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.
Todos los reyes de los amorreos que habitaban a la otra parte del Jordán, hacia el occidente, y todos los reyes de los cananeos que habitaban junto al mar, cuando oyeron que Yahvé había secado las aguas del Jordán delante de los hijos de Israel hasta que hubieron pasado, se desmayaron en su corazón y ya no quedó en ellos aliento, por miedo a los hijos 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].”
En aquel tiempo dijo Yahvé a Josué: “Hazte cuchillos de piedra y vuelve a circuncidar a los hijos de Israel por segunda vez.”
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Hízose Josué cuchillos de piedra y circuncidó a los hijos de Israel en el collado de Aralot.
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.
He aquí la causa porque Josué los circuncidó: Todo el pueblo que había salido de Egipto, los varones, todos los hombres de guerra, habían muerto en el desierto, en el camino, cuando salieron de Egipto.
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.
Todo ese pueblo que salió (de Egipto) había sido circuncidado; pero no lo estaba ninguno del pueblo nacido en el desierto, en el camino, después de la salida de Egipto.
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].
Porque los hijos de Israel anduvieron cuarenta años por el desierto, hasta perecer todo el pueblo, los hombres de guerra salidos de Egipto, por no haber obedecido la voz de Yahvé. A ellos Yahvé les juró que no les dejaría ver la tierra que con juramento había prometido a sus padres que nos la daría, tierra que mana leche y 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].
A los hijos de aquellos que Él había suscitado en su lugar, los circuncidó Josué, porque eran incircuncisos; pues no los habían circuncidado en el camino.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Después que todo el pueblo fue circuncidado, se quedaron en su lugar, dentro del campamento, hasta que sanaron.
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.
Dijo entonces Yahvé a Josué: “Hoy he quitado de sobre vosotros el oprobio de Egipto.” Y se llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Gálgala hasta el día de hoy.
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].
Acamparon los hijos de Israel en Gálgala y celebraron la Pascua el día catorce del mes, por la tarde, en la llanura 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.
Y comieron de los productos del país desde el día siguiente a la Pascua; en aquel mismo día (comieron) panes ácimos y trigo tostado.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
Al día siguiente de comer de los productos del país, cesó el maná, y en adelante los hijos de Israel ya no tuvieron el maná, sino que comieron en aquel año de los frutos del país de Canaán.
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?”
Estando Josué cerca de Jericó, alzó los ojos y miró; y he aquí que estaba en pie delante de él un hombre con la espada desenvainada en la mano. Se le acercó Josué y le preguntó: “¿Eres tú de los nuestros, o de nuestros enemigos?”
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].”
Él respondió: “No, sino que soy el príncipe del ejército de Yahvé, que acabo de llegar.” Entonces Josué cayó en tierra sobre su rostro, y adoró. Y le preguntó: “¿Qué dice mi Señor a su siervo?”
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.
El príncipe del ejército de Yahvé dijo a Josué: “Quítate el calzado de los pies, porque el lugar donde estás es santo.” Y Josué lo hizo así.
