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Josue 8
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Josue 8
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagsakop sa Ai
8 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, “Huwag kang matakot o kayaʼy manghina. Isama mo ang lahat ng iyong sundalo at lusubin ulit ninyo ang Ai, dahil ibinigay ko na sa inyo ang hari ng Ai, ang kanyang mga mamamayan, ang kanyang bayan at ang kanyang lupain. 2 Kung ano ang ginawa ninyo sa Jerico at sa hari nito, ganoon din ang gawin ninyo sa Ai. Pero sa pagkakataong ito, maaari na ninyong kunin ang kanilang mga ari-arian at mga hayop para sa inyong sarili. Maghanda kayo at tambangan ninyo sila sa likod ng lungsod.”
3 Kaya umalis sila Josue at ang lahat ng sundalo niya para lusubin ang Ai. Pumili si Josue ng 30,000 sundalo na mahuhusay makipaglaban at pinaalis nang gabi. 4 Ito ang bilin ni Josue sa kanila, “Magtago kayo sa likod ng lungsod, pero huwag masyadong malayo. Humanda kayo sa paglusob kahit anong oras. 5 Ako at ang mga kasama ko ay lulusob sa harapan. Kung lalabas na sila sa pakikipaglaban sa amin, tatakas kami, gaya ng nangyari noon. 6 Iisipin nilang natatakot kami kagaya noon, kaya hahabulin nila kami hanggang sa makalayo sila sa lungsod. 7 Pagkatapos, lumabas kayo sa pinagtataguan nʼyo at sakupin ang lungsod. Ibibigay ito sa inyo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios. 8 Kapag nasakop nʼyo na ang lungsod, sunugin nʼyo ito ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon. Tiyakin nʼyong gagawin ito ayon sa iniutos.” 9 Pinaalis sila ni Josue, at nagtago sila sa bandang kanluran ng Ai, sa kalagitnaan ng Ai at Betel. At sina Josue naman ay nagpaiwan sa kampo nang gabing iyon.
10 Kinaumagahan, maagang tinipon ni Josue ang mga tauhan niya. Pinangunahan niya at ng mga pinuno ng Israel ang mga tao sa pagpunta nila sa Ai. 11 Nakarating sila sa lugar na nakaharap sa lungsod, sa bandang hilaga nito, at doon sila nagtayo ng mga tolda. May lambak na nakapagitan sa kanila at sa Ai. 12 Nagpadala si Josue ng 5,000 sundalo para tambangan ang lungsod sa bandang kanluran nito, sa kalagitnaan ng Ai at Betel. 13 Kaya pumwesto na ang mga sundalo. Ang ibang mga sundalo ay nasa bandang hilaga ng lungsod, at ang iba naman ay naroon sa bandang kanluran nito.
Nang gabing iyon pumunta sina Josue sa lambak. 14 Nang makita ng hari ng Ai sina Josue, maaga paʼy agad-agad na siyang lumabas sa lungsod kasama ang mga tauhan niya, at pumunta sa lugar na nakaharap sa Lambak ng Jordan[a] para makipaglaban sa Israel. Hindi nila alam na may lulusob sa kanila galing sa likod ng lungsod. 15 Sina Josue at ang mga tauhan niya ay nagkunwaring natalo sila, at tumakas papuntang ilang. 16 Kaya hinabol silang lahat ng kalalakihan ng Ai hanggang sa unti-unti silang lumalayo sa lungsod. 17 Lahat ng kalalakihan sa Ai at sa Betel ay hinabol ang mga Israelita, kaya walang naiwan para ipagtanggol ang lungsod.
18 Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, “Ituro mo ang sibat mo sa Ai dahil ibibigay ko ito sa inyo.” Kaya itinuro ni Josue ang sibat niya sa Ai. 19 Nang ginawa niya iyon, lumabas at nagsitakbo ang mga tauhan niyang nananambang sa bayan, lumusob sila papasok sa lungsod, at dali-daling sinunog ito. 20 Nang lumingon ang mga taga-Ai, nakita nila ang makapal na usok sa ibabaw ng lungsod. Wala na silang matatakbuhan, dahil bigla na lang silang hinarap ng mga Israelita na hinahabol nila sa ilang. 21 Dahil nang makita ni Josue at ng mga tauhan niya na nakapasok na sa lungsod ang mga kasama nila at sinunog na nila ito, bumalik sila at nilusob ang mga taga-Ai. 22 Lumusob din ang mga Israelitang pumasok sa lungsod, kaya napagitnaan nila ang mga taga-Ai. Pinatay nilang lahat ang mga ito at walang nakatakas o kayaʼy naiwang buhay sa kanila, 23 bukod lang sa hari nila. Binihag siya at dinala kay Josue.
24 Nang mapatay na nilang lahat ang taga-Ai na humabol sa kanila sa ilang, bumalik sila sa lungsod at pinatay din ang lahat ng naiwan doon. 25 Nang araw na iyon, namatay ang lahat ng naninirahan sa Ai – 12,000 lahat, lalaki at babae. 26 Nanatiling nakatutok ang sibat ni Josue sa lugar ng Ai hanggang hindi nalilipol ang lahat ng mamamayan nito. 27 Kinuha ng mga Israelita ang mga hayop at mga ari-arian ng lungsod, ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue. 28 Pagkatapos, ipinasunog ni Josue ang buong Ai, at hindi na ito muling maitatayo; hanggang ngayon wala nang nakatira rito. 29 Pinabitin ni Josue sa isang puno ang hari at pinabayaan doon maghapon. Paglubog ng araw, ipinakuha niya ang bangkay at ipinatapon sa labas ng pintuan ng lungsod. Pinatambakan nila ito ng malaking bunton ng mga bato, at hanggang ngayon ay makikita pa roon ang mga batong ito.
Binasa ang Kasunduan sa Bundok ng Ebal
30 Pagkatapos, nagpagawa si Josue ng altar sa Bundok ng Ebal para sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel. 31 Ipinagawa niya ito ayon sa utos ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon sa mga Israelita. Nakasulat ito sa Aklat ng Kautusan ni Moises at ito ang sinasabi: “Gumawa ka ng altar na bato na hindi natabasan ng gamit na bakal.” Sa ibabaw ng altar, nag-alay sila sa Panginoon ng mga handog na sinusunog at mga handog para sa mabuting relasyon. 32 Sa harap ng mga Israelita, kinopya ni Josue sa mga bato[b] ang kautusang isinulat ni Moises. 33 Ang lahat ng mga Israelita, kasama ang kanilang mga tagapamahala, mga opisyal at mga hukom nila, pati ang mga dayuhang kasama nila ay tumayo sa dalawang grupo na magkaharap. Ang isang grupo ay nakatalikod sa Bundok ng Gerizim at ang isaʼy nakatalikod sa Bundok ng Ebal. Sa gitna nila ay nakatayo ang mga paring Levita na nagbubuhat ng Kahon ng Kasunduan. Nag-utos sa kanila noon si Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon na gawin ito sa panahong tatanggapin na nila ang pagbabasbas.
34 Binasa ni Josue ang Aklat ng Kasunduan, pati ang pagpapala at sumpa na nakasulat dito. 35 Isa-isang binasa ni Josue ang mga utos ni Moises sa harap ng buong mamamayan ng Israelita, kasama na ang mga babae, anak at mga dayuhang naninirahan kasama nila.
Joshua 8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Joshua 8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8 And the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise and go up to the town of Hai. Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city, and the land.
2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils and all the cattle you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.
3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night,
4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.
5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:
6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.
7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands.
8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.
9 And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue stayed that night in the midst of the people,
10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army environed with the aid of the fighting men.
11 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.
12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:
13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.
14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.
15 But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.
16 But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,
17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,
18 The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.
19 And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it and set it on fire.
20 And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued.
21 So Josue and all Israel seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned and slew the men of Hai.
22 And they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out of the city to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off on both sides, not one of so great a multitude was saved.
23 And they took the king of the city of Hai alive, and brought him to Josue.
24 So all being slain that had pursued after Israel in his flight to the wilderness, and tailing by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.
25 And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons all of the city of Hai.
26 But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.
27 And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.
28 And he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:
29 And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.
30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,
31 As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.
32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.
33 And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by mount Garizim, and half by mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel.
34 After this he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing and all things that were written in the hook of the law.
35 He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children and strangers that dwelt among them.
Joshua 8
New International Version
Joshua 8
New International Version
Ai Destroyed
8 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid;(A) do not be discouraged.(B) Take the whole army(C) with you, and go up and attack Ai.(D) For I have delivered(E) into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder(F) and livestock for yourselves.(G) Set an ambush(H) behind the city.”
3 So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night 4 with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert. 5 I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them. 6 They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them, 7 you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hand.(I) 8 When you have taken the city, set it on fire.(J) Do what the Lord has commanded.(K) See to it; you have my orders.”
9 Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush(L) and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.
10 Early the next morning(M) Joshua mustered his army, and he and the leaders of Israel(N) marched before them to Ai. 11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city. 12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. 13 So the soldiers took up their positions—with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.
14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah.(O) But he did not know(P) that an ambush had been set against him behind the city. 15 Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back(Q) before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.(R) 16 All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away(S) from the city. 17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.
18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin(T) that is in your hand,(U) for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his hand.(V) 19 As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly(W) from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.(X)
20 The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky,(Y) but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers. 21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around(Z) and attacked the men of Ai. 22 Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.(AA) 23 But they took the king of Ai alive(AB) and brought him to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. 25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.(AC) 26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin(AD) until he had destroyed[a](AE) all who lived in Ai.(AF) 27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.(AG)
28 So Joshua burned(AH) Ai[b](AI) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(AJ) a desolate place to this day.(AK) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(AL) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(AM) over it, which remains to this day.
The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal
30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(AN) an altar(AO) to the Lord, the God of Israel, 31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool(AP) had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings.(AQ) 32 There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses.(AR) 33 All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical(AS) priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born(AT) were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal,(AU) as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.
34 Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.(AV) 35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.(AW)
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:26 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
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