Siosiua 4

1When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

1PEA naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he lava atu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo pehē,

2“Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

2“Fili ha kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua mei he kakai, ko e tangata ʻe tokotaha mei he faʻahinga kotoa pē,”

3and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’”

3pea mou fekau kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Mou toʻo mai mei loto Sioatani, mei he potu naʻe tuʻumaʻu ai ʻae vaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua, pea mou fua ia ʻo ʻave ʻo tuku ʻi homou ʻapitanga, ʻaia te mou mohe ai ʻi he poōni.”

4Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

4Pea fekau ʻe Siosiua ke haʻu ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko hongofulu mā toko ua, “ʻAkinautolu naʻa ne fili ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e tangata pe taha mei he faʻahinga kotoa pē:

5And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

5Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Siosiua kiate kinautolu, Mou muʻomuʻa ʻi he puha tapu ʻo Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ki loto Sioatani, pea mou toʻo hake taki taha ʻae tangata ʻene maka ki hono uma, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli.

6that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’

6Koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e fakaʻilonga, ʻoka fehuʻi ʻe hoʻomou fānau ki heʻenau mātuʻa ʻamui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi maka ni?

7then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

7Pea te mou tala kiate kinautolu, naʻe motuhi ʻae vai ʻo Sioatani mei he ʻao ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava ʻa Sihova; ʻi heʻene aʻa ʻi Sioatani, naʻe motu ua ʻae vai ʻo Sioatani: pea ko e ngaahi maka ni ko e meʻa fakamanatu tuʻumaʻu ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo taʻengata.”

8And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the LORD told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there.

8Pea naʻe fai ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova, ʻonau toʻo hake ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua mei loto Sioatani, ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa nau fua ʻo ʻave ia ki he potu naʻa nau mohe ai, ʻo tuku ia ʻi ai.

9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.

9Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Siosiua ʻae maka ʻe hongofulu mā ua ʻi loto Sioatani, ʻi he potu naʻe tuʻu ai ʻae vaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia naʻe haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava pea ʻoku ʻi ai ia ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

10For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.

10He ko e kau taulaʻeiki naʻe haʻamo, ʻae puha naʻe tuʻu ʻi loto Sioatani, ke ʻoua ke ʻosi hono fai ʻaia kotoa pē naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua ke ne fekau ki he kakai, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese kia Siosiua: pea naʻe fai fakatoʻotoʻo ʻae kakai ʻonau aʻa atu.

11And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people.

11Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻae aʻa ʻo lava atu kotoa pē ʻae kakai, naʻe toki haʻamo atu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae puha ʻo Sihova, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.

12The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.

12Pea ko e fānau ʻa Lupeni, mo e fānau ʻa Kata, mo hono vaeua ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Manase, naʻa nau ʻalu muʻomuʻa mo e mahafutau ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Mōsese kiate kinautolu:

13About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho.

13Ko e toko fā mano nai, naʻe toʻo mahafutau naʻe ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ki he tau, ʻi he ngaahi tafangafanga ʻo Seliko.

14On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

14Naʻe fakahikihiki ʻe Sihova ʻa Siosiua ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau manavahē kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ʻenau manavahē kia Mōsese, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻui.

15And the LORD said to Joshua,

15Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, ʻo pehē,

16“Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”

16Fekau ki he kau taulaʻeiki ʻoku haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fakamoʻoni, koeʻuhi kenau ʻalu hake mei Sioatani.

17So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

17Ko ia naʻe fekau ai ʻe Siosiua ki he kau taulaʻeiki, ʻo pehē, Mou ʻalu hake mei Sioatani.

18And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.

18Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he ʻalu hake ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia naʻe haʻamo ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻa Sihova mei loto Sioatani, pea kuo hiki ʻae ʻaofivaʻe ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ki he kelekele mōmoa, naʻe toe tafe mai leva ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Sioatani ki honau potu, pea toe lōfia hono ngaahi matavai ʻo hangē ko ʻene anga.

19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

19Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae kakai mei Sioatani ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe ʻaho ʻo hono ʻuluaki māhina, pea ʻapitanga ʻi Kilikali, ʻi he feituʻu hahake ʻo Seliko.

20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

20Pea ko e maka ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻaia naʻe toʻo mei Sioatani, naʻe tō ia ʻe Siosiua ʻi Kilikali.

21And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’

21Pea naʻa ne lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, “ʻOka fehuʻi ʻe hoʻomou fānau ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻamui, ʻo pehē, Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi maka ni?

22then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’

22Te mou fakahā ki hoʻomou fānau, ʻo pehē, naʻe aʻa ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he Sioatani ni ʻi he kelekele mōmoa.

23For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over,

23He ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua naʻe fakamōmoa ʻae ngaahi vai ʻo Sioatani mei homou ʻao, ke mou hoko atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ki he Tahi Kulokula, ʻaia naʻa ne fakamōmoa ʻi homau ʻao, ke ʻoua ke mau lava atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha;

24so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever.”

24Koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻo ʻilo ʻae nima ʻo Sihova ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani, mo hono māfimafi: pea ke mou manavahē kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻo taʻengata.”