Joshua 3
1 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.
Urani Jošua i sa svim sinovima Izraelovim krene od Šitima. I stignu do Jordana pa ondje prije prelaza prenoće.
2 It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
Poslije tri dana prođu starješine kroz tabor i zapovjede puku:
3 and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.
“Čim ugledate Kovčeg saveza Jahve, Boga vašega, i svećenike levite koji ga nose, krenite svi sa svoga mjesta i pođite za njim.
4 However, keep a distance of about two thousand nine hundred fifty-three feet between yourselves and the ark. Do not come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."
Tako ćete znati put kojim vam je ići, jer tim putem još nikada niste išli. Ali između vas i Kovčega neka bude razmak do dvije tisuće lakata. I da mu se niste približili.”
5 Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
A Jošua zapovjedi narodu: “Posvetite se za sutra, jer će sutra Jahve učiniti čudesa među vama.”
6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
A svećenicima Jošua zapovjedi: “Dignite Kovčeg saveza i nosite ga pred narodom.” I digoše Kovčeg saveza i poniješe ga pred narodom.
7 The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Jahve reče Jošui: “Danas te počinjem uzvisivati pred očima svega Izraela, neka znaju da sam s tobom kao što bijah s Mojsijem.
8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"
Ti pak zapovjedi svećenicima koji nose Kovčeg saveza:' Kada stignete do voda jordanskih, u Jordanu se samom zaustavite.'”
9 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."
Tada reče Jošua Izraelcima: “Priđite i čujte riječi Jahve, Boga svojega.”
10 Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
I reče Jošua: “Po ovomu ćete spoznati da je među vama Bog živi: on će goniti ispred vas Kanaance, Hetite, Hivijce, Perižane, Girgašane, Amorejce i Jebusejce.
11 Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
Evo, Kovčeg saveza Gospodara sve zemlje proći će pred vama preko Jordana.
12 Now therefore take twelve men from the children of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Izaberite odmah dvanaest ljudi iz plemena Izraelovih, po jednoga iz svakoga plemena.
13 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."
Čim stopala svećenika koji nose Kovčeg Jahve, Gospodara sve zemlje, stupe u Jordan, razdijelit će se voda Jordana, i ona što teče odozgo ustavit će se kao nasip.'”
14 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,
Kad je narod krenuo iz svojih šatora da prijeđe preko Jordana, ponesu svećenici Kovčeg saveza pred njim.
15 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
A kad su nosači Kovčega stigli do Jordana i kada su svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg zagazili u vodu na obali - a bilo je vrijeme žetve kad se Jordan prelijeva preko svojih obala -
16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over right against Jericho.
voda što je tekla odozgo daleko se, poput nasipa, ustavila kod grada Adame, koji se nalazi kraj Sartana; a voda što je otjecala dolje u Arabsko ili Slano more sasvim je otekla i narod je prelazio prema Jerihonu.
17 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
Svećenici koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza Jahvina stajahu na suhu usred Jordana i prelažaše Izrael po suhu sve dok sav narod ne prijeđe preko rijeke.
