و َلَمّا نَظَرَ رِجالُ عايَ إلَى الوَراءِ، رَأَوْا الدُّخانَ يَصْعَدُ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ نَحْوَ السَّماءِ. وَلَمْ يكُنْ لَهُمْ مَهْرَبٌ فِي أيِّ اتِّجاهٍ، لِأنَّ الشَّعبَ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَظاهَرُ بِالهَرَبِ نَحوَ البَرِّيَّةِ، دارَ إلَى الخَلْفِ ضِدَّ مُطارِديهِ.
When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
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