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.
Lorsque les rois des Amorrhéens de la rive droite du fleuve, et les rois des Phéniciens de la côte, apprirent que le Seigneur Dieu avait desséché le Jourdain devant les fils d'Israël pendant qu'ils le traversaient, leur intelligence fut paralysée, l'épouvante les saisit, et il ne leur resta pas ombre de prudence devant les fils d'Israël.
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].”
Vers ce temps-là, le Seigneur dit à Josué: Fais-toi des couteaux de pierre tranchante, convoque les fils d'Israël de la seconde génération, et soumets-les à la circoncision.
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Et Josué fit des couteaux de pierre tranchante, et il circoncit les fils d'Israël, au lieu appelé: les collines des Prépuces.
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.
C'est ainsi que Josué purifia les fils d'Israël: tous ceux qui étaient nés dans le voyage, et tous ceux qui, à la sortie d'Egypte, n'avaient point été circoncis,
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.
Josué les circoncit tous;
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].
Car, pendant quarante-deux ans, Israël avait erré dans le désert de Mabdaris. C'est pourquoi la plupart des hommes en état de porter les armes, qui, après la sortie d'Egypte, s'étaient montrés indociles aux ordres du Seigneur, n'avaient point été circoncis; aussi le Seigneur les avait-il condamnés à ne jamais voir la terre que le Seigneur avait juré de donner à leurs pères, terre où coulaient le lait et le miel.
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].
Et à ces hommes, le Seigneur substitua leurs fils, ceux que Josué circoncit, parce qu'ils étaient nés pendant le voyage, et n'avaient point été circoncis.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Après leur circoncision, ils se tinrent en repos et restèrent dans leur camp jusqu'à ce qu'ils fussent guéris.
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.
Et le Seigneur dit à Josué, fils de Nau: J'ai effacé aujourd'hui parmi vous l'opprobre d'Egypte, et le nom de Galgala fut donné à ce lieu.
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].
Ensuite, les fils d'Israël célébrèrent la pâque le quatorzième jour de la lune, après le coucher du soleil, à l'Occident de Jéricho, sur la rive du Jourdain, dans la plaine.
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.
Ils mangèrent des azymes faits du blé nouveau de cette terre.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
Ce jour-là, il n'y eut plus de manne; dès que les fils d'Israël eurent mangé du grain de cette terre, la manne cessa de tomber pour eux. Ils récoltèrent dans cette année les fruits de la terre des Phéniciens.
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?”
Et comme Josué était dans le pays de Jéricho, voilà que, levant les yeux, il vit devant lui un homme debout, une épée nue à la main. Et Josué l'abordant, lui dit: Es-tu des nôtres, ou de nos ennemis?
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].”
Et l'homme lui répondit: Je suis le prince de la milice du Seigneur, et je suis venu maintenant près de toi. A ces mots, Josué tomba la face contre terre, et dit: Maître, que commandes-tu à ton serviteur?
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.
L'archange du Seigneur reprit: Ote la chaussure de tes pieds, car le lieu où tu les poses est saint.
