Josué 3
1 Levantou-se pois Josué de madrugada, e partiram de Sittim, e vieram até ao Jordão, elle e todos os filhos d'Israel: e pousaram ali, antes que passassem.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.
2 E succedeu, ao fim de tres dias, que os principes passaram pelo meio do arraial;
And it came to pass after three days, [that] the scribes went through the camp;
3 E ordenaram ao povo, dizendo: Quando virdes a arca do concerto do Senhor vosso Deus, e que os sacerdotes levitas a levam, parti vós tambem do vosso logar, e segui-a.
and they charged the people, saying, When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, you shall depart from your places, and you shall go after it.
4 Haja comtudo distancia entre vós e ella, como da medida de dois mil covados: e não vos chegueis a ella, para que saibaes o caminho pelo qual haveis d'ir; porquanto por este caminho nunca passastes antes.
But let there be a distance between you and it; you shall stand as much as two thousand cubits [from it]. Do not draw near to it, that you may know the way which you are to go; for you have not gone the way before.
5 Disse Josué tambem ao povo: Sanctificae-vos, porque ámanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
6 E fallou Josué aos sacerdotes, dizendo: Levantae a arca do concerto, e passae adiante d'este povo. Levantaram pois a arca do concerto, e foram andando adiante do povo.
And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and went before the people.
7 E o Senhor disse a Josué: Este dia começarei a engrandecer-te perante os olhos de todo o Israel, para que saibam, que assim como fui com Moysés assim serei comtigo.
And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt you before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with you.
8 Tu pois ordenarás aos sacerdotes que levam a arca do concerto, dizendo: Quando vierdes até á borda das aguas do Jordão, parareis no Jordão.
And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As soon as you shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then you shall stand in Jordan.
9 Então disse Josué aos filhos d'Israel: Chegae-vos para cá, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and listen to the word of the Lord our God.
10 Disse mais Josué: N'isto conhecereis que o Deus vivo está no meio de vós: e que de todo lançará de diante de vós aos cananeos, e aos hetheos, e aos heveos, e aos phereseos, e aos girgaseos, e aos amorrheos, e aos jebuseos.
Hereby you shall know that the living God [is] among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite.
11 Eis que a arca do concerto do Senhor de toda a terra passa o Jordão diante de vós.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan.
12 Tomae-vos pois agora doze homens das tribus d'Israel, de cada tribu um homem;
Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
13 Porque ha de acontecer que, assim que as plantas dos pés dos sacerdotes que levam a arca do Senhor, o Senhor de toda a terra, repousem nas aguas do Jordão, se separarão as aguas do Jordão, e as aguas que de cima descem pararão n'um montão.
And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan [below] shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop.
14 E aconteceu que, partindo o povo das suas tendas, para passar o Jordão, levavam os sacerdotes a arca do concerto diante do povo.
And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people.
15 E os que levavam a arca, quando chegaram até ao Jordão, e os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca, se molharam na borda das aguas, (porque o Jordão trasbordava sobre todas as suas ribanceiras, todos os dias da sega),
And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed all its banks about the time of wheat harvest: )
16 Pararam-se as aguas, que vinham de cima; levantaram-se n'um montão, mui longe da cidade d'Adam, que está da banda de Santan; e as que desciam ao mar das campinas, que é o mar salgado, faltavam de todo e separaram-se: então passou o povo defronte de Jericó.
then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kariathiarim, and the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
17 Porém os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, pararam firmes em secco no meio do Jordão: e todo o Israel passou em secco, até que todo o povo acabou de passar o Jordão.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan.
