Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that Yhwh spake unto Joshua, saying,
Quibus transgressis, dixit Dominus ad Josue:
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Elige duodecim viros singulos per singulas tribus:
3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
et præcipe eis ut tollant de medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt pedes sacerdotum, duodecim durissimos lapides, quos ponetis in loco castrorum, ubi fixeritis hac nocte tentoria.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
Vocavitque Josue duodecim viros, quos elegerat de filiis Israël, singulos de singulis tribubus,
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Yhwh your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
et ait ad eos: Ite ante arcam Domini Dei vestri ad Jordanis medium, et portate inde singuli singulos lapides in humeris vestris, juxta numerum filiorum Israël,
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
ut sit signum inter vos: et quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, dicentes: Quid sibi volunt isti lapides?
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yhwh; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
respondebitis eis: Defecerunt aquæ Jordanis ante arcam fœderis Domini, cum transiret eum: idcirco positi sunt lapides isti in monimentum filiorum Israël usque in æternum.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as Yhwh spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
Fecerunt ergo filii Israël sicut præcepit eis Josue, portantes de medio Jordanis alveo duodecim lapides, ut Dominus ei imperarat, juxta numerum filiorum Israël, usque ad locum in quo castrametati sunt, ibique posuerunt eos.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Alios quoque duodecim lapides posuit Josue in medio Jordanis alveo, ubi steterunt sacerdotes qui portabant arcam fœderis: et sunt ibi usque in præsentem diem.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that Yhwh commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
Sacerdotes autem qui portabant arcam, stabant in Jordanis medio, donec omnia complerentur, quæ Josue, ut loqueretur ad populum, præceperat Dominus, et dixerat ei Moyses. Festinavitque populus, et transiit.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Yhwh passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Cumque transissent omnes, transivit et arca Domini, sacerdotesque pergebant ante populum.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
Filii quoque Ruben, et Gad, et dimidia tribus Manasse, armati præcedebant filios Israël, sicut eis præceperat Moyses:
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before Yhwh unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
et quadraginta pugnatorum millia per turmas, et cuneos, incedebant per plana atque campestria urbis Jericho.
14 On that day Yhwh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
In die illo magnificavit Dominus Josue coram omni Israël, ut timerent eum, sicut timuerant Moysen, dum adviveret.
15 And Yhwh spake unto Joshua, saying,
Dixitque ad eum:
16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Præcipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam fœderis, ut ascendant de Jordane.
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
Qui præcepit eis, dicens: Ascendite de Jordane.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Yhwh were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
Cumque ascendissent portantes arcam fœderis Domini, et siccam humum calcare cœpissent, reversæ sunt aquæ in alveum suum, et fluebant sicut ante consueverant.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
Populus autem ascendit de Jordane decimo die mensis primi, et castrametati sunt in Galgalis contra orientalem plagam urbis Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Jordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Josue in Galgalis,
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
et dixit ad filios Israël: Quando interrogaverint filii vestri cras patres suos, et dixerint eis: Quid sibi volunt lapides isti?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
docebitis eos, atque dicetis: Per arentem alveum transivit Israël Jordanem istum,
23 For Yhwh your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Yhwh your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
siccante Domino Deo vestro aquas ejus in conspectu vestro, donec transiretis, sicut fecerat prius in mari Rubro, quod siccavit donec transiremus:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of Yhwh, that it is mighty: that ye might fear Yhwh your God for ever.
ut discant omnes terrarum populi fortissimam Domini manum, ut et vos timeatis Dominum Deum vestrum omni tempore.
