Joshua 4
1 After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
Och Herren sade till 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.
Tager eder tolf män, utaf hvart slägtet en;
3 Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
Och bjuder dem, och säger: Lyfter upp utur Jordan tolf stenar, af det rummet der Presternas fötter stilla stå, och hafver dem öfver med eder, att I lefven dem i lägrena, der I eder i denna nattene lägren.
4 So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
Då kallade Josua tolf män, som tillskickade voro af Israels barn, utaf hvart slägte en;
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].
Och sade till dem: Går fram för Herrans edars Guds ark midt i Jordan, och hvar lyfte en sten på sina axlar, efter talet af Israels barnas slägter;
6 [Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
Att de skola vara ett tecken ibland eder, när edor barn i framtiden fråga sina fäder, och säga: Hvad göra desse stenarna här?
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.”
Att I då mågen säga dem, huru Jordans vatten sig åtskiljde för Herrans förbunds ark, då han gick genom Jordan; så att desse stenarna skola vara Israels barnom till en evig åminnelse.
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.
Då gjorde Israels barn såsom Josua böd dem; och båro tolf stenar midt utur Jordan, såsom Herren hade sagt Josua, efter talet af Israels barnas slägte; och båro dem med sig till det rummet, der de lägrade sig, och der lade de dem.
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.
Och Josua reste upp tolf stenar midt i Jordan, der Presternas fötter ståndit hade, som förbundsens ark båro, och de äro der ännu intill denna dag.
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.
Ty Presterna, som arken båro, stodo midt i Jordan, tilldess allt bestäldt vardt, som Herren böd Josua säga folkena, och Mose Josua budit hade; och folket skyndade sig, och gick öfver.
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].
Då nu folket allt öfvergånget var, så gick ock Herrans ark öfver, och Presterna för folket.
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.
Och de Rubeniter, och de Gaditer, och den halfva Manasse slägt, gingo väpnade för Israels barnom, såsom Mose dem sagt hade;
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.
Vid fyratiotusend väpnade till härs gingo för Herranom till strids på Jericho mark.
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.
På den dagen gjorde Herren Josua stor för hela Israel; och de fruktade honom, såsom de fruktade Mose, medan han lefde.
15 Yahweh said to Joshua,
Och Herren sade till Josua:
16 “[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
Bjud Presterna, som bära vittnesbördsens ark, att de träda upp utur Jordan.
17 So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
Alltså böd Josua Prestomen, och sade: Stiger upp utur 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.
Och då Presterna, som Herrans förbunds ark båro, stego upp utur Jordan, och trädde med deras fotbjelle på torra landet, kom Jordans vatten återigen i sin stad, och flöt såsom tillförene till alla sina brädder.
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].
Och det var den tionde dagen i den första månadenom, då folket uppsteg utur Jordan, och lägrade sig i Gilgal, östan för 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
Och de tolf stenar, som de utur Jordan tagit hade, reste Josua upp i 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)]?’,
Och sade till Israels barn: När nu i framtiden edor barn fråga sina fäder, och säga: Hvad skola desse stenarna?
22 tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
Så skolen I undervisa dem, och säga: Israel gick torr igenom 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.
Då Herren edar Gud förtorkade Jordans vatten för eder, så länge I gingen deröfver, lika som Herren edar Gud gjorde i röda hafvet, hvilket han torrt gjorde för oss, så att vi ginge derigenom;
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.’”
På det all folk på jordene skola känna Herrans hand, huru mägtig hon är; och att I skolen frukta Herran edar Gud alltid.
