Josué 4
1 Cuando toda la nación terminó de cruzar el Jordán, el Señor le dijo a Josué:
After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 “Escoge doce hombres del pueblo, uno por tribu,
“When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are [still] standing.
3 y diles: ‘Recojan doce piedras del medio del Jordán, donde están los sacerdotes. Luego llévenlas y déjenlas en el lugar donde acamparán esta noche’”.
Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
4 Entonces Josué mandó llamar a los doce hombres que había elegido, uno de cada tribu,
So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
5 y les dijo: “Vuelvan y entren hasta la mitad del Jordán, justo delante del Arca del Pacto del Señor su Dios, y cada uno de ustedes, elija una piedra y llévenla sobre sus hombros, uno por cada una de las tribus de Israel.
“Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to [where the priests are standing, holding] the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a [large] stone, one for each tribe, [and carry it] on your shoulder [to our camp].
6 Este será un monumento entre ustedes, para que un día, cuando sus hijos pregunten: ‘¿Qué significan estas piedras?’
[Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
7 ustedes puedan responderles: ‘Son un recordatorio de cuando el río Jordán dejó de fluir mientras el Arca del Pacto del Señor cruzaba el río. Cuando el arca cruzó, el agua se detuvo. Estas piedras son un recordatorio eterno para el pueblo de Israel’”.
tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest [that contained] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave us]. When the chest was carried into the Jordan [River], the water was blocked off [so that we could cross the riverbed]. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.”
8 Entonces el pueblo de Israel hizo lo que Josué les dijo. Los hombres recogieron doce piedras del medio del Jordán como el Señor le había ordenado a Josué. Las llevaron al lugar donde acamparon durante la noche y las colocaron allí, una por cada una de las tribus de Israel.
So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down.
9 Josué también colocó doce piedras en medio del Jordán justo donde los sacerdotes que llevaban el Arca del Pacto se habían quedado en pie, y siguen allí hasta el día de hoy.
Then Joshua set up twelve [other large] stones [in a pile], in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there.
10 Los sacerdotes que llevaban el Arca permanecieron de pie en medio del Jordán hasta que todo se hizo tal como el Señor le había dicho al pueblo, todo lo que Moisés le había dicho a Josué. Y el pueblo cruzó rápidamente.
The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed] until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed [the riverbed] quickly.
11 Después que todo el pueblo cruzó, pudieron ver a los sacerdotes llevando el Arca del Señor.
As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest [the rest of the way across the river].
12 Los hombres armados de las tribus de Rubén y Gad, y la mitad de la tribu de Manasés cruzaron, yendo a la cabeza del pueblo de Israel, como Moisés lo había estipulado.
The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded.
13 Fueronunos 40.000 hombres, armados y listos para la batalla, los que cruzaron en presencia del Señor a las llanuras de Jericó.
As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, [ready] to fight.
14 Ese día el Señor confirmó a Josué como gran líder a la vista de todos los israelitas, y ellos se maravillaron de él como lo habían hecho con Moisés.
On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15 El Señor le había dicho a Josué:
Yahweh said to Joshua,
16 “Dile a los sacerdotes que llevan el Arca del Testimonio que salgan del Jordán”.
“[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
17 Así que Josué les dijo a los sacerdotes, “Salgan del Jordán”.
So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
18 Los sacerdotes salieron del Jordán llevando el Arca del Testimonio, y tan pronto como sus pies tocaron tierra seca, las aguas del Jordán volvieron a donde habían estado, desbordando sus orillas como antes.
Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given to Moses], came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan [River] flowed again, and flooded [over the river banks] as it had done before.
19 El pueblo salió del Jordán y acampó en Gilgal, al oriente de Jericó, el décimo día del primer mes.
It was on the tenth day of the first month [of that year] that the people crossed over the Jordan [River] and camped at [a place called] Gilgal, on the east side of [the land near] Jericho [city].
20 Josué colocó en Gilgal las doce piedras que habían sido tomadas del Jordán.
The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
21 Y entonces les dijo a los israelitas: “El día que sus hijos les pregunten a sus padres: ‘¿Qué significan estas piedras?’
Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘(What do these stones [mean/Why are these stones here)]?’,
22 ustedes podrán explicarles: ‘Aquí es donde los israelitas cruzaron el Jordán en tierra seca’.
tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
23 Porque el Señor su Dios hizo que el río Jordán se secara delante de ustedes para que todos pudieran cruzarlo, así como lo hizo en el Mar Rojo, que se secó para que todos pudiéramos cruzarlo.
As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan [River] just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as [our parents] were watching, until they all crossed over it.
24 Y lo hizo para que todos en la tierra supieran cuán poderoso es el Señor, y para que ustedes se maravillaran del Señor su Dios para siempre”.
Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he [MTY] is very powerful, and in order that you may always (be in awe of/revere) Yahweh, your God.’”
