Joshua 8
1 And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Fear not, neither be thou dismayed; take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا تَجْزَعْ وَلا تَثْبُطْ هِمَّتُكَ. خُذْ جَيْشَكَ بِرُمَّتِهِ وَحَاصِرْ عَايَ لأَنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُكَ مَلِكَ عَايَ وَشَعْبَهُ وَمَدِينَتَهُ وَأَرْضَهُ. | ١ |
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king; only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves; set thee an ambush for the city behind it.'
| فَتُجْرِي عَلَى عَايَ وَمَلِكِهَا مَا أَجْرَيْتَهُ عَلَى أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكِهَا، غَيْرَ أَنَّكُمْ تَنْهَبُونَ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ غَنِيمَتَهَا وَبَهَائِمَهَا. انْصُبْ كَمِيناً خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ». | ٢ |
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night.
| فَهَبَّ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ وَتَوَجَّهُوا لِمُهَاجَمَةِ عَايَ. وَاخْتَارَ يَشُوعُ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِيهِ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ لَيْلاً، بَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: | ٣ |
4 And he commanded them, saying: 'Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready.
| «اذْهَبُوا وَاكْمُنُوا خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ. لَا تَبْتَعِدُوا عَنْهَا كَثِيراً وَتَأَهَّبُوا جَمِيعُكُمْ لِلْقِتَالِ. | ٤ |
5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
| أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَقِيَّةُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ مَعِي فَنَقْتَرِبُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَمَا إِنْ يَخْرُجُوا لِلِقَائِنَا، كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، حَتَّى نَتَظَاهَرَ بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ، | ٥ |
6 And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say: They flee before us, as at the first; so we will flee before them.
| فَيَتَعَقَّبُونَا، وَبِذَلِكَ نَجْذِبُهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّنَا هَارِبُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا جَرَى فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ، | ٦ |
7 And ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
| فَتَنْقَضُّونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَكْمَنِ وَتَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُخْضِعُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ. | ٧ |
8 And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.'
| وَلَدَى اسْتِيلائِكُمْ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ تُضْرِمُونَ فِيهَا النَّارَ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، فَافْعَلُوا وَنَفِّذُوا مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ». | ٨ |
9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
| وَأَطْلَقَهُمْ يَشُوعُ فَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى الْمَكْمَنِ، حَيْثُ تَرَبَّصُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَغَرْبِيِّ عَايَ. وَقَضَى يَشُوعُ لَيْلَتَهُ تِلْكَ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٩ |
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي نَهَضَ يَشُوعُ مُبَكِّراً، وَأَحْصَى الْجَيْشَ وَسَارَ هُوَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَلِيعَتِهِمْ نَحْوَ عَايَ. | ١٠ |
11 And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai — now there was a valley between him and Ai.
| وَتَقَدَّمَتْ مَعَهُ قُوَّاتُهُ كُلُّهَا حَتَّى أَتَوْا إِلَى مُقَابِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَيْثُ نَزَلُوا شِمَالِيَّهَا، لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ عَايَ سِوَى الْوَادِي. | ١١ |
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.
| وَأَرْسَلَ يَشُوعُ قُوَّةَ دَعْمٍ أُخْرَى مُؤَلَّفَةً مِنْ خَمْسَةِ آلافِ مُحَارِبٍ لِتَكْمُنَ بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَايَ غَرْبِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 So the people set themselves in array, even all the host that was on the north of the city, their rear lying in wait on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the vale.
| وَتَمَرْكَزَ الْجَيْشُ الرَّئِيسِيُّ فِي شِمَالِيِّ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي حِينِ تَرَبَّصَ الْكَمِينُ فِي غَرْبِيِّهَا، أَمَّا يَشُوعُ فَقَدْ قَضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي وَسَطِ الْوَادِي. | ١٣ |
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hastened and rose up early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, in front of the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى مَلِكُ عَايَ مَا يَجْرِي، خَرَجَ بِجَيْشِهِ مُبَكِّراً لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُحَارَبَتِهِ فِي السَّهْلِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي أَنَّ هُنَاكَ كَمِيناً يَتَحَفَّزُ لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٤ |
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
| فَتَظَاهَرَ يَشُوعُ وَبَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِالانْكِسَارِ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلاذُوا بِالْفِرَارِ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٥ |
16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
| فَتَنَادَى جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتَعَقُّبِ يَشُوعَ، فَجَدُّوا وَرَاءَهُمْ مُبْتَعِدِينَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٦ |
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
| وَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي عَايَ أَوْ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَسْعَ فِي مُطَارَدَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، تَارِكِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ مَفْتُوحَةً لِلْكَمِينِ. | ١٧ |
18 And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand.' And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «مُدَّ رُمْحَكَ نَحْوَ عَايَ لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُكَ الْمَدِينَةَ». فَمَدَّ يَشُوعُ الْحَرْبَةَ الَّتِي بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٨ |
19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hastened and set the city on fire.
| فَانْدَفَعَ الْكَمِينُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ بِسُرْعَةٍ عِنْدَمَا مَدَّ يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ وَرَكَضُوا وَاقْتَحَمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ. | ١٩ |
20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
| فَالْتَفَتَ رِجَالُ عَايَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإِذْ بِهِمْ يُشَاهِدُونَ دُخَانَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَتَصَاعَدُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ مَهْرَبٍ، فَانْقَلَبَ الْجَيْشُ الْهَارِبُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُطَارِدِيهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back, and slew the men of Ai.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى يَشُوعُ وَمُحَارِبُوهُ أَنَّ الْكَمِينَ قَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَنَّ دُخَانَهَا قَدْ مَلأَ الْفَضَاءَ، شَرَعُوا فِي مُهَاجَمَةِ رِجَالِ عَايَ وَالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢١ |
22 And the other came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
| كَذَلِكَ خَرَجَ الْكَمِينُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِقَطْعِ طَرِيقِ الْهَرَبِ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَوَجَدَ أَهْلُ عَايَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مَحْصُورِينَ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الأَمَامِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْفِ، فَفَتَكَ بِهِمِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، فَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ٢٢ |
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
| أَمَّا مَلِكُ عَايَ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِي الأَسْرِ فَتَسَلَّمَهُ يَشُوعُ. | ٢٣ |
24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, even in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَيْشِ عَايَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حَيْثُ تَعَقَّبُوا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، وَفَنُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، رَجَعَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى عَايَ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ فِيهَا. | ٢٤ |
25 And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
| فَكَانَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً، وَهُمْ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٥ |
26 For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
| وَظَلَّ يَشُوعُ مَادّاً يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which He commanded Joshua.
| أَمَّا الْبَهَائِمُ وَغَنَائِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَدْ نَهَبَهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَصْدَرَهُ إِلَى يَشُوعَ. | ٢٧ |
28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
| وَهَكَذَا أَحْرَقَ يَشُوعُ عَايَ وَحَوَّلَهَا إِلَى تَلِّ خَرَابٍ أَبَدِيٍّ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٨ |
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
| وَشَنَقَ مَلِكَ عَايَ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ إِلَى وَقْتِ الْمَسَاءِ، وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ فَأَنْزَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ عَنِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَطَرَحُوهَا عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وهَالُوا عَلَيْهَا كَوْمَةَ حِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
| حِينَئِذٍ بَنَى يَشُوعُ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ. | ٣٠ |
31 as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
| كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِحَسَبِ مَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَوْرَاةِ مُوسَى، فَكَانَ الْمَذْبَحُ مَبْنِيًّا مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ لَمْ يَنْحَتْهَا أَحَدٌ بِآلَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَقَدَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ. | ٣١ |
32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote before the children of Israel.
| وَعَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَل نَقَشَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى حِجَارَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ نُسْخَةً مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي كَانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أَمْلاهَا عَلَيْهِ | ٣٢ |
33 And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
| وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، غُرَبَاءَ وَمُوَاطِنِينَ، مَعَ شُيُوخِهِمْ وَعُرَفَائِهِمْ وَقُضَاتِهِمْ يَقِفُونَ إِلَى جَانِبَيْ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ الْكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي التَّابُوتِ. وَقَفَ نِصْفُهُمْ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ جِرِزِّيمَ، وَوَقَفَ النِّصْفُ الآخَرُ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ تَنْفِيذاً لِتَعْلِيمَاتِ مُوسَى عَبْدِ الرَّبِّ السَّابِقَةِ الَّتِي أَصْدَرَهَا بِشَأْنِ بَرَكَةِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٣٣ |
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
| ثُمَّ تَلا يَشُوعُ جَمِيعَ عِبَارَاتِ التَّوْرَاةِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَاللَّعْنَةِ، كَمَا وَرَدَتْ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣٤ |
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that walked among them.
| لَمْ يَغْفَلْ يَشُوعُ كَلِمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى، بَلْ قَرَأَهَا كُلَّهَا أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى أَمَامَ النِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ وَالْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ. | ٣٥ |
