Joshua 8
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged [because of what happened at] Ai. Lead all of your soldiers and go there again. I will help you to defeat the king of Ai, his people, and his city, and [enable you to take] his land.
Dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Josoa: Aza matahotra na mivadi-po ianao, ento miaraka aminao ny vahoaka rehetra mpanafika, ka miaingà, iakaro Ay; indro, efa natolotro eo an-tananao ny mpanjakan’ i Ay mbamin’ ny vahoakany sy ny tanànany ary ny taniny.
2 Your army will do to the people of Ai and their king like what you did to the people of Jericho and their king. But this time [I will permit you to] take all their possessions and keep them for yourselves. But first, tell some of your soldiers to [hide behind] the city [and] prepare to suddenly attack it.”
Dia tahaka ny nataonao tamin’ i Jeriko sy ny mpanjakany no hataonao koa amin’ i Ay sy sy mpanjakany; nefa ny fananana rehetra sy ny biby fiompy ao dia halainareo ho babo ho anareo ihany; asio otrika eo ankoatry ny tanàna.
3 So Joshua led all his army toward Ai. He chose 30,000 of his best fighters/warriors and prepared to send them out during the night.
Dia niainga Josoa sy ny mpanafika rehetra hiakatra any Ay, ary nifidy lehilahy mahery telo alina Josoa ka nandefa ireo tamin’ ny alina.
4 He said to them, “Listen carefully. Some of you must hide on the other side of the city. Do not go far from the city. Just be ready [to attack].
Dia nandidy azy izy ka nanao hoe: Indro, ianareo hanotrika eo ivohon’ ny tanàna hamely azy, ka aza manalavitra azy loatra, fa miomàna ianareo rehetra.
5 I and the men who are with me will march toward the city [in the morning]. The men in the city will come out to fight us, like they did before. Then we will turn around and start to run away from them.
Ary izaho sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay miaraka amiko kosa dia hanatona ny tanàna; ary rehefa mivoaka hamely anay tahaka ny teo ny olona, dia handositra eo anoloany izahay.
6 They will think that we are running away from them like we did before. So they will chase us away from the city. While we are running away,
Dia hivoaka hanenjika anay izy mandra-pitarikay azy hiala ao an-tanàna; fa izy hanao hoe: Mandositra eo anoloantsika tahaka ny teo izy; dia hanao tari-dositra eo anoloany izahay.
7 [those of you who are hiding come out and] rush into the city and capture it. Yahweh your God will enable you to conquer it.
Ary dia hiroatra avy ao amin’ ny fanotrehana kosa ianareo, ka ho azonareo ny tanàna; fa atolotr’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo eo an-tananareo izy.
8 After you capture the city, burn it. Do what Yahweh has commanded us to do. Those are the orders I am giving to you.”
Ary rehefa afakareo ny tanàna, dia dory amin’ ny afo; araka ny didin’ i Jehovah no hataonareo; indro, efa nandidy anareo aho.
9 Then Joshua [prepared to] send some of them to [hide and] wait between Ai and Bethel, which was west of Ai. But Joshua stayed with his other soldiers that night.
Dia nampandehanin’ i Josoa izy ireo, ary nandeha hanotrika ka nitoetra teo andrefan’ i Ay, teo anelanelan’ i Betela sy Ay; fa Josoa kosa nitoetra teo amin’ ny vahoaka ihany tamin’ izany alina izany.
10 Early the next morning, Joshua gathered his soldiers together. Then he and the other Israeli leaders led them up to Ai.
Dia nifoha maraina koa Josoa ka nandamina ny vahoaka, ary niakatra teo alohan’ ny vahoaka hankany Ay izy sy ny loholon’ ny Isiraely.
11 They all set up their tents close to Ai, just to the north of the city, where all the people of the city could see them. There was a valley between them and the city.
Ary ny vahoaka rehetra mpanafika, izay niaraka tamin’ i Josoa, dia niakatra ka nanakaiky sy nanandrify ny tanàna; ary nitoby teo avaratr’ i Ay izy, ka ny lohasaha no teo anelanelan’ izy sy Ay.
12 Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men and told them to go and hide just west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.
Dia naka olona tokony ho dimy arivo lahy izy ka nampanotrika azy teo anelanelan’ i Betela sy Ay, andrefan’ ny tanàna.
13 So those men did that. The main group of soldiers was north of the city, and the others were hiding west of the city. That night Joshua went down into the valley.
Ary rehefa voalahatry ny vahoaka ny toby rehetra izay teo avaratry ny tanàna sy ny otrika teo andrefan’ ny tanàna, dia nandeha nankeo amin’ ny lohasaha Josoa tamin’ izany alina izany.
14 When the king of Ai saw the Israeli army, he and his soldiers got up early the next morning and quickly went out of the city to fight them. They went to a place east of the city, but they did not know that some Israeli soldiers were hiding behind the city.
Ary rehefa hitan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Ay izany, dia nifoha maraina koa ny olona tao an-tanàna ka nivoaka faingana hiady tamin’ ny Isiraely, teo amin’ ny tany nifamotoanany tandrifin’ ny tani-hay, dia ny mpanjaka sy ny vahoakany: fa tsy fantany ho nisy otrika hamely azy tao ankoatry ny tanàna.
15 Joshua and the Israeli soldiers [who were with him] allowed the army of Ai to push them back. They ran toward the desert.
Ary Josoa sy ny Isiraely rehetra nody resy teo anoloany ka nanao tari-dositra tamin’ ny lalana mankany an-efitra.
16 The men in Ai were ordered to chase after Joshua and his men. So they left the city and started to pursue the Israelis.
Dia nifampiantso hanenjika azy ny vahoaka rehetra izay tao an-tanàna; ary nanenjika an’ i Josoa izy, ka dia voatarika ho tafavoaka ny tanàna.
17 All the men of Ai and the men of Bethel pursued the Israeli army. They did not leave even one man in Ai to defend it. The [gates of the] city were left wide open.
Ary tsy nisy lehilahy sisa, na tao Ay na tao Betela, izay tsy nivoaka hanenjika ny Isiraely; ary nilaozany mbola nivoha ny tanàna, ka lasa nanenjika ny Isiraely izy.
18 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “[Lift up] your spear [and] point it toward Ai, because I am going to enable your soldiers to capture it!” So Joshua pointed [his spear] toward Ai.
Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Josoa: Atondroy an’ i Ay ny lefona izay eny an-tananao; fa hatolotro eo an-tananao Ay. Dia natondron’ i Josoa ny tanàna ny lefona izay teny an-tànany.
19 When the Israeli men who were hiding saw that, they rushed out from the places where they were hiding and ran into the city. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.
Dia niroatra faingana ny otrika avy tao amin’ ny nitoerany ka nihazakazaka, raha vao natondrony ny tànany; dia niditra tao an-tanàna izy ka nahafaka azy ary nandoro azy faingana tamin’ ny afo.
20 When the men of Ai looked back, they saw smoke rising from their city. But they could not escape, because the Israeli troops stopped running away.
Ary niherika ny mponina tao Ay, ka hitany fa, indro, ny setroky ny tanàna niakatra ho any an-danitra, sady tsy nisy handosirany akory, na ho etỳ, na ho erỳ; fa ny Isiraely izay nanao tari-dositra ho any an-efitra dia nifotitra namely ny mpanenjika kosa.
21 Joshua and his men saw that the men who had been hiding had captured the city and were burning it, and they saw the smoke rising. So they turned around and started to attack the men of Ai.
Fa rehefa hitan’ i Josoa sy ny Isiraely rehetra fa efa azon’ ny otrika ny tanàna, ka niakatra ny setroky ny tanàna, dia nifotitra izy ka namely ny mponina tao Ay.
22 Meanwhile, the soldiers who had captured the city came out [and attacked them from the rear]. So the men of Ai were caught between the two groups of Israeli soldiers. None of the men of Ai escaped. The Israelis fought until they killed all of them. Only the king of Ai was still alive.
Ary ireo tao an-tanàna nivoaka hamely azy, ka dia latsaka teo afovoan’ ny Isiraely ny olona, fa ny Isiraely sasany teo an-daniny iray, ary ny sasany teo an-daniny iray koa; dia nifandafaran’ ny Isiraely teo izy, ka tsy nasiany niangana na dia iray akory aza.
23 Then they seized the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua.
Ary ny mpanjakan’ i Ay nataony sambo-belona ka nentiny teo amin’ i Josoa.
24 While they were fighting, the Israeli army pursued the men of Ai into the fields and into the desert, and killed all of them. Then they went to Ai and killed everyone who was there.
Ary rehefa namono ny mponina rehetra tao Ay tany an-tsaha ny Isiraely, dia tany amin’ ny efitra nanenjehany azy, ka lavo tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra avokoa izy rehetra mandra-pahalany ritrany, dia niverina tany Ay ny Isiraely rehetra ka namely azy tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra.
25 They killed 12,000 men and women.
Ary izay rehetra maty tamin’ izany andro izany, na lehilahy na vehivavy, dia roa arivo amby iray alina, dia ny mponina rehetra tao Ay.
26 Joshua continued to point his spear [LIT] toward Ai, until all the people in Ai had been killed.
Ary Josoa tsy nampihemotra ny tànany izay nanondro tamin’ ny lefona mandra-pandringana ny mponina rehetra tao Ay.
27 The Israeli soldiers took for themselves the animals and the other things that had belonged to the people of Ai, just like Yahweh had told Joshua that they should do.
Nefa ny biby fiompy mbamin’ ny fananana rehetra tao amin’ izany tanàna izany dia nalain’ ny Isiraely ho babony ihany, araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah izay nandidiany an’ i Josoa.
28 Joshua and his soldiers burned Ai city and caused it to become a pile of ruins. It is still like that today.
Ary Ay dia nodoran’ i Josoa ka nofoanany ho tanànaolo mandrakizay, dia toy izany mandraka androany izy.
29 Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left his corpse hanging there until the evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s corpse down from the tree and to throw it on the ground at the city gate. [After they did that], they piled a lot of rocks on top of the corpse, and that pile of rocks is still there.
Ary ny mpanjakan’ i Ay nahantony tamin’ ny hazo mandra-paharivan’ ny andro; ary rehefa tokony ho maty masoandro, dia nasain’ i Josoa nesorina tamin’ ny hazo ny fatiny ka nariana teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ ny tanàna ary notsindriany antontam-bato avo mandraka androany.
30 Joshua [told his men to] build on Ebal Mountain an altar for Yahweh, the God [who is worshiped by] the Israeli people.
Ary tamin’ izany Josoa dia nanorina alitara tao an-tendrombohitra Ebala ho an’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely,
31 They built it just like Moses, the man who served God [well], had written previously in the laws [that God had given to him]. They made it from stones that had not been cut using iron tools. The Israelis then offered sacrifices to Yahweh that were burned completely on the altar. They also offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh.
araka izay nandidian’ i Mosesy mpanompon’ i Jehovah, ny Zanak’ Isiraely, dia araka ny voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ i Mosesy dia alitara vato tsy voavoatra, izay tsy nopehim-by; ary dia nanatitra fanatitra dorana teo amboniny ho an’ i Jehovah izy sady namono zavatra hatao fanati-pihavanana.
32 As the Israelis watched, Joshua wrote on stones the laws that [Yahweh had given] to Moses previously.
Dia nosoratany teo amin’ ny vato ny dikan’ ny lalàn’ i Mosesy, izay efa nosoratany teo anatrehan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
33 The Israeli leaders, the officials, the judges, and other Israelis were there, standing nearby. Many people who were not Israelis were also there. Half of the people stood [on one side of the valley] below Ebal Mountain, and the other half of the people stood [on the other side of the valley] below Gerizim Mountain. The sacred chest was [in the valley] between the two groups. That was what Moses had previously commanded that the people should do when [Yahweh was about to] bless them.
Ary ny Isiraely rehetra sy ny loholony sy ny mpifehy azy ary ny mpitsara azy dia nitsangana teo an-daniny roa amin’ ny fiara, teo anatrehan’ ny Levita mpisorona, izay nitondra ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah, na olona hafa firenena, na Isiraely: ny antsasany nanandrify ny tendrombohitra Gerizima, ary ny antsasany nanandrify ny tendrombohitra Ebala, araka izay efa nandidian’ i Mosesy mpanompon’ i Jehovah fahiny, mba hitso-drano ny olona Isiraely.
34 Then Joshua read [to the people] all that [Moses] had written previously. That included what Yahweh had taught them and the ways [that he promised] to bless them [if they obeyed his commands], or to curse them [if they disobeyed them].
Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia namaky ny tenin’ ny lalàna rehetra izy, dia ny fitahiana sy ny fanozonana, araka izay rehetra voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàna.
35 All the Israelis gathered together [to listen]—the men, the women, and the children. The (foreigners/people who were not Israelis) who were living among them also listened, while Joshua read all the commands that Moses had written.
Tsy nisy teny tamin’ izay rehetra nandidian’ i Mosesy, izay tsy novakin’ i Josoa teo anatrehan’ ny fiangonana, dia ny Isiraely rehetra, mbamin’ ny vehivavy sy ny ankizy madinika ary ny vahiny izay teo aminy.
