Giosué 4
1 Or quando tutta la nazione ebbe finito di passare il Giordano (l’Eterno avea parlato a Giosuè dicendo:
After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 Prendete tra il popolo dodici uomini, uno per tribù,
“When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are [still] standing.
3 e date loro quest’ordine: Pigliate di qui, di mezzo al Giordano, dal luogo dove i sacerdoti sono stati a piè fermo, dodici pietre, portatele con voi di là dal fiume, e collocatele nel luogo dove accamperete stanotte),
Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
4 Giosuè chiamò i dodici uomini che avea designati tra i figliuoli d’Israele, un uomo per tribù, e disse loro:
So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
5 “Passate davanti all’arca dell’Eterno, del vostro Dio, in mezzo al Giordano, e ognun di voi tolga in ispalla una pietra, secondo il numero delle tribù dei figliuoli d’Israele,
“Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to [where the priests are standing, holding] the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a [large] stone, one for each tribe, [and carry it] on your shoulder [to our camp].
6 affinché questo sia un segno in mezzo a voi. Quando, in avvenire, i vostri figliuoli vi domanderanno: Che significan per voi queste pietre?
[Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
7 Voi risponderete loro: Le acque del Giordano furon tagliate dinanzi all’arca del patto dell’Eterno; quand’essa passò il Giordano, le acque del Giordano furon tagliate, e queste pietre sono, per i figliuoli d’Israele, una ricordanza in perpetuo”.
tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest [that contained] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave us]. When the chest was carried into the Jordan [River], the water was blocked off [so that we could cross the riverbed]. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.”
8 I figliuoli d’Israele fecero dunque come Giosuè aveva ordinato; presero dodici pietre di mezzo al Giordano, come l’Eterno avea detto a Giosuè secondo il numero delle tribù de’ figliuoli d’Israele; le portarono con loro di là dal fiume nel luogo ove doveano passar la notte, e quivi le collocarono.
So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down.
9 Giosuè rizzò pure dodici pietre in mezzo al Giordano, nel luogo ove s’eran fermati i piedi de’ sacerdoti che portavano l’arca del patto, e vi son rimaste fino al dì d’oggi.
Then Joshua set up twelve [other large] stones [in a pile], in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there.
10 I sacerdoti che portavan l’arca rimasero fermi in mezzo al Giordano finché tutto quello che l’Eterno avea comandato a Giosuè di dire al popolo fosse eseguito, conformemente agli ordini che Mosè avea dato a Giosuè. E il popolo s’affrettò a passare.
The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed] until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed [the riverbed] quickly.
11 Quando tutto il popolo ebbe finito di passare, l’arca dell’Eterno, coi sacerdoti, passò anch’essa in presenza del popolo.
As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest [the rest of the way across the river].
12 E i figliuoli di Ruben, i figliuoli di Gad e mezza la tribù di Manasse passarono in armi davanti ai figliuoli d’Israele, come Mosè avea lor detto.
The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded.
13 Circa quarantamila uomini, pronti di tutto punto per la guerra, passarono davanti all’Eterno nelle pianure di Gerico, per andare a combattere.
As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, [ready] to fight.
14 In quel giorno, l’Eterno rese grande Giosuè agli occhi di tutto Israele; ed essi lo temettero, come avean temuto Mosè tutti i giorni della sua vita.
On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15 Or l’Eterno parlò a Giosuè, e gli disse:
Yahweh said to Joshua,
16 “Ordina ai sacerdoti che portano l’arca della Testimonianza, di uscire dal Giordano”.
“[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
17 E Giosuè diede quest’ordine ai sacerdoti: “Uscite dal Giordano”.
So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
18 E avvenne che, come i sacerdoti che portavan l’arca del patto dell’Eterno furono usciti di mezzo al Giordano e le piante de’ loro piedi si furon alzate e posate sull’asciutto, le acque del Giordano tornarono al loro posto, e strariparon da per tutto, come prima.
Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given to Moses], came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan [River] flowed again, and flooded [over the river banks] as it had done before.
19 Il popolo uscì dal Giordano il decimo giorno del primo mese, e s’accampò a Ghilgal, all’estremità orientale di Gerico.
It was on the tenth day of the first month [of that year] that the people crossed over the Jordan [River] and camped at [a place called] Gilgal, on the east side of [the land near] Jericho [city].
20 E Giosuè rizzò in Ghilgal le dodici pietre ch’essi avean prese dal Giordano.
The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
21 Poi parlò ai figliuoli d’Israele e disse loro: “Quando, in avvenire, i vostri figliuoli domanderanno ai loro padri: Che significano queste pietre?
Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘(What do these stones [mean/Why are these stones here)]?’,
22 voi lo farete sapere ai vostri figliuoli dicendo: Israele passò questo Giordano per l’asciutto.
tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
23 Poiché l’Eterno, il vostro Dio, ha asciugato le acque del Giordano davanti a voi finché voi foste passati, come l’Eterno, il vostro Dio, fece al mar Rosso ch’egli asciugò finché fossimo passati,
As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan [River] just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as [our parents] were watching, until they all crossed over it.
24 onde tutti i popoli della terra riconoscano che la mano dell’Eterno è potente, e voi temiate in ogni tempo l’Eterno, il vostro Dio”.
Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he [MTY] is very powerful, and in order that you may always (be in awe of/revere) Yahweh, your God.’”
