Joshua 3
1 Rũciinĩ tene Joshua na andũ othe a Isiraeli makiuma hau Shitimu, magĩthiĩ nginya Jorodani, na matanaringa mũrĩmo ũcio ũngĩ magĩikara hau.
So then Joshua rose early in the morning, and they brake up from The Acacias and came as far as the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, —and they lodged there before they passed over.
2 Thuutha wa mĩthenya ĩtatũ-rĩ, anene magĩthiĩ kũndũ guothe gĩikaro-inĩ kĩu,
And it came to pass, after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp,
3 magĩatha andũ, makĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Rĩrĩa mũrĩona ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu, na muone athĩnjĩri-Ngai, o acio Alawii, marĩkuuĩte-rĩ, mumagare muume harĩa mũrĩ na mũrĩrũmĩrĩre.
and commanded the people saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and, the priests the Levites, bearing it, ye also, shall break up out of your place, and come after it.
4 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo mũrĩmenya njĩra ĩrĩa mũrĩĩgera, nĩgũkorwo mũtirĩ mwagera njĩra ĩyo rĩngĩ. No rĩrĩ, gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu na ithandũkũ rĩu, nĩhagĩe itĩĩna ta rĩa mĩkono ngiri igĩrĩ; mũtikarĩkuhĩrĩrie.”
Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure, —do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.
5 Nake Joshua akĩĩra andũ acio atĩrĩ, “Mwĩtheriei, nĩgũkorwo rũciũ Jehova nĩageeka maũndũ ma magegania gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu.”
Then said Joshua unto the people, Hallow yourselves, —for, to-morrow, will Yahweh do in your midst, wonderful things.
6 Nake Joshua akĩĩra athĩnjĩri-Ngai atĩrĩ, “Oyai ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro mũthiĩ mbere ya andũ aya.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩrĩoya, magĩthiĩ mbere yao.
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take ye up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant, and went on before the people.
7 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ, “Ũmũthĩ nĩngwambĩrĩria gũgũtũũgĩria maitho-inĩ ma andũ othe a Isiraeli, nĩguo mamenye atĩ ndĩrĩkoragwo hamwe nawe o ta ũrĩa ndaarĩ hamwe na Musa.
Then said Yahweh unto Joshua: This day, will I begin to magnify thee in the eyes of all Israel, —who shall know, that, as I was with Moses, I will be with thee.
8 Ĩra athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa megũkuua ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro atĩrĩ: ‘Mwakinya hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, mũthiĩ mũrũgame Jorodani thĩinĩ.’”
Thou, therefore, shalt command the priests who am bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, —When ye are come as far as the edge of the waters of the Jordan, in the Jordan, shall ye stand.
9 Nake Joshua akĩĩra andũ a Isiraeli atĩrĩ, “Ũkai haha mũigue ciugo cia Jehova Ngai wanyu.
Then said Joshua, unto the sons of Israel, —Draw near hither, and hear ye the words of Yahweh your God.
10 Ũhoro ũyũ nĩguo ũrĩmũmenyithia atĩ Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo arĩ hamwe na inyuĩ, na atĩ hatirĩ nganja nĩakamũingatĩra Akaanani, na Ahiti, na Ahivi, na Aperizi, na Agirigashi, na Aamori, na Ajebusi.
And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst, —and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
11 Atĩrĩrĩ, ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro rĩa Mwathani wa thĩ yothe nĩrĩkũringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani mbere yanyu.
Lo! the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth, is about to pass before you into the Jordan.
12 Na rĩrĩ, thuurai andũ ikũmi na eerĩ kuuma mĩhĩrĩga-inĩ ya Isiraeli, o mũhĩrĩga mũndũ ũmwe.
Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel, —one man severally for each tribe;
13 Na rĩrĩa athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa makuuĩte ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova, o we Mwathani wa thĩ yothe, marĩtoboka thĩinĩ wa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani-rĩ, maaĩ maruo marĩa maratherera maikũrũkĩte nĩmarĩtinĩka na meyũmbe hĩba.”
and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above, —and shall stand in one mound.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩrĩa andũ moimagarire makiuma kambĩ nĩguo maringe Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa maakuuĩte ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro magĩthiĩ mbere yao.
And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to cross the Jordan, —with the priests, bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
15 Na rĩrĩ, nĩgũkorwo Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani nĩrũiyũraga mũno rũgakĩra hũgũrũrũ ciaguo hĩndĩ ya magetha. No rĩrĩa athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa maakuuĩte ithandũkũ rĩu maakinyire Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, namo magũrũ mao magĩtoboka hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia rũũĩ,
then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters, —the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,
16 maaĩ marĩa moimaga mwena wa na igũrũ wa rũũĩ magĩtiga gũtherera maikũrũkĩte; makĩĩyũmba hĩba kũndũ kũraya mũno nginya itũũra-inĩ rĩetagwo Adamu rĩrĩa rĩ gũkuhĩ na Zarethani, namo maaĩ marĩa maathereraga marorete Iria-inĩ rĩa Araba (nĩrĩo Iria rĩa Cumbĩ) magĩtinĩka biũ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ makĩringa mangʼetheire Jeriko.
that the waters which were coming down from above, stood—rose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failed—were cut off, —and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho.
17 Athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa maakuuĩte ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova makĩrũgama mehaandĩte wega kũndũ kũmũ gatagatĩ ka Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, nao andũ a Isiraeli othe makĩhĩtũka makĩringagĩra thĩ nyũmũ o nginya rĩrĩa rũrĩrĩ rũu ruothe rwarĩkirie kũringa rũũĩ rũu rwa Jorodani.
And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing, —while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.
