Joshua 6
1 यरीहो शहर बन्द थियो। शहरका मानिसहरू भयभीत थिए किनभने इस्राएलका मानिसहरू नजिकमा थिए। कोही पनि शहर भित्र पसेनन् अनि कोही पनि शहर बाहिर आएनन्।
2 तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो, “हेर, म यरीहो शहरलाई परास्त गर्नेछु अनि यसको राजा र सबै लडाकूहरू म तिमीलाई दिनेछु।
3 प्रत्येकदिन एकपल्ट आफ्ना सेना सहित शहर वरिपरि हिड। छः दिन सम्म यसो गर।
4 पूजाहारीहरूलाई पवित्र सन्दूक बोक्नु भन। सातजना पूजाहारीहरूलाई भेडाको सींगबाट बनाएको तुरही बोक्नु भन अनि पवित्र सन्दूकको अघि अघि हिंड्नु भन। सातैं दिनमा, शहर वरिपरि सात पल्ट घुम। सातैं दिनमा तिनीहरू हिंड्दा पूजाहारीहरूलाई, तुरही बजाउनु भन।
5 पूजाहारीहरूले तुरहीको ठुलो ध्वनि निकाल्ने छन्। तिनीहरूले तुरहीहरू फुक्नेछन् तब मानिसहरू कराउनु पर्छ। जब तिमीहरूले यसो गर्छौ शहरका पर्खालहरू भत्किनेछन् अनि तिम्रा मानिसहरू शहरभित्र जान समर्थ हुनेछन्।”
6 यसकारण नूनका छोरा यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई साथमा बोलाए। यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक बोक। अनि सातजना पूजाहारीहरूलाई तुरही बोकेर सन्दूकको अगि अगि हिंडनु भन।”
7 त्यसपछि यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई आदेश दिए, “अब जाऊ, शहर वरिपरि घुम। सैनिकहरू हात-हतियार सहित परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक अगि अगि हिंड्ने छन्।”
8 जब यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई आज्ञा गरे सातजना पूजाहारीहरू परमप्रभुको अघि हिंड्न थाले। तिनीहरूले सातवटा तुरहीहरू बोके अनि बजाउँदै हिंडे। पूजाहारीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दुकसितै पछ्याए।
9 सैनिकहरू हात हतियार सहित ती पूजाहारीहरूका अघि-अघि हिंडे जो तुरही बजाउँदै थिए। अनि पछाडिका रक्षकहरू पवित्र सन्दूकको पछि पछि हिंडे। यसरी तिनीहरू पैदल हिंडदै अनि तुरही बजाउँदै शहर वरिपरि हिंडे।
10 यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई नकराउनु भनी आदेश दिएका थिए। उनले भने, “नकराऊ। जबसम्म म तिमीहरूलाई भन्दिन त्यस दिनसम्म एउटा शब्द ननिकाल अनि तब कराऊ।”
11 यसरी यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक बोकेर एकपल्ट शहर वरिपरि घुम्न लगाए। तब तिनीहरू छाउनीमा फर्किए अनि त्यो रात बिताए।
12 भोलि पल्ट बिहानै यहोशू उठे। पूजाहारीहरूले परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक फेरि बोके।
13 अनि सातजना पूजाहारीहरूले सातवटा तुरहीहरू बोके। तिनीहरू हिंडदै अनि तिनीहरूका तुरही बजाउँदै परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक अघि अघि हिंडे। हात-हतियार सहितका सैनिकहरू तिनीहरूको अघि हिंडे अनि पछाडिको रक्षकहरू परमप्रभुको पवित्र सन्दूक पछि-पछि हिंडे। तिनीहरू हिंड्दै अनि तुरही बजाउँदै शहर वरिपरि गए।
14 यसरी दोस्रो दिन तिनीहरू शहर वरिपरि सबै एकपल्ट घुमे। अनि तिनीहरू छाउनी तिर फर्किए। तिनीहरूले छ दिनसम्म दैनिक यसो गरे।
15 सातौं दिनमा तिनीहरू झिसमिसेमा नै उठे। अनि तिनीहरू शहर वरिपरि सात पल्ट घुमे। तिनीहरू त्यही तरिकाले हिंडे जसरी अघिल्ला दिनहरूमा हिंडेका थिए, तर त्यसदिन तिनीहरू सात पल्ट शहर वरिपरि घुमे।
16 जब सातौ पल्ट तिनीहरू शहर वरिपरि घुमे, पूजाहारीहरूले आफ्ना तुरहीहरू बजाए। त्यसबेला, यहोशूले आदेश दिए, “अब कराऊ। परमप्रभुले यो शहर तिमीहरूलाई प्रदान गर्नु हुँदैछ।
17 यो शहर अनि यसमा भएका हरेक थोक परमप्रभुका हुन्। केवल राहाब वेश्या अनि तिनका घरमा भएका सबै मानिसहरू मात्र जीवित रहने छन्। यी मानिसहरूलाई मार्नु हुँदैन किनभने राहाबले ती दुई गुप्तचरहरूलाई सहयोग गरेकी थिइन्।
18 यो पनि याद राख कि हामीले अन्य सबै कुराहरू नष्ट गर्नु पर्छ। ती कुराहरू नलिनु। यदि तिनीहरूले ती कुराहरू लियौ अनि हाम्रा छाउनीमा ल्यायौ भने तब तिमीहरू स्वयंम नष्ट हुनेछौ। अनि तिमीहरूले इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरू प्रति पनि कष्ट ल्याउने छौ।
19 सुन, चाँदी, काँस र फलामले बनाएका वस्तुहरू परमप्रभुका हुन्। ती वस्तुहरू परमप्रभुको भण्डारमा ल्याउनु पर्छ।”
20 पूजाहारीहरूले तुरही बजाए। मानिसहरूले तुरही बजेका सुने अनि कराउन थाले। ती पर्खालहरू भत्किए अनि मानिसहरू सीधै शहर भित्र कुदे। यसरी इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले त्यस शहरलाई परास्त गरे।
21 मानिसहरूले शहरमा भएका हरेक वस्तु नष्ट गरे। जो त्यहाँ जीवित थिए। तिनीहरूले जवान, बृद्ध, मानिसहरू, जवान स्त्री र बृद्ध स्त्रीहरू गाईवस्तु, भेंडा अनि गधाहरू सबैलाई मारे।
22 यहोशूले ती दुई गुप्तचरसित कुरा गरे। यहोशूले भने, “वेश्याको घरमा जाऊ। तिनलाई र तिनीसित भएका सबैलाई बाहिर ल्याऊ। यसो गरिहाल किनकि तिमीहरूले तिनलाई प्रतिज्ञा गरेकाछौ।”
23 यसकारण ती दुइ मानिसहरू घर भित्र गए अनि राहाबलाई बाहिर ल्याए। तिनीहरूले तिनका पिता-माता, दाज्यू-भाइ, अनि तिनीसित भएका अन्य सबै मानिसहरूलाई पनि बाहिर ल्याए। तिनीहरूले सबै मानिसहरूलाई इस्राएलका छाउनी बाहिर एक सुरक्षित स्थानमा राखे।
24 त्यसपछि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले पूरा शहर आगोले जलाइ दिए। तिनीहरूले शहरका सुन, चाँदी, काँसा अनि फलाम द्वारा बनाएको वस्तुहरू बाहेक अन्य सबै वस्तुलाई जलाइ दिए। तिनीहरूले ती वस्तुहरू परमप्रभुको भण्डारमा राखे।
25 यहोशूले राहाब वेश्या, तिनका परिवार अनि तिनीसित भएका अन्य सबै मानिसहरूलाई बचाए। यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई जीवित रहन दिए किनभने राहाबले ती जासूसी गर्न पठाएका दूतहरूलाई सहयोग गरेकि थिइन्, जसलाई यहोशूले यरीहोमा पठाएका थिए। राहाब इस्राएलका मानिसहरू बीच आजसम्म बस्छिन्।
26 त्यस समयमा, यहोशूले यो महत्वपूर्ण शपथ लिए। तिनले भनेः“जो कोही मानिस जसले यरीहोको फेरि निर्माण गर्छ त्यो परमप्रभुद्वारा खतरामा पर्नेछ। जो कसैले यो शहरमा जग बसाल्छ त्यसले आफ्नो सबै भन्दा जेठा छोरा गुमाउने छ। जसले त्यस्ता मानिसद्वारा खडा गर्छ त्यसले आफ्नो कान्छा छोरा गुमाउने छ।”
27 यसरी परमप्रभु यहोशूका साथ हुनुहुन्थ्यो। र यहोशू सम्पूर्ण देशभरि प्रसिद्ध भए।
1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.
7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.
8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.
9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
11 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.
17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
27 So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.