Joshua 6
1 Meanwhile, the guards of Jericho shut the gates of the city tightly, because [they were afraid] of the Israeli [army]. No one was allowed to go into the city or go out of it.
Or Gerico era ben chiusa e barricata per paura de’ figliuoli d’Israele; nessuno ne usciva e nessuno v’entrava.
2 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Listen [to what I say]! I am going to enable your army [SYN] to capture/conquer [MTY] Jericho and its king and its soldiers.
E l’Eterno disse a Giosuè: “Vedi, io do in tua mano Gerico, il suo re, i suoi prodi guerrieri.
3 So your army must march around the city for six days, once each day.
Voi tutti dunque, uomini di guerra, circuite la città, facendone il giro una volta. Così farai per sei giorni;
4 Tell seven priests to march around with them. Each priest must carry a trumpet. Four other priests must carry the sacred chest, and they must walk behind the priests who are carrying the trumpets. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must be blowing the trumpets while they march.
e sette sacerdoti porteranno davanti all’arca sette trombe squillanti; il settimo giorno farete il giro della città sette volte, e i sacerdoti soneranno le trombe.
5 [After they have all marched around the city seven times], the priests must blow their trumpets [once], very loudly. When the Israeli people/soldiers hear that, they must shout loudly. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and all the Israeli people/soldiers will go straight into the city.”
E avverrà, che quand’essi soneranno a distesa il corno squillante e voi udrete il suono delle trombe, tutto il popolo darà in un gran grido, e le mura della città crolleranno, e il popolo salirà, ciascuno diritto dinanzi a sé”.
6 So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry the chest [that contains] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave to us]. [Tell] seven [other] priests to carry trumpets and walk in front of them.”
Allora Giosuè, figliuolo di Nun, chiamò i sacerdoti e disse loro: “Prendete l’arca del patto, e sette sacerdoti portino sette trombe squillanti davanti all’arca dell’Eterno”.
7 And Joshua told the soldiers, “Start marching! March around the city, with several soldiers with weapons marching in front. Behind them will march the seven priests with trumpets, and behind them will march the four priests carrying Yahweh’s [sacred] chest.”
Poi disse al popolo: “Andate, fate il giro della città, e l’avanguardia preceda l’arca dell’Eterno”.
8 After Joshua told that to the army, the seven priests, each carrying a sacred trumpet, started marching, blowing their trumpets. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them.
Quando Giosuè ebbe parlato al popolo, i sette sacerdoti che portavano le sette trombe squillanti davanti all’Eterno, si misero in marcia sonando le trombe; e l’arca del patto dell’Eterno teneva loro dietro.
9 The group of soldiers carrying weapons marched in front of the priests who were blowing their trumpets, and the rest of the soldiers followed [the four men carrying] the chest. While [they were all marching], [the seven priests] were blowing their trumpets.
E l’avanguardia marciava davanti ai sacerdoti che sonavan le trombe, e la retroguardia seguiva l’arca; durante la marcia, i sacerdoti sonavan le trombe.
10 But [the rest of] the people [were silent, because] Joshua had commanded them, “Do not make a war cry. Do not yell or say anything until the day when I tell you to shout. On that day, you must shout [loudly]!”
Or Giosuè avea dato al popolo quest’ordine: “Non gridate, fate che non s’oda la vostra voce e non v’esca parola di bocca, fino al giorno ch’io vi dirò: Gridate! allora griderete”.
11 So the men carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest and all the others did what Joshua told them to do. They marched around the city once. Then they all returned to their camp and stayed there that night.
Così fece fare all’arca dell’Eterno il giro della città una volta; poi rientrarono nel campo, e quivi passarono la notte.
12 The next morning, Joshua and the priests got up early, and the four priests carried Yahweh’s sacred chest [again].
Giosuè si levò la mattina di buon’ora, e i sacerdoti presero l’arca dell’Eterno.
13 The seven priests who were carrying trumpets went in front of [the men carrying] the chest. The seven priests were blowing their trumpets as they marched. The group of soldiers carrying weapons went in front of all the others, and the rest of the army followed all the others. All the time, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets.
I sette sacerdoti che portavano le sette trombe squillanti davanti all’arca dell’Eterno s’avanzavano, sonando le trombe durante la marcia. L’avanguardia li precedeva; la retroguardia seguiva l’arca dell’Eterno; e durante la marcia, i sacerdoti sonavan le trombe.
14 So on that second day they again marched around the city once and then returned to their camp. They did the same thing for six days.
Il secondo giorno circuirono la città una volta, e poi tornarono al campo. Così fecero per sei giorni.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at dawn, and they all marched around the city the same way that they had done before, but this time they marched around the city seven times.
E il settimo giorno, levatisi la mattina allo spuntar dell’alba, fecero sette volte il giro della città in quella stessa maniera; solo quel giorno fecero il giro della città sette volte.
16 As they were marching around the seventh time, when the priests were about to blow the long/loud blast on their trumpets, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout, because Yahweh will enable you to capture the city!
La settima volta, come i sacerdoti sonavan le trombe, Giosuè disse al popolo: “Gridate! perché l’Eterno v’ha dato la città.
17 Yahweh has declared that you must destroy [IDM] the city and everything in it [to show that it belongs to him]. You must spare only Rahab the prostitute and the others who are in her house, because she hid the spies whom we sent there.
E la città con tutto quel che contiene sarà sacrata all’Eterno per essere sterminata come un interdetto; solo Rahab, la meretrice, avrà salva la vita: lei e tutti quelli che saranno in casa con lei, perché nascose i messaggeri che noi avevamo inviati.
18 And because Yahweh has declared that everything must be destroyed [IDM], you must not take [EUP] any of the things in the city. If you take anything, you will cause Yahweh to destroy our own camp and cause terrible things to happen to us.
E voi guardatevi bene da ciò ch’è votato all’interdetto, affinché non siate voi stessi votati allo sterminio, prendendo qualcosa d’interdetto, e non rendiate maledetto il campo d’Israele, gettandovi lo scompiglio.
19 But all the silver and gold and articles made from iron and bronze that you find, you must set apart for Yahweh. You must put those things in his treasury.”
Ma tutto l’argento, l’oro e gli oggetti di rame e di ferro saranno consacrati all’Eterno; entreranno nel tesoro dell’Eterno”.
20 So they did what Joshua told them to do. When the priests blew a long blast on their trumpets, the people/army shouted loudly, and the wall of the city collapsed! Then the Israeli soldiers rushed in and captured the city.
Il popolo dunque gridò e i sacerdoti sonaron le trombe; e avvenne che quando il popolo ebbe udito il suono delle trombe diè in un gran grido, e le mura crollarono. Il popolo salì nella città, ciascuno diritto davanti a sé, e s’impadronirono della città.
21 They killed [IDM] every living thing in the city—men and women, young people and old people, even cattle and sheep and donkeys.
E votarono allo sterminio tutto ciò che era nella città, passando a fil di spada, uomini, donne, fanciulli e vecchi, e buoi e pecore e asini.
22 Then Joshua said to the two men (who had spied on/whom he had sent to learn all they could about) the land, “Go to the prostitute’s house. Bring her out, along with all her family, just as you promised to her.”
E Giosuè disse ai due uomini che aveano esplorato il paese: “Andate in casa di quella meretrice, menatela fuori con tutto ciò che le appartiene, come glielo avete giurato”.
23 So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.
E que’ giovani che aveano esplorato il paese entrarono nella casa, e ne fecero uscire Rahab, suo padre, sua madre, i suoi fratelli e tutto quello che le apparteneva; ne fecero uscire anche tutte le famiglie de’ suoi, e li collocarono fuori del campo d’Israele.
Poi i figliuoli d’Israele diedero fuoco alla città e a tutto quello che conteneva; presero soltanto l’argento, l’oro e gli oggetti di rame e di ferro, che misero nel tesoro della casa dell’Eterno.
Ma a Rahab, la meretrice, alla famiglia di suo padre e a tutti i suoi Giosuè lasciò la vita; ed ella ha dimorato in mezzo ad Israele fino al dì d’oggi, perché avea nascosto i messi che Giosuè avea mandati ad esplorar Gerico.
26 At that time, Joshua warned the people, “Yahweh will curse/punish anyone who tries to rebuild this city, Jericho. When that person lays/builds its foundation, his oldest son will die. And when he finishes building the city wall and sets up its gates, his youngest son will die.”
Allora Giosuè fece questo giuramento: “Sia maledetto, nel cospetto dell’Eterno, l’uomo che si leverà a riedificare questa città di Gerico! Ei ne getterà le fondamenta sul suo primogenito, e ne rizzerà le porte sul più giovane de’ suoi figliuoli”.
27 Because of what happened that day, it was clear that Yahweh was with/helped Joshua, and Joshua became famous throughout the land.
L’Eterno fu con Giosuè, e la fama di lui si sparse per tutto il paese.
