Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass when the whole nation had completely gone over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Pošto je sav narod prešao preko Jordana, reče Jahve Jošui:
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,
“Izaberite iz naroda dvanaest ljudi, od svakoga plemena po jednoga,
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.
i zapovjedite im: 'Dignite odavde, iz sredine Jordana - s mjesta gdje stoje noge svećenika - dvanaest kamenova koje ćete ponijeti sa sobom i položiti na mjestu gdje budete noćas prenoćili.'”
4 And Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe;
Tada pozva Jošua dvanaest ljudi koje je bio izabrao između sinova Izraelovih, iz svakoga plemena po jednoga čovjeka,
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,
i reče im: “Idite pred Kovčeg Jahve, Boga svoga, u sredinu Jordana, i neka svaki donese na svojim ramenima po jedan kamen prema broju plemena Izraelovih.
6 that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
To će biti na spomen među vama. Kad vas jednoga dana budu pitala vaša djeca: 'Što vam znače ovi kamenovi?'
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.
reći ćete im: 'Voda se Jordana razdijelila pred Kovčegom saveza Jahvina kad je prelazio preko Jordana.' I ovo će kamenje biti vječni spomen sinovima Izraelovim.”
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.
Izraelci učine kako im je zapovjedio Jošua, uzmu dvanaest kamenova iz sredine Jordana, prema broju plemena Izraelovih, kako je Jahve naredio Jošui: prenesu ih do svoga noćišta i polože ondje.
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.
Zatim Jošua postavi usred Jordana dvanaest kamenova na mjesta gdje su stajale noge svećenika koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza. Ondje stoje i danas.
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.
Svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza stajali su usred Jordana, sve dok se nije izvršilo sve što je Jahve zapovjedio Jošui da narod izvrši, sasvim onako kao što Mojsije bijaše naredio Jošui. A narod je žurno prelazio.
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.
Pošto je sav narod prešao, prijeđu i svećenici s Kovčegom saveza Jahvina i krenu pred narodom.
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.
Tada sinovi Rubenovi i sinovi Gadovi i polovina plemena Manašeova u bojnoj opremi stanu na čelo sinova Izraelovih, kao što im bijaše zapovjedio Mojsije.
13 About forty thousand armed for military service passed over before Jehovah to the war, unto the plains of Jericho.
Oko četrdeset tisuća naoružanih ljudi prešlo je pred Jahvom da se bori na Jerihonskim poljanama.
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.
Toga dana uzvisi Jahve Jošuu pred svim Izraelom i svi ga se bojahu, kao nekoć Mojsija, u sve dane njegova života.
15 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
Jahve reče Jošui:
16 Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
“Zapovjedi svećenicima koji nose Kovčeg saveza neka izađu iz Jordana.”
17 And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
Tada Jošua zapovjedi svećenicima: “Izađite iz Jordana!”
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.
A čim su svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza Jahvina izašli isred Jordana i stali nogama na suho, vrate se vode Jordana na svoje mjesto i poteku kao i prije preko svojih obala.
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.
Narod je izašao iz Jordana desetog dana prvoga mjeseca. Tada se utaborio u Gilgalu, istočno od Jerihona.
20 And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
A onih dvanaest kamenova što su ih uzeli sa sobom iz Jordana, Jošua postavi u Gilgalu.
21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What [mean] these stones?
Tada reče Izraelcima: “Ako potomci vaši upitaju jednoga dana svoje očeve: 'Što znači ovo kamenje?' -
22 then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
vi ih poučite ovako: 'Izrael je ovdje po suhu prešao preko Jordana
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;
jer je Jahve, Bog vaš, osušio pred vama vodu Jordana dok ne prijeđoste, kao što je učinio Jahve, Bog vaš, s Morem crvenim kad ga je osušio pred nama dok ne prijeđosmo.
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.
A sve to, da bi znali svi narodi zemlje koliko je moćna ruka Jahvina, i vi sami da se svagda bojite Jahve, Boga svoga.'”
