Joshua 7
1 Yahweh had commanded that all the things [that they had captured in Jericho] should be [destroyed to show that they belong] to him. But there was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah. He disobeyed [what] Yahweh [had commanded] and took for himself some of those things. So Yahweh was very angry with the Israelis.
| وَلَكِنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ ارْتَكَبُوا خِيَانَةً، إِذْ أَخَذَ عَخَانُ بْنُ كَرْمِي بْنِ زَبْدِي بْنِ زَارَحَ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا مِمَّا هُوَ مُخَصَّصٌ لِلرَّبِّ، فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ |
2 Joshua told some of his men to go from Jericho to Ai [town], which was east of Bethel [city] and near Beth-Aven [town]. He said to them, “Go to Ai and (spy out the area/see what the area is like).” So the men went.
| وَبَعَثَ يَشُوعُ بَعْضَ رِجَالِهِ مِنْ أَرِيحَا إِلَى عَايَ الْوَاقِعَةِ شَرْقِيَّ بَيْتِ إِيلَ بِقُرْبِ بَيْتِ آوِنَ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَتَجَسَّسُوا الأَرْضَ. فَذَهَبُوا | ٢ |
3 When they returned to Joshua they said, “There are only a few people in Ai. So we do not need to send all of our soldiers to defeat them. Send 2.000 or 3,000 men to attack them. That will be enough.”
| ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى يَشُوعَ قَائِلِينَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ أَهْلَ عَايَ قَلِيلُو الْعَدَدِ، فَلا تُوَجِّهْ كُلَّ الْجَيْشِ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، بَلْ أَرْسِلْ نَحْوَ أَلْفَيْ رَجُلٍ أَوْ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ فَقَطْ». | ٣ |
4 So about 3,000 Israeli men went [to attack Ai]. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
| فَصَعِدَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ نَحْوُ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ، إلّا أَنَّهُمْ هُزِمُوا أَمَامَ أَهْلِ عَايَ، | ٤ |
5 They killed about 36 Israelis and chased the rest of Israeli men from the city gate to the bottom of the hill. When the other Israelis saw that this had happened, they became very discouraged.
| وَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ أَهْلُ عَايَ نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً، وَتَعَقَّبُوهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى شَبَارِيمَ وَكَسَرُوهُمْ عِنْدَ الْمُنْحَدَرِ. فَدَبَّ الرُّعْبُ فِي قُلُوبِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٥ |
6 Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes [because they were very sad about being defeated]. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of [the Sacred Tent in which was] the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads [to show that they were very sad about what had happened].
| فَمَزَّقَ يَشُوعُ ثِيَابَهُ وَأَكَبَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، هُوَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَهَالُوا التُّرَابَ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ. | ٦ |
7 Then Joshua prayed and said, “Lord God, you brought us Israelis [safely] across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amor people-group to defeat us [RHQ]? [This would not have happened] if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan River!
| وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ: «آهِ يَا سَيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، لِمَاذَا جَعَلْتَ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ يَجْتَازُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ لِكَيْ تَدْفَعَنَا إِلَى يَدِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ حَتَّى يُبِيدُونَا؟ لَيْتَنَا كُنَّا قَنَعْنَا وَأَقَمْنَا شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. | ٧ |
8 Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now [RHQ].
| آهِ يَا سَيِّدُ، مَاذَا أَقُولُ الآنَ بَعْدَ أَنْ وَلَّى الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الأَدْبَارَ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ. | ٨ |
9 The Canaan people-group and all the other people who are living in this land will hear about this. Then they will surround us and kill all of us! Then what will you do (to defend your reputation [MTY]/to show that you are a powerful God)?”
| إِذْ يَبْلُغُ هَذَا الْخَبَرُ مَسَامِعَ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَسَائِرِ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُحِيطُونَ بِنَا وَيُزِيلُونَنَا مِنَ الْوُجُودِ! وَمَاذَا تَصْنَعُ لاِسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ؟» | ٩ |
10 But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground [RHQ]!
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «قُمْ، لِمَاذَا أَنْتَ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ؟ | ١٠ |
11 You Israelis have sinned! You have disobeyed the commands that I told you to obey. [One of] your men has taken some of the things that I told you to destroy. He has stolen them and taken them for himself and lied [about it].
| لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبَ إِسْرَائِيلُ خَطِيئَةً، بَلْ تَعَدَّوْا عَلَى عَهْدِي الَّذِي أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ، بَلْ أَخَذُوا مِمَّا حَرَّمْتُهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَسَرَقُوا وَأَنْكَرُوا، بَلْ خَبَّأُوا فِي أَمْتِعَتِهِمْ. | ١١ |
12 That is why you Israelis have been unable to be strong when you went to attack your enemies. That is why you have run away from them. And now you yourselves may be destroyed. If you do not do as I commanded you and destroy everything [that you captured in Jericho] I will not help you any more!”
| لِهَذَا عَجَزَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الثَّبَاتِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، فَوَلَّوْا أَمَامَهُمُ الأَدْبَارَ، لأَنَّهُمْ هَالِكُونَ إِذْ لَنْ أَعُودَ أَكُونُ مَعَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَأْصِلُوا الْحَرَامَ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ، | ١٢ |
13 “Now go and tell this to the people: ‘Tomorrow you must [perform the rituals that will] cause yourselves to become acceptable to Yahweh again. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says that one of you has kept things that he told you to destroy. You will never defeat your enemies until you get rid of those things.
| قُمْ، وَاطْلُبْ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا لِيَوْمِ غَدٍ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: فِي وَسَطِكَ حَرَامٌ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَلَنْ تَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنْ هَزِيمَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ حَتَّى تَسْتَأْصِلُوا الْحَرَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ. | ١٣ |
14 ‘Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before Yahweh, tribe by tribe. Then Yahweh will indicate to which tribe [the man who took those things belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which clan from that tribe [the guilty man belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which family he belongs. And then he will indicate which person [in that family took those things].
| فَلْتَتَقَدَّمْ أَسْبَاطُكُمْ فِي يَوْمِ غَدٍ، سِبْطٌ تِلْوَ سِبْطٍ، وَالسِّبْطُ الَّذِي يُشِيرُ إِلَيْهِ الرَّبُّ يَمْثُلُ بِعَشَائِرِهِ وَالْعَشِيرَةُ الَّتِي يُعَيِّنُهَا الرَّبُّ تَتَقَدَّمُ بِبُيُوتِهَا، وَالْبَيْتُ الَّذِي يُحَدِّدُهُ الرَّبُّ يَتَقَدَّمُ بِرِجَالِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been destroyed will be destroyed in a fire. And everything he owns will be destroyed with him, because he has disobeyed the command that Yahweh gave us and has done something that is disgraceful to us Israeli people.’”
| وَالَّذِي تَثْبُتُ عَلَيْهِ جَرِيمَةُ السَّرِقَةِ مِمَّا هُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ، يُحْرَقُ بِالنَّارِ هُوَ وَكُلُّ مَالَهُ، لأَنَّهُ نَقَضَ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ، وَارْتَكَبَ قَبَاحَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ١٥ |
16 Early the next morning, Joshua told all the Israeli people to stand before the Sacred Tent, tribe by tribe. [When they did that], Yahweh indicated that a man from the tribe of Judah [was the one who had taken the things].
| فَبَكَّرَ يَشُوعُ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَعَرَضَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أَسْبَاطَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَشَارَ الرَّبُّ إِلَى سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا، | ١٦ |
17 Then the clans of Judah presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the clan of Zerah was the guilty one. Then the families of Zerah’s clan presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the family of Zabdi [was the guilty one].
| ثُمَّ عَرَضَ سِبْطَ يَهُوذَا، فَعَيَّنَ الرَّبُّ عَشِيرَةَ الزَّارَحِيِّينَ، ثُمَّ قَدَّمَ عَشِيرَةَ الزَّارَحِيِّينَ بِرِجَالِهَا فَأَشَارَ الرَّبُّ إِلَى زَبْدِي، | ١٧ |
18 Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty.
| فَعَرَضَ بَيْتَهُ بِرِجَالِهِ، فَحَدَّدَ الرَّبُّ عَخَانَ بْنَ كَرْمِي بْنِ زَبْدِي بْنِ زَارَحَ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا. | ١٨ |
19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “Son, tell the truth [IDM]. Confess to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship, what you have done]. And tell me what you did, and do not try to (conceal anything/prevent me from knowing what you did).”
| فَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِعَخَانَ: «يَا ابْنِي، مَجِّدِ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاعْتَرِفْ لَهُ، وَأَخْبِرْنِي الآنَ مَاذَا جَنَيْتَ؟ لَا تُخْفِ عَنِّي شَيْئاً». | ١٩ |
20 Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
| فَأَجَابَ عَخَانُ: «حَقّاً إِنِّي أَخْطَأْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجَنَيْتُ هَذَا الأَمْرَ. | ٢٠ |
21 Among the things [in Jericho] that I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia. I also saw 200 pieces of silver and some gold that weighed as much as 50 pieces of silver. I wanted those things very much for myself, so I took them. I buried them all in the ground under my tent. You will find them there. The silver is buried under the other things.”
| رَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ الْغَنَائِمِ رِدَاءً شِنْعَارِيًّا نَفِيساً، وَمِئَتَيْ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ (نَحْوَ كِيلُو جِرَامَيْنِ وَنِصْفٍ)، وَسَبِيكَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَزْنُهَا خَمْسُونَ شَاقِلاً (نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ جِرَامٍ)، فَاشْتَهَيْتُهَا وَأَخَذْتُهَا. وَهَا هِيَ مَطْمُورَةٌ فِي الأَرْضِ فِي وَسَطِ خَيْمَتِي، وَالْفِضَّةُ تَحْتَهَا». | ٢١ |
22 So Joshua sent some men [to find those things]. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there.
| فَأَرْسَلَ يَشُوعُ رُسُلاً فَهُرِعُوا إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ حَيْثُ عَثَرُوا عَلَيْهَا مَطْمُورَةً فِيهَا، وَالْفِضَّةُ تَحْتَهَا، | ٢٢ |
23 The men brought them all out of the tent and took them to Joshua and the rest of the Israeli people. Then they spread/laid them out on the ground, where Yahweh could see them.
| فَأَخْرَجُوهَا مِنْ وَسَطِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَحَمَلُوهَا إِلَى يَشُوعَ وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَعَرَضُوهَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. | ٢٣ |
24 Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to the valley. They also took down there the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s [wife and] sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned.
| فَأَخَذَ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَخَانَ بْنَ زَارَحَ وَالْفِضَّةَ وَالرِّدَاءَ وَسَبِيكَةَ الذَّهَبِ، وَأَبْنَاءَهُ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَبَقَرَهُ وَحَمِيرَهُ وَغَنَمَهُ وَخَيْمَتَهُ وَكُلَّ مَالَهُ، وَذَهَبُوا بِهِمْ إِلَى وَادِي عَخُورَ. | ٢٤ |
25 Joshua said, “(I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us/You have caused a lot of trouble for us) [RHQ], but now Yahweh will cause trouble for you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they all died. Then the people burned their corpses.
| وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ: «لِمَاذَا جَلَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا هَذِهِ الْكَارِثَةَ؟ لِتَحِلَّ بِكَ الْيَوْمَ الْفَوَاجِعُ». فَرَجَمَهُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِالْحِجَارَةِ مَعَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَأَحْرَقُوهُمْ بِالنَّارِ، | ٢٥ |
26 They piled rocks over [the ashes of] their [corpses], and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called Trouble Valley. After that, Yahweh was no longer angry [with the Israeli people].
| وَأَقَامُوا فَوْقَهُ كَوْمَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ، مَا بَرِحَتْ بَاقِيَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. فَهَدَأَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ وَلِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ وَادِي عَخُورَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: وَادِي الإِزْعَاجِ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٦ |
