Joshua 5
1 And it comes to pass, when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, toward the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that YHWH has dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel until their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there has not been anymore spirit in them because of the presence of the sons of Israel.
Mara tu waliposikia wafalme wa Waamori walio upande wa magharibi wa Yordani, na wafalme wote wa Wakanaani waliokuwa katika pwani ya Ziwa kuu, waliposikia ya kwamba Yahweh alikuwa ameyakausha maji ya Yordani mpaka pale waisraeli wote walipomaliza kuvuka, mioyo yao ikayeyuka, na hapakuwa na moyo wowote ndani yao kwa sababu ya watu wa Israeli.
2 At that time YHWH said to Joshua, “Make knives of flint for yourself, and return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time”;
Kwa wakati huo Yahweh alimwambia Yoshua, “Tengenezeni visu vya mawe na mara moja mwatahiri wanaume wote wa Israeli.”
3 and Joshua makes knives of flint for himself, and circumcises the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.
Kisha Yoshua alijifanyia visu vya mawe na akawatahiri wanaume wote wa Gibea Haaraloti.
4 And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumcises [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
Na hii ndo sababu ya Yoshua kuwatahiri; wanaume wote waliotoka Misri, pamoja na wanaume wa vita walikuwa wamekwisha kufa njiani katika nyikani, baada ya kukwea kutoka Misri.
5 for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;
Ingawa wanaume wote waliotoka Misri walikuwa wametahiriwa, bado hapakuwa na kijana yeyote aliyekuwa ametahiriwa kati ya vijana wote waliozaliwa nyikani katika njia ya kutoka Misri.
6 for forty years the sons of Israel have gone in the wilderness, until all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who did not listen to the voice of YHWH, to whom YHWH has sworn not to show them the land which YHWH swore to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;
Kwasababu watu wa Israeli walitembea nyikani miaka arobaini, mpaka watu wa vita, yaani wanaume wote waliotoka Misri walikufa, kwasababu hawakuitii sauti ya Yahweh. Yahweh aliwaapia kwamba hawataruhusu kuiona nchi ambayo aliwaapia mababa zao kwamba angetupatia sisi, nchi inayotiririka maziwa na asali.
7 and He raised up their sons in their stead, Joshua has circumcised them, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.
Na badala yao, Yahweh aliwainua watoto wao kuchukua nafasi zao ambao Yoshua aliwatahiri, kwasababu walikuwa bado hajatahiriwa njiani.
8 And it comes to pass, when all the nation has completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp until their recovering;
Walipokwisha kutahiriwa wote, walibaki mahali walipokuwa katika kambi mpaka walipopona.
9 and YHWH says to Joshua, “Today I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you”; and [one] calls the name of that place Gilgal to this day.
Na Yahweh akasema na Yoshua, “Siku hii nimeiondoa kwenu aibu ya Misri.” Hivyo, mahali pale paliitwa Gilgali hadi leo.
10 And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;
Watu wa Israeli walipiga kambi hapo Gilgali. Waliitunza Pasaka katika siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi, wakati wa jioni, katika uwanda wa Yeriko.
11 and they eat of the old grain of the land on the next day of the Passover, unleavened things and roasted [grain], on this very same day;
Na siku iliyofuata baada ya Pasaka, walikula sehemu ya mazao ya nchi, mikate isiyotiwa chachu na nafaka iliyokaangwa katika siku hiyo iyo.
12 and the manna ceases on the next day in their eating of the old grain of the land, and there has been no more manna for [the] sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.
Mana zilikoma siku ile walipokula mazao ya nchi. Hapakuwa tena na mana kwa watu wa Israeli, bali walikula mazao ya nchi ya Kanaani mwaka huo.
13 And it comes to pass in Joshua’s being by Jericho, that he lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, [there is] one standing in front of him, and his drawn sword [is] in his hand, and Joshua goes to him, and says to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”
Wakati Yoshua alipokaribia Yeriko, aliinua macho na kuangalia, na tazama, mtu alikuwa amesimama mbele yake, alikuwa amechomoa upanga wake na ulikuwa mkononi mwake. Yoshua alimwendea na kumwambia, “Je uko kwa ajili yetu au kwa ajli ya maadui zetu?”
14 And He says, “No, for I [am] Prince of YHWH’s host; now I have come”; and Joshua falls on his face to the earth, and pays respect, and says to Him, “What is my Lord speaking to His servant?”
Akajibu, la hasha. Maana mimi ni amiri wa jeshi la Yahweh. Sasa nimekuja. Kisha Yoshua akainamisha uso wake juu ya nchi akaabudu na akamwambia, “Bwana wangu anasema nini kwa mtumwa wake?”
15 And the Prince of YHWH’s host says to Joshua, “Cast off your shoe from off your foot, for the place on which you are standing is holy”; and Joshua does so.
Amiri wa jeshi la Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Vua viatu vyako miguuni mwako, kwasababu sehemu uliyosimama ni takatifu.” Na Yoshua akafanya hivyo.
