Joshua 5
1 Now when all the kings of the Amorrhites, who dwelt beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of Chanaan, who possessed the places near the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel, till they passed over, their heart failed them, and there remained no spirit in them, fearing the coming in of the children of Israel.
Men da alle Amoriterkongerne vesten for Jordan og alle Kana'anæerkongerne ved Havet hørte, at HERREN havde ladet Jordans Vand tørre bort foran Israeliterne, indtil de var gaaet over, blev de slaget af Rædsel og tabte Modet over for Israeliterne.
2 At that time the Lord said to Josue: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel.
Paa den Tid sagde HERREN til Josua: »Lav dig Stenknive og omskær paa ny Israeliterne!«
3 He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.
Da lavede Josua sig Stenknive og omskar Israeliterne ved Forhudshøjen.
4 Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way.
Og dette var Grunden til, at Josua omskar dem: Alt Mandkøn af Folket, som drog ud af Ægypten, alle vaabenføre Mænd, var døde undervejs i Ørkenen, efter at de var draget ud af Ægypten.
5 Now these were all circumcised. But the people that were born in the desert,
Hele Folket, som drog ud, havde nok været omskaaret, men af det Folk, som var født i Ørkenen under Vandringen, efter at de var draget ud af Ægypten, var ingen blevet omskaaret;
6 Luring the forty years of the journey in the wide wilderness, were uncircumcised: till all they were consumed that had not heard the voice of the Lord, and to whom he had sworn before, that he would not shew them the land flowing with milk and honey.
thi i fyrretyve Aar havde Israeliterne vandret i Ørkenen, indtil hele Folket, de vaabenføre Mænd, som var draget ud af Ægypten, var døde, fordi de ikke havde adlydt HERRENS Røst, hvorfor HERREN havde svoret, at han ikke vilde lade dem se det Land, HERREN havde tilsvoret deres Fædre at ville give os, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.
7 The children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers, and were circumcised by Josue: for they were uncircumcised even as they were born, and no one had circumcised them in the way.
Men deres Børn, som han havde ladet træde i deres Sted, dem omskar Josua; thi de var uomskaarne, eftersom de ikke var blevet omskaaret under Vandringen.
8 Now after they were all circumcised, they remained in the same place of the camp, until they were healed.
Da saa hele Folket var blevet omskaaret, holdt de sig i Ro, hvor de var i Lejren, indtil de kom sig.
9 And the Lord said to Josue: This day have I taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. And the name of that place was called Galgal, until this present day.
Men HERREN sagde til Josua: »I Dag har jeg bortvæltet Ægypternes Forsmædelse fra eder.« Og han kaldte dette Sted Gilgal, som det hedder den Dag i Dag.
10 And the children of Israel abode in Galgal, and they kept the phase on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho:
Medens Israeliterne laa i Lejr i Gilgal, fejrede de Paasken om Aftenen den fjortende Dag i Maaneden paa Jerikos Sletter;
11 And they ate on the next day unleavened bread of the corn of the land, and frumenty of the same year.
og Dagen efter Paasken spiste de af Landets Afgrøde, usyrede Brød og ristet Korn;
12 And the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land, neither did the children of Israel use that food any more, but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of Chanaan.
selv samme Dag hørte Mannaen op, da de nu spiste af Landets Afgrøde; Israeliterne fik ikke Manna mer, men spiste det Aar af Høsten i Kana'ans Land.
13 And when Josue was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and saw a man standing over against him: holding a drawn sword, and he went to him, and said: Art thou one of ours, or of our adversaries?
Og det skete, medens Josua opholdt sig ved Jeriko, at han saa op og fik Øje paa en Mand, som stod foran ham med draget Sværd i Haanden. Josua gik da hen til ham og sagde: »Er du en af vore eller en af vore Fjender?«
14 And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come. Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, add: What saith my lord to his servant?
Han svarede: »Ingen af Delene, jeg er Fyrsten over HERRENS Hær; lige nu er jeg kommet!« Da faldt Josua til Jorden paa sit Ansigt og tilbad og sagde til ham: »Hvad har min Herre at sige sin Tjener?«
15 Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Josue did as was commanded him.
Og Fyrsten over HERRENS Hær svarede Josua: »Drag dine Sko af Fødderne, thi det Sted, du staar paa, er helligt!« Det gjorde Josua.
