Josua 3
1 Tidligt næste Morgen gjorde Josua sig rede, og hele Israel brød op fra Sjittim sammen med ham og kom til Jordan, og de tilbragte Natten der, før de drog over.
Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.
2 Efter tre Dages Forløb gik Tilsynsmændene omkring i Lejren
And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,
3 og bød Folket: "Når I ser HERREN eders Guds Pagts Ark og Levitpræsterne komme bærende med den, så skal I bryde op fra eders Plads og følge efter
Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;
4 dog skal der være en Afstand af 2000 Alen mellem eder og den; I må ikke komme den for nær for at I kan vide, hvilken Vej I skal gå; thi I er ikke kommet den Vej før!"
But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.
5 Og Josua sagde til Folket: "Helliger eder; thi i Morgen vil HERREN gøre Undere iblandt eder!"
And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.
6 Og Josua sagde til Præsterne: "Løft Pagtens Ark op og drag over foran Folket!" Så løftede de Pagtens Ark op og gik foran Folket.
Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.
7 Men HERREN sagde til Josua: "I Dag begynder jeg at gøre dig stor i hele Israels Øjne, for at de kan vide, at jeg vil være med dig, som jeg var med Moses.
And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
8 Du skal byde Præsterne, som bærer Pagtens Ark: Når I kommer til Kanten af Jordans Vand, skal I standse der ved Jordan!"
And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.
9 Da sagde Josua til Israeliterne: "Kom hid og hør HERREN eders Guds Ord!"
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.
10 Og Josua sagde: "Derpå skal I kende, at der er en levende Gud iblandt eder, og at han vil drive Kana'anæerne, Hetiterne, Hivviterne, Perizziterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne og Jebusiterne bort foran eder:
And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.
11 Se, HERRENs, al Jordens Herres, Ark skal gå foran eder gennem Jordan.
See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.
12 Vælg eder nu tolv Mænd af Israels Stammer, een Mand af hver Stamme.
So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
13 Og så snart Præsterne, som bærer HERRENs, al Jordens Herres, Ark, sætter Foden i Jordans Vand, skal Jordans Vand standse, det Vand, som kommer ovenfra, og stå som en Vold."
And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
14 Da Folket så brød op fra deres Telte for at gå over Jordan med Præsterne, som bar Arken, i Spidsen,
So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;
15 og da de, som bar Arken, kom til Jordan, og Præsterne, som bar Arken, rørte ved Vandkanten med deres Fødder Jordan gik overalt over sine Bredder i hele Høsttiden
And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),
16 standsede Vandet, som kom ovenfra, og stod som en Vold langt borte, oppe ved Byen Adam, som ligger ved Zaretan, medens det Vand, som flød ned mod Arabaeller Salthavet, løb helt bort; således gik Folket over lige over for Jeriko.
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
17 Men Præsterne, som bar HERRENs Pagts Ark, blev stående på tør Bund midt i Jordan, medens hele Israel gik over på tør Bund, indtil hele Folket havde tilendebragt Overgangen over Jordan.
And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
