1 Kaikki israelilaiset eivät noudattaneet Herran käskyä. Juudan heimoon kuuluva Akan, jonka isä oli Karmi, Serahin pojan Sabdin poika, otti itselleen saalista, joka oli julistettu Herralle kuuluvaksi uhriksi. Tämän vuoksi Herra vihastui israelilaisiin.
4 Israelilaisia lähti Ain kaupunkia vastaan noin kolmetuhatta miestä, mutta heidät lyötiin pakoon.
5 Ain miehet ajoivat israelilaisia takaa kaupunkinsa portilta jyrkänteelle saakka ja surmasivat rinteeseen kolmekymmentäkuusi miestä. Silloin israelilaisten rohkeus petti, ja he vapisivat pelosta.
6 Joosua ja Israelin vanhimmat repäisivät vaatteensa. He lankesivat kasvoilleen maahan Herran liitonarkun eteen, sirottivat multaa hiuksiinsa ja viipyivät arkun edessä iltaan saakka.
8 Herrani, mitä minä enää voin sanoa, kun Israel on kääntynyt pakoon vihollistensa tieltä?
11 Israelilaiset ovat tehneet syntiä. He ovat rikkoneet määräyksen, jonka minä heille annoin. He ovat salaa ottaneet saalista, joka oli julistettu Herralle kuuluvaksi uhriksi. He ovat varastaneet sitä ja kätkeneet sen omien tavaroittensa joukkoon.
12 Nyt he eivät enää voi kestää vihollistensa edessä, vaan joutuvat pakenemaan, sillä Israel on joutunut Herran kiroukseen. Ellette hävitä keskuudestanne Herran omaksi julistettua saalista, minä en enää ole teidän kanssanne.
13 Nouse ja huolehdi siitä, että israelilaiset pyhittävät itsensä huomiseksi. Sano heille: 'Näin sanoo Herra, Israelin Jumala: Sinulla, Israel, on keskuudessasi Herran omaksi julistettua saalista. Sinä et voi kestää vihollistesi edessä, ennen kuin olet poistanut leiristäsi Herran omaksi julistetun tavaran.'
14 Teidän on huomisaamuna tultava tänne heimoittain. Sen heimon, johon Herran arpa osuu, tulee astua esiin suvuittain. Sen suvun, johon Herran arpa osuu, tulee astua esiin perheittäin, ja sen perheen, johon Herran arpa osuu, tulee astua esiin mies mieheltä.
16 Seuraavana aamuna Joosua käski israelilaisten astua esiin heimoittain. Arpa osui Juudan heimoon.
17 Sitten hän käski Juudan sukujen astua esiin, ja arpa osui Serahin sukuun. Hän käski Serahin suvun astua esiin perhekunnittain, ja arpa osui Sabdiin.
18 Hän käski Sabdin perheen astua esiin mies mieheltä, ja arpa osui Akaniin, Karmin poikaan, joka oli Serahin pojan Sabdin jälkeläinen ja kuului Juudan heimoon.
22 Joosua lähetti miehiä tarkistamaan asian. He juoksivat teltalle ja löysivät sinne kätketyt tavarat, ja hopea oli alimpana.
23 He ottivat saaliin teltasta, toivat sen Joosuan ja muiden israelilaisten nähtäväksi ja asettivat sen Herran eteen.
24 Sitten Joosua ja muut israelilaiset veivät Akanin, Serahin jälkeläisen, Akorinlaaksoon. He veivät sinne myös hopean, viitan ja kultaharkon, Akanin pojat ja tyttäret, hänen härkänsä, aasinsa ja lampaansa, hänen telttansa ja kaiken muun, mitä hänellä oli.
26 Sitten he kokosivat paikalle suuren kiviröykkiön, joka on vieläkin olemassa. Näin Herran viha lauhtui. Tämän tapauksen vuoksi paikkaa kutsutaan vielä nytkin Akorinlaaksoksi.
1 But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse: 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 Jehovah 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 Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the country. 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; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither, for they are few.
4 And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then 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 Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!
8 Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
9 When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear {of it}, they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.
12 And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies: they shall turn their backs before their enemies, for they have made themselves accursed. I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.
13 Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst.
14 And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes; and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by families, and the family which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by households; and the household which Jehovah taketh shall come forward man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.
16 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
17 And he caused the families of Judah to come forward, and he took the family of the Zarhites. And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
18 And he caused his household to come forward 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 Jehovah the God of Israel, and make confession to him: tell me now what thou hast done, keep it not back from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.
21 I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and 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 And 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 out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.
24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar 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 up into the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will 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, {which is there} to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.