Jozye 4

1 Alò, lè tout nasyon an te fin travèse Jourdain an, SENYÈ a te pale avèk Josué. Li te di:

And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

2 “Pran pou nou menm douz mesye pami pèp la, yon mesye ki soti nan chak tribi.

Take men from the people, one of each tribe,

3 Kòmande yo e di: ‘Ranmase pou kont nou douz wòch soti isit la nan mitan Jourdain an, soti nan plas kote pye prèt la ap kanpe fèm nan. Pote yo janbe avèk nou, e poze yo nan plas lojman kote nou va dòmi aswè a.’”

and charge them; and you shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where you shall encamp for the night.

4 Konsa, Josué te rele douz mesye ke li te chwazi soti nan fis Israël yo, yon mesye nan chak tribi,

And Joshua having called twelve men of distinction amongst the children of Israel, one of each tribe,

5 epi Josué te di yo: “Travèse ankò vè lach SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou rive nan mitan Jourdain an e nou chak pran yon wòch sou zepòl li, selon nonb a tribi a fis Israël yo.

said to them, Advance before me in the presence of the Lord into the midst of Jordan, and each having taken up a stone from thence, let him carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel:

6 Ke sa sèvi kòm yon sign pami nou, jis pou lè pitit nou yo mande pita e di: ‘Kisa wòch sa yo vle di a nou menm’?

that these may be to you continually for an appointed sign, that when your son asks you in future, saying, What are these stones to us?

7 Alò nou va di yo: ‘Akoz dlo Jourdain yo te koupe devan lach akò SENYÈ a. Lè lach la te travèse Jourdain an, dlo Jourdain yo te koupe. Pou sa, wòch sa yo va sèvi kòm yon souvni pou fis Israël yo pou tout tan.’”

then you may explain to your son, saying, The river Jordan was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever.

8 Konsa, fis Israël yo te fè jan Josué te kòmande yo a. Yo te leve pran douz wòch yo nan mitan Jourdain an, jan SENYÈ a te pale a Josué a, selon nonb a tribi a fis Israël yo, epi yo te pote yo janbe avèk yo pou rive nan plas lojman an e te poze yo la.

And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over, ) and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.

9 Epi Josué te poze douz wòch yo nan mitan Jourdain an nan plas kote pye a prèt yo ki te pote lach akò a te kanpe. Yo la, jis jodi a.

And Joshua set also other twelve stones in Jordan itself, in the place that was under the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there they are to this day.

10 Paske prèt yo ki te pote lach la te kanpe nan mitan Jourdain an jiskaske tout bagay ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué pou pale a pèp la te fini, selon tout sa ke Moïse te kòmande Josué yo. Konsa, pèp la te fè vit travèse.

And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood in Jordan, until Joshua [had] finished all that the Lord commanded him to report to the people; and the people hasted and passed over.

11 Lè tout pèp la te fin travèse, lach SENYÈ a avèk prèt yo te travèse nan prezans a pèp la.

And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them.

12 Fis Ruben yo ak fis a Gad yo ak mwatye tribi Manassé a te janbe abiye e prepare pou fè lagè devan fis Israël yo, jis jan ke Moïse te pale yo a.

And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them.

13 Anviwon karant mil mesye, prèt pou batay, te travèse devan SENYÈ a vè plèn dezè a Jéricho a.

Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.

14 Nan jou sa a, SENYÈ a te egzalte Josué nan zye a tout Israël; jis pou yo genyen l respè avèk lakrent, jis jan ke yo te gen respè avèk lakrent pou Moïse pandan tout jou ke li te viv yo.

In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as [they did] Moses, as long as he lived.

15 Alò SENYÈ a te di a Josué:

And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

16 “Kòmande prèt ki pote lach akò a pou monte kite Jourdain an.”

Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.

17 Konsa, Josué te kòmande prèt yo. Li te di: “Monte soti nan Jourdain an.”

And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.

18 Li te vin rive ke lè prèt ki te pote lach SENYÈ yo te kite mitan Jourdain an, e pla pye yo te monte sou tè sèk, dlo Jourdain an te retounen nan plas li e te depase rivaj yo kòm avan an.

And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, [that] the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks.

19 Konsa, pèp la te monte kite Jourdain an nan dizyèm jou a premye mwa a, epi yo te fè kan nan Guilgal akote lès Jéricho.

And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.

20 Douz wòch sa yo ke yo te pran nan Jourdain an, Josué te monte nan Guilgal.

And Joshua set these twelve stones which he took out of Jordan, in Galgala,

21 Li te di a fis Israël yo: “Lè pitit nou yo mande papa yo nan tan k ap vini yo, e di: ‘Kisa wòch sa yo ye?’

saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?

22 Alò, nou va eksplike pitit nou yo pou di: ‘Israël te travèse Jourdain sila a sou tè sèk’.

Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land,

23 Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te seche dlo Jourdain yo devan nou jiskaske nou te fin travèse, jis jan ke Li te fè nan Lamè Wouj la, ke Li te seche devan nou jiskaske nou te fin travèse a,

when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.

24 pou tout pèp sou latè yo kapab konnen ke men SENYÈ a pwisan, pou nou kapab gen lakrent SENYÈ a pou tout tan.”

That all the nations of the earth might know, that the power of the Lord is mighty, and that you might worship the Lord our God in every work.