Joshua 6
1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.
Basi malango ya Yeriko yalifungwa kwa uthabiti kwa ajili ya Waisraeli. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyetoka au kuingia.
2 The LORD said to Joshua, "Look, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, “Tazama, nimeitia Yeriko mikononi mwako, pamoja na mfalme wake na watu wake wa vita.
3 All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
Zunguka mji mara moja pamoja na watu wote wenye silaha. Fanya hivi kwa siku sita.
4 Seven cohanim shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the cohanim shall blow the trumpets.
Uwe na makuhani saba wakibeba mabaragumu ya pembe za kondoo dume mbele ya Sanduku. Siku ya saba, mzunguke mji mara saba, nao makuhani wakipiga baragumu hizo.
5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."
Utakapowasikia wamepaliza sauti kubwa ya baragumu, watu wote wapige kelele kwa sauti kuu, kisha ukuta wa mji utaanguka na watu watapanda, kila mtu akiendelea mbele.”
6 Joshua the son of Nun called the cohanim, and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven cohanim bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD."
Ndipo Yoshua mwana wa Nuni akaita makuhani na kuwaambia, “Chukueni Sanduku la Agano la Bwana na makuhani saba wachukue baragumu za pembe za kondoo dume mbele yake.”
7 And he said to the people, "Advance. March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the LORD's ark."
Naye akawaagiza watu, “Songeni mbele! Mkauzunguke mji, na walinzi wenye silaha watangulie mbele ya Sanduku la Bwana.”
8 It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven cohanim bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Baada ya Yoshua kuzungumza na watu, wale makuhani saba wenye kuzibeba zile baragumu saba mbele za Bwana, wakatangulia mbele, wakipiga baragumu zao na Sanduku la Agano la Bwana likawafuata.
9 The armed men went before the cohanim who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
Walinzi waliokuwa na silaha wakaenda mbele ya hao makuhani waliopiga hizo baragumu na hao walinzi wa nyuma wakafuata Sanduku. Wakati wote huu baragumu zilikuwa zikipigwa.
10 Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
Bali Yoshua alikuwa amewaagiza watu, “Msipige kelele ya vita, msipaze sauti zenu, wala kusema neno lolote mpaka siku ile nitakayowaambia mpige kelele. Ndipo mtapiga kelele!”
11 So he caused the ark of the LORD to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
Basi akalipeleka Sanduku la Bwana kuzungushwa huo mji, likizungushwa mara moja. Kisha watu wakarudi kambini kulala.
12 Joshua rose early in the morning, and the cohanim took up the ark of the LORD.
Yoshua akaamka mapema asubuhi iliyofuata nao makuhani wakalichukua Sanduku la Bwana.
13 The seven cohanim bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of the LORD. The trumpets sounded as they went.
Wale Makuhani saba wakizibeba zile baragumu saba wakatangulia mbele ya Sanduku la Bwana wakizipiga. Watu wenye silaha wakatangulia mbele yao na walinzi wa nyuma wakalifuata Sanduku la Bwana, huku baragumu hizo zikiendelea kulia.
14 The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.
Siku ya pili wakauzunguka mji mara moja na kurudi kambini. Wakafanya hivi kwa siku sita.
15 It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.
Siku ya saba, wakaamka asubuhi na mapema wakauzunguka mji kama walivyokuwa wakifanya, isipokuwa siku ile waliuzunguka mji mara saba.
16 It happened at the seventh time, when the cohanim blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city.
Walipouzunguka mara ya saba, makuhani walipopiga baragumu kwa sauti kubwa, Yoshua akawaamuru watu akisema, “Pigeni kelele! Kwa maana Bwana amewapa mji huu!
17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Mji huu pamoja na vyote vilivyomo ndani yake utawekwa wakfu kwa Bwana. Ila Rahabu tu, yule kahaba na wote ambao wako pamoja naye nyumbani mwake ndio watakaosalimishwa, kwa sababu aliwaficha wale wapelelezi tuliowatuma.
18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, so as not to covet and take of the devoted thing and make the camp of Israel accursed, and bring trouble on it.
Lakini mjiepushe na vitu vilivyowekwa wakfu, msije mkachukua chochote katika hivyo, msije mkajiletea maangamizi katika maskani ya Israeli na kuiletea taabu.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD's treasury."
Fedha yote na dhahabu, vyombo vya shaba na chuma ni vitakatifu kwa Bwana, lazima viletwe katika hazina yake.”
20 So the people shouted, and the cohanim blew the trumpets. It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Wakati baragumu zilipopigwa, watu walipiga kelele, na katika sauti ya baragumu, na watu kupaza sauti, ukuta ukaanguka; hivyo kila mtu akapanda akiendelea mbele na kuuteka mji.
21 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
Wakauweka mji wakfu kwa Bwana, na kila chenye uhai ndani yake walikiangamiza kwa upanga, wanaume kwa wanawake, vijana kwa wazee, ngʼombe, kondoo na punda.
22 And Joshua said to the two young men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."
Yoshua akawaambia wale watu wawili waliokuwa wameipeleleza nchi, “Nendeni nyumbani kwa yule kahaba, mleteni pamoja na wote waliomo nyumbani mwake, kulingana na kiapo chenu kwake.”
23 The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
Basi wale vijana waliofanya upelelezi wakaenda kumleta Rahabu, baba yake na mama yake, na ndugu zake na watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye. Wakaleta jamaa yake yote na kuwaweka mahali nje ya kambi ya Israeli.
24 They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of the LORD's house.
Kisha wakauchoma mji wote na kila kitu kilichokuwamo ndani yake. Lakini fedha, dhahabu, vyombo vya shaba na vya chuma wakaviweka katika hazina ya nyumba ya Bwana.
25 But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Lakini Yoshua akamhifadhi Rahabu yule kahaba, jamaa yake yote na wote waliokuwa wa kwake, kwa sababu aliwaficha watu waliotumwa na Yoshua kuipeleleza Yeriko, naye anaishi miongoni mwa Waisraeli hata leo.
26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
Wakati ule Yoshua akatamka kiapo hiki akasema, “Aliyelaaniwa mbele za Bwana ni mtu atakayeinuka kuujenga tena mji huu wa Yeriko: “Kwa gharama ya mzaliwa wake wa kwanza wa kiume ataiweka misingi yake; kwa gharama ya mtoto wake wa mwisho atayaweka malango yake.”
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
Hivyo Bwana alikuwa pamoja na Yoshua, na sifa zake zikaenea katika nchi yote.
