Joshua 8
1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Pa pè, ni dekouraje. Pran tout moun lagè yo avèk ou e leve, monte vè Aï. Ou wè, Mwen te mete nan men ou wa Aï a, pèp li a, vil li a ak peyi li a.
2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
Ou va fè a Aï ak tout wa li a menm jan ke ou te fè Jéricho avèk wa li a. Selman, ou va pran pou ou menm kòm piyaj, bèt li yo kòm byen nou sezi pou nou menm. Òganize yon anbiskad pou vil la pa dèyè li.”
3 So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
Epi Josué te leve avèk tout moun lagè yo pou monte Aï. Josué te chwazi trant mil mesye, gèrye vanyan, e li te voye yo sòti nan lannwit lan.
4 with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Li te kòmande yo, e te di: “Gade, nou ap fè anbiskad vil la soti pa dèyè li. Pa sòti lwen vil la men nou tout, mete nou touprè.
5 Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
“Mwen menm avèk tout moun ki avè m yo, nou va apwoche vil la. Epi lè yo sòti deyò pou rankontre nou kòm yon premye fwa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
6 They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
Yo va sòti pou kouri dèyè nou jiskaske nou pati kite vil la, paske yo va di: ‘Y ap sove ale devan nou tankou premye fwa a.’ Konsa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
7 you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
Epi nou va leve anbiskad nou e pran posesyon vil la; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va livre li nan men nou.
8 And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
Alò, li va rive lè nou fin sezi vil la, ke nou va mete dife nan vil la. Nou va fè li selon pawòl SENYÈ a. Nou wè, mwen te kòmande nou an.”
9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
Konsa, Josué te voye yo ale. Yo te ale nan plas anbiskad la, e yo te rete antre Béthel avèk Aï, nan lwès a Aï; men Josué te pase nwit lan pami moun yo.
10 Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
Alò, Josué te leve bonè nan maten, e li te rasanble pèp la, epi li te monte avèk ansyen Israël yo devan pèp la pou ale Aï.
11 Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
Tout moun lagè ki te avèk li yo te monte vin toupre. Yo te rive devan vil la, e te fè kan an sou akote nò toupre Aï a. Koulye a te gen yon vale antre yo menm avèk Aï.
12 Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
Li te pran anviwon senk mil mesye, e li te plase yo an anbiskad antre Béthel avèk Aï nan kote lwès vil la.
13 So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
Konsa, yo te pozisyone moun yo, tout lame ki te nan kote nò vil la ak gad an aryè nan kote lwès vil la. Josué te antre pandan nwit sa a nan mitan vale a.
14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
Li te vin rive ke lè wa Aï la te wè sa, mesye lavil yo te kouri leve bonè pou sòti rankontre Israël nan batay la, li menm avèk tout pèp li a nan plas chwazi a devan plèn dezè a. Men li pa t konnen ke te gen yon anbiskad kont li dèyè vil la.
15 Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
Josué avèk tout Israël te fè pòz kòmsi yo te fin bat devan yo e yo te sove ale pa chemen dezè a.
16 Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
Tout pèp ki te nan vil la te rele ansanm pou kouri dèyè yo. Konsa, yo te kouri dèyè Josué e li te rale yo soti kite vil la.
17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
Konsa, pa t gen yon gason ki rete nan Aï ni Béthel, yo te kite vil la san gade pou te kouri dèyè Israël.
18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
Epi SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Lonje lans ki nan men ou an vè Aï; paske Mwen va ba ou li.” Konsa, Josué te lonje lans ki te nan men l lan vè vil la.
19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Mesye nan anbiskad yo te leve vit nan plas yo, epi lè li te lonje men l, yo te kouri antre nan vil la pou te kaptire li. Byen vit, yo mete dife nan vil la.
20 When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
Lè mesye Aï yo te gade an aryè, vwala, lafimen vil la te vin leve rive jis nan syèl la. Konsa, yo pa t gen kote pou sove ale, ni isit, ni la, paske moun ki t ap sove ale vè dezè yo te vire kont sila ki t ap swiv yo.
21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
Lè Josué avèk tout Israël te wè ke fòs anbiskad la te kaptire vil la, e ke lafimen te monte, yo te vire retounen pou touye mesye Aï yo.
22 Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
Lòt yo nan vil la te sòti pou rankontre yo. Men yo te kwense nan mitan Israël, yon pati bò isit ak yon pati bò laba, epi yo te touye yo jis pèsòn pa t rete nan sila ki te chape sove ale yo.
23 But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Yo te pran wa Aï a vivan e yo te mennen li kote Josué.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
Alò, lè Israël te fin touye tout abitan Aï yo nan chan dezè a kote yo te kouri dèyè yo, e yo tout te tonbe pa lam nepe jiskaske yo te detwi nèt, alò, tout Israël te retounen Aï pou te frape li avèk lam nepe.
25 A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
Tout moun ki te tonbe nan jou sa a, ni lòm ni fanm te douz mil—tout se moun Aï.
26 Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
Paske Josué pa t desann men l ki te toujou lonje ak lans lan jiskaske li te fin detwi nèt tout moun ki rete Aï yo.
27 Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
Israël te pran sèlman bèt avèk byen sezi a kòm piyaj pa yo, selon pawòl ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué a.
28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
Konsa, Josué te brile Aï. Li te fè li tounen yon pil ranblè jis pou tout tan, yon kote ki dezole jis rive jodi a.
29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
Li te pann wa Aï a sou yon bwa jis rive nan aswè. Lè solèy la te kouche, Josué te bay lòd pou yo te retire kò li nan bwa a pou te jete li nan antre pòtay vil la, e leve sou li yon gwo pil gwo wòch ki kanpe jis jodi a.
30 At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
Konsa, Josué te bati yon lotèl a SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, nan Mòn Ébal.
31 just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Li te fèt jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te kòmande fis Israël yo, jan sa ekri nan liv lalwa Moïse la, yon lotèl avèk wòch ki pa taye, sou sila okenn mesye pa voye yon zouti fè. Yo te ofri sou li ofrann brile a SENYÈ a, e te fè sakrifis ofrann lapè yo.
32 And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
Josué te ekri la sou wòch yo yon kopi lalwa Moïse la. Li te ekri l nan prezans a fis Israël yo.
33 All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
Tout Israël avèk ansyen yo ak ofisye yo ak jij yo te kanpe sou toude kote lach la devan prèt Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ a, etranje kon natif. Mwatye nan yo te kanpe devan Mòn Garizim e mwatye nan yo devan Mòn Ébal, jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te bay kòmand nan oparavan an, pou beni pèp Israël la.
34 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
Epi apre, li te li tout pawòl lalwa yo, benediksyon yo avèk malediksyon yo, selon tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa a.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Pa t gen menm yon mo nan tout sa ke Moïse te kòmande yo ke Josué pa t li devan tout asanble Israël la, avèk fanm ak pitit yo ak etranje ki te rete pami yo.
