Josua 8
1 Derefter sagde HERREN til Josua: "Frygt ikke og vær ikke bange! Tag alt Krigsfolket med dig, bryd op og drag mod Aj! Se, jeg giver Kongen af Aj og hans Folk, hans By og hans Land i din Hånd!
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed. Take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.
2 Og du skal gøre det samme ved Aj og dets Konge, som du gjorde ved Jeriko og dets Konge; men Godset, I røver der, må I selv beholde som Bytte, ligeledes Kvæget der. Læg Baghold vesten for Byen!"
And thou shall do to Ai and its king as thou did to Jericho and its king. Only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, ye shall take for a prey to yourselves. Set thee an ambush for the city behind it.
3 Derpå brød Josua op og drog med alt Krigsfolket op mod Aj; og Josua udvalgte sig 30000 tapre Mænd og sendte dem bort om Natten,
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
4 idet han bød dem: "Se, I skal lægge eder i Baghold vesten for Byen, ikke for langt fra den, og hold eder alle rede.
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready,
5 Jeg og alle de Folk, som er med mig, vil nærme os Byen, og når de gør Udfald imod os ligesom forrige Gang, flygter vi for dem.
and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to 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 Når de så følger efter os så langt, at vi får dem lokket bort fra Byen, idet de tænker, at vi flygter for dem ligesom forrige Gang,
And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first. So we will flee before them.
7 skal I bryde frem fra Bagholdet og tage Byen, thi HERREN eders Gud vil give den i eders Hånd.
And ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city, for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
8 Og når I har indtaget byen, skal I stikke den i Brand. Således skal I gøre, det er mit Bud til eder!"
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire. According to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
9 Derpå sendte Josua dem bort, og de gik hen og lagde sig i Baghold mellem Betel og Aj, vesten for Aj; men Josua blev den Nat iblandt Krigsfolket.
And Joshua sent them forth, and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai, but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 Tidligt næste Morgen mønstrede Josua Folket, og sammen med Israels Ældste drog han op til Aj i Spidsen for Folket.
And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 Hele den Styrke, som var med ham, rykkede nærmere, til de havde Byen foran sig; og de lejrede sig norden for Aj med Dalen mellem sig og Aj.
And all the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
12 Derpå tog han henved 5000 Mand og lagde dem i Baghold mellem Betel og Aj, vesten for Byen;
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
13 og Krigerne blev bragt i Stilling, hele Hæren, som var norden for Byen, og den Del, som lå i Baghold vesten for Byen; men Josua begav sig om Natten ned i Dalen.
So they set the people, even all the army that was on the north of the city, and their ambushment that were on the west of the city, and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 Da nu Kongen af Aj så det, skyndte Byens Mænd sig og rykkede tidligt om Morgenen ud til Kamp mod Israel, Kongen med hele sin Styrke, til Skråningen, hvor Lavningen begynder, uden at vide af, at der var lagt Baghold imod ham vesten for Byen;
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hastened and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah, but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
15 og da Josua og hele Israel lod sig slå på Flugt af dem og flygtede ad Ørkenen til,
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 blev alt Folket i Byen stævnet sammen til at forfølge dem, og de forfulgte Josua og lod sig lokke bort fra Byen;
And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them, and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
17 ikke een Mand blev tilbage i Aj, men alle drog de ud for at forfølge Israel, og de lod Byen stå åben, medens de forfulgte Israel.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. And they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 Da sagde HERREN til Josua: "Ræk Spydet i din Hånd ud mod Aj; thi jeg giver det i din Hånd!" Og Josua rakte Spydet i sin Hånd ud mod Byen.
And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai, for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
19 Og Bagholdet brød hurtigt op fra sin Plads og løb hen til Byen, da han rakte Hånden ud, indtog den og skyndte sig at stikke den i Brand.
And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it. And they hastened and set the city on fire.
20 Da Mændene fra Aj vendte sig om og så Røgen fra Byen stige op mod Himmelen, var de ude af Stand til at flygte til nogen af Siderne, idet Folket, som var flygtet ad Ørkenen til, vendte sig om mod deres Forfølgere.
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 who fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
21 Og da Josua og hele Israel så, at Bagholdet havde indtaget Byen, og at Røgen fra byen steg til Vejrs, vendte de om og slog Mændene fra Aj;
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 killed the men of Ai.
22 og da hine rykkede ud fra Byen imod dem, kom de midt ind imellem Israeliternes to Afdelinger, som huggede dem ned uden at lade en eneste af dem undkomme eller slippe bort.
And the others came forth 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 smote them so that they let none of them remain or escape.
23 Men Kongen af Aj fangede de levende og bragte ham til Josua.
And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 Da Israel nu havde hugget alle Ajs Indbyggere ned på åben Mark, på Skråningen, hvor de forfulgte dem, og de alle til sidste Mand var faldet for Sværdet, vendte hele Israel tilbage til Aj og slog det med Sværdet.
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 Alle de, der faldt på den Dag, Mænd og Kvinder, udgjorde 12000, alle Indbyggerne i Aj.
And all who fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 Og Josua trak ikke sin Hånd med det udrakte Spyd tilbage, før han havde lagt Band på alle Ajs Indbyggere.
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Kun Kvæget og Godset, de røvede i denne By, beholdt Israeliterne som Bytte efter den Befaling, HERREN havde givet Josua.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
28 Og Josua stak Aj i Brand og gjorde den til en Ruinhob for bestandig, til den Ødemark, den er den Dag i Dag.
So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
29 Men Kongen af Aj hængte han på en Pæl og lod ham hænge til Aften; og da Solen gik ned, tog man på Josuas Befaling hans Lig ned af Pælen og kastede det hen ved Indgangen til Byens Port. Og man opkastede over ham en stor Stendysse, som står der den Dag i Dag.
And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. And at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it, to this day.
30 Da byggede Josua HERREN, Israels Gud, et Alter på Ebals Bjerg,
Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,
31 som HERRENs Tjener Moses havde pålagt Israeliterne, i Overensstemmelse med, hvad der står skrevet i Moses's Lovbog, et Alter af utilhugne Sten, hvor over der ikke var svunget Jern; og de bragte HERREN Brændofre og ofrede Takofre der.
as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron. And they offered burnt offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings.
32 Og han skrev der på Stenene i Israeliternes Påsyn en Afskrift af Mose Lov, som denne havde skrevet,
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the sons of Israel.
33 idet hele Israel og dets Ældste, Tilsynsmænd og Dommere stod på begge Sider af Arken lige over for Levitpræsterne, som bar HERRENs Pagts Ark, de fremmede såvel som de indfødte, den ene Halvdel hen imod Garizims Bjerg, den anden Halvdel hen imod Ebals Bjerg, således som HERRENs Tjener Moses forhen havde påbudt at velsigne Israels Folk.
And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the home born, half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
34 Så oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, alt som det var skrevet i Lovbogen;
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
35 ikke et Ord af alt, hvad Moses havde påbudt, undlod Josua at op læse for hele Israels Menighed, Mændene, Kvinderne og Børnene og de fremmede, som var draget med iblandt dem.
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who were among them.
