1 (Jeriko var helt stengt fordi Israels folk var der: ingen gikk ut, og ingen kom inn.)

(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

2 Herren sa til Josva, Se, jeg har gitt Jeriko med kongen og alle krigerne i hendene dine.

And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.

3 La alle krigerne dine gå rundt byen, én gang hver dag. Gjør dette i seks dager.

Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.

4 La sju prester gå foran paktens ark med sju trompeter: på den sjuende dagen skal dere gå rundt byen sju ganger, mens prestene blåser i hornene.

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

5 På lyden av et langt hornsignal skal hele folket rope høyt; da vil bymuren falle sammen, og folket kan gå rett inn.

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

6 Josva, sønn av Nun, kalte prestene til seg og sa til dem, Ta opp paktens ark, og la sju prester ta sju horn og gå foran Herrens ark.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.

7 Han sa til folket, Gå framover, gå rundt byen, og la de væpnede mennene gå foran Herrens ark.

And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

8 Da Josva hadde talt til folket, gikk de sju prestene med sine sju horn foran Herren, blåste i hornene, og Herrens paktsark fulgte etter dem.

So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

9 De væpnede mennene gikk foran prestene som blåste i hornene, og folket fulgte etter Herrens ark, mens de blåste i hornene.

And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.

10 Josva ga folket en befaling og sa, Dere skal ikke rope eller si et ord før den dagen jeg sier til dere: Rope høyt! Da skal dere rope høyt.

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

11 Han fikk Herrens ark til å gå rundt byen én gang, så gikk de tilbake til leiren for natten.

So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

12 Tidlig neste morgen sto Josva opp, og prestene tok opp Herrens ark.

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

13 De sju prestene med sine sju horn gikk foran Herrens ark, blåste i hornene: de væpnede mennene gikk foran dem, og folket fulgte etter Herrens ark, mens de blåste i hornene.

And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

14 Den andre dagen gikk de én gang rundt byen, og så tilbake til leiren. Slik gjorde de i seks dager.

The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.

15 På den sjuende dagen sto de tidlig opp i daggryet og gikk rundt byen på samme måte, men denne dagen gikk de rundt byen sju ganger.

Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

16 Den sjuende gangen, da prestene blåste i hornene, sa Josva til folket, Rope høyt nå; for Herren har gitt dere byen.

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

17 Byen og alt i den skal vies til Herren: bare Rahab, kvinnen, og alle i huset hennes, skal spares fordi hun skjulte de utsendte mennene.

And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

18 Og dere, hold dere unna det som er viet til utslettelse, så dere ikke tar noe av det og bringer en forbannelse over Israels leir.

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.

19 Alt sølvet, gullet, kobber- og jerngjenstandene skal bli helliget til Herren: de skal inn i Herrens skattkammer.

But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.

20 Så ropte folket høyt, og hornene ble blåst; og da folket hørte hornene, ropte de høyt, og bymuren falt sammen, slik at folket kunne gå rett inn i byen og innta den.

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

21 De utslettet alt som var i byen; menn og kvinner, unge og gamle, storfe, sauer og esler ble slått ihjel.

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

22 Josva sa til de to mennene som hadde utforsket landet, Gå inn i huset til kvinnen, og hent henne ut og alle som er der, slik som dere lovte henne.

Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

23 Så gikk speiderne inn og hentet ut Rahab og faren, moren, brødrene og alle familiemedlemmene hennes; de førte dem ut til Israels leir.

So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

24 Etter å ha brent byen og alt i den, la de sølvet, gullet og kobber- og jerngjenstandene i Herrens skatthus.

Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.

25 Men Josva sparte Rahab og hennes far og familie, og alt hun hadde, fra døden, og derfor bor hun blant Israels folk til denne dag; fordi hun skjulte de mennene som Josva hadde sendt for å utforske landet.

But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

26 Josva ga folket en alvorlig advarsel og sa, Forbannet er den mannen som gjenoppbygger denne byen Jeriko: På bekostning av sin førstefødte sønn skal han legge grunnsteinen, og på bekostning av sin yngste sønn skal han sette opp byportene.

Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his youngest son he will put up its doors.

27 Så Herren var med Josva, og ryktet om ham spredte seg i hele landet.

So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.