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Josue 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Josue 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Plano Laban sa Lunsod ng Ai
8 At sinabi ni Yahweh kay Josue, “Huwag kang matakot, lakasan mo ang iyong loob. Tipunin mo ang lahat mong mga kawal at salakayin ninyo ang lunsod ng Ai. Ibibigay ko sa inyo ang hari ng Ai, ang kanyang mga tauhan, lunsod at mga lupain. 2 Gagawin ninyo sa Ai ang ginawa ninyo sa Jerico. Ngunit maaari ninyong kunin ang kanilang mga alagang hayop at mga ari-arian. Maghanda kayo at salakayin ninyo ang lunsod buhat sa likuran.”
3 Inihanda nga ni Josue ang lahat niyang kawal upang salakayin ang Ai. Pumili siya ng tatlumpung libong magigiting na kawal, at kinagabiha'y pinalabas ng kampo. 4 Ganito ang tagubilin niya sa kanila: “Magtago kayo sa dakong likuran ng lunsod, sa di kalayuan, at humanda kayong sumalakay sa anumang oras. 5 Kami ng mga kasama ko ay sasalakay sa harapan. Kapag hinabol kami ng mga taga-lunsod, aatras kami gaya ng ginawa natin noong nakaraan. 6 Aakalain nilang natakot kami tulad noong una, kaya hahabulin nila kami hanggang sa sila'y mapalayo sa lunsod. 7 Lalabas naman kayo sa inyong pinagtataguan at papasukin ninyo ang lunsod. Ito'y ibibigay sa inyo ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos. 8 Kapag nasakop na ninyo ang lunsod, sunugin ninyo ito, gaya ng sinabi ni Yahweh. Tandaan ninyo ang mga tagubilin kong ito.” 9 Pinalabas nga sila ni Josue, at sila'y nagtago sa dakong likuran ng Ai—sa pagitan nito at ng Bethel. Samantala, nanatili si Josue sa kampo kasama ng ibang tauhan ng Israel.
Ang Pagsakop sa Lunsod ng Ai
10 Kinabukasan, maaga pa'y bumangon na si Josue at tinipon ang buong hukbo. Siya at ang mga pinuno ng Israel ang nanguna patungo sa Ai. 11 Pumunta sila sa gawing bukana ng lunsod at nagtayo ng kampo sa harap niyon, sa gawing hilaga. Isang libis ang nasa pagitan nila at ng lunsod ng Ai. 12 Nagbukod si Josue ng limanlibong mandirigma na pinakubli niya sa kanluran ng lunsod—sa pagitan nito at ng Bethel. 13 Ganito ang hanay ng mga kawal sa simula ng labanan: ang pinakamalaking bahagi ay sa harapan sa dakong hilaga ng lunsod at ang mga nakakubling mandirigma, sa gawing kanluran naman. Sa libis na iyon nagpalipas ng gabi si Josue. 14 Hindi nag-aksaya ng panahon ang hari at ang mga taga-Ai nang makita ang pangkat ni Josue. Lumabas sila ng lunsod at nilusob ang hukbo ng Israel sa Kapatagan ng Jordan, sa dating pinaglabanan nila. Wala silang malay na may sasalakay sa kanilang likuran. 15 Si Josue naman at ang mga kasama niya'y nagkunwaring natatalo at umatras patungo sa ilang. 16 Kaya't hinabol sila ng lahat ng kalalakihan ng Ai hanggang sa mapalayo sila sa lunsod. 17 Lahat ng lalaki sa Ai at sa Bethel ay sumama sa paghabol sa mga Israelita at naiwang walang bantay ang lunsod.
18 Noon sinabi ni Yahweh kay Josue, “Ituro mo sa Ai ang iyong sibat. Ito'y ibinibigay ko sa inyo ngayon.” Ganoon nga ang ginawa ni Josue. 19 Pagkataas ng kanyang kamay, naglabasan ang mga tauhan niya sa kanilang pinagtataguan. Pinasok nila ang lunsod at sinunog iyon. 20 Nang lumingon ang mga taga-Ai, nakita nilang abot sa langit ang usok na nagmumula sa lunsod. Hindi naman sila makasulong o makaurong; bigla silang hinarap ng mga Israelitang hinahabol nilang patungo sa ilang. 21 Sapagkat nang makita ni Josue at ng mga Israelita na ang mga kasama nilang nakakubli'y pumasok na sa lunsod at ito'y nasusunog na, bumalik sila at pinagpapatay ang mga taga-Ai. 22 Dumagsa rin buhat sa lunsod ang mga Israelitang pumasok doon, kaya't ganap na napalibutan ang mga taga-Ai. Namatay silang lahat, at walang nakaligtas o nakatakas ni isa man. 23 Ang hari lang ang binihag nilang buháy at dinala kay Josue.
24 Napatay nga ng mga Israelita ang lahat ng humabol sa kanila. Pagkatapos, bumalik sila sa lunsod at nilipol din ang lahat ng naiwan doon. 25 Nang araw na iyon ay pinuksa nila ang lahat ng tao sa Ai, at may labindalawang libo ang namatay. 26 Patuloy na itinuro ni Josue sa Ai ang kanyang sibat hanggang sa mapatay ang lahat ng tagaroon. 27 Walang kinuha ang mga Israelita mula sa lunsod kundi ang mga baka at mga ari-arian, ayon sa sinabi ni Yahweh kay Josue. 28 Sinunog ni Josue ang Ai at iniwang wasak tulad ng makikita hanggang sa ngayon. 29 Ipinabitay niya ang hari sa isang punongkahoy, at pinabayaan doon ang bangkay hanggang sumapit ang dilim. Paglubog ng araw, ipinababa niya ang bangkay at ipinatapon sa may pintuan ng lunsod. Pinatabunan niya iyon ng malalaking bato na makikita pa roon magpahanggang ngayon.
Binasa ang Kautusan sa Bundok ng Ebal
30 Nagtayo(A) si Josue ng isang altar sa Bundok ng Ebal para kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. 31 Mga(B) batong hindi tinapyas ng paet ang ginamit niya sa altar ayon sa bilin ni Moises at nasasaad sa Kautusan. Sa ibabaw ng altar na iyon ay nag-alay sila kay Yahweh ng mga handog na sinusunog at mga handog na pinagsasaluhan. 32 Sa lugar na iyon, sa harapan ng buong Israel, iniukit ni Josue sa mga bato ng altar ang kopya ng Kautusang isinulat ni Moises. 33 Lahat(C) ng Israelita, kasama ang mga matatanda, ang mga pinuno, at ang mga hukom, at pati ang mga dayuhang kasama nila, ay tumayo sa magkabilang panig ng Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh, paharap sa mga paring Levita na may dala niyon. Ang kalahati ng bayan ay tumayo sa tapat ng Bundok ng Gerizim, at ang kalahati'y sa tapat ng Bundok ng Ebal. Ganito ang utos ni Moises na gagawin nila pagsapit ng panahong tatanggapin na nila ang pagbabasbas. 34 Sa sandaling iyo'y binasa ni Josue ang Kautusan, ang mga pagpapala at ang mga sumpa, ayon sa nasusulat sa aklat ng Kautusan. 35 Isa-isang binasa ni Josue ang mga Kautusan sa lahat ng taong naroon, pati sa mga babae at mga bata, at sa mga dayuhang kasama nila.
Joshua 8
New King James Version
Joshua 8
New King James Version
The Fall of Ai
8 Now the Lord said to Joshua: (A)“Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, (B)I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to (C)Jericho and its king. Only (D)its spoil and its cattle you shall take as booty for yourselves. Lay an ambush for the city behind it.”
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying: “Behold, (E)you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. 5 Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city; and it will come about, when they come out against us as at the first, that (F)we shall flee before them. 6 For they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ Therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it will be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the commandment of the Lord you shall do. (G)See, I have commanded you.”
9 Joshua therefore sent them out; and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 (H)And all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near; and they came before the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now a valley lay between them and Ai. 12 So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of [a]the city. 13 And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 Now it happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place before the plain. But he (I)did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel (J)made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 So all the people who were in Ai were called together to pursue them. And they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city. 17 There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. So they left the city open and pursued Israel.
18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the spear that was in his hand toward the city. 19 So those in ambush arose quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it, and hurried to set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to heaven. So they had no power to flee this way or that way, and the people who had fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
21 Now when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that the smoke of the city ascended, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 Then the others came out of the city against them; so they were caught in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side. And they struck them down, so that they (K)let none of them remain or escape. 23 But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when they all had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. 25 So it was that all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand—all the people of Ai. 26 For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had (L)utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 (M)Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He had (N)commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it (O)a heap forever, a desolation to this day. 29 (P)And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. (Q)And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and (R)raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.
Joshua Renews the Covenant(S)
30 Now Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel (T)in Mount Ebal, 31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: (U)“an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool.” And (V)they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And there, in the presence of the children of Israel, (W)he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33 Then all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, (X)who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, (Y)the stranger as well as he who was born among them. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, (Z)as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward (AA)he read all the words of the law, (AB)the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the (AC)Book of the Law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, (AD)with the women, the little ones, (AE)and the strangers who were living among them.
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:12 Ai
Joshua 8
English Standard Version
Joshua 8
English Standard Version
The Fall of Ai
8 And the Lord said to Joshua, (A)“Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, (B)I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did (C)to Jericho and its king. Only (D)its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.”
3 So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night. 4 And he commanded them, “Behold, (E)you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready. 5 And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us (F)just as before, we shall flee before them. 6 And they will come out after us, until we have (G)drawn them away from the city. For they will say, ‘They are fleeing from us, just as before.’ So we will flee before them. 7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will give it into your hand. 8 And as soon as you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire. You shall do according to the word of the Lord. (H)See, I have commanded you.” 9 So Joshua sent them out. And they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night among the people.
10 Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 And (I)all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai. 12 He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. 13 So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley. 14 And as soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the men of the city, hurried and went out early to the appointed place[a] toward (J)the Arabah to meet Israel in battle. (K)But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel (L)pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness. 16 So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they (M)were drawn away from the city. 17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.
18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, (N)“Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 19 And the men in the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it. And they hurried to set the city on fire. 20 So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 And the others came out from the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. And Israel struck them down, until there was (O)left none that survived or escaped. 23 But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him near to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword. 25 And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai. 26 But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he (P)stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.[b] 27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he (Q)commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a (R)heap of ruins, as it is to this day. 29 (S)And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. (T)And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and (U)raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
Joshua Renews the Covenant
30 At that time Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, (V)on Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, “an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool.” And they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on (W)the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33 And all Israel, (X)sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests (Y)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, (Z)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward (AA)he read all the words of the law, (AB)the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, (AC)and the women, and the little ones, and (AD)the sojourners who lived[c] among them.
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:14 Hebrew appointed time
- Joshua 8:26 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
- Joshua 8:35 Or traveled
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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