Josué 3
1 Levantou-se pois Josué de madrugada, e partiram de Sittim, e vieram até ao Jordão, ele e todos os filhos de Israel: e pousaram ali, antes que passassem.
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they departed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 E sucedeu, ao fim de três dias, que os príncipes passaram pelo meio do arraial;
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
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 também do vosso lugar, 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 contudo distância entre vós e ela, como da medida de dois mil côvados: e não vos chegueis a ela, para que saibais o caminho pelo qual haveis de 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 to it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way before.
5 Disse Josué também ao povo: santificai-vos, porque amanhã fará o Senhor maravilhas no meio de vós
And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
6 E falou Josué aos sacerdotes, dizendo: levantai a arca do concerto, e passai adiante deste povo. Levantaram pois a arca do concerto, e foram andando adiante do povo.
And Joshua spoke to 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 Moisés assim serei contigo.
And the LORD said to 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 à borda das águas do Jordão, parareis no Jordão.
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye have come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
9 Então disse Josué aos filhos de Israel: chegai-vos para cá, e ouvi as palavras do Senhor vosso Deus.
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
10 Disse mais Josué: nisto conhecereis que o Deus vivo está no meio de vós: e que de todo lançará de diante de vós aos cananeus, e aos heteus, e aos heveus, e aos phereseus, e aos girgaseus, e aos amorreus, e aos jebuseus.
And Joshua said, By this ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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 Tomai-vos pois agora doze homens das tribos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem;
Now therefore take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
13 Porque há 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 águas do Jordão, se separarão as águas do Jordão, e as águas que de cima descem pararão num montão.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as 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 from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in an 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 departed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant 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 águas, (porque o Jordão trasbordava sobre todas as suas ribanceiras, todos os dias da sega),
And as they that bore the ark had come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest, )
16 Pararam-se as águas, que vinham de cima; levantaram-se num montão, mui longe da cidade de 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 an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over opposite Jericho.
17 Porém os sacerdotes, que levavam a arca do concerto do Senhor, pararam firmes em seco no meio do Jordão: e todo o Israel passou em seco, até que todo o povo acabou de passar o Jordão.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished crossing the Jordan.
