Joshua 6

1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

1 因为害怕以色列人，耶利哥城门紧闭，无人出入。

2 And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.

2 耶和华对约书亚说：“看啊，我已经把耶利哥及其王和英勇的战士都交在你手中了。

3 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

3 所有军队要每天绕城一圈，连续六天，

4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

4 让七个祭司拿着七个羊角号走在约柜前面。到了第七天，你们要绕城七圈，祭司要吹响号角。

5 And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

5 当你们听到号角长鸣时，所有人都要高声呐喊，城墙就会坍塌，众人便可以直冲上去。”

6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

6 嫩的儿子约书亚便召来祭司，对他们说：“你们抬起约柜，派七位祭司拿着七个羊角号走在耶和华的约柜前面。”

7 And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

7 他又对民众说：“你们要前去绕着城墙走，军队要走在耶和华的约柜前面。”

8 After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

8 约书亚吩咐完毕，七个祭司便在耶和华面前拿着羊角号边走边吹，耶和华的约柜就跟在他们后面，

9 While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.

9 军队走在吹号的祭司前面，殿后军队跟在约柜后面。祭司一路上吹着号角。

10 But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”

10 约书亚吩咐民众：“我哪天叫你们呐喊，你们再呐喊。在此之前，不许作声，一句话也不许说。”

11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.

11 这样，约书亚让人抬着耶和华的约柜绕城一圈，然后众人各自回营过夜。

12 Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.

12 第二天，约书亚一早起来，祭司又抬起耶和华的约柜。

13 And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.

13 七个祭司拿着七个羊角号走在耶和华的约柜前面，一边走一边吹号。军队走在祭司前面，殿后军队跟在耶和华的约柜后面，伴随着持续不断的号角声。

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

14 这一天他们又绕城一圈，然后各自回营。六天都是这样。

15 Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

15 第七天黎明时分，他们起来照样绕城，只是这一天他们绕城七次。

16 After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!

16 绕到第七次，祭司吹响了号角，约书亚吩咐民众说：“呐喊吧！因为耶和华已经将这城交给你们了。

17 Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

17 要把这座城和城里所有的东西毁灭，作为献给耶和华之物。只有妓女喇合和她家中所有的人可以活命，因为她曾把我们派去的探子隐藏起来。

18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

18 你们要小心，不可私拿任何应当毁灭的东西，免得你们自取灭亡，并使以色列全营遭受灭顶之灾。

19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”

19 所有金银和铜铁器皿都是耶和华的圣物，要放进耶和华的库房。”

20 So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

20 于是，民众呐喊，号角响起，当民众伴随着号角声高声呐喊时，城墙坍塌了。民众便一拥而上，占领了耶利哥城，

21 With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

21 用刀杀了城里所有的男女老少、牛羊和驴。

22 Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”

22 约书亚对那两个探子说：“你们到那个妓女家里，照着你们向她起过的誓，把她和她的家人都带出来。”

23 So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

23 于是，那两个年轻探子便进去，把喇合和她的父母、兄弟及所有的亲人都带出来，安置在以色列人的营外。

24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.

24 以色列人烧毁全城和城内的一切，只把金银和铜铁器皿放在耶和华的库房里。

25 And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

25 约书亚因为妓女喇合把两个派到耶利哥的探子隐藏起来，就饶了她和她一家人的性命。他们至今仍住在以色列人当中。

26 At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

26 之后，约书亚起誓说： “重建耶利哥城的人必定在耶和华面前受咒诅， 他立地基的时候必死长子， 建城门的时候必丧幼子。”

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

27 耶和华与约书亚同在，他的声名传遍整个地方。