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.
Ora, come tutti re degli Amorrei che [erano] di qua dal Giordano, verso Ponente, e tutti i re de' Cananei, ch'[erano] presso al mare, udirono che il Signore avea seccate le acque del Giordano davanti a' figliuoli d'Israele, finchè fossero passati; il cuor loro divenne tutto fiacco, e non restò loro più alcun animo, per tema de' figliuoli d'Israele.
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].”
IN quel tempo il Signore disse a Giosuè: Fatti de' coltelli taglienti, e torna di nuovo a circoncidere i figliuoli d'Israele.
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Giosuè adunque si fece dei coltelli taglienti, e circoncise i figliuoli d'Israele al colle de' prepuzi.
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.
Or questa [fu] la cagione per la quale Giosuè [li] circoncise: tutti i maschi del popolo, ch'era uscito di Egitto, [cioè], tutti gli uomini di guerra, erano morti nel deserto per lo cammino, dopo essere usciti di Egitto.
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.
E, benchè tutto il popolo che uscì [d'Egitto] fosse circonciso, non però aveano circonciso tutto il popolo ch'era nato nel deserto per lo cammino, dopo che furono usciti d'Egitto.
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].
Perciocchè, dopo che i figliuoli d'Israele furono camminati quarant'anni per lo deserto, finchè fosse consumata la gente degli uomini di guerra ch'erano usciti di Egitto, i quali non aveano ubbidito alla voce del Signore, onde il Signore avea lor giurato, che non farebbe lor vedere il paese, del quale avea giurato a' lor padri, che ce lo darebbe; paese stillante latte e miele;
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].
[il Signore] fece sorgere, in luogo loro, i lor figliuoli, [e] quelli circoncise Giosuè; perciocchè erano incirconcisi, conciossiachè non fossero stati circoncisi per lo cammino.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
E, dopo che si fu finito di circoncidere tutta la gente, dimorarono fermi nel campo, finchè fossero guariti.
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.
E il Signore disse a Giosuè: Oggi io vi ho tolto d'addosso il vituperio di Egitto. Ed egli pose nome a quel luogo, Ghilgal, [il quale dura] fino a questo giorno.
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].
E i figliuoli d'Israele, accampati in Ghilgal, celebrarono la Pasqua nel quartodecimo giorno di quel mese, in su la sera nelle campagne di Gerico.
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.
E il giorno seguente la Pasqua, in quello stesso giorno, mangiarono del grano del paese, [in] pani azzimi, e del [grano] arrostito.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
E il giorno appresso ch'ebber mangiato del grano del paese, la manna cessò; e i figliuoli d'Israele non ebbero più manna; anzi quell'anno mangiarono del frutto della terra di Canaan.
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?”
Or avvenne che, mentre Giosuè era presso a Gerico, egli alzò gli occhi, e riguardò, ed ecco, un uomo stava ritto davanti a lui, il quale avea la sua spada tratta in mano. E Giosuè andò a lui, e gli disse: [Sei] tu de' nostri, ovvero dei nostri nemici?
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].”
Ed egli disse: No; anzi io [sono] il Capo dell'esercito del Signore; pur ora son venuto. E Giosuè cadde sopra la sua faccia in terra, e adorò; e gli disse: Che vuol dire il mio Signore al suo servitore?
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.
E il Capo dell'esercito del Signore disse a Giosuè: Tratti le scarpe da' piedi; perciocchè il luogo, sopra il quale tu stai, è santo. E Giosuè fece così.
