1 O ra, Jericó se conservava rigorosamente fechada por causa dos filhos de Israel; ninguém saía nem entrava.

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.

2 E ntão disse o Senhor a Josué: Olha, entrego na tua mão Jericó, o seu rei e os seus homens valorosos.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

3 V ós, pois, todos os homens de guerra, rodeareis a cidade, contornando-a uma vez por dia; assim fareis por seis dias.

All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

4 S ete sacerdotes levarão sete trombetas de chifres de carneiros adiante da arca; e no sétimo dia rodeareis a cidade sete vezes, e os sacerdotes tocarão as trombetas.

Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

5 E será que, fazendo-se sonido prolongado da trombeta, e ouvindo vós tal sonido, todo o povo dará um grande brado; então o muro da cidade cairá rente com o chão, e o povo subirá, cada qual para o lugar que lhe ficar defronte:

It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up, every man straight in front of him.”

6 C hamou, pois, Josué, filho de Num, aos sacerdotes, e disse-lhes: Levai a arca do pacto, e sete sacerdotes levem sete trombetas de chifres de carneiros, adiante da arca do Senhor.

Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh’s ark.”

7 E disse ao povo: Passai e rodeai a cidade; e marchem os homens armados adiante da arca do Senhor.

They said to the people, “Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh’s ark.”

8 A ssim, pois, se fez como Josué dissera ao povo: os sete sacerdotes, levando as sete trombetas adiante do Senhor, passaram, e tocaram-nas; e a arca do pacto do Senhor os seguia.

It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of Yahweh’s covenant followed them.

9 E os homens armados iam adiante dos sacerdotes que tocavam as trombetas, e a retaguarda seguia após a arca, os sacerdotes sempre tocando as trombetas.

The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.

10 J osué tinha dado ordem ao povo, dizendo: Não gritareis, nem fareis ouvir a vossa voz, nem sairá palavra alguma da vossa boca, até o dia em que eu vos disser: gritai! Então gritareis.

Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”

11 A ssim fizeram a arca do Senhor rodear a cidade, contornando-a uma vez; então entraram no arraial, e ali passaram a noite.

So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.

12 J osué levantou-se de madrugada, e os sacerdotes tomaram a arca do Senhor.

Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark.

13 O s sete sacerdotes que levavam as sete trombetas de chifres de carneiros adiante da arca da Senhor iam andando, tocando as trombetas; os homens armados iam adiante deles, e a retaguarda seguia atrás da arca do Senhor, os sacerdotes sempre tocando as trombetas.

The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of Yahweh’s ark went on continually, and blew the trumpets. The armed men went in front of them. The rear guard came after Yahweh’s ark. The trumpets sounded as they went.

14 E rodearam a cidade uma vez no segundo dia, e voltaram ao arraial. Assim fizeram por seis dias.

The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

15 N o sétimo dia levantaram-se bem de madrugada, e da mesma maneira rodearam a cidade sete vezes; somente naquele dia rodearam-na sete vezes.

On the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.

16 E quando os sacerdotes pela sétima vez tocavam as trombetas, disse Josué ao povo: Gritai, porque o Senhor vos entregou a cidade.

At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city!

17 A cidade, porém, com tudo quanto nela houver, será danátema ao Senhor; somente a prostituta Raabe viverá, ela e todos os que com ela estiverem em casa, porquanto escondeu os mensageiros que enviamos.

The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

18 M as quanto a vós, guardai-vos do anátema, para que, depois de o terdes feito tal, não tomeis dele coisa alguma, e não façais anátema o arraial de Israel, e o perturbeis.

But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so you would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

19 C ontudo, toda a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de bronze e de ferro, são consagrados ao Senhor; irão para o tesouro do Senhor.

But all the silver, gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh’s treasury.”

20 G ritou, pois, o povo, e os sacerdotes tocaram as trombetas; ouvindo o povo o sonido da trombeta, deu um grande brado, e o muro caiu rente com o chão, e o povo subiu ã cidade, cada qual para o lugar que lhe ficava defronte, e tomaram a cidade:

So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.

21 E destruíram totalmente, ao fio da espada, tudo quanto havia na cidade, homem e mulher, menino e velho, bois, ovelhas e jumentos.

They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

22 E ntão disse Josué aos dois homens que tinham espiado a terra: Entrai na casa da prostituta, e tirai-a dali com tudo quanto tiver, como lhe prometestes com juramento.

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring the woman and all that she has out from there, as you swore to her.”

23 E ntraram, pois, os mancebos espias, e tiraram Raabe, seu pai, sua mãe, seus irmãos, e todos quantos lhe pertenciam; e, trazendo todos os seus parentes, os puseram fora do arraial de Israel.

The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.

24 A cidade, porém, e tudo quanto havia nela queimaram a fogo; tão-somente a prata, e o ouro, e os vasos de bronze e de ferro, colocaram-nos no tesouro da casa do Senhor.

They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh’s house.

25 A ssim Josué poupou a vida ã prostituta Raabe, ã família de seu pai, e a todos quantos lhe pertenciam; e ela ficou habitando no meio de Israel até o dia de hoje, porquanto escondera os mensageiros que Josué tinha enviado a espiar a Jericó.

But Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lives in the middle of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 T ambém nesse tempo Josué os esconjurou, dizendo: Maldito diante do Senhor seja o homem que se levantar e reedificar esta cidade de Jericó; com a perda do seu primogênito a fundará, e com a perda do seu filho mais novo lhe colocará as portas.

Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”

27 A ssim era o Senhor com Josué; e corria a sua fama por toda a terra.

So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.