Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed 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 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
Nan fen twa jou, ofisye yo te pase nan mitan kan an.
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When all of you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then all of you shall remove from your place, and go after 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, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that all of you may know the way by which all of you must go: for all of you have not passed this way in time past.
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 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: in order to morrow the LORD 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 And Joshua spoke unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And 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 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I 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 And you shall command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When all of you are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, all of you shall stand still in 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 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
Konsa, Josué te di a fis Israël yo: “Vin la pou koute pawòl a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”
10 And Joshua said, Hereby all of you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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 Jordan.
Gade byen, lach akò SENYÈ a tout latè a ap travèse devan nou antre nan Jourdain an.
12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
“Alò, pou sa, pran pou nou menm douz mesye soti nan tribi Israël la, yon nonm pou chak tribi.
13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an 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 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant 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 as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overflows all his 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 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against 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 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over 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.
