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.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be you dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and 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 her king as you did unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall all of you take for a prey unto yourselves: lay you an ambush for 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.
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by 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 commanded them, saying, Behold, all of you shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be all of you all 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.
And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before 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.
(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
7 Da skulle I rejse eder af Bagholdet og indtage Staden; og Herren eders Gud skal give den i eders Haand.
Then all of you shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon 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 it shall be, when all of you have taken the city, that all of you shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall all of you do. See, I have commanded you.
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.
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged 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.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people 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.
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
12 Og han havde taget ved fem Tusinde Mand og sat dem i Baghold imellem Bethel og imellem Ai, Vesten for Staden.
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side 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.
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their hidden attackers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst 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 it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he knows not that there were hidden attackers in ambush against him behind the city.
15 Men Josva og al Israel lode sig slaa for deres Ansigt, og de flyede ad Vejen mod Ørken.
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by 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 all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after 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.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after 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.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
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 the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city 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.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon 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.
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew 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.
And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they stroke them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
23 Og de grebe Kongen af Ai levende, og de førte ham frem til Josva.
And the king of Ai they took 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.
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and stroke it with the edge of the sword.
25 Og alle de, som faldt paa samme Dag, baade Mænd og Kvinder, vare tolv Tusinde, alle Folk af Ai.
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 Og Josva tog ikke sin Haand, som han havde udrakt med Spydet, tilbage, førend han havde ødelagt alle Ais Indbyggere.
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Ikkun Kvæget og Byttet og Rovet af samme Stad røvede Israel for sig selv efter Herrens Ord, som han bød Josva.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
28 Og Josva afbrændte Ai, og han gjorde af den en stedsevarende Dynge, en øde Plads, indtil denne Dag.
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto 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.
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remains unto this day.
30 Da byggede Josva Herren, Israels Gud, et Alter paa Ebals Bjerg,
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in 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.
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man has lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed 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 there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children 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.
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them opposite to mount Gerizim, and half of them opposite to mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
34 Og derefter oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, efter alt det, som er skrevet i Lovbogen.
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, 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 commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
