Joshua 7
1 परन्तु इस्राएलियों ने अर्पण की वस्तु के विषय में विश्वासघात किया; अर्थात यहूदा के गोत्र का आकान, जो जेरहवंशी जब्दी का पोता और कर्म्मी का पुत्र था, उसने अर्पण की वस्तुओं में से कुछ ले लिया; इस कारण यहोवा का कोप इस्राएलियों पर भड़क उठा॥
2 और यहोशू ने यरीहो से ऐ नाम नगर के पास, जो बेतावेन से लगा हुआ बेतेल की पूर्व की ओर है, कितने पुरूषों को यह कहकर भेजा, कि जा कर देश का भेद ले आओ। और उन पुरूषों ने जा कर ऐ का भेद लिया।
3 और उन्होंने यहोशू के पास लौटकर कहा, सब लोग वहां न जाएं, कोई दो वा तीन हजार पुरूष जा कर ऐ को जीत सकते हैं; सब लोगों को वहां जाने का कष्ट न दे, क्योंकि वे लोग थोड़े ही हैं।
4 इसलिये कोई तीन हजार पुरूष वहां गए; परन्तु ऐ के रहने वालों के साम्हने से भाग आए,
5 तब ऐ के रहने वालों ने उन में से कोई छत्तीस पुरूष मार डाले, और अपने फाटक से शबारीम तक उनका पीछा करके उतराई में उन को मारते गए। तब लोगों का मन पिघलकर जल सा बन गया।
6 तब यहोशू ने अपने वस्त्र फाड़े, और वह और इस्राएली वृद्ध लोग यहोवा के सन्दूक के साम्हने मुंह के बल गिरकर पृथ्वी पर सांझ तक पड़े रहे; और उन्होंने अपने अपने सिर पर धूल डाली।
7 और यहोशू ने कहा, हाय, प्रभु यहोवा, तू अपनी इस प्रजा को यरदन पार क्यों ले आया? क्या हमें एमोरियों के वश में करके नष्ट करने के लिये ले आया है? भला होता कि हम संतोष करके यरदन के उस पार रह जाते।
8 हाय, प्रभु मैं क्या कहूं, जब इस्राएलियों ने अपने शत्रुओं को पीठ दिखाई है!
9 क्योंकि कनानी वरन इस देश के सब निवासी यह सुनकर हम को घेर लेंगे, और हमारा नाम पृथ्वी पर से मिटा डालेंगे; फिर तू अपने बड़े नाम के लिये क्या करेगा?
10 यहोवा ने यहोशू से कहा, उठ, खड़ा हो जा, तू क्यों इस भांति मुंह के बल पृथ्वी पर पड़ा है?
11 इस्राएलियों ने पाप किया है; और जो वाचा मैं ने उन से अपने साथ बन्धाई थी उसको उन्होंने तोड़ दिया है, उन्होंने अर्पण की वस्तुओं में से ले लिया, वरन चोरी भी की, और छल करके उसको अपने सामान में रख लिया है।
12 इस कारण इस्राएली अपने शत्रुओं के साम्हने खड़े नहीं रह सकते; वे अपने शत्रुओं को पीठ दिखाते हैं, इसलिये कि वे आप अर्पण की वस्तु बन गए हैं। और यदि तुम अपने मध्य में से अर्पण की वस्तु को सत्यानाश न कर डालोगे, तो मैं आगे को तुम्हारे संग नहीं रहूंगा।
13 उठ, प्रजा के लोगों को पवित्र कर, उन से कह; कि बिहान तक अपने अपने को पवित्र कर रखो; क्योंकि इस्राएल का परमेश्वर यहोवा यह कहता है, कि हे इस्राएल, तेरे मध्य में अर्पण की वस्तु है; इसलिये जब तक तू अर्पण की वस्तु को अपने मध्य में से दूर न करे तब तक तू अपने शत्रुओं के साम्हने खड़ा न रह सकेगा।
14 इसलिये बिहान को तुम गोत्र गोत्र के अनुसार समीप खड़े किए जाओगे; और जिस गोत्र को यहोवा पकड़े वह एक एक कुल करके पास आए; और जिस कुल को यहोवा पकड़े सो घराना घराना करके पास आए; फिर जिस घराने को यहोवा पकड़े वह एक एक पुरूष करके पास आए।
15 तब जो पुरूष अर्पण की वस्तु रखे हुए पकड़ा जाएगा, वह और जो कुछ उसका हो सब आग में डालकर जला दिया जाए; क्योंकि उसने यहोवा की वाचा को तोड़ा है, और इस्राएल में अनुचित कर्म किया है॥
16 बिहान को यहोशू सवेरे उठ कर इस्राएलियों को गोत्र गोत्र करके समीप लिवा ले गया, और यहूदा का गोत्र पकड़ा गया;
17 तब उसने यहूदा के परिवार को समीप किया, और जेरहवंशियों का कुल पकड़ा गया; फिर जेरहवंशियों के घराने के एक एक पुरूष को समीप लाया, और जब्दी पकडा गया;
18 तब उसने उसके घराने के एक एक पुरूष को समीप खड़ा किया, और यहूदा गोत्र का आकान, जो जेरहवंशी जब्दी का पोता और कर्म्मी का पुत्र था, पकड़ा गया।
19 तब यहोशू आकान से कहने लगा, हे मेरे बेटे, इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा का आदर कर, और उसके आगे अंगीकार कर; और जो कुछ तू ने किया है वह मुझ को बता दे, और मुझ से कुछ मत छिपा।
20 और आकान ने यहोशू को उत्तर दिया, कि सचमुच मैं ने इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा के विरुद्ध पाप किया है, और इस प्रकार मैं ने किया है,
21 कि जब मुझे लूट में शिनार देश का एक सुन्दर ओढ़ना, और दो सौ शेकेल चांदी, और पचास शेकेल सोने की एक ईंट देख पड़ी, तब मैं ने उनका लालच करके उन्हें रख लिया; वे मेरे डेरे के भीतर भूमि में गड़े हैं, और सब के नीचे चांदी है।
22 तब यहोशू ने दूत भेजे, और वे उस डेरे में दौड़े गए; और क्या देखा, कि वे वस्तुएं उसके डेरे में गड़ी हैं, और सब के नीचे चांदी है।
23 उन को उन्होंने डेरे में से निकाल कर यहोशू और सब इस्राएलियों के पास लाकर यहोवा के साम्हने रख दिया।
24 तब सब इस्राएलियों समेत यहोशू जेरहवंशी आकान को, और उस चांदी और ओढ़ने और सोने की ईंट को, और उसके बेटे-बेटियों को, और उसके बैलों, गदहों और भेड़-बकरियों को, और उसके डेरे को, निदान जो कुछ उसका था उन सब को आकोर नाम तराई में ले गया।
25 तब यहोशू ने उस से कहा, तू ने हमें क्यों कष्ट दिया है? आज के दिन यहोवा तुझी को कष्ट देगा। तब सब इस्राएलियों ने उसको पत्थरवाह किया; और उन को आग में डालकर जलाया, और उनके ऊपर पत्थर डाल दिए।
26 और उन्होंने उसके ऊपर पत्थरों का बड़ा ढेर लगा दिया जो आज तक बना है; तब यहोवा का भड़का हुआ कोप शान्त हो गया। इस कारण उस स्थान का नाम आज तक आ को र तराई पड़ा है॥
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
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.