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: “You should not fear, and you should not dread. Take with you the entire multitude of fighters, and rising up, ascend to the town of Ai. Behold, I have delivered into your hand its king and people, and the city and the 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 the city of Ai, and to its king, just as you did to Jericho, and to its king. Yet truly, the spoils, and all the living things, you shall plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.”
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.
And Joshua rose up, and the entire army of warriors with him, so that they might ascend against Ai. And he sent thirty thousand elect strong men in the 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.
And he instructed them, saying: “Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.
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.
But I and the remainder of the multitude that is with me will approach from the opposite side of the city. And when they come out against us, we will flee and turn our backs, just as we did before,
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.
until, pursuing us, they are drawn away from the city. For they will think that we are fleeing as before.
7 Da skulle I rejse eder af Bagholdet og indtage Staden; og Herren eders Gud skal give den i eders Haand.
Then, while we are fleeing and they are pursuing, you shall rise up from the ambush, and you shall lay waste to the city. And the Lord your God will deliver it into your hands.
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 seized it, set it on fire. And you shall do all that I have ordered.”
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.
And he sent them away, and they traveled to the place of the ambush, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, toward the western region of the city of Ai. But Joshua remained for that night in the midst of 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.
And rising at first light, he reviewed his troops, and he went up, with the elders at the front of the army, surrounded by an auxiliary of fighters.
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.
And when they had arrived, and had ascended from the opposite side of the city, they stood toward the northern region of the city. And there was a valley in the middle, 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 he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same 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.
Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of 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.
And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
15 Men Josva og al Israel lode sig slaa for deres Ansigt, og de flyede ad Vejen mod Ørken.
Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of 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.
And they pursued them, shouting together and encouraging one another. And when they had withdrawn 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.
and indeed not one remained in the city of Ai and of Bethel who did not pursue after Israel, (leaving the towns open after they had rushed out, )
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.
the Lord said to Joshua: “Lift up the shield that is in your hand, toward the city of Ai. For I will deliver it to you.”
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 when he had lifted up the shield toward the city, the ambush, which lay hidden, rose up quickly. And advancing to the city, they seized it, and 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.
Now the men of the city who were pursuing Joshua, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rising up even to heaven, were no longer able to flee in one direction or another, especially since those who had pretended to flee, and who were heading toward the wilderness, had turned back very strongly against those who were pursuing them.
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.
And Joshua, and all of Israel, seeing that the city had been captured, and that the smoke of the city was ascending, returned 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.
Then too, those who had seized and set the city on fire, departing from the city toward their own men, began to strike the enemies in the middle. Therefore, since the adversaries were cut off from both sides, none of so great a multitude was saved.
23 Og de grebe Kongen af Ai levende, og de førte ham frem til Josva.
Also, they apprehended the king of the city of Ai, alive, and they brought him before 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.
And so, after all were slain who had pursued Israel fleeing toward the wilderness, and after they fell by the sword in the same place, the sons of Israel returned and struck the city.
25 Og alle de, som faldt paa samme Dag, baade Mænd og Kvinder, vare tolv Tusinde, alle Folk af Ai.
Now there were twelve thousand persons who had fallen on the same day, from man even to woman, the entire city of Ai.
26 Og Josva tog ikke sin Haand, som han havde udrakt med Spydet, tilbage, førend han havde ødelagt alle Ais Indbyggere.
Truly Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, keeping hold of the shield until all the inhabitants of Ai were put to death.
27 Ikkun Kvæget og Byttet og Rovet af samme Stad røvede Israel for sig selv efter Herrens Ord, som han bød Josva.
Then the sons of Israel divided among themselves the cattle and the plunder of the city, just as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
28 Og Josva afbrændte Ai, og han gjorde af den en stedsevarende Dynge, en øde Plads, indtil denne Dag.
And he set fire to the city, and he caused it to be a perpetual tomb.
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.
Also, he suspended the king on a gallows, until evening and the setting of the sun. And Joshua instructed, and they took down his dead body from the hanging tree. And they cast it at the very entrance of the city, gathering a great pile of stones upon it, which remains even to the present day.
30 Da byggede Josva Herren, Israels Gud, et Alter paa Ebals Bjerg,
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
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 instructed to the sons of Israel, and this was written in the book of the law of Moses: truly, an altar of uncut stones, which iron has not touched. And he offered holocausts upon it to the Lord, and he immolated victims as peace-offerings.
32 Og han skrev der paa Stenene en Afskrift af Mose Lov, som han havde skrevet for Israels Børns Ansigt.
And he wrote on the stones, the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had set in order before the sons of Israel.
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.
Then all the people, and those greater by birth, and the commanders and judges were standing on both sides of the ark, in the sight of the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, with both the new arrival and the native born, one half part of them beside Mount Gerizim, and one half beside Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed. And first, certainly, he blessed the people of Israel.
34 Og derefter oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, efter alt det, som er skrevet i Lovbogen.
After this, he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing, and all the things that were 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.
He left nothing untouched out of those things that Moses had ordered, and he repeated everything before the entire multitude of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the new arrivals who were staying among them.
