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Ang Pagbagsak ng Jerico

Isinara ang mga pintuan ng Jerico upang huwag makapasok ang mga Israelita. Ipinagbawal na lumabas o pumasok ang sinuman. Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Josue, “Pakinggan mo ito! Ibinigay ko na sa iyong mga kamay ang Jerico, upang sakupin ito at gapiin ang kanyang hari at magigiting na kawal. Ikaw at ang iyong mga kawal ay liligid sa palibot ng Jerico minsan isang araw sa loob ng anim na araw. Pauunahin mo sa Kaban ng Tipan ang pitong paring may dalang mga trumpeta na yari sa sungay. Sa ikapitong araw, pitong beses kayong liligid sa lunsod, at hihipan ng mga pari ang dala nilang trumpeta. Pagkarinig ninyo ng isang malakas at mahabang tunog ng tambuli, lahat kayo'y ubod-lakas na sisigaw. Sa sandaling iyon, babagsak ang mga pader ng lunsod at walang sagabal na makakapasok doon ang lahat.”

Kaya't tinawag ni Josue ang mga pari ng Israel at sinabi sa kanila, “Dalhin ninyo ang Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh; mauuna ang pitong paring may dalang mga trumpeta.” At sinabi naman niya sa mga taong-bayan, “Lumakad na kayo! Lumigid kayo sa lunsod, at paunahin ninyo sa Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh ang mga sandatahang lalaki.”

Tulad ng sinabi ni Josue, lumakad nga sa unahan ng Kaban ng Tipan ang pitong paring may dalang trumpeta, at habang lumalakad ay hinihipan nila ang mga ito.

Nauuna sa mga pari ang unang hanay ng mga kawal. Kasunod naman ng Kaban ng Tipan ang mga kawal na nasa panghuling hanay. Samantala, walang tigil ang tunog ng mga trumpeta. 10 Ngunit sinabi ni Josue sa mga tao, “Huwag kayong sisigaw, o magsasalita man, hanggang hindi ko kayo binibigyan ng hudyat.” 11 Sa utos nga ni Josue, iniligid nilang minsan sa lunsod ang Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh. Pagkatapos, bumalik sila sa kampo at doon sila nagpalipas ng gabi.

12 Kinabukasan, maagang bumangon si Josue. Binuhat ng mga pari ang Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh, 13 at muling nauna rito ang pitong pari na walang tigil sa pag-ihip ng dala nilang trumpeta. Muling pumuwesto sa unahan nila ang unang hanay ng mga kawal, samantalang ang mga panghuling hanay ay nasa likuran ng Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh. Patuloy ang pag-ihip sa mga trumpeta. 14 Nilibot nga nilang minsan ang lunsod noong ikalawang araw, at pagkatapos ay bumalik silang muli sa kampo. Ganito ang ginawa nila araw-araw sa loob ng anim na araw.

15 Nang ikapitong araw, bumangon sila nang magbukang-liwayway, at lumibot nang pitong beses sa lunsod. Noon lamang nila ito nilibot nang pitong beses. 16 Sa ikapitong libot, hinipan ng mga pari ang mga trumpeta at iniutos ni Josue sa mga tao, “Sumigaw na kayo sapagkat ibinigay na sa inyo ni Yahweh ang lunsod! 17 Ang buong lunsod at ang anumang matatagpuan doon ay wawasakin bilang handog kay Yahweh. Si Rahab lamang at ang kanyang mga kasambahay ang ililigtas sapagkat itinago niya ang ating mga isinugo roon. 18 At huwag na huwag kayong kukuha ng anumang bagay na nakatakdang wasakin. Kapag kumuha kayo ng anuman, kayo ang magiging sanhi ng pagkapahamak ng buong Israel. 19 Ngunit ang lahat ng bagay na yari sa ginto, pilak, tanso, o bakal ay nakalaan para kay Yahweh, at dapat ilagay sa kabang-yaman ni Yahweh.”

20 Kaya't(A) hinipan nga ng mga pari ang mga trumpeta at nagsigawan nang napakalakas ang mga tao nang marinig iyon. Bumagsak ang mga pader ng lunsod at sumalakay sila. Nakapasok sila nang walang sagabal at nasakop nila ang lunsod. 21 Pinatay nila ang lahat ng tao sa lunsod—lalaki't babae, matanda't bata—at pati ang mga asno, baka at tupa.

22 Sinabi ni Josue sa dalawang espiya na isinugo niya noon, “Pumunta kayo sa bahay ng babaing inyong tinuluyan. Ilabas ninyo siya at ang buo niyang angkan, ayon sa inyong pangako sa kanya.” 23 Pumunta nga sila at inilabas si Rahab, ang kanyang ama't ina, mga kapatid at mga alipin. Inilabas din nila pati ang kanyang mga kamag-anak at dinalang lahat sa kampo ng Israel. 24 Pagkatapos ay sinunog nila ang lunsod at tinupok ang lahat ng bagay na naroon, liban sa mga yari sa ginto, pilak, tanso, o bakal. Ang mga ito'y inilagay nila sa kabang-yaman ni Yahweh. 25 Si(B) Rahab na isang babaing nagbebenta ng panandaliang-aliw ay iniligtas ni Josue, pati ang buong angkan nito, sapagkat itinago nito ang mga lalaking isinugo upang lihim na magmanman sa Jerico. Ang mga naging anak at sumunod na salinlahi ni Rahab ay nanirahan sa Israel hanggang sa araw na ito.

26 Noon(C) di'y pinanumpa ni Josue ang buong bayan sa pangalan ni Yahweh. Sinabi niya,

“Sumpain ang sinumang magtatayong muli ng lunsod na ito ng Jerico.
Mamamatay ang anak na panganay ng sinumang muling maglalagay ng mga saligan nito.
Mamamatay ang anak na bunso ng magbabangong muli ng kanyang mga pintuan.”

27 Pinatnubayan ni Yahweh si Josue, at naging tanyag ang kanyang pangalan sa lupaing iyon.

(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;)

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king -- mighty ones of valour,

and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;

and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets,

and it hath been, in the prolongation of the horn of the jubilee, in your hearing the voice of the trumpet, all the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall of the city hath fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each over-against him.'

And Joshua son of Nun calleth unto the priests, and saith unto them, `Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah;'

and He said unto the people, `Pass over, and compass the city, and he who is armed doth pass over before the ark of Jehovah.'

And it cometh to pass, when Joshua speaketh unto the people, that the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown with the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them;

and he who is armed is going before the priests blowing the trumpets, and he who is gathering up is going after the ark, going on and blowing with the trumpets;

10 and the people hath Joshua commanded, saying, `Ye do not shout, nor cause your voice to be heard, nor doth there go out from your mouth a word, till the day of my saying unto you, Shout ye -- then ye have shouted.'

11 And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city, going round once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp.

12 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah,

13 and seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah are walking, going on, and they have blown with the trumpets -- and he who is armed is going before them, and he who is gathering up is going behind the ark of Jehovah -- going on and blowing with the trumpets.

14 And they compass the city on the second day once, and turn back to the camp; thus they have done six days.

15 And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and compass the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times);

16 and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the trumpets, and Joshua saith unto the people, `Shout ye, for Jehovah hath given to you the city;

17 and the city hath been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who [are] with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

18 and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

19 and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they [are] to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.'

20 And the people shout, and blow with the trumpets, and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city, each over-against him, and they capture the city;

21 and they devote all that [is] in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword.

22 And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, `Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.'

23 And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.

24 And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that [is] in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given [to] the treasury of the house of Jehovah;

25 and Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 And Joshua adjureth [them] at that time, saying, `Cursed [is] the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, [even] Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;'

27 and Jehovah is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.

Jéricho était fermée et barricadée devant les enfants d'Israël. Personne ne sortait, et personne n'entrait.

L'Éternel dit à Josué: Vois, je livre entre tes mains Jéricho et son roi, ses vaillants soldats.

Faites le tour de la ville, vous tous les hommes de guerre, faites une fois le tour de la ville. Tu feras ainsi pendant six jours.

Sept sacrificateurs porteront devant l'arche sept trompettes retentissantes; le septième jour, vous ferez sept fois le tour de la ville; et les sacrificateurs sonneront des trompettes.

Quand ils sonneront de la corne retentissante, quand vous entendrez le son de la trompette, tout le peuple poussera de grands cris. Alors la muraille de la ville s'écroulera, et le peuple montera, chacun devant soi.

Josué, fils de Nun, appela les sacrificateurs, et leur dit: Portez l'arche de l'alliance, et que sept sacrificateurs portent sept trompettes retentissantes devant l'arche de l'Éternel.

Et il dit au peuple: Marchez, faites le tour de la ville, et que les hommes armés passent devant l'arche de l'Éternel.

Lorsque Josué eut parlé au peuple, les sept sacrificateurs qui portaient devant l'Éternel les sept trompettes retentissantes se mirent en marche et sonnèrent des trompettes. L'arche de l'alliance de l'Éternel allait derrière eux.

Les hommes armés marchaient devant les sacrificateurs qui sonnaient des trompettes, et l'arrière-garde suivait l'arche; pendant la marche, on sonnait des trompettes.

10 Josué avait donné cet ordre au peuple: Vous ne crierez point, vous ne ferez point entendre votre voix, et il ne sortira pas un mot de votre bouche jusqu'au jour où je vous dirai: Poussez des cris! Alors vous pousserez des cris.

11 L'arche de l'Éternel fit le tour de la ville, elle fit une fois le tour; puis on rentra dans le camp, et l'on y passa la nuit.

12 Josué se leva de bon matin, et les sacrificateurs portèrent l'arche de l'Éternel.

13 Les sept sacrificateurs qui portaient les sept trompettes retentissantes devant l'arche de l'Éternel se mirent en marche et sonnèrent des trompettes. Les hommes armés marchaient devant eux, et l'arrière-garde suivait l'arche de l'Éternel; pendant la marche, on sonnait des trompettes.

14 Ils firent une fois le tour de la ville, le second jour; puis ils retournèrent dans le camp. Ils firent de même pendant six jours.

15 Le septième jour, ils se levèrent de bon matin, dès l'aurore, et ils firent de la même manière sept fois le tour de la ville; ce fut le seul jour où ils firent sept fois le tour de la ville.

16 A la septième fois, comme les sacrificateurs sonnaient des trompettes, Josué dit au peuple: Poussez des cris, car l'Éternel vous a livré la ville!

17 La ville sera dévouée à l'Éternel par interdit, elle et tout ce qui s'y trouve; mais on laissera la vie à Rahab la prostituée et à tous ceux qui seront avec elle dans la maison, parce qu'elle a caché les messagers que nous avions envoyés.

18 Gardez-vous seulement de ce qui sera dévoué par interdit; car si vous preniez de ce que vous aurez dévoué par interdit, vous mettriez le camp d'Israël en interdit et vous y jetteriez le trouble.

19 Tout l'argent et tout l'or, tous les objets d'airain et de fer, seront consacrés à l'Éternel, et entreront dans le trésor de l'Éternel.

20 Le peuple poussa des cris, et les sacrificateurs sonnèrent des trompettes. Lorsque le peuple entendit le son de la trompette, il poussa de grands cris, et la muraille s'écroula; le peuple monta dans la ville, chacun devant soi. Ils s'emparèrent de la ville,

21 et ils dévouèrent par interdit, au fil de l'épée, tout ce qui était dans la ville, hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards, jusqu'aux boeufs, aux brebis et aux ânes.

22 Josué dit aux deux hommes qui avaient exploré le pays: Entrez dans la maison de la femme prostituée, et faites-en sortir cette femme et tous ceux qui lui appartiennent, comme vous le lui avez juré.

23 Les jeunes gens, les espions, entrèrent et firent sortir Rahab, son père, sa mère, ses frères, et tous ceux qui lui appartenaient; ils firent sortir tous les gens de sa famille, et ils les déposèrent hors du camp d'Israël.

24 Ils brûlèrent la ville et tout ce qui s'y trouvait; seulement ils mirent dans le trésor de la maison de l'Éternel l'argent, l'or et tous les objets d'airain et de fer.

25 Josué laissa la vie à Rahab la prostituée, à la maison de son père, et à tous ceux qui lui appartenaient; elle a habité au milieu d'Israël jusqu'à ce jour, parce qu'elle avait caché les messagers que Josué avait envoyés pour explorer Jéricho.

26 Ce fut alors que Josué jura, en disant: Maudit soit devant l'Éternel l'homme qui se lèvera pour rebâtir cette ville de Jéricho! Il en jettera les fondements au prix de son premier-né, et il en posera les portes au prix de son plus jeune fils.

27 L'Éternel fut avec Josué, dont la renommée se répandit dans tout le pays.