Joshua 4
1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,
Succedeu pois que, acabando todo o povo de passar o Jordão, fallou o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
2 Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,
Tomae-vos do povo doze homens, de cada tribu um homem;
3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.
E mandae-lhes, dizendo: Tomae-vos d'aqui, do meio do Jordão, do logar do assento dos pés dos sacerdotes, doze pedras; e levae-as comvosco á outra banda e depositae-as no alojamento em que haveis de passar esta noite.
4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,
Chamou pois Josué os doze homens, que escolhera dos filhos d'Israel: de cada tribu um homem;
5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:
E disse-lhes Josué: Passae diante da arca do Senhor vosso Deus, ao meio do Jordão; e levantae vós cada um uma pedra sobre o seu hombro, segundo o numero das tribus dos filhos de Israel;
6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
Para que isto seja por signal entre vós; e quando vossos filhos no futuro perguntarem, dizendo: Que vos significam estas pedras?
7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.
Então lhes direis que as aguas do Jordão se separaram diante da arca do concerto do Senhor; passando ella pelo Jordão, separaram-se as aguas do Jordão: assim que estas pedras serão para sempre por memorial aos filhos de Israel.
8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.
Fizeram pois os filhos d'Israel assim como Josué tinha ordenado, e levantaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão, como o Senhor dissera a Josué, segundo o numero das tribus dos filhos de Israel: e levaram-n'as comsigo ao alojamento, e as depositaram ali.
9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.
Levantou Josué tambem doze pedras no meio do Jordão, do logar do assento dos pés dos sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto: e ali estão até ao dia d'hoje.
10 For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.
Pararam pois os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca, no meio do Jordão, em pé, até que se cumpriu quanto o Senhor a Josué mandara dizer ao povo, conforme a tudo quanto Moysés tinha ordenado a Josué; e apressou-se o povo, e passou.
11 And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.
E succedeu que, assim que todo o povo acabou de passar, então passou a arca do Senhor, e os sacerdotes á vista do povo.
12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:
E passaram os filhos de Ruben, e os filhos de Gad, e a meia tribu de Manasseh, armados na frente dos filhos d'Israel, como Moysés lhes tinha dito;
13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.
Uns quarenta mil homens de guerra armados passaram diante do Senhor para batalha, ás campinas de Jericó.
14 That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.
N'aquelle dia o Senhor engrandeceu a Josué diante dos olhos de todo o Israel: e temeram-n'o, como haviam temido a Moysés, todos os dias da sua vida.
15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,
Fallou pois o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
16 Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.
Dá ordem aos sacerdotes, que levam a arca do testemunho, que subam do Jordão.
17 So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.
E deu Josué ordem aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Subi do Jordão.
18 And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.
E aconteceu que, como os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, subiram do meio do Jordão, e as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes se pozeram em secco, as aguas do Jordão se tornaram ao seu logar, e corriam, como antes, sobre todas as suas ribanceiras.
19 So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.
Subiu pois o povo do Jordão no dia dez do mez primeiro: e alojaram-se em Gilgal, da banda oriental de Jericó.
20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.
E as doze pedras, que tinham tomado do Jordão, levantou Josué em Gilgal.
21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
E fallou aos filhos d'Israel, dizendo: Quando no futuro vossos filhos perguntarem a seus paes, dizendo: Que significam estas pedras?
22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.
Fareis saber a vossos filhos, dizendo: Israel passou em secco este Jordão.
23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:
Porque o Senhor vosso Deus fez seccar as aguas do Jordão diante de vós, até que passasseis: como o Senhor vosso Deus fez ao Mar Vermelho, que fez seccar perante nós, até que passámos.
24 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.
Para que todos os povos da terra conheçam a mão do Senhor, que é forte: para que temaes ao Senhor vosso Deus todos os dias.
