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 YHWH 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.

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, YHWH said to Joshua, "Make flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."

Paa den Tid sagde HERREN til Josua: »Lav dig Stenknive og omskær paa ny Israeliterne!«

3 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the Hill of the Foreskins.

Da lavede Josua sig Stenknive og omskar Israeliterne ved Forhudshøjen.

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.

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 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.

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 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 YHWH, those to whom YHWH swore that they would not see the land which YHWH swore to their ancestors that he would give us, a 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 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.

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 And it happened, when they were done circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in 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 YHWH 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.

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 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.

Medens Israeliterne laa i Lejr i Gilgal, fejrede de Paasken om Aftenen den fjortende Dag i Maaneden paa Jerikos Sletter;

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.

og Dagen efter Paasken spiste de af Landets Afgrøde, usyrede Brød og ristet Korn;

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.

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 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?"

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 said to him, "Truly I am the commander of the army of YHWH. 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?"

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 The commander of the army of YHWH said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

Og Fyrsten over HERRENS Hær svarede Josua: »Drag dine Sko af Fødderne, thi det Sted, du staar paa, er helligt!« Det gjorde Josua.