Joshua 3
1 And Josue rose before daylight, and removed the camp: and they departed from Setim, and came to the Jordan, he, and all the children of Israel, and they abode there for three days.
Besoknya, pagi-pagi sekali Yosua dan semua orang Israel pergi dari tempat perkemahan mereka di padang Akasia ke tepi sungai Yordan. Mereka berkemah di sana sambil menunggu waktunya menyeberang.
2 After which, the heralds went through the midst of the camp,
Dua hari kemudian, para pemimpin berkeliling ke seluruh perkemahan.
3 And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before:
Mereka memberi perintah kepada bangsa Israel: “Saat kalian melihat para imam membawa peti perjanjian TUHAN Allahmu, berangkatlah mengikuti mereka.
4 And let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits: that you may see it afar off, and know which way you must go: for you have not gone this way before: and take care you come not near the ark.
Tetapi jagalah jarak dengan mereka sekitar satu kilometer. Kalian tidak boleh mendekati peti perjanjian itu. Mereka akan memimpin jalanmu, karena kalian belum pernah ke daerah ini.”
5 And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Lalu Yosua berkata kepada orang-orang Israel, “Bersihkanlah dirimu, karena besok TUHAN akan melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan yang ajaib di tengah kalian.”
6 And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. And they obeyed his commands, and took it up and walked before them.
Keesokan harinya Yosua berkata kepada imam-imam itu, “Angkatlah peti perjanjian ini dan pergilah mendahului bangsa kita menyeberangi sungai Yordan.” Maka imam-imam itu mengangkat peti perjanjian dan berjalan di depan mereka.
7 And the Lord said to Josue: This day will I begin to exalt thee before Israel: that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I am with thee also.
Kata TUHAN kepada Yosua, “Hari ini Aku akan mulai membuat seluruh bangsa Israel menghormatimu sebagai seorang pemimpin. Mereka akan tahu bahwa Aku selalu bersama denganmu, sebagaimana Aku selalu bersama dengan Musa.
8 And do thou command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, and say to them: When you shall have entered into part of the water of the Jordan, stand in it.
Perintahkanlah para imam yang membawa peti perjanjian, ‘Saat kalian tiba di tepi sungai Yordan, ambillah beberapa langkah masuk ke dalam sungai dan berdirilah di sana.’”
9 And Josue said to the children of Israel: Come hither and hear the word of the Lord your God.
Lalu Yosua berkata kepada bangsa Israel, “Mendekatlah dan dengarkanlah apa yang TUHAN katakan!
10 And again he said: By this you shall know that the Lord the living God is in the midst of you, and that he shall destroy before your sight the Chanaanite and the Hethite, the Hevite and the Pherezite, the Gergesite also and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite.
Inilah bukti bahwa Allah yang hidup ada bersamamu, dan Dia akan mengusir orang Kanaan, Het, Hewi, Feris, Girgasi, Amori, dan Yebus dari hadapanmu.
11 Behold the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you into the Jordan.
Peti perjanjian dari Penguasa seluruh bumi akan memimpin kalian menyeberangi sungai Yordan.
12 Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.
Sekarang pilihlah dua belas orang, satu dari setiap suku Israel.
13 And when the priests, that carry the ark of the Lord the God of the whole earth, shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off: and those that come from above, shall stand together upon a heap.
Ketika kaki para imam yang mengangkat peti perjanjian TUHAN, Penguasa seluruh bumi, menyentuh permukaan air sungai Yordan, air itu akan berhenti mengalir dari hulu. Di sana air akan meninggi seperti ada bendungan yang menahan.”
14 So the people went out of their tents, to pass over the Jordan: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant. went on before them.
Lalu bangsa itu berangkat dari tempat perkemahan mereka untuk menyeberangi sungai Yordan. Para imam yang mengangkat peti perjanjian berjalan di depan mereka.
15 And as soon as they came into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in part of the water, (now the Jordan, it being harvest time, had filled the banks of its channel, )
Waktu itu adalah musim panen, dan sepanjang musim itu sungai Yordan meluap. Namun, ketika kaki para imam yang mengangkat peti perjanjian itu menyentuh air di tepi sungai Yordan,
16 The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.
air pun berhenti mengalir, dan di bagian atas, air meninggi seperti ada bendungan yang menahannya di hulu, di kota Adam, dekat kota Sartan. Sedangkan aliran hilir yang mengalir ke Laut Mati, yaitu Laut Asin, terputus sama sekali. Lalu seluruh bangsa Israel menyeberangi sungai Yordan melewati tanah yang kering, menuju ke tempat yang menghadap kota Yeriko. Sementara itu, para imam yang mengangkat peti perjanjian berhenti di tengah sungai Yordan dan berdiri di sana sampai semua orang selesai menyeberang.
17 And the people marched over against Jericho: and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over through the channel that was dried up.
