Joshua 3

约书亚清早起来，和以色列众人都离开什亭，来到约旦河，就住在那里，等候过河。

yuē shū yà qīng zǎo qǐ lái ， hé yǐ sè liè zhòng rén dōu lí kāi shén tíng ， lái dào yuē dàn hé ， jiù zhù zài nà lǐ ， děng hòu guò hé 。

Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.

过了三天，官长走遍营中，

guò le sān tiān ， guān zhǎng zǒu biàn yíng zhōng ，

After three days, the officers went through the middle of the camp;

吩咐百姓说：「你们看见耶和华—你们 神的约柜，又见祭司利未人抬着，就要离开所住的地方，跟着约柜去。

fēn fù bǎi xìng shuō ：「 nǐ men kàn jiàn yē hé huá — nǐ men shén de yuē guì ， yòu jiàn jì sī lì wèi rén tái zhe ， jiù yào lí kāi suǒ zhù de dì fāng ， gēn zhe yuē guì qù 。

and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the LORD your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it.

只是你们和约柜相离要量二千肘，不可与约柜相近，使你们知道所当走的路，因为这条路你们向来没有走过。」

zhī shì nǐ men hé yuē guì xiāng lí yào liáng èr qiān zhǒu ， bù kě yǔ yuē guì xiāng jìn ， shǐ nǐ men zhī dào suǒ dāng zǒu de lù ， yīn wèi zhè tiáo lù nǐ men xiàng lái méi yǒu zǒu guò 。」

Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits by measure—don’t come closer to it—that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”

约书亚吩咐百姓说：「你们要自洁，因为明天耶和华必在你们中间行奇事。」

yuē shū yà fēn fù bǎi xìng shuō ：「 nǐ men yào zì jié ， yīn wèi míng tiān yē hé huá bì zài nǐ men zhōng jiān xíng qí shì 。」

Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

约书亚又吩咐祭司说：「你们抬起约柜，在百姓前头过去。」于是他们抬起约柜，在百姓前头走。

yuē shū yà yòu fēn fù jì sī shuō ：「 nǐ men tái qǐ yuē guì ， zài bǎi xìng qián tou guò qù 。」 yú shì tā men tái qǐ yuē guì ， zài bǎi xìng qián tou zǒu 。

Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and cross over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

耶和华对约书亚说：「从今日起，我必使你在以色列众人眼前尊大，使他们知道我怎样与摩西同在，也必照样与你同在。

yē hé huá duì yuē shū yà shuō ：「 cóng jīn rì qǐ ， wǒ bì shǐ nǐ zài yǐ sè liè zhòng rén yǎn qián zūn dà ， shǐ tā men zhī dào wǒ zěn yàng yǔ mó xī tóng zài ， yě bì zhào yàng yǔ nǐ tóng zài 。

The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

你要吩咐抬约柜的祭司说：『你们到了约旦河的水边上，就要在约旦河水里站住。』」

nǐ yào fēn fù tái yuē guì de jì sī shuō ：『 nǐ men dào le yuē dàn hé de shuǐ biān shàng ， jiù yào zài yuē dàn hé shuǐ lǐ zhàn zhù 。』」

You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”

约书亚对以色列人说：「你们近前来，听耶和华—你们 神的话。」

yuē shū yà duì yǐ sè liè rén shuō ：「 nǐ men jìn qián lái ， tīng yē hé huá — nǐ men shén de huà 。」

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”

约书亚说：「看哪，普天下主的约柜必在你们前头过去，到约旦河里，因此你们就知道在你们中间有永生 神；并且他必在你们面前赶出迦南人、赫人、希未人、比利洗人、革迦撒人、亚摩利人、耶布斯人。

yuē shū yà shuō ：「 kàn nǎ ， pǔ tiān xià zhǔ de yuē guì bì zài nǐ men qián tóu guò qù ， dào yuē dàn hé lǐ ， yīn cǐ nǐ men jiù zhī dào zài nǐ men zhōng jiān yǒu yǒng shēng shén ； bìng qiě tā bì zài nǐ men miàn qián gǎn chū jiā nán rén 、 hè rén 、 xī wèi rén 、 bǐ lì xǐ rén 、 gé jiā sā rén 、 yà mó lì rén 、 yē bù sī rén 。

Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

你们现在要从以色列支派中拣选十二个人，每支派一人，

nǐ men xiàn zài yào cóng yǐ sè liè zhī pài zhōng jiǎn xuǎn shí èr gè rén ， měi zhī pài yì rén ，

Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

等到抬普天下主耶和华约柜的祭司把脚站在约旦河水里，约旦河的水，就是从上往下流的水，必然断绝，立起成垒。」

děng dào tái pǔ tiān xià zhǔ yē hé huá yuē guì de jì sī bǎ jiǎo zhàn zài yuē dàn hé shuǐ lǐ ， yuē dàn hé de shuǐ ， jiù shì cóng shàng wǎng xià liú de shuǐ ， bì rán duàn jué ， lì qǐ chéng lěi 。」

It shall be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of GOD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off. The waters that come down from above shall stand in one heap.”

百姓离开帐棚要过约旦河的时候，抬约柜的祭司乃在百姓的前头。

bǎi xìng lí kāi zhàng péng yào guò yuē dàn hé de shí hòu ， tái yuē guì de jì sī nǎi zài bǎi xìng de qián tou 。

When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,

他们到了约旦河，脚一入水（原来约旦河水在收割的日子涨过两岸），

tā men dào le yuē dàn hé ， jiǎo yí rù shuǐ （ yuán lái yuē dàn hé shuǐ zài shōu gē de rì zi zhǎng guò liǎng àn ），

and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

那从上往下流的水便在极远之地、撒拉但旁的亚当城那里停住，立起成垒；那往亚拉巴的海，就是盐海，下流的水全然断绝。于是百姓在耶利哥的对面过去了。

nà cóng shàng wǎng xià liú de shuǐ biàn zài jí yuǎn zhī dì 、 sā lā dàn páng de yà dāng chéng nà lǐ tíng zhù ， lì qǐ chéng lěi ； nà wǎng yà lā bā de hǎi ， jiù shì yán hǎi ， xià liú de shuǐ quán rán duàn jué 。 yú shì bǎi xìng zài yē lì gē de duì miàn guò qù le 。

the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.

抬耶和华约柜的祭司在约旦河中的干地上站定，以色列众人都从干地上过去，直到国民尽都过了约旦河。

tái yē hé huá yuē guì de jì sī zài yuē dàn hé zhōng de gān dì shàng zhàn dìng ， yǐ sè liè zhòng rén dōu cóng gān dì shàng guò qù ， zhí dào guó mín jìn dōu guò le yuē dàn hé 。

The priests who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.