Joshua 8
1 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:
TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, "Kumpulkanlah semua tentaramu, dan pergilah dengan mereka ke Ai. Jangan cemas dan jangan takut! Aku akan memberikan kepadamu kemenangan atas raja Ai. Rakyatnya, kotanya, dan negerinya akan kaurebut.
2 And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.
Ai dan rajanya harus kauperlakukan sama seperti kauperlakukan Yerikho dan rajanya dahulu. Tetapi kali ini barang-barangnya dan ternaknya boleh kamu ambil menjadi milikmu. Bersiap-siaplah untuk menyerang kota itu secara mendadak dari belakang."
3 So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.
Maka Yosua bersiap-siap untuk pergi ke Ai bersama-sama dengan semua tentaranya. Ia memilih 30.000 orang pejuang yang terbaik, lalu mengutus mereka pada waktu malam,
4 And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:
dan memberikan perintah ini kepada mereka, "Bersembunyilah di sebelah sana kota itu, tetapi jangan terlalu jauh; dan bersiaplah untuk menyerang.
5 And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;
Saya dan anak buah saya akan mendekati kota itu. Apabila orang-orang Ai keluar untuk melawan kami, kami akan berbalik dan lari seperti dahulu.
6 And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
Mereka akan mengejar kami terus sampai jauh dari kota itu, dan menyangka bahwa kami melarikan diri seperti dahulu.
7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
Pada waktu itulah kalian harus keluar dari tempat persembunyianmu, dan merebut kota itu. TUHAN Allahmu akan menyerahkannya kepadamu.
8 And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.
Sesudah merebut, bakarlah kota itu, sesuai dengan yang diperintahkan oleh TUHAN. Itulah tugasmu."
9 So Joshua sent them out: and they took up a secret position between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua kept with the people that night.
Kemudian Yosua mengutus mereka, dan mereka pergi bersembunyi di sebelah barat Ai antara Ai dan Betel, lalu menunggu di situ. Tapi Yosua bermalam di perkemahan umat Israel.
10 And early in the morning Joshua got up, and put the people in order, and he and the chiefs of Israel went up before the people to Ai.
Pagi-pagi sekali Yosua bangun dan memerintahkan pasukannya supaya berkumpul. Kemudian ia dan para pemimpin umat Israel membawa pasukan itu ke Ai.
11 And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.
Pasukan itu bersama-sama dengan Yosua berjalan ke arah gerbang utama kota Ai, lalu berkemah di sebelah utara, di mana terdapat sebuah lembah antara mereka dan kota itu.
12 And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.
Sejumlah kurang lebih 5.000 orang telah disuruhnya bersembunyi di sebelah barat kota itu, antara Ai dan Betel.
13 So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.
Jadi, susunan pasukan tempur itu diatur sebagai berikut: markas utama ditempatkan di sebelah utara kota itu dan pasukan yang lainnya di sebelah barat, sedangkan Yosua pergi ke lembah pada malam itu.
14 Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.
Begitu raja Ai melihat anak buah Yosua, cepat-cepat ia bertindak. Ia dan semua orang-orangnya keluar menuju lembah Yordan untuk menyerang orang Israel di tempat yang dahulu. Ia tidak tahu bahwa sebentar lagi ia akan diserang dari belakang.
15 Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.
Yosua dan anak buahnya berbuat seolah-olah mereka sedang mundur; mereka lari menuju daerah padang gersang.
16 And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.
Semua orang laki-laki di kota Ai dikerahkan untuk mengejar Yosua dan pasukannya itu. Tapi semakin mereka mengejar Yosua, semakin jauhlah mereka dari kota mereka.
17 There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.
Semua orang di Ai keluar untuk mengejar orang Israel, sehingga kota itu dibiarkan terbuka begitu saja, tanpa penjagaan.
18 And the Lord said to Joshua, Let your spear be stretched out against Ai; for I will give it into your hands. So Joshua took up his spear, stretching it out in the direction of the town.
Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, "Angkat tombakmu dan acungkan ke arah Ai; kota itu Kuserahkan sekarang kepadamu." Yosua melaksanakan perintah TUHAN itu.
19 Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.
Begitu Yosua mengacungkan tangannya, pasukan yang bersembunyi itu cepat-cepat bangkit dan menyerbu kota itu, lalu merebutnya. Langsung mereka membakar kota itu.
20 Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.
Orang-orang Ai menoleh ke belakang, dan melihat asap mengepul sampai ke langit. Yosua dan pasukannya juga melihat asap dan menyadari bahwa pasukan yang lainnya sudah merebut kota itu. Jadi, berbaliklah Yosua dengan pasukannya untuk menyerang dan membunuh orang Ai. Orang-orang Israel yang di kota Ai itu pun datang dan turut menyerang, sehingga orang Ai terkepung dan tak bisa melarikan diri. Tidak seorang pun dari mereka yang lolos, semuanya mati dibunuh oleh orang Israel,
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round they overcame the men of Ai.
22 Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.
23 But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
kecuali raja Ai. Ia ditangkap lalu dibawa menghadap Yosua.
24 Then, after the destruction of all the people of Ai in the field and in the waste land where they went after them, and when all the people had been put to death without mercy, all Israel went back to Ai, and put to death all who were in it without mercy.
Sesudah pasukan Israel membunuh habis tentara musuh yang mengejar mereka di padang gersang, kembalilah mereka ke Ai, dan membunuh semua orang di sana.
25 On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.
Yosua terus saja mengacungkan tombaknya ke arah Ai, dan tidak menurunkannya sampai orang-orang di Ai sudah terbunuh semuanya. Hari itu juga matilah seluruh penduduk Ai--12.000 orang banyaknya, laki-laki dan perempuan.
26 For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.
27 But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.
Ternak dan barang-barang yang direbut di kota itu, diambil oleh orang-orang Israel menjadi milik mereka, sesuai dengan yang dikatakan TUHAN kepada Yosua.
28 So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.
Yosua membakar Ai, dan membiarkannya menjadi puing sampai saat ini.
29 And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.
Raja kota itu digantungnya pada tonggak, dan dibiarkan di situ sampai sore. Pada waktu matahari terbenam, Yosua menyuruh orang mengambil mayat itu dan membuangnya di depan gerbang kota. Kemudian tempat itu ditimbuni dengan banyak sekali batu. Batu-batu itu masih di sana sampai sekarang.
30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
Kemudian Yosua membangun sebuah mezbah di Gunung Ebal untuk TUHAN, Allah Israel.
31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.
Mezbah itu dibuatnya sesuai dengan petunjuk-petunjuk di dalam Buku Musa, hamba TUHAN itu, kepada orang-orang Israel: "Sebuah mezbah dari batu-batu yang belum pernah dikerjakan dengan alat-alat besi." Di atas mezbah itu orang Israel mempersembahkan kepada TUHAN: kurban bakaran dan juga kurban perdamaian mereka.
32 And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Di sana, dengan disaksikan oleh orang-orang Israel, Yosua menulis pada batu-batu mezbah itu salinan hukum-hukum TUHAN yang terdapat dalam Buku Musa.
33 And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.
Orang-orang Israel, dengan pemimpin-pemimpin, perwira-perwira, hakim-hakim, dan juga orang-orang asing yang tinggal di antara mereka, berdiri di sebelah-menyebelah Peti Perjanjian TUHAN menghadap para imam Lewi yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu. Separuh dari orang-orang itu menghadap ke Gunung Gerizim, dan separuhnya lagi menghadap ke Gunung Ebal. Musa, hamba TUHAN itu, sudah memerintahkan supaya mereka melakukan hal itu apabila tiba waktunya untuk mereka menerima berkat yang dijanjikan TUHAN.
34 And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law;
Kemudian Yosua membacakan keras-keras seluruh hukum sesuai dengan yang tertulis dalam Buku Hukum, termasuk berkat-berkat dan kutukan-kutukan.
35 Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.
Setiap perintah Musa dibacakan oleh Yosua kepada seluruh umat Israel yang berkumpul di situ, termasuk wanita, anak-anak, dan orang-orang asing yang tinggal di antara mereka.
