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.
若蘇厄清早起來，同所有的以色列子民由史廷出發，來到弓約旦河，住在那裏，等候過河。
2 Then the leaders went throughout the camp,
過了三天，官長走遍全營，
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.
吩咐百姓說：「你們一看見上主你們天主的約櫃，和抬約櫃的肋未人，他們便你們所住的地方起身，跟著它走，
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].”
好使你們知道你們應走的路，因為這條路你們從來沒有走過。但在你們與約櫃之間，相隔二千肘，不可走近約櫃。」
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!”
若蘇厄對百姓說：「你們應該自潔，因為上主明天要在你們中間行神蹟。
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.
若蘇厄又吩咐司祭說：「你們抬起約櫃，在百姓前過河。」他們遂抬起約櫃，走在百姓前面。
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.
上主對若蘇厄說：「今天我要開始在眾以色列眼前顯揚你，使他們知道，我要與你同在，有如過去我與梅瑟同在一樣。
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.’”
你吩咐抬約櫃的司祭說：「你們一到約旦河的水邊，就停在約旦河邊。」
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.”
若蘇厄又吩咐以色列子民說：「他們前來靜聽上主你們天主的話。」
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].
若蘇厄遂說：「你們由此可知道，永生的天主是在你們中間，衪必由你們面前，將客納罕人、赫特人、希威人、培黎齊人、基爾加士人、阿摩黎人和耶步斯人趕走。
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.
看，大地主宰的約櫃要在你們前面渡過約旦河。
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].
現在，你們應從以色列支派中，挑選十二人，每支派一人。
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.”
當抬大地的主宰上主約櫃的司祭的腳掌，一踏入約旦河的水，約旦河的水就必中斷，由上流下的水要停，像一道堤。
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.
當百姓起程離開帳幕要到約旦河時，司祭抬著約櫃，走在百姓的前面。
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,
當抬約櫃的司祭到了約旦河，他們的腳一踏入水邊，──原來約旦河在整個收割期間，水常漲至河岸──
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.
水就停住了：由上流下的水像一道堤，停在很遠的地方，遠至匝爾堂附近的阿當城；往下流入的水像一道堤，停在很遠的地方，遠至匝爾堂附近的阿當城；往下流入阿辣巴海，即鹽海的水，已全退去；於是百姓在耶利哥對面過了河。
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.
當全以色列人在旱地上渡過時，抬上主約櫃的司祭穩立在約旦河中的旱地上直到全民眾都渡過約旦河。
