1 E transgrediram os filhos de Israel no anátema; porque Acã filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de Zerá, da tribo de Judá, tomou do anátema, e a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra os filhos de Israel.
2 Enviando, pois, Josué, de Jericó, alguns homens a Ai, que está junto a Bete-Áven do lado do oriente de Betel, falou-lhes dizendo: Subi, e espiai a terra. Subiram, pois, aqueles homens, e espiaram a Ai.
3 E voltaram a Josué, e disseram-lhe: Não suba todo o povo; subam uns dois mil, ou três mil homens, a ferir a Ai; não fatigueis ali a todo o povo, porque poucos são.
4 Assim, subiram lá, do povo, uns três mil homens, os quais fugiram diante dos homens de Ai.
5 E os homens de Ai feriram deles uns trinta e seis, e os perseguiram desde a porta até Sebarim, e os feriram na descida; e o coração do povo se derreteu e se tornou como água.
6 Então Josué rasgou as suas vestes, e se prostrou em terra sobre o seu rosto perante a arca do Senhor até à tarde, ele e os anciãos de Israel; e deitaram pó sobre as suas cabeças.
7 E disse Josué: Ah! Senhor Deus! Por que, com efeito, fizeste passar a este povo o Jordão, para nos entregares nas mãos dos amorreus para nos fazerem perecer? Antes nos tivéssemos contentado em ficar além do Jordão!
8 Ah, Senhor! Que direi? Pois Israel virou as costas diante dos inimigos!
9 Ouvindo isto, os cananeus, e todos os moradores da terra, nos cercarão e desarraigarão o nosso nome da terra; e então que farás ao teu grande nome?
10 Então disse o Senhor a Josué: Levanta-te; por que estás prostrado assim sobre o teu rosto?
11 Israel pecou, e transgrediram a minha aliança que lhes tinha ordenado, e tomaram do anátema, e furtaram, e mentiram, e debaixo da sua bagagem o puseram.
12 Por isso os filhos de Israel não puderam subsistir perante os seus inimigos; viraram as costas diante dos seus inimigos; porquanto estão amaldiçoados; não serei mais convosco, se não desarraigardes o anátema do meio de vós.
13 Levanta-te, santifica o povo, e dize: Santificai-vos para amanhã, porque assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: Anátema há no meio de ti, Israel; diante dos teus inimigos não poderás suster-te, até que tireis o anátema do meio de vós.
14 Amanhã, pois, vos chegareis, segundo as vossas tribos; e será que a tribo que o Senhor tomar se chegará, segundo as famílias; e a família que o Senhor tomar se chegará por casas; e a casa que o Senhor tomar se chegará homem por homem.
15 E será que aquele que for tomado com o anátema será queimado a fogo, ele e tudo quanto tiver; porquanto transgrediu a aliança do Senhor, e fez uma loucura em Israel.
16 Então Josué se levantou de madrugada, e fez chegar a Israel, segundo as suas tribos; e a tribo de Judá foi tomada;
17 E, fazendo chegar a tribo de Judá, tomou a família dos zeraítas; e fazendo chegar a família dos zeraítas homem por homem, foi tomado Zabdi;
18 E, fazendo chegar a sua casa, homem por homem, foi tomado Acã, filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de Zerá, da tribo de Judá.
19 Então disse Josué a Acã: Filho meu, dá, peço-te, glória ao Senhor Deus de Israel, e faze confissão perante ele; e declara-me agora o que fizeste, não mo ocultes.
20 E respondeu Acã a Josué, e disse: Verdadeiramente pequei contra o Senhor Deus de Israel, e fiz assim e assim.
21 Quando vi entre os despojos uma boa capa babilônica, e duzentos siclos de prata, e uma cunha de ouro, do peso de cinqüenta siclos, cobicei-os e tomei-os; e eis que estão escondidos na terra, no meio da minha tenda, e a prata por baixo dela.
22 Então Josué enviou mensageiros, que foram correndo à tenda; e eis que tudo estava escondido na sua tenda, e a prata por baixo.
23 Tomaram, pois, aquelas coisas do meio da tenda, e as trouxeram a Josué e a todos os filhos de Israel; e as puseram perante o Senhor.
24 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, tomaram a Acã filho de Zerá, e a prata, e a capa, e a cunha de ouro, e seus filhos, e suas filhas, e seus bois, e seus jumentos, e suas ovelhas, e sua tenda, e tudo quanto ele tinha; e levaram-nos ao vale de Acor.
25 E disse Josué: Por que nos perturbaste? O Senhor te perturbará neste dia. E todo o Israel o apedrejou; e os queimaram a fogo depois de apedrejá-los.
26 E levantaram sobre ele um grande montão de pedras, até o dia de hoje; assim o Senhor se apartou do ardor da sua ira; pelo que aquele lugar se chama o vale de Acor, até ao dia de hoje.
1 But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in what was set apart. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took from what was set apart, and the anger of LORD was kindled against the
2 And 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. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for they are but few.
4 So there went up there 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-six men. And they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O lord LORD, why have thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
8 Oh, LORD, what shall I say after 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 encompass us around, and cut off our name from the earth, and what will thou do for thy great name?
10 And LORD said to Joshua, Get thee up. Why are thou thus fallen upon thy face?
11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies because they have become accursed. I will not be with you any more unless ye destroy what was set apart from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow. For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, There is what has been set apart in the midst of thee, O Israel. Thou cannot stand before thine enemies until ye take aw
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes, and it shall be, that the tribe which LORD takes shall come near by families, and the family which LORD shall take shall come near by households, and the household w
15 And 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 LORD, and because he has wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
17 And he brought near the family of Judah, and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
18 And 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 taken.
19 And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to LORD, the God of Israel, and make confession to him, and tell me now what thou have done. Hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylon mantle, 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 ground in the midst of my tent
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. And, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and they laid them down before LORD.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he h
25 And Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us? LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day, and LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day.