Joshua 3
1 Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.
Og Josva stod aarle op om Morgenen, og de rejste fra Sittim og kom til Jordanen, han og alle Israels Børn; og de bleve der om Natten, førend de droge over.
2 And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,
Og det skete, der tre Dage vare til Ende, da gik Fogederne midt igennem Lejren.
3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;
Og de bøde Folket og sagde: Naar I se Herrens, eders Guds Pagts Ark, og Præsterne, Leviterne, som bære den, saa skulle I rejse ud fra eders Sted og gaa efter den;
4 But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.
— dog at der skal være Rum imellem eder og imellem den, ved tusinde Alen i Maal, I skulle ikke komme nær til den; — paa det at I skulle vide den Vej, paa hvilken I skulle gaa; thi I have ikke tilforn draget over paa den Vej.
5 And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.
Og Josva sagde til Folket: Helliger eder; thi Herren skal gøre underlige Ting i Morgen iblandt eder.
6 Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.
Og Josva sagde til Præsterne: Bærer Pagtens Ark og gaar over foran Folket; og de bare Pagtens Ark og gik foran Folket.
7 And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Og Herren sagde til Josva: Paa den Dag vil jeg begynde at gøre dig stor for al Israels Øjne, og de skulle vide, at ligesom jeg var med Mose, saa vil jeg og være med dig.
8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.
Men du skal byde Præsterne, som bære Pagtens Ark, og sige: Naar I komme til det yderste af Jordanens Vande, da skulle I blive staaende i Jordanen.
9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.
Og Josva sagde til Israels Børn: Kommer nær hid og hører Herren eders Guds Ord.
10 And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.
Og Josva sagde: Derpaa skulle I vide, at den levende Gud er midt iblandt eder og skal fordrive for eders Ansigt Kananiterne og Hethiterne og Heviterne og Feresiterne og Girgasiterne og Amoriterne og Jebusiterne.
11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.
Se, al Jordens Herres Pagts Ark gaar over for eders Ansigt igennem Jordanen.
12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
Saa tager eder nu tolv Mænd af Israels Stammer, een Mand af hver Stamme.
13 And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
Og det skal ske, naar Præsterne, som bære Herrens, al Jordens Herres, Ark, med Fodsaalerne staa stille i Jordanens Vande, da skal Jordanens Vande afskæres, nemlig de Vande, som komme ned ovenfra; og de skulle staa som een Dynge.
14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;
Og det skete, der Folket drog ud af deres Telte for at gaa over Jordanen, da bare Præsterne Pagtens Ark for Folkets Ansigt.
15 And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),
Og der de, som bare Arken, kom til Jordanen, og Præsterne, som bare Arken, vædede deres Fødder yderst i Vandet, (men Jordanen var fuld over alle sine Bredder hele Høsten igennem):
16 Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
Da stod det Vand stille, som kom ned ovenfra, det rejste sig til een Dynge saare langt borte ved den Stad Adam, som ligger op til Zarthans Side, men det, som løb ned til Havet ved den slette Mark, nemlig Salthavet, det blev aldeles afskaaret; saa gik Folket over imod Jeriko.
17 And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
Og Præsterne, som bare Herrens Pagts Ark, stode fast paa det tørre, midt i Jordanen; og al Israel gik over paa det tørre, indtil det ganske Folk var gaaet helt over Jordanen.
