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.
Joshua got up early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim. They came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and they camped there before they crossed over.
2 Mgbe ụbọchị atọ gasịrị, ndịisi ụmụ Izrel gabigara jegharịa nʼetiti ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ,
After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
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.
they commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests from the Levites carrying it, you must leave this place and follow 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.”
There must be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits. Do not come close to it, so that you can see which way to go, since you have not gone this way before.”
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.”
Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves tomorrow, for Yahweh 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.
Then Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass in front of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went in front of 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.
Yahweh said to Joshua, “This day I will make you a great man in the eyes of all Israel. They will know that as I was with Moses, 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.’”
You will command the priests who carry the ark of the covenant, 'When you have come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you must stand still in the Jordan River.'”
9 Mgbe ahụ, Joshua gwara ụmụ Izrel niile sị, “Bịanụ nso, bịanụ nụrụ okwu niile nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
Then Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here, and listen to the words of Yahweh 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.
By this you will know that the living God is among you and will drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11 Lee, igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe ụwa niile ga-agabiga nʼihu unu banye nʼime Jọdan.
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth crosses over ahead of you into the Jordan.
12 Ugbu a sitenụ nʼebo Izrel niile họpụta ndị ikom iri na abụọ, site nʼebo ọbụla otu onye.
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each.
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.”
When the soles of the feet of the priests that carry the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, touch the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and even the waters that flow down from upstream will stop flowing and they will stand in one 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.
So when the people set out to cross over the Jordan, the priests that carried the ark of the covenant went ahead of 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,
As soon as those who were carrying the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of those who carried the chest were dipped in the edge of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of the 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.
the waters that flowed down from upstream stood up in one heap. The water stopped flowing from a great distance. The waters stopped flowing from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, all the way down to the sea of the Negev, the Salt Sea. The people crossed over near 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.
The priests that carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan until all the people of Israel crossed over on dry ground.
