1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. 4 So there went up thither 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 and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 ¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it , and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 ¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought 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 unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, 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 earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 ¶ So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
7–BOB
Oxunning gunohi
1 Ammo Isroil xalqi bagʻishlangan narsalar haqida Egamiz bergan amrni buzdi. Oxun ismli bir kishi bagʻishlangan narsalarning bir nechtasini olgan ekan. Oxun Yahudo qabilasidan boʻlib, Zerax urugʻidan boʻlgan Zimrining nevarasi, Karmining oʻgʻli edi. Egamiz Isroil xalqidan qattiq gʻazablandi .
2 Shu orada Yoshua bir necha kishini tanlab, ularga: “Borib, Ay shahrini tekshirib kelinglar”, — dedi. Ay shahri Baytilning sharqida, Bayt–Obun yaqinida joylashgan edi. Ular borib, tekshirdilar. 3 Qaytib kelib, Yoshuaga: “Hammamiz borishimiz shart emas, ikki–uch mingta odam chiqib hujum qilsa, bas. Ay aholisining soni kam, shuning uchun butun xalq u yerga borib ovora boʻlmasin”, dedilar. 4 Shunday qilib, uch mingtacha odam shaharga hujum qildi, lekin ular Ay aholisining oldiga tushib qochdilar. 5 Ayliklar shahardan chiqib, Isroil jangchilarini tosh qaziladigan joygacha quvib bordilar. Qir yon bagʻrida oʻttiz oltitacha Isroil odamlarini oʻldirdilar. Bu hodisadan keyin butun Isroil xalqining yuragi orqaga tortib ketdi.
6 Shunda Yoshua bilan Isroil oqsoqollari qaygʻudan kiyimlarini yirtib, boshlariga tuproq sochdilar. Egamizning Sandigʻi oldida yerga muk tushishdi–da, kechgacha shu holda qolishdi. 7 Yoshua shunday dedi: “Ey Egamiz Rabbiy! Nima uchun bu xalqni Iordan daryosidan olib oʻtding? Nahotki bizlarni Amor xalqining qoʻliga berib, yoʻq qilish uchun shunday qilgan boʻlsang?! Biz Iordanning narigi tomonida qolaversak boʻlmasmidi?! 8 Ey Rabbiy, yana nima ham derdim, mana, Isroil xalqi dushmanlarining oldiga tushib qochdi. 9 Endi Kanʼon xalqlari va mana shu yerlar aholisining hammasi bu haqda eshitib bizni qurshab oladilar. Nomimizni yer yuzidan oʻchirib yuboradilar. Agar shunday boʻlsa, ulugʻvorligingni qanday qilib koʻrsatasan?”
10 Egamiz Yoshuaga dedi: “Oʻrningdan tur! Nima uchun muk tushib yotibsan? 11 Isroil xalqi gunoh qildi, ular bilan qilgan ahdimni buzdi. Ular Menga bagʻishlangan narsalardan oʻgʻirlab olishdi. Buning ustiga, aldab, oʻgʻirlangan narsalarni oʻzlarining narsalari orasiga yashirib qoʻydilar. 12 Shuning uchun Isroil xalqi dushmanlariga bas kela olmayapti. Chunki ularning oʻzi ham yoʻq qilinadigan, Menga bagʻishlangan narsaday boʻlib qolgan. Endi ular dushmanlariga magʻlub boʻlib qochadilar. Menga bagʻishlangan narsalarni orangizdan yoʻq qilmasangiz, Men sizlar bilan birga boʻlmayman.
13 Endi Isroil xalqini pokla. Ularga shunday degin: oʻzingizni ertangi kun uchun tayyorlab, poklang. Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz shunday aytmoqda: «Ey Isroil, orangizda Menga bagʻishlangan narsalar bor. Orangizdagi shu narsalarni olib tashlamaguningizcha, dushmanlaringizga bas kela olmaysiz.»
14 Shuning uchun ertalab barcha qabilalar birma–bir Egamizning huzuriga kelishadi. Egamiz bir qabilani tanlaydi . Ana shu qabilaning urugʻlari ham birma–bir keladi. Egamiz ular orasidan bir urugʻni tanlaydi. Oʻsha urugʻning oilalari birma–bir kelishadi. Egamiz bir oilani tanlaydi. Oʻsha oilaning aʼzolari birma–bir keladi. 15 Laʼnatlangan narsalarni olgan odamni Egamizning Oʻzi koʻrsatadi. Oʻsha odam bor narsasi bilan olovda yondiriladi, chunki u Egamiz bilan qilingan ahdni buzib, Isroilda aql bovar qilmaydigan ish qildi.”
16 Shunday qilib, ertasi kuni tongda, Yoshuaning buyrugʻiga koʻra, Isroil qabilalari birma–bir Egamizning huzuriga kelishdi. Egamiz Yahudo qabilasini tanladi. 17 Endi Yahudo qabilasining urugʻlari birma–bir keldi, shunda Zerax urugʻi tanlandi. Zerax urugʻining oilalari birma–bir kelganda, Zimri oilasi tanlandi. 18 Zimri oila aʼzolari birma–bir kelishdi, Karmi oʻgʻli Oxun tanlandi. U Yahudo qabilasidan boʻlib, Zerax urugʻidan boʻlgan Zimrining nevarasi edi. 19 Yoshua Oxunga shunday dedi: “Oʻgʻlim, haqiqatni aytaman, deb Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamizning nomi bilan qasam ich, gunohingni tan olgin. Nima qilganingni yashirmay menga aytib ber.” 20 Oxun Yoshuaga shunday javob berdi: “Ha, toʻgʻri. Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamizga qarshi gunoh qilgan menman. 21 Oʻsha kuni oʻlja orasida Shinardan keltirilgan chiroyli toʻnni, 500 misqol kumush va ogʻirligi 125 misqol keladigan bir boʻlak tillani koʻrib qoldim. Koʻnglim tusab, ularni oldim. Ularni chodirimning ichida yerga koʻmib qoʻyganman, kumush eng tagida.”
22 Yoshua bir nechta odamni yubordi. Ular chodirga yugurib borib qarashsa, u narsalar rostdan ham oʻsha yerda yashirilgan ekan. Ularning eng tagida kumush bor edi. 23 Ular narsalarni chodirdan olib, Yoshua va butun Isroil xalqiga olib kelishdi. Ular narsalarni Egamiz oldiga yoyib qoʻyishdi. 24 Keyin Yoshua va butun Isroil xalqi Zerax oʻgʻli Oxunni oʻgʻirlangan kumush, toʻn, tilla boʻlagi hamda oʻgʻil–qizlari, mol–qoʻylari, eshaklari, chodiriyu bor narsasi bilan birga Oxor soyligiga olib borishdi. 25 Yoshua: “Boshimizga rosa ham kulfat keltirding–ku. Mana endi bugun Egamiz sening boshingga ham kulfat keltiradi”, — dedi. Butun Isroil xalqi Oxunni va uning oilasini toshboʻron qilib oʻldirdi–da, ularning jasadlarini olovda kuydirdi. 26 Keyin ularning ustiga katta bir tosh uyumini toʻpladi, toshlar bugungacha oʻsha yerdadir. Shuning uchun ushbu yer oʻsha paytdan beri Oxor soyligi deb ataladi. Shundan keyin Egamiz gʻazabidan tushdi.
