Joshua 6

1 And Jericho shuts itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel—none going out, and none coming in.

١ وَكَانَتْ أَرِيحَا قَدْ أَحْكَمَتْ إِغْلاقَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا خَوْفاً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَوْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ.

2 And YHWH says to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho and its king into your hand—mighty men of valor,

٢ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْضَعْتُ لَكَ أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكَهَا وَمُحَارِبِيهَا الأَشِدَّاءَ.

3 and you have surrounded the city—all the men of battle—going around the city once; thus you do [for] six days;

٣ فَلْيَدُرْ مُحَارِبُوكُمْ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، مُدَّةَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ.

4 and seven priests carry seven horns of the rams before the Ark, and on the seventh day you go around the city seven times, and the priests blow with the horns,

٤ وَلْيَحْمِلْ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ وَيَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَدُورُونَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ بَيْنَمَا يَنْفُخُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

5 and it has been, in the prolonging of the horn of the ram, in your hearing the voice of the horn, all the people shout [with] a great shout, and the wall of the city has fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each straight before him.”

٥ وَمَا إِنْ يَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ بُوقٍ مُمْتَدّاً حَتَّى يُطْلِقُوا دَوِيَّ هُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَيَنْهَارُ سُورُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فَيَنْدَفِعُ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَهَا، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ حَسَبَ وِجْهَتِهِ».

6 And Joshua son of Nun calls to the priests and says to them, “Carry the Ark of the Covenant, and seven priests carry seven horns of the rams before the Ark of YHWH”;

٦ فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ، وَلْيَتَقَدَّمْهُ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ حَامِلِينَ سَبْعَةَ أَبْوَاقِ هُتَافٍ».

7 and He said to the people, “Pass over, and go around the city, and he who is armed passes over before the Ark of YHWH.”

٧ وَأَمَرَ الشَّعْبَ: «هَيَّا دُورُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَدَعُوا الْجُنُودَ الْمُسَلَّحِينَ يَمْشُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ».

8 And it comes to pass, when Joshua speaks to the people, that the seven priests carrying seven horns of the rams before YHWH have passed over and blown with the horns, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is going after them;

٨ فَسَارَ الشَّعْبُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ، إِذْ تَقَدَّمَ السَّبْعَةُ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلِينَ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ السَّبْعَةَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَنَفَخُوا بِالأَبْوَاقِ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ يَسِيرُ خَلْفَهُمْ.

9 and he who is armed is going before the priests blowing the horns, and he who is gathering up is going after the Ark, going on and blowing with the horns;

٩ وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ النَّافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ. أَمَّا مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَدْ سَارَتْ وَرَاءَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانُوا يَمْشُونَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ يَنْفُخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

10 and Joshua has commanded the people, saying, “Do not shout, nor cause your voice to be heard, nor does a word go out from your mouth, until the day of my saying to you, Shout! Then you have shouted.”

١٠ وَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ: «لا تَهْتِفُوا وَلا تَتَكَلَّمُوا، وَلا يَصْدُرْ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ صَوْتٌ حَتَّى آمُرَكُمْ بِالْهُتَافِ، وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَهْتِفُونَ».

11 And the Ark of YHWH goes around the city, going around once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp.

١١ فَدَارَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ وَبَاتُوا فِيهِ.

12 And Joshua rises early in the morning, and the priests carry the Ark of YHWH,

١٢ فَبَكَّرَ يَشُوعُ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ.

13 and seven priests carrying seven horns of the rams before the Ark of YHWH are walking, going on, and they have blown with the horns—and he who is armed is going before them, and he who is gathering up is going behind the Ark of YHWH—going on and blowing with the horns.

١٣ وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ يَتْبَعُهُمُ الْكَهَنَةُ النَّافِخُونَ فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْهُتَافِ، سَائِرِينَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، وَفِي أَعْقَابِهِ تَقَدَّمَتْ مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ. وَكَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ وَيَنْفُخُونَ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ.

14 And they go around the city once on the second day, and return to the camp; thus they have done [for] six days.

١٤ وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ. وَظَلُّوا يَفْعَلُونَ هَكَذَا سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ.

15 And it comes to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and go around the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only on that day have they gone around the city seven times);

١٥ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ بَكَّرُوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى هَذَا النَّمَطِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَهُوَ الْيَوْمُ الْوَحِيدُ الَّذِي دَارُوا فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

16 and it comes to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the horns, and Joshua says to the people, “Shout! For YHWH has given the city to you;

١٦ وَعِنْدَمَا نَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ فِي المَرَّةِ السَّابِعَةِ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «اهْتِفُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَهَبَكُمُ الْمَدِينَةَ.

17 and the city has been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to YHWH; only Rahab the harlot lives, she and all who [are] with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

١٧ وَاجْعَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا مُحَرَّماً لِلرَّبِّ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ لاذَ بِبَيْتِهَا فَاسْتَحْيُوهُمْ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتِ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ الْمُرْسَلَيْنِ لاِسْتِطْلاعِ أَحْوَالِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

18 and surely you have kept from the devoted thing, lest you devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

١٨ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مَا هُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ لِئَلّا تَهْلِكُوا وَتَجْعَلُوا مُخَيَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُحَرَّماً وَتُسَبِّبُوا لَهُ الْكَوَارِثَ.

19 and all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron—it [is] holy to YHWH; it comes into the treasury of YHWH.”

١٩ أَمَّا كُلُّ غَنَائِمِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَآنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ، فَتُخَصَّصُ لِلرَّبِّ وَتُحْفَظُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ».

20 And the people shout, and blow with the horns, and it comes to pass, when the people hear the voice of the horn, that the people shout [with] a great shout, and the wall falls under it, and the people goes up into the city, each straight before him, and they capture the city;

٢٠ فَهَتَفَ الشَّعْبُ، وَنَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ. وَكَانَ هُتَافُ الشَّعْبِ لَدَى سَمَاعِهِمْ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ الأَبْوَاقِ عَظِيماً، فَانْهَارَ السُّورُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ. فَانْدَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلٌّ إِلَى وِجْهَتِهِ، وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا.

21 and they devote all that [is] in the city, from man even to woman, from young even to aged, even to ox, and sheep, and donkey, by the mouth of the sword.

٢١ وَدَمَّرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَضَوْا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ وَأَطْفَالٍ وَشُيُوخٍ حَتَّى الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالْحَمِيرِ.

22 And Joshua said to the two men who are spying out the land, “Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out the woman from there, and all whom she has, as you have sworn to her.”

٢٢ وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَهَبَا لِاسْتِكْشَافِ الْمَدِينَةِ: «ادْخُلا بَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةِ الزَّانِيَةِ وَأَخْرِجَاهَا مَعَ كُلِّ مَا لَهَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ كَمَا حَلَفْتُمَا لَهَا».

23 And the young men, those spying, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all whom she has; indeed, they have brought out all her relatives, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

٢٣ فَمَضَى الْجَاسُوسَانِ إِلَى بَيْتِ رَاحَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَاهَا هِيَ وَأَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا وَإِخْوَتَهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، وَأَقْرِبَاءَهَا، وَذَهَبَا بِهِمْ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آمِنٍ خَارِجَ مُخَيَّمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

24 And they have burned the city with fire, and all that [is] in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze, and of iron, they have given [to] the treasury of the house of YHWH;

٢٤ ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالنَّارِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا. أَمَّا الْفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ وَآنِيَةُ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ فَقَدْ حَفِظُوهَا فِي خِزَانَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

25 and Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she has, Joshua has kept alive; and she dwells in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

٢٥ وَاسْتَحْيَا يَشُوعُ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةَ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، فَأَقَامَتْ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ (وَكَذَلِكَ ذُرِّيَّتُهَا) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتْ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَرْسَلَهُمَا يَشُوعُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَطْلِعَا أَحْوَالَ أَرِيحَا.

26 And Joshua adjures [them] at that time, saying, “Cursed [is] the man before YHWH who raises up and has built this city, [even] Jericho; he lays its foundation in his firstborn, and he sets up its doors in his youngest.”

٢٦ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنْذَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ قَائِلاً: «مَلْعُونٌ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كُلُّ مَنْ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ بِنَاءَ مَدِينَةِ أَرِيحَا، فَإِنَّ بِكْرَهُ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ يَضَعُ أَسَاسَاتِهَا، وَصَغِيرَهُ يَهْلِكُ وَهُوَ يُقِيمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا».

27 And YHWH is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.

٢٧ وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ يَشُوعَ فَشَاعَ صِيتُهُ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

Joshua Spares Rahab