Joshua 5
1 And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
住在約旦河西岸所有的阿摩黎人的王子，和所有靠近海濱的客納罕人的王子，一聽見上主使約旦河水在以色列子民面前乾涸了，直到他們都過了河，無不膽戰心驚，面對以色列子民，個個嚇得魂不附體。
2 And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make you stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.
那時上主對若蘇厄說：「你應製造火石刀，再給以色列子民行割損。」
3 And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of Foreskins.”
若蘇厄就製造了火石刀，在阿辣羅特山丘給以色列子民行了割損。
4 And [this is] the way in which Joshua purified the children of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised of them that came out of Egypt,
若蘇厄行割損的原因，是因為由埃及出來的眾，所有能作戰的男子，出埃及後，都死在曠野的路上。
5 all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wondered in the wilderness of Mabdaris—
出離埃及的百姓，都受過割損，但在離開埃及以後，生於曠野路途的百姓，都沒有受過割損。
6 Therefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord sware to give to their fathers, [even] a land flowing with milk and honey.
以色列百姓在曠野裏漂泊了四十年，直到全民眾，即出離埃及能作的男子都去了世，因為他們沒有聽從上主的話，所以上主曾向他們起誓，決不讓他們看到上主向他們的祖先起誓，要賜給我們的那流奶流蜜的地方。
7 And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way.
但為接替他們，上主興起了他們的子孫，就給他們行了割損，──他們仍有包皮，因為他們在路沒有受過割損。
8 And when they had been circumcised they rested continuing there in the camp till they were healed.
民眾全受了割損以後，便往在營中，直到痊愈。
9 And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Galgala.
上主於是對若蘇厄說：「今天我由你們割去了埃及的羞恥。」於是，那地方直到今天叫作基耳加耳。
10 And the children of Israel kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.
以色列子民在基耳加耳紮了營；正月十四日晚上，在耶利哥平原舉行了逾越節。
11 And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new [corn].
逾越節次日，他們吃了當地的出產，即在那一天，吃了無酵餅和烤的麥子。
12 In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna: and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year.
他們吃了當地出產的次日，「瑪納」就停止了。以色列子民既沒有了「瑪納」，那年就以客納罕地的出產為生。
13 And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and [there was] a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Are you for us or on the side of our enemies?
當若蘇厄走近耶利哥時，舉目一望，看見一個人立在他前面，手拿脫鞘的刀。若蘇厄走近那人面前問他說：「你是我們的人，還是我們仇敵的人﹖」
14 And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord. And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what command you your servant?
那人回答說：「不，我是上主軍旅的元帥，剛來到這裏。」若蘇厄便俯伏在地，向他下拜說：「我主有什麼事要指示自己的僕人呢﹖」
15 And the captain of the Lord's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe off your feet, for the place whereon you now stand is holy.
上主軍旅的元帥對若蘇厄說：「將你腳上鞋脫下，因為你站的地方是聖地。」若蘇厄便照著做了。
