Jošua 3
1 Urani Jošua i sa svim sinovima Izraelovim krene od Šitima. I stignu do Jordana pa ondje prije prelaza prenoće.
Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.
2 Poslije tri dana prođu starješine kroz tabor i zapovjede puku:
After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
3 “Čim ugledate Kovčeg saveza Jahve, Boga vašega, i svećenike levite koji ga nose, krenite svi sa svoga mjesta i pođite za njim.
and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the LORD your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it.
4 Tako ćete znati put kojim vam je ići, jer tim putem još nikada niste išli. Ali između vas i Kovčega neka bude razmak do dvije tisuće lakata. I da mu se niste približili.”
Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measure—don’t come closer to it—that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”
5 A Jošua zapovjedi narodu: “Posvetite se za sutra, jer će sutra Jahve učiniti čudesa među vama.”
Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
6 A svećenicima Jošua zapovjedi: “Dignite Kovčeg saveza i nosite ga pred narodom.” I digoše Kovčeg saveza i poniješe ga pred narodom.
Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and cross over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 Jahve reče Jošui: “Danas te počinjem uzvisivati pred očima svega Izraela, neka znaju da sam s tobom kao što bijah s Mojsijem.
The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
8 Ti pak zapovjedi svećenicima koji nose Kovčeg saveza:' Kada stignete do voda jordanskih, u Jordanu se samom zaustavite.'”
You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”
9 Tada reče Jošua Izraelcima: “Priđite i čujte riječi Jahve, Boga svojega.”
Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”
10 I reče Jošua: “Po ovomu ćete spoznati da je među vama Bog živi: on će goniti ispred vas Kanaance, Hetite, Hivijce, Perižane, Girgašane, Amorejce i Jebusejce.
Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
11 Evo, Kovčeg saveza Gospodara sve zemlje proći će pred vama preko Jordana.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
12 Izaberite odmah dvanaest ljudi iz plemena Izraelovih, po jednoga iz svakoga plemena.
Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
13 Čim stopala svećenika koji nose Kovčeg Jahve, Gospodara sve zemlje, stupe u Jordan, razdijelit će se voda Jordana, i ona što teče odozgo ustavit će se kao nasip.'”
It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of GOD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”
14 Kad je narod krenuo iz svojih šatora da prijeđe preko Jordana, ponesu svećenici Kovčeg saveza pred njim.
When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,
15 A kad su nosači Kovčega stigli do Jordana i kada su svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg zagazili u vodu na obali - a bilo je vrijeme žetve kad se Jordan prelijeva preko svojih obala -
and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
16 voda što je tekla odozgo daleko se, poput nasipa, ustavila kod grada Adame, koji se nalazi kraj Sartana; a voda što je otjecala dolje u Arabsko ili Slano more sasvim je otekla i narod je prelazio prema Jerihonu.
the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
17 Svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza Jahvina stajahu na suhu usred Jordana i prelažaše Izrael po suhu sve dok sav narod ne prijeđe preko rijeke.
The priests who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
