Joshua 3 – KJV & NASV

King James Version

Joshua 3:1-17

1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; 3And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.3.4 heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day 5And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. 6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

7¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

9¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. 10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

14¶ And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

New Amharic Standard Version

ኢያሱ 3:1-17

እስራኤላውያን ዮርዳኖስን ተሻገሩ

1ኢያሱም ማልዶ ተነሣ። ከእስራኤላውያንም ሁሉ ጋር ከሰጢም ወደ ዮርዳኖስ መጥተው ወንዙን ከመሻገራቸው በፊት በዚያ ሰፈሩ። 2ከሦስት ቀን በኋላም የጦሩ አለቆች በሰፈር ውስጥ ዐለፉ፤ 3ሕዝቡንም እንዲህ ሲሉ አዘዙ፤ “ሌዋውያን ካህናቱ የአምላካችሁን የእግዚአብሔርን የቃል ኪዳን ታቦት ተሸክመው ስታዩ፣ ከሰፈራችሁ ተነሥታችሁ ታቦቱን ተከተሉ፤ 4ከአሁን በፊት በዚህ መንገድ ሄዳችሁ ስለማታውቁ፤ በየት በኩል መሄድ እንዳለባችሁ በዚህ ትረዳላችሁ፤ ሆኖም በታቦቱና በእናንተ መካከል የሁለት ሺሕ ክንድ3፥4 የዕብራይስጡ ትርጕም 900 ሜትር ይላል። ያህል ርቀት ይኑር፤ ወደ ታቦቱም አትቅረቡ።”

5ከዚያም ኢያሱ ሕዝቡን፣ “በነገው ዕለት እግዚአብሔር በመካከላችሁ አስደናቂ ነገር ስለሚያደርግ ራሳችሁን ቀድሱ” አላቸው።

6ኢያሱም ካህናቱን፣ “የቃል ኪዳኑን ታቦት ተሸክማችሁ ሕዝቡን ቀድማችሁ ሂዱ” አላቸው፤ እነርሱም ታቦቱን ተሸክመው ሕዝቡን ቀድመው ሄዱ።

7እግዚአብሔርም ኢያሱን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ከሙሴ ጋር እንደ ነበርሁ ሁሉ፣ ከአንተም ጋር መሆኔን ያውቁ ዘንድ፣ በእስራኤል ሁሉ ፊት አንተን ከፍ ከፍ ማድረጌን በዛሬዋ ዕለት እጀምራለሁ። 8የቃል ኪዳኑን ታቦት የሚሸከሙትንም ካህናት፣ ‘ከዮርዳኖስ ውሃ ዳር ስትደርሱ፣ በወንዙ ውስጥ ገብታችሁ ቁሙ’ በላቸው።”

9ኢያሱ የእስራኤልን ሕዝብ “ወደዚህ ቀርባችሁ፣ የአምላካችሁን የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ስሙ አላቸው፤ 10እንግዲህ ሕያው አምላክ በመካከላችሁ መሆኑንና እርሱም በርግጥ ከነዓናውያንን፣ ኬጢያውያንን፣ ኤዊያውያንን፣ ፌርዛውያንን፣ ጌርጌሳውያንን፣ አሞራውያንንና ኢያቡሳውያንን ከፊታችሁ እንዴት አድርጎ እንደሚያሳድዳቸው የምታውቁት በዚህ ነው። 11እነሆ፤ የምድር ሁሉ ጌታ የቃል ኪዳኑ ታቦት ቀድሟችሁ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ይገባል። 12እንግዲህ ከእስራኤል ነገዶች ዐሥራ ሁለት ሰው ምረጡ፤ ከየነገዱም አንዳንድ ሰው ይሁን። 13የምድርን ሁሉ ጌታ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት የተሸከሙት ካህናት ገና እግራቸውን በዮርዳኖስ ውሃ ውስጥ እንዳስገቡ፣ ቍልቍል የሚወርደው ውሃ ወዲያውኑ ይቋረጣል፤ እንደ ክምርም ሆኖ ይቆማል።”

14ስለዚህ ሕዝቡ ዮርዳኖስን ለመሻገር ሰፈሩን ለቀው ሲወጡ፣ የቃል ኪዳኑን ታቦት የተሸከሙት ካህናት ከፊታቸው ቀድመው ሄዱ። 15ወቅቱም የመከር ጊዜ በመሆኑ፣ የዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ሞልቶ ነበር፤ ታቦቱን የተሸከሙት ካህናት ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ በደረሱ ጊዜ እግራቸው ውሃውን እንደ ነካ፣ 16ከላይ የሚወርደው ውሃ ቆመ፤ በጻርታን አጠገብ “አዳም” ተብላ እስከምትጠራው ሩቅ ከተማ ድረስ በመከማቸት እንደ ክምር ተቈለለ፤ ቍልቍል ወደ ዓረባ ጨው ባሕር3፥16 የሙት ባሕር ነው። የሚወርደውም ውሃ ፈጽሞ ተቋረጠ፤ ሕዝቡም ከኢያሪኮ ትይዩ ባለው አቅጣጫ ተሻገሩ። 17የእግዚአብሔርን የቃል ኪዳኑን ታቦት የተሸከሙት ካህናትም፣ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ፣ ማለት እስራኤል በሙሉ ፈጽመው እስኪሻገሩ ድረስ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ መካከል በደረቁ ምድር ላይ ቀጥ ብለው ቆመው ነበር።