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.

¹And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, 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.

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

²And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.

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

³And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.

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

⁴And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.

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.

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

⁶And 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; and we will flee before them.

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

⁷And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

¹¹And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.

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

¹²Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

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

¹³And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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.

¹⁴And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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

¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

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

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

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

¹⁷And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

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.

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

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.

¹⁹And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

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.

²⁰And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.

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

²¹When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

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.

²²And the others went 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, until they let none of them escape or flee away.

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

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

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.

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

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

²⁵And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

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

²⁶And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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

²⁷Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.

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

²⁸And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to 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.

²⁹And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [which remains] to this day.

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

³⁰Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

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.

³¹as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

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

³²And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children 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.

³³And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.

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

³⁴And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

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.

³⁵There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.