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TORAH
FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
NEVI'IM
PROPHETS
KETUVIM
WRITINGS

Chapter 1

Translation and Transliteration of 

1After the death of Moshe the servant of Hashem, Hashem said to Yehoshua son of Nun, Moshe's attendant:

vai-HEE a-kha-RAY MOT mo-SHEH E-ved a-do-NAI va-YO-mer a-do-NAI el y'-ho-SHU-a bin NUN m'-sha-RAYT mo-SHEH lay-MOR

אוַֽיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵ֛י מ֥וֹת מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֣בֶד יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן מְשָׁרֵ֥ת מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

 1:1   Hashem said to Yehoshua son of Nun

The Talmud (Nedarim 22b) teaches that Sefer Yehoshua has a unique quality which sets it apart from all of the other books of the Prophets. Books like Sefer Yeshayahu, Sefer Yirmiyahu, Sefer Melachim and Sefer Shoftim were necessary only to rebuke the people as a response to their behavior. Had they not sinned, they would have needed only the five books of the Torah and Sefer Yehoshua, for it describes the borders and boundaries of Israel. May our study of Sefer Yehoshua increase our love for, and appreciation of, the Land of Israel.

2“My servant Moshe is dead. Prepare to cross the Yarden, together with all this people, into the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

mo-SHEH av-DEE MAYT v'-a-TAH KUM a-VOR et ha-yar-DAYN ha-ZEH a-TAH v'-khol ha-AM ha-ZEH el ha-A-retz a-SHER a-no-KHEE no-TAYN la-HEM liv-NAY yis-ra-AYL

במֹשֶׁ֥ה עַבְדִּ֖י מֵ֑ת וְעַתָּה֩ ק֨וּם עֲבֹ֜ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֗ה אַתָּה֙ וְכׇל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

 1:2   Prepare to cross the Yarden

Jordan River

Hashem instructs Yehoshua, the new leader of the Nation of Israel, to rise up and lead them across the Yarden, and to inhabit the land that Hashem is giving them. Taking possession of Eretz Yisrael will require human actions, which will be supported by God’s miracles. At the very beginning of Yehoshua’s leadership, the nation is reminded that the entire Eretz Yisrael belongs to the Jewish people, and that they must do their part to take possession of this special gift from Hashem.

3Every spot on which your foot treads I give to you, as I promised Moshe.

kol-MA-kom a-SHER tid-ROKH kaf-ra-g'-LE-khem BO la-KHEM ne-ta-TEEV ka-a-SHER di-BAR-tee el-mo-SHEH

גכׇּל־מָק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּדְרֹ֧ךְ כַּֽף־רַגְלְכֶ֛ם בּ֖וֹ לָכֶ֣ם נְתַתִּ֑יו כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי אֶל־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

4Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and the Lebanon to the Great River, the River Euphrates [on the east]—the whole Hittite country—and up to the Mediterranean Sea on the west.

me-ha-mid-BAR v'-ha-le-va-NON ha-ZEH v'-ad ha-NA-har ha-ga-DOL ne-har p'-RAT kol e-RETZ ha-KHI-tim v'-ad ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-sha-MESH yi-h'-YE g'-vu-l'-KHEM

דמֵהַמִּדְבָּר֩ וְהַלְּבָנ֨וֹן הַזֶּ֜ה וְֽעַד־הַנָּהָ֧ר הַגָּד֣וֹל נְהַר־פְּרָ֗ת כֹּ֚ל אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחִתִּ֔ים וְעַד־הַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל מְב֣וֹא הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה גְּבֽוּלְכֶֽם׃

5No one shall be able to resist you as long as you live. As I was with Moshe, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

lo yit-ya-TZEIV eesh l'-fa-NE-kha kol ye-MAY kha-YE-kha ka-a-SHER ha-YEE-tee im mo-SHEH e-he-YEH i-MAKH lo ar-p'-KHA v'-lo e-ez-VE-kha

הלֹא־יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב אִישׁ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּ֑יךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיִ֤יתִי עִם־מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶהְיֶ֣ה עִמָּ֔ךְ לֹ֥א אַרְפְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃

6“Be strong and resolute, for you shall apportion to this people the land that I swore to their fathers to assign to them.

KHA-zak ve-e-MATZ, KEE a-TAH tan-KHEEL et-ha-AM ha-ZEH, et-ha-A-retz a-SHER nish-BA-tee la-a-vo-TAM la-TET la-HEM.

וחֲזַ֖ק וֶאֱמָ֑ץ כִּ֣י אַתָּ֗ה תַּנְחִיל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֶת־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי לַאֲבוֹתָ֖ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃

7But you must be very strong and resolute to observe faithfully all the Teaching that My servant Moshe enjoined upon you. Do not deviate from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

RAK kha-ZAK ve-e-MATZ m'-OD lish-MOR la-a-SOT ke-KOL ha-TO-RAH a-SHER tzi-v'-KHA mo-SHEH av-DEE al-ta-SUR mi-ME-nu ya-MEEN u-s'-MO-EL l'-MA-an tas-KIL b'-KOL a-SHER tay-LEKH

זרַק֩ חֲזַ֨ק וֶאֱמַ֜ץ מְאֹ֗ד לִשְׁמֹ֤ר לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ כְּכׇל־הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוְּךָ֙ מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְדִּ֔י אַל־תָּס֥וּר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַ֣עַן תַּשְׂכִּ֔יל בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃

8Let not this Book of the Teaching cease from your lips, but recite it day and night, so that you may observe faithfully all that is written in it. Only then will you prosper in your undertakings and only then will you be successful.

lo-ya-MUSH se-FER ha-to-RAH ha-ZEH mi-PI-kha v'-ha-GI-ta BO yo-MAM va-LAI-lah l'-ma-an tish-MOR la-a-SOT k'-KOL ha-ka-TOOV BO kee-AZ tatz-LEE-akh et d'-ra-KHE-kha v'-AZ tas-KIL

חלֹֽא־יָמ֡וּשׁ סֵ֩פֶר֩ הַתּוֹרָ֨ה הַזֶּ֜ה מִפִּ֗יךָ וְהָגִ֤יתָ בּוֹ֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכׇל־הַכָּת֖וּב בּ֑וֹ כִּי־אָ֛ז תַּצְלִ֥יחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֖ךָ וְאָ֥ז תַּשְׂכִּֽיל׃

9“I charge you: Be strong and resolute; do not be terrified or dismayed, for Hashem your God is with you wherever you go.”

ha-LO tzi-VEE-ti-KHA cha-ZAK ve-e-MATZ al-ta-a-ROTZ ve-al-te-KHAT KI im-KHA a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha b'-KOL a-SHER te-LEKH.

טהֲל֤וֹא צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ חֲזַ֣ק וֶאֱמָ֔ץ אַֽל־תַּעֲרֹ֖ץ וְאַל־תֵּחָ֑ת כִּ֤י עִמְּךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֵֽךְ׃

10Yehoshua thereupon gave orders to the officials of the people:

va-Y'-tsav y'-ho-SHU-a et-sho-t'-RAY ha-aM lay-MOR

יוַיְצַ֣ו יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ אֶת־שֹׁטְרֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

11“Go through the camp and charge the people thus: Get provisions ready, for in three days' time you are to cross the Yarden, in order to enter and possess the land that Hashem your God is giving you as a possession.”

i-V'-RU b'-KE-ret ha-ma-kha-NEH v'-tza-VU et ha-AHM lay-MOR: ha-KHEE-nu LA-khem tzei-DAH, KEE b'-OD sh'-LO-shet ya-MEEM A-TEM o-VEE-REEM et ha-YAR-den ha-ZEH la-VO la-RE-shet et ha-A-retz a-SHER a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-khem no-TAYN LA-khem l'-rish-TAH. (pey)

יאעִבְר֣וּ ׀ בְּקֶ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה וְצַוּ֤וּ אֶת־הָעָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָכִ֥ינוּ לָכֶ֖ם צֵידָ֑ה כִּ֞י בְּע֣וֹד ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים אַתֶּם֙ עֹֽבְרִים֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה לָבוֹא֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

12Then Yehoshua said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Menashe,

v'-la-ro-u-VE-nee v'-la-ga-DEE v'-la-kha-TZI sh'-vet ha-me-na-SHEH a-MAR y'-ho-SHU-a lay-MOR

יבוְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙ וְלַגָּדִ֔י וְלַחֲצִ֖י שֵׁ֣בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה אָמַ֥ר יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר׃

13“Remember what Moshe the servant of Hashem enjoined upon you, when he said: ‘Hashem your God is granting you a haven; He has assigned this territory to you.'

za-KHOR et-ha-DA-var a-SHER tzi-VAH et-KHEM mo-SHEH e-ved a-do-NAI lay-MOR: a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-khem me-NI-akh la-KHEM v'-na-TAN la-KHEM et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT

יגזָכוֹר֙ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֥ה עֶבֶד־יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ מֵנִ֣יחַ לָכֶ֔ם וְנָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃

14Let your wives, children, and livestock remain in the land that Moshe assigned to you on this side of the Yarden; but every one of your fighting men shall go across armed in the van of your kinsmen. And you shall assist them

n'-SHE-khem ta-p'-KHEM u-mik-NE-khem, ye-sh'-VU ba-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM mo-SHE b'-E-ver ha-YAR-den, v'-A-TEM ta-a-V'RU cha-MU-sheem lif-NEI a-KHE-khem, KOL gi-BO-rei ha-cha-YIL va-a-ZAR-TEM o-TAM.

ידנְשֵׁיכֶ֣ם טַפְּכֶם֮ וּמִקְנֵיכֶם֒ יֵשְׁב֕וּ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְאַתֶּם֩ תַּעַבְר֨וּ חֲמֻשִׁ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם כֹּ֚ל גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֔יִל וַעֲזַרְתֶּ֖ם אוֹתָֽם׃

15until Hashem has given your kinsmen a haven, such as you have, and they too have gained possession of the land that Hashem your God has assigned to them. Then you may return to the land on the east side of the Yarden, which Moshe the servant of Hashem assigned to you as your possession, and you may possess it.”

AD a-SHER ya-NEE-akh a-do-NAI la-a-KHE-khem ka-KHEM, v'-ya-RO-shu GAM he-MAM et-ha-A-retz a-SHER a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-khem no-TAYN la-HEM, v'-sha-VE-tem l'-E-retz ye-ru-sha-T'-KHEM vi-ri-sh'-TEM o-TAH a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM mo-SHEH e-ved a-do-NAI b'-E-ver ha-ya-r'-DEN miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh

טועַ֠ד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִ֨יחַ יְהֹוָ֥ה ׀ לַאֲחֵיכֶם֮ כָּכֶם֒ וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ גַם־הֵ֔מָּה אֶת־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם נֹתֵ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם לְאֶ֤רֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙ וִירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אוֹתָ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֗ם מֹשֶׁה֙ עֶ֣בֶד יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

16They answered Yehoshua, “We will do everything you have commanded us and we will go wherever you send us.

vai-ya-a-NU et y'-ho-SHU-a lay-MOR: KOL a-SHER tzi-VEE-ta-NU na-a-SEH v'-el KOL a-SHER tish-la-KHE-nu nay-LEKH

טזוַֽיַּעֲנ֔וּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתָ֙נוּ֙ נַעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְאֶֽל־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֖נוּ נֵלֵֽךְ׃

17We will obey you just as we obeyed Moshe; let but Hashem your God be with you as He was with Moshe!

k'-KOL a-SHER sha-MA-nu el mo-SHEH, KEN nish-MA e-LE-kha, RAK yi-HE-yeh a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha i-MAKH, ka-a-SHER ha-YAH im mo-SHEH.

יזכְּכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֙עְנוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֖ן נִשְׁמַ֣ע אֵלֶ֑יךָ רַ֠ק יִֽהְיֶ֞ה יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

18Any man who flouts your commands and does not obey every order you give him shall be put to death. Only be strong and resolute!”

kol EESH a-sher yam-REH et PEE-kha v'-lo yish-MA et d'-va-RE-kha l'-KHOL a-sher t'-tza-VE-nu yu-MAT RAK kha-ZAK ve-e-MATZ

יחכׇּל־אִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶ֣ה אֶת־פִּ֗יךָ וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁמַ֧ע אֶת־דְּבָרֶ֛יךָ לְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּ֖נּוּ יוּמָ֑ת רַ֖ק חֲזַ֥ק וֶאֱמָֽץ׃