Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
當百姓一過了約旦河，上主就吩咐若蘇厄說：
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,
「你該由百姓中，挑選十二人，每支派一人，
3 and command them, saying, Take up hence out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place where ye shall lodge this night.
命令他們說：你們要從這裏，從約旦河中，由司祭的腳站立的地方，取十二塊石頭，帶到你們今夜住宿的地方去。」
4 And Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe;
若蘇厄於是將他由以色列子民中選定的十二人，每支派一人召了來，
5 and Joshua said to them, Pass before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and lift up each of you a stone [and put it] upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,
對他們說：「你們由上主你們天主的約櫃面前走過到約旦河中心，依照以色列子民支派的數目，各取一塊石頭，放在肩上，
6 that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
在你們中閶作為記念；日後你們的子孫間起你們：這些石頭有什麼意思﹖
7 then ye shall say to them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it went through the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
你們要告訴他們說：約旦河的水，在上主約櫃前曾一度中斷，正在約櫃過約旦河時，約旦河的水便中斷了，這些石頭，為以色列子民將作永遠的記念。
8 And the children of Israel did so, as Joshua had commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging-place, and laid them down there.
以色列子民就照若蘇厄所吩咐的作了；依上主對若蘇厄所說的，依照以色列子民支派的數目，由約旦河中心取了十二塊石頭，搬到他們紮營的地方，把石頭放在那裏。
9 And twelve stones did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood firm; and they are there to this day.
若蘇厄又在約旦河中心，抬約櫃的司祭的腳站立的地方，豎立了十二塊石頭，這些石頭直到今天，還留在那裏。
10 And the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hasted and passed over.
抬約櫃的司祭站在約旦河中央，直至上主命令若蘇厄告訴百姓的一切事，全照梅瑟吩咐若蘇厄的辦完了，百姓才趕快過去。
11 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely gone over, that the ark of Jehovah went over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
眾百姓過了河以後，上主的約櫃和司祭才過去，仍走在百姓的前面。
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, went over in array before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.
勒烏本人、加得人和默納協半支派的人，依照梅瑟對他們所吩咐的，武裝起來，在以色列子民前首先過去；
13 About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war, unto the plains of Jericho.
約有四萬武裝部隊由上主面前走過，向耶利哥平原進發，準備作戰。
14 On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.
那一天，上主在眾以色列面前，顯揚了若蘇厄；在他有生之日，百姓敬重他如敬梅瑟一樣。
15 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
上主吩咐若蘇厄說：
16 Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
「你命令抬約櫃的司祭，由約旦河裏上。」
17 And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
若蘇厄便吩咐司祭說：「你們由約旦河裏上來。」
18 And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, [when] the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on to the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and they flowed as previously, over all its banks.
抬上主約櫃的司祭由約旦河裏一上來，他們的腳一著旱地，約旦河的水即刻流回原處，如同先前一樣，漲到兩岸。
19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the eastern extremity of Jericho.
正月初十，百姓由約旦河上來以後，在耶利哥東邊的基耳加耳紮了營。
20 And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
若蘇厄將從約旦河取來的那十二塊石頭，立在基耳加耳；
21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
然後吩咐以色列子民說：「日後你們的子孫，若問他們的父老說：這些石頭有什麼意思﹖
22 then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
你們就告訴你們的子孫說：以色列曾在這旱地上過弓約旦河，
23 because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
因為上主你們的天主，曾在你們的面前使約旦河水乾涸，直到你們都過了河，正如上主你們的天主，在我們面前使紅海乾涸，直到我們都過了海一樣，
24 that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually.
為叫地上萬民認識上主的手如何強而有力，為叫你們從此時常敬畏上主，你們的天主。」
