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:

¹Tojoßnak li Kâcuaß Dios quixye re laj Josué: —Matxucuac chi moco chichßinânk âchßôl. Cßameb chixjunileb lâ soldado ut ayukex chirêchaninquil li tenamit Hai. Lâin tintenkßânk êre chi numtâc saß xbên lix reyeb ut saß xbêneb li tenamit. Li tenamit ut chixjunil li naßajej aßan êrehak chic.

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.

²Joß xabânu re li tenamit Jericó ut lix reyeb, joßcan cuißchic tâbânu re li tenamit Hai ut lix reyeb. Abanan anakcuan lâex naru nequexoc chokß êre lix quetômkeb joß ajcuiß chixjunil li cßaßru cuan reheb. Cauresihomak êrib chi oc saß li tenamit aßan chi mâcßaß saß xchßôleb. Texxic chirix li tenamit ut aran têmuk êrib, chan.

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.

³Joßcan nak laj Josué quixchßutubeb lix soldado re tixtakla chi pletic riqßuineb li cuanqueb saß li tenamit Hai. Quixsicß ruheb lajêb xcaßcßâl mil chi soldado cauheb xchßôl chi pletic re tixtaklaheb chiru kßojyîn.

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:

⁴Ut quixye reheb: —Abihomak chi us. Lâex texxic chirix li tenamit ut têmuk êrib nachß riqßuin li tenamit. Acak yôkex chi oybenînc jokße tex-oc chi pletic.

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,

⁵Lâin ut eb li soldado jun chßol chic toxic nachß riqßuin li tenamit. Ut nak eb li cuanqueb saß li tenamit Hai teßchâlk chi pletic kiqßuin joß xeßxbânu xbên cua, lâo toêlelik chiruheb.

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.

⁶Eb aßan toeßrâlina xban nak teßxcßoxla nak yôko chi êlelic joß kacßul xbên cua.

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

⁷Lâex têril nak ac xeßel saß li tenamit Hai. Tojoßnak tex-êlk chak saß li naßajej li mukmûkex cuiß ut tex-oc saß li tenamit chi pletic xban nak li Kâcuaß lê Dios tixkßaxtesi saß êrukß li tenamit aßan.

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.

⁸Ut nak acak xex-oc, têcßat li tenamit aßan joß xye li Kâcuaß. Aßin lê taklanquil tinqßue, chan laj Josué.

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.

⁹Chirix chic aßan laj Josué quixtaklaheb lix soldado re nak teßxic chixmukbal ribeb saß jun li naßajej li cuan saß xyi li cuib chi tenamit Bet-el ut Hai. Ut laj Josué quicana saß xyânkeb li jun chßol chic lix soldado chiru li kßojyîn aßan.

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.

¹⁰Cuulajak chic laj Josué quicuacli toj ekßela ut quixchßutub lix soldado. Ut laj Josué rochbeneb li nequeßcßamoc be saß xyânkeb laj Israel, aßan eb li queßcßamoc be chiruheb li soldado nak queßcôeb chi pletic riqßuineb laj Hai.

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.

¹¹Ut eb li soldado li queßcôeb chi pletic rochben laj Josué queßcuulac nachß riqßuin li tenamit ut queßxyîb lix muhebâleb saß li ru takßa saß li norte li cuan chiru li oquebâl re li tenamit.

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.

¹²b mil tana li soldado li quixtaklaheb re teßxmuk rib saß li naßajej li cuan saß li oeste saß xyi li cuib chi tenamit Bet-el ut Hai.

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.

¹³Joßcaßin nak quixjach ruheb lix soldado laj Josué. Jun chßûtal queßcana saß li norte cuan cuiß lix muhebâleb. Ut li jun chßûtal chic mukmûqueb chirix li tenamit Hai saß li oeste. Ut chiru li kßojyîn aßan laj Josué rochbeneb lix soldado queßcube saß li ru takßa.

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.

¹⁴Nak eb laj Josué cuanqueb saß li ru takßa, li rey re li tenamit Hai quirileb. Ut saß junpât quixchßutubeb lix soldado re nak teßxic chi pletic riqßuineb laj Israel saß li ru takßa Jordán. Abanan incßaß queßxnau nak cuanqueb ta yijach lix soldado eb aj Israel mukmûqueb chirix lix tenamiteb.

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

¹⁵Laj Josué ut eb lix soldado queßxbânu rib joß yôqueb chi êlelic chiruheb li soldado re li tenamit Hai. Eb aßan queßcôeb saß li be li naxic saß li chaki chßochß.

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.

¹⁶Chixjunileb li soldado li cuanqueb Hai queßxchßutub rib re teßrâlinaheb lix soldado laj Josué. Xban râlinanquileb lix soldado laj Josué, chixjunileb queßxcanab lix tenamit.

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.

¹⁷Ut mâ jun chic li cuînk quicana saß li tenamit Hai chi moco saß li tenamit Bet-el. Chixjunileb ban queßcôeb chirâlinanquileb laj Israel. Ut queßxcanab lix tenamiteb chi mâ ani chic tâilok re.

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.

¹⁸Ut li Kâcuaß Dios quixye re laj Josué: —Taksi lâ chßîchß cuan saß lâ cuukß re xyebal reheb nak teßoc saß li tenamit xban nak lâin tinkßaxtesi êre li tenamit Hai, chan. Laj Josué quixtaksi lix chßîchß cuan saß rukß saß xbên li tenamit Hai.

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.

¹⁹Ut eb li soldados li mukmûqueb chak chirix li tenamit nak queßril nak quixtaksi lix chßîchß laj Josué saß junpât queßel chak ut queßoc saß li tenamit ut queßrêchani. Ut saß junpât queßoc xcßatbal li tenamit.

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.

²⁰Ut eb li soldado re li tenamit Hai queßiloc chirixeb ut queßxqßue retal nak lix tenamiteb yô chi cßatc. Yô chi takecß lix sibel saß choxa. Mâcßaß chic quiru queßxbânu. Mâ bar chic quiru queßêlelic xban nak eb li soldado aj Israel li yôqueb chi êlelic toj saß li chaki chßochß, queßsukßi saß xbêneb ut queßoc chi pletic riqßuineb.

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.

²¹Laj Josué ut eb lix soldados queßril nak eb li soldados li mukmûqueb chak ac xeßoc saß li tenamit chixcßatbal. Eb lix soldado laj Josué queßsukßi ut queßoc chi pletic riqßuineb li soldado re li tenamit Hai.

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.

²²Ut eb li soldados li queßoc chixcßatbal li tenamit queßel chak saß li tenamit ut queßoc ajcuiß chi pletic re nak eb li soldados aj Hai incßaß naru teßêlelik. Queßcana ban saß xyiheb laj Israel ut quilajeßcamsîc chixjunileb. Mâ jun chic queßcoleß.

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

²³Caßaj cuiß li rey re li tenamit Hai incßaß quicamsîc. Quichapeß ban ut quicßameß riqßuin laj Josué.

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.

²⁴Nak queßrakeß chixcamsinquileb chixjunileb li soldado li queßâlinan reheb toj saß li chaki chßochß, eb li soldados aj Israel queßsukßi cuißchic saß li tenamit ut queßxcamsiheb li joß qßuial chic queßcana saß li tenamit Hai.

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

²⁵Cablaju mil xqßuialeb chixjunileb li queßcamsîc saß li cutan aßan nak queßxsach chi junaj cua li tenamit Hai, joß cuînk joß ixk.

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

²⁶Laj Josué incßaß quixcubsi lix chßîchß ut eb lix soldados incßaß queßxcanab pletic toj retal queßosoß chixjunileb li cuanqueb saß li tenamit Hai.

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.

²⁷Abanan chixjunileb lix quetômk ut chixjunil li cßaßru cuan reheb laj Hai, queßxxoc laj Israel chokß reheb joß quixye li Dios re laj Josué.

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

²⁸Laj Josué ut eb lix soldados queßxcßat li tenamit Hai. Queßxpoßi chi junaj cua toj chalen anakcuan.

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.

²⁹Ut li rey li quicuan saß li tenamit Hai, yatzßbil queßxbânu re. Ut quixnumsi li cutan chi tßuytßu aran. Nak qui-ecuu laj Josué quixtakla xcubsinquil li camenak re teßxcut saß li oquebâl re li tenamit. Ut queßxtûb nabal li pec saß xbên. Toj tûbtu ajcuiß li pec aßan toj chalen anakcuan.

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

³⁰Laj Josué quixyîb jun li artal saß li tzûl Ebal re xlokßoninquil li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb laj Israel.

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.

³¹Eb laj Israel queßxbânu joß quiyeheß reheb xban laj Moisés laj cßanjel chiru li Kâcuaß. Queßxyîb li artal joß tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés. Queßxyîb li artal riqßuin pec incßaß tîcobresinbil ru chi moco juchßbil riqßuin chßîchß. Ut queßxcßat lix mayejeb saß xbên li artal chiru li Kâcuaß. Queßmayejac re xcßambal ribeb saß usilal riqßuin li Kâcuaß.

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.

³²Ut aran chiruheb chixjunileb, laj Josué quixjuchß chiruheb li pec li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés.

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.

³³Ut chixjunileb laj Israel, rochbeneb li nequeßcßamoc be chiruheb joß eb ajcuiß li cuanqueb xcuanquil, ut eb laj rakol âtin, joß eb ajcuiß li jalan xtenamiteb, queßxakli saß xcaß pacßalil li Lokßlaj Câx li cuan cuiß lix contrato li Dios. Yôqueb chi iloc cuanqueb cuiß laj levita laj tij li yôqueb chi pakônc re li Lokßlaj Câx. Jun jachal li tenamit cuanqueb saß xjayal li tzûl Gerizim ut li jun jachal chic cuanqueb saß xjayal li tzûl Ebal. Queßxbânu joß quiyeheß reheb junxil xban laj Moisés laj cßanjel chiru li Dios re nak teßosobtesîk xban li Kâcuaß.

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.

³⁴Ut laj Josué quiril xsaß li chakßrab chiruheb. Quiril chi tzßakal chixjunil li tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab chirix li osobtesîc ut li majecuâc.Laj Josué quiril xsaß li chakßrab chiruheb li tenamit. Mâ jun li âtin li quixtzßîba laj Moisés incßaß ta qui-ileß chiruheb chixjunileb laj Israel, joß cuînk, joß ixk, joß cocßal, joßeb ajcuiß li jalaneb xtenamit li cuanqueb saß xyânkeb laj Israel.

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.

³⁵Laj Josué quiril xsaß li chakßrab chiruheb li tenamit. Mâ jun li âtin li quixtzßîba laj Moisés incßaß ta qui-ileß chiruheb chixjunileb laj Israel, joß cuînk, joß ixk, joß cocßal, joßeb ajcuiß li jalaneb xtenamit li cuanqueb saß xyânkeb laj Israel.