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.

When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

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

At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”

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

Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

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.

This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.

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

For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of 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.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

Their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

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

When they were done circumcising the whole nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

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

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal to this day.

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

The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

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

They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.

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

The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

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؟»

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”

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؟»

He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

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

The prince of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.