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(Haddaba Yerixoo waxaa loo xidhay reer binu Israa'iil aawadood; oo lamana geli jirin, lagamana bixi jirin.) Markaasaa Rabbigu wuxuu Yashuuca ku yidhi, Bal eeg, adigaan gacanta kuu geliyey Yerixoo, iyo boqorkeeda, iyo ragga xoogga leh. Oo waa inaad magaalada hareeraysaan, oo raggiinna dagaalyahannada ah oo dhammu magaalada mar ku soo wareega. Oo sidaas waxaad yeeshaan lix maalmood. Oo toddoba wadaad waa inay sanduuqa hortiisa socdaan iyagoo wata toddoba buun oo wanan geesahood ah, oo maalinta toddobaad waa inaad magaalada ku soo wareegtaan toddoba jeer, oo wadaaddaduna waa inay buunanka afuufaan. Oo markay aad u afuufaan buunanka wananka geesahooda ah, oo idinku aad maqashaan dhawaaqa buunka, dadka oo dhammu qaylo dheer waa inay ku qayliyaan, oo markaasaa derbiga magaaladu meeshiisa ku dhici doonaa, dadkuna waa inuu nin waluba hortiisa qummaati ugu socdaa. Markaasaa Yashuuca ina Nuun wadaaddadii u yeedhay, oo ku yidhi, Sanduuqa axdiga kor u qaada, oo sanduuqa Rabbiga toddoba wadaad ha la hor socdeen toddoba buun oo wanan geesahood ah. Oo waxay dadkii ku yidhaahdeen, Socda oo magaalada hareereeya, oo ragga hubka sitaana ha ka hor mareen sanduuqa Rabbiga. Oo sidii bay noqotay. Markii Yashuuca la hadlay dadkii waxaa socday oo Rabbiga hortiisa maray toddobadii wadaad oo sidda toddobadii buun oo wanan geesahood ah; oo waxay afuufeen buunankii; oo sanduuqii axdiga Rabbiguna waa lala daba socday. Oo raggii hubka sitayna waxay hor socdeen wadaaddadii buunanka afuufayay, oo ururkii intiisii kalena waxay daba socdeen sanduuqa, oo wadaaddaduna buunankay afuufayeen intay socdeen. 10 Oo Yashuuca wuxuu dadkii ku amray oo ku yidhi, Waa inaydnaan qaylin, codkiinnana waa inaan la maqlin, afkiinnana eray qudh ah yaanu ka soo bixin, ilaa maalintii aan idinku amro inaad qaylisaan; oo markaas waa inaad qaylisaan. 11 Oo sidaasuu sanduuqii Rabbiga ugu soo wareejiyey magaaladii, oo mar bay ku soo wareegeen hareeraheeda; oo markaasay ku noqdeen xeradii, waxayna u hoydeen xeradii.

12 Markaasaa Yashuuca wuxuu kacay aroor hore, oo wadaaddadiina waxay kor u qaadeen sanduuqii Rabbiga. 13 Toddobadii wadaad oo sidday toddobadii buun oo wanan geesahood ahna, waxay had iyo goorba hor socdeen sanduuqii Rabbiga, oo waxay afuufeen buunankii; oo raggii hubka sitayna iyagay ka horreeyeen; ururkii intiisii kalena waxay daba socdeen sanduuqii Rabbiga, wadaaddaduna waxay afuufayeen buunankii intay socdeen. 14 Oo maalintii labaadna mar bay ku soo wareegeen magaaladii, oo waxay ku noqdeen xeradii; oo sidaasay intii lix maalmood ah yeeleen. 15 Oo maalintii toddobaad aroor horay keceen markii waagu beryay, oo sidii oo kale ayay magaaladii toddoba jeer ugu soo wareegeen; laakiin maalintaas ayay magaalada toddoba jeer ku soo wareegeen. 16 Oo markii toddobaad, markii wadaaddadii afuufeen buunankii ayaa Yashuuca dadkii ku yidhi, Qayliya, waayo, Rabbigu waa idin siiyey magaalada. 17 Oo magaalada waa inay xaaraan ka noqoto cid kale Rabbiga mooyaane, iyada iyo waxa gudaheeda ku jiraba; waxaa keliyahoo ka noolaanaya dhillada la yidhaahdo Raxab iyo inta guriga kula jirta oo dhan, maxaa yeelay, waxay qarisay basaasyadii aannu dirnay. 18 Oo idinku waa inaad si walba isaga dhawrtaan waxa la xarrimay, waayo, waaba intaasoo markii aad xarrintaan, aad haddana wax ka qaadataan alaabtii la xarrimay. Sidaas haddaad yeeshaan waxaad xaaraan ka dhigi doontaan oo aad dhibi doontaan xerada reer binu Israa'iil. 19 Laakiinse lacagta, iyo dahabka, iyo alaabta naxaasta iyo birta ah oo dhammu waxay quduus u yihiin Rabbiga, oo iyaga waa in la soo geliyaa khasnadda Rabbiga. 20 Sidaas daraaddeed dadkii way qayliyeen, oo wadaaddadiina buunankii bay afuufeen, oo markii dadkii maqleen dhawaaqii buunka ayaa dadkii ku qayliyey qaylo dheer, oo markaasaa derbigii meeshiisii ku dhacay, oo sidaasay dadkiina ku galeen magaaladii, oo nin waluba hortiisuu qummaati ugu socday, oo magaaladii bay qaateen. 21 Markaasay wax alla wixii magaalada ku jiray wada baabbi'iyeen, raggii iyo dumarkii, iyo dhallinyaradii iyo kuwii da'da weynaaba, iyo dibidii iyo idihii, iyo dameerradiiba, kulli waxay ku laayeen seef. 22 Oo Yashuuca wuxuu ku yidhi labadii nin oo dalka soo basaastay, Gurigii dhillada gala, oo ka soo bixiya naagtii, iyo wax alla waxa ay haysato sidii aad iyada ugu dhaarateen. 23 Oo markaasay dhallinyaradii basaasyada ahaa gurigii galeen oo soo bixiyeen Raxab, iyo aabbeheed iyo hooyadeed, iyo walaalaheed, iyo wixii ay haysatay oo dhan, oo qaraabadeedii oo dhanna way soo bixiyeen, oo waxay geeyeen xeradii reer binu Israa'iil dibaddeeda. 24 Markaasay magaaladii iyo wixii ku jirayba dab ku gubeen, oo waxay keliyahoo khasnaddii Rabbiga geliyeen lacagtii iyo dahabkii, iyo alaabtii naxaasta iyo birta ahayd. 25 Laakiinse wuxuu Yashuuca badbaadiyey dhilladii Raxab, iyo reerkii aabbeheed, iyo wixii ay haysatay oo dhan, oo ilaa maantadan la joogo waxay dhex deggan tahay reer binu Israa'iil, waayo, waxay qarisay basaasyadii Yashuuca u diray inay Yerixoo soo basaasaan. 26 Markaasaa Yashuuca dhaariyey, oo wuxuu iyagii ku amray, oo ku yidhi, Kii kaca oo dhisa magaalada Yerixoo Rabbiga hortiisa inkaaru ha ku dhacdo. Markuu aasaaskeeda dhigo curadkiisuu waayi doonaa, markuu irdaheeda dhisona wiilkiisa ugu yar. 27 Haddaba Rabbigu wuxuu la jiray Yashuuca, oo warkiisiina wuxuu gaadhay dalkii oo dhan.

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

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered(B) Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns(C) in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.(D) When you hear them sound a long blast(E) on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;(F) then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

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

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. The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard(J) followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 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!(K) 11 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.

12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 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. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

15 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.(L) 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!(M) 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a](N) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(O) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(P) the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,(Q) 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(R) and bring trouble(S) on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(T) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

20 When the trumpets sounded,(U) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(V) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(W) 21 They devoted(X) the city to the Lord and destroyed(Y) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

22 Joshua said to the two men(Z) who had spied out(AA) 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.(AB) 23 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.(AC) They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.

24 Then they burned the whole city(AD) and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(AE) into the treasury of the Lord’s house.(AF) 25 But Joshua spared(AG) Rahab the prostitute,(AH) with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho(AI)—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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

“At the cost of his firstborn son
    he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
    he will set up its gates.”(AL)

27 So the Lord was with Joshua,(AM) and his fame spread(AN) throughout the land.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.