¹And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

¹Ja Issand ütles Joosuale: 'Ära karda ja ära kohku! Võta enesega kaasa kõik sõjamehed, asu teele ja mine üles Aisse. Vaata, ma annan su kätte Ai kuninga ja tema rahva, samuti tema linna ja maa.

²And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

²Talita Aiga ja selle kuningaga, nagu sa talitasid Jeerikoga ja selle kuningaga! Siiski, selle saak ja karjad riisuge endile! Pane varitsejad linna taha!'

³So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

³Ja Joosua asus teele, samuti kõik sõjamehed, et minna üles Aisse. Ja Joosua valis kolmkümmend tuhat meest, vahvat võitlejat, ja saatis need öösel minema.

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

⁴Ja ta andis neile käsu, öeldes: 'Vaadake, teil tuleb varitseda linna tagantpoolt. Ärge minge linnast väga kaugele ja olge kõik valmis!

⁵And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

⁵Mina ja kogu see rahvas, kes on koos minuga, läheneme linnale; ja kui nad tulevad välja meie vastu nagu eelmisel korral, siis me põgeneme nende eest.

⁶(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

⁶Nemad tulevad siis välja meile järele, kuni me oleme viinud nad linnast eemale, sest nad ütlevad: Nad põgenevad meie eest nagu eelmisel korral. Nõnda me põgeneme nende eest,

⁷Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

⁷aga teie tõuske varitsuspaigast ja vallutage linn, sest Issand, teie Jumal, annab selle teie kätte.

⁸And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

⁸Ja kui te olete linna vallutanud, siis süüdake linn tulega põlema! Tehke Issanda sõna peale! Vaata, ma olen andnud teile käsu.'

⁹Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

⁹Ja Joosua saatis nad minema ja nad läksid varitsuspaika ning asusid Peeteli ja Ai vahele, Aist lääne poole; aga Joosua viibis sel ööl rahva keskel.

¹⁰And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

¹⁰Ja Joosua tõusis hommikul vara ning luges rahva üle. Siis läksid tema ja Iisraeli vanemad rahva ees üles Ai poole.

¹¹And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

¹¹Ja kõik sõjamehed, kes olid koos temaga, läksid üles, lähenesid ning jõudsid linna ette; nad lõid leeri üles Aist põhja poole, nende ja Ai vahel oli org.

¹²And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

¹²Siis ta võttis ligi viis tuhat meest ning pani need varitsema Peeteli ja Ai vahele, linnast lääne poole.

¹³And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

¹³Nõnda seati rahvas üles, kogu leer, mis oli linnast põhja pool, ja järelvägi linnast lääne pool; Joosua aga viibis sel ööl orus.

¹⁴And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

¹⁴Kui Ai kuningas seda nägi, siis tema ja kogu ta rahvas ruttas ja valmistus varakult, ja linna mehed läksid seatud ajal sõtta Iisraeli vastu Araba poole; aga ta ei teadnud, et tal linna taga olid varitsejad.

¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

¹⁵Ja Joosua ja kogu Iisrael laskis end neist lüüa ning nad põgenesid kõrbe poole.

¹⁶And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

¹⁶Siis hüüti kokku kõik linnas olev rahvas neid taga ajama; ja nad ajasid taga Joosuat, aga nõnda meelitati nad linnast eemale.

¹⁷And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

¹⁷Aisse ja Peetelisse ei jäänud ainsatki meest, kes ei olnud läinud Iisraelile järele; nad jätsid linna lahti ja ajasid Iisraeli taga.

¹⁸And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

¹⁸Siis Issand ütles Joosuale: 'Siruta oda, mis sul käes on, Ai poole, sest ma annan selle su kätte!' Ja Joosua sirutas oda, mis tal käes oli, linna poole.

¹⁹And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

¹⁹Siis varitsejad tõusid kiiresti oma paigast ja jooksid, niipea kui ta oli oma käe välja sirutanud, ja tungisid linna ning vallutasid selle ja süütasid ruttu linna tulega põlema.

²⁰And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

²⁰Ja kui Ai mehed pöördusid ümber ja vaatasid tagasi, ennäe, siis tõusis linnast suits taeva poole. Siis ei olnud neil enam jaksu põgeneda sinna ega tänna, sest see rahvas, kes põgenes kõrbe poole, pöördus ümber, tagaajajaile vastu.

²¹And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

²¹Kui Joosua ja kogu Iisrael nägi, et varitsejad olid linna vallutanud ja et linnast tõusis suits, siis pöördusid nad tagasi ja lõid Ai mehi,

²²And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

²²kellele tuldi linnast vastu, nõnda et nad jäid Iisraeli keskele: ühed olid siitpoolt ja teised sealtpoolt, kes lõid neid maha, kuni neile ei jäänud ainsatki põgenikku ega pääsenut.

²³And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

²³Ja nad võtsid Ai kuninga kinni elusana ning viisid ta Joosua juurde.

²⁴And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

²⁴Ja kui Iisrael oli tapnud kõik Ai elanikud väljal, kõrbes, kus nad neid taga ajasid, ja need kõik olid viimseni langenud mõõgatera läbi, siis pöördus kogu Iisrael Ai poole ja lõi seda mõõgateraga.

²⁵And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

²⁵Ja kõiki sel päeval langenuid, niihästi mehi kui naisi, oli kaksteist tuhat, kõik Ai elanikud,

²⁶For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

²⁶sest Joosua ei tõmmanud tagasi oma kätt, millega ta oda oli välja sirutanud, kuni kõik Ai elanikud olid hävitatud sootuks.

²⁷Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

²⁷Ainult karjad ja selle linna saagi riisus Iisrael enesele Issanda sõna peale, mille ta oli andnud Joosuale käsuna.

²⁸And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

²⁸Ja Joosua põletas ära Ai linna ning tegi selle igaveseks kivivaremeks, mahajäetuks kuni tänapäevani.

²⁹And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

²⁹Aga Ai kuninga ta poos puusse ja see jäi sinna kuni õhtuni; alles kui päike loojus, andis Joosua käsu ja laip võeti puust maha ning visati linna värava ette; ja tema peale kuhjati suur kivihunnik, mis on seal tänapäevani.

³⁰Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

³⁰Siis Joosua ehitas Eebali mäel altari Issandale, Iisraeli Jumalale,

³¹As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

³¹nagu Mooses, Issanda sulane, oli käskinud Iisraeli lapsi, nagu on kirjutatud Moosese Seaduse raamatus, tahumata kividest altari, mille külge ei olnud pandud raudriista; ja nad ohverdasid selle peal Issandale põletusohvreid ja tapsid tänuohvreid.

³²And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

³²Ja ta kirjutas seal Iisraeli laste ees kivide peale ärakirja Moosese Seadusest, mille tema oli kirja pannud.

³³And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

³³Esiteks seisid kogu Iisrael, selle vanemad, ülevaatajad ja kohtumõistjad siin- ja sealpool laegast leviitpreestrite ees, kes kandsid Issanda seaduselaegast, niihästi võõrad kui pärismaised, pooled Gerisimi mäe poole ja pooled Eebali mäe poole, nõnda nagu Mooses, Issanda sulane, varem oli käskinud Iisraeli rahvast õnnistada.

³⁴And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

³⁴Ja seejärel ta luges ette kõik Seaduse sõnad, õnnistuse ja needuse, kõik nõnda, nagu Seaduse raamatus oli kirjutatud.

³⁵There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

³⁵Ühtegi sõna kõigest, mida Mooses oli käskinud, ei jätnud Joosua lugemata kogu Iisraeli koguduse ning naiste, väetite laste ja võõraste ees, kes nendega kaasas käisid.