ヨシュア記 3
1 ヨシュアは朝早く起き、イスラエルの人々すべてとともにシッテムを出立して、ヨルダンに行き、それを渡らずに、そこに宿った。
And so, Joshua arose in the night, and he moved the camp. And they departed from Shittim, and they went to the Jordan: he, and all the sons of Israel, and they remained there for three days.
2 三日の後、つかさたちは宿営の中を行き巡り、
After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
3 民に命じて言った、「レビびとである祭司たちが、あなたがたの神、主の契約の箱をかきあげるのを見るならば、あなたがたはその所を出立して、そのあとに従わなければならない。
and they began to proclaim: “When you will see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the stock of Levi carrying it, you also shall rise up and follow those who are going before you.
4 そうすれば、あなたがたは行くべき道を知ることができるであろう。あなたがたは前にこの道をとおったことがないからである。しかし、あなたがたと箱との間には、おおよそ二千キュビトの距離をおかなければならない。それに近づいてはならない」。
And let there be, between you and the ark, the space of two thousand cubits, so that you may be able to see it from far away, and to know along which way you should advance. For you have not walked this way before. And be careful that you do not approach the ark.”
5 ヨシュアはまた民に言った、「あなたがたは身を清めなさい。あす、主があなたがたのうちに不思議を行われるからである」。
And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
6 ヨシュアは祭司たちに言った、「契約の箱をかき、民に先立って渡りなさい」。そこで彼らは契約の箱をかき、民に先立って進んだ。
And he said to the priests: “Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.” And they fulfilled the orders, and they took it and walked before them.
7 主はヨシュアに言われた、「きょうからわたしはすべてのイスラエルの前にあなたを尊い者とするであろう。こうしてわたしがモーセと共にいたように、あなたとともにおることを彼らに知らせるであろう。
And the Lord said to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that, just as I was with Moses, so also am I with you.
8 あなたは契約の箱をかく祭司たちに命じて言わなければならない、『あなたがたは、ヨルダンの水ぎわへ行くと、すぐ、ヨルダンの中に立ちとどまらなければならない』」。
Now instruct the priests, who are carrying the ark of the covenant, and say to them, ‘When you will have entered into a part of the water of the Jordan, stand still in it.’”
9 ヨシュアはイスラエルの人々に言った、「あなたがたはここに近づいて、あなたがたの神、主の言葉を聞きなさい」。
And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
10 そしてヨシュアは言った、「生ける神があなたがたのうちにおいでになり、あなたがたの前から、カナンびと、ヘテびと、ヒビびと、ペリジびと、ギルガシびと、アモリびと、エブスびとを、必ず追い払われることを、次のことによって、あなたがたは知るであろう。
And again, he said: “By this shall you know that the Lord, the living God, is in your midst, and that he shall scatter in your sight, the Canaanite and the Hittite, the Hivite and the Perizzite, likewise the Girgashite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite.
11 ごらんなさい。全地の主の契約の箱は、あなたがたに先立ってヨルダンを渡ろうとしている。
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
12 それゆえ、今、イスラエルの部族のうちから、部族ごとにひとりずつ、合わせて十二人を選びなさい。
Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 全地の主なる神の箱をかく祭司たちの足の裏が、ヨルダンの水の中に踏みとどまる時、ヨルダンの水は流れをせきとめられ、上から流れくだる水はとどまって、うず高くなるであろう」。
And when the priests who are carrying the ark of the Lord, the God of the entire earth, will have placed the steps of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are lower will run down and pass away, and those that are approaching above will stand together in a mass.”
14 こうして民はヨルダンを渡ろうとして天幕をいで立ち、祭司たちは契約の箱をかき、民に先立って行ったが、
And the people departed from their tents, so that they might cross the Jordan. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant were advancing before them.
15 箱をかく者がヨルダンにきて、箱をかく祭司たちの足が水ぎわにひたると同時に、ヨルダンは刈入れの間中、岸一面にあふれるのであるが、
And as soon as they entered into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in a portion of the water, (now the Jordan, since it was the time of the harvest, had filled the banks of its channel, )
16 上から流れくだる水はとどまって、はるか遠くのザレタンのかたわらにある町アダムのあたりで、うず高く立ち、アラバの海すなわち塩の海の方に流れくだる水は全くせきとめられたので、民はエリコに向かって渡った。
the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea, ) until they entirely passed away.
17 すべてのイスラエルが、かわいた地を渡って行く間、主の契約の箱をかく祭司たちは、ヨルダンの中のかわいた地に立っていた。そしてついに民はみなヨルダンを渡り終った。
Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.
