Josua 4

1 Da nu hele Folket havde tilendebragt Overgangen over Jordan, sagde HERREN til Josua:

And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,

2 »Vælg eder tolv Mænd af Folket, een Mand af hver Stamme,

Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

3 og byd dem: Tag eder tolv Sten her, midt i Jordan, hvor Præsterne stod stille, bring dem med over og stil dem paa den Plads, hvor I holder Rast i Nat!«

And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the Priestes stoode in a readinesse, twelue stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging where you shall lodge this night)

4 Saa lod Josua de tolv Mænd kalde, som han havde til Rede af Israeliterne, een Mand af hver Stamme;

Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man,

5 og Josua sagde til dem: »Gaa foran HERREN eders Guds Ark midt ud i Jordan, og tag saa hver en Sten paa Skulderen, svarende til Tallet paa Israeliternes Stammer,

And Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God, euen through the middes of Iorden, and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder according vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel,

6 for at det kan tjene til Tegn iblandt eder. Naar eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger: Hvad Betydning har disse Sten for eder?

That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?

7 saa skal I sige til dem: De betyder, at Jordans Vand standsede foran HERRENS Pagts Ark; da den drog over Jordan, standsede Jordans Vand. Og disse Sten skal være Israeliterne et Mindetegn til evig Tid!«

Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.

8 Da gjorde Israeliterne, som Josua bød, og tog tolv Sten midt i Jordan, som HERREN havde sagt til Josua, svarende til Tallet paa Israeliternes Stammer, og de bragte dem med over til det Sted, hvor de holdt Rast, og stillede dem der.

Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel, and caried them away with them vnto the lodging, and layd them down there.

9 Og tolv Sten rejste Josua midt i Jordan paa det Sted, hvor Præsterne, som bar Pagtens Ark, stod stille, og der staar de den Dag i Dag.

And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iorden, in the place where the feete of the Priests, which bare the Arke of the couenant stood, and there haue they continued vnto this day.

10 Men Præsterne, som bar Arken, blev staaende midt i Jordan, indtil alt, hvad HERREN havde paalagt Josua at sige til Folket, var udført, i Overensstemmelse med alt, hvad Moses havde paalagt Josua; og Folket gik skyndsomt over.

So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lord had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted and went ouer.

11 Da hele Folket saa havde tilendebragt Overgangen, gik HERRENS Ark og Præsterne over og stillede sig foran Folket.

When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the Priests before the people.

12 Og Rubeniterne, Gaditerne og Manasses halve Stamme drog væbnet over i Spidsen for Israeliterne, som Moses havde sagt til dem;

And the sonnes of Reuben, and the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them.

13 henved 40 000 Mand i Tal, rustede til Strid, drog de foran HERREN over til Jerikos Sletter til Kamp.

Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battel, into ye plaine of Iericho.

14 Paa den Dag gjorde HERREN Josua stor i hele Israels Øjne, og de frygtede ham alle hans Livs Dage, som de havde frygtet Moses.

That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.

15 Da sagde HERREN til Josua:

And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

16 »Byd Præsterne, som bærer Vidnesbyrdets Ark, at stige op fra Jordan!«

Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.

17 Og Josua bød Præsterne: »Stig op fra Jordan!«

Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

18 Saa steg Præsterne, som bar HERRENS Pagts Ark, op fra Jordan, og næppe havde deres Fødder betraadt det tørre Land, før Jordans Vand vendte tilbage til sit Leje og overalt gik over sine Bredder som før.

And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, and flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, as they did before.

19 Og Folket steg op fra Jordan den tiende Dag i den første Maaned og slog Lejr i Gilgal ved Østenden af Jerikolandet.

So the people came vp out of Iorden the tenth day of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, in the Eastside of Iericho.

20 Men de tolv Sten, som de havde taget op fra Jordan, rejste Josua i Gilgal,

Also the twelue stones, which they tooke out of Iorden, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal.

21 og han sagde til Israeliterne: »Naar eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger deres Fædre: Hvad betyder disse Sten?

And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane these stones?

22 saa skal I fortælle eders Børn det og sige: Paa tør Bund gik Israel over Jordan derhenne;

Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

23 thi HERREN eders Gud lod Jordans Vand tørre bort foran eder, indtil I var kommet over, ligesom HERREN eders Gud gjorde med det røde Hav, som han lod tørre bort foran os, indtil vi var kommet over,

For the Lord your God dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which hee dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer,

24 for at alle Jordens Folk skal kende, at HERRENS Arm er stærk, at de maa frygte HERREN eders Gud alle Dage.«

That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.