Joshua 4
1 Once the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord told Joshua,
當百姓一過了約旦河，上主就吩咐若蘇厄說：
2 “Choose twelve men from the people, one per tribe,
「你該由百姓中，挑選十二人，每支派一人，
3 and tell them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing. Then carry them and set them down at the place where you will camp tonight.’”
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 So Joshua sent for the twelve men he had chosen, one from each 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 told them, “Go back into the middle of the Jordan, right in front of the Ark of the Agreement of the Lord your God, and each of you pick up a stone and carry it on your shoulder, one for each of the tribes 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 This will be a memorial among you so when your children one day ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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 you can tell them, ‘It's about the time the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord's Agreement went across. When it crossed over the water stopped. These stones are a memorial to the people of Israel forever.’”
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 The people of Israel did as Joshua told them. The men picked up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped overnight and placed the stones there, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
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 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan right where the priests carrying the Ark of the Agreement had stood, and they are still there to this very 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 The priests carrying the Ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was done just as the Lord had told the people to do, all that Moses had told Joshua to do. The people crossed over quickly.
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 Once all the people had crossed over, they watched as the Ark of the Lord was carried across by the priests.
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 The armed men from the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh crossed at the head of the people of Israel, as Moses had stipulated.
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 They numbered about 40,000 men, armed and ready for battle, crossed in the presence of the Lord to 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 the Lord confirmed Joshua as great leader in the sight of all the Israelites, and they were in awe of him just as they had been in awe of Moses.
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 The Lord had told Joshua,
上主吩咐若蘇厄說：
16 “Order the priests carrying the Ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”
「你命令抬約櫃的司祭，由約旦河裏上。」
17 So Joshua told the priests, “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 The priests came up out of the Jordan carrying the Ark of the Agreement, and as soon as their feet touched dry ground the waters of the Jordan returned to where they had been, overflowing its banks as before.
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 The people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal, to the east of Jericho, on the tenth day of the first month.
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 Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones that had been taken from the Jordan.
若蘇厄將從約旦河取來的那十二塊石頭，立在基耳加耳；
21 He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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 you can explain to them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
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 For the Lord your God made the Jordan River dry up right in front of you so you all could cross, just as the Lord your God did at the Red Sea which he dried up so we could all cross.
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 He did this so everyone on earth would know how powerful the Lord is, and so that you might be in awe of the Lord your God forever.”
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。」
