Joshua 4
1 After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
国民尽都过了约旦河，耶和华就对约书亚说：
2 “When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are [still] standing.
“你从民中要拣选十二个人，每支派一人，
3 Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
吩咐他们说：‘你们从这里，从约旦河中、祭司脚站定的地方，取十二块石头带过去，放在你们今夜要住宿的地方。’”
4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
于是，约书亚将他从以色列人中所预备的那十二个人，每支派一人，都召了来。
5 “Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to [where the priests are standing, holding] the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a [large] stone, one for each tribe, [and carry it] on your shoulder [to our camp].
对他们说：“你们下约旦河中，过到耶和华—你们 神的约柜前头，按着以色列人十二支派的数目，每人取一块石头扛在肩上。
6 [Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
这些石头在你们中间可以作为证据。日后，你们的子孙问你们说：‘这些石头是什么意思？’
7 tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest [that contained] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave us]. When the chest was carried into the Jordan [River], the water was blocked off [so that we could cross the riverbed]. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.”
你们就对他们说：‘这是因为约旦河的水在耶和华的约柜前断绝；约柜过约旦河的时候，约旦河的水就断绝了。这些石头要作以色列人永远的纪念。’”
8 So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down.
以色列人就照约书亚所吩咐的，按着以色列人支派的数目，从约旦河中取了十二块石头，都遵耶和华所吩咐约书亚的行了。他们把石头带过去，到他们所住宿的地方，就放在那里。
9 Then Joshua set up twelve [other large] stones [in a pile], in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there.
约书亚另把十二块石头立在约旦河中，在抬约柜的祭司脚站立的地方；直到今日，那石头还在那里。
10 The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed] until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed [the riverbed] quickly.
抬约柜的祭司站在约旦河中，等到耶和华晓谕约书亚吩咐百姓的事办完了，是照摩西所吩咐约书亚的一切话。于是百姓急速过去了。
11 As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest [the rest of the way across the river].
众百姓尽都过了河，耶和华的约柜和祭司就在百姓面前过去。
12 The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded.
吕便人、迦得人、玛拿西半支派的人都照摩西所吩咐他们的，带着兵器在以色列人前头过去。
13 As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, [ready] to fight.
约有四万人都准备打仗，在耶和华面前过去，到耶利哥的平原，等候上阵。
14 On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
当那日，耶和华使约书亚在以色列众人眼前尊大。在他平生的日子，百姓敬畏他，像从前敬畏摩西一样。
15 Yahweh said to Joshua,
耶和华晓谕约书亚说：
16 “[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
“你吩咐抬法柜的祭司从约旦河里上来。”
17 So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
约书亚就吩咐祭司说：“你们从约旦河里上来。”
18 Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given to Moses], came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan [River] flowed again, and flooded [over the river banks] as it had done before.
抬耶和华约柜的祭司从约旦河里上来，脚掌刚落旱地，约旦河的水就流到原处，仍旧涨过两岸。
19 It was on the tenth day of the first month [of that year] that the people crossed over the Jordan [River] and camped at [a place called] Gilgal, on the east side of [the land near] Jericho [city].
正月初十日，百姓从约旦河里上来，就在吉甲，在耶利哥的东边安营。
20 The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
他们从约旦河中取来的那十二块石头，约书亚就立在吉甲，
21 Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘(What do these stones [mean/Why are these stones here)]?’,
对以色列人说：“日后你们的子孙问他们的父亲说：‘这些石头是什么意思？’
22 tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
你们就告诉他们说：‘以色列人曾走干地过这约旦河；
23 As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan [River] just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as [our parents] were watching, until they all crossed over it.
因为耶和华—你们的 神在你们前面使约旦河的水干了，等着你们过来，就如耶和华—你们的 神从前在我们前面使红海干了，等着我们过来一样，
24 Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he [MTY] is very powerful, and in order that you may always (be in awe of/revere) Yahweh, your God.’”
要使地上万民都知道，耶和华的手大有能力，也要使你们永远敬畏耶和华—你们的 神。’”
