Joshua 8
1 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,
Tada reče Jahve Jošui: “Ne boj se i ne strahuj! Uzmi sa sobom sve ratnike, ustani i navali na Aj. Gle, predajem ti u ruke ajskoga kralja, njegov narod, grad i zemlju njegovu.
2 and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'
Učini s Ajem i s njegovim kraljem kao što si učinio s Jerihonom i njegovim kraljem; ali vam je slobodno da prigrabite plijen iz njega i njegovu stoku. Postavi gradu zasjedu s leđa.”
3 And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,
Spremi se Jošua da navali na Aj i svi ratnici s njime. Izabrao je trideset tisuća junaka i poslao ih noću;
4 and commandeth them, saying, 'See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,
dade im zapovijed: “Pazite! Poći ćete u zasjedu gradu s leđa, ali da ne budete predaleko od grada i budite svi spremni.
5 and I and all the people who [are] with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
A ja i sav narod koji me prati primaknut ćemo se gradu; i kada ljudi iz Aja izađu pred nas, mi ćemo kao i prije pobjeći ispred njih.
6 and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
Oni će onda navaliti za nama dok ih ne odvedemo od grada jer će misliti: 'Bježe ispred nas kao i prije.'
7 and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;
Tada provalite iz zasjede i zauzmite grad: Jahve, Bog vaš, predat će vam ga u ruke.
8 and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'
Kad jednom osvojite grad, spalite ga ognjem. Učinite to po Jahvinoj zapovijedi. Pazite, to vam zapovjedih.”
9 And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.
Jošua ih posla i oni odoše u zasjedu te se smjestiše između Betela i Aja, gradu sa zapada. A Jošua provede noć među narodom.
10 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;
Uranivši, Jošua ujutro prebroja narod i pođe sa starješinama Izraelovim pred narodom na Aj.
11 and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.
Svi ratnici krenu s njim i kad se primaknu gradu, utabore se Aju sa sjevera, tako da je između njih i mjesta bila ravnica.
12 And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;
Jošua uze oko pet tisuća ljudi i namjesti zasjedu između Betela i Aja, gradu sa zapadne strane.
13 and they set the people, all the camp which [is] on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley.
A narod se smjesti u tabor, koji je bio na sjeveru grada, dok je njegova zalaznica bila na zapadu grada. Jošua opet provede noć usred naroda.
14 And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth [it], that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush [is] against him, on the rear of the city.
Kad je sve to vidio ajski kralj, požuri se te izađe on i sav njegov narod niz obronak prema Arabi u boj protiv Izraela. A nisu ni slutili da je iza grada namještena zasjeda.
15 And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
Tada Jošua i sav Izrael nagnu bježati kao da su ih pobijedili. I bježali su putem prema pustinji.
16 and all the people who [are] in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,
Ajani nato pozvaše sve iz grada i dadoše se za njima u potjeru te, goneći Jošuu, odvoje se od grada.
17 and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.
I ne ostade nitko u Aju i Betelu da nije pošao za Izraelcima. Ostavili su grad otvoren i gonili Izraelce.
18 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city,
Tada reče Jahve Jošui: “Zamahni kopljem što ti je u ruci prema Aju: predajem ti ga u ruke.” I podiže Jošua koplje što mu bješe u ruci i zamahnu prema gradu.
19 and the ambush hath risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.
I tek što je podigao ruku, dignu se ljudi iz zasjede i potrče prema gradu, osvoje ga i umah ga ognjem zapale.
20 And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither — and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, —
Kada se oni iz Aja obazreše, imadoše što vidjeti: dim se dizao iz grada prema nebu. I nitko od njih nije imao kuda uteći ni tamo ni amo. Tada se narod koji je bježao prema pustinji okrenuo prema progoniteljima.
21 and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;
Vidjevši Jošua i sav Izrael da je zasjeda zauzela grad i da se diže dim iz grada, vrate se i udare na ljude iz Aja.
22 and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;
Njihovi su im izašli u susret iz grada, i tako se oni iz Aja nađoše posred Izraelaca, opkoljeni i s jedne i s druge strane: biše pobijeni tako te ni jedan ne ostade živ niti uteče.
23 and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.
A kralja Aja uhvatiše živa i dovedoše ga Jošui.
24 And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;
Kad su Izraelci pobili sve stanovnike Aja na otvorenu polju i u pustinji, kuda su ih gonili, i kada svi padoše od mača, vratiše se Izraelci u Aj i sasjekoše mačem sve što bješe u njemu.
25 and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand — all men of Ai.
Bilo je dvanaest tisuća onih koji su izginuli toga dana, ljudi i žena - sav Aj.
26 And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;
Jošua nije spuštao ruke kojom bijaše zamahnuo kopljem sve dok nisu poubijani svi stanovnici Aja.
27 only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.
Samo stoku i plijen iz onoga grada razdijele među sobom Izraelci, kao što je Jahve zapovjedio Jošui.
28 And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during — a desolation unto this day;
Jošua spali Aj i učini ga za sve vijeke ruševinom, pustim mjestom do danas.
29 and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.
Kralja ajskoga objesi o drvo do večeri. O zapadu sunčanom zapovjedi Jošua te skinuše truplo s drveta, baciše ga pred gradska vrata i nabacaše na nj veliku gomilu kamenja, koja stoji i danas.
30 Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
Tada podiže Jošua žrtvenik Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, na gori Ebalu,
31 as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses — an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron — and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;
kao što je zapovjedio Mojsije, sluga Jahvin, svim sinovima Izraelovim i kako je napisano u Mojsijevoj knjizi Zakona: žrtvenik od grubog kamena, neklesanog željezom. Na njemu bi prinesena Jahvi žrtva paljenica i pričesnica.
32 and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.
Tu na kamenju Jošua prepiše Zakon Mojsijev koji bješe napisan za sinove Izraelove.
33 And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.
I sav Izrael i njegove starješine, glavari narodni i suci, došljaci i domaći, stanu s obje strane Kovčega prema svećenicima i levitima koji su nosili Kovčeg saveza Jahvina - polovina prema gori Gerizimu, a polovina prema gori Ebalu - da bi se blagoslovio puk Izraelov prema obredu koji zapovjedi Mojsije.
34 And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law;
Tada pročita Jošua svaku riječ Zakona, blagoslov i prokletstvo, sve kako je napisano u knjizi Zakona.
35 there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.
Nije Jošua propustio nijedne Mojsijeve naredbe, nego ih je sve pročitao pred saborom svih Izraelaca, pred ženama, djecom i došljacima koji su išli s njima.
