Josué 3
1 Levantou-se pois Josué de madrugada, e partiram de Sittim, e vieram até ao Jordão, ele e todos os filhos de Israel: e pousaram ali, antes que passassem.
And so, Joshua arose in the night, and he moved the camp. And they departed from Shittim, and they went to the Jordan: he, and all the sons of Israel, and they remained there for three days.
2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os príncipes passaram pelo meio do arraial;
After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
3 E ordenaram ao povo, dizendo: Quando virdes a arca do concerto do Senhor vosso Deus, e que os sacerdotes levitas a levam, parti vós também do vosso lugar, e segui-a.
and they began to proclaim: “When you will see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the stock of Levi carrying it, you also shall rise up and follow those who are going before you.
4 Haja contudo distância entre vós e ela, como da medida de dois mil côvados: e não vos chegueis a ela, para que saibais o caminho pelo qual haveis de ir; porquanto por este caminho nunca passastes antes.
And let there be, between you and the ark, the space of two thousand cubits, so that you may be able to see it from far away, and to know along which way you should advance. For you have not walked this way before. And be careful that you do not approach the ark.”
5 Disse Josué também ao povo: santificai-vos, porque amanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
6 E falou Josué aos sacerdotes, dizendo: levantai a arca do concerto, e passai adiante deste povo. Levantaram pois a arca do concerto, e foram andando adiante do povo.
And he said to the priests: “Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.” And they fulfilled the orders, and they took it and walked before them.
7 E o Senhor disse a Josué: Este dia começarei a engrandecer-te perante os olhos de todo o Israel, para que saibam, que assim como fui com Moisés assim serei contigo.
And the Lord said to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that, just as I was with Moses, so also am I with you.
8 Tu pois ordenarás aos sacerdotes que levam a arca do concerto, dizendo: Quando vierdes até à borda das águas do Jordão, parareis no Jordão.
Now instruct the priests, who are carrying the ark of the covenant, and say to them, ‘When you will have entered into a part of the water of the Jordan, stand still in it.’”
9 Então disse Josué aos filhos de Israel: chegai-vos para cá, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
10 Disse mais Josué: nisto conhecereis que o Deus vivo está no meio de vós: e que de todo lançará de diante de vós aos cananeus, e aos heteus, e aos heveus, e aos phereseus, e aos girgaseus, e aos amorreus, e aos jebuseus.
And again, he said: “By this shall you know that the Lord, the living God, is in your midst, and that he shall scatter in your sight, the Canaanite and the Hittite, the Hivite and the Perizzite, likewise the Girgashite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite.
11 Eis que a arca do concerto do Senhor de toda a terra passa o Jordão diante de vós.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
12 Tomai-vos pois agora doze homens das tribos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem;
Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 Porque há de acontecer que, assim que as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes que levam a arca do Senhor, o Senhor de toda a terra, repousem nas águas do Jordão, se separarão as águas do Jordão, e as águas que de cima descem pararão num montão.
And when the priests who are carrying the ark of the Lord, the God of the entire earth, will have placed the steps of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are lower will run down and pass away, and those that are approaching above will stand together in a mass.”
14 E aconteceu que, partindo o povo das suas tendas, para passar o Jordão, levavam os sacerdotes a arca do concerto diante do povo.
And the people departed from their tents, so that they might cross the Jordan. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant were advancing before them.
15 E os que levavam a arca, quando chegaram até ao Jordão, e os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca, se molharam na borda das águas, (porque o Jordão trasbordava sobre todas as suas ribanceiras, todos os dias da sega),
And as soon as they entered into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in a portion of the water, (now the Jordan, since it was the time of the harvest, had filled the banks of its channel, )
16 Pararam-se as águas, que vinham de cima; levantaram-se num montão, mui longe da cidade de Adam, que está da banda de Santan; e as que desciam ao mar das campinas, que é o mar salgado, faltavam de todo e separaram-se: então passou o povo defronte de Jericó.
the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea, ) until they entirely passed away.
17 Porém os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, pararam firmes em seco no meio do Jordão: e todo o Israel passou em seco, até que todo o povo acabou de passar o Jordão.
Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.
