Josué 3

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Josué se levantó de mañana, partieron de Sittim y llegaron hasta el Jordán, él y todos los israelitas. Allí pernoctaron antes de pasar.	1 And so, Joshua arose in the night, and he moved the camp. And they departed from Shittim, and they went to the Jordan: he, and all the sons of Israel, and they remained there for three days.
2 Al cabo de tres días, los escribas pasaron por medio del campamento	2 After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
3 y dieron al pueblo esta orden: «Cuando veáis el arca de la alianza de Yahveh vuestro Dios y a los sacerdotes levitas que la llevan, partiréis del sitio donde estáis e iréis tras ella,	3 and they began to proclaim: “When you will see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the stock of Levi carrying it, you also shall rise up and follow those who are going before you.
4 para que sepáis qué camino habéis de seguir, pues no habéis pasado nunca hasta ahora por este camino. Pero que haya entre vosotros y el arca una distancia de unos 2.000 codos: no os acerquéis».	4 And let there be, between you and the ark, the space of two thousand cubits, so that you may be able to see it from far away, and to know along which way you should advance. For you have not walked this way before. And be careful that you do not approach the ark.”
5 Josúe dijo al pueblo: «Purificaos, porque mañana Yahveh va a obrar maravillas en medio de vosotros».	5 And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
6 Y dijo Josué a los sacerdotes: «Tomad el arca de la alianza y pasad al frente del pueblo». Ellos tomaron el arca de la alianza y partieron al frente del pueblo.	6 And he said to the priests: “Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.” And they fulfilled the orders, and they took it and walked before them.
7 Yahveh dijo a Josué: «Hoy mismo voy a empezar a engrandecerte a los ojos de todo Israel, para que sepan que, lo mismo que estuve con Moisés, estoy contigo.	7 And the Lord said to Joshua: “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that, just as I was with Moses, so also am I with you.
8 Tú darás esta orden a los sacerdotes que llevan el arca de la alianza: “En cuanto lleguéis a la orilla del agua del Jordán, os pararéis en el Jordán.”»	8 Now instruct the priests, who are carrying the ark of the covenant, and say to them, ‘When you will have entered into a part of the water of the Jordan, stand still in it.’ ”
9 Josué dijo a los Israelitas: «Acercaos y escuchad las palabras de Yahveh vuestro Dios».	9 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
10 Y dijo Josué: «En esto conoceréis que el Dios vivo está en medio de vosotros y que arrojará ciertamente de delante de vosotros al cananeo, al hitita, al jivita, al perizita, al guirgasita, al amorreo y al jebuseo.	10 And again, he said: “By this shall you know that the Lord, the living God, is in your midst, and that he shall scatter in your sight, the Canaanite and the Hittite, the Hivite and the Perizzite, likewise the Girgashite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite.
11 He aquí que el arca de Yahveh, Señor de toda la tierra, va a pasar el Jordán delante de vosotros.	11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
12 Escoged, pues, doce hombres de las tribus de Israel, un hombre por cada tibu.	12 Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 En cuanto las plantas de los pies de los sacerdotes que llevan el arca de Yahveh, Señor de toda la tierra, pisen las aguas del Jordán, las aguas del Jordán las que vienen de arriba, quedarán cortadas y se pararán formando un solo bloque».	13 And when the priests who are carrying the ark of the Lord, the God of the entire earth, will have placed the steps of their feet in the waters of the Jordan, the waters that are lower will run down and pass away, and those that are approaching above will stand together in a mass.”
14 Cuando el pueblo partió de sus tiendas para pasar el Jordán, los sacerdotes llevaban el arca de la alianza a la cabeza del pueblo.	14 And the people departed from their tents, so that they might cross the Jordan. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant were advancing before them.
15 Y en cuanto los que llevaban el arca llegaron al Jordán, y los pies de los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca tocaron la orilla de las aguas, y el Jordán baja crecido hasta los bordes todo el tiempo de la siega,	15 And as soon as they entered into the Jordan, and their feet were dipped in a portion of the water, (now the Jordan, since it was the time of the harvest, had filled the banks of its channel,)
16 las aguas que bajaban de arriba se detuvieron y formaron un solo bloque a gran distancia, en Adam, la ciudad que está al lado de Sartán, mientras que las que bajaban hacia el mar de la Arabá, o mar de la Sal, se separaron por completo, y el pueblo pasó frente a Jericó.	16 the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea,) until they entirely passed away.
17 Los sacerdotes que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahveh se estuvieron a pie firme, en seco, en medio del Jordán, mientras que todo Israel pasaba en seco, hasta que toda la gente acabó de pasar el Jordán.	17 Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.