Joshua 4

1 And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, 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 twelue me out of the people, out of euery 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 you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the Priestes stoode in a readinesse, twelue stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging where 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 Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery 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 Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lord your God, euen through the middes of Iorden, and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder according vnto the nomber 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 bee a signe among you, that whe your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane 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 ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.

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 Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, and tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel, and caried them away with them vnto the lodging, and layd 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 Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iorden, in the place where the feete of the Priests, which bare the Arke of the couenant stood, and there haue they continued vnto 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 So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lord had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted and went ouer.

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 When all the people were cleane passed ouer, the Arke of the Lord went ouer also, and the Priests before 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 sonnes of Reuben, and the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged 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 Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battel, into ye plaine of Iericho.

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 That day the Lord magnified Ioshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes 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 spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo pehē,

16 Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.

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

17 Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

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

18 And when the Priests that bare the Arke of the couenant of ye Lord were come vp out of the middes of Iorden, and assoone as the soles of the Priests feete were set on the dry land, the waters of Iorde returned vnto their place, and flowed ouer all the bankes thereof, 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 So the people came vp out of Iorden the tenth day of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, in the Eastside of Iericho.

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 Also the twelue stones, which they tooke out of Iorden, did Ioshua 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 spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, and say, What meane 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 ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden 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 dryed vp ye waters of Iorden before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Lord your God did the red Sea, which hee dryed vp before vs, till we were gone ouer,

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 worlde may know that the hand of the Lord is mightie, that ye might feare the Lord your God continually.

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.”