1 و َلَكِنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا الوَصِيَّةَ المُتَعَلِّقَةَ بِما يَنْبَغِي إتلافُهُ. فَقَدْ أخَذَ عَخانُ بْنُ كَرْمِي بْنِ زَبَدِي بْنِ زارَحَ، مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا، بَعضَ الأشْياءِ مِمّا كانَ يَنْبَغِي إتلافُها. فَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.

2 و َأرسَلَ يَشُوعُ رِجالاً مِنْ أِرِيحا إلَى مَدِينَةِ عايَ القَرِيبَةِ مِنْ بَيتِ آوِنَ شَرقَ بَيتِ إيلَ. وَقالَ لَهُمُ: «اصْعَدُوا وَاستَكشِفوا الأرْضَ.» فَصَعِدَ الرِّجالُ وَاستَكشَفوا مَدِينَةَ عايَ.

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

3 ث ُمَّ عادُوا إلَى يَشُوعَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «لا تُرسِلْ كُلَّ الجَيشِ إلَى عايَ. فَلْيَذهَبْ ألفانِ أوْ ثَلاثَةُ آلافِ رَجُلٍ فَقَطْ وَيُهاجِمُوا عايَ. لا تُجْهِدِ الجَيْشَ كُلَّهُ بِالذَّهابِ إلَى هُناكَ، فَشَعبُ عايَ قَلِيلُ العَدَدِ.»

And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few.”

4 ف َصَعِدَ نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ إلَى هُناكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أُجبِرُوا عَلَى التَّراجُعِ مِنْ أمامِ رِجالِ عايَ.

So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.

5 و َقَتَلَ رِجالُ عايَ نَحْوَ سِتَّةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ، وَلَحِقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ أمامِ البَوّابَةِ إلَى مَكاسِرِ الحِجارَةِ، وَقَتَلُوهُمْ عَلَى المُنحَدَرِ. فَجَبُنَتْ قُلُوبُ الرِّجالِ جِدّاً.

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

6 ح ِينَئِذٍ، مَزَّقَ يَشُوعُ ثِيابَهُ، وَوَقَعَ عَلَى وَجهِهِ عَلَى الأرْضِ أمامَ صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ، وَبَقِيَ هُناكَ إلَى المَساءِ مَعَ كُلِّ شَيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَألقَوْا التُّرابَ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ.

Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

7 و َقالَ يَشُوعُ: «آهٍ يا اللهُ! لِماذا عبَّرْتَ هَذا الشَّعبَ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ لِيُهلِكَنا الأمُورِيُّونَ؟ لَيْتَنا بَقِينا شَرْقَ النَّهْرِ!

And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord God, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

8 ي ا رَبُّ! ماذا أقُولُ الآنَ وَقَدْ هُزِمَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ أمامَ أعدائِهِ؟

O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its back before its enemies?

9 س َيَسمَعُ جَمِيعُ الكَنعانِيِّينَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي الأرْضِ بِما حَدَثَ، فَيُحاصِرُونَنا وَيَقتُلُونَنا. ماذا سَتَفعَلُ حِينَئَذٍ لاسْمِكَ العَظيمِ؟»

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?” The Sin of Achan

10 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ: «انهَضْ! لِماذا أنتَ مُنبَطِحٌ عَلَى وَجهِكَ؟

So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face?

11 ق َدْ أخطَأ إسْرائِيلُ، وَقَدْ نَقَضُوا عَهدِي الَّذِي أمَرتُهُمْ بِحِفظِهِ، فَأخَذُوا مِنَ الأشياءِ الَّتِي أمَرْتُهُمْ بِتَدْميرِها تَقْدِمَةً لِي. سَرَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا، وَوَضَعُوا تِلْكَ الأشْياءَ بَينَ حاجِياتِهِمْ.

Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.

12 و َلِهَذا فَبَنُو إسْرائِيلَ غَيرُ قادِرِينَ عَلَى مُقاوَمَةِ أعدائِهِمْ. وَهُمْ يُهزَمُونَ وَيَتَراجَعُونَ أمامَ أعدائِهِمْ، إذْ حُكِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بالهَلاكِ. لَنْ أكُونَ مَعَكُمْ فِيما بَعْدُ حَتَّى تُدَمِّرُوا الأشياءَ الَّتِي طَلَبْتُ مِنْكُمْ إتلافَها.

Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.

13 « فَاذْهَبْ وَطَهِّرِ الشَّعبَ، وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹تَقَدَّسُوا لِأجلِ الغَدِ، لِأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ إنَّ بَيْنَ أمتِعَتِكُمْ أشْياءُ أمَرْتُكُمْ أنْ تُدَمِّرُوها. فَلَنْ تَهْزِمُوا أعْداءَكُمْ حَتَّى تُزِيلُوا مِنْ بَينِكُمُ الأشياءَ الَّتِي أمَرْتُكُمْ بِإتلافَها.

Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “ There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”

14 « ‹وَفِي الصَّباحِ، تَقِفُونَ جَمِيعاً فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِحَسَبِ قَبائِلِكُمْ. وَالقَبِيلَةُ الَّتِي يَختارُها اللهُ تَتَقَدَّمُ بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِها. وَالعَشِيرَةُ الَّتِي يَخْتارُها اللهُ تَتَقَدَّمُ بِحَسَبِ عائِلاتِها. وَالعائِلَةُ الَّتِي يَختارُها اللهُ تَتَقَدَّمُ بِرِجالِها واحِداً واحِداً.

In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the Lord takes shall come according to families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come man by man.

15 و َالَّذِي يُمْسَكُ وَمَعْهُ الأشْياءُ الواجِبُ تَدْميرُها، يُحْرَقُ بِالنّارِ مَعَ كُلِّ ما لَهُ، لِأنَّهُ نَقَضَ عَهْدَ اللهِ ، وَصَنَعَ أمْراً كَرِيهاً وَقَبِيحاً فِي إسْرائِيلَ.›»

Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

16 ف َنَهَضَ يَشُوعُ فِي الصَّباحِ باكِراً، وَتَقَدَّمَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ بِحَسَبِ قَبائِلِهِمْ، فَاخْتيرَتْ قَبِيلَةُ يَهُوذا.

So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

17 ث ُمَّ تَقَدَّمَتْ عَشائِرُ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا، فَاخْتيرَتْ عَشيرَةُ الزّارَحِيِّينَ. ثُمَّ تقَدَّمَتْ عائِلاتُ عَشَيرَةِ الزّارَحِيِّينَ، فَاخْتيرَتْ عائِلَةُ زَبْدِي.

He brought the clan of Judah, and he took the family of the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man, and Zabdi was taken.

18 ث ُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ رِجالُ عائِلَةِ زَبْدِي، فَاخْتيرَ عَخانُ بْنُ كَرْمِي بْنِ زَبْدِي مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ يَهُوذا.

Then he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

19 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ يَشُوعُ لِعَخانَ: «يا بُنَيَّ، أعطِ مَجداً للهِ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ وَاعتَرِفْ لَهُ. وَأخبِرْ بِما عَمِلتَهُ وَلا تُخفِ عَنِّي الأمرَ.»

Now Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I beg you, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

20 ف َأجابَ عَخانُ يَشُوعَ: «نَعَمْ، فَأنا مَنْ أخطَأ إلَى اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ. وَهَذا ما فَعَلْتُهُ:

And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

21 ر َأيتُ وَسَطَ الغَنائِمِ ثَوباً بابِلِيّاً فاخِراً وَمِئَتَي مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، وَسَبيكَةَ ذَهَبٍ تَزِنُ خَمْسِينَ مِثْقالاً، فَاشْتَهَيتُها، فَأخَذْتُها. وَها هِيَ مَدْفُونَةٌ داخِلَ خَيمَتِي، وَالفِضَّةُ تَحْتَ الرِّداءِ.»

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”

22 ف َأرسَلَ يَشُوعُ رُسُلاً فِرَكَضُوا إلَى الخَيمَةِ، فَكانَتْ هُناكَ مُخَبَّأةً فِي الخَيمَةِ وَالفِضَّةُ تَحتَها.

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.

23 ف َأخَذُوا تِلْكَ الأشياءَ مِنَ الخَيمَةِ وَأحضَرُوها لِيَشُوعَ وَلِكُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَوَضَعُوها فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.

24 ف َأخَذَ يَشُوعُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ عَخانَ بْنَ زارَحَ مَعَ كُلِّ الفِضَّةِ وَالثَّوبِ وَسَبِيكَةِ الذَّهَبِ وَأولادِهِ وَبَناتِهِ وَبَقَرِهِ وَحِمارِهِ وَغَنَمِهِ وَخَيمَتِهِ وَكُلِّ ما كانَ لَهُ، وَأصعَدُوها إلَى وادِي عَخُورَ.

Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them to the Valley of Achor.

25 و َقالَ يَشُوعُ: «لِماذا جَلَبْتَ هَذا الضِّيقَ عَلَينا؟ سَيَجلِبُ اللهُ الضِّيقَ عَلَيكَ هَذا اليَومَ.» فَرَجَمَهُمْ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأحْرَقُوهُمْ بِالنّارِ، وَطَمَرُوهُمْ بِالحِجارَةِ.

And Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

26 و َوَضَعَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كَومَةَ حِجارَةٍ فَوقَهُمْ، ما تَزالُ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ. فَهَدَأ غَضَبُ اللهِ. وَدُعِيَ ذَلِكَ المَكانُ وادِيَ عَخُورَ.

Then they raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.