Jozye 8
1 Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Pa pè, ni dekouraje. Pran tout moun lagè yo avèk ou e leve, monte vè Aï. Ou wè, Mwen te mete nan men ou wa Aï a, pèp li a, vil li a ak peyi li a.
And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with you all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into your hands the king of Gai, and his land.
2 Ou va fè a Aï ak tout wa li a menm jan ke ou te fè Jéricho avèk wa li a. Selman, ou va pran pou ou menm kòm piyaj, bèt li yo kòm byen nou sezi pou nou menm. Òganize yon anbiskad pou vil la pa dèyè li.”
And you shall do to Gai, as you did to Jericho and its king; and you shall take to yourself the spoil of its cattle; set now for yourself an ambush for the city behind.
3 Epi Josué te leve avèk tout moun lagè yo pou monte Aï. Josué te chwazi trant mil mesye, gèrye vanyan, e li te voye yo sòti nan lannwit lan.
And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
4 Li te kòmande yo, e te di: “Gade, nou ap fè anbiskad vil la soti pa dèyè li. Pa sòti lwen vil la men nou tout, mete nou touprè.
And he charged them, saying, Do you lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and you shall all be ready.
5 “Mwen menm avèk tout moun ki avè m yo, nou va apwoche vil la. Epi lè yo sòti deyò pou rankontre nou kòm yon premye fwa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
6 Yo va sòti pou kouri dèyè nou jiskaske nou pati kite vil la, paske yo va di: ‘Y ap sove ale devan nou tankou premye fwa a.’ Konsa, nou va sove ale devan yo.
And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.
7 Epi nou va leve anbiskad nou e pran posesyon vil la; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va livre li nan men nou.
And you shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.
8 Alò, li va rive lè nou fin sezi vil la, ke nou va mete dife nan vil la. Nou va fè li selon pawòl SENYÈ a. Nou wè, mwen te kòmande nou an.”
You shall do according to this word, behold! I have commanded you.
9 Konsa, Josué te voye yo ale. Yo te ale nan plas anbiskad la, e yo te rete antre Béthel avèk Aï, nan lwès a Aï; men Josué te pase nwit lan pami moun yo.
And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.
10 Alò, Josué te leve bonè nan maten, e li te rasanble pèp la, epi li te monte avèk ansyen Israël yo devan pèp la pou ale Aï.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.
11 Tout moun lagè ki te avèk li yo te monte vin toupre. Yo te rive devan vil la, e te fè kan an sou akote nò toupre Aï a. Koulye a te gen yon vale antre yo menm avèk Aï.
And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
12 Li te pran anviwon senk mil mesye, e li te plase yo an anbiskad antre Béthel avèk Aï nan kote lwès vil la.
And the ambuscade [was] on the west side of the city.
13 Konsa, yo te pozisyone moun yo, tout lame ki te nan kote nò vil la ak gad an aryè nan kote lwès vil la. Josué te antre pandan nwit sa a nan mitan vale a.
14 Li te vin rive ke lè wa Aï la te wè sa, mesye lavil yo te kouri leve bonè pou sòti rankontre Israël nan batay la, li menm avèk tout pèp li a nan plas chwazi a devan plèn dezè a. Men li pa t konnen ke te gen yon anbiskad kont li dèyè vil la.
And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw [it], he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people [that were] with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade [formed] against him behind the city.
15 Josué avèk tout Israël te fè pòz kòmsi yo te fin bat devan yo e yo te sove ale pa chemen dezè a.
And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.
16 Tout pèp ki te nan vil la te rele ansanm pou kouri dèyè yo. Konsa, yo te kouri dèyè Josué e li te rale yo soti kite vil la.
And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
17 Konsa, pa t gen yon gason ki rete nan Aï ni Béthel, yo te kite vil la san gade pou te kouri dèyè Israël.
There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 Epi SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Lonje lans ki nan men ou an vè Aï; paske Mwen va ba ou li.” Konsa, Josué te lonje lans ki te nan men l lan vè vil la.
And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth your hand with the spear that is in your hand towards the city, for I have delivered it into your hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.
19 Mesye nan anbiskad yo te leve vit nan plas yo, epi lè li te lonje men l, yo te kouri antre nan vil la pou te kaptire li. Byen vit, yo mete dife nan vil la.
And Joshua stretched out his hand [and] his spear towards the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire.
20 Lè mesye Aï yo te gade an aryè, vwala, lafimen vil la te vin leve rive jis nan syèl la. Konsa, yo pa t gen kote pou sove ale, ni isit, ni la, paske moun ki t ap sove ale vè dezè yo te vire kont sila ki t ap swiv yo.
And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
21 Lè Josué avèk tout Israël te wè ke fòs anbiskad la te kaptire vil la, e ke lafimen te monte, yo te vire retounen pou touye mesye Aï yo.
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and struck the men of Gai.
22 Lòt yo nan vil la te sòti pou rankontre yo. Men yo te kwense nan mitan Israël, yon pati bò isit ak yon pati bò laba, epi yo te touye yo jis pèsòn pa t rete nan sila ki te chape sove ale yo.
And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some [being] on this side, and some on that; and they struck them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
23 Yo te pran wa Aï a vivan e yo te mennen li kote Josué.
And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 Alò, lè Israël te fin touye tout abitan Aï yo nan chan dezè a kote yo te kouri dèyè yo, e yo tout te tonbe pa lam nepe jiskaske yo te detwi nèt, alò, tout Israël te retounen Aï pou te frape li avèk lam nepe.
And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them [even] to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.
25 Tout moun ki te tonbe nan jou sa a, ni lòm ni fanm te douz mil—tout se moun Aï.
And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: [they killed] all the inhabitants of Gai.
26 Paske Josué pa t desann men l ki te toujou lonje ak lans lan jiskaske li te fin detwi nèt tout moun ki rete Aï yo.
27 Israël te pran sèlman bèt avèk byen sezi a kòm piyaj pa yo, selon pawòl ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué a.
Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
28 Konsa, Josué te brile Aï. Li te fè li tounen yon pil ranblè jis pou tout tan, yon kote ki dezole jis rive jodi a.
And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, [even] to this day.
29 Li te pann wa Aï a sou yon bwa jis rive nan aswè. Lè solèy la te kouche, Josué te bay lòd pou yo te retire kò li nan bwa a pou te jete li nan antre pòtay vil la, e leve sou li yon gwo pil gwo wòch ki kanpe jis jodi a.
And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
30 Konsa, Josué te bati yon lotèl a SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, nan Mòn Ébal.
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gaebal,
31 Li te fèt jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te kòmande fis Israël yo, jan sa ekri nan liv lalwa Moïse la, yon lotèl avèk wòch ki pa taye, sou sila okenn mesye pa voye yon zouti fè. Yo te ofri sou li ofrann brile a SENYÈ a, e te fè sakrifis ofrann lapè yo.
as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.
32 Josué te ekri la sou wòch yo yon kopi lalwa Moïse la. Li te ekri l nan prezans a fis Israël yo.
And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
33 Tout Israël avèk ansyen yo ak ofisye yo ak jij yo te kanpe sou toude kote lach la devan prèt Levit ki te pote lach akò SENYÈ a, etranje kon natif. Mwatye nan yo te kanpe devan Mòn Garizim e mwatye nan yo devan Mòn Ébal, jis jan ke Moïse, sèvitè SENYÈ a, te bay kòmand nan oparavan an, pou beni pèp Israël la.
And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
34 Epi apre, li te li tout pawòl lalwa yo, benediksyon yo avèk malediksyon yo, selon tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa a.
And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
35 Pa t gen menm yon mo nan tout sa ke Moïse te kòmande yo ke Josué pa t li devan tout asanble Israël la, avèk fanm ak pitit yo ak etranje ki te rete pami yo.
There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.
