ヨシュア記 3
1 ヨシユア朝はやく起いでてイスラエルの人々とともにシツテムを打發てヨルダンにゆき之を濟らずして其處に宿りぬ
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
2 斯て三日の後有司ら陣營の中をめぐり
After three days the officers went through the camp
3 民に命じて曰ふ汝ら祭司等レビ人がなんぢらの神ヱホバの契約の櫃を舁出すを見ば其處を發出てその後に從がへ
and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
4 されど汝らとその櫃との間には量りて凡そ二千キユビト許の隔離あるべし之に近づく勿れなんぢらその行べき途を知んためなり汝らは未だこの途を經しことなかりき
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
5 ヨシユアまた民に言ふ汝ら身を潔めよヱホバ明日なんぢらの中に妙なる事を行ひたまふべしと
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
6 ヨシユア祭司等に告ていふ契約の櫃を舁き民に先だちて濟れと則ち契約の櫃を舁き民に先だちて進めり
And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
7 ヱホバ、ヨシユアに言たまひけるは今日よりして我イスラエルの衆の目の前に汝を尊くし我がモーセと偕にありし如く汝と偕にあることを之に知せん
Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
8 なんぢ契約の櫃を舁ところの祭司等に命じて言へ汝らヨルダンの水際にゆかばヨルダンにいりて立べしと
Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
9 ヨシユアでイスラエルの人々にむかひて汝ら此に近づき汝らの神ヱホバの言を聽けと
So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
10 而してヨシユア語りけらく活神なんぢらの中に在してカナン人ヘテ人ヒビ人ペリジ人ギルガジ人アモリ人ヱブス人を汝らの前より必ず逐はらひたまふべきを左の事によりてなんぢら知るべし
He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
11 視よ全地の主の契約の櫃なんぢらに先だちてヨルダンにすすみ入る
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
12 然ば今イスラエルの支派の中より支派ごとに一人づつ合せて十二人を擧よ
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 全地の主ヱホバの櫃を舁ところの祭司等の足の蹠ヨルダンの水の中に踏とどまらばヨルダンの水上より流れくだる水きれとどまり立てうづだかくならん
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
14 かくて民はヨルダンを濟らんとてその幕屋を立出祭司等は契約の櫃を舁て之に先だちゆく
So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
15 抑々ヨルダンは収穫の頃には絶ずその岸にことごとく溢るるなれど櫃を舁く者等ヨルダンに到り櫃を舁ける祭司等の足水際に浸ると斉しく
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
16 上より流れくだる水止まりて遥に遠き處まで涸れザレタンに近きアダム邑の邊にて積り起て堆かくなりアラバの海すなはち鹽海の方に流れくだる水まつたく截止りたれば民ヱリコにむかひて直に濟れり
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
17 即ちヱホバの契約の櫃を舁る祭司等ヨルダンの中の乾ける地に堅く立をりてイスラエル人みな乾ける地を渉りゆき遂に民ことごとくヨルダンを濟りつくせり
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.
