Joshua 3
1 Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.
Josué te leve bonè nan maten. Li menm avèk tout fis Israël yo te kite Sittim pou te rive nan Jourdain an, e yo te fè kan avan yo te travèse.
2 After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;
Nan fen twa jou, ofisye yo te pase nan mitan kan an.
3 and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it.
Yo te kòmande pèp la e te di: “Lè nou wè lach akò SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, avèk prèt Levit yo k ap pote li, alò, nou va sòti nan plas nou pou swiv li.
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measure—don’t come closer to it—that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”
Sepandan, va gen antre nou ak li yon distans anviwon de mil koude (3,000 pye) pa mezi. Pa vin pi prè li, pou nou kapab konnen chemen ke nap pran, paske nou pa t janm fè wout sa a avan.”
5 Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.”
Konsa, Josué te di a pèp la: “Konsakre tèt nou; paske demen SENYÈ a va fè mèvèy yo nan mitan nou.”
6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and cross over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
Josué te pale avèk prèt yo e te di: “Vin leve lach akò a pou travèse lòtbò a avan pèp la.”
7 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Alò, SENYÈ a te di a Josué: “Jou sa a, Mwen va kòmanse egzalte ou nan zye tout Israël la, pou yo kapab konnen ke menm jan ke M te avèk Moïse la, Mwen va avèk ou.
8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”
Anplis, ou va kòmande prèt k ap pote lach akò a e di yo: ‘Lè nou rive arebò dlo yo nan Jourdain an, nou va rete kanpe nan dlo Jourdain an.’”
9 Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.”
Konsa, Josué te di a fis Israël yo: “Vin la pou koute pawòl a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”
10 Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
Josué te di: “Pa sa nou va konnen ke Bondye vivan an pami nou e ke Li va, anverite, deplase soti devan nou Kananeyen an, Etyen an, Evyen an, Ferezyen an, Gigazyen an, Amoreyen an ak Jebizyen an.
11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
Gade byen, lach akò SENYÈ a tout latè a ap travèse devan nou antre nan Jourdain an.
12 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
“Alò, pou sa, pran pou nou menm douz mesye soti nan tribi Israël la, yon nonm pou chak tribi.
13 It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”
Li va rive ke lè pla pye a prèt ki pote lach SENYÈ a, SENYÈ tout latè a, poze nan dlo a Jourdain an, dlo Jourdain an va koupe, e dlo k ap kouri desann soti anwo yo va rete fè yon pil.”
14 When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,
Pou sa, lè pèp la kite tant pa yo pou travèse Jourdain an avèk prèt k ap pote lach akò a devan pèp la,
15 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
epi lè sila ki te pote lach la te antre nan Jourdain an, epi depi pye a prèt k ap pote lach la te tanmen fonse bò dlo a; (paske Jourdain an toujou depase rivaj li yo pandan tout sezon rekòlt la),
16 the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
dlo ki t ap kouri desann soti anwo yo te kanpe, e te leve wo fè yon pil, a yon gran distans de la, nan Adam, vil ki akote Tsarthan an; epi dlo sa yo ki t ap kouri desann vè lanmè Araba a, ak Lamè Sale a, te vin koupe nèt. Konsa pèp la te travèse anfas Jéricho.
17 The priests who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
Prèt yo ki t ap pote lach akò SENYÈ a te kanpe fèm sou tè sèk nan mitan Jourdain an pandan tout Israël t ap travèse sou tè sèk, jiskaske tout nasyon an te fin travèse Jourdain an.
