Josvas 4
1 Då alt folket var kome vel yver Jordan, då tala Herren soleis til Josva:
After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan [River], Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 «Vel dykk ut tolv menner av folket, ein or kvar ætt,
“When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are [still] standing.
3 og seg til deim at dei skal taka upp tolv steinar av deim som ligg her midt i Jordan, på den staden der prestarne stend stille; desse steinarne skal dei bera med seg yver, og leggja deim ned der som de kjem til å lægra dykk i natt.»
Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.”
4 Då kalla Josva til seg dei tolv mennerne som han hadde kåra ut millom Israels-sønerne, ein or kvar ætt,
So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them,
5 og sagde til deim: «Far framfyre sambandskista åt Herren dykkar Gud, til de kjem midt ut i Jordan! Der skal de taka kvar sin stein upp på herdi, etter talet på Israels-ætterne.
“Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to [where the priests are standing, holding] the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a [large] stone, one for each tribe, [and carry it] on your shoulder [to our camp].
6 Dei steinarne skal vera til eit minnesmerke hjå dykk. Når borni dykkar ein gong spør: «Kva tyder det at desse steinarne stend her?»
[Then pile them up] to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
7 då skal de svara: «Jordanvatnet kvarv burt framfyre sambandskista åt Herren; då ho for ut i Jordan, vart vatnet burte; og desse steinarne skal for Israels-sønerne vera til eit ævelegt minne um dette.»»
tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest [that contained] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave us]. When the chest was carried into the Jordan [River], the water was blocked off [so that we could cross the riverbed]. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.”
8 Israels-sønerne gjorde som Josva sagde, og tok midt uti Jordan tolv steinar, etter talet på Israels-ætterne, soleis som Herren hadde sagt til Josva, og bar deim med seg yver til nattlægret og lagde deim ned der.
So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve [large] stones from the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down.
9 Og midt i Jordan, der dei prestarne som bar sambandskista stod, reiste Josva upp tolv andre steinar; dei hev stade der til denne dag.
Then Joshua set up twelve [other large] stones [in a pile], in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there.
10 Prestarne som bar sambandskista, vart standande midt i Jordan, til det var gjort alt det som Herren hadde sagt med Josva at han skulde tala til folket um, etter alle dei fyresegnerne som Moses hadde gjeve Josva. Og folket skunda seg yver.
The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed] until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed [the riverbed] quickly.
11 Då no alt folket var kome vel fram, for Herrens sambandskista og prestarne og yver, og tok att romet sitt framanfor folket.
As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest [the rest of the way across the river].
12 Og Rubens-sønerne og Gads-sønerne og helvti av Manasse-ætti for fullvæpna fyre dei andre Israels-sønerne, soleis som Moses hadde sagt til deim;
The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded.
13 dei var um lag fyrti tusund herbudde menner som for Herrens åsyn drog fram til strid på Jerikomoarne.
As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, [ready] to fight.
14 Den dagen gjorde Herren Josva stor framfor augo åt heile Israel, og sidan bar dei age for honom so lenge han livde, liksom dei hadde bore age for Moses.
On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses.
15 So sagde Herren til Josva:
Yahweh said to Joshua,
16 «Seg til prestarne som ber lovtavlekista at dei skal stiga upp or Jordan!»
“[Now] tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan [riverbed].”
17 Og Josva sagde til prestarne: «Stig upp or Jordan!»
So Joshua commanded the priests to do that.
18 Og med same prestarne som bar Herrens sambandskista, steig upp or Jordan og so vidt hadde sett foten på turre strandi, då kom åi veltande att i faret sitt, og gjekk i bakkefylla som fyrr.
Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given to Moses], came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan [River] flowed again, and flooded [over the river banks] as it had done before.
19 Det var tiande dagen i den fyrste månaden at folket steig upp or Jordan. Dei lægra seg attmed Gilgal, lengst aust i Jerikobygdi.
It was on the tenth day of the first month [of that year] that the people crossed over the Jordan [River] and camped at [a place called] Gilgal, on the east side of [the land near] Jericho [city].
20 Og der reiste Josva dei tolv steinarne som dei hadde teke med seg frå Jordan.
The men [who were carrying] the twelve [large] stones from the Jordan [riverbed brought them to] Joshua, [and he] set them up at Gilgal
21 Og han sagde til Israels-sønerne: «Når borni dykkar ein gong spør federne sine: «Kva er dette for steinar?»
Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘(What do these stones [mean/Why are these stones here)]?’,
22 so skal de segja deim det: «Israels-folket gjekk turrskodde yver Jordan her, » skal de segja,
tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan [River as though we were crossing] on dry ground.
23 «av di Herren, dykkar Gud, turka ut åi framfyre dykk, medan de gjekk yver, liksom han turka ut Sevhavet for oss då me for yver det,
As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan [River] just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as [our parents] were watching, until they all crossed over it.
24 so alle folkeslag på jordi skulde sjå at Herrens hand er sterk, og de alle dagar skulde ottast Herren, dykkar Gud.»»
Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he [MTY] is very powerful, and in order that you may always (be in awe of/revere) Yahweh, your God.’”
