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

When all the nation had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

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

“Choose twelve men from the people, one man from each family.

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”.

Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan. Take them from the place where the religious leaders’ feet are standing. Carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you stay tonight.’”

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

So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the sons of Israel, one man from each family.

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, “Go into the middle of the Jordan in front of the special box of the agreement of the Lord your God. Each of you take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the twelve family groups 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 something special among you. Your children will ask you later, ‘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 will tell them that the water of the Jordan was cut off before the special box of the agreement of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan was cut off. So these stones will become something to remember to the people 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.

The sons of Israel did as Joshua told them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the Lord told Joshua. There was one stone for each family group of the sons of Israel. They carried them over with them to the place where they stayed, 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 at the place where the feet of the religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement were standing in the middle of the Jordan. 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.

The religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement stood in the middle of the Jordan. They stood there until everything was finished that the Lord told Joshua to tell the people, all that Moses had told Joshua. The people crossed in a hurry.

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

When all the people were over, they watched the religious leaders carry the special box of the agreement to the other side.

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 Gad and the half-family group of Manasseh crossed over ready for battle before the people of Israel, just as Moses had told them.

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

About 40, 000 soldiers ready for battle crossed 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 gave Joshua honor in the eyes of all Israel. So they honored him as a great man just as they had honored Moses all the days of his life.

15 E ntão o Senhor disse a Josué:

The Lord said to Joshua,

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

“Tell the religious leaders who carry the special box of the agreement to come up from the Jordan.”

17 E Josué lhes ordenou que saíssem.

So Joshua told the religious leaders to 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.

The religious leaders who carried the special box of the agreement of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan. When their feet stepped on dry ground, the water of the Jordan returned to its place. It flowed over its sides as before.

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

The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they stayed at Gilgal on the east side of Jericho.

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

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

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

He said to the people of Israel, “Your children will ask their fathers some time in the future, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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

Then let your children know that 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 water of the Jordan before you until you had crossed. It was 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”.

Now all the people of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is powerful, so that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”