Joshua 4

1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he lava atu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo pehē,

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

“Fili ha kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua mei he kakai, ko e tangata ʻe tokotaha mei he faʻahinga kotoa pē,”

3 And command all of you them, saying, Take you behind out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and all of you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where all of you shall lodge this night.

pea mou fekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Mou toʻo mai mei loto Sioatani, mei he potu naʻe tuʻumaʻu ai ʻae vaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua, pea mou fua ia ʻo ʻave ʻo tuku ʻi homou ʻapitanga, ʻaia te mou mohe ai ʻi he poōni.”

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Pea fekau ʻe Siosiua ke haʻu ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu mā toko ua, “ʻAkinautolu naʻa ne fili ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e tangata pe taha mei he faʻahinga kotoa pē:

5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Siosiua kiate kinautolu, Mou muʻomuʻa ʻi he puha tapu ʻo Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ki loto Sioatani, pea mou toʻo hake taki taha ʻae tangata ʻene maka ki hono uma, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.

6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean all of you by these stones?

Koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e fakaʻilonga, ʻoka fehuʻi ʻe hoʻomou fānau ki heʻenau mātuʻa ʻamui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi maka ni?

7 Then all of you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

Pea te mou tala kiate kinautolu, naʻe motuhi ʻae vai ʻo Sioatani mei he ʻao ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava ʻa Sihova; ʻi heʻene aʻa ʻi Sioatani, naʻe motu ua ʻae vai ʻo Sioatani: pea ko e ngaahi maka ni ko e meʻa fakamanatu tuʻumaʻu ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo taʻengata.”

8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Pea naʻe fai ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova, ʻonau toʻo hake ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua mei loto Sioatani, ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa nau fua ʻo ʻave ia ki he potu naʻa nau mohe ai, ʻo tuku ia ʻi ai.

9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Siosiua ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua ʻi loto Sioatani, ʻi he potu naʻe tuʻu ai ʻae vaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia naʻe haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava pea ʻoku ʻi ai ia ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

He ko e kau taulaʻeiki naʻe haʻamo, ʻae puha naʻe tuʻu ʻi loto Sioatani, ke ʻoua ke ʻosi hono fai ʻaia kotoa pē naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua ke ne fekau ki he kakai, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese kia Siosiua: pea naʻe fai fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae kakai ʻonau aʻa atu.

11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻae aʻa ʻo lava atu kotoa pē ʻae kakai, naʻe toki haʻamo atu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae puha ʻo Sihova, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.

12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them:

Pea ko e fānau ʻa Lupeni, mo e fānau ʻa Kata, mo hono vaeua ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Manase, naʻa nau ʻalu muʻomuʻa mo e mahafutau ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Mōsese kiate kinautolu:

13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Ko e toko fā mano nai, naʻe toʻo mahafutau naʻe ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ki he tau, ʻi he ngaahi tafangafanga ʻo Seliko.

14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

Naʻe fakahikihiki ʻe Sihova ʻa Siosiua ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau manavahē kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ʻenau manavahē kia Mōsese, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻui.

15 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo pehē,

16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

Fekau ki he kau taulaʻeiki ʻoku haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fakamoʻoni, koeʻuhi kenau ʻalu hake mei Sioatani.

17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come all of you up out of Jordan.

Ko ia naʻe fekau ai ʻe Siosiua ki he kau taulaʻeiki, ʻo pehē, Mou ʻalu hake mei Sioatani.

18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he ʻalu hake ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia naʻe haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻa Sihova mei loto Sioatani, pea kuo hiki ʻae ʻaofivaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ki he kelekele mōmoa, naʻe toe tafe mai leva ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Sioatani ki honau potu, pea toe lōfia hono ngaahi matavai ʻo hangē ko ʻene anga.

19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae kakai mei Sioatani ʻi hono hongofulu [ʻoe ʻaho ]ʻo hono ʻuluaki māhina, pea ʻapitanga ʻi Kilikali, ʻi he feituʻu hahake ʻo Seliko.

20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

Pea ko e maka ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻaia naʻe toʻo mei Sioatani, naʻe tō ia ʻe Siosiua ʻi Kilikali.

21 And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

Pea naʻa ne lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, “ʻOka fehuʻi ʻe hoʻomou fānau ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻamui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi maka ni?

22 Then all of you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

Te mou fakahā ki hoʻomou fānau, ʻo pehē, naʻe aʻa ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he Sioatani ni ʻi he kelekele mōmoa.

23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until all of you were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

He ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua naʻe fakamōmoa ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Sioatani mei homou ʻao, ke mou hoko atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ki he Tahi Kulokula, ʻaia naʻa ne fakamōmoa ʻi homau ʻao, ke ʻoua ke mau lava atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha;

24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that all of you might fear the LORD your God for ever.

Koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻo ʻilo ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani, mo hono māfimafi: pea ke mou manavahē kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻo taʻengata.”