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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。
And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons 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。」
At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, 'Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'
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。
and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.
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。
And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
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。
for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;
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。
for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;
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。
and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.
8 民眾全受了割損以後,便往在營中,直到痊愈。
And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;
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 Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'To-day I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you;' and [one] calleth the name of that place Gilgal unto this day.
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 sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;
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 they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted [corn], in this self-same day;
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 the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.
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﹖」
And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, 'Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'
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﹖」
And He saith, 'No, for I [am] Prince of Jehovah's host; now I have come;' and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, 'What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?'
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。
And the Prince of Jehovah's host saith unto Joshua, 'Cast off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou art standing is holy;' and Joshua doth so;

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