Giosuè 3

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Igitur Iosue de nocte consur gens movit castra. Egredientes que de Settim venerunt ad Iordanem, ipse et omnes filii Israel; et morati sunt ibi, antequam transirent.	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 Tribus diebus evolutis, transierunt praefecti per castrorum medium	2 After these things unfolded, announcers passed through the midst of the camp,
3 et praeceperunt populo: “ Quando videritis arcam foederis Domini Dei vestri et sacerdotes stirpis leviticae portantes eam, vos quoque consurgite et sequimini eam	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 — sitque inter vos et arcam spatium cubitorum duum fere milium, et cavete, ne appropinquetis ad eam — ut sciatis per quam viam ingrediamini, quia prius non ambulastis per eam ”.	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 Dixitque Iosue ad populum: “ Sanctificamini; cras enim faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia ”.	5 And Joshua said to the people: “Be sanctified. For tomorrow the Lord will accomplish miracles among you.”
6 Et ait ad sacerdotes: “ Tollite arcam foederis et praecedite populum ”. Qui tulerunt et ambulaverunt ante eos.	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 Dixitque Dominus ad Iosue: “ Hodie incipiam exaltare te coram omni Israel, ut sciant quod, sicut cum Moyse fui, ita et tecum sim.	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 Tu autem praecipe sacerdotibus, qui portant arcam foederis, et dic eis: Cum veneritis ad oram aquae Iordanis, state in Iordane”.	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 Dixitque Iosue ad filios Israel: “ Accedite huc et audite verba Domini Dei vestri ”.	9 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “Approach to here, and listen to the word of the Lord your God.”
10 Et rursum: “ In hoc, inquit, scietis quod Deus vivens in medio vestri est et disperdet in conspectu vestro Chananaeum et Hetthaeum, Hevaeum et Pherezaeum, Gergesaeum quoque et Amorraeum et Iebusaeum.	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 Ecce arca foederis Domini omnis terrae antecedet vos per Iordanem.	11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you through the Jordan.
12 Parate duodecim viros de tribubus Israel, singulos per singulas tribus;	12 Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
13 et cum posuerint vestigia pedum suorum sacerdotes, qui portant arcam Domini Dei universae terrae, in aquis Iordanis, aquae, quae inferiores sunt, decurrent, quae autem desuper veniunt, in una mole consistent ”.	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 Igitur egressus est populus de tabernaculis suis, ut transiret Iordanem; et sacerdotes, qui portabant arcam foederis, pergebant ante eum.	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 Veneruntque usque ad Iordanem et, pedibus eorum in ora aquae tinctis — Iordanis autem omnes ripas alvei sui toto tempore messis impleverat —	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 steterunt aquae desuper descendentes in loco uno instar molis procul valde apud urbem, quae vocatur Adam, ex latere Sarthan; quae autem inferiores erant, in mare Arabae, quod est mare Salsissimum, descenderunt, usquequo omnino deficerent.	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 Populus autem incedebat contra Iericho, et sacerdotes, qui portabant arcam foederis Domini, stabant super siccam humum in medio Iordanis firmiter, donec omnis Israel compleret per arentem alveum transitum Iordanis.	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.