¹A Jozua vstal skoro ráno, a rušali sa zo Šittíma a prišli až k Jordánu, on i všetci synovia Izraelovi, a nocovali tam, prv ako prešli cezeň.

¹And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.

²A stalo sa po troch dňoch, že prešli správcovia stredom tábora

²And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp,

³a prikázali ľudu a riekli: Keď uvidíte truhlu smluvy Hospodina, svojho Boha, a kňazov Levitov, že ju nesú, vtedy sa i vy pohnete so svojho miesta a pojdete za ňou.

³and command the people, saying, `When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone after it;

⁴Ale bude vzdialenosť medzi vami a medzi ňou okolo dva tisíce lakťov čo do miery. Nepriblížte sa k nej, aby ste znali cestu, ktorou máte ísť, lebo ste ešte nikdy neišli touto cestou.

⁴only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.`

⁵A Jozua povedal ľudu: Posväťte sa, lebo zajtra učiní Hospodin divy vo vašom strede.

⁵And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.`

⁶A Jozua povedal kňazom: Vezmite truhlu smluvy a iďte pred ľudom. A tak vzali truhlu smluvy a išli pred ľudom.

⁶And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, `Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;` and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.

⁷A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Tohoto dňa ťa začnem zveličovať v očiach celého Izraela, aby vedeli, že jako som bol s Mojžišom, tak budem i s tebou.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee;

⁸A ty prikážeš kňazom, ktorí nesú truhlu smluvy, a povieš im: Keď prijdete až na pokraj vody Jordána, zastavíte sa a budete stáť v Jordáne.

⁸and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan — in the Jordan ye stand.`

⁹Potom povedal Jozua synom Izraelovým: Pristúpte sem a počujte slová Hospodina, svojho Boha!

⁹And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

¹⁰A zase povedal Jozua: Po tomto poznáte, že je silný Bôh živý vo vašom strede a že istotne vyženie zpred vašej tvári Kananeja, Heteja, Heveja, Ferezeja, Gergezeja, Amoreja a Jebuzeja.

¹⁰and Joshua saith, `By this ye know that the living God [is] in your midst, and He doth certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite:

¹¹Hľa, truhla smluvy Pána celej zeme pojde pred vami do Jordána.

¹¹lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan;

¹²A tak teraz vezmite si dvanásť mužov z pokolení Izraelových, po jednom mužovi z každého pokolenia.

¹²and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man — one man for a tribe;

¹³A stane sa, keď spočinú stupy nôh kňazov, ktorí nesú truhlu Hospodina, Pána celej zeme, vo vode Jordána, že budú odrezané vody Jordána, vody, tečúce od hora, a budú stáť na jednej hromade.

¹³and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off — the waters which are coming down from above — and they stand — one heap.`

¹⁴A stalo sa, keď sa ľud pohnul zo svojich stánov, aby prešiel cez Jordán, a kňazi, ktorí niesli truhlu smluvy, pred ľudom,

¹⁴And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

¹⁵a keď prišli tí, ktorí niesli truhlu, až k Jordánu, a nohy kňazov, nesúcich truhlu, zamočili sa na kraji vody (a Jordán býva preplnený, takže rozlieva vody na všetky svoje brehy, každoročne v dobe žatvy),

¹⁵and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) —

¹⁶že sa zastavily vody, sostupujúce od hora, a stály jako jedna hromada na veľmi ďaleko pri meste Adame, ktoré leží po strane Cartána, a tie, ktoré sostupovaly k moru púšte, k Soľnému moru, odtiekli celkom a boly odrezané, a ľud prešiel na miesto naproti Jerichu.

¹⁶that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen — one heap, very far above Adam the city, which [is] at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-against Jericho;

¹⁷A kňazi, ktorí niesli truhlu smluvy Hospodinovej, stáli na suchu prostred Jordána nehýbajúc sa, a celý Izrael, všetci išli po suchu, dokiaľ neprešiel cez Jordán celý národ.

¹⁷and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan — established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.