1 Q uando todo o povo acabara de passar o Jordão, falou o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:

When all the nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

2 T omai dentre o povo doze homens, de cada tribo um homem;

“Choose twelve men from the people, one man from each family.

3 e mandai-lhes, dizendo: Tirai daqui, do meio do Jordão, do lugar em que estiveram parados os pés dos sacerdotes, doze pedras, levai-as convosco para a outra banda e depositai-as no lugar em que haveis de passar esta noite.

Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan. Take them from the place where the religious leaders’ feet are standing. Carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you stay tonight.’”

4 C hamou, pois, Josué os doze homens que escolhera dos filhos de Israel, de cada tribo um homem;

So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the sons of Israel, one man from each family.

5 e disse-lhes: Passai adiante da arca do Senhor vosso Deus, ao meio do Jordão, e cada um levante uma pedra sobre o ombro, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel;

And Joshua said to them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan in front of the special box of the agreement of the Lord your God. Each of you take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the twelve family groups of Israel.

6 p ara que isto seja por sinal entre vós; e quando vossos filhos no futuro perguntarem: Que significam estas pedras?

Let this be something special among you. Your children will ask you later, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

7 d ireis a eles que as águas do Jordão foram cortadas diante da arca do pacto de Senhor; quando ela passou pelo Jordão, as águas foram cortadas; e estas pedras serão para sempre por memorial aos filhos de Israel.

Then you will tell them that the water of the Jordan was cut off before the special box of the agreement of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan was cut off. So these stones will become something to remember to the people of Israel forever.”

8 F izeram, pois, os filhos de Israel assim como Josué tinha ordenado, e levantaram doze pedras do meio do Jordão como o Senhor dissera a Josué, segundo o número das tribos dos filhos de Israel; e levaram-nas consigo ao lugar em que pousaram, e as depositaram ali.

The sons of Israel did as Joshua told them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord told Joshua. There was one stone for each family group of the sons of Israel. They carried them over with them to the place where they stayed, and put them down there.

9 A montoou Josué também doze pedras no meio do Jordão, no lugar em que pararam os pés dos sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto; e ali estão até o dia de hoje.

Then Joshua set up twelve stones at the place where the feet of the religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement were standing in the middle of the Jordan. They are there to this day.

10 P ois os sacerdotes que levavam a arca pararam no meio do Jordão, até que se cumpriu tudo quanto o Senhor mandara Josué dizer ao povo, conforme tudo o que Moisés tinha ordenado a Josué. E o povo apressou-se, e passou.

The religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement stood in the middle of the Jordan. They stood there until everything was finished that the Lord told Joshua to tell the people, all that Moses had told Joshua. The people crossed in a hurry.

11 A ssim que todo o povo acabara de passar, então passaram a arca do Senhor e os sacerdotes, ã vista do povo.

When all the people were over, they watched the religious leaders carry the special box of the agreement to the other side.

12 E passaram os filhos de Rúben e os filhos de Gade, e a meia tribo de Manassés, armados, adiante dos filhos de Israel, como Moisés lhes tinha dito;

The sons of Reuben and Gad and the half-family group of Manasseh crossed over ready for battle before the people of Israel, just as Moses had told them.

13 u ns quarenta mil homens em pé de guerra passaram diante do Senhor para a batalha,

About 40, 000 soldiers ready for battle crossed before the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho.

14 N aquele dia e Senhor engrandeceu a Josué aos olhos de todo o Israel; e temiam-no, como haviam temido a Moisés, por todos os dias da sua vida.

On that day the Lord gave Joshua honor in the eyes of all Israel. So they honored him as a great man just as they had honored Moses all the days of his life.

15 D epois falou o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:

The Lord said to Joshua,

16 D á ordem aos sacerdotes que levam a arca do testemunho, que subam do Jordão.

“Tell the religious leaders who carry the special box of the agreement to come up from the Jordan.”

17 P elo que Josué deu ordem aos sacerdetes, dizendo: Subi do Jordão.

So Joshua told the religious leaders to come up from the Jordan.

18 E aconteceu que, quando os sacerdotes que levavam a arca do pacto do Senhor subiram do meio do Jordão, e as plantas dos seus pés se puseram em terra seca, as águas do Jordão voltaram ao seu lugar, e trasbordavam todas as suas ribanceiras, como dantes.

The religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan. When their feet stepped on dry ground, the water of the Jordan returned to its place. It flowed over its sides as before.

19 O povo, pois, subiu do Jordão no dia dez do primeiro mês, e acampou-se em Gilgal, ao oriente de Jericó.

The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they stayed at Gilgal on the east side of Jericho.

20 E as doze pedras, que tinham tirado do Jordão, levantou-as Josué em Gilgal;

Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

21 e falou aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: Quando no futuro vossos filhos perguntarem a seus pais: Que significam estas pedras?

He said to the people of Israel, “Your children will ask their fathers some time in the future, ‘What do these stones mean?’

22 f areis saber a vossos filhos, dizendo: Israel passou a pé enxuto este Jordão.

Then let your children know that Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.

23 P orque o Senhor vosso Deus fez secar as águas do Jordão diante de vós, até que passásseis, assim como fizera ao Mar Vermelho, ao qual fez secar perante nós, até que passássemos;

For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you until you had crossed. It was just as the Lord your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed.

24 p ara que todos os povos da terra conheçam que a mão do Senhor é forte; a fim de que vós também temais ao Senhor vosso Deus para sempre.

Now all the people of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is powerful, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”