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 they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed 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 officers went through the midst of 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 commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and 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.
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 Disse Josué tambem ao povo: Sanctificae-vos, porque ámanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow 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 spake 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.
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 unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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 thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, ye shall stand still 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 unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your 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.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, 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 passeth over before you into Jordan.
12 Tomae-vos pois agora doze homens das tribus d'Israel, de cada tribu um homem;
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
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 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, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
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 it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being 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 they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of 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.
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: and the people passed over right against 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 bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over Jordan.
