Joshua 3
1 Nʼisi ụtụtụ, Joshua na ụmụ Izrel niile hapụrụ Shitim bịaruo nʼakụkụ osimiri Jọdan, maa ụlọ ikwu nʼebe ahụ. Nʼebe a ka ha nọ chere tutu ruo mgbe ha ga-agafe.
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 Mgbe ụbọchị atọ gasịrị, ndịisi ụmụ Izrel gabigara jegharịa nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ,
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 nye ha iwu sị, “Mgbe unu hụrụ igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, ka ndị nchụaja, ụmụ Livayị, bulitere ya, unu onwe unu ga-esi nʼebe unu nọ bilie soro ha nʼazụ.
And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Ma a ga-enwe oke nʼetiti unu na ha, ihe dịka otu kilomita site nʼebe igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ dị. Unu agaghị abịaru ya nso. Nke a bụ maka ị mara ụzọ unu ga-eso, nʼihi na unu esibeghị nʼụzọ a gaa ije mbụ.”
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way heretofore.
5 Joshua gwara ndị Izrel sị, “Doonụ onwe unu nsọ, nʼihi na echi ka Onyenwe anyị ga-eme oke ihe ebube dị iche iche nʼetiti unu.”
And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
6 Joshua gwara ndị nchụaja sị ha, “Bulienụ igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, gabiga nʼihu ndị Izrel.” Ha buliri igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, bido ịga nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Joshua sị, “Taa, ka m ga-amalite ime ka ị dị ukwuu nʼanya ụmụ Izrel niile, ka ha niile mata na dịka m si nọnyere Mosis, otu a ka m ga-esi nọnyere gị.
And the LORD said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
8 Ị ga-enye ndị nchụaja bụ ndị na-ebu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ iwu si, ‘Mgbe unu ruru nʼọnụ mmiri osimiri Jọdan, banyekwanụ gaa guzo nʼime osimiri ahụ.’”
And you shall command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in Jordan.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua gwara ụmụ Izrel niile sị, “Bịanụ nso, bịanụ nụrụ okwu niile nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
10 Otu a ka unu ga-esi mata nʼezie na Chineke dị ndụ nọ nʼetiti unu, unu ga-amatakwa na ọ ghaghị ịnapụ ndị Kenan, na ndị Het, na ndị Hiv, na ndị Periz, na ndị Gigash, na ndị Amọrait, na ndị Jebus ala ha nʼihu unu.
And Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Lee, igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe ụwa niile ga-agabiga nʼihu unu banye nʼime Jọdan.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passes over before you into Jordan.
12 Ugbu a sitenụ nʼebo Izrel niile họpụta ndị ikom iri na abụọ, site nʼebo ọbụla otu onye.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 Ngwangwa ndị nchụaja bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe ụwa niile zọnyere ụkwụ na Jọdan, mmiri Jọdan nke si nʼebe elu ya na-arịdata ga-akwụsị ịsọ, guzoro dịka mgbidi.”
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand on an heap.
14 Ya mere, mgbe ndị Izrel sitere nʼụlọ ikwu ha bilie njem ịgabiga osimiri Jọdan, ndị nchụaja bụ igbe ọgbụgba ndụ buuru ha ụzọ na-aga ha nʼihu.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 Nʼoge owuwe ihe ubi ọbụla, osimiri Jọdan na-etoju etoju, sọjukwaa akụkụ ya niile. Ma ngwangwa ndị nchụaja bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ a bịaruru nso zọnye ụkwụ ha nʼọnụ mmiri Jọdan,
And as they that bore the ark were come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overflows all his banks all the time of harvest, )
16 mmiri si nʼelu elu osimiri ahụ kwụsịrị ịsọ, ọ gara elu tụkọta onwe ya dịka mgbidi nʼebe dị anya, nʼobodo a na-akpọ Adam, nke dị nso obodo Zaretan. Ebe mmiri nke na-eruda na-asọbanye osimiri Araba, ya bụ, osimiri Nnu kwụsịrị ịsọ kpamkpam. Ya mere, ndị Izrel gabigara na ncherita ihu Jeriko.
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up on an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 Ndị nchụaja bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị guzoro nʼala akọrọ nʼetiti Jọdan, Izrel niile gabigakwara tutu ruo mgbe mba ahụ niile gafesịrị nʼala akọrọ.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
