यहोशू 4

1 जब सबै मानिस यर्दन तरे, परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो,

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

2 “मानिसहरूबाट एक जना अर्थात् हरेक कुलबाट एक-एक जना गरी बाह्र जना मानिस छान् ।

“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

3 तिनीहरूलाई यस्तो आज्ञा दे, “यर्दन नदीको बिचबाट बाह्रवटा ढुङ्गा लेओ जहाँ पुजारीहरू सुक्खा जमिनमा उभिरहेका हुन्छन्, तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूसँगै लेओ र तिनीहरूलाई आज रात बिताउने ठाउँमा राख' ।”

and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

4 त्यसपछि यहोशूले बाह्र जना मानिसलाई बोलाए जसलाई तिनले इस्राएलका कुलहरूबाट अर्थात् हरेक कुलबाट एक-एक जना चुनेका थिए ।

So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

5 यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूका परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको सन्दुकअगि यर्दनको बिचमा जाओ । तिमीहरू हरेकले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका कुलहरूको सङ्ख्याअनुसार आ-आफ्नो काँधमा एउटा-एउटा ढुङ्गा लिनु ।

and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

6 आउने दिनहरूमा तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले, 'यी ढुङ्गाहरूको अर्थ के हो?' भनी सोध्दा तिमीहरूका निम्ति यो एउटा चिन्ह हुने छ ।

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

7 अनि तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍ने छौ, 'परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको सन्दुक सामु यर्दन नदीको पानी रोकिएको थियो । त्यसैले यी ढुङ्गाहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति स्मारक हुने छन्' ।”

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

8 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले यहोशूले आज्ञा गरेमुताबिक गरे र तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभएअनुसार यर्दनको बिचबाट बाह्रवटा ढुङ्गा टिपे । तिनीहरूले ढुङ्गाहरूलाई इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका सङ्ख्याअनुसार खडा गरे । तिनीहरूले ढुङ्गाहरूलाई छाउनी हालेको ठाउँमा लगे र तिनीहरूलाई त्यहीँ खडा गरे ।

Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

9 यहोशूले करारको सन्दुक बोक्‍ने पुजारीहरूको खुट्टाले टेकेका ठाउँ अर्थात् यर्दनको बिचबाट ल्याएका बाह्रवटा ढुङ्गा खडा गरे । त्यो स्मारक आज पनि त्यहीँ छ ।

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

10 मोशाले यहोशूलाई आदेश दिएबमोजिम परमप्रभुले मानिसहरूलाई बताउनू भनी आज्ञा गर्नुभएका सबै कुरा पुरा नभएसम्म सन्दुक बोक्‍ने पुजारीहरू यर्दनको बिचमा नै खडा भए । मानिसहरू छिटो-छिटो गरी तरे ।

Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,

11 जब सबै मानिस तरी सके परमप्रभुको सन्दुक र पुजारीहरू मानिसहरूको अगिअगि तरे ।

and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.

12 रूबेनको कुल, गादको कुल र मनश्शेको आधा कुल मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरेअनुसार एउटा फौजको रूपमा इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका अगिअगि गए ।

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

13 झण्डै चालिस हजार सशस्‍त्र मानिस परमप्रभुको सामु यरीहोको मैदानमा युद्धको निम्ति गए ।

About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.

14 त्यस दिन परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई सबै इस्राएलको दृष्‍टिमा महान् बनाउनुभयो । तिनीहरूले मोशालाई आदर गरेझैँ तिनको सारा जीवनभरि तिनलाई पनि आदर गरे ।

On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.

15 परमप्रभु यहोशूसँग बोल्नुभयो,

Then the LORD said to Joshua,

16 “गवाहीको सन्दुक बोक्‍ने पुजारीहरूलाई यर्दनबाट बाहिर आउनलाई आज्ञा दे ।”

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan.”

17 त्यसैले, यहोशूले पुजारीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए, “यर्दनबाट बाहिर आओ ।”

So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up from the Jordan.”

18 जब परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक बोक्‍ने पुजारीहरू यर्दनको बिचबाट आए र तिनीहरूका खुट्टाका पैताला सुक्खा जमिनबाट उठाइए, यर्दनको पानी आफ्नो स्थानमा फर्क्यौ र त्यो चार दिन पहिलेको जस्तै यसको किनारासम्म बग्‍न लाग्यो ।

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

19 मानिसहरू पहिलो महिनाको दसौँ दिनमा यर्दनबाट बाहिर आए । तिनीहरू यर्दनको पूर्वतिर गिलगालमा बसे ।

On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

20 तिनीहरूले यर्दनबाट बाहिर ल्याएका ती बाह्रवटा ढुङ्गालाई यहोशूले गिलगालमा खडा गरे ।

And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

21 तिनले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “जब तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूले 'यी ढुङ्गाहरू के हुन्?' भनी सोध्छन्, 'इस्राएलले यहीँबाट यर्दन नदीमा सुक्खा जमिनमा तरेको थियो' भनी

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

22 तिमीहरूका सन्तानहरूलाई बताउनू ।'

you are to tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

23 जसरी परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले लाल समुद्रलाई सुक्खा बनाउनुभएको थियो त्यसरी नै परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरू पार नगरेसम्म यर्दनको पानी तिमीहरूको निम्ति सुकाउनुभयो ।

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.

24 यसरी परमप्रभुको बाहुली शक्‍तिशाली छ भनी पृथ्वीका सबै मानिसले जानून् र तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरको सदासर्वदा आदर गर ।”

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”