Josua 3
1 Tidligt næste Morgen gjorde Josua sig rede, og hele Israel brød op fra Sjittim sammen med ham og kom til Jordan, og de tilbragte Natten der, før de drog over.
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 Efter tre Dages Forløb gik Tilsynsmændene omkring i Lejren
After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
3 og bød Folket: »Naar I ser HERREN eders Guds Pagts Ark og Levitpræsterne komme bærende med den, saa skal I bryde op fra eders Plads og følge efter —
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 dog skal der være en Afstand af 2000 Alen mellem eder og den; I maa ikke komme den for nær for at I kan vide, hvilken Vej I skal gaa; thi I er ikke kommet den Vej før!«
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 Og Josua sagde til Folket: »Helliger eder; thi i Morgen vil HERREN gøre Undere iblandt eder!«
Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
6 Og Josua sagde til Præsterne: »Løft Pagtens Ark op og drag over foran Folket!« Saa løftede de Pagtens Ark op og gik foran Folket.
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 Men HERREN sagde til Josua: »I Dag begynder jeg at gøre dig stor i hele Israels Øjne, for at de kan vide, at jeg vil være med dig, som jeg var med Moses.
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 Du skal byde Præsterne, som bærer Pagtens Ark: Naar I kommer til Kanten af Jordans Vand, skal I standse der ved Jordan!«
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 Da sagde Josua til Israeliterne: »Kom hid og hør HERREN eders Guds Ord!«
Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”
10 Og Josua sagde: »Derpaa skal I kende, at der er en levende Gud iblandt eder, og at han vil drive Kana'anæerne, Hetiterne, Hivviterne, Perizziterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne og Jebusiterne bort foran eder:
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 Se, HERRENS, al Jordens Herres, Ark skal gaa foran eder gennem Jordan.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
12 Vælg eder nu tolv Mænd af Israels Stammer, een Mand af hver Stamme.
Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
13 Og saa snart Præsterne, som bærer HERRENS, al Jordens Herres, Ark, sætter Foden i Jordans Vand, skal Jordans Vand standse, det Vand, som kommer ovenfra, og staa som en Vold.«
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 Da Folket saa brød op fra deres Telte for at gaa over Jordan med Præsterne, som bar Arken, i Spidsen,
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 og da de, som bar Arken, kom til Jordan, og Præsterne, som bar Arken, rørte ved Vandkanten med deres Fødder — Jordan gik overalt over sine Bredder i hele Høsttiden —
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 standsede Vandet, som kom ovenfra, og stod som en Vold langt borte, oppe ved Byen Adam, som ligger ved Zaretan, medens det Vand, som flød ned mod Araba— eller Salthavet, løb helt bort; saaledes gik Folket over lige over for Jeriko.
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 Men Præsterne, som bar HERRENS Pagts Ark, blev staaende paa tør Bund midt i Jordan, medens hele Israel gik over paa tør Bund, indtil hele Folket havde tilendebragt Overgangen over Jordan.
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.
