Josoa 3
1 Dia nifoha maraina koa Josoa; ary ny olona dia niala tany Sitima ka nankany Jordana, dia Josoa sy ny Zanak’ Isiraely rehetra, ary nitoetra teo izy aloha vao nita.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
2 Ary rehefa afaka hateloana, dia nandeha namaky ny toby ny mpifehy
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
3 ka nandidy ny olona hoe: Rehefa hitanareo ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ary ny Levita mpisorona mitondra azy, dia mialà amin’ izay itoeranareo, ka manaraha azy
and they commanded the people, saying: 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 (kanefa asio elanelany, tokony ho roa arivo hakiho, aminareo sy izy, fa aza manakaiky azy), mba ho fantatrareo ny lalana izay mety halehanareo; fa tsy mbola nalehanareo akory izao lalana izao.
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'
5 Ary hoy Josoa tamin’ ny olona: Manamasìna ny tenanareo: fa rahampitso dia hanao fahagagana eo aminareo Jehovah.
And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'
6 Ary niteny tamin’ ny mpisorona Josoa ka nanao hoe: Ento ny fiaran’ ny fanekena, ka mità eo anoloan’ ny olona. Dia nitondra ny fiaran’ ny fanekena izy ka nandeha teo anoloan’ ny olona.
And Joshua spoke unto the priests, saying: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people.' And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Josoa: Anio no hanandratako anao eo imason’ ny Isiraely rehetra, hahafantarany fa tahaka ny nombako an’ i Mosesy no hombako anao koa.
And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 Ary mandidia ny mpisorona izay mitondra ny fiaran’ ny fanekena, ka ataovy hoe: Rehefa mihatra amin’ ny moron’ i Jordana ianareo, dia mijanòna eo Jordana ihany.
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.'
9 Ary Josoa nanao tamin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely hoe: Mankanesa atỳ, ka mihainoa ny tenin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.'
10 Dia hoy Josoa: Izao no hahafantaranareo fa eo aminareo Andriamanitra velona, ka horoahiny eo alohanareo tokoa ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Hivita sy ny Perizita sy ny Girgasita sy ny Amorita ary ny Jebosita:
And Joshua said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
11 Indro, ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ ny Tompon’ ny tany rehetra no mandroso eo alohanareo ho eo Jordana;
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.
12 koa ankehitriny mangalà lehilahy roa ambin’ ny folo amin’ ny firenen’ Isiraely ho anareo, dia iray avy isam-pirenena;
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
13 ary raha vao mijanona eo amin’ ny rano Jordana ny faladian’ ny mpisorona izay mitondra ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah, Tompon’ ny tany rehetra, dia ho tapaka ny rano Jordana, dia ny rano izay midìna avy any ambony, ka hijanona ho toy ny antontan-javatra.
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.'
14 Ary raha niala tamin’ ny lainy hita an’ i Jordana ny olona, ary ny mpisorona nitondra ny fiaran’ ny fanekena eo alohan’ ny olona,
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
15 ka tonga teo Jordana izay nitondra ny fiara, ary naroboky ny mpisorona izay nitondra ny fiara tamin’ ny sisin-drano ny tongony (fa tondraka mihoatra ny morony rehetra Jordana mandritra ny fararano),
and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water — for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest —
16 dia nijanona ny rano izay nidina avy tany ambony ka tonga toy ny antontan-javatra terỳ lavitra erỳ, dia terỳ amin’ ny tanàna Adama, izay eo anilan’ i Zaretana; eny, tapaka tokoa ny rano izay nidina ho any amin’ ny ranomasin’ ny tani-hay, dia ny Ranomasin-tsira; ary ny olona dia nita tandrifin’ i Jeriko.
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 Ary ny mpisorona izay nitondra ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah dia nijoro tsara tamin’ ny tany maina teo afovoan’ i Jordana, ary ny Isiraely rehetra nandeha tamin’ ny tany maina mandra-pahatafitan’ izy rehetra an’ i Jordana.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, while all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
