶利哥對面過了河。
the waters which flowed down from above stood [and] rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.
17 當全以色列人在旱地上渡過時，抬上主約櫃的司祭穩立在約旦河中的旱地上直到全民眾都渡過約旦河。
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.
