Joshua 10
1 Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai [town] and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon [city] had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them.
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ أَدُونِي صَادَقَ مَلِكُ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنَّ يَشُوعَ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى عَايَ وَدَمَّرَهَا وَقَتَلَ مَلِكَهَا كَمَا صَنَعَ بِأَرِيحَا وَمَلِكِهَا، وَأَنَّ أَهْلَ جِبْعُونَ قَدْ صَالَحُوا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ وَأَقَامُوا فِي وَسَطِهِمْ، | ١ |
2 Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And [even though] Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, [they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them].
| اعْتَرَاهُ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ، لأَنَّ جِبْعُونَ كَانَتْ مِدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً كَإِحْدَى الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي يُقِيمُ فِيهَا الْمُلُوكُ وَهِيَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ عَايَ، وَكُلُّ رِجَالِهَا مُحَارِبُونَ جَبَابِرَةٌ. | ٢ |
3 So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron [city], to Piram the king of Jarmuth [city], to Jarmuth the king of Lachish [city], and to Debir the king of Eglon [city].
| فَبَعَثَ أَدُونِي صَادَقَ مَلِكُ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى هُوهَامَ مَلِكِ حَبْرُونَ وَفِرْآمَ مَلِكِ يَرْمُوتَ وَيَافِيعَ مَلِكِ لَخِيشَ وَدَبِيرَ مَلِكِ عَجْلُونَ قَائِلاً: | ٣ |
4 In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.”
| «أَقْبِلُوا إِلَيَّ وَأَعِينُونِي عَلَى تَدْمِيرِ جِبْعُونَ، لأَنَّهَا عَقَدَتْ صُلْحاً مَعَ يَشُوعَ وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ٤ |
5 So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it.
| فَوَحَّدَ مُلُوكُ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْخَمْسَةُ جُيُوشَهُمْ لِلْقِيَامِ بِهُجُومٍ عَلَى جِبْعُونَ. | ٥ |
6 So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!”
| فَأَرْسَلَ أَهْلُ جِبْعُونَ إِلَى يَشُوعَ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ قَائِلِينَ: «لا تَتَقَاعَسْ عَنْ إِعَانَةِ عَبِيدِكَ، بَلْ أَسْرِعْ إِلَيْنَا وَأَنْقِذْنَا وَأَعِنَّا، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَحَالَفَ ضِدَّنَا جَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِينَ فِي الْجَبَلِ». | ٦ |
7 So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal.
| فَانْطَلَقَ يَشُوعُ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ بِقُوَّاتِهِ وَجُنُودِهِ الأَشِدَّاءِ. | ٧ |
8 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them [IDM]. None of them will be able to (resist/fight and defeat) your army.”
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا تَخَفْ مِنْهُمْ، لأَنَّنِي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُهُمْ إِلَى يَدِكَ، وَلَنْ يَجْرُؤَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى مُقَاوَمَتِكَ». | ٨ |
9 Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.
| فَبَاغَتَهُمْ يَشُوعُ عَلَى حِينِ غِرَّةٍ إِذْ سَارَ طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ كُلِّهِ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ. | ٩ |
10 They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to (become very confused/start running in all directions) when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon [and killed many of them]. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns.
| وَأَلْقَى الرَّبُّ فِيهِمِ الرُّعْبَ أَمَامَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ هَزَمُوهُمْ هَزِيمَةً نَكْرَاءَ فِي جِبْعُونَ، وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ عَقَبَةِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا عَزِيقَةَ وَمَقِّيدَةَ. | ١٠ |
11 As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ لائِذُونَ بِالْفِرَارِ أَمَامَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ عِنْدَ مُنْحَدَرِ بَيْتِ حُورُونَ، قَذَفَهُمُ الرَّبُّ بِعَاصِفَةٍ مِنْ بَرَدٍ عَظِيمٍ انْهَمَرَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى أَشْرَفُوا عَلَى عَزِيقَةَ فَمَاتُوا. وَكَانَ الَّذِينَ قَضَى عَلَيْهِمِ الْبَرَدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلَهُمْ سَيْفُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١١ |
12 On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.”
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي هَزَمَ فِيهِ الرَّبُّ الأُمُورِيِّينَ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ابْتَهَلَ يَشُوعُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ: «يَا شَمْسُ دُومِي عَلَى جِبْعُونَ، وَيَا قَمَرُ عَلَى وَادِي أَيَّلُونَ». | ١٢ |
13 And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not (set/go down) for about a whole day.
| فَثَبَتَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَتَوَقَّفَ الْقَمَرُ حَتَّى انْتَقَمَ الْجَيْشُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ. أَلَيْسَ هَذَا مُدَوَّناً فِي كِتَابِ يَاشَرَ؟ فَوَقَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِي كَبِدِ السَّمَاءِ وَلَمْ تُسْرِعْ لِلْغُرُوبِ نَحْوَ يَوْمٍ كَامِلٍ. | ١٣ |
14 On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people!
| وَلَمْ يَحْدُثْ نَظِيرُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ، فِيهِ اسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ دُعَاءَ إِنْسَانٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ حَارَبَ حَقّاً عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٤ |
15 After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal.
| ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَشُوعُ وَجَيْشُهُ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ. | ١٥ |
16 While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah [town].
| وَهَرَبَ المُلُوكُ الْخَمْسَةُ وَاخْتَبَأُوا فِي كَهْفٍ فِي مَقِّيدَةَ. | ١٦ |
17 Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!”
| وَعِنْدَمَا قِيلَ لِيَشُوعَ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ الْخَمْسَةَ مُخْتَبِئُونَ فِي الْكَهْفِ فِي مَقِّيدَةَ | ١٧ |
18 When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it.
| قَالَ: «دَحْرِجُوا حِجَارَةً كَبِيرَةً عَلَى مَدْخَلِ الْكَهْفِ وَأَقِيمُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حُرَّاساً. | ١٨ |
19 But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. [IDM]”
| أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعَقَّبُوا جَيْشَ الْعَدُوِّ وَهَاجِمُوا مُؤَخَّرَتَهُ وَلا تَدَعُوا مُحَارِبِيهِ يَدْخُلُونَ مُدُنَهُمْ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ أَسْلَمَهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ». | ١٩ |
20 So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities.
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ هَزَمَ يَشُوعُ وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلُوكَ الْخَمْسَةَ هَزِيمَةً فَادِحَةً، وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ إِلا قِلَّةٌ مِنَ الشَّارِدِينَ الَّذِينَ لَجَأُوا إِلَى الْمُدُنِ الْحَصِينَةِ | ٢٠ |
21 Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize [MTY] the Israelis.
| رَجَعَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ فِي مَقِّيدَةَ بِسَلامٍ حَيْثُ كَانَ يَشُوعُ. وَلَمْ يَجْرُؤْ أَحَدٌ عَلَى مُعَارَضَتِهِمْ. | ٢١ |
22 Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ يَشُوعُ: «افْتَحُوا مَدْخَلَ الْكَهْفِ وَأَخْرِجُوا إِلَيَّ الْمُلُوكَ الْخَمْسَةَ» | ٢٢ |
23 So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
| فَنَفَّذُوا أَمْرَهُ وَأَخْرَجُوا الْمُلُوكَ الْخَمْسَةَ: مَلِكَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمَلِكَ حَبْرُونَ وَمَلِكَ يَرْمُوتَ وَمَلِكَ لَخِيشَ وَمَلِكَ عَجْلُونَ، | ٢٣ |
24 When they brought those kings to Joshua [and forced them to lie on the ground], he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.
| وَمَا إِنْ أَقْبَلُوا بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى اسْتَدْعَى كُلَّ مَحَارِبِيهِ، وَقَالَ لِقَادَتِهِمِ الَّذِينَ سَارُوا مَعَهُ: «تَقَدَّمُوا وَطِئُوا بِأَرْجُلِكُمْ رِقَابَ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُلُوكِ». فَفَعَلُوا كَذَلِكَ. | ٢٤ |
25 Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «لا تَخَافُوا وَلا تَجْزَعُوا، بَلْ تَقَوَّوْا وَتَشَجَّعُوا، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَصْنَعُ الرَّبُّ بِجَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُحَارِبُونَهُمْ». | ٢٥ |
26 Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.
| ثُمَّ قَتَلَهُمْ يَشُوعُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَعَلَّقَ جُثَثَهُمْ عَلَى خَمْسَةِ أَشْجَارٍ، حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ. | ٢٦ |
27 At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.
| وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ فَأَنْزَلُوهُمْ عَنْهَا وَطَرَحُوهُمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ الَّذِي لَجَأُوا إِلَيْهِ وَسَدُّوا مَدْخَلَهُ بِحِجَارَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ بَاقِيَةٍ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٧ |
28 That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.
| وَاسْتَوْلَى يَشُوعُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَلَى مَقِّيدَةَ وَقَتَلَ بِالسَّيْفِ مَلِكَهَا وَكُلَّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا. لَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهَا نَاجٍ، وَصَنَعَ بِمَلِكِ مَقِّيدَةَ مَا صَنَعَهُ بِمَلِكِ أَرِيحَا. | ٢٨ |
29 That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went [southwest] from Makkedah to Libnah [city] and attacked it.
| ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى رَأْسِ جَيْشِهِ مِنْ مَقِّيدَةَ إِلَى لِبْنَةَ وَحَارَبَهَا، | ٢٩ |
30 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not (spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive). They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.
| فَأَسْلَمَهَا الرَّبُّ هِيَ أَيْضاً إِلَى يَدِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَ مَلِكِهَا، فَدَمَّرَهَا وَقَتَلَ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهَا نَاجٍ، وَصَنَعَ بِمَلِكِهَا مَا صَنَعَهُ بِمَلِكِ أَرِيحَا. | ٣٠ |
31 Then Joshua and his army went [south] from Libnah to Lachish [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَقَدَّمَ يَشُوعُ مِنْ لِبْنَةَ إِلَى لَخِيشَ وَحَاصَرَهَا وَهَاجَمَهَا، | ٣١ |
32 On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city.
| فَأَسْلَمَ الرَّبُّ لَخِيشَ إِلَى يَدِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَدَمَّرُوهَا وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، نَظِيرَ مَا صَنَعُوا بِلِبْنَةَ. | ٣٢ |
33 King Horam from Gezer [city and his army] came to help [the soldiers of] Lachish, but Joshua’s [army] defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ أَقْبَلَ هُورَامُ مَلِكُ جَازَرَ لِمَعُونَةِ لَخِيشَ، فَقَضَى يَشُوعُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى جَيْشِهِ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ نَاجٍ. | ٣٣ |
34 Then Joshua and his army went [west] from Lachish to Eglon [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
| ثُمَّ تَحَرَّكَ يَشُوعُ وَجَيْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ لَخِيشَ نَحْوَ عَجْلُونَ فَحَاصَرُوهَا وَحَارَبُوهَا، | ٣٤ |
35 On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.
| وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَدَمَّرُوهَا، وَقَضَوْا عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا صَنَعُوا بِلَخِيشَ. | ٣٥ |
36 Then Joshua and his army went [west from Eglon] up [into the hills] to Hebron [city]. They attacked the city
| ثُمَّ اتَّجَهَ يَشُوعُ بِقُوَّاتِهِ مِنْ عَجْلُونَ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ وَهَاجَمُوهَا، | ٣٦ |
37 and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.
| وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا وَدَمَّرُوهَا مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ ضَوَاحِيهَا التَّابِعَةِ لَهَا، وَقَتَلُوا مَلِكَهَا وَكُلَّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهَا نَاجٍ، عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا صَنَعُوا بِعَجْلُونَ. وَهَكَذَا قَضَوْا عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا. | ٣٧ |
38 Then Joshua and his army turned [south] and went to Debir [city] and attacked it.
| ثُمَّ عَادَ يَشُوعُ إِلَى دَبِيرَ وَهَاجَمَهَا، | ٣٨ |
39 They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.
| وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا وَدَمَّرَهَا مَعَ ضَوَاحِيهَا وَقَتَلَ مَلِكَهَا وَكُلَّ نَفْسٍ فِيهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهَا نَاجٍ، فَصَنَعَ بِدَبِيرَ وَمَلِكِهَا نَظِيرَ مَا صَنَعَ بِلِبْنَةَ وَمَلِكِهَا. | ٣٩ |
40 That is how Joshua [and his army] conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings [who ruled] the hilly area, the dry southern area, the [western] foothills, and the [eastern] slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
| وَهَكَذَا هَاجَمَ يَشُوعُ كُلَّ أَرْضِ الْجَبَلِ وَالْمَنَاطِقِ السَّهْلِيَّةِ وَالسَّفْحِ وَدَمَّرَهَا وَقَتَلَ كُلَّ مُلُوكِهَا، وَلَمْ يُفْلِتْ مِنْهَا نَاجٍ، بَلْ قَضَى عَلَى كُلِّ حَيٍّ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٤٠ |
41 Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea [city] in the far south to Gaza [city] near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon [city].
| وَهَكَذَا أَخْضَعَ يَشُوعُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ بَدْءاً مِنْ قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْطَقَةُ جُوشِنَ وَجِبْعُونَ. | ٤١ |
42 At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they [ruled]. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], was fighting for them.
| وَظَفِرَ يَشُوعُ بِجَمِيعِ هَؤُلاءِ الْمُلُوكِ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَى أَرْضِهِمْ دَفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَارَبَ عَنْهُمْ. | ٤٢ |
43 Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
| ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ جَيْشِهِ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ، إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ. | ٤٣ |
