Josoa 8
1 Dia hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Josoa: Aza matahotra na mivadi-po ianao, ento miaraka aminao ny vahoaka rehetra mpanafika, ka miaingà, iakaro Ay; indro, efa natolotro eo an-tananao ny mpanjakan’ i Ay mbamin’ ny vahoakany sy ny tanànany ary ny taniny.
Then the Lord said to Joshua: “You should not fear, and you should not dread. Take with you the entire multitude of fighters, and rising up, ascend to the town of Ai. Behold, I have delivered into your hand its king and people, and the city and the land.
2 Dia tahaka ny nataonao tamin’ i Jeriko sy ny mpanjakany no hataonao koa amin’ i Ay sy sy mpanjakany; nefa ny fananana rehetra sy ny biby fiompy ao dia halainareo ho babo ho anareo ihany; asio otrika eo ankoatry ny tanàna.
And you shall do to the city of Ai, and to its king, just as you did to Jericho, and to its king. Yet truly, the spoils, and all the living things, you shall plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.”
3 Dia niainga Josoa sy ny mpanafika rehetra hiakatra any Ay, ary nifidy lehilahy mahery telo alina Josoa ka nandefa ireo tamin’ ny alina.
And Joshua rose up, and the entire army of warriors with him, so that they might ascend against Ai. And he sent thirty thousand elect strong men in the night.
4 Dia nandidy azy izy ka nanao hoe: Indro, ianareo hanotrika eo ivohon’ ny tanàna hamely azy, ka aza manalavitra azy loatra, fa miomàna ianareo rehetra.
And he instructed them, saying: “Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.
5 Ary izaho sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay miaraka amiko kosa dia hanatona ny tanàna; ary rehefa mivoaka hamely anay tahaka ny teo ny olona, dia handositra eo anoloany izahay.
But I and the remainder of the multitude that is with me will approach from the opposite side of the city. And when they come out against us, we will flee and turn our backs, just as we did before,
6 Dia hivoaka hanenjika anay izy mandra-pitarikay azy hiala ao an-tanàna; fa izy hanao hoe: Mandositra eo anoloantsika tahaka ny teo izy; dia hanao tari-dositra eo anoloany izahay.
until, pursuing us, they are drawn away from the city. For they will think that we are fleeing as before.
7 Ary dia hiroatra avy ao amin’ ny fanotrehana kosa ianareo, ka ho azonareo ny tanàna; fa atolotr’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo eo an-tananareo izy.
Then, while we are fleeing and they are pursuing, you shall rise up from the ambush, and you shall lay waste to the city. And the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands.
8 Ary rehefa afakareo ny tanàna, dia dory amin’ ny afo; araka ny didin’ i Jehovah no hataonareo; indro, efa nandidy anareo aho.
And when you have seized it, set it on fire. And you shall do all that I have ordered.”
9 Dia nampandehanin’ i Josoa izy ireo, ary nandeha hanotrika ka nitoetra teo andrefan’ i Ay, teo anelanelan’ i Betela sy Ay; fa Josoa kosa nitoetra teo amin’ ny vahoaka ihany tamin’ izany alina izany.
And he sent them away, and they traveled to the place of the ambush, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, toward the western region of the city of Ai. But Joshua remained for that night in the midst of the people.
10 Dia nifoha maraina koa Josoa ka nandamina ny vahoaka, ary niakatra teo alohan’ ny vahoaka hankany Ay izy sy ny loholon’ ny Isiraely.
And rising at first light, he reviewed his troops, and he went up, with the elders at the front of the army, surrounded by an auxiliary of fighters.
11 Ary ny vahoaka rehetra mpanafika, izay niaraka tamin’ i Josoa, dia niakatra ka nanakaiky sy nanandrify ny tanàna; ary nitoby teo avaratr’ i Ay izy, ka ny lohasaha no teo anelanelan’ izy sy Ay.
And when they had arrived, and had ascended from the opposite side of the city, they stood toward the northern region of the city. And there was a valley in the middle, between them and the city.
12 Dia naka olona tokony ho dimy arivo lahy izy ka nampanotrika azy teo anelanelan’ i Betela sy Ay, andrefan’ ny tanàna.
Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.
13 Ary rehefa voalahatry ny vahoaka ny toby rehetra izay teo avaratry ny tanàna sy ny otrika teo andrefan’ ny tanàna, dia nandeha nankeo amin’ ny lohasaha Josoa tamin’ izany alina izany.
Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of the valley.
14 Ary rehefa hitan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Ay izany, dia nifoha maraina koa ny olona tao an-tanàna ka nivoaka faingana hiady tamin’ ny Isiraely, teo amin’ ny tany nifamotoanany tandrifin’ ny tani-hay, dia ny mpanjaka sy ny vahoakany: fa tsy fantany ho nisy otrika hamely azy tao ankoatry ny tanàna.
And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
15 Ary Josoa sy ny Isiraely rehetra nody resy teo anoloany ka nanao tari-dositra tamin’ ny lalana mankany an-efitra.
Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness.
16 Dia nifampiantso hanenjika azy ny vahoaka rehetra izay tao an-tanàna; ary nanenjika an’ i Josoa izy, ka dia voatarika ho tafavoaka ny tanàna.
And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn from the city,
17 Ary tsy nisy lehilahy sisa, na tao Ay na tao Betela, izay tsy nivoaka hanenjika ny Isiraely; ary nilaozany mbola nivoha ny tanàna, ka lasa nanenjika ny Isiraely izy.
and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out, )
18 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Josoa: Atondroy an’ i Ay ny lefona izay eny an-tananao; fa hatolotro eo an-tananao Ay. Dia natondron’ i Josoa ny tanàna ny lefona izay teny an-tànany.
the Lord said to Joshua: “Lift up the shield that is in your hand, toward the city of Ai. For I will deliver it to you.”
19 Dia niroatra faingana ny otrika avy tao amin’ ny nitoerany ka nihazakazaka, raha vao natondrony ny tànany; dia niditra tao an-tanàna izy ka nahafaka azy ary nandoro azy faingana tamin’ ny afo.
And when he had lifted up the shield toward the city, the ambush, which lay hidden, rose up quickly. And advancing to the city, they seized it, and set it on fire.
20 Ary niherika ny mponina tao Ay, ka hitany fa, indro, ny setroky ny tanàna niakatra ho any an-danitra, sady tsy nisy handosirany akory, na ho etỳ, na ho erỳ; fa ny Isiraely izay nanao tari-dositra ho any an-efitra dia nifotitra namely ny mpanenjika kosa.
Now the men of the city who were pursuing Joshua, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rising up even to heaven, were no longer able to flee in one direction or another, especially since those who had pretended to flee, and who were heading toward the wilderness, had turned back very strongly against those who were pursuing them.
21 Fa rehefa hitan’ i Josoa sy ny Isiraely rehetra fa efa azon’ ny otrika ny tanàna, ka niakatra ny setroky ny tanàna, dia nifotitra izy ka namely ny mponina tao Ay.
And Joshua, and all of Israel, seeing that the city had been captured, and that the smoke of the city was ascending, returned and struck down the men of Ai.
22 Ary ireo tao an-tanàna nivoaka hamely azy, ka dia latsaka teo afovoan’ ny Isiraely ny olona, fa ny Isiraely sasany teo an-daniny iray, ary ny sasany teo an-daniny iray koa; dia nifandafaran’ ny Isiraely teo izy, ka tsy nasiany niangana na dia iray akory aza.
Then too, those who had seized and set the city on fire, departing from the city toward their own men, began to strike the enemies in the middle. Therefore, since the adversaries were cut off from both sides, none of so great a multitude was saved.
23 Ary ny mpanjakan’ i Ay nataony sambo-belona ka nentiny teo amin’ i Josoa.
Also, they apprehended the king of the city of Ai, alive, and they brought him before Joshua.
24 Ary rehefa namono ny mponina rehetra tao Ay tany an-tsaha ny Isiraely, dia tany amin’ ny efitra nanenjehany azy, ka lavo tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra avokoa izy rehetra mandra-pahalany ritrany, dia niverina tany Ay ny Isiraely rehetra ka namely azy tamin’ ny lelan-tsabatra.
And so, after all were slain who had pursued Israel fleeing toward the wilderness, and after they fell by the sword in the same place, the sons of Israel returned and struck the city.
25 Ary izay rehetra maty tamin’ izany andro izany, na lehilahy na vehivavy, dia roa arivo amby iray alina, dia ny mponina rehetra tao Ay.
Now there were twelve thousand persons who had fallen on the same day, from man even to woman, the entire city of Ai.
26 Ary Josoa tsy nampihemotra ny tànany izay nanondro tamin’ ny lefona mandra-pandringana ny mponina rehetra tao Ay.
Truly Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, keeping hold of the shield until all the inhabitants of Ai were put to death.
27 Nefa ny biby fiompy mbamin’ ny fananana rehetra tao amin’ izany tanàna izany dia nalain’ ny Isiraely ho babony ihany, araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah izay nandidiany an’ i Josoa.
Then the sons of Israel divided among themselves the cattle and the plunder of the city, just as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
28 Ary Ay dia nodoran’ i Josoa ka nofoanany ho tanànaolo mandrakizay, dia toy izany mandraka androany izy.
And he set fire to the city, and he caused it to be a perpetual tomb.
29 Ary ny mpanjakan’ i Ay nahantony tamin’ ny hazo mandra-paharivan’ ny andro; ary rehefa tokony ho maty masoandro, dia nasain’ i Josoa nesorina tamin’ ny hazo ny fatiny ka nariana teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ ny tanàna ary notsindriany antontam-bato avo mandraka androany.
Also, he suspended the king on a gallows, until evening and the setting of the sun. And Joshua instructed, and they took down his dead body from the hanging tree. And they cast it at the very entrance of the city, gathering a great pile of stones upon it, which remains even to the present day.
30 Ary tamin’ izany Josoa dia nanorina alitara tao an-tendrombohitra Ebala ho an’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely,
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
31 araka izay nandidian’ i Mosesy mpanompon’ i Jehovah, ny Zanak’ Isiraely, dia araka ny voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàn’ i Mosesy dia alitara vato tsy voavoatra, izay tsy nopehim-by; ary dia nanatitra fanatitra dorana teo amboniny ho an’ i Jehovah izy sady namono zavatra hatao fanati-pihavanana.
just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed to the sons of Israel, and this was written in the book of the law of Moses: truly, an altar of uncut stones, which iron has not touched. And he offered holocausts upon it to the Lord, and he immolated victims as peace-offerings.
32 Dia nosoratany teo amin’ ny vato ny dikan’ ny lalàn’ i Mosesy, izay efa nosoratany teo anatrehan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
And he wrote on the stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had set in order before the sons of Israel.
33 Ary ny Isiraely rehetra sy ny loholony sy ny mpifehy azy ary ny mpitsara azy dia nitsangana teo an-daniny roa amin’ ny fiara, teo anatrehan’ ny Levita mpisorona, izay nitondra ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah, na olona hafa firenena, na Isiraely: ny antsasany nanandrify ny tendrombohitra Gerizima, ary ny antsasany nanandrify ny tendrombohitra Ebala, araka izay efa nandidian’ i Mosesy mpanompon’ i Jehovah fahiny, mba hitso-drano ny olona Isiraely.
Then all the people, and those greater by birth, and the commanders and judges were standing on both sides of the ark, in the sight of the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, with both the new arrival and the native born, one half part of them beside Mount Gerizim, and one half beside Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed. And first, certainly, he blessed the people of Israel.
34 Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia namaky ny tenin’ ny lalàna rehetra izy, dia ny fitahiana sy ny fanozonana, araka izay rehetra voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny lalàna.
After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing, and all the things that were written in the book of the law.
35 Tsy nisy teny tamin’ izay rehetra nandidian’ i Mosesy, izay tsy novakin’ i Josoa teo anatrehan’ ny fiangonana, dia ny Isiraely rehetra, mbamin’ ny vehivavy sy ny ankizy madinika ary ny vahiny izay teo aminy.
He left nothing untouched out of those things that Moses had ordered, and he repeated everything before the entire multitude of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the new arrivals who were staying among them.
