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:
Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, “Jangan takut dan jangan berkecil hati. Bawalah semua laki-laki yang bisa berperang dan seranglah kota Ai. Ketahuilah, Aku sudah menyerahkan raja Ai, seluruh rakyatnya, kotanya, dan negerinya kepadamu.
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.
Musnahkanlah kota Ai dan rajanya sama seperti kalian memusnahkan kota Yeriko dan rajanya. Tetapi kali ini kalian boleh mengambil barang-barang jarahan dan ternak menjadi milikmu. Suruhlah sebagian pasukan untuk bersembunyi di belakang kota itu untuk bersiap-siap menyergap.”
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 dan seluruh pasukannya bersiap-siap mendaki ke kota Ai. Yosua memilih tiga puluh ribu orang pejuang terbaik dan mengutus mereka pergi pada malam hari.
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:
Dia memerintahkan mereka, “Perhatikan! Bersembunyilah dan bersiaplah untuk menyerbu kota itu dari belakang. Jangan terlalu jauh dari kota itu. Kalian semua harus tetap siaga.
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 seluruh pasukan yang bersama saya akan maju menyerang kota itu. Waktu mereka keluar melawan kami seperti sebelumnya, kami akan berbalik dan lari dari mereka.
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;
Kami akan memancing mereka untuk mengejar kami sampai jauh dari kota, supaya mereka mengira bahwa kami melarikan diri seperti sebelumnya. Sementara kami lari,
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.
kalian harus keluar dari persembunyian dan menyerbu kota itu, karena TUHAN Allahmu akan menyerahkannya kepada kalian.
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 menguasai kota itu, kalian harus membakarnya sesuai dengan perkataan TUHAN. Ingatlah perintahku ini.”
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.
Maka mereka pergi ke tempat persembunyian di antara kota Betel dan kota Ai, di sebelah barat kota Ai. Mereka menunggu di sana, sementara Yosua bermalam di perkemahan Israel malam itu.
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.
Besoknya, Yosua bangun pagi-pagi sekali dan menyiapkan pasukannya. Dia bersama para tua-tua Israel memimpin pasukan itu mendaki ke kota 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.
Semua pasukan bersamanya mendaki menuju kota itu dan berkemah di sebelah utara kota Ai. Ada sebuah lembah yang memisahkan mereka dengan 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.
Lalu Yosua memilih sekitar lima ribu orang dan menyuruh mereka bersembunyi di antara kota Betel dan Ai, di sebelah barat kota itu.
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, sebagian pasukan ditempatkan di markas utama di sebelah utara kota, sedangkan sebagian lain bersembunyi di sebelah barat kota itu. Yosua turun ke lembah dan bermalam di sana.
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 pasukan Israel di seberang lembah, dia mengumpulkan orang-orang kota itu dan mereka segera keluar pagi-pagi benar ke arah lembah Yordan untuk berperang melawan Israel. Dia tidak tahu bahwa sebagian pasukan Israel sedang bersembunyi di belakang kota untuk menyerbu.
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 pasukan yang bersamanya berpura-pura kalah. Mereka melarikan diri ke arah daerah belantara.
16 And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.
Semua laki-laki di kota itu dikerahkan untuk mengejar Yosua dan pasukannya. Karena mengejar Yosua, mereka pun terpancing keluar dari kota.
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.
Tidak ada seorang lelaki pun yang tertinggal di kota Ai maupun Betel. Mereka semua mengejar orang Israel sehingga kota mereka dibiarkan terbuka begitu saja.
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.
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, “Acungkanlah tombakmu ke arah kota Ai, karena Aku akan menyerahkan kota itu kepadamu.” Dan Yosua mengacungkan tombak di tangannya ke arah kota 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 tombaknya, pasukan yang bersembunyi langsung keluar dan lari menyerang kota Ai. Mereka merebut kota itu dan segera membakarnya.
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.
Setelah Yosua dan seluruh Israel yang berada di daerah belantara melihat bahwa pasukan mereka yang lain sudah berhasil merebut kota dan asap mengepul dari kota itu ke langit, mereka pun berbalik menyerang pasukan Ai. Ketika orang Ai menoleh ke belakang dan melihat asap dari kota, mereka tidak bisa lari ke mana-mana.
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.
Sementara itu, pasukan Israel di kota Ai keluar menyerang mereka dari belakang sehingga orang Ai terperangkap di antara pasukan-pasukan Israel. Pasukan Israel menghabisi mereka. Tidak ada satu pun yang selamat atau berhasil melarikan diri
23 But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.
kecuali raja Ai. Mereka menangkap dia hidup-hidup lalu membawanya kepada 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.
Setelah pasukan Israel menghabisi semua orang Ai di ladang-ladang dan daerah belantara, mereka semua kembali ke Ai dan membunuh sisa penduduknya.
25 On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.
Pada hari itu seluruh penduduk kota Ai mati, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Semuanya dua belas ribu orang.
26 For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.
Yosua terus mengacungkan tombaknya dan tidak menurunkan tangan sampai seluruh penduduk Ai dibunuh.
27 But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.
Hanya hewan ternak dan barang-barang jarahan yang diambil orang Israel, sesuai dengan perintah 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 habis kota Ai sehingga tempat itu menjadi timbunan reruntuhan selamanya, telantar sampai saat kitab ini ditulis.
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.
Lalu Yosua menggantung raja Ai di atas tiang dan membiarkannya sampai sore. Ketika matahari terbenam, mayatnya diturunkan dan dibuang di gerbang pintu masuk kota, atas perintah Yosua. Lalu mayat itu ditimbun dengan banyak batu, dan tumpukan batu itu masih ada sampai saat kitab ini ditulis.
30 Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
Pada waktu itu, Yosua mendirikan mezbah kurban bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel, di gunung Ebal.
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.
Hal ini sesuai dengan perintah Musa kepada umat Israel, yang tertulis di dalam kitab Taurat, “Sebuah mezbah kurban yang dibuat dari batu-batu yang belum pernah dipahat dan belum tersentuh alat-alat besi.” Di mezbah itu mereka mempersembahkan kurban yang dibakar habis dan kurban tanda damai kepada TUHAN.
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, di hadapan orang-orang Israel, Yosua menyalin hukum yang disampaikan oleh Musa ke atas lempengan batu.
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.
Seluruh bangsa Israel, baik pendatang maupun orang Israel asli, bersama para tua-tua, para pemimpin, dan hakim-hakim mereka, dibagi menjadi dua kelompok. Setengah dari bangsa Israel berdiri di lereng gunung Gerizim, dan setengah yang lain berdiri di lereng gunung Ebal. Kedua kelompok ini saling berhadapan. Di antara mereka berdiri imam-imam Lewi yang memikul peti perjanjian TUHAN. Semua itu dilakukan sesuai dengan perintah yang Musa berikan tentang memberkati bangsa Israel.
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;
Sesudah itu, Yosua membacakan semua hukum yang ditulis Musa di dalam kitab Taurat, termasuk janji TUHAN untuk memberkati umat-Nya apabila mereka taat, dan kutukan apabila mereka tidak taat.
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.
Yosua membacakan seluruh isi kitab itu kepada seluruh umat Israel, termasuk semua perempuan, anak-anak, serta para pendatang yang tinggal di antara mereka.
