Joshua 4
1 After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
Und der HERR sprach zu Josua:
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.
Nehmet euch zwölf Männer, aus jeglichem Stamm einen.
3 Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
Und gebietet ihnen und sprecht: Hebet auf aus dem Jordan zwölf Steine von dem Ort, da die Füße der Priester also stehen, und bringet sie mit euch hinüber, daß ihr sie in der Herberge lasset, da ihr diese Nacht herbergen werdet.
4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
Da rief Josua zwölf Männer, die verordnet waren von den Kindern Israel, aus jeglichem Stamm einen,
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].
und sprach zu ihnen: Gehet hinüber vor die Lade des HERRN, eures Gottes, mitten in den Jordan, und hebe ein jeglicher einen Stein auf seine Achsel, nach der Zahl der Stämme der Kinder Israel,
6 [Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
daß sie ein Zeichen seien unter euch. Wenn eure Kinder hernachmals ihre Väter fragen werden und sprechen: Was tun diese Steine da?
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.”
daß ihr dann ihnen saget, wie das Wasser des Jordans abgerissen sei vor der Lade des Bundes des HERRN, da sie durch den Jordan ging, daß diese Steine den Kindern Israel ein ewig Gedächtnis seien.
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.
Da taten die Kinder Israel, wie ihnen Josua geboten hatte, und trugen zwölf Steine mitten aus dem Jordan, wie der HERR zu Josua gesagt hatte, nach der Zahl der Stämme der Kinder Israel, und brachten sie mit sich hinüber in die Herberge und ließen sie daselbst.
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.
Und Josua richtete zwölf Steine auf mitten im Jordan, da die Füße der Priester gestanden waren, die die Lade des Bundes trugen; und sind noch daselbst bis auf diesen Tag.
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.
Denn die Priester, die die Lade trugen, stunden mitten im Jordan, bis daß alles ausgerichtet ward, das der HERR Josua geboten hatte, dem Volk zu sagen; wie denn Mose Josua geboten hatte. Und das Volk eilete und ging hinüber.
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].
Da nun das Volk ganz hinübergegangen war, da ging die Lade des HERRN auch hinüber, und die Priester vor dem Volk her.
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.
Und die Rubeniter und Gaditer und der halbe Stamm Manasse gingen gerüstet vor den Kindern Israel her, wie Mose zu ihnen geredet hatte.
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.
Bei vierzigtausend, gerüstet zum Heer, gingen vor dem HERRN zum Streit auf das Gefilde Jerichos.
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.
An dem Tage machte der HERR Josua groß vor dem ganzen Israel; und fürchteten ihn, wie sie Mose fürchteten, sein Leben lang.
15 Yahweh said to Joshua,
Und der HERR sprach zu Josua:
16 “[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
Gebeut den Priestern, die die Lade des Zeugnisses tragen, daß sie aus dem Jordan heraufsteigen.
17 So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
Also gebot Josua den Priestern und sprach: Steiget herauf aus dem Jordan!
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.
Und da die Priester, die die Lade des Bundes des HERRN trugen, aus dem Jordan heraufstiegen und mit ihren Fußsohlen aufs Trockene traten, kam das Wasser des Jordans wieder an seine Stätte und floß, wie vorhin, an allen seinen Ufern.
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].
Es war aber der zehnte Tag des ersten Monden, da das Volk aus dem Jordan heraufstieg; und lagerten sich in Gilgal, gegen den Morgen der Stadt Jericho.
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
Und die zwölf Steine, die sie aus dem Jordan genommen hatten, richtete Josua auf zu Gilgal.
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)]?’,
Und sprach zu den Kindern Israel: Wenn eure Kinder hernachmals ihre Väter fragen werden und sagen: Was sollen diese Steine?
22 tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
so sollt ihr's ihnen kundtun und sagen: Israel ging trocken durch den Jordan,
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.
da der HERR, euer Gott, das Wasser des Jordans vertrocknete, vor euch, bis ihr hinüberginget, gleichwie der HERR, euer Gott, tat in dem Schilfmeer, das er vor uns vertrocknete, bis wir hindurchgingen;
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.’”
auf daß alle Völker auf Erden die Hand des HERRN erkennen, wie mächtig sie ist; daß ihr den HERRN, euren Gott, fürchtet allezeit.
