Joshua 4
1 And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,
Sesudah seluruh bangsa itu berada di seberang, TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua,
2 Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,
"Pilihlah dua belas orang, seorang dari setiap suku.
3 And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the Priestes stoode in a readinesse, twelue stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging where you shall lodge this night)
Perintahkan mereka untuk mengambil dua belas buah batu dari tengah-tengah Sungai Yordan, tepat di tempat para imam berdiri. Suruh mereka memikul batu-batu itu sampai ke tempat kamu berkemah pada waktu malam nanti."
4 Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man,
Maka Yosua memanggil kedua belas orang yang terpilih itu,
5 And Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God, euen through the middes of Iorden, and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder according vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel,
lalu berkata, "Pergilah ke tengah Sungai Yordan, ke depan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN Allahmu. Masing-masing harus mengangkat sebuah batu dari situ--jumlahnya dua belas batu sesuai dengan jumlah suku-suku dalam bangsa Israel.
6 That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?
Batu-batu itu akan mengingatkan bangsa ini kepada apa yang sudah dilakukan oleh TUHAN. Di kemudian hari kalau anak-anakmu bertanya apa artinya batu-batu ini bagimu,
7 Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.
hendaklah kalian memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa air Sungai Yordan terputus ketika Peti Perjanjian TUHAN dibawa menyeberangi sungai itu. Batu-batu itu akan selalu mengingatkan bangsa Israel kepada apa yang terjadi di sini."
8 Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel, and caried them away with them vnto the lodging, and layd them down there.
Kedua belas orang itu pun melaksanakan perintah Yosua. Sesuai dengan petunjuk TUHAN kepada Yosua, mereka mengambil dua belas batu dari tengah-tengah Yordan--jumlahnya sesuai dengan jumlah suku-suku dalam bangsa Israel--lalu membawanya ke tempat perkemahan mereka.
9 And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iorden, in the place where the feete of the Priests, which bare the Arke of the couenant stood, and there haue they continued vnto this day.
Di tengah-tengah Yordan itu juga, Yosua menyusun dua belas buah batu tepat di tempat berdirinya para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu. (Batu-batu itu masih ada di situ sampai sekarang.)
10 So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lord had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted and went ouer.
Para imam tetap berdiri di tengah-tengah Yordan sampai orang-orang itu selesai melakukan segala yang diperintahkan TUHAN kepada mereka melalui Yosua. Itu sesuai dengan petunjuk-petunjuk dari Musa kepada Yosua. Dengan cepat umat Israel menyeberangi Sungai Yordan.
11 When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the Priests before the people.
Setelah semua sampai di seberang, para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu berjalan di depan mereka.
12 And the sonnes of Reuben, and the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them.
Sesuai dengan yang diperintahkan oleh Musa, pejuang-pejuang dari suku Ruben, Gad dan separuh suku Manasye, telah lebih dahulu menyeberangi sungai.
13 Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battel, into ye plaine of Iericho.
Semuanya 40.000 orang laki-laki yang bersenjata dan siap untuk bertempur di hadapan TUHAN, mereka menyeberang menuju ke dataran rendah di dekat Yerikho.
14 That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his life.
Hari itu TUHAN melakukan hal-hal yang membuat bangsa Israel menghormati Yosua sebagai orang besar. Seumur hidupnya mereka menghormati dia seperti mereka menghormati Musa.
15 And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,
Kemudian TUHAN menyuruh Yosua
16 Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.
memerintahkan para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu supaya keluar dari Yordan.
17 Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.
Yosua melakukan apa yang diperintahkan TUHAN kepadanya.
18 And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, and flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, as they did before.
Begitu para imam itu sampai di tepi sungai, air sungai itu mulai mengalir kembali dan meluap seperti semula.
19 So the people came vp out of Iorden the tenth day of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, in the Eastside of Iericho.
Umat Israel tiba di seberang Yordan dan pada tanggal sepuluh bulan pertama, dan mereka berkemah di Gilgal sebelah timur Yerikho.
20 Also the twelue stones, which they tooke out of Iorden, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal.
Di situ Yosua menyusun kedua belas batu yang diambil dari dalam Yordan.
21 And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane these stones?
Lalu Yosua berkata kepada umat Israel, "Di kemudian hari apabila anak-anakmu menanyakan tentang arti dari batu-batu ini,
22 Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:
beritahukanlah kepada mereka bahwa umat Israel menyeberangi Sungai Yordan ini di atas tanah yang kering.
23 For the Lord your God dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which hee dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer,
Ceritakan kepada mereka bahwa TUHAN Allahmu mengeringkan air Sungai Yordan itu untuk kalian sampai kalian semuanya tiba di seberang, sama seperti Ia mengeringkan Laut Gelagah untuk kami,
24 That all the people of the worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.
supaya semua orang di dunia mengetahui betapa besarnya kuasa TUHAN. Dan dengan demikian kalian akan menghormati TUHAN Allahmu untuk selama-lamanya."
