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 Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise and go up to the town of Hai. Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city, and the 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 thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils and all the cattle you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.
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 Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the 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 commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all 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.
But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:
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.
Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as 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 whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands.
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.”
And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.
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 he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue stayed that night in the midst of the people,
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 rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army environed with the aid of the fighting men.
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 when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.
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 he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same 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.
But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.
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 when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.
15 Josué avèk tout Israël te fè pòz kòmsi yo te fin bat devan yo e yo te sove ale pa chemen dezè a.
But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.
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.
But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come 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.
And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,
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.
The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.
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 when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it and set it on 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 the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued.
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.
So Josue and all Israel seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned and slew the men of Hai.
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 they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out of the city to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off on both sides, not one of so great a multitude was saved.
23 Yo te pran wa Aï a vivan e yo te mennen li kote Josué.
And they took the king of the city of Hai alive, and brought him to Josue.
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.
So all being slain that had pursued after Israel in his flight to the wilderness, and tailing by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.
25 Tout moun ki te tonbe nan jou sa a, ni lòm ni fanm te douz mil—tout se moun Aï.
And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons all of the city of Hai.
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.
But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.
27 Israël te pran sèlman bèt avèk byen sezi a kòm piyaj pa yo, selon pawòl ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Josué a.
And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.
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 he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:
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 hung the king thereof on a gibbet until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.
30 Konsa, Josué te bati yon lotèl a SENYÈ a, Bondye a Israël la, nan Mòn Ébal.
Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,
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 had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.
32 Josué te ekri la sou wòch yo yon kopi lalwa Moïse la. Li te ekri l nan prezans a fis Israël yo.
And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered 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 the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by mount Garizim, and half by mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel.
34 Epi apre, li te li tout pawòl lalwa yo, benediksyon yo avèk malediksyon yo, selon tout sa ki ekri nan liv lalwa a.
After this he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing and all things that were written in the hook of the law.
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.
He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children and strangers that dwelt among them.
