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1 住在約旦河西岸所有的阿摩黎人的王子,和所有靠近海濱的客納罕人的王子,一聽見上主使約旦河水在以色列子民面前乾涸了,直到他們都過了河,無不膽戰心驚,面對以色列子民,個個嚇得魂不附體。
Therfor aftir that alle kyngis of Ammorreys herden, that dwelliden ouer Jordan at the west coost, and alle the kyngis of Canaan, that weldiden nyy places of the greet see, that the Lord hadden dried the flowyngis of Jordan bifor the sones of Israel, til thei passiden, the herte of hem was failid, and spirit dwellide not in hem, dredynge the entring of the sones of Israel.
2 那時上主對若蘇厄說:「你應製造火石刀,再給以色列子民行割損。」
In that tyme the Lord seide to Josue, Make to thee knyues of stoon, and circumside thou the sones of Israel, in the secunde tyme.
3 若蘇厄就製造了火石刀,在阿辣羅特山丘給以色列子民行了割損。
Josue dide tho thingis whiche the Lord comaundide, and he circumside the sones of Israel in the `hil of prepucies.
4 若蘇厄行割損的原因,是因為由埃及出來的眾,所有能作戰的男子,出埃及後,都死在曠野的路上。
Sotheli this is the cause of the secunde circumcisioun; al the puple of male kynde, that yede out of Egipt, alle men fiyteris, weren deed in deseert bi the lengeste cumpassis of weie,
5 出離埃及的百姓,都受過割損,但在離開埃及以後,生於曠野路途的百姓,都沒有受過割損。
whiche alle weren circumsidid. Sotheli the puple
6 以色列百姓在曠野裏漂泊了四十年,直到全民眾,即出離埃及能作的男子都去了世,因為他們沒有聽從上主的話,所以上主曾向他們起誓,決不讓他們看到上主向他們的祖先起誓,要賜給我們的那流奶流蜜的地方。
that was borun in deseert bi fourti yeer, in the weie of broddeste wildirnesse, was vncircumsidid til thei weren waastid, that herden not the `vois of the Lord, and to whiche he swoor bifore, that he schulde schewe to hem the lond flowynge with mylk and hony.
7 但為接替他們,上主興起了他們的子孫,就給他們行了割損,──他們仍有包皮,因為他們在路沒有受過割損。
The sones of hem camen aftirward in to the place of fadris, and thei weren circumsidid of Josue; whiche, as thei weren borun, weren in prepucie, nether ony man hadde circumsidid hem in the weie.
8 民眾全受了割損以後,便往在營中,直到痊愈。
Forsothe aftir that alle weren circumsidid, thei dwelliden in the same place of tentis, til thei weren heelid.
9 上主於是對若蘇厄說:「今天我由你們割去了埃及的羞恥。」於是,那地方直到今天叫作基耳加耳。
And the Lord seide to Josue, To dai Y haue take awei fro you the schenschip of Egipt. And the name of that place was clepid Galgala, `til in to present dai.
10 以色列子民在基耳加耳紮了營;正月十四日晚上,在耶利哥平原舉行了逾越節。
And the sones of Israel dwelliden in Galgalis, and maden pask in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe at euentide, in the feeldi places of Jerico;
11 逾越節次日,他們吃了當地的出產,即在那一天,吃了無酵餅和烤的麥子。
and `thei eten of the fruytis of the lond `in the tothir day, therf looues, and potage of the same yeer, `ether cornys seengid and frotid in the hond.
12 他們吃了當地出產的次日,「瑪納」就停止了。以色列子民既沒有了「瑪納」,那年就以客納罕地的出產為生。
And manna failide aftir that thei eten of the fruytis of the lond; and the sones of Israel vsiden no more that mete, but thei eten of the fruytis of present yeer of the lond of Canaan.
13 當若蘇厄走近耶利哥時,舉目一望,看見一個人立在他前面,手拿脫鞘的刀。若蘇厄走近那人面前問他說:「你是我們的人,還是我們仇敵的人﹖」
Sothely whanne Josue was in the feeld of the cite of Jerico, he reiside the iyen, and siy a man stondynge ayens hym, and holdynge a drawun swerd; and Josue yede out to hym, and seide, Art thou oure, ethir `of aduersaries?
14 那人回答說:「不,我是上主軍旅的元帥,剛來到這裏。」若蘇厄便俯伏在地,向他下拜說:「我主有什麼事要指示自己的僕人呢﹖」
To whom he answeride, Nay, but Y am prince of the `hoost of the Lord, and now Y come. Josue felde lowe to erthe, and worschipide, and seide, What spekith my Lord to his seruaunt?
15 上主軍旅的元帥對若蘇厄說:「將你腳上鞋脫下,因為你站的地方是聖地。」若蘇厄便照著做了。
He seide, Vnlace thi schoo fro thi feet, for the place, in which thou stondist, is hooli. And Josue dide, as it was comaundid to hym.

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