Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was shut up tight because of the sons of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
耶利哥城門緊緊關閉，無人出入，以防以色列子民。
2 And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho into thy hand, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor.
上主對若蘇厄說：「看，我已將耶利哥和城中的王子，精銳的戰士，都交在你手中。
3 And ye shall encompass the city, all the men of war, going around the city once. Thus shall thou do six days.
你們所有的戰士要圍繞這城轉一遭，這樣轉六天。
4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. And the seventh day ye shall encompass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
七位司祭要帶著七個羊角號，在約櫃前面行走；但第七天，要圍繞城轉七遭，並且司祭要吹號角。
5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
當羊號角吹起長聲時，你們聽見了號角的響聲時，眾百姓應當高聲喊叫；那時城牆必要坍塌，百姓個個要往前直衝。」
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah.
農的兒子若蘇厄將司祭召來，對他們說：「你們應抬著約櫃，七位司祭帶著七個羊角號，走在上主約櫃的前面。」
7 And they said to the people, Pass on, and encompass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.
然後，又對百姓說：「你們要前去圍著城轉，先鋒隊要要走在上主約櫃的前面。」
8 And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets. And the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.
若蘇厄對百姓說完話以後，那七位帶著羊角號的司祭，走在上主前面，吹著號角，上主的約櫃跟在他們他們後面。
9 And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went behind the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.
先鋒隊走在吹號角的司祭前面，後衛隨著約櫃，一面走，一面吹號角。
10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I bid you shout. Then ye shall shout.
若蘇厄向百姓下令說：「你們不可叫喊，不可叫人聽到你們的聲音，連一句話也不可出口，直到我給你們說：「叫喊」那天，你們才可叫喊。
11 So he caused the ark of Jehovah to encompass the city, going around it once. And they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
這樣上主的約櫃圍城轉了一遭後，眾人就回到中，在營中過夜。
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.
若蘇厄清早起來，司祭又抬起上主的約櫃，
13 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets. And the armed men went before them, and the rearward came behind the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.
七位司祭帶了七個羊號角，走在上主約櫃前面，一面走，一面吹號角；先鋒隊走在他們前面，後衛隊隨在上主約櫃後面，一面走，一面吹號角。
14 And the second day they encompassed the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.
第二天他們圍城轉了一遭後，又回到營中；他們這樣行了六天。
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and encompassed the city according to the same manner seven times. Only on that day they encompassed the city seven times.
到了第七天，早晨黎明時，他們起來，照樣圍城轉了七遭。
16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout, for Jehovah has given you the city.
到了第七遭，他們吹起了號角，若蘇厄吩咐百姓說：「你們叫喊，因為上主已將這城交給了你們。
17 And the city shall be set apart, even it and all that is in it, to Jehovah. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
這城和城中所有的一切，都應全完毀滅，歸於上主，只有妓女辣哈布和她家中的人口 可以生存，因為她隱藏了我們所派的使者。
18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is set apart, lest when ye have set it apart, ye take from what is set apart. So ye would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
但你們要小心，不可私自取用這些應毀之物，免得你們貪心，竊取應毀滅之物，使以色列全營遭受詛咒，陷於不幸。
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Jehovah. They shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
至於所有的金銀，以及銅鐵的器皿，都應奉獻給上主，歸入上主的府庫。」
20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
百姓於是叫喊，號聲四起；百姓一聽到了號角聲，放聲大叫，城牆便坍塌了；百姓遂上了城，個個向前直衝，攻陷了那城。
21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
將城中所有的一切，不詮男女老幼，牛羊驢馬，都用利劍殺盡。
22 And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as ye swore to her.
若蘇厄吩咐偵探這地的兩個人說：「你們到那妓女家裏去，照你們對她起的誓，將那女人和她所有的家人，從那裏領出來。」
23 And the young men, the spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her kindred, and they set them outside the camp of Israel.
那兩個年輕偵探就去將辣哈布和她的父母、兄弟和她所有的親戚，都領了出來，安置在以色列營外。
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.
此後眾人將城和城中所有的一切都用火燒了；惟獨把金銀以及銅鐵的器皿，送入上主居所的府庫中。
25 But Joshua saved alive Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had. And she dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
至於妓女辣哈布與她父家，並她所有火家人，若蘇厄使之生存，直到今天，她還住在以色列人中，因為她隱藏了若蘇厄派去偵探耶利哥的兩個使者。
26 And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he shall lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up the gates of it.
那時若蘇厄起誓說：「凡著手重建這耶利哥城的人，在上主面前是可咒罵的。他奠基時必喪失長子，安門時必喪失幼兒。」
27 So Jehovah was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.
上主與若蘇厄同在，他的名聲傳遍了那一帶地方。
