Joshua 3
1 Joshua [and all the other Israelis] got up early [the next] morning. They left [their camp at] Acacia and went [down] to the Jordan [River]. They camped there for two nights.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي ارْتَحَلَ يَشُوعُ وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شِطِّيمَ، وَأَتَوْا إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ بَاتُوا هُنَاكَ قَبْلَ اجْتِيَازِهِ. | ١ |
2 Then the leaders went throughout the camp,
| وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَخَذَ الْقَادَةُ يَتَجَوَّلُونَ فِي وَسَطِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، | ٢ |
3 telling the people, “You will see some of the priests, who are descendants of Levi, carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments that Yahweh our God gave us. When you see them, leave the places where you are camped and follow them.
| آمِرِينَ الشَّعْبَ: «عِنْدَمَا تُشَاهِدُونَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ مَحْمُولاً عَلَى أَكْتَافِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، ارْتَحِلُوا مِنْ أَمَاكِنِكُمْ وَاتْبَعُوهُ. | ٣ |
4 You have not been (here/along this road) before, [so you must follow the priests]. But do not walk close to the chest. Stay (1,000 yards/900 meters) from the chest. [The chest is sacred, so (God will punish you/you will be punished) if you come close to it].”
| لِكَيْ تَعْرِفُوا الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي تَسْلُكُونَهَا لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَمُرُّوا بِها مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَلْيَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَسَافَةٌ نَحْوُ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (أَيْ نَحْوَ كِيلُومِتْرٍ) وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَقْرُبُوا مِنْهُ». | ٤ |
5 Then Joshua told the people, “Perform the ceremonies needed to make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, because tomorrow he is going to do things for you that will amaze you!”
| وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «قَدِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُجْرِي غَداً عَجَائِبَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ». | ٥ |
6 Then Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the chest and go in front of the [rest of the] people.” So they lifted up the chest and went ahead.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ وَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ». فَحَمَلُوا التَّابُوتَ وَسَارُوا فِي طَلِيعَةِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٦ |
7 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “This is the day that I will begin to show all the Israeli people that you are a great leader. Then they will honor you, and know that I am with/helping you as I (was with/helped) Moses.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «الْيَوْمَ أَبْدَأُ فِي تَعْظِيمِكَ فِي عُيُونِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ جَمِيعاً، لِيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّنِي مَعَكَ كَمَا كُنْتُ مَعَ مُوسَى. | ٧ |
8 Tell the priests who are carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments, ‘When you come to the edge of the Jordan [River], stand in the water.’”
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأْمُرِ الْكَهَنَةَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ قَائِلاً: عِنْدَمَا تَبْلُغُونَ ضَفَّةَ مِيَاهِ الأُرْدُنِّ تَوَقَّفُوا فِيهَا». | ٨ |
9 Then Joshua said to the Israeli people, “Come close to me in order that you can listen to what Yahweh, your God, is saying.”
| وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لأَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «تَعَالَوْا إِلَى هُنَا وَاسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. | ٩ |
10 [When they came near], he said to them, “This is how you will know that God, who is all-powerful, is among you, and that he will expel for you the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor, and Jebus [who are now living in that land].
| بِهَذَا تَعْرِفُونَ عَنْ يَقِينٍ أَنَّ اللهَ الْحَيَّ مَوْجُودٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَأَنَّهُ يَطْرُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْجِرْجَاشِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ. | ١٠ |
11 Keep in mind that Yahweh is the one who rules over all the earth. The chest belongs to him, and it will be carried into the Jordan River ahead of you.
| فَهَا تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ سَيِّدِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ يَجْتَازُ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. | ١١ |
12 So choose twelve men, [one from each] of the tribes of Israel, [and I will tell you later what I want them to do].
| فَاخْتَارُوا الآنَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ. | ١٢ |
13 As for the priests who are carrying the chest, as soon as they put their feet into the Jordan [River], the water will stop flowing. It will pile up because I will cause it to be blocked upstream.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْتَقِرُّ بُطُونُ أَقْدَامِ الْكَهَنَةِ، حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ سَيِّدِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا، فِي قَاعِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، تَتَوَقَّفُ مِيَاهُهُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ وَتَتَجَمَّعُ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا كَجِدَارٍ». | ١٣ |
14 So when the [Israeli] people packed up their tents in order to cross the river, the priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments went in front of them.
| وَحِينَ ارْتَحَلَ الشَّعْبُ مِنْ خِيَامِهِمْ لِيَعْبُرُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَفِي طَلِيعَتِهِمِ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ، | ١٤ |
15 [It was springtime], when people harvest their crops, [and] at that time the river floods over its banks. But as soon as the priests reached the edge of the river and stepped into the water,
| كَانَ نَهْرُ الأُرْدُنِّ يَفِيضُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ضِفَافِهِ، لِحُلُولِ مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ. وَمَا إِنْ أَقْبَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو التَّابُوتِ عَلَى مِيَاهِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَغَسَلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ فِي ضَفَّةِ الْمِيَاهِ، | ١٥ |
16 the water stopped flowing. The water piled up far [upstream], at a town named Adam, near Zarethan. The water stopped flowing down to the Dead Sea. So the people were able to cross the river near Jericho.
| حَتَّى تَوَقَّفَتِ الْمِيَاهُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ، وَأَخَذَتْ تَتَرَاكَمُ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا كَمَا لَوْ كَانَتْ مَحْجُوزَةً وَرَاءَ سَدٍّ، بَعِيداً جِدّاً عَنْ مَدِينَةِ أَدَامَ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِبَلْدَةِ صَرْتَانَ. أَمَّا الْمِيَاهُ الْمُنْصَبَّةُ فِي الْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ تَمَاماً عَنْهُ. وَهَكَذَا عَبَرَ الشَّعْبُ قُبَالَةَ أَرِيحَا. | ١٦ |
17 The priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given them] stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], while the rest of the Israeli people crossed the river [as though they were crossing] dry ground.
| فَوَقَفَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ فِي وَسَطِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ رَيْثَمَا تَمَّ عُبُورُ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ فَوْقَ أَرْضِهِ الْيَابِسَةِ نَحْوَ الضَّفَّةِ الأُخْرَى. | ١٧ |
