1 Q uando toda a nação terminou de atravessar o Jordão, o Senhor disse a Josué:

Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

2 “ Escolha doze homens dentre o povo, um de cada tribo,

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

3 e mande que apanhem doze pedras do meio do Jordão, do lugar onde os sacerdotes ficaram parados. Levem-nas com vocês para o local onde forem passar a noite”.

and 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.’”

4 J osué convocou os doze homens que escolhera dentre os israelitas, um de cada tribo,

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

5 e lhes disse: “Passem adiante da arca do Senhor, o seu Deus, até o meio do Jordão. Ponha cada um de vocês uma pedra nos ombros, conforme o número das tribos dos israelitas.

and 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.

6 E las servirão de sinal para vocês. No futuro, quando os seus filhos lhes perguntarem: ‘Que significam essas pedras?’,

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

7 r espondam que as águas do Jordão foram interrompidas diante da arca da aliança do Senhor. Quando a arca atravessou o Jordão, as águas foram interrompidas. Essas pedras serão um memorial perpétuo para o povo de Israel”.

then 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.”

8 O s israelitas fizeram como Josué lhes havia ordenado. Apanharam doze pedras do meio do Jordão, conforme o número das tribos de Israel, como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Josué; e as levaram ao acampamento, onde as deixaram.

Thus 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.

9 J osué ergueu também doze pedras no meio do Jordão, no local onde os sacerdotes que carregavam a arca da aliança tinham ficado. E elas estão lá até hoje.

Then 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.

10 O s sacerdotes que carregavam a arca permaneceram em pé no meio do Jordão até que o povo fez tudo o que o Senhor ordenara a Josué, por meio de Moisés. E o povo atravessou apressadamente.

For 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;

11 Q uando todos tinham acabado de atravessar, a arca do Senhor e os sacerdotes passaram para o outro lado, diante do povo.

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

12 O s homens das tribos de Rúben, de Gade e da metade da tribo de Manassés atravessaram preparados para lutar, à frente dos israelitas, como Moisés os tinha orientado.

The 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;

13 C erca de quarenta mil homens preparados para a guerra passaram perante o Senhor, rumo à planície de Jericó.

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

14 N aquele dia o Senhor exaltou Josué à vista de todo o Israel; e eles o respeitaram enquanto viveu, como tinham respeitado Moisés.

On 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.

15 E ntão o Senhor disse a Josué:

Now the Lord said to Joshua,

16 “ Ordene aos sacerdotes que carregam a arca da aliança que saiam do Jordão”.

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

17 E Josué lhes ordenou que saíssem.

So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”

18 Q uando os sacerdotes que carregavam a arca da aliança do Senhor saíram do Jordão, mal tinham posto os pés em terra seca, as águas do Jordão voltaram ao seu lugar, e cobriram como antes as suas margens.

It 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.

19 N o décimo dia do primeiro mês o povo subiu do Jordão e acampou em Gilgal, na fronteira leste de Jericó.

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

20 E em Gilgal Josué ergueu as doze pedras tiradas do Jordão.

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

21 D isse ele aos israelitas: “No futuro, quando os filhos perguntarem aos seus pais: ‘Que significam essas pedras?’,

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

22 e xpliquem a eles: Aqui Israel atravessou o Jordão em terra seca.

then you shall inform your children, saying, ‘Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.’

23 P ois o Senhor, o seu Deus, secou o Jordão perante vocês até que o tivessem atravessado. O Senhor, o seu Deus, fez com o Jordão como fizera com o mar Vermelho, quando o secou diante de nós até que o tivéssemos atravessado.

For 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;

24 E le assim fez para que todos os povos da terra saibam que a mão do Senhor é poderosa e para que vocês sempre temam o Senhor, o seu Deus”.

that 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.”