Joshua 3:1-17
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Olketa Israelite akrosim Jordan River (1-17)
3 Then lo early morning, Joshua and evri Israelite* lusim Shittim and olketa kam kasem Jordan River. Olketa stap lo there for wanfala naet bifor olketa akros.
2 Bihaen thrifala day, olketa officer wea lukaftarem pipol go raon lo evriwan lo camp
3 and komandim pipol olsem: “Taem iufala lukim olketa priest from tribe blo Levi karem ark blo covenant blo Jehovah, God blo iufala, then iufala shud lusim ples blo iufala and followim.
4 Bat iufala mas no go klosap lo datfala ark, iufala mas stap samting olsem 2,000 cubit* from hem mekem iufala savve lo which direction for iufala go followim, bikos no enitaem bifor iufala wakabaot followim disfala road.”
5 Joshua sei lo olketa pipol hia: “Iufala mas redi,* bikos tumoro Jehovah bae duim staka nambawan samting for iufala.”
6 Then Joshua sei lo olketa priest: “Iufala karem ark blo covenant and go firstaem lo olketa pipol hia.” So olketa karem ark blo covenant and go firstaem lo olketa pipol.
7 Then Jehovah sei lo Joshua: “Start tuday bae mi mekhae lo iu front lo evriwan lo Israel, mekem olketa savve hao mi bae stap witim iu olsem mi bin stap witim Moses.
8 Iu shud talem disfala komand lo olketa priest wea karem datfala ark blo covenant: ‘Taem iufala kasem saed lo Jordan River, iufala mas go and standap insaed lo wata.’”
9 And Joshua sei lo olketa Israelite: “Kam lo hia and herem toktok blo Jehovah, God blo iufala.”
10 Then Joshua sei: “Diswan hem for iufala savve wanfala God wea laef hem stap witim iufala, and hem bae ronem aot from iufala olketa Canaanite, olketa Hittite, olketa Hivite, olketa Perizzite, olketa Girgashite, olketa Amorite, and olketa Jebusite.
11 Lukim! Datfala ark blo covenant blo Lord blo full earth, bae hem go firstaem lo iufala lo Jordan River.
12 So chusim 12-fala man from olketa tribe lo Israel, wanfala man from each tribe,
13 and taem leg blo olketa priest wea karem Ark blo Jehovah, Lord blo full earth, tasim wata blo Jordan, wata blo Jordan wea ran bae stop and bae hem olsem wanfala wall.”
14 So taem olketa pipol lusim ples olketa camp lo hem, just bifor olketa akrosim Jordan River, olketa priest wea karem ark blo covenant go firstaem lo olketa pipol hia.
15 Semtaem olketa priest wea karem datfala Ark kasem Jordan River and olketa putim leg blo olketa insaed wata (lo datfala full taem blo harvest wata lo Jordan hem flood),
16 wata wea ran kam daon from antap hem stop nao and hem build ap olsem wanfala wall farawe kam, lo Adam, wanfala taon klosap lo Zarethan. And wata wea go daon for go lo Sea blo Arabah, datfala Salt Sea* hem drae nao. Wata hia hem stop and olketa pipol akros go lo Jericho from opposite saed blo hem.
17 Taem olketa priest wea karem ark blo covenant blo Jehovah gohed standap lo drae graon lo midol lo Jordan, evri Israelite akros lo drae graon. Olketa duim olsem go kasem taem datfala full nation akrosim Jordan River.
Olketa footnote
^ Heb., “olketa son blo Israel.”
^ Samting olsem 890 m (2,920 ft). Lukim App. B14.
^ Or, “mas holy.”
^ Diswan hem Dead Sea.
