Josua 3 | الكتاب المقدس

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1 وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي ارْتَحَلَ يَشُوعُ وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شِطِّيمَ، وَأَتَوْا إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ بَاتُوا هُنَاكَ قَبْلَ اجْتِيَازِهِ. 2 وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَخَذَ الْقَادَةُ يَتَجَوَّلُونَ فِي وَسَطِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، 3 آمِرِينَ الشَّعْبَ: «عِنْدَمَا تُشَاهِدُونَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ مَحْمُولاً عَلَى أَكْتَافِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، ارْتَحِلُوا مِنْ أَمَاكِنِكُمْ وَاتْبَعُوهُ. 4 لِكَيْ تَعْرِفُوا الطَّرِيقَ الَّتِي تَسْلُكُونَهَا لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَمُرُّوا بِها مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَلْيَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَسَافَةٌ نَحْوُ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (أَيْ نَحْوَ كِيلُومِتْرٍ) وَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَقْرُبُوا مِنْهُ». 5 وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «قَدِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يُجْرِي غَداً عَجَائِبَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ». 6 ثُمَّ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ وَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ». فَحَمَلُوا التَّابُوتَ وَسَارُوا فِي طَلِيعَةِ الشَّعْبِ. 7 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «الْيَوْمَ أَبْدَأُ فِي تَعْظِيمِكَ فِي عُيُونِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ جَمِيعاً، لِيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّنِي مَعَكَ كَمَا كُنْتُ مَعَ مُوسَى. 8 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأْمُرِ الْكَهَنَةَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ قَائِلاً: عِنْدَمَا تَبْلُغُونَ ضَفَّةَ مِيَاهِ الأُرْدُنِّ تَوَقَّفُوا فِيهَا». 9 وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لأَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «تَعَالَوْا إِلَى هُنَا وَاسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. 10 بِهَذَا تَعْرِفُونَ عَنْ يَقِينٍ أَنَّ اللهَ الْحَيَّ مَوْجُودٌ بَيْنَكُمْ، وَأَنَّهُ يَطْرُدُ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمُ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْجِرْجَاشِيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ. 11 فَهَا تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ سَيِّدِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ يَجْتَازُ أَمَامَكُمْ فِي نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. 12 فَاخْتَارُوا الآنَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَاحِداً مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ. 13 وَعِنْدَمَا تَسْتَقِرُّ بُطُونُ أَقْدَامِ الْكَهَنَةِ، حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ سَيِّدِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا، فِي قَاعِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، تَتَوَقَّفُ مِيَاهُهُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ وَتَتَجَمَّعُ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا كَجِدَارٍ». 14 وَحِينَ ارْتَحَلَ الشَّعْبُ مِنْ خِيَامِهِمْ لِيَعْبُرُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَفِي طَلِيعَتِهِمِ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ الْعَهْدِ، 15 كَانَ نَهْرُ الأُرْدُنِّ يَفِيضُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ضِفَافِهِ، لِحُلُولِ مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ. وَمَا إِنْ أَقْبَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو التَّابُوتِ عَلَى مِيَاهِ الأُرْدُنِّ وَغَسَلُوا أَرْجُلَهُمْ فِي ضَفَّةِ الْمِيَاهِ، 16 حَتَّى تَوَقَّفَتِ الْمِيَاهُ الْمُنْحَدِرَةُ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ عَنِ الْجَرَيَانِ، وَأَخَذَتْ تَتَرَاكَمُ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا كَمَا لَوْ كَانَتْ مَحْجُوزَةً وَرَاءَ سَدٍّ، بَعِيداً جِدّاً عَنْ مَدِينَةِ أَدَامَ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لِبَلْدَةِ صَرْتَانَ. أَمَّا الْمِيَاهُ الْمُنْصَبَّةُ فِي الْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ تَمَاماً عَنْهُ. وَهَكَذَا عَبَرَ الشَّعْبُ قُبَالَةَ أَرِيحَا. 17 فَوَقَفَ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلُو تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ فِي وَسَطِ مَجْرَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ رَيْثَمَا تَمَّ عُبُورُ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ فَوْقَ أَرْضِهِ الْيَابِسَةِ نَحْوَ الضَّفَّةِ الأُخْرَى.

English Standard Version

Israel Crosses the Jordan

1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 At the end of three days the officers went through the camp 3 and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. 4 Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits* in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.” 5 Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” 6 And Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people. 7 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8 And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” 9 And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” 10 And Joshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth* is passing over before you into the Jordan. 12 Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man. 13 And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.” 14 So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), 16 the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. 17 Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.

الكتاب المقدس | English Standard Version | Josua 3

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Israel Crosses the Jordan