Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
यहोशू बिहान सबेरै उठे र तिनीहरू शित्तीमबाट हिँडे । तिनीहरू यर्दनमा आए अनि, तिनी र इस्राएलका सबै मानिसले पारि जानअगि त्यहीँ नै छाउनी हाले ।
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
तिन दिनपछि अधिकृतहरू छाउनीको बिच-बिचतिर गए;
3 and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
तिनीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे, “जब तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको करारको सन्दुक र लेवी कुलका पुजारीहरूले यसलाई बोकिरहेका देख्छौ, तिमीहरूले यो ठाउँलाई छोड्नुपर्छ र यसको पछि-पछि जानुपर्छ ।
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
तिमीहरू र यसको बिचमा एक हजार मिटर फरक हुनुपर्छ । यसको नजिक नआओ, ताकि कुन बाटो जानुपर्ने हो, सो तिमीहरूले देख्न सक्ने छौ, किनभने तिमीहरू यो बाटोमा यसअगि हिँडेका छैनौ ।”
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “भोलिको निम्ति आ-आफूलाई शुद्ध पार, किनभने परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूमाझ अचम्मका कामहरू गर्नुहुने छ ।”
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
योहोशूले पुजारीहरूलाई भने, “करारको सन्दुक लेओ र मानिसहरूको अगिअगि जाओ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले करारको सन्दुक उठाए र मानिसहरूको अगिअगि गए ।
7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “आज म तँलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको नजरमा महान् व्यक्ति बनाउने छु । म जसरी मोशासँग थिएँ, त्यसै गरी म तँसँग पनि छु भनी तिनीहरूले जान्ने छन् ।
8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
तैँले करारको सन्दुक बोक्ने पुजारीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिने छस्, 'जब तिमीहरू यर्दनको पानीको छेउमा पुग्छौ, तिमीहरू यर्दन नदीमा नै उभिरहनुपर्छ' ।”
9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
अनि यहोशूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “यहाँ आओ, र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको वचन सुन ।
10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
परमेश्वर तिमीहरूमाझ हुनुहुन्छ र कनानीहरू, हित्तीहरू, हिव्वीहरू, परिज्जीहरू, गिर्गाशीहरू, एमोरीहरू र यबूसीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको अगिबाट धपाउनु हुनेछ भनी तिमीहरूले थाहा पाउने छौ ।
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
हेर, सारा पृथ्वीका परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक यर्दन नदीमा तिमीहरूको अगिअगि जाने छ ।
12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
अब इस्राएलका हरेक कुलबाट एक-एक जना गरी बाह्र जना मानिस छान ।
13 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
जब सारा पृथ्वीका प्रभुहरूका परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक बोक्ने पुजारीहरूको खुट्टाले यर्दन नदीको पानी छुन्छ यर्दनको पानी रोकिने छ र माथिबाट तल बग्दै गरेको पानी पनि बग्न छोड्ने छ र त्यो एक थुप्रो भएर रहने छ ।
14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people;
त्यसैले जब मानिसहरू यर्दन पारि जानलाई हिँडे, पुजारीहरूले करारको सन्दुकलाई बोकेर मानिसहरूको अगिअगि गए ।
15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest, )
ती करारको सन्दुक बोक्नेहरू यर्दन नदीमा आउने र तिनीहरूका खुट्टाले पानी छुने बित्तिकै (कटनीको समयभरि नै यर्दन नदीको पानी यसको किनारासम्म पुग्छ)
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: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
माथिबाट तलतिर बग्दै गरेको पानी एक थुप्रो भई रोकियो ।
17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over Jordan.
पानी निकै माथिदेखि नै बग्न छोड्यो । पानी सार्तान नजिकैको आदम नाम गरेको सहरबाट नेगेवको समुद्र अर्थात् मृत सागरसम्म नै बग्न छोड्यो । मानिसहरू यरीहो नजिकै पारि तरे । इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले सुक्खा भूमिमा पार नगरेसम्म परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक बोक्ने पुजारीहरू यर्दन नदीको बिचमा सुक्खा जमिनमा उभिए ।
