Joshua 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 it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.