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.
Sucedió que cuando todos los reyes amorreos que estaban al occidente, al otro lado del Jordán, y todos los reyes cananeos que estaban frente al mar, oyeron cómo Yavé secó las aguas del Jordán ante los hijos de Israel hasta que cruzamos, desfalleció su corazón y no hubo en ellos más aliento delante de 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 Yavé dijo a Josué: Prepárate cuchillos de pedernal y vuelve a circuncidar, por segunda vez, a los hijos de Israel.
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Josué se preparó cuchillos de pedernal y circuncidó a los hijos de Israel en la colina de Los Prepucios.
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.
La causa por la cual Josué los circuncidó fue que el pueblo que salió de Egipto, los varones, todos los guerreros, murieron por el camino en el desierto después que 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.
Aunque todos los del pueblo que salieron estaban circuncidados, todos los del pueblo que nacieron por el camino después que salieron de Egipto, no fueron circuncidados.
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 por el desierto 40 años, hasta cuando todos los guerreros que salieron de Egipto fueron consumidos por no obedecer la voz de Yavé, por lo cual Yavé les juró que no los dejaría ver la tierra que Yavé prometió a sus antepasados que nos daría, tierra que fluye 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].
Pero Josué circuncidó a los hijos de ellos que Él levantó en su lugar, porque no estaban circuncidados, pues no los circuncidaron en el camino.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Cuando terminaron de circuncidar a todo el pueblo, ellos permanecieron en sus lugares en el campamento hasta que fueron sanados.
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.
Entonces Yavé dijo a Josué: Hoy quité de ustedes el reproche de Egipto. El nombre de aquel lugar es Gilgal hasta 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].
A los 14 días del mes, al llegar la noche, los hijos de Israel acamparon en Gilgal y celebraron la Pascua en las llanuras 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.
A la mañana siguiente de la Pascua, aquel mismo día, comieron del producto de la tierra: panes sin levadura y grano 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.
Después que comieron del producto de la tierra, cesó el maná por la mañana. No hubo más maná para los hijos de Israel. Aquel mismo año comieron del fruto de la tierra 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?”
Sucedió que cuando Josué estaba cerca de Jericó, levantó sus ojos y ciertamente vio a un varón en pie frente a él con su espada desenvainada en su mano. Josué fue hacia él y le dijo: ¿Eres de los nuestros o de nuestros adversarios?
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 dijo: No. Más bien ciertamente vengo ahora como Capitán de la hueste de Yavé. Y Josué se postró en tierra sobre su rostro y le dijo: ¿Qué dice mi ʼAdonay a su esclavo?
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 Capitán de la hueste de Yavé respondió a Josué: Quita las sandalias de tus pies, porque el lugar donde estás es santo. Y Josué hizo esto.
