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 Joshua rose early in the morning; and they broke up from Shittim, and came close to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os príncipes passaram pelo meio do arraial;
And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers 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 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 shall ye break up from your place, and go after it.
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.
Nevertheless there shall be a space between you and it, of about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, in order that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 Disse Josué também ao povo: santificai-vos, porque amanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow will the Lord do wonders in the midst of 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 Joshua said unto the priests, as followeth, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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 unto Joshua, This day will I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
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.
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 Então disse Josué aos filhos de Israel: chegai-vos para cá, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Approach hither, and hear the words 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 Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in the midst of you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Emorites, and the Jebusites.
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 passeth over before you into the Jordan.
12 Tomai-vos pois agora doze homens das tribos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem;
And now take yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man each out of every 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 it shall come to pass, that as soon as 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, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, namely, the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand up as a wall.
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 it came to pass, when the people broke up from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, and the priests the bearers of the ark of the covenant were before the people;
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 they that bore the ark were come up to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, [the Jordan, however, had overflowed all its banks all the time of harvest, ]
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.
That the waters which came down from above stood still and rose up as a wall, very far from the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan; and those that ran down toward the sea of the plain, the salt sea, failed, were cut off; and the people passed over opposite to Jericho.
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.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished passing over the Jordan.
