يَشُوع 5

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي غَرْبِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَجَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِينَ عَلَى شَوَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ، أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَفَّفَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى عَبَرُوهُ، خَارَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَتَلاشَتْ قُوَاهُمْ هَلَعاً مِنْهُمْ.

All the kings of the people-groups to the west of the Jordan River and all the kings of the groups who were descendants of Canaan and who lived close to the [Mediterranean] Sea heard about how Yahweh had dried up the water of the Jordan [River] until all we Israeli people had crossed over. So they became very dismayed. They no longer were courageous enough to fight us.

٢ 2 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ آنَئِذٍ لِيَشُوعَ: «اصْنَعْ لَكَ سَكَاكِينَ مِنْ حَجَرِ الصَّوَّانِ وَاخْتِنْ ذُكُورَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَانِيَةً».

While [they were camped at Gilgal], Yahweh said to Joshua, “[The Israeli males who lived in Egypt were circumcised before they left there. Now] make knives from flint stones and circumcise all the Israeli males [who have been born since then].”

٣ 3 فَصَنَعَ سَكَاكِينَ مِنْ حَجَرِ صَوَّانٍ وَخَتَنَ ذُكُورَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي تَلِّ الْقُلْفِ.

So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.

٤ 4 أَمَّا مَا دَعَا يَشُوعَ لِخَتْنِ ذُكُورِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، فَهُوَ مَوْتُ جَمِيعِ الذُّكُورِ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ مِصْرَ مِنْ رِجَالِ الْقِتَالِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

[The reason they did that is that all the men who left Egypt], those who were old enough to be soldiers, died in the desert after they left Egypt.

٥ 5 وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ هَؤُلاءِ الْخَارِجِينَ مَخْتُونِينَ، وَأَمَّا الذُّكُورُ الْمَوْلُودُونَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ الرِّحْلَةِ مِنْ مِصْرَ فَلَمْ يَخْتَتِنُوا،

They had been circumcised in Egypt, but the baby boys who had been born while their parents were camping in the desert after they left Egypt had not been circumcised.

٦ 6 إِذْ ظَلَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ تَائِهِينَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، حَتَّى هَلَكَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي سِنِّ الْجُنْدِيَّةِ مِنَ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، الَّذِينَ عَصَوْا أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ أَنْ يَحْرِمَهُمْ مِنْ رُؤْيَةِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً الَّتِي حَلَفَ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ يَهَبَهَا لَهُمْ.

Our Israeli ancestors traveled around in the desert for 40 years, and all the men who were old enough to be soldiers had died. [The women had also died]. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not arrive at the land that he had promised to our ancestors that he would give to us, a land that was very fertile [MTY].

٧ 7 لِذَلِكَ أَحَلَّ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ مَحَلَّهُمْ، وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ خَتَنَهُمْ يَشُوعُ لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قُلْفاً، إِذْ لَمْ يَخْتَتِنُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ.

The sons of those who had disobeyed Yahweh were the ones whom Joshua circumcised at Gilgal. They were circumcised because they had not been circumcised [while they were traveling in the desert].

٨ 8 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ خِتَانُ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ مَكَثُوا فِي أَمَاكِنِهِمْ فِي الْمُخَيَّمِ حَتَّى بَرِئَتْ جِرَاحُهُمْ.

After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «الْيَوْمَ قَدْ دَحْرَجْتُ عَنْكُمْ عَارَ مِصْرَ»، فَدُعِيَ اسْمُ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ الْجِلْجَالَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ مُتَدَحْرِجٌ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “[Because your forefathers were slaves in Egypt], the Egyptians felt a revulsion toward you. But today I have removed the revulsion the Egyptians have had toward you.” Because of that, the people called the place ‘Gilgal’, [which sounds like the Hebrew word ‘removed’, ] and it still has that name.

١٠ 10 وَفِيمَا كَانَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مُخَيِّمِينَ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ، فِي سُهُولِ أَرِيحَا، احْتَفَلُوا بِالْفِصْحِ فِي مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ.

In the evening of the fourteenth day of that month, while the Israeli people were camped at Gilgal, on the plain near Jericho [city], they celebrated the Passover [Festival].

١١ 11 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي لِلْفِصْحِ أَكَلُوا مِنْ غَلَّةِ الأَرْضِ فَطِيراً وَفَرِيكاً.

The next day, they found some barley grain in the fields in that area. So they took that and roasted it and ate it with bread that was made without yeast.

١٢ 12 فَانْقَطَعَ الْمَنُّ عَنِ النُّزُولِ. وَمُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَصْبَحُوا يَعْتَمِدُونَ فِي عَيْشِهِمْ عَلَى مَحَاصِيلِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.

١٣ 13 وَفِيمَا كَانَ يَشُوعُ قَرِيباً مِنْ أَرِيحَا تَطَلَّعَ أَمَامَهُ وَإذَا بِهِ يُشَاهِدُ رَجُلاً يَنْتَصِبُ فِي مُوَاجَهَتِهِ، شَاهِراً سَيْفَهُ بِيَدِهِ، فَاتَّجَهَ إِلَيْهِ يَشُوعُ وَسَأَلَهُ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ مِنَّا أَوْ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا؟»

One day when Joshua came near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was holding a sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you [going to fight] for us or against us?”

١٤ 14 فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا، إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَئِيسُ جُنْدِ الرَّبِّ، وَقَدْ أَقْبَلْتُ الآنَ». فَأَكَبَّ يَشُوعُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَاجِداً وَقَالَ: «أَيُّ رِسَالَةٍ يَحْمِلُهَا سَيِّدِي إِلَى عَبْدِهِ؟»

The man replied, “I am not [planning to fight with you] or [against you]. Instead, I am the commander of Yahweh’s army [in heaven], and I have come [down from there to assure you that Yahweh will help you].” Then Joshua bowed down with his face on the ground (to show his respect for/to worship) the man, and said to him, “Tell me what [you want me to do].”

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ رَئِيسُ جُنْدِ الرَّبِّ لِيَشُوعَ: «اخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ الْمَوْضِعَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ مُقَدَّسٌ». فَنَفَّذَ يَشُوعُ الأَمْرَ.

The commander of Yahweh’s army replied, “Take off your sandals! [I am Yahweh, and] the ground on which you are standing is holy because I am here.” So Joshua took off his sandals.