Joshua 8
1 And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with you all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into your hands the king of Gai, and his land.
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 Haand!
2 And you shall do to Gai, as you did to Jericho and its king; and you shall take to yourself the spoil of its cattle; set now for yourself an ambush for the city behind.
Og du skal gøre det samme ved Aj og dets Konge, som du gjorde ved Jeriko og dets Konge; men Godset, I røver der, maa I selv beholde som Bytte, ligeledes Kvæget der. Læg Baghold vesten for Byen!«
3 And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
Derpaa brød Josua op og drog med alt Krigsfolket op mod Aj; og Josua udvalgte sig 30 000 tapre Mænd og sendte dem bort om Natten,
4 And he charged them, saying, Do you lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and you shall all be ready.
idet han bød dem: »Se, I skal lægge eder i Baghold vesten for Byen, ikke for langt fra den, og hold eder alle rede.
5 Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
Jeg og alle de Folk, som er med mig, vil nærme os Byen, og naar de gør Udfald imod os ligesom forrige Gang, flygter vi for dem.
6 And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.
Naar de saa følger efter os saa langt, at vi faar dem lokket bort fra Byen, idet de tænker, at vi flygter for dem ligesom forrige Gang,
7 And you shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.
skal I bryde frem fra Bagholdet og tage Byen, thi HERREN eders Gud vil give den i eders Haand.
8 You shall do according to this word, behold! I have commanded you.
Og naar I har indtaget Byen, skal I stikke den i Brand. Saaledes skal I gøre, det er mit Bud til eder!«
9 And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.
Derpaa 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.
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.
Tidligt næste Morgen mønstrede Josua Folket, og sammen med Israels Ældste drog han op til Aj i Spidsen for Folket.
11 And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
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.
12 And the ambuscade [was] on the west side of the city.
Derpaa tog han henved 5000 Mand og lagde dem i Baghold mellem Betel og Aj, vesten for Byen;
og Krigerne blev bragt i Stilling, hele Hæren, som var norden for Byen, og den Del, som laa i Baghold vesten for Byen; men Josua begav sig om Natten ned i Dalen.
14 And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw [it], he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people [that were] with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade [formed] against him behind the city.
Da nu Kongen af Aj saa det, skyndte Byens Mænd sig og rykkede tidligt om Morgenen ud til Kamp mod Israel, Kongen med hele sin Styrke, til Skraaningen, hvor Lavningen begynder, uden at vide af, at der var lagt Baghold imod ham vesten for Byen;
15 And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.
og da Josua og hele Israel lod sig slaa paa Flugt af dem og flygtede ad Ørkenen til,
16 And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
blev alt Folket i Byen stævnet sammen til at forfølge dem, og de forfulgte Josua og lod sig lokke bort fra Byen;
17 There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
ikke een Mand blev tilbage i Aj, men alle drog de ud for at forfølge Israel, og de lod Byen staa aaben, medens de forfulgte Israel.
18 And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth your hand with the spear that is in your hand toward the city, for I have delivered it into your hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.
Da sagde HERREN til Josua: »Ræk Spydet i din Haand ud mod Aj; thi jeg giver det i din Haand!« Og Josua rakte Spydet i sin Haand ud mod Byen.
19 And Joshua stretched out his hand [and] his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire.
Og Bagholdet brød hurtigt op fra sin Plads og løb hen til Byen, da han rakte Haanden ud, indtog den og skyndte sig at stikke den i Brand.
20 And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
Da Mændene fra Aj vendte sig om og saa 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.
21 And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and struck the men of Gai.
Og da Josua og hele Israel saa, at Bagholdet havde indtaget Byen, og at Røgen fra Byen steg til Vejrs, vendte de om og slog Mændene fra Aj;
22 And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some [being] on this side, and some on that; and they struck them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
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.
23 And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Men Kongen af Aj fangede de levende og bragte ham til Josua.
24 And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them [even] to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.
Da Israel nu havde hugget alle Ajs Indbyggere ned paa aaben Mark, paa Skraaningen, 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.
25 And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: [they killed] all the inhabitants of Gai.
Alle de, der faldt paa den Dag, Mænd og Kvinder, udgjorde 12 000, alle Indbyggerne i Aj.
Og Josua trak ikke sin Haand med det udrakte Spyd tilbage, før han havde lagt Band paa alle Ajs Indbyggere.
27 Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
Kun Kvæget og Godset, de røvede i denne By, beholdt Israeliterne som Bytte efter den Befaling, HERREN havde givet Josua.
28 And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, [even] to this day.
Og Josua stak Aj i Brand og gjorde den til en Ruinhob for bestandig, til den Ødemark, den er den Dag i Dag.
29 And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
Men Kongen af Aj hængte han paa en Pæl og lod ham hænge til Aften; og da Solen gik ned, tog man paa 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 staar der den Dag i Dag.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gaebal,
Da byggede Josua HERREN, Israels Gud, et Alter paa Ebals Bjerg,
31 as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering.
som HERRENS Tjener Moses havde paalagt Israeliterne, i Overensstemmelse med, hvad der staar 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.
32 And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
Og han skrev der paa Stenene i Israeliternes Paasyn en Afskrift af Mose Lov, som denne havde skrevet,
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
idet hele Israel og dets Ældste, Tilsynsmænd og Dommere stod paa begge Sider af Arken lige over for Levitpræsterne, som bar HERRENS Pagts Ark, de fremmede saavel som de indfødte, den ene Halvdel hen imod Garizims Bjerg, den anden Halvdel hen imod Ebals Bjerg, saaledes som HERRENS Tjener Moses forhen havde paabudt at velsigne Israels Folk.
34 And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
Saa oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, alt som det var skrevet i Lovbogen;
35 There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel.
ikke et Ord af alt, hvad Moses havde paabudt, undlod Josua at op læse for hele Israels Menighed, Mændene, Kvinderne og Børnene og de fremmede, som var draget med iblandt dem.
