Yosua 8
1 Kemudian berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Yosua: "Janganlah takut dan janganlah tawar hati; bawalah seluruh tentara dan bersiaplah, majulah ke Ai. Ketahuilah, Aku serahkan kepadamu raja negeri Ai, rakyatnya, kotanya dan negerinya,
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
2 dan haruslah kaulakukan kepada Ai dan rajanya, seperti yang kaulakukan kepada Yerikho dan rajanya; hanya barang-barangnya dan ternaknya boleh kamu jarah. Suruhlah orang bersembunyi di belakang kota itu."
And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.
3 Lalu bersiaplah Yosua beserta seluruh tentara untuk pergi ke Ai. Yosua memilih tiga puluh ribu orang, pahlawan-pahlawan yang gagah perkasa, mereka disuruhnya pergi pada waktu malam
And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.
4 dan kepada mereka diperintahkannya, katanya: "Ketahuilah, kamu harus bersembunyi di belakang kota itu untuk menyerangnya, janganlah terlalu jauh dari kota itu, dan bersiap-siaplah kamu sekalian.
And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.
5 Aku dan semua orang yang bersama-sama dengan aku akan mendekati kota itu; apabila mereka keluar menyerbu kami, seperti yang pertama kali, maka kami akan melarikan diri dari hadapan mereka.
And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.
6 Jadi mereka akan keluar menyusul kami, sehingga kami memancing mereka jauh dari kota itu, sebab mereka akan berkata: orang-orang itu melarikan diri dari hadapan kita seperti yang pertama kali. Jika kami melarikan diri dari hadapan mereka,
And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.
7 maka kamu harus bangun dari tempat persembunyianmu itu untuk menduduki kota itu, dan TUHAN, Allahmu, akan menyerahkannya ke dalam tanganmu.
And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
8 Segera setelah kamu merebut kota itu, haruslah kamu membakarnya; sesuai dengan firman TUHAN kamu harus melakukan semuanya itu; ingatlah, itulah perintahku kepadamu."
And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
9 Demikianlah Yosua menyuruh mereka pergi, lalu berjalanlah mereka ke tempat persembunyian dan tinggal di antara Betel dan Ai, di sebelah barat Ai. Tetapi Yosua bermalam di tengah-tengah rakyat pada malam itu.
And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 Keesokan harinya Yosua bangun pagi-pagi, lalu diperiksanyalah barisan bangsa itu dan berjalanlah ia maju beserta para tua-tua orang Israel di depan bangsa itu ke Ai.
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 Juga seluruh tentara yang bersama-sama dengan dia berjalan maju; mereka maju mendekat, lalu sampai ke tentangan kota itu, kemudian berkemahlah mereka di sebelah utara Ai, sehingga lembah itu ada di antara mereka dan Ai.
And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.
12 Yosua telah mengambil kira-kira lima ribu orang, lalu disuruhnya mereka bersembunyi di antara Betel dan Ai, di sebelah barat kota itu.
Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
13 Beginilah rakyat itu diatur: seluruh tentara itu di sebelah utara kota dengan barisan belakang di sebelah barat kota. Pada malam itu berjalanlah Yosua melalui lembah itu.
And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 Pagi-pagi, ketika raja negeri Ai melihat hal itu, maka ia dan seluruh rakyatnya, orang-orang kota itu, segera keluar berperang, menyerbu orang Israel, ke lereng di seberang dataran itu; raja itu tidak tahu, bahwa ada orang bersembunyi di belakang kota.
And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
15 Yosua dan seluruh orang Israel itu berlaku seolah-olah dipukul mundur oleh mereka, lalu melarikan diri ke arah padang gurun.
And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 Sebab itu semua orang yang ada di kota dikerahkan untuk mengejar orang Israel. Maka mereka mengejar Yosua, sehingga makin jauhlah mereka terpancing dari kota.
And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 Seorangpun tidak tertinggal lagi di Ai dan Betel yang tidak keluar memburu orang Israel. Mereka meninggalkan kota itu terbuka, karena mereka mengejar orang Israel.
And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Yosua: "Acungkanlah lembing yang ada di tanganmu ke arah Ai, sebab Aku menyerahkan kota itu ke dalam tanganmu." Maka Yosua mengacungkan lembing yang di tangannya ke arah kota itu.
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.
19 Ketika diacungkannya tangannya, maka segeralah bangun orang-orang yang bersembunyi itu dari tempatnya, mereka berlari memasuki kota, merebutnya, lalu segera membakar kota itu.
And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
20 Ketika orang Ai berpaling menoleh ke belakang, tampaklah asap kota itu naik membubung ke langit; mereka tidak sempat melarikan diri ke manapun juga, sebab rakyat yang tadinya lari ke padang gurun, berbalik melawan pengejar-pengejarnya.
And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.
21 Ketika Yosua dan seluruh Israel melihat, bahwa orang-orang yang bersembunyi itu telah merebut kota dan bahwa asap kota itu naik membubung, berbaliklah mereka, lalu menewaskan orang-orang Ai.
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
22 Sementara itu juga keluar orang-orang Israel yang lain dari dalam kota menyerbu orang-orang Ai, sehingga terjepit di tengah-tengah orang Israel itu, yang ini dari sini dan yang itu dari sana; orang-orang Ai ditewaskan, sehingga seorangpun dari mereka tidak ada yang dibiarkan terlepas atau luput.
And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.
23 Tetapi raja Ai ditangkap mereka hidup-hidup dan dihadapkan kepada Yosua.
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 Segera sesudah orang Israel selesai membunuh seluruh penduduk kota Ai di padang terbuka ke mana orang Israel mengejar mereka, dan orang-orang ini semuanya tewas oleh mata pedang sampai orang yang penghabisan, maka seluruh Israel kembali ke Ai dan memukul kota itu dengan mata pedang.
And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 Jumlah semua orang yang tewas pada hari itu, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, ada dua belas ribu orang, semuanya orang Ai.
And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
26 Dan Yosua tidak menarik tangannya yang mengacungkan lembing itu, sebelum seluruh penduduk kota Ai ditumpasnya.
And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Hanya ternak dan barang-barang kota itu dijarah oleh orang Israel, sesuai dengan firman TUHAN, yang diperintahkan-Nya kepada Yosua.
Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.
28 Yosua membakar Ai dan membuatnya menjadi timbunan puing untuk selama-lamanya, menjadi tempat yang tandus sampai sekarang.
And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.
29 Dan raja Ai digantungnya pada sebuah tiang sampai petang. Ketika matahari terbenam, Yosua memerintahkan orang menurunkan mayat itu dari tiang, lalu dilemparkan di depan pintu gerbang kota, kemudian didirikan oranglah di atasnya suatu timbunan batu yang besar, yang masih ada sampai sekarang.
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.
30 Pada waktu itulah Yosua mendirikan mezbah di gunung Ebal bagi TUHAN, Allah Israel,
Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
31 seperti yang diperintahkan Musa, hamba TUHAN, kepada orang Israel, menurut apa yang tertulis dalam kitab hukum Musa: suatu mezbah dari batu-batu yang tidak dipahat, yang tidak diolah dengan perkakas besi apapun. Di atasnyalah mereka mempersembahkan korban bakaran kepada TUHAN dan mengorbankan korban keselamatan.
as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
32 Dan di sanalah di atas batu-batu itu, dituliskan Yosua salinan hukum Musa, yang dituliskannya di depan orang Israel.
And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children of Israel.
33 Seluruh orang Israel, para tua-tuanya, para pengatur pasukannya dan para hakimnya berdiri sebelah-menyebelah tabut, berhadapan dengan para imam yang memang suku Lewi, para pengangkat tabut perjanjian TUHAN itu, baik pendatang maupun anak negeri, setengahnya menghadap ke gunung Gerizim dan setengahnya lagi menghadap ke gunung Ebal, seperti yang dahulu diperintahkan oleh Musa, hamba TUHAN, apabila orang memberkati bangsa Israel.
And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.
34 Sesudah itu dibacakannyalah segala perkataan hukum Taurat, berkatnya dan kutuknya, sesuai dengan segala apa yang tertulis dalam kitab hukum.
And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
35 Tidak ada sepatah katapun dari segala apa yang diperintahkan Musa yang tidak dibacakan oleh Yosua kepada seluruh jemaah Israel dan kepada perempuan-perempuan dan anak-anak dan kepada pendatang yang ikut serta.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.
