Joshua 4

1 When all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

١ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ عُبُورُ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ:

2 “Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,

٢ «اخْتَارُوا مِنَ الشَّعْبِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ.

3 and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’”

٣ وَأْمُرُوهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لِيَحْمِلْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ حَجَراً مِنْ هُنَا مِنْ وَسَطِ مَجْرَى النَّهْرِ حَيْثُ يَقِفُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِأَقْدَامٍ ثَابِتَةٍ، وَعَبِّرُوهَا مَعَكُمْ، وَأَقِيمُوهَا فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تَبِيتُونَ فِيهِ اللَّيْلَةَ».

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe.

٤ فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً الَّذِينَ تَمَّ اخْتِيَارُهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، رَجُلاً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ.

5 Joshua said to them, “Cross before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

٥ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، حَيْثُ يُوْجَدُ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَلْيَحْمِلْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ حَجَراً وَاحِداً عَلَى كَتِفِهِ، بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’

٦ فَتَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ، بَعْدَ نَصْبِهَا، عَلامَةً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا سَأَلَكُمْ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ: مَاذَا تَعْنِي لَكُمْ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ؟

7 then you shall tell them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the LORD’s covenant. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.’”

٧ تُجِيبُونَهُمْ: إِنَّ مِيَاهَ الأُرْدُنِّ تَوَقَّفَتْ عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ، وَانْفَلَقَتْ عِنْدَ عُبُورِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ النَّهْرَ. وَهَكَذَا تُصْبِحُ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ».

8 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. They carried them over with them to the place where they camped, and laid them down there.

٨ فَنَفَّذَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ يَشُوعُ، وَحَمَلُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً مِنْ وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا أَوْصَى الرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ، وَأَجَازُوهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى حَيْثُ خَيَّمُوا لِلْمَبِيتِ وَوَضَعُوهَا هُنَاكَ.

9 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

٩ وَأَقَامَ يَشُوعُ أَيْضاً نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا آخَرَ مِنِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً فِي وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ اسْتَقَرَّتْ أَقْدَامُ الْكَهَنَةِ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ، وَهِيَ مَازَالَتْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى الآنَ.

10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.

١٠ وَظَلَّ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو التَّابُوتِ وَاقِفِينَ فِي وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَتَّى أَتَمَّ الشَّعْبُ تَنْفِيذَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ يَشُوعَ تَمَاماً كَمَا أَصْدَرَ مُوسَى تَعْلِيمَاتِهِ لِيَشُوعَ. فَأَسْرَعَ الشَّعْبُ بِاجْتِيَازِ النَّهْرِ.

11 When all the people had completely crossed over, the LORD’s ark crossed over with the priests in the presence of the people.

١١ وَعِنْدَمَا تَمَّ عُبُورُ الشَّعْبِ النَّهْرَ، تَقَدَّمَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَالْكَهَنَةُ مُجْتَازِينَ نَحْوَ الضَّفَّةِ الأُخْرَى فِي حُضُورِ الشَّعْبِ.

12 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.

١٢ وَسَارَ جُنُودُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى فِي طَلِيعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاحِ، كَمَا أَمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى.

13 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

١٣ فَكَانُوا نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ جُنْدِيٍّ مُتَجَرِّدِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ. عَبَرُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى سُهُولِ أَرِيحَا.

14 On that day, the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

١٤ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَظَّمَ الرَّبُّ مَقَامَ يَشُوعَ فِي عُيُونِ جَمِيعِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَهَابُوهُ كَمَا هَابُوا مُوسَى كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

15 The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

١٥ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ:

16 “Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, that they come up out of the Jordan.”

١٦ «مُرِ الْكَهَنَةَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ أَنْ يَصْعَدُوا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ».

17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up out of the Jordan!”

١٧ فَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ الْكَهَنَةَ قَائِلاً: «اصْعَدُوا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ»

18 When the priests who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet had been lifted up to the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

١٨ فَمَا إِنْ صَعِدَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ وَسَطِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَوَطِئَتْ بُطُونُ أَقْدَامِهِمِ الْيَابِسَةَ، حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ مِيَاهُ الأُرْدُنِّ تَتَدَفَّقُ ثَانِيَةً وَغَمَرَتْ شُطُوطَهُ كَمَا كَانَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

١٩ وَتَمَّ اجْتِيَازُ الشَّعْبِ لِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ الْعِبْرِيِّ، وَخَيَّمُوا فِي الْجِلْجَالِ شَرْقِيَّ أَرِيحَا.

20 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.

٢٠ وَنَصَبَ يَشُوعُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً الَّتِي حَمَلُوهَا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ.

21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’

٢١ وَقَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِذَا سَأَلَ بَنُوكُمْ آبَاءَهُمْ فِي الأَجْيَالِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ: مَا هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ؟

22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

٢٢ يُجِيبُونَهُمْ: إِنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ عَبَرُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ فَوْقَ أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ.

23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,

٢٣ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ شَقَّ مِيَاهَ الأُرْدُنِّ أَمَامَكُمْ، فَعَبَرْتُمُ النَّهْرَ فَوْقَ أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ، كَمَا فَعَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِالْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ الَّذِي شَقَّهُ أَمَامَنَا حَتَّى عَبَرْنَا.

24 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear the LORD your God forever.’”

٢٤ حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَوِيَّةٌ، فَتَتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».