Josue 3

1At bumangong maaga si Josue sa kinaumagahan; at sila'y umalis sa Sittim at napasa Jordan, siya at ang lahat na mga anak ni Israel; at sila'y tumigil doon bago sila tumawid. 2At nangyari pagkatapos ng tatlong araw, na ang mga pinuno ay napasa gitna ng kampamento; 3At sila'y nagutos sa bayan, na sinasabi, Pagka inyong nakita ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at dinadala ng mga saserdote na Levita, ay kikilos nga kayo sa inyong dako at susunod doon. 4Gayon ma'y magkakapagitan sa inyo at sa kaban ng may dalawang libong siko ang sukat: huwag ninyong lapitan, upang alamin ang daan na inyong marapat paroonan; sapagka't hindi pa ninyo nararaanan ang daang ito ng una. 5At sinabi ni Josue sa bayan, Magpakabanal kayo; sapagka't bukas ay gagawa ng mga kababalaghan ang Panginoon sa inyo. 6At nagsalita si Josue sa mga saserdote, na sinasabi, Buhatin ninyo ang kaban ng tipan at magpauna kayo sa bayan. At kanilang binuhat ang kaban ng tipan, at nagpauna sa bayan. 7At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, Sa araw na ito ay pasisimulan kong padakilain ka sa paningin ng buong Israel, upang kanilang makilala, na kung paanong ako'y suma kay Moises ay gayon ako sasaiyo. 8At iyong uutusan ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan, na iyong sasabihin, Pagka kayo'y dumating sa tabi ng tubig ng Jordan, ay tumigil kayo sa Jordan. 9At sinabi ni Josue sa mga anak ni Israel, Magsilapit kayo at dinggin ninyo ang mga salita ng Panginoon ninyong Dios. 10At sinabi ni Josue, Sa ganito ay inyong makikilala na ang buhay na Dios ay nasa gitna ninyo, at walang pagsalang kaniyang itataboy sa harap ninyo ang Cananeo, at ang Hetheo, at ang Heveo, at ang Pherezeo, at ang Gergeseo, at ang Amorrheo, at ang Jebuseo. 11Narito, ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ng buong lupa ay nagpapauna sa inyo sa Jordan. 12Ngayon nga ay kumuha kayo ng labing dalawang lalake sa mga lipi ni Israel, na isang lalake sa bawa't lipi. 13At mangyayari, na pagka ang mga talampakan ng mga paa ng mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng buong lupa, ay titigil sa tubig ng Jordan, na ang tubig ng Jordan ay mahahawi, sa makatuwid baga'y ang tubig na bumababang mula sa itaas; at magiisang bunton. 14At nangyari nang umalis ang bayan sa kanilang mga tolda, upang tumawid sa Jordan, ay nasa unahan ng bayan ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan; 15At nang dumating sa Jordan ang mga may dala ng kaban, at ang mga paa ng mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ay nabasa sa gilid ng tubig, (sapagka't inaapawan ng Jordan ang lahat niyang pangpang sa buong panahon ng pagaani,) 16Na ang tubig na bumababang mula sa itaas ay tumigil, at nagisang bunton na malayo sa kanila, sa Adam, na bayang nasa tabi ng Sarethan: at yaong nagsisibaba sa dagat ng Araba, na Dagat na Alat ay lubos na nahawi: at ang bayan ay tumawid sa tapat ng Jerico. 17At ang mga saserdote na nagdadala ng kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon ay tumayong panatag sa tuyong lupa sa gitna ng Jordan; at ang buong Israel ay dumaan sa tuyong lupa, hanggang sa nakatawid na lubos sa Jordan ang buong bansa.

1Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over. 2After three days, the officers went through the midst of the camp; 3and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it. 4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Don’t come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.” 5Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.” 6Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” 9Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.” 10Joshua said, “Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan. 12Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 13It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.” 14When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people, 15and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest), 16the 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. Then the people passed over right against Jericho. 17The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.

1Jozua dan maakte zich des morgens vroeg op, en zij reisden van Sittim, en kwamen tot aan de Jordaan, hij en al de kinderen Israels; en zij vernachtten aldaar, eer zij overtrokken. 2En het geschiedde, dat de ambtlieden, op het einde van drie dagen, door het midden des legers gingen; 3En zij geboden het volk, zeggende: Wanneer gij de ark des verbonds des HEEREN, uws Gods, ziet, en de Levietische priesters dezelve dragende, verreist gijlieden ook van uw plaats, en volgt haar na; 4Dat er nochtans ruimte zij tussen ulieden en tussen dezelve, bij de twee duizend ellen in de maat; en nadert tot dezelve niet; opdat gij dien weg wetet, dien gij gaan zult; want gijlieden zijt door dien weg niet gegaan gisteren en eergisteren. 5Jozua zeide ook tot het volk: Heiligt u! want morgen zal de HEERE wonderheden in het midden van ulieden doen. 6Desgelijks sprak Jozua tot de priesters, zeggende: Neemt de ark des verbonds op, en gaat door voor het aangezicht van dit volk. Zij dan namen de ark des verbonds op, en zij gingen voor het aangezicht des volks. 7Want de HEERE had tot Jozua gezegd: Dezen dag zal Ik beginnen u groot te maken voor de ogen van gans Israel, opdat zij weten, dat Ik met u zijn zal, gelijk als Ik met Mozes geweest ben. 8Gij dan zult den priesteren, die de ark des verbonds dragen, gebieden, zeggende: Wanneer gijlieden komt tot aan het uiterste van het water van de Jordaan, staat stil in de Jordaan. 9Toen zeide Jozua tot de kinderen Israels: Nadert herwaarts, en hoort de woorden des HEEREN, uws Gods. 10Verder zeide Jozua: Hieraan zult gijlieden bekennen, dat de levende God in het midden van u is, en dat Hij ganselijk voor uw aangezicht uitdrijven zal de Kanaanieten, en de Hethieten, en de Hevieten, en de Ferezieten, en de Girgazieten, en de Amorieten en de Jebusieten. 11Ziet, de ark des verbonds van den Heere der ganse aarde gaat door voor ulieder aangezicht in de Jordaan. 12Nu dan, neemt gijlieden u twaalf mannen uit de stammen Israels, uit iederen stam een man; 13Want het zal geschieden, met dat de voetzolen der priesteren, die de ark van den HEERE, den Heere der ganse aarde, dragen, in het water van de Jordaan zullen rusten, zo zullen de wateren van de Jordaan afgesneden worden, te weten de wateren, die van boven afvlieten, en zij zullen op een hoop blijven staan. 14En het geschiedde, toen het volk vertrok uit zijn tenten, om over de Jordaan te gaan, zo droegen de priesters de ark des verbonds voor het aangezicht des volks. 15En als zij, die de ark droegen, tot aan de Jordaan gekomen waren, en de voeten der priesteren, dragende de ark, ingedoopt waren in het uiterste van het water (de Jordaan nu was vol al de dagen des oogstes aan al haar oevers); 16Zo stonden de wateren, die van boven afkwamen; zij rezen op een hoop, zeer verre van de stad Adam af, die ter zijde van Sarthan ligt en die naar de zee des vlakken velds, te weten de Zoutzee, afliepen, vergingen, zij werden afgesneden. Toen trok het volk over, tegenover Jericho. 17Maar de priesters, die de ark des verbonds des HEEREN droegen, stonden steevast op het droge, in het midden van de Jordaan; en gans Israel ging over op het droge, totdat al het volk geeindigd had door de Jordaan te trekken.