< Joshua 5 >

1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
約旦河西亞摩利人的諸王和靠海迦南人的諸王,聽見耶和華在以色列人前面使約旦河的水乾了,等到我們過去,他們的心因以色列人的緣故就消化了,不再有膽氣。
2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
那時,耶和華吩咐約書亞說:「你製造火石刀,第二次給以色列人行割禮。」
3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
約書亞就製造了火石刀,在「除皮山」那裏給以色列人行割禮。
4 Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
約書亞行割禮的緣故,是因為從埃及出來的眾民,就是一切能打仗的男丁,出了埃及以後,都死在曠野的路上。
5 Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
因為出來的眾民都受過割禮;惟獨出埃及以後、在曠野的路上所生的眾民都沒有受過割禮。
6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
以色列人在曠野走了四十年,等到國民,就是出埃及的兵丁,都消滅了,因為他們沒有聽從耶和華的話。耶和華曾向他們起誓,必不容他們看見耶和華向他們列祖起誓、應許賜給我們的地,就是流奶與蜜之地。
7 And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
他們的子孫,就是耶和華所興起來接續他們的,都沒有受過割禮;因為在路上沒有給他們行割禮,約書亞這才給他們行了。
8 And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
國民都受完了割禮,就住在營中自己的地方,等到痊癒了。
9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
耶和華對約書亞說:「我今日將埃及的羞辱從你們身上滾去了。」因此,那地方名叫吉甲,直到今日。
10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
以色列人在吉甲安營。正月十四日晚上,在耶利哥的平原守逾越節。
11 The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
逾越節的次日,他們就吃了那地的出產;正當那日吃無酵餅和烘的穀。
12 And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
他們吃了那地的出產,第二日嗎哪就止住了,以色列人也不再有嗎哪了。那一年,他們卻吃迦南地的出產。
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
約書亞靠近耶利哥的時候,舉目觀看,不料,有一個人手裏有拔出來的刀,對面站立。約書亞到他那裏,問他說:「你是幫助我們呢,是幫助我們敵人呢?」
14 “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
他回答說:「不是的,我來是要作耶和華軍隊的元帥。」約書亞就俯伏在地下拜,說:「我主有甚麼話吩咐僕人。」
15 The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
耶和華軍隊的元帥對約書亞說:「把你腳上的鞋脫下來,因為你所站的地方是聖的。」約書亞就照着行了。

< Joshua 5 >