Joshua 3
1 So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, —and they lodged there before they passed over.
Yosua bangun pagi-pagi, lalu ia dan semua orang Israel berangkat dari Sitim, dan sampailah mereka ke sungai Yordan, maka bermalamlah mereka di sana, sebelum menyeberang.
2 And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp,
Setelah lewat tiga hari, para pengatur pasukan menjalani seluruh perkemahan,
3 and commanded the people saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and, the priests the Levites, bearing it, ye also, shall break up out of your place, and come after it.
dan memberi perintah kepada bangsa itu, katanya: "Segera sesudah kamu melihat tabut perjanjian TUHAN, Allahmu, yang diangkat para imam, yang memang suku Lewi, maka kamu harus juga berangkat dari tempatmu dan mengikutinya--
4 Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure, —do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.
hanya antara kamu dan tabut itu harus ada jarak kira-kira dua ribu hasta panjangnya, janganlah mendekatinya--maksudnya supaya kamu mengetahui jalan yang harus kamu tempuh, sebab jalan itu belum pernah kamu lalui dahulu."
5 Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves, —for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things.
Berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa itu: "Kuduskanlah dirimu, sebab besok TUHAN akan melakukan perbuatan yang ajaib di antara kamu."
6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take ye up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant, and went on before the people.
Dan kepada para imam itu Yosua berkata, demikian: "Angkatlah tabut perjanjian dan menyeberanglah di depan bangsa itu." Maka mereka mengangkat tabut perjanjian dan berjalan di depan bangsa itu.
7 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel, —who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee.
Dan TUHAN berfirman kepada Yosua: "Pada hari inilah Aku mulai membesarkan namamu di mata seluruh orang Israel, supaya mereka tahu, bahwa seperti dahulu Aku menyertai Musa, demikianlah Aku akan menyertai engkau.
8 Thou, therefore, shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, —When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan, shall ye stand.
Maka kauperintahkanlah kepada para imam pengangkat tabut perjanjian itu, demikian: Setelah kamu sampai ke tepi air sungai Yordan, haruslah kamu tetap berdiri di sungai Yordan itu."
9 Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel, —Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God.
Lalu berkatalah Yosua kepada orang Israel: "Datanglah dekat dan dengarkanlah firman TUHAN, Allahmu."
10 And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst, —and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Lagi kata Yosua: "Dari hal inilah akan kamu ketahui, bahwa Allah yang hidup ada di tengah-tengah kamu dan bahwa sungguh-sungguh akan dihalau-Nya orang Kanaan, orang Het, orang Hewi, orang Feris, orang Girgasi, orang Amori dan orang Yebus itu dari depan kamu:
11 Lo! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, is about to pass before you into the Jordan.
sesungguhnya, tabut perjanjian Tuhan semesta bumi berjalan menyeberang di depan kamu, masuk ke sungai Yordan.
12 Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel, —one man severally for each tribe;
Maka sekarang, pilihlah dua belas orang dari suku-suku Israel, seorang dari tiap-tiap suku.
13 and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above, —and shall stand in one mound.
Segera sesudah kaki para imam pengangkat tabut TUHAN, Tuhan semesta bumi, berhenti di dalam air sungai Yordan, maka air sungai Yordan itu akan terputus; air yang turun dari hulu akan berhenti mengalir menjadi bendungan."
14 And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to cross the Jordan, —with the priests, bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
Ketika bangsa itu berangkat dari tempat perkemahan mereka untuk menyeberangi sungai Yordan, para imam pengangkat tabut perjanjian itu berjalan di depan bangsa itu.
15 then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters, —the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,
Segera sesudah para pengangkat tabut itu sampai ke sungai Yordan, dan para imam pengangkat tabut itu mencelupkan kakinya ke dalam air di tepi sungai itu--sungai Yordan itu sebak sampai meluap sepanjang tepinya selama musim menuai--
16 that the waters which were coming down from above, stood—rose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failed—were cut off, —and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho.
maka berhentilah air itu mengalir. Air yang turun dari hulu melonjak menjadi bendungan, jauh sekali, di dekat Adam, kota yang terletak di sebelah Sartan, sedang air yang turun ke Laut Araba itu, yakni Laut Asin, terputus sama sekali. Lalu menyeberanglah bangsa itu, di tentangan Yerikho.
17 And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing, —while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.
Tetapi para imam pengangkat tabut perjanjian TUHAN itu tetap berdiri di tanah yang kering, di tengah-tengah sungai Yordan, sedang seluruh bangsa Israel menyeberang di tanah yang kering, sampai seluruh bangsa itu selesai menyeberangi sungai Yordan.
