¹ Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

² Sine čovečji, govori sinovima naroda svog, i kaži im: Kad pustim na koju zemlju mač, ako narod one zemlje uzme koga između sebe, i postave ga sebi za stražara,

³ I on videvši mač gde ide na zemlju zatrubi u trubu, i opomene narod,

⁴ Ako se ko čuvši trubu ne uzme na um, i mač došavši pogubi ga, krv će njegova biti na njegovoj glavi.

⁵ Jer ču glas trubni, i ne uze se na um, krv će njegova biti na njemu; da se uze na um, sačuvao bi dušu svoju.

⁶ Ako li stražar videvši mač gde ide ne zatrubi u trubu i narod ne bude opomenut, a mač došav pogubi koga između njih, taj će poginuti za svoje bezakonje, ali ću krv njegovu iskati iz ruke stražareve.

⁷ I tebe, sine čovečji, tebe postavih stražarem domu Izrailjevom; slušaj dakle reč iz mojih usta i opominji ih od mene.

⁸ Kad kažem bezbožniku: Bezbožniče, poginućeš; a ti ne progovoriš i ne opomeneš bezbožnika da se prođe puta svog; taj će bezbožnik poginuti za svoje bezakonje; ali ću krv njegovu iskati iz tvoje ruke.

⁹ Ako li ti opomeneš bezbožnika da se vrati sa svog puta, a on se ne vrati sa svog puta, on će poginuti za svoje bezakonje, a ti ćeš sačuvati dušu svoju.

¹⁰ Zato ti, sine čovečji, reci domu Izrailjevom: Vi govorite ovako i kažete: Prestupi naši i gresi naši na nama su, i s njih propadamo; kako bismo živeli?

¹¹ Reci im: Tako bio ja živ, govori Gospod Gospod, nije mi milo da umre bezbožnik, nego da se vrati bezbožnik sa svog puta i bude živ; vratite se, vratite se sa zlih puteva svojih, jer zašto da mrete, dome Izrailjev?

¹² Zato ti, sine čovečji, reci sinovima naroda svog: Pravednog neće izbaviti pravda njegova kad zgreši, i bezbožnik neće propasti sa bezbožnosti svoje kad se vrati od bezbožnosti svoje, kao što pravednik ne može s nje živeti kad zgreši.

¹³ Kad kažem pravedniku da će doista živeti, a on se pouzda u pravdu svoju pa učini nepravdu, od sve pravde njegove ništa se neće spomenuti, nego će poginuti s nepravde svoje koju učini.

¹⁴ A kad kažem bezbožniku: Doista ćeš poginuti, a on se obrati od greh svog i stane činiti sud i pravdu,

¹⁵ I vrati bezbožnik zalog, i vrati šta je oteo, i stane hoditi po uredbama životnim ne čineći bezakonja, doista će biti živ, neće umreti.

¹⁶ Od svih greha što je zgrešio ništa mu se neće spomenuti; činio je sud i pravdu, doista će živ biti.

¹⁷ A sinovi naroda tvog govore: Nije prav put Gospodnji; a njihov put nije prav.

¹⁸ Kad se pravednik odvrati od pravde svoje i učini nepravdu, poginuće s toga.

¹⁹ A kad se bezbožnik odvrati od svoje bezbožnosti i učini sud i pravdu, on će živ biti s toga.

²⁰ A vi govorite: Nije prav put Gospodnji. Sudiću vam, dome Izrailjev, svakome po putevima njegovim.

²¹ A dvanaeste godine robovanja našeg, desetog meseca, petog dana dođe k meni jedan koji uteče iz Jerusalima, i reče: Uze se grad.

²² A ruka Gospodnja dođe nada me uveče pre nego dođe onaj što pobeže, i otvori mi usta dokle onaj dođe k meni ujutru; otvoriše mi se usta, te više ne ćutah.

²³ I dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

²⁴ Sine čovečji, koji žive u onim pustolinama u zemlji Izrailjevoj govore i kažu: Avram beše jedan, i nasledi ovu zemlju; a nas je mnogo; nama je data ova zemlja u nasledstvo.

²⁵ Zato im reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Jedete s krvlju, i oči svoje podižete ka gadnim bogovima svojim, i krv prolivate, i hoćete da nasledite zemlju?

²⁶ Opirete se na mač svoj, činite gadove, i skvrnite svaki ženu bližnjeg svog, i hoćete da nasledite zemlju?

²⁷ Ovako im reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Tako ja živ bio, koji su u pustolinama, pašće od mača; i koji je u polju, zverima ću ga dati da ga izjedu; a koji su po gradovima i po pećinama, od pomora će pomreti.

²⁸ Tako ću sasvim opusteti tu zemlju, i nestaće ponosa sile njene, i opusteće gore Izrailjeve da neće niko prolaziti.

²⁹ I oni će poznati da sam ja Gospod kad zemlju sasvim opustim za sve gadove njihove što činiše.

³⁰ A o tebi, sine čovečji, sinovi naroda tvog kazuju o tebi uza zidove i na vratima kućnim, i govore jedan drugom, svaki bratu svom, i vele: Hodite i čujte kakva reč dođe od Gospoda.

³¹ I dolaze k tebi kao kad se narod skuplja, i narod moj seda pred tobom, i sluša reči tvoje, ali ih ne izvršuje; u ustima su im ljupke, a srce njihovo ide za svojim lakomstvom.

³² I gle, ti si im kao ljupka pesma, kao čovek lepog glasa i koji dobro svira; slušaju reči tvoje, ali ih ne izvršuju.

³³ Ali kad to dođe, a evo ide, onda će poznati da je bio prorok među njima.

¹ Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.

² Yahweh said to Joshua, "Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

³ All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.

⁴ Seven priests shall bear Seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city Seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

⁵ It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you 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 go up every man straight before him."

⁶ Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."

⁷ They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."

⁸ It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.

⁹ The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.

¹⁰ Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."

¹¹ So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

¹² Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.

¹³ The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them. The rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh. The trumpets sounded as they went.

¹⁴ The second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. They did this six days.

¹⁵ It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way seven times. Only on this day they marched around the city seven times.

¹⁶ It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city!

¹⁷ The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

¹⁸ But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

¹⁹ But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh. They shall come into Yahweh's treasury."

²⁰ So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets. It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and 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 They utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

²² Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her."

²³ The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.

²⁴ They burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of Yahweh's house.

²⁵ But Rahab the prostitute, her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

²⁶ Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."

²⁷ So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.