Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
Sucedeu pois que, acabando todo o povo de passar o Jordão, falou o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Tomai-vos do povo doze homens, de cada tribo um homem;
3 And command all of you them, saying, Take you behind out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and all of you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where all of you shall lodge this night.
E mandai-lhes, dizendo: tomai-vos daqui, do meio do Jordão, do lugar do assento dos pés dos sacerdotes, doze pedras; e levai-as convosco à outra banda e depositai-as no alojamento em que haveis de passar esta noite.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
Chamou pois Josué os doze homens, que escolhera dos filhos de Israel: de cada tribo um homem;
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
E disse-lhes Josué: passai diante da arca do Senhor vosso Deus, ao meio do Jordão; e levantai vós cada um uma pedra sobre o seu ombro, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel;
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean all of you by these stones?
Para que isto seja por sinal entre vós; e quando vossos filhos no futuro perguntarem, dizendo: Que vos significam estas pedras?
7 Then all of you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; 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.
Então lhes direis que as águas do Jordão se separaram diante da arca do concerto do Senhor; passando ela pelo Jordão, separaram-se as águas do Jordão: assim que estas pedras serão para sempre por memorial aos filhos de Israel.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke 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.
Fizeram pois os filhos de Israel assim como Josué tinha ordenado, e levantaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão, como o Senhor dissera a Josué, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel: e levaram-nas consigo ao alojamento, e as depositaram ali.
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.
Levantou Josué também doze pedras no meio do Jordão, do lugar do assento dos pés dos sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto: e ali estão até ao dia de hoje.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
Pararam pois os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca, no meio do Jordão, em pé, até que se cumpriu quanto o Senhor a Josué mandara dizer ao povo, conforme a tudo quanto Moisés tinha ordenado a Josué; e apressou-se o povo, e passou.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
E sucedeu que, assim que todo o povo acabou de passar, então passou a arca do Senhor, e os sacerdotes à vista do povo.
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 spoke unto them:
E passaram os filhos de Ruben, e os filhos de Gad, e a meia tribo de Manasseh, armados na frente dos filhos de Israel, como Moisés lhes tinha dito;
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Uns quarenta mil homens de guerra armados passaram diante do Senhor para batalha, às campinas de Jericó.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
Naquele dia o Senhor engrandeceu a Josué diante dos olhos de todo o Israel: e temeram-no, como haviam temido a Moisés, todos os dias da sua vida.
15 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
Falou pois o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Dá ordem aos sacerdotes, que levam a arca do testemunho, que subam do Jordão.
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come all of you up out of Jordan.
E deu Josué ordem aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Subi do Jordão.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD 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.
E aconteceu que, como os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, subiram do meio do Jordão, e as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes se puseram em seco, as águas do Jordão se tornaram ao seu lugar, e corriam, como antes, sobre todas as suas ribanceiras.
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.
Subiu pois o povo do Jordão no dia dez do mês primeiro: e alojaram-se em Gilgal, da banda oriental de Jericó.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
E as doze pedras, que tinham tomado do Jordão, levantou Josué em Gilgal.
21 And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
E falou aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Quando no futuro vossos filhos perguntarem a seus pais, dizendo: Que significam estas pedras?
22 Then all of you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Fareis saber a vossos filhos, dizendo: Israel passou em seco este Jordão.
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until all of you were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
Porque o Senhor vosso Deus fez secar as águas do Jordão diante de vós, até que passasseis: como o Senhor vosso Deus fez ao Mar Vermelho, que fez secar perante nós, até que passamos.
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that all of you might fear the LORD your God for ever.
Para que todos os povos da terra conheçam a mão do Senhor, que é forte: para que temais ao Senhor vosso Deus todos os dias.
