1 N ow when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

وَحِينَ انتَهَى جَميعُ الشَّعبِ مِنْ عُبُورِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، قالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ:

2 “ Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

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

3 a nd command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”

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

4 S o Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

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

5 a nd Joshua said to them, “ Cross again to the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

وَقالَ 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.

6 L et this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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

7 t hen you shall say to them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

قُولُوا 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.»

8 T hus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there.

وَعَمِلَ 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.

9 T hen Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

وَأيضاً 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.

10 F or the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed;

وَبَقِيَ 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.

11 a nd when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed before the people.

وَحِينَ انتَهَى الشَّعبُ مِنْ عُبُورِ النَّهْرِ، عَبَرَ صُنْدُوقُ اللهِ المُقَدَّسُ وَالكَهَنَةُ أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

12 T he sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;

وَعَبَرَ الرَأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالجادِيُّونَ وَنِصْفُ قَبِيلَةِ مَنَسَّى مُتَجَهِّزِينَ لِلمَعرَكَةِ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الآخَرِينَ كَما أمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى.

13 a bout 40, 000 equipped for war, crossed for battle before the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho.

نَحْوَ أربَعِينَ ألفَ رَجُلٍ مُسَلَّحٍ، عَبَرُوا بِقِيادَةِ اللهِ لِيُحارِبُوا فِي سُهُولِ أرِيحا.

14 O n that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so that they revered him, just as they had revered Moses all the days of his life.

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

15 N ow the Lord said to Joshua,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ:

16 “ Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.”

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

17 S o Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”

فَأمَرَ يَشُوعُ الكَهَنَةَ وَقالَ لَهُمُ: «اصعَدُوا مِنْ مَجرَى النَّهْرِ.»

18 I t came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before.

وَحِينَ 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.

19 N ow the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.

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

20 T hose twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

وَفِي الجِلْجالِ، نَصَبَ يَشُوعُ الاثْنَي عَشَرَ حَجَراً الَّتِي أخَذُوها مِنْ مَجرَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

21 H e said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’

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

22 t hen you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’

فَحِينَئِذٍ تَقُولُونَ لأَولادِكُمْ: ‹عَبَرَ إسْرائِيلُ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ عَلَى اليابِسَةِ.›

23 F or the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the Lord your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed;

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

24 t hat all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”

لِتَعلَمَ جَميعُ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ كَمْ هِيَ عَظِيمَةٌ قُوَّةُ اللهِ ، لِيَخشَوْا إلَهَكُمْ إلَى الأبَدِ.»