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.
Quando todos os reis dos amorreus, que estavam além do Jordão para o oeste, e todos os reis dos cananeus, que estavam à beira-mar, ouviram como Javé tinha secado as águas do Jordão desde antes dos filhos de Israel até nós termos atravessado, seu coração derreteu, e não havia mais espírito neles, por causa dos filhos de Israel.
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].”
Naquele tempo, Javé disse a Josué: “Faça facas de pedra, e circuncide novamente os filhos de Israel pela segunda vez”.
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Josué se fez facas de pedra e circuncidou os filhos de Israel na colina dos prepúcios.
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.
Esta é a razão pela qual Josué os circuncidou: todas as pessoas que saíram do Egito, que eram homens, mesmo todos os homens de guerra, morreram no deserto ao longo do caminho, depois de terem saído do Egito.
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.
Pois todas as pessoas que saíram foram circuncidadas; mas todas as pessoas que nasceram no deserto ao longo do caminho, ao saírem do Egito, não tinham sido circuncidadas.
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].
Pois as crianças de Israel caminharam quarenta anos no deserto até que toda a nação, mesmo os homens de guerra que saíram do Egito, foram consumidos, porque não ouviram a voz de Iavé. Javé jurou-lhes que não os deixaria ver a terra que Javé jurou a seus pais que nos daria, uma terra que fluiria com leite e mel.
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].
Seus filhos, que ele criou em seu lugar, foram circuncidados por Josué, pois eram incircuncisos, pois não os tinham circuncidado no caminho.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Quando terminaram de circuncidar toda a nação, eles permaneceram em seus lugares no acampamento até serem curados.
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.
Yahweh disse a Joshua: “Hoje eu afastei de você a reprovação do Egito”. Portanto, o nome daquele lugar foi chamado de Gilgal até hoje.
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].
As crianças de Israel acamparam em Gilgal. Eles guardaram a Páscoa no décimo quarto dia do mês, à noite, nas planícies de Jericó.
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.
Eles comeram bolos ázimos e grãos ressequidos dos produtos da terra no dia seguinte após a Páscoa, no mesmo dia.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
O maná cessou no dia seguinte, depois de terem comido dos produtos da terra. Os filhos de Israel não tinham mais maná, mas comeram do fruto da terra de Canaã naquele ano.
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?”
Quando Josué estava perto de Jericó, ele levantou os olhos e olhou, e eis que um homem estava diante dele com sua espada desembainhada na mão. Josué foi até ele e lhe disse: “Você é por nós, ou por nossos inimigos?
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].”
Ele disse: “Não; mas eu vim agora como comandante do exército de Yahweh”. Josué caiu com o rosto em terra e adorou e lhe perguntou: “O que meu senhor diz a seu servo?
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.
O príncipe do exército de Yahweh disse a Josué: “Tire suas sandálias, pois o lugar em que você está é sagrado”. Josué o fez.
