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 broke up from Shittim, and came close to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they 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 passed through the midst of 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 the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then shall ye break up 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。」
Nevertheless there shall be a space between you and it, of about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, in order 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 unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow will the Lord do wonders in the midst of you.
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 said unto the priests, as followeth, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass 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 the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to make thee great in the eyes 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 that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall 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 unto the children of Israel, Approach hither, and hear the words of the Lord 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 the midst of you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Emorites, 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 passeth 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 yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man each out of every 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, that as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, namely, the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand up as a wall.
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 broke up from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, and the priests the bearers of 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 as they that bore the ark were come up to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, [the Jordan, however, had overflowed all its banks all the time 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。
That the waters which came down from above stood still and rose up as a wall, very far from the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan; and those that ran down toward the sea of the plain, the salt sea, failed, were cut off; and the people passed 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 that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished passing over the Jordan.
