यहोशू 4
1 जब उस सारी जाति के लोग यरदन के पार उतर चुके, तब यहोवा ने यहोशू से कहा,
2 प्रजा में से बारह पुरूष, अर्थात गोत्र पीछे एक एक पुरूष को चुनकर यह आज्ञा दे,
3 कि तुम यरदन के बीच में, जहां याजकों ने पांव धरे थे वहां से बारह पत्थर उठा कर अपने साथ पार ले चलो, और जहां आज की रात पड़ाव होगा वहीं उन को रख देना।
4 तब यहोशू ने उन बारह पुरूषों को, जिन्हें उसने इस्राएलियों के प्रत्येक गोत्र में से छांटकर ठहरा रखा था,
5 बुलवाकर कहा, तुम अपने परमेश्वर यहोवा के सन्दूक के आगे यरदन के बीच में जा कर इस्राएलियों के गोत्रों की गिनती के अनुसार एक एक पत्थर उठा कर अपने अपने कन्धे पर रखो,
6 जिस से यह तुम लोगों के बीच चिन्हानी ठहरे, और आगे को जब तुम्हारे बेटे यह पूछें, कि इन पत्थरों का क्या मतलब है?
7 तब तुम उन्हें उत्तर दो, कि यरदन का जल यहोवा की वाचा के सन्दूक के साम्हने से दो भाग हो गया था; क्योंकि जब वह यरदन पार आ रहा था, तब यरदन का जल दो भाग हो गया। सो वे पत्थर इस्राएल को सदा के लिये स्मरण दिलाने वाले ठहरेंगे।
8 यहोशू की इस आज्ञा के अनुसार इस्राएलियों ने किया, जैसा यहोवा ने यहोशू से कहा था वैसा ही उन्होंने इस्राएलियों ने किया, जैसा यहोवा ने यहोशू से कहा था वैसा ही उन्होंने इस्राएली गोत्रों की गिनती के अनुसार बारह पत्थर यरदन के बीच में से उठा लिए; और उन को अपने साथ ले जा कर पड़ाव में रख दिया।
9 और यरदन के बीच जहां याजक वाचा के सन्दूक को उठाए हुए अपने पांव धरे थे वहां यहोशू ने बारह पत्थर खड़े कराए; वे आज तक वहीं पाए जाते हैं।
10 और याजक सन्दूक उठाए हुए उस समय तक यरदन के बीच खड़े रहे जब तक वे सब बातें पूरी न हो चुकीं, जिन्हें यहोवा ने यहोशू को लोगों से कहने की आज्ञा दी थी। तब सब लोग फुर्ती से पार उतर गए;
11 और जब सब लोग पार उतर चुके, तब याजक और यहोवा का सन्दूक भी उनके देखते पार हुए।
12 और रूबेनी, गादी, और मनश्शे के आधे गोत्र के लोग मूसा के कहने के अनुसार इस्राएलियों के आगे पांति बान्धे हुए पार गए;
13 अर्थात कोई चालीस हजार पुरूष युद्ध के हथियार बान्धे हुए संग्राम करने के लिये यहोवा के साम्हने पार उतरकर यरीहो के पास के अराबा में पहुंचे।
14 उस दिन यहोवा ने सब इस्राएलियों के साम्हने यहोशू की महिमा बढ़ाई; और जैसे वे मूसा का भय मानते थे वैसे ही यहोशू का भी भय उसके जीवन भर मानते रहे॥
15 और यहोवा ने यहोशू से कहा,
16 कि साक्षी का सन्दूक उठाने वाले याजकों को आज्ञा दे कि यरदन में से निकल आएं।
17 तो यहोशू ने याजकों को आज्ञा दी, कि यरदन में से निकल आओ।
18 और ज्योंही यहोवा की वाचा का सन्दूक उठाने वाले याजक यरदन के बीच में से निकल आए, और उनके पांव स्थल पर पड़े, त्योंही यरदन का जल अपने स्थान पर आया, और पहिले की नाईं कड़ारो के ऊपर फिर बहने लगा।
19 पहिले महिने के दसवें दिन को प्रजा के लोगों ने यरदन में से निकलकर यरीहो के पूर्वी सिवाने पर गिलगाल में अपने डेरे डाले।
20 और जो बारह पत्थर यरदन में से निकाले गए थे, उन को यहोशू ने गिलगाल में खड़े किए।
21 तब उसने इस्राएलियों से कहा, आगे को जब तुम्हारे लड़केबाले अपने अपने पिता से यह पूछें, कि इन पत्थरों का क्या मतलब है?
22 तब तुम यह कहकर उन को बताना, कि इस्राएली यरदन के पार स्थल ही स्थल चले आए थे।
23 क्योंकि जैसे तुम्हारे परमेश्वर यहोवा ने लाल समुद्र को हमारे पार हो जाने तक हमारे साम्हने से हटाकर सुखा रखा था, वैसे ही उसने यरदन का भी जल तुम्हारे पार हो जाने तक तुम्हारे साम्हने से हटाकर सुखा रखा;
24 इसलिये कि पृथ्वी के सब देशों के लोग जान लें कि यहोवा का हाथ बलवन्त है; और तुम सर्वदा अपने परमेश्वर यहोवा का भय मानते रहो॥
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.