Joshua 5
1 All the kings of the people-groups to the west of the Jordan River and all the kings of the groups who were descendants of Canaan and who lived close to the [Mediterranean] Sea heard about how Yahweh had dried up the water of the Jordan [River] until all we Israeli people had crossed over. So they became very dismayed. They no longer were courageous enough to fight us.
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 While [they were camped at Gilgal], Yahweh said to Joshua, “[The Israeli males who lived in Egypt were circumcised before they left there. Now] make knives from flint stones and circumcise all the Israeli males [who have been born since then].”
Paa den Tid sagde HERREN til Josua: »Lav dig Stenknive og omskær paa ny Israeliterne!«
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Da lavede Josua sig Stenknive og omskar Israeliterne ved Forhudshøjen.
4 [The reason they did that is that all the men who left Egypt], those who were old enough to be soldiers, died in the desert after they left 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 They had been circumcised in Egypt, but the baby boys who had been born while their parents were camping in the desert after they left 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 Our Israeli ancestors traveled around in the desert for 40 years, and all the men who were old enough to be soldiers had died. [The women had also died]. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not arrive at the land that he had promised to our ancestors that he would give to us, a land that was very fertile [MTY].
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 sons of those who had disobeyed Yahweh were the ones whom Joshua circumcised at Gilgal. They were circumcised because they had not been circumcised [while they were traveling in the desert].
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 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Da saa hele Folket var blevet omskaaret, holdt de sig i Ro, hvor de var i Lejren, indtil de kom sig.
9 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “[Because your forefathers were slaves in Egypt], the Egyptians felt a revulsion toward you. But today I have removed the revulsion the Egyptians have had toward you.” Because of that, the people called the place ‘Gilgal’, [which sounds like the Hebrew word ‘removed’, ] and it still has that name.
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 In the evening of the fourteenth day of that month, while the Israeli people were camped at Gilgal, on the plain near Jericho [city], they celebrated the Passover [Festival].
Medens Israeliterne laa i Lejr i Gilgal, fejrede de Paasken om Aftenen den fjortende Dag i Maaneden paa Jerikos Sletter;
11 The next day, they found some barley grain in the fields in that area. So they took that and roasted it and ate it with bread that was made without yeast.
og Dagen efter Paasken spiste de af Landets Afgrøde, usyrede Brød og ristet Korn;
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
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 One day when Joshua came near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was holding a sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you [going to fight] for us or against us?”
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 The man replied, “I am not [planning to fight with you] or [against you]. Instead, I am the commander of Yahweh’s army [in heaven], and I have come [down from there to assure you that Yahweh will help you].” Then Joshua bowed down with his face on the ground (to show his respect for/to worship) the man, and said to him, “Tell me what [you want me to do].”
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 Yahweh’s army replied, “Take off your sandals! [I am Yahweh, and] the ground on which you are standing is holy because I am here.” So Joshua took off his sandals.
Og Fyrsten over HERRENS Hær svarede Josua: »Drag dine Sko af Fødderne, thi det Sted, du staar paa, er helligt!« Det gjorde Josua.
