Joshua 8
1 The Lord said to Joshua, “Don't be afraid or downhearted! Take all the fighting men with you and attack Ai, for I'm handing over to you the king of Ai, his people, his town, and his land.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Pa pè, ni dekouraje. Pran tout moun lagè yo avèk ou e leve, monte vè Aï. Ou wè, Mwen te mete nan men ou wa Aï a, pèp li a, vil li a ak peyi li a.
2 You will do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. However, this time you may keep for yourselves the plunder and the livestock. Set up an ambush behind the town.”
Ou va fè a Aï ak tout wa li a menm jan ke ou te fè Jéricho avèk wa li a. Selman, ou va pran pou ou menm kòm piyaj, bèt li yo kòm byen nou sezi pou nou menm. Òganize yon anbiskad pou vil la pa dèyè li.”
3 So Joshua and all the people got ready to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night.
Epi Josué te leve avèk tout moun lagè yo pou monte Aï. Josué te chwazi trant mil mesye, gèrye vanyan, e li te voye yo sòti nan lannwit lan.
4 He ordered them, “You lie in ambush behind the town, not far away. All of you need to be ready.
Li te kòmande yo, e te di: “Gade, nou ap fè anbiskad vil la soti pa dèyè li. Pa sòti lwen vil la men nou tout, mete nou touprè.
5 When I and the rest of the men with me approach the town, the defenders will run out to attack us just like before, and we'll run away from them.
“Mwen menm avèk tout moun ki avè m yo, nou va apwoche vil la. Epi lè yo sòti deyò pou rankontre nou kòm yon premye fwa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
6 They'll chase after us as we draw them away from the town, because they'll say to each other, ‘They're running away from us just like before.’
Yo va sòti pou kouri dèyè nou jiskaske nou pati kite vil la, paske yo va di: ‘Y ap sove ale devan nou tankou premye fwa a.’ Konsa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
7 While we're running away from them, you will get up from your ambush positions and take the town for the Lord God will hand it over to you.
Epi nou va leve anbiskad nou e pran posesyon vil la; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va livre li nan men nou.
8 Once you've captured the town, set it on fire, as the Lord has instructed. Now follow your orders.”
Alò, li va rive lè nou fin sezi vil la, ke nou va mete dife nan vil la. Nou va fè li selon pawòl SENYÈ a. Nou wè, mwen te kòmande nou an.”
9 Joshua sent them out, and they went to lie in ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But that night Joshua stayed with the people in the camp.
Konsa, Josué te voye yo ale. Yo te ale nan plas anbiskad la, e yo te rete antre Béthel avèk Aï, nan lwès a Aï; men Josué te pase nwit lan pami moun yo.
10 Early the next morning Joshua got up early and gathered the people and went up to attack Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.
Alò, Josué te leve bonè nan maten, e li te rasanble pèp la, epi li te monte avèk ansyen Israël yo devan pèp la pou ale Aï.
11 All the fighting men who were with him approached the front of the town, and camped there on the north side, with a valley between them and Ai.
Tout moun lagè ki te avèk li yo te monte vin toupre. Yo te rive devan vil la, e te fè kan an sou akote nò toupre Aï a. Koulye a te gen yon vale antre yo menm avèk Aï.
12 He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.
Li te pran anviwon senk mil mesye, e li te plase yo an anbiskad antre Béthel avèk Aï nan kote lwès vil la.
13 So the army took up their positions—the main army to the north of the town, and the ambush to the west. Joshua went that night to the valley.
Konsa, yo te pozisyone moun yo, tout lame ki te nan kote nò vil la ak gad an aryè nan kote lwès vil la. Josué te antre pandan nwit sa a nan mitan vale a.
14 As soon as the king of Ai saw the situation, he and all his men rushed out early in the morning to attack the Israelites where they had before, at a place overlooking the Jordan valley. He didn't know about the ambush waiting on the other side of the town.
Li te vin rive ke lè wa Aï la te wè sa, mesye lavil yo te kouri leve bonè pou sòti rankontre Israël nan batay la, li menm avèk tout pèp li a nan plas chwazi a devan plèn dezè a. Men li pa t konnen ke te gen yon anbiskad kont li dèyè vil la.
15 Joshua and the Israelites allowed themselves to be driven back, and ran away in the direction of the wilderness.
Josué avèk tout Israël te fè pòz kòmsi yo te fin bat devan yo e yo te sove ale pa chemen dezè a.
16 All the men of the town were called out to chase after them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn father from the town.
Tout pèp ki te nan vil la te rele ansanm pou kouri dèyè yo. Konsa, yo te kouri dèyè Josué e li te rale yo soti kite vil la.
17 There wasn't a man left in Ai and Bethel who didn't go out to chase the Israelites. They left the town wide open as they pursued the Israelites.
Konsa, pa t gen yon gason ki rete nan Aï ni Béthel, yo te kite vil la san gade pou te kouri dèyè Israël.
18 Then the Lord told Joshua, “Hold up the spear in your hand and point it at Ai, because I'm giving it to you.” So Joshua held up the spear in his hand and pointed it at the town.
Epi SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Lonje lans ki nan men ou an vè Aï; paske Mwen va ba ou li.” Konsa, Josué te lonje lans ki te nan men l lan vè vil la.
19 As soon as they saw this signal the men lying in ambush got up and rushed into the town. They captured it, and quickly set it on fire.
Mesye nan anbiskad yo te leve vit nan plas yo, epi lè li te lonje men l, yo te kouri antre nan vil la pou te kaptire li. Byen vit, yo mete dife nan vil la.
20 When the men of Ai looked back they saw the smoke rising up into the sky from the town. They had nowhere to run to, because the Israelites who had been running away towards the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.
Lè mesye Aï yo te gade an aryè, vwala, lafimen vil la te vin leve rive jis nan syèl la. Konsa, yo pa t gen kote pou sove ale, ni isit, ni la, paske moun ki t ap sove ale vè dezè yo te vire kont sila ki t ap swiv yo.
21 For when Joshua and the Israelites saw that the ambush group had captured the town, and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.
Lè Josué avèk tout Israël te wè ke fòs anbiskad la te kaptire vil la, e ke lafimen te monte, yo te vire retounen pou touye mesye Aï yo.
22 The men from the ambush also came from the town and attacked them, so they were caught on the middle, with the Israelites on both sides. The Israelites cut them down—not a single man survived or got away.
Lòt yo nan vil la te sòti pou rankontre yo. Men yo te kwense nan mitan Israël, yon pati bò isit ak yon pati bò laba, epi yo te touye yo jis pèsòn pa t rete nan sila ki te chape sove ale yo.
23 Only the king of Ai was captured alive, and he was brought before Joshua.
Yo te pran wa Aï a vivan e yo te mennen li kote Josué.
24 When the Israelites had finished killing the men of Ai who had chased them towards the wilderness—once they had all been cut down by the sword—the whole Israelite army returned to the town and killed everyone living there.
Alò, lè Israël te fin touye tout abitan Aï yo nan chan dezè a kote yo te kouri dèyè yo, e yo tout te tonbe pa lam nepe jiskaske yo te detwi nèt, alò, tout Israël te retounen Aï pou te frape li avèk lam nepe.
25 Those who were killed that day numbered twelve thousand, men and women—all the inhabitants of Ai.
Tout moun ki te tonbe nan jou sa a, ni lòm ni fanm te douz mil—tout se moun Aï.
26 For Joshua had continued to hold up his spear until all the people of Ai had been destroyed.
Paske Josué pa t desann men l ki te toujou lonje ak lans lan jiskaske li te fin detwi nèt tout moun ki rete Aï yo.
27 Only the livestock and plunder were taken from the town by the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
Israël te pran sèlman bèt avèk byen sezi a kòm piyaj pa yo, selon pawòl ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué a.
28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, making it permanently into a heap of ruins where no one lives to this very day.
Konsa, Josué te brile Aï. Li te fè li tounen yon pil ranblè jis pou tout tan, yon kote ki dezole jis rive jodi a.
29 He killed the king of Ai and hung his body on a tree until evening. When the sun went down Joshua ordered the body taken down. They threw it down in front of the entrance to the town gate and piled a heap of rocks over it which is still there today.
Li te pann wa Aï a sou yon bwa jis rive nan aswè. Lè solèy la te kouche, Josué te bay lòd pou yo te retire kò li nan bwa a pou te jete li nan antre pòtay vil la, e leve sou li yon gwo pil gwo wòch ki kanpe jis jodi a.
30 Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal for the Lord, the God of Israel.
Konsa, Josué te bati yon lotèl a SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, nan Mòn Ébal.
31 He did what Moses, the servant of the Lord, had told the Israelites to do, as recorded in the book of the Law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones which no one has worked with iron tools. On the altar they made burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord.
Li te fèt jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te kòmande fis Israël yo, jan sa ekri nan liv lalwa Moïse la, yon lotèl avèk wòch ki pa taye, sou sila okenn mesye pa voye yon zouti fè. Yo te ofri sou li ofrann brile a SENYÈ a, e te fè sakrifis ofrann lapè yo.
32 There in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses.
Josué te ekri la sou wòch yo yon kopi lalwa Moïse la. Li te ekri l nan prezans a fis Israël yo.
33 All the Israelites, the elders, the officers, and the judges stood in two groups facing each other with the priests, the Levites, and the Ark of the Lord's Agreement between them. (Included were the foreigners as well as the native born.) Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim, and half in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses had ordered, for the blessing of the people this first time.
Tout Israël avèk ansyen yo ak ofisye yo ak jij yo te kanpe sou toude kote lach la devan prèt Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ a, etranje kon natif. Mwatye nan yo te kanpe devan Mòn Garizim e mwatye nan yo devan Mòn Ébal, jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te bay kòmand nan oparavan an, pou beni pèp Israël la.
34 Then Joshua read out the whole Law—all the blessings and curses recorded in the book of the Law.
Epi apre, li te li tout pawòl lalwa yo, benediksyon yo avèk malediksyon yo, selon tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa a.
35 Joshua read out every word of Moses' instruction to the whole Israelite assembly, including the women, the children, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Pa t gen menm yon mo nan tout sa ke Moïse te kòmande yo ke Josué pa t li devan tout asanble Israël la, avèk fanm ak pitit yo ak etranje ki te rete pami yo.
