Joshua 4
1 After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
Quando toda a nação havia atravessado completamente o Jordão, Javé falou a Josué, dizendo:
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.
“Tire doze homens do povo, um homem de cada tribo,
3 Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
e ordene-os, dizendo: 'Tire do meio do Jordão, do lugar onde os pés dos sacerdotes estavam firmes, doze pedras, carregue-as consigo, e deite-as no lugar onde você vai acampar esta noite'”.
4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
Então Josué chamou os doze homens que ele havia preparado dos filhos de Israel, um homem de todas as tribos.
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].
Josué lhes disse: “Atravessem diante da arca de Javé vosso Deus no meio do Jordão, e cada um de vocês pegue uma pedra e a coloque no ombro, de acordo com o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel;
6 [Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
para que isto seja um sinal entre vocês, para que quando seus filhos perguntarem no futuro, dizendo: 'O que vocês querem dizer com essas pedras?
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.”
então vocês lhes dirão: 'Porque as águas do Jordão foram cortadas diante da arca do pacto de Javé'. Quando ela atravessou o Jordão, as águas do Jordão foram cortadas. Estas pedras serão para sempre um memorial aos filhos de Israel””.
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.
Os filhos de Israel fizeram como Josué ordenou, e pegaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão, enquanto Iavé falava com Josué, de acordo com o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel. Eles as carregaram com elas para o lugar onde acamparam, e as colocaram lá.
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.
Josué montou doze pedras no meio do Jordão, no lugar onde estavam os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto; e eles estão lá até hoje.
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.
Para os sacerdotes que levavam a arca, ficaram de pé no meio do Jordão até que tudo estivesse terminado que Javé ordenou a Josué que falasse ao povo, de acordo com tudo o que Moisés ordenou a Josué; e o povo apressou-se e passou por cima.
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].
Quando todo o povo havia cruzado completamente, a arca de Javé cruzou com os sacerdotes na presença do povo.
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.
Os filhos de Rubem, e os filhos de Gad, e a meia tribo de Manassés atravessaram armados diante dos filhos de Israel, enquanto Moisés falava com eles.
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.
Cerca de quarenta mil homens, prontos e armados para a guerra, passaram diante de Iavé para a batalha, para as planícies de Jericó.
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.
Naquele dia, Javé ampliou Josué à vista de todo Israel; e eles o temiam, como temiam a Moisés, todos os dias de sua vida.
15 Yahweh said to Joshua,
Yahweh falou com Josué, dizendo,
16 “[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
“Comande os sacerdotes que levam a arca do pacto, que eles saiam do Jordão”.
17 So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
Por isso Josué ordenou aos padres, dizendo: “Saiam do Jordão”!
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.
Quando os sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto de Iavé haviam saído do meio do Jordão, e as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes haviam sido erguidas até o solo seco, as águas do Jordão voltaram ao seu lugar, e passaram por todas as suas margens, como antes.
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].
As pessoas saíram do Jordão no décimo dia do primeiro mês, e acamparam em Gilgal, na fronteira leste de Jericó.
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
Josué montou aquelas doze pedras, que eles tiraram do Jordão, em 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)]?’,
Ele falou com os filhos de Israel, dizendo: “Quando seus filhos perguntarem a seus pais a tempo, dizendo: 'O que significam estas pedras?
22 tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
Então você informará seus filhos, dizendo: 'Israel veio sobre este Jordão em terra seca'.
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.
Para Javé vosso Deus secou as águas do Jordão desde antes de vós até que vós atravessastes, como Javé vosso Deus fez com o Mar Vermelho, que ele secou desde antes de nós, até que nós atravessamos,
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.’”
para que todos os povos da terra saibam que a mão de Javé é poderosa, e para que temais a Javé vosso Deus para sempre””.
