يشوع 4 | الكتاب المقدس

الكتاب المقدس

1 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ عُبُورُ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: 2 «اخْتَارُوا مِنَ الشَّعْبِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ. 3 وَأْمُرُوهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: لِيَحْمِلْ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ حَجَراً مِنْ هُنَا مِنْ وَسَطِ مَجْرَى النَّهْرِ حَيْثُ يَقِفُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِأَقْدَامٍ ثَابِتَةٍ، وَعَبِّرُوهَا مَعَكُمْ، وَأَقِيمُوهَا فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تَبِيتُونَ فِيهِ اللَّيْلَةَ». 4 فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً الَّذِينَ تَمَّ اخْتِيَارُهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، رَجُلاً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ. 5 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، حَيْثُ يُوْجَدُ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَلْيَحْمِلْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ حَجَراً وَاحِداً عَلَى كَتِفِهِ، بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، 6 فَتَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ، بَعْدَ نَصْبِهَا، عَلامَةً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا سَأَلَكُمْ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ: مَاذَا تَعْنِي لَكُمْ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ؟ 7 تُجِيبُونَهُمْ: إِنَّ مِيَاهَ الأُرْدُنِّ تَوَقَّفَتْ عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ، وَانْفَلَقَتْ عِنْدَ عُبُورِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ النَّهْرَ. وَهَكَذَا تُصْبِحُ هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ». 8 فَنَفَّذَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ يَشُوعُ، وَحَمَلُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً مِنْ وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا أَوْصَى الرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ، وَأَجَازُوهَا مَعَهُمْ إِلَى حَيْثُ خَيَّمُوا لِلْمَبِيتِ وَوَضَعُوهَا هُنَاكَ. 9 وَأَقَامَ يَشُوعُ أَيْضاً نَصَباً تَذْكَارِيًّا آخَرَ مِنِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً فِي وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ اسْتَقَرَّتْ أَقْدَامُ الْكَهَنَةِ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ، وَهِيَ مَازَالَتْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى الآنَ. 10 وَظَلَّ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو التَّابُوتِ وَاقِفِينَ فِي وَسَطِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَتَّى أَتَمَّ الشَّعْبُ تَنْفِيذَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ يَشُوعَ تَمَاماً كَمَا أَصْدَرَ مُوسَى تَعْلِيمَاتِهِ لِيَشُوعَ. فَأَسْرَعَ الشَّعْبُ بِاجْتِيَازِ النَّهْرِ. 11 وَعِنْدَمَا تَمَّ عُبُورُ الشَّعْبِ النَّهْرَ، تَقَدَّمَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَالْكَهَنَةُ مُجْتَازِينَ نَحْوَ الضَّفَّةِ الأُخْرَى فِي حُضُورِ الشَّعْبِ. 12 وَسَارَ جُنُودُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى فِي طَلِيعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاحِ، كَمَا أَمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى. 13 فَكَانُوا نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ جُنْدِيٍّ مُتَجَرِّدِينَ لِلْقِتَالِ. عَبَرُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لِلْحَرْبِ إِلَى سُهُولِ أَرِيحَا. 14 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَظَّمَ الرَّبُّ مَقَامَ يَشُوعَ فِي عُيُونِ جَمِيعِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَهَابُوهُ كَمَا هَابُوا مُوسَى كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ. 15 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: 16 «مُرِ الْكَهَنَةَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ أَنْ يَصْعَدُوا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ». 17 فَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ الْكَهَنَةَ قَائِلاً: «اصْعَدُوا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ» 18 فَمَا إِنْ صَعِدَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ وَسَطِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَوَطِئَتْ بُطُونُ أَقْدَامِهِمِ الْيَابِسَةَ، حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ مِيَاهُ الأُرْدُنِّ تَتَدَفَّقُ ثَانِيَةً وَغَمَرَتْ شُطُوطَهُ كَمَا كَانَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ. 19 وَتَمَّ اجْتِيَازُ الشَّعْبِ لِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ الْعِبْرِيِّ، وَخَيَّمُوا فِي الْجِلْجَالِ شَرْقِيَّ أَرِيحَا. 20 وَنَصَبَ يَشُوعُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً الَّتِي حَمَلُوهَا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ. 21 وَقَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِذَا سَأَلَ بَنُوكُمْ آبَاءَهُمْ فِي الأَجْيَالِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ: مَا هَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةُ؟ 22 يُجِيبُونَهُمْ: إِنَّ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ قَدْ عَبَرُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ فَوْقَ أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ. 23 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ شَقَّ مِيَاهَ الأُرْدُنِّ أَمَامَكُمْ، فَعَبَرْتُمُ النَّهْرَ فَوْقَ أَرْضٍ يَابِسَةٍ، كَمَا فَعَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِالْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ الَّذِي شَقَّهُ أَمَامَنَا حَتَّى عَبَرْنَا. 24 حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ جَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ قَوِيَّةٌ، فَتَتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

English Standard Version

Twelve Memorial Stones from the Jordan

1 When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, (يش 3:17) 2 “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, (يش 3:12) 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’” (تث 27:2; يش 3:13; يش 3:15; يش 4:8; يش 4:19; 1مل 18:31)

تث 27:2يش 3:13يش 3:15يش 4:8يش 4:191مل 18:31

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. 5 And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ (خر 12:26; خر 13:14; تث 6:20; يش 4:21)

خر 12:26خر 13:14تث 6:20يش 4:21

7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.” (خر 12:14; عد 16:40; يش 3:16) 8 And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the Lord told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down^[1] there. 9 And Joshua set up^[2] twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day. (يش 4:3) 10 For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste. 11 And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the Lord and the priests passed over before the people. 12 The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them. (عد 32:20; عد 32:27; يش 6:7; يش 6:9; يش 6:13)

عد 32:20عد 32:27يش 6:7يش 6:9يش 6:13

13 About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14 On that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life. (يش 3:7) 15 And the Lord said to Joshua, 16 “Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” (خر 25:16; خر 25:21) 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.” 18 And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before. (يش 3:15) 19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. (يش 5:9) 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. (يش 4:3; يش 4:9) 21 And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ (يش 4:6) 22 then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ (يش 3:17) 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over, (خر 14:21; يش 2:10) 24 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”^[3] (خر 14:31; تث 3:24; تث 6:2; 1مل 8:42; مز 89:13)

خر 14:31تث 3:24تث 6:21مل 8:42مز 89:13