Jozye 3
1 Josué te leve bonè nan maten. Li menm avèk tout fis Israël yo te kite Sittim pou te rive nan Jourdain an, e yo te fè kan avan yo te travèse.
And Joshua rises early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.
2 Nan fen twa jou, ofisye yo te pase nan mitan kan an.
And it comes to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp,
3 Yo te kòmande pèp la e te di: “Lè nou wè lach akò SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, avèk prèt Levit yo k ap pote li, alò, nou va sòti nan plas nou pou swiv li.
and command the people, saying, “When you see the Ark of the Covenant of your God YHWH, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you journey from your place, and have gone after it;
4 Sepandan, va gen antre nou ak li yon distans anviwon de mil koude (3,000 pye) pa mezi. Pa vin pi prè li, pou nou kapab konnen chemen ke nap pran, paske nou pa t janm fè wout sa a avan.”
only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; you do not come near to it, so that you know the way in which you go, for you have not passed over in the way before.”
5 Konsa, Josué te di a pèp la: “Konsakre tèt nou; paske demen SENYÈ a va fè mèvèy yo nan mitan nou.”
And Joshua says to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YHWH does wonders in your midst.”
6 Josué te pale avèk prèt yo e te di: “Vin leve lach akò a pou travèse lòtbò a avan pèp la.”
And Joshua speaks to the priests, saying, “Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass over before the people”; and they take up the Ark of the Covenant, and go before the people.
7 Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Jou sa a, Mwen va kòmanse egzalte ou nan zye tout Israël la, pou yo kapab konnen ke menm jan ke M te avèk Moïse la, Mwen va avèk ou.
And YHWH says to Joshua, “This day I begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with you;
8 Anplis, ou va kòmande prèt k ap pote lach akò a e di yo: ‘Lè nou rive arebò dlo yo nan Jourdain an, nou va rete kanpe nan dlo Jourdain an.’”
and you, command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant, saying, When you come to the extremity of the waters of the Jordan, stand in the Jordan.”
9 Konsa, Josué te di a fis Israël yo: “Vin la pou koute pawòl a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”
And Joshua says to the sons of Israel, “Come near here, and hear the words of your God YHWH”;
10 Josué te di: “Pa sa nou va konnen ke Bondye vivan an pami nou e ke Li va, anverite, deplase soti devan nou Kananeyen an, Etyen an, Evyen an, Ferezyen an, Gigazyen an, Amoreyen an ak Jebizyen an.
and Joshua says, “By this you know that the living God [is] in your midst, and He certainly dispossesses from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite:
11 Gade byen, lach akò SENYÈ a tout latè a ap travèse devan nou antre nan Jourdain an.
behold, the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan;
12 “Alò, pou sa, pran pou nou menm douz mesye soti nan tribi Israël la, yon nonm pou chak tribi.
and now, take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man—one man for a tribe;
13 Li va rive ke lè pla pye a prèt ki pote lach SENYÈ a, SENYÈ tout latè a, poze nan dlo a Jourdain an, dlo Jourdain an va koupe, e dlo k ap kouri desann soti anwo yo va rete fè yon pil.”
and it has been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests carrying the Ark of YHWH, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off—the waters which are coming down from above—and they stand—one heap.”
14 Pou sa, lè pèp la kite tant pa yo pou travèse Jourdain an avèk prèt k ap pote lach akò a devan pèp la,
And it comes to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant before the people,
15 epi lè sila ki te pote lach la te antre nan Jourdain an, epi depi pye a prèt k ap pote lach la te tanmen fonse bò dlo a; (paske Jourdain an toujou depase rivaj li yo pandan tout sezon rekòlt la),
and at those carrying the Ark coming to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the Ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest)—
16 dlo ki t ap kouri desann soti anwo yo te kanpe, e te leve wo fè yon pil, a yon gran distans de la, nan Adam, vil ki akote Tsarthan an; epi dlo sa yo ki t ap kouri desann vè lanmè Araba a, ak Lamè Sale a, te vin koupe nèt. Konsa pèp la te travèse anfas Jéricho.
that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen—one heap, very far above Adam, the city which [is] at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the Sea of the Plain (the Salt Sea), have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through opposite Jericho;
17 Prèt yo ki t ap pote lach akò SENYÈ a te kanpe fèm sou tè sèk nan mitan Jourdain an pandan tout Israël t ap travèse sou tè sèk, jiskaske tout nasyon an te fin travèse Jourdain an.
and the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan—established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground until all the nation has completed to pass over the Jordan.
