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.
Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, “Jangan takut dan jangan berkecil hati. Bawalah semua laki-laki yang bisa berperang dan seranglah kota Ai. Ketahuilah, Aku sudah menyerahkan raja Ai, seluruh rakyatnya, kotanya, dan negerinya kepadamu.
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.”
Musnahkanlah kota Ai dan rajanya sama seperti kalian memusnahkan kota Yeriko dan rajanya. Tetapi kali ini kalian boleh mengambil barang-barang jarahan dan ternak menjadi milikmu. Suruhlah sebagian pasukan untuk bersembunyi di belakang kota itu untuk bersiap-siap menyergap.”
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.
Maka Yosua dan seluruh pasukannya bersiap-siap mendaki ke kota Ai. Yosua memilih tiga puluh ribu orang pejuang terbaik dan mengutus mereka pergi pada malam hari.
4 He ordered them, “You lie in ambush behind the town, not far away. All of you need to be ready.
Dia memerintahkan mereka, “Perhatikan! Bersembunyilah dan bersiaplah untuk menyerbu kota itu dari belakang. Jangan terlalu jauh dari kota itu. Kalian semua harus tetap siaga.
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.
Saya dan seluruh pasukan yang bersama saya akan maju menyerang kota itu. Waktu mereka keluar melawan kami seperti sebelumnya, kami akan berbalik dan lari dari mereka.
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.’
Kami akan memancing mereka untuk mengejar kami sampai jauh dari kota, supaya mereka mengira bahwa kami melarikan diri seperti sebelumnya. Sementara kami lari,
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.
kalian harus keluar dari persembunyian dan menyerbu kota itu, karena TUHAN Allahmu akan menyerahkannya kepada kalian.
8 Once you've captured the town, set it on fire, as the Lord has instructed. Now follow your orders.”
Sesudah menguasai kota itu, kalian harus membakarnya sesuai dengan perkataan TUHAN. Ingatlah perintahku ini.”
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.
Maka mereka pergi ke tempat persembunyian di antara kota Betel dan kota Ai, di sebelah barat kota Ai. Mereka menunggu di sana, sementara Yosua bermalam di perkemahan Israel malam itu.
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.
Besoknya, Yosua bangun pagi-pagi sekali dan menyiapkan pasukannya. Dia bersama para tua-tua Israel memimpin pasukan itu mendaki ke kota Ai.
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.
Semua pasukan bersamanya mendaki menuju kota itu dan berkemah di sebelah utara kota Ai. Ada sebuah lembah yang memisahkan mereka dengan kota itu.
12 He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.
Lalu Yosua memilih sekitar lima ribu orang dan menyuruh mereka bersembunyi di antara kota Betel dan Ai, di sebelah barat kota itu.
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.
Jadi, sebagian pasukan ditempatkan di markas utama di sebelah utara kota, sedangkan sebagian lain bersembunyi di sebelah barat kota itu. Yosua turun ke lembah dan bermalam di sana.
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.
Begitu raja Ai melihat pasukan Israel di seberang lembah, dia mengumpulkan orang-orang kota itu dan mereka segera keluar pagi-pagi benar ke arah lembah Yordan untuk berperang melawan Israel. Dia tidak tahu bahwa sebagian pasukan Israel sedang bersembunyi di belakang kota untuk menyerbu.
15 Joshua and the Israelites allowed themselves to be driven back, and ran away in the direction of the wilderness.
Yosua dan pasukan yang bersamanya berpura-pura kalah. Mereka melarikan diri ke arah daerah belantara.
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.
Semua laki-laki di kota itu dikerahkan untuk mengejar Yosua dan pasukannya. Karena mengejar Yosua, mereka pun terpancing keluar dari kota.
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.
Tidak ada seorang lelaki pun yang tertinggal di kota Ai maupun Betel. Mereka semua mengejar orang Israel sehingga kota mereka dibiarkan terbuka begitu saja.
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.
Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, “Acungkanlah tombakmu ke arah kota Ai, karena Aku akan menyerahkan kota itu kepadamu.” Dan Yosua mengacungkan tombak di tangannya ke arah kota itu.
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.
Begitu Yosua mengacungkan tombaknya, pasukan yang bersembunyi langsung keluar dan lari menyerang kota Ai. Mereka merebut kota itu dan segera membakarnya.
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.
Setelah Yosua dan seluruh Israel yang berada di daerah belantara melihat bahwa pasukan mereka yang lain sudah berhasil merebut kota dan asap mengepul dari kota itu ke langit, mereka pun berbalik menyerang pasukan Ai. Ketika orang Ai menoleh ke belakang dan melihat asap dari kota, mereka tidak bisa lari ke mana-mana.
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.
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.
Sementara itu, pasukan Israel di kota Ai keluar menyerang mereka dari belakang sehingga orang Ai terperangkap di antara pasukan-pasukan Israel. Pasukan Israel menghabisi mereka. Tidak ada satu pun yang selamat atau berhasil melarikan diri
23 Only the king of Ai was captured alive, and he was brought before Joshua.
kecuali raja Ai. Mereka menangkap dia hidup-hidup lalu membawanya kepada Yosua.
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.
Setelah pasukan Israel menghabisi semua orang Ai di ladang-ladang dan daerah belantara, mereka semua kembali ke Ai dan membunuh sisa penduduknya.
25 Those who were killed that day numbered twelve thousand, men and women—all the inhabitants of Ai.
Pada hari itu seluruh penduduk kota Ai mati, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Semuanya dua belas ribu orang.
26 For Joshua had continued to hold up his spear until all the people of Ai had been destroyed.
Yosua terus mengacungkan tombaknya dan tidak menurunkan tangan sampai seluruh penduduk Ai dibunuh.
27 Only the livestock and plunder were taken from the town by the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
Hanya hewan ternak dan barang-barang jarahan yang diambil orang Israel, sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepada Yosua.
28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, making it permanently into a heap of ruins where no one lives to this very day.
Yosua membakar habis kota Ai sehingga tempat itu menjadi timbunan reruntuhan selamanya, telantar sampai saat kitab ini ditulis.
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.
Lalu Yosua menggantung raja Ai di atas tiang dan membiarkannya sampai sore. Ketika matahari terbenam, mayatnya diturunkan dan dibuang di gerbang pintu masuk kota, atas perintah Yosua. Lalu mayat itu ditimbun dengan banyak batu, dan tumpukan batu itu masih ada sampai saat kitab ini ditulis.
30 Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal for the Lord, the God of Israel.
Pada waktu itu, Yosua mendirikan mezbah kurban bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel, di gunung Ebal.
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.
Hal ini sesuai dengan perintah Musa kepada umat Israel, yang tertulis di dalam kitab Taurat, “Sebuah mezbah kurban yang dibuat dari batu-batu yang belum pernah dipahat dan belum tersentuh alat-alat besi.” Di mezbah itu mereka mempersembahkan kurban yang dibakar habis dan kurban tanda damai kepada TUHAN.
32 There in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses.
Di sana, di hadapan orang-orang Israel, Yosua menyalin hukum yang disampaikan oleh Musa ke atas lempengan batu.
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.
Seluruh bangsa Israel, baik pendatang maupun orang Israel asli, bersama para tua-tua, para pemimpin, dan hakim-hakim mereka, dibagi menjadi dua kelompok. Setengah dari bangsa Israel berdiri di lereng gunung Gerizim, dan setengah yang lain berdiri di lereng gunung Ebal. Kedua kelompok ini saling berhadapan. Di antara mereka berdiri imam-imam Lewi yang memikul peti perjanjian TUHAN. Semua itu dilakukan sesuai dengan perintah yang Musa berikan tentang memberkati bangsa Israel.
34 Then Joshua read out the whole Law—all the blessings and curses recorded in the book of the Law.
Sesudah itu, Yosua membacakan semua hukum yang ditulis Musa di dalam kitab Taurat, termasuk janji TUHAN untuk memberkati umat-Nya apabila mereka taat, dan kutukan apabila mereka tidak taat.
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.
Yosua membacakan seluruh isi kitab itu kepada seluruh umat Israel, termasuk semua perempuan, anak-anak, serta para pendatang yang tinggal di antara mereka.
