Jozue 3
1 Na tongo-tongo, Jozue mpe bana nyonso ya Isalaele babimaki wuta na Shitimi mpe bakendeki kino na Yordani epai wapi batongaki molako na bango liboso ete bakatisa.
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 Sima na mikolo misato, bakambi bakomaki kotambola kati na molako
After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
3 mpo na kopesa bato mitindo oyo: — Soki bomoni Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpe Banganga-Nzambe oyo bazali Balevi komema yango, bolongwa na bisika oyo bozali mpe bolanda yango.
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 Bongo bokoyeba nzela nini bokoki kolanda mpo ete nanu botambola na nzela yango te. Kasi bozala mosika na Sanduku ya Boyokani, na bametele pene nkoto moko, bopusana pene na yango te.
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 Jozue alobaki na bato: — Bomibulisa, pamba te lobi, Yawe akosala makambo ya kokamwa kati na bino.
Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves tomorrow, for Yahweh will do wonders among you.”
6 Jozue alobaki na Banganga-Nzambe: — Bomema Sanduku ya Boyokani mpe botambola liboso ya bato. Batombolaki yango mpe batambolaki liboso ya bato.
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 Yawe alobaki na Jozue: — Lelo, nakobanda kotombola yo na miso ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele mpo ete bayeba ete nazali mpe elongo na yo ndenge nazalaki elongo na Moyize.
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 Yebisa Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemi Sanduku ya Boyokani: « Tango bokokoma pembeni ya mayi ya Yordani, botia makolo na bino kati na mayi mpe botelema wana. »
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 Jozue alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: — Bopusana awa mpe boyoka maloba ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
Then Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here, and listen to the words of Yahweh your God.
10 Bongo Jozue alobaki: — Ezali na nzela oyo nde bokoyeba solo ete Nzambe na bomoi azali elongo na bino mpe akobengana liboso na bino bato ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Evi, ya Perizi, ya Girigazi, ya Amori mpe ya Yebusi.
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 Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe ya mokili mobimba ekoleka liboso na bino kati na mayi ya Yordani.
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth crosses over ahead of you into the Jordan.
12 Sik’oyo, bopona bato zomi na mibale kati na mabota ya Isalaele, moto moko mpo na libota moko.
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each.
13 Mpe tango kaka Banganga-Nzambe oyo bakomema Sanduku ya Yawe, Nkolo ya mokili mobimba, bakotia matambe ya makolo na bango kati na Yordani, mayi na yango ekokabwana na biteni mibale; mayi oyo ekowuta na ngambo ya likolo ekotelema lokola mir.
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 Boye tango bato bakobima na molako mpo na kokatisa Yordani, Banganga-Nzambe oyo bakomema Sanduku ya Boyokani bakotambola liboso na bango.
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 Nzokande, na tango ya kobuka milona, mayi ya Yordani etondaka makasi penza. Kasi tango kaka Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku bakomaki pembeni ya Yordani mpe batiaki matambe na bango kati na mayi,
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 mayi oyo ezalaki kowuta na ngambo ya likolo etikaki kotiola mpe esalaki lokola mir moko ya monene, mpe etikaki nzela moko ya monene wuta na engumba Adamu, oyo ezalaki pembeni ya Tsaritani; bongo na ngambo mosusu, mayi oyo ezalaki kokita kino na ebale monene ya Araba, ebale monene ya Barozo, ya lubwaku ya Yordani, esilaki nyonso. Bato bakatisaki kino na Jeriko oyo ezalaki liboso na bango.
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 Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe bapikamaki na mabele ya kokawuka, na kati-kati ya mayi ya Yordani, wana bana nyonso ya Isalaele bazalaki koleka kino tango ekolo mobimba esilisaki kokatisa na mabele ya kokawuka.
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.
