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Josue 8
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Josue 8
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
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 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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