Joshua 8
1 The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed. Take all the warriors with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, with his people, his city, and his land.
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «لا تَجْزَعْ وَلا تَثْبُطْ هِمَّتُكَ. خُذْ جَيْشَكَ بِرُمَّتِهِ وَحَاصِرْ عَايَ لأَنِّي قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُكَ مَلِكَ عَايَ وَشَعْبَهُ وَمَدِينَتَهُ وَأَرْضَهُ. | ١ |
2 You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
| فَتُجْرِي عَلَى عَايَ وَمَلِكِهَا مَا أَجْرَيْتَهُ عَلَى أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكِهَا، غَيْرَ أَنَّكُمْ تَنْهَبُونَ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ غَنِيمَتَهَا وَبَهَائِمَهَا. انْصُبْ كَمِيناً خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ». | ٢ |
3 So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them out by night.
| فَهَبَّ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ وَتَوَجَّهُوا لِمُهَاجَمَةِ عَايَ. وَاخْتَارَ يَشُوعُ ثَلاثِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ مُحَارِبِيهِ الأَشِدَّاءِ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ لَيْلاً، بَعْدَ أَنْ أَوْصَاهُمْ قَائِلاً: | ٣ |
4 He commanded them, saying, “Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
| «اذْهَبُوا وَاكْمُنُوا خَلْفَ الْمَدِينَةِ. لَا تَبْتَعِدُوا عَنْهَا كَثِيراً وَتَأَهَّبُوا جَمِيعُكُمْ لِلْقِتَالِ. | ٤ |
5 I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
| أَمَّا أَنَا وَبَقِيَّةُ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ مَعِي فَنَقْتَرِبُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. فَمَا إِنْ يَخْرُجُوا لِلِقَائِنَا، كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً، حَتَّى نَتَظَاهَرَ بِالْهَرَبِ أَمَامَهُمْ، | ٥ |
6 They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, ‘They flee before us, like the first time.’ So we will flee before them,
| فَيَتَعَقَّبُونَا، وَبِذَلِكَ نَجْذِبُهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، ظَنّاً مِنْهُمْ أَنَّنَا هَارِبُونَ أَمَامَهُمْ كَمَا جَرَى فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ، | ٦ |
7 and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
| فَتَنْقَضُّونَ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَكْمَنِ وَتَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي يُخْضِعُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ. | ٧ |
8 It shall be, when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the LORD’s word. Behold, I have commanded you.”
| وَلَدَى اسْتِيلائِكُمْ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ تُضْرِمُونَ فِيهَا النَّارَ كَأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ، فَافْعَلُوا وَنَفِّذُوا مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ». | ٨ |
9 Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed amongst the people that night.
| وَأَطْلَقَهُمْ يَشُوعُ فَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى الْمَكْمَنِ، حَيْثُ تَرَبَّصُوا بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَغَرْبِيِّ عَايَ. وَقَضَى يَشُوعُ لَيْلَتَهُ تِلْكَ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٩ |
10 Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
| وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي نَهَضَ يَشُوعُ مُبَكِّراً، وَأَحْصَى الْجَيْشَ وَسَارَ هُوَ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي طَلِيعَتِهِمْ نَحْوَ عَايَ. | ١٠ |
11 All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up and came near, and came before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
| وَتَقَدَّمَتْ مَعَهُ قُوَّاتُهُ كُلُّهَا حَتَّى أَتَوْا إِلَى مُقَابِلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَيْثُ نَزَلُوا شِمَالِيَّهَا، لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ عَايَ سِوَى الْوَادِي. | ١١ |
12 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
| وَأَرْسَلَ يَشُوعُ قُوَّةَ دَعْمٍ أُخْرَى مُؤَلَّفَةً مِنْ خَمْسَةِ آلافِ مُحَارِبٍ لِتَكْمُنَ بَيْنَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَعَايَ غَرْبِيَّ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the middle of the valley.
| وَتَمَرْكَزَ الْجَيْشُ الرَّئِيسِيُّ فِي شِمَالِيِّ الْمَدِينَةِ، فِي حِينِ تَرَبَّصَ الْكَمِينُ فِي غَرْبِيِّهَا، أَمَّا يَشُوعُ فَقَدْ قَضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي وَسَطِ الْوَادِي. | ١٣ |
14 When the king of Ai saw it, they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn’t know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى مَلِكُ عَايَ مَا يَجْرِي، خَرَجَ بِجَيْشِهِ مُبَكِّراً لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُحَارَبَتِهِ فِي السَّهْلِ، وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي أَنَّ هُنَاكَ كَمِيناً يَتَحَفَّزُ لِلْهُجُومِ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٤ |
15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
| فَتَظَاهَرَ يَشُوعُ وَبَقِيَّةُ الْجَيْشِ بِالانْكِسَارِ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلاذُوا بِالْفِرَارِ فِي طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ. | ١٥ |
16 All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
| فَتَنَادَى جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتَعَقُّبِ يَشُوعَ، فَجَدُّوا وَرَاءَهُمْ مُبْتَعِدِينَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٦ |
17 There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
| وَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي عَايَ أَوْ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَسْعَ فِي مُطَارَدَةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، تَارِكِينَ الْمَدِينَةَ مَفْتُوحَةً لِلْكَمِينِ. | ١٧ |
18 The LORD said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards the city.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «مُدَّ رُمْحَكَ نَحْوَ عَايَ لأَنَّنِي وَهَبْتُكَ الْمَدِينَةَ». فَمَدَّ يَشُوعُ الْحَرْبَةَ الَّتِي بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ، | ١٨ |
19 The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand and entered into the city and took it. They hurried and set the city on fire.
| فَانْدَفَعَ الْكَمِينُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ بِسُرْعَةٍ عِنْدَمَا مَدَّ يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ وَرَكَضُوا وَاقْتَحَمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْرَقُوهَا بِالنَّارِ. | ١٩ |
20 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
| فَالْتَفَتَ رِجَالُ عَايَ وَرَاءَهُمْ وَإِذْ بِهِمْ يُشَاهِدُونَ دُخَانَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَتَصَاعَدُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ مَهْرَبٍ، فَانْقَلَبَ الْجَيْشُ الْهَارِبُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ عَلَى مُطَارِدِيهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back and killed the men of Ai.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى يَشُوعُ وَمُحَارِبُوهُ أَنَّ الْكَمِينَ قَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَنَّ دُخَانَهَا قَدْ مَلأَ الْفَضَاءَ، شَرَعُوا فِي مُهَاجَمَةِ رِجَالِ عَايَ وَالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ. | ٢١ |
22 The others came out of the city against them, so they were in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
| كَذَلِكَ خَرَجَ الْكَمِينُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ لِقَطْعِ طَرِيقِ الْهَرَبِ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَوَجَدَ أَهْلُ عَايَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مَحْصُورِينَ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ مِنَ الأَمَامِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْفِ، فَفَتَكَ بِهِمِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، فَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ. | ٢٢ |
23 They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
| أَمَّا مَلِكُ عَايَ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ فِي الأَسْرِ فَتَسَلَّمَهُ يَشُوعُ. | ٢٣ |
24 When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَيْشِ عَايَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ حَيْثُ تَعَقَّبُوا الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، وَفَنُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، رَجَعَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ إِلَى عَايَ وَقَتَلُوا كُلَّ مَنْ فِيهَا. | ٢٤ |
25 All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the people of Ai.
| فَكَانَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ قُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً، وَهُمْ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٥ |
26 For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
| وَظَلَّ يَشُوعُ مَادّاً يَدَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَمَّ الْقَضَاءُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَهْلِ عَايَ. | ٢٦ |
27 Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to the LORD’s word which he commanded Joshua.
| أَمَّا الْبَهَائِمُ وَغَنَائِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَدْ نَهَبَهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَصْدَرَهُ إِلَى يَشُوعَ. | ٢٧ |
28 So Joshua burnt Ai and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
| وَهَكَذَا أَحْرَقَ يَشُوعُ عَايَ وَحَوَّلَهَا إِلَى تَلِّ خَرَابٍ أَبَدِيٍّ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٨ |
29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.
| وَشَنَقَ مَلِكَ عَايَ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ إِلَى وَقْتِ الْمَسَاءِ، وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ فَأَنْزَلُوا جُثَّتَهُ عَنِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَطَرَحُوهَا عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ وهَالُوا عَلَيْهَا كَوْمَةَ حِجَارَةٍ عَظِيمَةً إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
| حِينَئِذٍ بَنَى يَشُوعُ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ. | ٣٠ |
31 as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the scroll of the Torah of Moses: an altar of uncut stones, on which no one had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings.
| كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، بِحَسَبِ مَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِي كِتَابِ تَوْرَاةِ مُوسَى، فَكَانَ الْمَذْبَحُ مَبْنِيًّا مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ لَمْ يَنْحَتْهَا أَحَدٌ بِآلَةٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَقَدَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ. | ٣١ |
32 He wrote there on the stones a copy of Moses’ law, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
| وَعَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَل نَقَشَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى حِجَارَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ نُسْخَةً مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى الَّتِي كَانَ مُوسَى قَدْ أَمْلاهَا عَلَيْهِ | ٣٢ |
33 All Israel, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the LORD’s covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
| وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، غُرَبَاءَ وَمُوَاطِنِينَ، مَعَ شُيُوخِهِمْ وَعُرَفَائِهِمْ وَقُضَاتِهِمْ يَقِفُونَ إِلَى جَانِبَيْ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ الْكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي التَّابُوتِ. وَقَفَ نِصْفُهُمْ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ جِرِزِّيمَ، وَوَقَفَ النِّصْفُ الآخَرُ أَمَامَ جَبَلِ عِيبَالَ تَنْفِيذاً لِتَعْلِيمَاتِ مُوسَى عَبْدِ الرَّبِّ السَّابِقَةِ الَّتِي أَصْدَرَهَا بِشَأْنِ بَرَكَةِ الشَّعْبِ. | ٣٣ |
34 Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the scroll of the Torah.
| ثُمَّ تَلا يَشُوعُ جَمِيعَ عِبَارَاتِ التَّوْرَاةِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَاللَّعْنَةِ، كَمَا وَرَدَتْ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. | ٣٤ |
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua didn’t read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who were amongst them.
| لَمْ يَغْفَلْ يَشُوعُ كَلِمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى، بَلْ قَرَأَهَا كُلَّهَا أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَتَّى أَمَامَ النِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ وَالْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ. | ٣٥ |
