Josua 4
1 Og det skete, der alt Folket var gaaet helt over Jordanen, da sagde Herren til Josva:
After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 Tager eder tolv Mænd af Folket, een Mand af hver Stamme,
“When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are [still] standing.
3 og byder dem og siger: Optager eder herfra, midt af Jordanen, tolv Stene fra det Sted, som Præsternes Fødder staa fast paa, og bærer dem over med eder og lader dem blive paa det Sted, hvor I blive denne Nat over.
Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
4 Da kaldte Josva ad de tolv Mænd, som han havde til Rede af Israels Børn, een Mand af hver Stamme;
So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
5 og Josva sagde til dem: Gaar over frem foran Herren eders Guds Ark til midt i Jordanen, og opløfter eder hver een Sten paa sin Skulder efter Tallet paa Israels Børns Stammer,
“Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to [where the priests are standing, holding] the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a [large] stone, one for each tribe, [and carry it] on your shoulder [to our camp].
6 at det skal være et Tegn midt iblandt eder, naar eders Børn herefter spørge og sige: Hvad betyde eder disse Stene?
[Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
7 Og I skulle sige til dem, at Jordanens Vand blev afskaaret for Herrens Pagts Ark; der den gik igennem Jordanen, da blev Jordanens Vand afskaaret; og disse Stene skulle være til en Ihukommelse for Israels Børn evindeligen.
tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest [that contained] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave us]. When the chest was carried into the Jordan [River], the water was blocked off [so that we could cross the riverbed]. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.”
8 Og Israels Børn gjorde saaledes, som Josva bød, og optoge tolv Stene midt af Jordanen, som Herren havde sagt til Josva, efter Tallet paa Israels Børns Stammer; og de førte dem med sig over til det Sted, hvor de bleve om Natten, og de lode dem blive der.
So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down.
9 Og tolv Stene oprejste Josva midt i Jordanen, nede, hvor Præsterne, som bare Pagtens Ark, havde staaet med deres Fødder, og de ere der indtil denne Dag.
Then Joshua set up twelve [other large] stones [in a pile], in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there.
10 Og Præsterne, som bare Arken, bleve staaende midt i Jordanen, indtil hvert Ord var fuldkommet, som Herren havde talet til Folket, efter alt det, som Mose havde befalet Josva; og Folket skyndte sig og gik over.
The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed] until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed [the riverbed] quickly.
11 Og det skete, der det ganske Folk var gaaet helt over, da kom Herrens Ark og Præsterne over, for Folkets Ansigt.
As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest [the rest of the way across the river].
12 Og Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og Halvdelen af Manasse Stamme gik over bevæbnede, foran Israels Børns Ansigt, saaledes som Mose havde talet til dem.
The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded.
13 Ved fyrretyve Tusinde, bevæbnede til Strid, gik de over for Herrens Ansigt til Krigen paa Jerikos slette Marker.
As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, [ready] to fight.
14 Paa den Dag gjorde Herren Josva stor for al Israels Øjne; og de frygtede ham, saaledes som de frygtede Mose, alle hans Livs Dage.
On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15 Og Herren sagde til Josva:
Yahweh said to Joshua,
16 Byd Præsterne, som bære Vidnesbyrdets Ark, at de stige op af Jordanen.
“[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
17 Saa bød Josva Præsterne, og sagde: Stiger op af Jordanen!
So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
18 Og det skete, der Præsterne, som bare Herrens Pagts Ark, stege op midt af Jordanen, saa snart Præsternes Fodsaaler havde betraadt det tørre, da kom Jordanens Vand tilbage til sit Sted og gik som tilforn over alle sine Bredder.
Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given to Moses], came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan [River] flowed again, and flooded [over the river banks] as it had done before.
19 Og Folket steg op af Jordanen paa den tiende Dag i den første Maaned, og de lejrede sig i Gilgal, paa Østgrænsen af Jerikos Landemærke.
It was on the tenth day of the first month [of that year] that the people crossed over the Jordan [River] and camped at [a place called] Gilgal, on the east side of [the land near] Jericho [city].
20 Og de tolv Stene, som de toge af Jordanen, oprejste Josva i Gilgal.
The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
21 Og han sagde til Israels Børn: Naar eders Børn herefter spørge deres Fædre og sige: Hvad betyde disse Stene?
Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘(What do these stones [mean/Why are these stones here)]?’,
22 da skulle I kundgøre eders Børn det og sige: Israel gik paa det tørre igennem denne Jordan,
tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
23 thi Herren eders Gud udtørrede Jordanens Vande for eders Ansigt, indtil I kom over, ligesom Herren eders Gud gjorde ved det røde Hav, hvilket han udtørrede for vort Ansigt, indtil vi kom over,
As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan [River] just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as [our parents] were watching, until they all crossed over it.
24 at alle Folk paa Jorden Skulle kende Herrens Haand, at den er stærk, at I skulle frygte Herren eders Gud alle Dage.
Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he [MTY] is very powerful, and in order that you may always (be in awe of/revere) Yahweh, your God.’”
