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.
Και ότε ήκουσαν πάντες οι βασιλείς των Αμορραίων, οι πέραν του Ιορδάνου προς δυσμάς, και πάντες οι βασιλείς των Χαναναίων, οι παρά την θάλασσαν, ότι ο Κύριος απεξήρανε τα ύδατα του Ιορδάνου απ' έμπροσθεν των υιών Ισραήλ εωσού διέβησαν, διελύθησαν αι καρδίαι αυτών· και δεν έμεινε πλέον εις αυτούς πνοή, από του φόβου των υιών Ισραήλ.
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].”
Κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν είπεν ο Κύριος προς τον Ιησούν, Κάμε εις σεαυτόν λιθίνας μαχαίρας κοπτεράς, και περίτεμε εκ δευτέρου τους υιούς Ισραήλ.
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Και έκαμεν ο Ιησούς εις εαυτόν λιθίνας μαχαίρας κοπτεράς, και περιέτεμε τους υιούς Ισραήλ επί του βουνού των ακροβυστιών.
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.
Και η αιτία, διά την οποίαν ο Ιησούς έκαμε την περιτομήν, είναι ότι πας ο λαός ο εξελθών εξ Αιγύπτου, τα αρσενικά, πάντες οι άνδρες του πολέμου, απέθανον εν τη ερήμω καθ' οδόν, αφού εξήλθον εξ Αιγύπτου.
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.
Και πας ο λαός ο εξελθών ήτο περιτετμημένος· πας δε ο λαός όστις εγεννήθη εν τη ερήμω καθ' οδόν, αφού εξήλθον εξ Αιγύπτου, δεν είχε περιτμηθή.
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].
Διότι τεσσαράκοντα έτη περιήρχοντο οι υιοί Ισραήλ εν τη ερήμω, εωσού ετελεύτησαν πας ο λαός, οι άνδρες του πολέμου, οι εξελθόντες εξ Αιγύπτου, επειδή δεν υπήκουσαν εις την φωνήν του Κυρίου· προς τους οποίους ο Κύριος ώμοσεν, ότι δεν θέλει αφήσει αυτούς να ίδωσι την γην, την οποίαν ώμοσεν ο Κύριος προς τους πατέρας αυτών ότι θέλει δώσει εις ημάς, γην ρέουσαν γάλα και μέλι.
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].
Αντί δε τούτων αντικατέστησε τους υιούς αυτών, τους οποίους ο Ιησούς περιέτεμε· διότι ήσαν απερίτμητοι, επειδή δεν είχον περιτέμει αυτούς καθ' οδόν.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Και αφού ετελείωσαν περιτέμνοντες πάντα τον λαόν, εκάθηντο εις τους τόπους αυτών εν τω στρατοπέδω, εωσού ιατρεύθησαν.
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.
Και είπε Κύριος προς τον Ιησούν, Ταύτην την ημέραν αφήρεσα αφ' υμών τον ονειδισμόν της Αιγύπτου. Διά τούτο ωνομάσθη ο τόπος εκείνος Γάλγαλα έως της σήμερον.
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].
Και οι υιοί Ισραήλ εστρατοπέδευσαν εν Γαλγάλοις και έκαμον το πάσχα τη δεκάτη τετάρτη του μηνός προς το εσπέρας, εις τας πεδιάδας της Ιεριχώ.
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.
Και τη επαύριον του πάσχα έφαγον άζυμα από του σίτου της γης, και σίτον πεφρυγμένον την αυτήν εκείνην ημέραν.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
Και τη επαύριον αφού έφαγον από του σίτου της γης, εξέλιπε το μάννα· και δεν είχον πλέον μάννα οι υιοί Ισραήλ, αλλ' έτρωγον από των γεννημάτων της γης Χαναάν τον ενιαυτόν εκείνον.
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?”
Και ότε ο Ιησούς ήτο πλησίον της Ιεριχώ, ύψωσε τους οφθαλμούς αυτού και είδε, και ιδού, ίστατο κατέναντι αυτού άνθρωπος και η ρομφαία αυτού ήτο γεγυμνωμένη εν τη χειρί αυτού· και προσελθών ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτόν, Ημέτερος είσαι ή των υπεναντίων ημών;
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].”
Ο δε είπεν, Ουχί· αλλ' εγώ Αρχιστράτηγος της δυνάμεως του Κυρίου τώρα ήλθον. Και έπεσεν ο Ιησούς επί την γην κατά πρόσωπον αυτού και προσεκύνησε, και είπε προς αυτόν, Τι προστάζει ο κύριός μου εις τον δούλον αυτού;
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.
Και ο Αρχιστράτηγος της δυνάμεως του Κυρίου είπε προς τον Ιησούν, Λύσον το υπόδημά σου εκ των ποδών σου· διότι ο τόπος, επί του οποίου ίστασαι, είναι άγιος. Και ο Ιησούς έκαμεν ούτω.
