1 و َفِي صَباحِ اليَومِ التّالِي، اسْتَيقَظَ يَشُوعُ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ باكِراً وَانطَلَقُوا مَنْ شِطِّيمَ إلَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، وَخَيَّمُوا هُناكَ قَبلَ عُبُورِهِمِ النَّهْرَ.

Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

2 و َبَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ، جالَ القادَةُ فِي المُخَيَّمِ،

So it was, after three days, that the officers went through the camp;

3 و َأمَرُوا الشَّعبَ وَقُالُوا لَهُمْ: «حِينَ تَرَوْنَ الكَهَنَةَ الَّلاوِيِّينَ يَحمِلُونَ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ إلهِكُمْ ، اتْرُكُوا المَكانَ الَّذِي أنتُمْ فِيهِ وَاتبَعُوهُ.

and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

4 و َلْتَكُنْ مَسافَةُ ألفَي ذِراعٍ بَينَكُمْ وَبَينَهُ. لا تَقتَرِبُوا مِنْهُ، بَلِ اتبَعُوهُ لِتَعْرِفُوا الطَّرِيقَ الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي السَّيرُ فِيهِ. لِأنّكُمْ لَمْ تَسِيرُوا فِي هَذا الطَّرِيقِ مِنْ قَبلُ.»

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

5 ث ُمَّ قالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعبِ: «كَرِّسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ، لأَنَّ اللهَ سَيَعمَلُ أُمُوراً مُدهِشَةً وَعَظِيمَةً فِي الغَدِ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ وَمَعَكُمْ.»

And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

6 و َفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، قالَ يَشُوعُ لِلكَهَنَةِ: «ارْفَعُوا صَندُوقَ العَهْدِ المُقَدَّسَ، وَاجتازُوا إلَى مُقدَّمةِ الشَّعبِ.» فَحَمَلُوا صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ المُقَدَّسَ وَسارُوا أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

7 و َقالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ: «سَأبدَأُ اليَومَ بِتَعظِيمِكَ فِي عُيُونِ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِيَعرِفُوا أنَّنِي سَأكُونُ مَعَكَ كَما كُنْتُ مَعَ مُوسَى.

And the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

8 م ُرِ الكَهَنَةَ الَّذِينَ يَحمِلُونَ صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ المُقَدَّسَ، حِينَ يَصِلُونَ إلَى النَّهْرِ، بِأنْ يَقِفُوا في النَّهْرِ.»

You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.’”

9 ث ُمَّ قالَ يَشُوعُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ: «تَعالَوْا إلَى هُنا وَاستَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ إلَهِكُمْ.»

So Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.”

10 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ يَشُوعُ: «بِهَذا سَتَعرِفُونَ أنَّ اللهَ الحَيَّ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، وَستعرِفُونَ أنَّهُ سَيَطرُدُ مِنْ أمامِكُمُ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ وَالحِثِّيِّينَ وَالحِوِّيِّينَ وَالفِرِزِّيَّينَ وَالجِرْجاشِيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَاليَبُوسِيِّينَ.

And Joshua said, “By this you 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 ه ا إنَّ صُنْدُوقَ عَهْدِ سَيِّدِ كُلِّ الأرْضِ سيعبرُ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ أمامَكُمْ.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before you into the Jordan.

12 ا خْتارُوا لَكُمُ اثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ، واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ عَشِيرَةٍ.

Now therefore, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe.

13 و َحِينَ يَضَعُ الكَهَنَةُ حامِلُو صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ ، رَبِّ كُلِّ الأرْضِ أرجُلَهُمْ فِي مِياهِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، فَإنَّ مِياهَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ المُتَدَفِّقَةَ مِنَ الأعلَى سَتَتَوَقَّفُ كَمِياهٍ وَراءَ سَدٍّ.»

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap.”

14 و َحِينَ غادَرَ الشَّعبُ المُخَيَّمَ لِيَعبُرُوا نَهْرَ الأردُنَّ، كانَ الكَهَنَةُ حامِلُو صُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ المُقَدَّسِ أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

So it was, when the people set out from their camp to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

15 و َحِينَ أتَى الكَهَنَةُ حامِلُو الصُّنْدُوقِ إلَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، وَوَضَعُوا أقدامَهُمْ عَلَى ضِفَّةِ النَّهْرِ، وَكانَ النَّهْرُ مُمتَلِئِاً بِالمِياهِ فَوْقَ ضِفافِهِ كُلَّ فَترَةِ الحَصادِ، تَوَقَّفَ الماءُ المُتَدَفِّقُ مِنَ الأعلَى عَلَى الفَوْرِ.

and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest),

16 ف َتَجَمَّعَتِ المِياهُ كَأنَّها وَراءَ سَدٍّ فِي أعلَى مَجْرَى النَّهْرِ فِي أدامَ المَدِينَةِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ صَرْتانَ. وَانقَطَعَتِ المِياهُ المُتَدَفِّقَةُ إلَى بَحْرِ العَرَبَةِ تَماماً. حِينَئِذٍ، عَبَرَ الشَّعبُ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ مُقابِلَ أرِيحا.

that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

17 و َالكَهَنَةُ حامِلُو صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ وَقَفُوا ثابِتِينَ عَلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ فِي وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، بَينَما كانَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَعبُرُونَ عَلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ وَيابِسَةٍ، إلَى أنْ عَبَرَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ.

Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.