Joshua 5
1 And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children 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, the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."
Kwa wakati huo Yahweh alimwambia Yoshua, “Tengenezeni visu vya mawe na mara moja mwatahiri wanaume wote wa Israeli.”
3 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the Hill of the Foreskins.
Kisha Yoshua alijifanyia visu vya mawe na akawatahiri wanaume wote wa Gibea Haaraloti.
4 This is the reason Joshua circumcised: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came 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 came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came out of Egypt had not been 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 the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD, those to whom the LORD swore that they would not see the land which the LORD swore to their ancestors that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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 their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.
Na badala yao, Yahweh aliwainua watoto wao kuchukua nafasi zao ambao Yoshua aliwatahiri, kwasababu walikuwa bado hajatahiriwa njiani.
8 And it happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.
Walipokwisha kutahiriwa wote, walibaki mahali walipokuwa katika kambi mpaka walipopona.
9 And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from off you." Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
Na Yahweh akasema na Yoshua, “Siku hii nimeiondoa kwenu aibu ya Misri.” Hivyo, mahali pale paliitwa Gilgali hadi leo.
10 The children of Israel camped in Gilgal. They kept 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 They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the 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 The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel did not have manna any more; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan 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 It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and look, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him, and said 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 said to him, "Truly I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come." And Joshua fell facedown to the ground and worshipped, and said to him, "What does my lord say 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 The commander of the army of the LORD said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.
Amiri wa jeshi la Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Vua viatu vyako miguuni mwako, kwasababu sehemu uliyosimama ni takatifu.” Na Yoshua akafanya hivyo.
