¹ ときに神はヤコブに言われた、「あなたは立ってベテルに上り、そこに住んで、あなたがさきに兄エサウの顔を避けてのがれる時、あなたに現れた神に祭壇を造りなさい」。

² ヤコブは、その家族および共にいるすべての者に言った、「あなたがたのうちにある異なる神々を捨て、身を清めて着物を着替えなさい。

³ われわれは立ってベテルに上り、その所でわたしの苦難の日にわたしにこたえ、かつわたしの行く道で共におられた神に祭壇を造ろう」。

⁴ そこで彼らは持っている異なる神々と、耳につけている耳輪をことごとくヤコブに与えたので、ヤコブはこれをシケムのほとりにあるテレビンの木の下に埋めた。

⁵ そして彼らは、いで立ったが、大いなる恐れが周囲の町々に起ったので、ヤコブの子らのあとを追う者はなかった。

⁶ こうしてヤコブは共にいたすべての人々と一緒にカナンの地にあるルズ、すなわちベテルにきた。

⁷ 彼はそこに祭壇を築き、その所をエル・ベテルと名づけた。彼が兄の顔を避けてのがれる時、神がそこで彼に現れたからである。

⁸ 時にリベカのうばデボラが死んで、ベテルのしもの、かしの木の下に葬られた。これによってその木の名をアロン・バクテと呼ばれた。

⁹ さてヤコブがパダンアラムから帰ってきた時、神は再び彼に現れて彼を祝福された。

¹⁰ 神は彼に言われた、「あなたの名はヤコブである。しかしあなたの名をもはやヤコブと呼んではならない。あなたの名をイスラエルとしなさい」。こうして彼をイスラエルと名づけられた。

¹¹ 神はまた彼に言われた、「わたしは全能の神である。あなたは生めよ、またふえよ。一つの国民、また多くの国民があなたから出て、王たちがあなたの身から出るであろう。

¹² わたしはアブラハムとイサクとに与えた地を、あなたに与えよう。またあなたの後の子孫にその地を与えよう」。

¹³ 神は彼と語っておられたその場所から彼を離れてのぼられた。

¹⁴ そこでヤコブは神が自分と語られたその場所に、一本の石の柱を立て、その上に灌祭をささげ、また油を注いだ。

¹⁵ そしてヤコブは神が自分と語られたその場所をベテルと名づけた。

¹⁶ こうして彼らはベテルを立ったが、エフラタに行き着くまでに、なお隔たりのある所でラケルは産気づき、その産は重かった。

¹⁷ その難産に当って、産婆は彼女に言った、「心配することはありません。今度も男の子です」。

¹⁸ 彼女は死にのぞみ、魂の去ろうとする時、子の名をベノニと呼んだ。しかし、父はこれをベニヤミンと名づけた。

¹⁹ ラケルは死んでエフラタ、すなわちベツレヘムの道に葬られた。

²⁰ ヤコブはその墓に柱を立てた。これはラケルの墓の柱であって、今日に至っている。

²¹ イスラエルはまた、いで立ってミグダル・エダルの向こうに天幕を張った。

²² イスラエルがその地に住んでいた時、ルベンは父のそばめビルハのところへ行って、これと寝た。イスラエルはこれを聞いた。

²³ すなわちレアの子らはヤコブの長子ルベンとシメオン、レビ、ユダ、イッサカル、ゼブルン。

²⁴ ラケルの子らはヨセフとベニヤミン。

²⁵ ラケルのつかえめビルハの子らはダンとナフタリ。

²⁶ レアのつかえめジルパの子らはガドとアセル。これらはヤコブの子らであって、パダンアラムで彼に生れた者である。

²⁷ ヤコブはキリアテ・アルバ、すなわちヘブロンのマムレにいる父イサクのもとへ行った。ここはアブラハムとイサクとが寄留した所である。

²⁸ イサクの年は百八十歳であった。

²⁹ イサクは年老い、日満ちて息絶え、死んで、その民に加えられた。その子エサウとヤコブとは、これを葬った。

¹ But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh's anger burned against the children of Israel.

² Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.

³ They returned to Joshua, and said to him, "Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don't make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them."

⁴ So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.

⁵ The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.

⁶ Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

⁷ Joshua said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!

⁸ Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

⁹ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?"

¹⁰ Yahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that?

¹¹ Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.

¹² Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

¹³ "Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, "There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you."

¹⁴ "'In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.

¹⁵ It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.

¹⁷ He brought near the family of Judah; and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.

¹⁸ He brought near 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 selected.

¹⁹ Joshua said to Achan, "My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don't hide it from me!"

²⁰ Achan answered Joshua, and said, "I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.

²¹ When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."

²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.

²³ They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.

²⁴ Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.

²⁵ Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you this day." All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

²⁶ They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.