Josué 5
1 Lorsque tous les rois des Amorrhéens d'au delà du Jourdain, à l'occident, et tous les rois des Chananéens près de la mer, apprirent que Yahweh avait mis à sec les eaux du Jourdain devant les enfants d'Israël, jusqu'à ce que nous eussions passé, leur cœur se fondit et ils perdirent tout courage devant les enfants d'Israël.
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.
2 Dans ce temps-là, Yahweh dit à Josué: « Fais-toi des couteaux de pierre et circoncis de nouveau les enfants d'Israël, une seconde fois. »
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].”
3 Josué se fit des couteaux de pierre, et il circoncit les enfants d'Israël sur la colline d'Araloth.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Voici la raison pour laquelle Josué les circoncit. Tout le peuple sorti d'Egypte, les mâles, tous les hommes de guerre, étaient morts dans le désert, pendant la route, après leur sortie d'Egypte.
[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.
5 Car tout le peuple qui sortit était circoncis; mais tout le peuple né dans le désert, pendant la route, après la sortie d'Egypte, n'avait pas été circoncis.
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.
6 Car les enfants d'Israël marchèrent pendant quarante ans dans le désert jusqu'à ce qu'eût péri toute la nation, savoir les hommes de guerre qui étaient sortis d'Egypte et n'avaient pas écouté la voix de Yahweh, et auxquels Yahweh avait juré de ne pas leur laisser voir le pays qu'il avait promis avec serment à leurs pères de nous donner, pays où coulent le lait et le miel.
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].
7 Il établit leurs enfants à leur place, et ce sont eux que Josué circoncit, car ils étaient incirconcis parce qu'on ne les avait pas circoncis pendant la route.
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].
8 Lorsqu'on eut achevé de circoncire toute la nation, ils restèrent à leur place dans le camp, jusqu'à leur guérison.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 Et Yahweh dit à Josué: « Aujourd'hui j'ai roulé de dessus vous l'opprobre de l'Egypte. » Et ce lieu reçut le nom de Galgala jusqu'à ce jour.
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.
10 Les enfants d'Israël campèrent à Galgala, et ils firent la Pâque le quatorzième jour du mois, sur le soir, dans les plaines de Jéricho.
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].
11 Ils mangèrent dès le lendemain de la Pâque, du produit du pays des pains sans levain et du grain rôti, ce jour-là même.
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.
12 Et la manne cessa le lendemain de la Pâque, lorsqu'ils mangèrent du produit du pays; les enfants d'Israël n'eurent plus de manne, et ils mangèrent cette année-là des productions du pays de Chanaan.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Comme Josué était près de Jéricho, il leva les yeux et regarda, et voici qu'un homme se tenait debout devant lui, son épée nue à la main. Josué alla vers lui et lui dit: « Es-tu pour nous, ou pour nos ennemis? »
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?”
14 Il répondit: « Non, mais c'est comme chef de l'armée de Yahweh que je viens maintenant. » Josué tomba le visage contre terre, se prosterna et lui dit: « Qu'est-ce que mon seigneur dit à son serviteur? »
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].”
15 Et le chef de l'armée de Yahweh dit à Josué: « Ôte ta chaussure de tes pieds, car le lieu sur lequel tu te tiens est saint. » Et Josué fit ainsi.
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.
