1 و َحِينَ انتَهَى جَميعُ الشَّعبِ مِنْ عُبُورِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، قالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ:

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

2 « اخْتَرِ اثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّعبِ، واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ،

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

3 و َمُرْهُمْ وَقُلْ: ‹احمِلُوا اثنَي عَشَرَ حَجَراً مِنْ هَذا المَكانِ، مِنْ وَسَطِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ حَيْثُ وَقَفَ الكَهَنَةُ. خُذُوها وَضَعُوها فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي تَبِيتُونَ فِيهِ الَّلَيلَةَ.›»

and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

4 ف َدَعا يَشُوعُ الاثنَي عَشَرَ رَجُلاً الَّذِينَ تَمَّ اخْتِيارُهُمْ مِنَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، رَجُلاً واحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ.

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

5 و َقالَ يَشُوعُ لَهُمْ: «عُودُوا إلَى وَسْط نَهْرِ الأُردنِّ حَيْثُ صُنْدُوقُ عَهْدِ إلَهِكُمُ المُقدَّسُ. وَلْيَحْمِلْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ حَجَراً عَلَى كَتِفِهِ، حَجَراً لِكُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ.

and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

6 ف َتَكُونُ هَذِهِ الحِجارَةُ عَلامَةً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ. وَحِينَ يَسألُكُمْ أولادُكُمْ فِي المُسْتَقبَلِ: ‹ماذا تَعْنِي هَذِهِ الحِجارَةُ؟›

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

7 ق ُولُوا لَهُمْ إنَّ مِياهَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ تَوَقَّفَتْ أمامَ صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ. حِينَ عَبَرَ إلَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، تَوَقَّفَتْ مِياهُ النَّهْرِ عَنِ التَّدَفُّقِ. فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ الحِجارَةُ تِذكاراً لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

8 و َعَمِلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كَما أمَرَهُمْ يَشُوعُ. فَأخَذُوا اثنَي عَشَرَ حَجَراً مِنْ وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، حَجَراً لِكُلِّ قَبِيلَةٍ مِنْ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ، كَما قالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ. وَحَمَلُوها مَعَهُمْ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي خَيَّمُوا فِيهِ، وَوَضَعُوها هُناكَ.

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

9 و َأيضاً وَضَعَ يَشُوعُ اثنَي عَشَرَ حَجَراً فِي وَسَطِ مَجرَى نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ. فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَ الكَهَنَةُ الَّذِينَ حَمَلُوا صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ المُقَدَّسِ واقِفِينَ فيه. وَهِيَ هُناكَ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

10 و َبَقِيَ الكَهَنَةُ، حامِلُو الصُّنْدُوقِ المُقَدَّسِ، واقِفِينَ فِي وَسَطِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، إلَى أنِ انتَهَى كُلُّ شَيءٍ أمَرَ اللهُ يَشُوعَ بِأنْ يُخبِرَ الشَّعبَ بِهِ. كَما أمَرَ مُوسَى يَشُوعَ. وَعَبَرَ الشَّعبُ النَّهْرَ بِسُرعَةٍ.

For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

11 و َحِينَ انتَهَى الشَّعبُ مِنْ عُبُورِ النَّهْرِ، عَبَرَ صُنْدُوقُ اللهِ المُقَدَّسُ وَالكَهَنَةُ أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

12 و َعَبَرَ الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ وَنِصْفُ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى مُتَجَهِّزِينَ لِلمَعرَكَةِ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الآخَرِينَ كَما أمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى.

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

13 ن َحْوَ أربَعِينَ ألفَ رَجُلٍ مُسَلَّحٍ، عَبَرُوا بِقِيادَةِ اللهِ لِيُحارِبُوا فِي سُهُولِ أرِيحا.

about forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

14 و َفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، عَظَّمَ اللهُ يَشُوعَ فِي عُيُونِ كُلِّ إسْرائِيلَ، وَهابُوهُ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِهِ كَما كانُوا يَهابُونَ مُوسَى.

On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15 و َقالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ:

And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

16 « مُرِ الكَهَنَةَ الَّذِينَ يَحمِلُونَ صُنْدُوقَ الشَّهادَةِ أنْ يَخرُجُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ مَجرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.»

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

17 ف َأمَرَ يَشُوعُ الكَهَنَةَ وَقالَ لَهُمُ: «اصعَدُوا مِنْ مَجرَى النَّهْرِ.»

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

18 و َحِينَ خَرَجَ الكَهَنَةُ الَّذِينَ يَحمِلُونَ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ مِنْ مَجرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، وَلَمَسَتْ بُطُونُ أقدامِهِمِ اليابِسَةَ، عادَتْ مِياهُ النَّهْرِ إلَى مَكانِها، وَتَدَفَّقَتْ عَلَى ضِفافِهِ كَما كانَتْ.

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

19 ف َخَرَجَ الشَّعبُ مِنْ وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ فِي اليَومِ العاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأوَّلِ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي الجِلْجالِ عَلَى الحُدُودِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ لأَرِيحا.

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

20 و َفِي الجِلْجالِ، نَصَبَ يَشُوعُ الاثْنَي عَشَرَ حَجَراً الَّتِي أخَذُوها مِنْ مَجرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

21 و َقالَ يَشُوعُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ: «فِي المُستَقْبَلِ، حِينَ يَسألُ أولادُكُمْ آباءَهُمْ: ‹ما مَعْنَى هَذِهِ الحِجارَةِ؟›

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22 ف َحِينَئِذٍ تَقُولُونَ لأَولادِكُمْ: ‹عَبَرَ إسْرائِيلُ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ عَلَى اليابِسَةِ.›

then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

23 ل ِأنَّ إلَهَكُمْ جَفَّفَ مِياهَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ أمامَكُمْ إلَى أنْ عَبَرْتُمْ، كَما عَمِلَ إلَهُكُمْ لِلبَحرِ الأحمَرِ الَّذِي يَبَّسَهُ أمامَنا إلَى أنْ عَبَرْنا.

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

24 ل ِتَعلَمَ جَميعُ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ كَمْ هِيَ عَظِيمَةٌ قُوَّةُ اللهِ ، لِيَخشَوْا إلَهَكُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.