Josue 7
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang Sala ni Acan
7 Apan gilapas gayod sa mga Israelinhon ang sugo sa Ginoo nga dili manguha sa bisan unsa nga gihalad na sa hingpit sa Ginoo. Nanguha si Acan sa mga butang nga dili angay kuhaon, busa nasuko pag-ayo ang Ginoo kanila. Kini si Acan anak ni Carmi. Si Carmi anak ni Zabdi. Si Zabdi anak ni Zera. Kini sila sakop sa tribo ni Juda.
2 Gikan sa Jerico nagsugo si Josue ug mga tawo nga mangispiya sa Ai, usa ka lungsod sa sidlakang bahin sa Betel, nga duol sa Bet Aven. Busa nanglakaw ang maong mga tawo sa pagpangispiya. 3 Pagbalik nila, miingon sila kang Josue, “Dili na kinahanglang mosulong kitang tanan sa Ai, kay gamay lang ang mga lumulupyo niini. Pagpadala lang ug 2,000 o 3,000 ka mga tawo sa pagsulong niini.” 4 Busa mga 3,000 ka mga Israelinhon ang misulong sa Ai, apan gipildi sila sa mga taga-Ai. 5 Gigukod sila gikan sa pultahan sa lungsod hangtod sa Shebarim,[a] ug mga 36 kanila ang namatay samtang nagalugsong sila sa kabukiran. Busa nawad-an ug kaisog ang mga Israelinhon ug nangahadlok.
6 Tungod sa kasubo, gigisi ni Josue ug sa mga tigdumala sa Israel ang ilang mga bisti, ug gibutangan nila ug abo ang ilang mga ulo, ug mihapa sila sa atubangan sa Kahon sa Kasabotan sa Ginoo hangtod sa gabii. 7 Miingon si Josue, “O Ginoong Dios, nganong gipatabok mo pa kami sa Suba sa Jordan kon ipapildi mo man lang kami sa mga Amorihanon? Maayo pa ug nagpabilin na lang kami sa tabok sa Jordan. 8 O Ginoo, unsa na may akong isulti karon nga misibog man ang mga Israelinhon sa ilang mga kaaway? 9 Kon mabalitaan kini sa mga Canaanhon ug sa uban pa nga taga-dinhi, libotan kami nila ug pamatyon. Unsa may imong buhaton sa pagpanalipod sa imong dungog?”
10 Miingon ang Ginoo kang Josue, “Tindog! Nganong nagahapa ka man? 11 Nakasala ang Israel! Gilapas nila ang akong kasabotan. Nanguha sila sa mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako. Gikawat nila kini, namakak sila bahin niini, ug giipon nila kini sa ilang mga kabtangan. 12 Mao kini ang hinungdan kon nganong dili sila makasukol sa ilang mga kaaway. Nanibog sila sa ilang mga kaaway tungod kay sila mismo laglagon ingon nga halad nga hingpit alang kanako. Dili na ako mouban kaninyo hangtod dili ninyo laglagon ang mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako.[b]
13 “Tindog ug ingna ang katawhan nga manghinlo sa ilang kaugalingon alang sa pag-atubang kanako ugma tungod kay ako, ang Ginoo nga Dios sa Israel, nagaingon: ‘Kamong mga Israelinhon, may gitago kamong mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako. Dili kamo makasukol sa inyong mga kaaway hangtod dili makuha kining mga butanga gikan kaninyo. 14 Busa ugma sa buntag, moduol kamo kanako sumala sa inyong tribo. Ang tribo nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sumala sa iyang kaliwat. Ang kaliwat nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sumala sa ilang pamilya. Ug ang pamilya nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sa tagsa-tagsa. 15 Ang tawo nga itudlo ko nga nagtago sa mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako sunogon uban sa iyang pamilya ug sa tanan niyang kabtangan. Kay gilapas niya ang akong kasabotan ug naghimo siyag makauulaw nga buhat sa Israel.’ ”
16 Pagkabuntag, sayo kaayong gipaduol ni Josue sa Ginoo ang mga Israelinhon sumala sa ilang tribo. Ug ang napili kanila mao ang tribo ni Juda. 17 Gipaduol niya ang tribo ni Juda, ug napili ang kaliwat ni Zera. Gipaduol niya ang mga kaliwat ni Zera, ug napili ang pamilya ni Zabdi.[c] 18 Gipaduol niya ang pamilya ni Zabdi, ug ang napili mao si Acan. (Si Acan anak ni Carmi. Si Carmi anak ni Zabdi. Ug si Zabdi anak ni Zera nga sakop sa tribo ni Juda.)
19 Miingon si Josue kang Acan, “Anak, pasidunggi ang Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel, ug isulti ang tinuod diha sa iyang atubangan. Isulti kanako kon unsay imong nahimo. Ayaw kini itago kanako.”
20 Mitubag si Acan, “Tinuod nga nakasala ako sa Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel. Mao kini ang akong gihimo: 21 Sa mga butang nga nailog nato, may nakita akong usa ka matahom nga bisti nga gikan sa Babilonia, salapi nga mga duha ka kilo ug tunga, ug usa ka barita nga bulawan nga mga tunga sa kilo. Naibog kaayo ako niining mga butanga, mao nga akong gikuha. Gilubong ko kini sa yuta sulod sa akong tolda, ug anaa sa kinailaloman ang salapi.”
22 Busa nagpadagan si Josue ug mga tawo ngadto sa tolda ni Acan. Ug tuod man nakita nila didto ang mga butang nga gilubong, ug ang pilak anaa sa kinailaloman. 23 Gidala nila kini ngadto kang Josue ug sa tanang mga Israelinhon, ug gibutang sa presensya sa Ginoo.
24 Unya gidala ni Josue ug sa tanang mga Israelinhon si Acan didto sa Lugut sa Acor,[d] apil ang pilak, ang bisti, ang usa ka barita nga bulawan, ang iyang mga anak, ang iyang mga baka, mga asno, mga karnero, tolda, ug ang tanan niyang kabtangan. 25 Miingon si Josue kang Acan, “Nganong gidad-an mo man kami ug kasamok? Nan, karon padalhan ka usab sa Ginoo ug kasamok.”
Unya gibato sa mga Israelinhon si Acan hangtod nga namatay. Gibato usab nila ang iyang pamilya ug gisunog ang iyang mga kabtangan. 26 Pagkahuman, gitabonan nila si Acan ug mga bato. Anaa pa kining mga batoha hangtod karon. Ug kadtong dapita gitawag nga Lugut sa Acor hangtod karon.
Unya nahupay ang kasuko sa Ginoo.
Joshua 7
King James Version
7 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Joshua 7
English Standard Version
Israel Defeated at Ai
7 But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for (A)Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near (B)Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.” 4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people. And (C)they fled before the men of Ai, 5 and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of their men and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them at the descent. And the hearts of the people (D)melted and became as water.
6 Then Joshua (E)tore his clothes and (F)fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put (G)dust on their heads. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (H)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (I)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
The Sin of Achan
10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have (J)transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the (K)devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 (L)Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They (M)turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become (N)devoted for destruction.[a] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy (O)the devoted things from among you. 13 Get up! Consecrate the people and say, (P)‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.” 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near (Q)by your tribes. And the tribe that the Lord takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households. And the household that the Lord takes shall come near man by man. 15 (R)And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has (S)transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done (T)an outrageous thing in Israel.’”
16 So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the (U)Zerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, (V)give glory to the Lord God of Israel and (W)give praise[b] to him. And (X)tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20 And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly (Y)I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[c] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the (Z)Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you (AA)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel (AB)stoned him with stones. (AC)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him (AD)a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then (AE)the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.[d]
Footnotes
- Joshua 7:12 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
- Joshua 7:19 Or and make confession
- Joshua 7:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble
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