Yosua 3
1 Keesokan harinya, Yosua dan seluruh umat Israel bangun pagi-pagi sekali, lalu meninggalkan tempat perkemahan mereka di Sitim, dan pergi ke Sungai Yordan. Di situ mereka berkemah sambil menunggu waktunya untuk menyeberang.
Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.
2 Sesudah lewat tiga hari, para pemimpin berkeliling ke seluruh perkemahan,
It happened after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
3 dan memberi perintah ini kepada umat Israel, "Apabila kalian melihat para imam memikul Peti Perjanjian TUHAN Allahmu, hendaklah kalian juga berangkat meninggalkan tempat perkemahan ini. Ikutilah Peti itu,
and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.
4 tapi jangan berjalan terlalu dekat dengan Peti itu; ikuti dari belakang pada jarak satu kilometer. Dengan demikian kalian akan mengetahui jalan yang harus kalian tempuh, sebab kalian belum pernah ke daerah ini."
However, keep a distance of about two thousand nine hundred fifty-three feet between yourselves and the ark. Do not come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before."
5 Yosua berkata kepada umat Israel, "Hendaklah kalian menyucikan diri, sebab besok TUHAN akan mengadakan keajaiban di tengah-tengahmu."
Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
6 Lalu Yosua memerintahkan para imam supaya mengangkat Peti Perjanjian itu lalu berangkat mendahului umat Israel. Mereka pun melaksanakan perintah Yosua.
Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 TUHAN berkata kepada Yosua, "Mulai hari ini engkau akan Kujadikan orang besar sehingga seluruh umat Israel menghormatimu dan menyadari bahwa Aku mendampingimu seperti Aku mendampingi Musa.
The LORD 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.
8 Sekarang perintahkanlah para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu supaya sesampainya mereka di sungai, mereka masuk ke dalam air sungai itu dan berdiri di dekat tepinya."
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.'"
9 Lalu Yosua memanggil orang-orang Israel, dan berkata, "Mari dengarkan apa yang diperintahkan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu.
Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."
10 Apabila kalian maju nanti, TUHAN pasti mengusir orang Kanaan, Het, Hewi, Feris, Girgasi, Amori dan Yebus. Dan pada waktu Peti Perjanjian TUHAN semesta alam menyeberangi Yordan mendahului kalian, kalian akan melihat bahwa Allah yang hidup ada di tengah-tengah kalian.
Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
12 Sekarang hendaklah kalian memilih dua belas orang--seorang dari setiap suku bangsa Israel.
Now therefore take twelve men from the children of Israel, one man for each tribe.
13 Nanti apabila para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian TUHAN menginjakkan kakinya ke dalam air di Sungai Yordan itu, arus airnya akan terputus; air yang mengalir dari hulu akan terbendung di satu tempat."
It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."
14 Pada waktu itu sedang musim panen, dan sebagaimana biasanya air Sungai Yordan meluap. Ketika orang Israel meninggalkan perkemahan mereka untuk menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, para imam berjalan lebih dahulu sambil membawa Peti Perjanjian. Dan sewaktu imam-imam itu menginjakkan kakinya ke dalam air sungai,
It happened, 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,
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),
16 seketika itu juga arus sungai itu terputus. Jauh di bagian hulu sungai, airnya terkumpul di Adam, sebuah kota yang terletak di sebelah kota Sartan. Air di bagian hilir yang mengalir ke Laut Mati terputus sama sekali, sehingga umat Israel dapat menyeberang di atas tanah kering berhadapan dengan kota Yerikho. Para imam yang memikul Peti Perjanjian itu tetap berdiri di tengah-tengah sungai sampai seluruh umat Israel tiba di seberang.
that 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 right against Jericho.
The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
