Joshua 4

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,

E quando toda a nação acabou de passar o Jordão, o SENHOR falou a Josué, dizendo:

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Tomai do povo doze homens, de cada tribo um,

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 de onde estão firmes os pés dos sacerdotes, doze pedras, as quais passareis convosco, e as assentareis no alojamento de onde haveis de passar a noite.

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Então Josué chamou aos doze homens, os quais ele havia ordenado dentre os filhos de Israel, de cada tribo um;

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 cada um de vós tome uma pedra sobre seu ombro, conforme ao 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 sinal entre vós; e quando vossos filhos perguntarem a seus pais amanhã, 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 vós lhes respondereis: “As águas do Jordão foram interrompidas diante da arca do pacto do SENHOR; quando ela passou pelo Jordão, as águas do Jordão se separaram; e estas pedras serão por memorial aos filhos de Israel para sempre.

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.

E os filhos de Israel o fizeram assim como Josué havia lhes mandado, e levantaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão, como o SENHOR havia dito a Josué, conforme o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel; e levaram-nas consigo ao alojamento, e ali as puseram.

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.

Josué também levantou doze pedras no meio do Jordão, no lugar onde estiveram os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto; e ali estão até 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.

Pois os sacerdotes que levavam a arca ficaram parados no meio do Jordão, até que se cumpriu tudo o que o SENHOR havia mandado a Josué dizer ao povo, conforme tudo quanto Moisés havia ordenado a Josué; e o povo apressou-se 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 quando todo o povo acabou de passar, então passaram a arca do SENHOR, e os sacerdotes, na presença 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:

Também os filhos de Rúben, os filhos de Gade, e a meia tribo de Manassés, passaram armados diante dos filhos de Israel, como Moisés havia lhes dito;

13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

cerca de quarenta mil homens prontamente armados passaram ó diante do SENHOR para a batalha, às campina 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 Josué à vista de todo Israel; e temeram-no, como haviam temido a Moisés, todos os dias de sua vida.

15 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,

E o SENHOR falou a Josué, dizendo:

16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

“Manda os 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 Josué mandou os 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 quando os sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto do SENHOR subiram do meio do Jordão, e as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes estiveram em seco, as águas do Jordão voltaram ao seu lugar, correndo como antes sobre todas as suas margens.

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.

E o povo subiu do Jordão no dia dez do mês primeiro, e assentaram o acampamento em Gilgal, ao lado oriental de Jericó.

20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

E Josué erigiu em Gilgal as doze pedras que haviam trazido do Jordão.

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 amanhã perguntarem vossos filhos a seus pais, e disserem: Que vos significam estas pedras?

22 Then all of you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Declarareis a vossos filhos, dizendo: Israel passou em seco por 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 secou as águas do Jordão diante de vós, até que havíeis passado, à maneira que o SENHOR vosso Deus o havia feito no mar Vermelho, ao qual secou diante de 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.