< يَشُوع 4 >

وَكَانَ لَمَّا ٱنْتَهَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ عُبُورِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ كَلَّمَ يَشُوعَ قَائِلًا: ١ 1
After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
«ٱنْتَخِبُوا مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ، ٢ 2
“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.
وَأْمُرُوهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: ٱحْمِلُوا مِنْ هُنَا مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، مِنْ مَوْقِفِ أَرْجُلِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ رَاسِخَةً، ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرًا، وَعَبِّرُوهَا مَعَكُمْ وَضَعُوهَا فِي ٱلْمَبِيتِ ٱلَّذِي تَبِيتُونَ فِيهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ». ٣ 3
Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
فَدَعَا يَشُوعُ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا ٱلَّذِينَ عَيَّنَهُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ. ٤ 4
So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «ٱعْبُرُوا أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، وَٱرْفَعُوا كُلُّ رَجُلٍ حَجَرًا وَاحِدًا عَلَى كَتِفِهِ حَسَبَ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٥ 5
“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].
لِكَيْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ عَلَامَةً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ. إِذَا سَأَلَ غَدًا بَنُوكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: مَا لَكُمْ وَهَذِهِ ٱلْحِجَارَةَ؟ ٦ 6
[Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
تَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ مِيَاهَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ قَدِ ٱنْفَلَقَتْ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ. عِنْدَ عُبُورِهِ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ ٱنْفَلَقَتْ مِيَاهُ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ. فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ ٱلْحِجَارَةُ تَذْكَارًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ». ٧ 7
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.”
فَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذاَ كَمَا أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ، وَحَمَلُوا ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرًا مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، كَمَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ، حَسَبَ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَبَّرُوهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَبِيتِ وَوَضَعُوهَا هُنَاكَ. ٨ 8
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.
وَنَصَبَ يَشُوعُ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ تَحْتَ مَوْقِفِ أَرْجُلِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ ٱلْعَهْدِ. وَهِيَ هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. ٩ 9
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.
وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو ٱلتَّابُوتِ وَقَفُوا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ حَتَّى ٱنْتَهَى كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلشَّعْبَ، حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى يَشُوعَ. وَأَسْرَعَ ٱلشَّعْبُ فَعَبَرُوا. ١٠ 10
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.
وَكَانَ لَمَّا ٱنْتَهَى كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلْعُبُورِ، أَنَّهُ عَبَرَ تَابُوتُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ فِي حَضْرَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ. ١١ 11
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].
وَعَبَرَ بَنُو رَأُوبَيْنَ وَبَنُو جَادٍ وَنِصْفُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مُتَجَهِّزِينَ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمْ مُوسَى. ١٢ 12
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.
نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا مُتَجَرِّدِينَ لِلْجُنْدِ عَبَرُوا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى عَرَبَاتِ أَرِيحَا. ١٣ 13
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.
فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ عَظَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ فِي أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَابُوهُ كَمَا هَابُوا مُوسَى كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ. ١٤ 14
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.
وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ قَائِلًا: ١٥ 15
Yahweh said to Joshua,
«مُرِ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ ٱلشَّهَادَةِ أَنْ يَصْعَدُوا مِنَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ». ١٦ 16
“[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
فَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ قَائِلًا: «ٱصْعَدُوا مِنَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ». ١٧ 17
So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
فَكَانَ لَمَّا صَعِدَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، وَٱجْتُذِبَتْ بُطُونُ أَقْدَامِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ إِلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ، أَنَّ مِيَاهَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَكَانِهَا وَجَرَتْ كَمَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِلَى كُلِّ شُطُوطِهِ. ١٨ 18
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.
وَصَعِدَ ٱلشَّعْبُ مِنَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، وَحَلُّوا فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ فِي تُخُمِ أَرِيحَا ٱلشَّرْقِيِّ. ١٩ 19
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].
وَٱلِٱثْنَا عَشَرَ حَجَرًا ٱلَّتِي أَخَذُوهَا مِنَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ نَصَبَهَا يَشُوعُ فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ. ٢٠ 20
The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
وَكَلَّمَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا: «إِذَا سَأَلَ بَنُوكُمْ غَدًا آبَاءَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: مَا هَذِهِ ٱلْحِجَارَةُ؟ ٢١ 21
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)]?’,
تُعْلِمُونَ بَنِيكُمْ قَائِلِينَ: عَلَى ٱلْيَابِسَةِ عَبَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ هَذَا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. ٢٢ 22
tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ يَبَّسَ مِيَاهَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ حَتَّى عَبَرْتُمْ، كَمَا فَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِبَحْرِ سُوفٍ ٱلَّذِي يَبَّسَهُ مِنْ أَمَامِنَا حَتَّى عَبَرْنَا، ٢٣ 23
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.
لِكَيْ تَعْلَمَ جَمِيعُ شُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنَّهَا قَوِيَّةٌ، لِكَيْ تَخَافُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ». ٢٤ 24
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.’”

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