Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Da nu hele Folket havde tilendebragt Overgangen over Jordan, sagde HERREN til Josua:
2 Take for you twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,
»Vælg eder tolv Mænd af Folket, een Mand af hver Stamme,
3 and command ye them, saying, Take for you here out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.
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!«
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the sons of Israel, a man out of every tribe.
Saa lod Josua de tolv Mænd kalde, som han havde til Rede af Israeliterne, een Mand af hver Stamme;
5 And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
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,
6 that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What do ye mean by these stones?
for at det kan tjene til Tegn iblandt eder. Naar eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger: Hvad Betydning har disse Sten for eder?
7 Then ye shall say to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.
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!«
8 And the sons of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
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.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.
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.
10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. And the people hastened and passed over.
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.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Da hele Folket saa havde tilendebragt Overgangen, gik HERRENS Ark og Præsterne over og stillede sig foran Folket.
12 And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the sons of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.
Og Rubeniterne, Gaditerne og Manasses halve Stamme drog væbnet over i Spidsen for Israeliterne, som Moses havde sagt til dem;
13 About forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
henved 40 000 Mand i Tal, rustede til Strid, drog de foran HERREN over til Jerikos Sletter til Kamp.
14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
Paa den Dag gjorde HERREN Josua stor i hele Israels Øjne, og de frygtede ham alle hans Livs Dage, som de havde frygtet Moses.
15 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Da sagde HERREN til Josua:
16 Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
»Byd Præsterne, som bærer Vidnesbyrdets Ark, at stige op fra Jordan!«
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.
Og Josua bød Præsterne: »Stig op fra Jordan!«
18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as formerly.
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.
19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
Og Folket steg op fra Jordan den tiende Dag i den første Maaned og slog Lejr i Gilgal ved Østenden af Jerikolandet.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.
Men de tolv Sten, som de havde taget op fra Jordan, rejste Josua i Gilgal,
21 And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?
og han sagde til Israeliterne: »Naar eders Børn i Fremtiden spørger deres Fædre: Hvad betyder disse Sten?
22 Then ye shall let your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
saa skal I fortælle eders Børn det og sige: Paa tør Bund gik Israel over Jordan derhenne;
23 For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over,
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,
24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty, that ye may fear Jehovah your God forever.
for at alle Jordens Folk skal kende, at HERRENS Arm er stærk, at de maa frygte HERREN eders Gud alle Dage.«
