Josua 8
1 Og Herren sagde til Josva: Frygt ikke og ræddes ikke, tag med dig alt Krigsfolket og gør dig rede, drag op mod Ai; se, jeg har givet Kongen af Ai og hans Folk og hans Stad og hans Land i din Haand.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
2 Og du skal gøre ved Ai og dens Konge, ligesom du gjorde ved Jeriko og dens Konge, kun dens Bytte og dens Kvæg skulle I røve for eder selv; sæt dig et Baghold bag ved Staden!
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
3 Da gjorde Josva sig rede og alt Krigsfolket at drage op til Ai, og Josva udvalgte tredive Tusinde Mand, vældige til Strid, og sendte dem hen om Natten.
So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
4 Og han bød dem og sagde: Ser til, I som ere i Baghold ved Staden bag ved Staden, I skulle ikke holde eder saare langt fra Staden, og I skulle være alle sammen rede.
with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
5 Men jeg og alt det Folk, som er med mig, vi ville komme nær til Staden, og det skal ske, naar de gaa ud imod os som i Begyndelsen, da ville vi fly for deres Ansigt.
Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
6 Og de skulle gaa efter os, indtil vi faa draget dem bort fra Staden; thi de skulle tænke: De fly for vort Ansigt ligesom i Begyndelsen; og vi ville fly for deres Ansigt.
They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
7 Da skulle I rejse eder af Bagholdet og indtage Staden; og Herren eders Gud skal give den i eders Haand.
you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
8 Og det skal ske, naar I have indtaget Staden, da skulle I sætte Ild paa Staden; I skulle gøre efter Herrens Ord; se, jeg har befalet eder det.
And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
9 Saa sendte Josva dem, og de gik til Bagholdet, og de bleve imellem Bethel og Ai, Vesten for Ai; men Josva overnattede den samme Nat midt iblandt Folket.
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
10 Og Josva stod tidlig op om Morgenen og mønstrede Folket; og han drog op, han og de Ældste af Israel, fremmest for Folket mod Ai.
Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
11 Og alt Krigsfolket, som var hos ham, drog op og holdt sig nær til og kom lige for Staden; og de sloge Lejr Norden for Ai, saa at Dalen var imellem ham og imellem Ai.
Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
12 Og han havde taget ved fem Tusinde Mand og sat dem i Baghold imellem Bethel og imellem Ai, Vesten for Staden.
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
13 Og da Folket havde opstillet hele Lejren, som var Nord for Staden, og Bagholdet, som var Vest for Staden, drog Josva samme Nat ned midt i Dalen.
So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
14 Og det skete, der Kongen af Ai saa det, da skyndte Mændene af Staden sig og stode tidlig op og gik ud imod Israel til Striden, han og hele hans Folk, paa en bestemt Tid, foran den slette Mark; men han vidste ikke, at der var et Baghold paa ham bag ved Staden.
When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
15 Men Josva og al Israel lode sig slaa for deres Ansigt, og de flyede ad Vejen mod Ørken.
Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
16 Da blev alt Folket sammenraabt, som var i Staden, for at forfølge dem; og de forfulgte Josva, og de bleve dragne bort fra Staden.
Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
17 Og der blev ikke en Mand tilovers i Ai og Bethel, som ej drog ud efter Israel; og de lode Staden aaben og forfulgte Israel.
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
18 Da sagde Herren til Josva: Udræk dit Kastespyd, som du har i din Haand, mod Ai, thi jeg vil give den i din Haand; og Josva udrakte Spydet, som han havde i sin Haand, mod Staden.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
19 Da rejste Bagholdet sig hasteligen fra sit Sted, og de løb, der han udstrakte sin Haand, og kom i Staden og indtoge den; og de skyndte sig og satte Ild paa Staden.
and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20 Og Mændene af Ai vendte sig tilbage, og de saa, og se, Røgen af Staden steg op mod Himmelen, og der var ingen Udvej for dem at fly hid eller did; og det Folk, som flyede til Ørken, vendte sig imod dem, som forfulgte dem.
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
21 Da Josva og al Israel saa, at Bagholdet havde indtaget Staden, og at Røgen steg op af Staden, da vendte de tilbage og sloge Mændene af Ai.
When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
22 Og hine gik ud af Staden mod dem, saa de vare midt imellem Israel, hine vare paa den ene Side, og disse paa den anden Side; og de sloge dem, indtil ingen blev tilovers af dem som undkommen eller undsluppen.
Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.
23 Og de grebe Kongen af Ai levende, og de førte ham frem til Josva.
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24 Og det skete, der Israel var kommet til Ende med at slaa alle Ais Indbyggere ihjel paa Marken i Ørken, hvor de forfulgte dem, og de vare faldne alle sammen for skarpe Sværd, indtil det var forbi med dem: Da vendte al Israel tilbage til Ai og slog den med skarpe Sværd.
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
25 Og alle de, som faldt paa samme Dag, baade Mænd og Kvinder, vare tolv Tusinde, alle Folk af Ai.
A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
26 Og Josva tog ikke sin Haand, som han havde udrakt med Spydet, tilbage, førend han havde ødelagt alle Ais Indbyggere.
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
27 Ikkun Kvæget og Byttet og Rovet af samme Stad røvede Israel for sig selv efter Herrens Ord, som han bød Josva.
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
28 Og Josva afbrændte Ai, og han gjorde af den en stedsevarende Dynge, en øde Plads, indtil denne Dag.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.
29 Og han lod Kongen af Ai ophænge paa et Træ indtil Aftens Tid; og der Solen gik ned, bød Josva, at de skulde nedtage hans døde Krop af Træet, og de kastede den for Indgangen til Stadens Port, og de opkastede en stor Stenhob over ham, som er der indtil denne Dag.
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
30 Da byggede Josva Herren, Israels Gud, et Alter paa Ebals Bjerg,
At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
31 ligesom Mose, Herrens Tjener, bød Israels Børn efter det, som er skrevet i Mose Lovbog: Et Alter af hele Stene, over hvilket der ikke er ført noget Jern; og de ofrede derpaa Brændofre for Herren, og de slagtede Takofre.
just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
32 Og han skrev der paa Stenene en Afskrift af Mose Lov, som han havde skrevet for Israels Børns Ansigt.
And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
33 Og al Israel og dets Ældste og Fogeder og Dommere stode paa begge Sider af Arken tværs over for Præsterne, Leviterne, som bare Herrens Pagts Ark, saa vel den fremmede som den indfødte, Halvdelen deraf hen imod Garizims Bjerg, og Halvdelen deraf hen imod Ebals Bjerg, saaledes som Mose, Herrens Tjener, fra først af havde budet at velsigne Israels Folk.
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
34 Og derefter oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, efter alt det, som er skrevet i Lovbogen.
Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
35 Der var ikke et Ord af alt det, som Mose havde budet, hvilket Josva ej lod oplæse for al Israels Forsamling, endog for Kvinderne og smaa Børn og den fremmede, som vandrede midt iblandt dem.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
