Josué 3
1 Josué se levantó temprano por la mañana; partieron de Sitim y llegaron al Jordán, él y todos los hijos de Israel. Acamparon allí antes de cruzar.
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 Después de tres días, los oficiales pasaron por el medio del campamento;
After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
3 y ordenaron al pueblo, diciendo: “Cuando veáis el arca de la alianza de Yahvé vuestro Dios, y a los sacerdotes levitas que la llevan, dejad vuestro lugar y seguidla.
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 Pero habrá un espacio entre vosotros y ella de unos dos mil codos por medida — no os acerquéis a ella — para que sepáis el camino por el que debéis ir, porque nunca habéis pasado por aquí.”
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 Josué dijo al pueblo: “Santificaos, porque mañana Yahvé hará maravillas entre vosotros”.
And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
6 Josué habló a los sacerdotes, diciendo: “Tomen el arca de la alianza y pasen delante del pueblo”. Tomaron el arca de la alianza y pasaron delante del pueblo.
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 Yahvé dijo a Josué: “Hoy comenzaré a engrandecerte a los ojos de todo Israel, para que sepan que como estuve con Moisés, así estaré 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 Ordenarás a los sacerdotes que llevan el arca de la alianza que digan: “Cuando lleguéis al borde de las aguas del Jordán, os detendréis en el Jordán.”
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 Josué dijo a los hijos de Israel: “Venid aquí y escuchad las palabras de Yahvé, vuestro Dios”.
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
10 Josué dijo: “En esto sabréis que el Dios vivo está en medio de vosotros, y que sin falta expulsará de vuestra presencia al cananeo, al hitita, al heveo, al ferezeo, al gergeseo, al amorreo y al jebuseo.
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 He aquí que el arca del pacto del Señor de toda la tierra pasa delante de vosotros al Jordán.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
12 Toma, pues, doce hombres de las tribus de Israel, un hombre por cada tribu.
Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 Cuando las plantas de los pies de los sacerdotes que llevan el arca de Yahvé, el Señor de toda la tierra, descansen en las aguas del Jordán, las aguas del Jordán se cortarán. Las aguas que descienden de lo alto se pararán en un montón”.
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 Cuando el pueblo salió de sus tiendas para pasar el Jordán, los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca de la alianza iban delante del pueblo,
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 y cuando los que llevaban el arca llegaron al Jordán, y los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca se sumergieron en la orilla del agua (porque el Jordán se desborda por todas sus orillas todo el tiempo de la cosecha),
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 las aguas que descendían de arriba se detuvieron, y subieron en un montón a gran distancia, en Adam, la ciudad que está junto a Zaretán; y las que descendían hacia el mar del Arabá, el Mar Salado, fueron totalmente cortadas. Luego el pueblo pasó cerca 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 Los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahvé se mantuvieron firmes en tierra seca en medio del Jordán, y todo Israel cruzó en tierra seca, hasta que toda la nación pasó completamente el Jordán.
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.
