Joshua 4

1 Mgbe mba ahụ niile gafesịrị osimiri Jọdan, Onyenwe anyị gwara Joshua okwu sị ya,

And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:

2 “Site nʼetiti ndị ụmụ Izrel họpụta ndị ikom iri na abụọ, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla,

Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:

3 ka onye ọbụla nʼime ha site nʼebe ahụ ndị nchụaja guzoro nʼetiti osimiri Jọdan buputa otu nkume, otu nkume, gwa ha ka ha debe nkume ndị a ha buputara nʼebe unu ga-anọ ọnọdụ abalị taa.”

And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night.

4 Ya mere, Joshua kpọrọ ndị ikom iri na abụọ ndị ahụ, ndị ọ họpụtara, site nʼetiti ndị Izrel, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla,

And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe,

5 Ọ gwara ha sị, “Sitenụ nʼetiti osimiri Jọdan, ebe ndị bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu guzoro, buputa nkume. Onye ọbụla nʼime unu ga-ebuputa otu nkume, tụkwasị nʼubu ya, dịka ọnụọgụgụ ebo Izrel niile si dị,

And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel,

6 ka ha bụrụ ihe ịrịbama nʼetiti unu. Nʼoge dị nʼihu, mgbe ụmụ unu ga-ajụ unu ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị bụ isi ogidi nkume a dị nʼebe a?’

That it may be a sign among you and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What mean these stones?

7 Unu ga-asịkwa ha, ‘Ọ bụ ihe na-echetara anyị otu osimiri Jọdan si kwụsị ịsọ, mgbe ndị bụ igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị zọnyere ụkwụ ha nʼosimiri ahụ.’ Nkume a ga-abụkwara ụmụ Izrel niile ihe ncheta ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”

You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when it passed over the same: therefore were these atones set for a monument of the children of Israel for ever.

8 Ụmụ Izrel mere dịka Joshua gwara ha. Ha buputara nkume iri na abụọ site nʼetiti osimiri Jọdan, dịka Onyenwe anyị si nye Joshua nʼiwu sị na otu onye, nʼebo Izrel ọbụla, ga-ebuputa otu nkume. Ha buuru nkume iri na abụọ ndị ahụ gaa nʼebe ha nọrọ ọnọdụ abalị, debe ha nʼebe ahụ.

The children of Israel therefore did as Josue commanded them, carrying out of the channel of the Jordan twelve stones, as the Lord had commanded him, according to the number of the children of Israel, unto the place wherein they camped, and there they set them.

9 Joshua nʼonwe ya kwa ji nkume iri na abụọ ahụ nke si nʼetiti osimiri Jọdan wuo ogidi ịrịbama, nʼebe ahụ ndị nchụaja bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ guzoro. Ha dịkwa nʼebe ahụ ruo taa.

And Josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day.

10 Ndị nchụaja, ndị bụ igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, guzoro nʼetiti osimiri Jọdan, tutu ruo mgbe e mezuru iwu ahụ niile Onyenwe anyị nyere Joshua site nʼọnụ Mosis. Mgbe ahụ kwa, ndị Izrel mere ngwangwa gafee osimiri Jọdan.

Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of the Jordan till all things were accomplished which the Lord had commanded Josue to speak to the people, and Moses had said to him. And the people made haste and passed over.

11 Ngwangwa ha niile gafetasịrị, igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị na ndị nchụaja gafetakwara nʼakụkụ nke ọzọ, ka ndị mmadụ na-ele ha anya.

And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.

12 Ndị agha ụmụ Ruben, na ụmụ Gad, na ọkara ebo Manase, buuru ụmụ Izrel niile ụzọ gafee, idu ha nʼagha, dịka Mosis nyere ha nʼiwu.

The children of Ruben also and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel as Moses had commanded them.

13 Ndị agha ọnụọgụgụ ha ruru iri puku anọ, ndị jikeere nke ọma ibu agha, duuru ebo ndị ọzọ, gafere nʼihu Onyenwe anyị bata nʼobosara ala Jeriko maka ibu agha.

And forty thousand fighting men by their troops, and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho.

14 Ụbọchị ahụ bụ ụbọchị Onyenwe anyị buliri Joshua elu nke ukwuu nʼihi na o mere Joshua ka ọ dị ukwuu nʼanya ndị Izrel niile, si otu a mee ka ha tụọ ya egwu nke ukwuu dịka ha si tụọ Mosis egwu, ma sọpụkwara ya ụbọchị niile nke ndụ ya.

In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the sight of all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived.

15 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Joshua okwu sị,

And he said to him:

16 “Nye ndị nchụaja, ndị bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ iwu ka ha si nʼosimiri Jọdan pụta.”

Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.

17 Ya mere Joshua nyere ndị nchụaja iwu sị ha, “Sitenụ nʼosimiri Jọdan pụta.”

And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.

18 Mgbe ndị nchụaja bu igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị ahụ si nʼosimiri Jọdan rịpụta, dịka ọbụ ụkwụ ha na-emetụ nʼala akọrọ, mmiri osimiri ahụ sọghachiri nʼọnọdụ ya ruchie akụkụ ya niile, ka ọ dị na mbụ.

And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into the channel, and ran as they were wont before.

19 Ihe ịrịbama a mere nʼụbọchị nke iri, nʼọnwa nke mbụ. Nʼụbọchị ahụ ka ndị Izrel niile gafere osimiri Jọdan, gaa maa ụlọ ikwu ha na Gilgal, ebe dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ obodo Jeriko.

And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho.

20 Nkume iri na abụọ ahụ ha si nʼosimiri Jọdan buputa, ka Joshua guzobere na Gilgal.

And the twelve stones which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal,

21 Ọ sịrị ndị Izrel, “Nʼoge dị nʼihu, mgbe ụmụ unu ga-ajụ ndị bụ nna ha ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị ka nkume ndị a pụtara, Gịnịkwa ka ha na-egosi?’

And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?

22 Gwa ha, ‘Izrel gafere osimiri Jọdan nʼala akọrọ.’

You shall teach them and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel.

23 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu mere ka osimiri Jọdan takpọọ nʼihu unu tutu ruo mgbe unu gafesịrị nʼofe nke ọzọ. Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu mere osimiri Jọdan ihe o mere osimiri Uhie mgbe o mere ka osimiri Uhie takpọọ nʼihu anyị, tutu ruo mgbe anyị gafesịrị nʼofe ya nke ọzọ.

The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:

24 O mere ihe ndị a niile ka ndị niile bi nʼelu ụwa mata na aka Onyenwe anyị dị ike. O mekwara ya ka unu onwe unu tụọ egwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, mgbe niile.”

That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.