Yoshua 6
1 Basi, milango yote ya Yeriko ilikuwa imefungwa kwasababu ya jeshi la Israeli. Hapakuwa na mtu wa kutoka nje au kuingia ndani.
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.
2 Yahweh akamwambia Yoshua, “Tazama, nimeweka Yeriko katika mkono wako, mfalme wake pamoja na wanajeshi wake waliofunzwa.
The LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valour.
3 Ni lazima kutembea kwa kuuzunguka mji, wanaume wote wa vita wauzunguke mji mara moja. Ni lazima mfanye hivi kwa siku sita.
All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
4 Makuhani saba lazima wabebe tarumbeta za pembe za kondoo waume mbele za sanduku. Na katika siku ya saba, ni lazima mtembee kwa kuuzunguka mji mara saba, na makuhani lazima wapulize tarumbeta.
Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
5 Kisha watapuliza pembe za kondoo waume kwa nguvu kuu, na mtakaposikia sauti za tarumbeta watu wote na wapige kelele kwa mshindo mkuu, na ukuta wa mji utaanguka chini pale pale. Wanajeshi ni lazime washambulie, kila mmoja eende mbele moja kwa moja.
It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the city wall will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, every man straight in front of him.”
6 Ndipo Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, aliwaita makuhani na kuwaambia, “Lichukueni sanduku la agano, na waacheni makuhani saba wabebe tarumbeta za pembe za kondoo waume mbele ya sanduku la Yahweh.”
Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD’s ark.”
7 Yoshua aliwaambia watu, “Nendeni na mkatembee kuuzunguka mji, na watu wa vita wataenda mbele ya sanduku la Yahweh.”
They said to the people, “Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the LORD’s ark.”
8 Makuhani saba walibeba tarumbeta saba za pembe za kondoo mbele ya Yahweh kama Yoshua alivyowaambia watu. Na walivyokuwa akiendelea mbele, walipuliza tarumbeta.
It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them.
9 Sanduku la Yahweh liliwafuata kwa nyuma yao. Watu wa vita walitembea mbele ya makuhani, na walipuliza tarumbeta zao, lakini walinzi wa nyuma walilifuata sanduku kwa nyuma, na makuhani waliendelea kupuliza tarumbeta zao.
The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
10 Lakini Yoshua aliwaagiza watu, akisema, “Msipige kelele. Sauti yoyote isitoke vinywani mwenu mpaka siku nitakayowaambia kupiga kelele. Ndipo hapo mtakapopiga kelele.”
Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
11 Hivyo, alisababisha sanduku la Yahweh kuuzunguka mji mara moja kwa siku hiyo. Kisha wakaingia katika kambi yao, wakakaa usiku ule katika kambi.
So he caused the LORD’s ark to go around the city, circling it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.
12 Basi Yoshua aliamka asubuhi na mapema, na makuhani wakalichukua sanduku la Yahweh.
Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the LORD’s ark.
13 Makuhani saba waliobeba tarumbeta saba za pembe za kondoo waume walikuwa mbele ya sanduku la Yahweh, wakitembea kwa ushupavu, huku wakipuliza tarumbeta. Wanajeshi wenye silaha walikuwa wakitembea mbele yao, lakini walinzi wa nyuma walitembea nyuma ya sanduku la Yahweh, huku tarumbeta ziliendelea kupigwa.
The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the LORD’s ark went on continually, and blew the trumpets. The armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after the LORD’s ark. The trumpets sounded as they went.
14 Walitembea kuuzunguka mji mara moja katika siku ya pili na kisha wakarudi kambini. Walifanya hivi kwa siku sita.
The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.
15 Ilikuwa ni katika siku ya saba ambayo waliamka mapema katika mapambazuko, na walitembea kuuzunguka mji kwa namna ile kama ilivyokuwa kawaida yao, katika siku hii walifanya mara saba.
On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. On this day only they marched around the city seven times.
16 Ilikuwa ni katika siku ya saba ambapo makuhani walipiga tarumbeta, na ya kwamba Yoshua aliwaagiza watu, “Pigeni kelele! Kwa kuwa Yahweh amewapa ninyi mji.
At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!
17 Mji pamoja na vitu vyote ndani yake vitatengwa kwa Yahweh kwa ajili ya uharibifu. Ni Rahabu yule kahaba pekee ataishi - yeye pamoja wote waliokuwa pamoja naye katika nyumba - kwasababu aliwaficha watu tuliowatuma.
The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 Lakini kwenu, iweni waangalifu juu ya kuchukua vitu vilivyotengwa kwa ajili ya uharibifu, ili baada ya kuvitia alama kwa ajili ya kuharibiwa, msichukue hata kimoja wapo. Na kama mtafanya hivi, mtaifanya kambi ya Waisraeli iharibiwe na mtaleta matatizo katika kambi.
But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so you would make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it.
19 Fedha zote, dhahabu na vitu vilivyotengenezwa kwa shaba na chuma vilitengwa kwa ajli ya Yahweh.”
But all the silver, gold, and vessels of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD’s treasury.”
20 Hivyo, watu wakapiga kelele, na wakatoa sauti kwa kupuliza tarumbeta. Ilikuwa watu waliposikia sauti za tarumbeta, walipiga kelele kwa sauti kuu, na ukuta ulianguka chini kabisa na kwamba watu waliungia mji, kila mmoja alisonga mbele moja kwa moja. Na waliuteka mji.
So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
21 Waliteketeza kabisa kila kitu kilichokuwa katika mji kwa makali ya upanga - wanaume kwa wanawake, wadogo kwa wakubwa, ng'ombe, kondoo na punda.
They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
22 Kisha Yoshua akawaambia wale watu wawili walioipeleleza nchi, “Nendeni katika nyumba ya kahaba, mtoeni mwanamke na wote walio pamoja naye, kama mlivyomwapia.”
Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her.”
23 Basi, vijana wale walioipeleleza nchi waliingia ndani na kumtoa Rahabu nje. Walimtoa nje baba yake, mama, kaka, na ndugu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye. waliwaleta katika sehemu ya nje ya kambi ya Waisraeli.
The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
24 Na ndipo waliuteketeza mji na kila kitu ndani yake. Isipokuwa fedha, dhahabu na vyombo vya fedha na chuma viliwekwa kwa hazina ya nyumba ya Yahweh.
They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
25 Bali Yoshua alimruhusu Rahabu kahaba, nyumba ya baba yake, na wote waliokuwa pamoja naye waishi. Mpaka leo hivi anaishi Israeli kwasababu aliwaficha watu waliotumwa na Yoshua kuipeleleza Yeriko.
But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 Kisha katika kipindi hicho, Yoshua aliwaamuru kwa kiapo na kusema, “Alaaniwe machoni pa Yahweh mtu yule anayeujenga mji huu, Yeriko. Ataujenga msingi kwa gharama ya mzaliwa wake wa kwanza, na kwa gharama ya mzaliwa wake wa pili atapachika milango yake.”
Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
27 Basi Yahweh alikuwa pamoja na Yoshua, na umaarufu wake ulienea katika nchi yote.
So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
