Joshua 6

Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

وَكَانَتْ أَرِيحَا قَدْ أَحْكَمَتْ إِغْلاقَ بَوَّابَاتِهَا خَوْفاً مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا أَوْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ.

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْضَعْتُ لَكَ أَرِيحَا وَمَلِكَهَا وَمُحَارِبِيهَا الأَشِدَّاءَ.

March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.

فَلْيَدُرْ مُحَارِبُوكُمْ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، مُدَّةَ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ.

Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.

وَلْيَحْمِلْ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ وَيَتَقَدَّمُوا أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَدُورُونَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ بَيْنَمَا يَنْفُخُ الْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

وَمَا إِنْ يَسْمَعْ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ بُوقٍ مُمْتَدّاً حَتَّى يُطْلِقُوا دَوِيَّ هُتَافٍ عَظِيمٍ، فَيَنْهَارُ سُورُ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فَيَنْدَفِعُ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَهَا، كُلُّ رَجُلٍ حَسَبَ وِجْهَتِهِ».

So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”

فَاسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ الْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «احْمِلُوا تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ، وَلْيَتَقَدَّمْهُ سَبْعَةُ كَهَنَةٍ حَامِلِينَ سَبْعَةَ أَبْوَاقِ هُتَافٍ».

And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

وَأَمَرَ الشَّعْبَ: «هَيَّا دُورُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَدَعُوا الْجُنُودَ الْمُسَلَّحِينَ يَمْشُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ».

When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them.

فَسَارَ الشَّعْبُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا أَمَرَ يَشُوعُ، إِذْ تَقَدَّمَ السَّبْعَةُ الْكَهَنَةُ حَامِلِينَ أَبْوَاقَ الْهُتَافِ السَّبْعَةَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، وَنَفَخُوا بِالأَبْوَاقِ، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ يَسِيرُ خَلْفَهُمْ.

The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding.

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ النَّافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ. أَمَّا مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ فَقَدْ سَارَتْ وَرَاءَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانُوا يَمْشُونَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ يَنْفُخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”

وَأَمَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ: «لا تَهْتِفُوا وَلا تَتَكَلَّمُوا، وَلا يَصْدُرْ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ صَوْتٌ حَتَّى آمُرَكُمْ بِالْهُتَافِ، وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَهْتِفُونَ».

So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

فَدَارَ تَابُوتُ الرَّبِّ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ وَبَاتُوا فِيهِ.

Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

فَبَكَّرَ يَشُوعُ فِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ.

The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding.

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمُحَارِبُونَ فِي الطَّلِيعَةِ يَتْبَعُهُمُ الْكَهَنَةُ النَّافِخُونَ فِي أَبْوَاقِ الْهُتَافِ، سَائِرِينَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، وَفِي أَعْقَابِهِ تَقَدَّمَتْ مُؤَخَّرَةُ الْجَيْشِ. وَكَانُوا يَسِيرُونَ وَيَنْفُخُونَ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ.

So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي دَوْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ. وَظَلُّوا يَفْعَلُونَ هَكَذَا سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ.

On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.

وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ بَكَّرُوا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ وَدَارُوا حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى هَذَا النَّمَطِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَهُوَ الْيَوْمُ الْوَحِيدُ الَّذِي دَارُوا فِيهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!

وَعِنْدَمَا نَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ فِي المَرَّةِ السَّابِعَةِ قَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلشَّعْبِ: «اهْتِفُوا، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ وَهَبَكُمُ الْمَدِينَةَ.

The city and all that is in it are to be devoted^[a] to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

وَاجْعَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا مُحَرَّماً لِلرَّبِّ، بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ لاذَ بِبَيْتِهَا فَاسْتَحْيُوهُمْ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتِ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ الْمُرْسَلَيْنِ لاِسْتِطْلاعِ أَحْوَالِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.

وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مَا هُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ لِئَلّا تَهْلِكُوا وَتَجْعَلُوا مُخَيَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مُحَرَّماً وَتُسَبِّبُوا لَهُ الْكَوَارِثَ.

All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

أَمَّا كُلُّ غَنَائِمِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَآنِيَةِ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ، فَتُخَصَّصُ لِلرَّبِّ وَتُحْفَظُ فِى خِزَانَتِهِ».

When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

فَهَتَفَ الشَّعْبُ، وَنَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَبْوَاقِ. وَكَانَ هُتَافُ الشَّعْبِ لَدَى سَمَاعِهِمْ صَوْتَ نَفْخِ الأَبْوَاقِ عَظِيماً، فَانْهَارَ السُّورُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ. فَانْدَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلٌّ إِلَى وِجْهَتِهِ، وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا.

They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

وَدَمَّرُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَقَضَوْا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ وَأَطْفَالٍ وَشُيُوخٍ حَتَّى الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ وَالْحَمِيرِ.

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”

وَقَالَ يَشُوعُ لِلرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَهَبَا لِاسْتِكْشَافِ الْمَدِينَةِ: «ادْخُلا بَيْتَ الْمَرْأَةِ الزَّانِيَةِ وَأَخْرِجَاهَا مَعَ كُلِّ مَا لَهَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ كَمَا حَلَفْتُمَا لَهَا».

So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

فَمَضَى الْجَاسُوسَانِ إِلَى بَيْتِ رَاحَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَاهَا هِيَ وَأَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا وَإِخْوَتَهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، وَأَقْرِبَاءَهَا، وَذَهَبَا بِهِمْ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آمِنٍ خَارِجَ مُخَيَّمِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house.

ثُمَّ أَحْرَقَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالنَّارِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا. أَمَّا الْفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ وَآنِيَةُ النُّحَاسِ وَالْحَدِيدِ فَقَدْ حَفِظُوهَا فِي خِزَانَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

وَاسْتَحْيَا يَشُوعُ رَاحَابَ الزَّانِيَةَ وَبَيْتَ أَبِيهَا وَكُلَّ مَا لَهَا، فَأَقَامَتْ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ (وَكَذَلِكَ ذُرِّيَّتُهَا) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهَا خَبَّأَتْ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَرْسَلَهُمَا يَشُوعُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَطْلِعَا أَحْوَالَ أَرِيحَا.

At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: “Cursed before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:

فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنْذَرَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ قَائِلاً: «مَلْعُونٌ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كُلُّ مَنْ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ بِنَاءَ مَدِينَةِ أَرِيحَا، فَإِنَّ بِكْرَهُ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ يَضَعُ أَسَاسَاتِهَا، وَصَغِيرَهُ يَهْلِكُ وَهُوَ يُقِيمُ بَوَّابَاتِهَا».

So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.

وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ يَشُوعَ فَشَاعَ صِيتُهُ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.