Liber Iosue, 6

1. Hiericho autem clausa erat atque munita timore filiorum Israël et nullus egredi audebat aut ingredi

1. Now Jericho was close shut up and fenced, for fear of the children of Israel, and no man durst go out or come in.

2. dixitque Dominus ad Josue ecce dedi in manus tuas Hiericho et regem ejus omnesque fortes viros

2. And the Lord said to Josue: Behold I have given into thy hands Jericho, and the king thereof, and all the valiant men.

3. circuite urbem cuncti bellatores semel per diem sic facietis sex diebus

3. Go round about the city, all ye fighting men, once a day: so shall ye do for six days.

4. septimo autem die sacerdotes tollant septem bucinas quarum usus est in jobeleo et præcedant arcam fœderis septiesque circuibitis civitatem et sacerdotes clangent bucinis

4. And on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee, and shall go before the ark of the covenant: and you shall go about the city seven times, and the priests shall sound the trumpets.

5. cumque insonuerit vox tubæ longior atque concisior et in auribus vestris increpuerit conclamabit omnis populus vociferatione maxima et muri funditus corruent civitatis ingredienturque singuli per locum contra quem steterint

5. And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand.

6. vocavit ergo Josue filius Nun sacerdotes et dixit ad eos tollite arcam fœderis et septem alii sacerdotes tollant septem jobeleorum bucinas et incedant ante arcam Domini

6. Then Josue the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: Take the ark of the covenant: and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee, and march before the ark of the Lord.

7. ad populum quoque ait vadite et circuite civitatem armati præcedentes arcam Domini

7. And he said to the people: Go, and compass the city, armed, marching before the ark of the Lord.

8. cumque Josue verba finisset et septem sacerdotes septem bucinis clangerent ante arcam fœderis Domini

8. And when Josue had ended his words, and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,

9. omnisque præcederet armatus exercitus reliquum vulgus arcam sequebatur ac bucinis omnia concrepabant

9. And all the armed men went before, the rest of the common people followed the ark, and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides.

10. præceperat autem Josue populo dicens non clamabitis nec audietur vox vestra neque ullus sermo ex ore vestro egredietur donec veniat dies in quo dicam vobis clamate et vociferamini

10. But Josue had commanded the people, saying: You shall not shout, nor shall your voice be heard, nor any word go out of your mouth: until the day come wherein I shall say to you: Cry, and shout.

11. circuivit ergo arca Domini civitatem semel per diem et reversa in castra mansit ibi

11. So the ark of the Lord went about the city once a day, and returning into the camp, abode there.

12. igitur Josue de nocte consurgente tulerunt sacerdotes arcam Domini

12. And Josue rising before day, the priests took the ark of the Lord,

13. et septem ex eis septem bucinas quarum in jobeleis usus est præcedebantque arcam Domini ambulantes atque clangentes et armatus populus ibat ante eos vulgus autem reliquum sequebatur arcam et bucinis personabat

13. And seven of them seven trumpets, which are used in the jubilee: and they went before the ark of the Lord walking and sounding the trumpets: and the armed men went before them, and the rest of the common people followed the ark, and they blew the trumpets.

14. circumieruntque civitatem secundo die semel et reversi sunt in castra sic fecerunt sex diebus

14. And they went round about the city the second day once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.

15. die autem septimo diluculo consurgentes circumierunt urbem sicut dispositum erat septies

15. But the seventh day, rising up early, they went about the city, as it was ordered, seven times.

16. cumque septimo circuitu clangerent bucinis sacerdotes dixit Josue ad omnem Israël vociferamini tradidit enim vobis Dominus civitatem

16. And when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the trumpets, Josue said to all Israel: Shout: for the Lord hath delivered the city to you:

17. sitque civitas hæc anathema et omnia quæ in ea sunt Domino sola Raab meretrix vivat cum universis qui cum ea in domo sunt abscondit enim nuntios quos direximus

17. And let this city be an anathema, and all things that are in it, to the Lord. Let only Rahab the harlot live, with all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers whom we sent.

18. vos autem cavete ne de his quæ præcepta sunt quippiam contingatis et sitis prævaricationis rei et omnia castra Israël sub peccato sint atque turbentur

18. But beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are forbidden, and you be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel be under sin, and be troubled.

19. quicquid autem auri et argenti fuerit et vasorum æneorum ac ferri Domino consecretur repositum in thesauris ejus

19. But whatsoever gold or silver there shall be, or vessels of brass and iron, let it be consecrated to the Lord, laid up in his treasures.

20. igitur omni vociferante populo et clangentibus tubis postquam in aures multitudinis vox sonitusque increpuit muri ilico corruerunt et ascendit unusquisque per locum qui contra se erat ceperuntque civitatem

20. So all the people making a shout, and the trumpets sounding, when the voice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude, the walls forth- with fell down: and every man went up by the place that was over against him: s and they took the city,

21. et interfecerunt omnia quæ erant in ea a viro usque ad mulierem ab infante usque ad senem boves quoque et oves et asinos in ore gladii percusserunt

21. And killed all that were in it, man and woman, young and old. The oxen also and the sheep, and the asses, they slew with the edge of the sword.

22. duobus autem viris qui exploratores missi fuerant dixit Josue ingredimini domum mulieris meretricis et producite eam omniaque quæ illius sunt sicut illi juramento firmastis

22. But Josue said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bring her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath.

23. ingressique juvenes eduxerunt Raab et parentes ejus fratres quoque et cunctam supellectilem ac cognationem illius et extra castra Israël manere fecerunt

23. And the young men went in and brought out Rahab, and her parents, her brethren also and all her goods and her kindred, and made them to stay without the camp.

24. urbem autem et omnia quæ in ea sunt succenderunt absque argento et auro et vasis æneis ac ferro quæ in ærarium Domini consecrarunt

24. But they burned the city, and all things that were therein; except the gold and silver, and vessels of brass and iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord.

25. Raab vero meretricem et domum patris ejus atque omnia quæ habebat fecit Josue vivere et habitaverunt in medio Israël usque in præsentem diem eo quod absconderit nuntios quos miserat ut explorarent Hiericho in tempore illo inprecatus est Josue dicens

25. But Josue saved Rahab the harlot and her father's house, and all she had, and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day: because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho. At that time, Josue made an imprecation, saying:

26. maledictus vir coram Domino qui suscitaverit et ædificaverit civitatem Hiericho in primogenito suo fundamenta illius jaciat et in novissimo liberorum ponat portas ejus

26. Cursed be the man before the Lord, that shall raise up and build the city of Jericho. In his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof, and in the last of his children set up its gates.

27. fuit ergo Dominus cum Josue et nomen ejus in omni terra vulgatum est

27. And the Lord was with Josue, and his name was noised throughout all the land.