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.
Joshua [and all the other Israelis] got up early [the next] morning. They left [their camp at] Acacia and went [down] to the Jordan [River]. They camped there for two nights.
2 E succedeu, ao fim de tres dias, que os principes passaram pelo meio do arraial;
Then the leaders went throughout 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.
telling the people, “You will see some of the priests, who are descendants of Levi, carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments that Yahweh our God gave us. When you see them, leave the places where you are camped and follow them.
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.
You have not been (here/along this road) before, [so you must follow the priests]. But do not walk close to the chest. Stay (1,000 yards/900 meters) from the chest. [The chest is sacred, so (God will punish you/you will be punished) if you come close to it].”
5 Disse Josué tambem ao povo: Sanctificae-vos, porque ámanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
Then Joshua told the people, “Perform the ceremonies needed to make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, because tomorrow he is going to do things for you that will amaze 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.
Then Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the chest and go in front of the [rest of the] people.” So they lifted up the chest and went ahead.
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.
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “This is the day that I will begin to show all the Israeli people that you are a great leader. Then they will honor you, and know that I am with/helping you as I (was with/helped) Moses.
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.
Tell the priests who are carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments, ‘When you come to the edge of the Jordan [River], stand in the water.’”
9 Então disse Josué aos filhos d'Israel: Chegae-vos para cá, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
Then Joshua said to the Israeli people, “Come close to me in order that you can listen to what Yahweh, your God, is saying.”
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.
[When they came near], he said to them, “This is how you will know that God, who is all-powerful, is among you, and that he will expel for you the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor, and Jebus [who are now living in that land].
11 Eis que a arca do concerto do Senhor de toda a terra passa o Jordão diante de vós.
Keep in mind that Yahweh is the one who rules over all the earth. The chest belongs to him, and it will be carried into the Jordan River ahead of you.
12 Tomae-vos pois agora doze homens das tribus d'Israel, de cada tribu um homem;
So choose twelve men, [one from each] of the tribes of Israel, [and I will tell you later what I want them to do].
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.
As for the priests who are carrying the chest, as soon as they put their feet into the Jordan [River], the water will stop flowing. It will pile up because I will cause it to be blocked upstream.”
14 E aconteceu que, partindo o povo das suas tendas, para passar o Jordão, levavam os sacerdotes a arca do concerto diante do povo.
So when the [Israeli] people packed up their tents in order to cross the river, the priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments went in front of them.
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),
[It was springtime], when people harvest their crops, [and] at that time the river floods over its banks. But as soon as the priests reached the edge of the river and stepped into the water,
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.
the water stopped flowing. The water piled up far [upstream], at a town named Adam, near Zarethan. The water stopped flowing down to the Dead Sea. So the people were able to cross the river near 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.
The priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [had given them] stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan [riverbed], while the rest of the Israeli people crossed the river [as though they were crossing] dry ground.
