Josué 5
1 Et il arriva que, lorsque tous les rois des Amoréens qui étaient en deçà du Jourdain vers l’occident, et tous les rois des Cananéens qui étaient près de la mer, entendirent comment l’Éternel avait mis à sec les eaux du Jourdain devant les fils d’Israël, jusqu’à ce que nous soyons passés, leur cœur se fondit, et il n’y eut plus de courage en eux, à cause des fils 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 En ce temps-là, l’Éternel dit à Josué: Fais-toi des couteaux de pierre, et circoncis encore une fois les fils d’Israël.
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 Et Josué se fit des couteaux de pierre, et circoncit les fils d’Israël à la colline d’Araloth.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Et c’est ici la raison pour laquelle Josué [les] circoncit: tout le peuple qui était sorti d’Égypte, les mâles, tous les hommes de guerre, étaient morts dans le désert, en chemin, après être sortis d’Égypte;
[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 était sorti avait bien été circoncis, mais de tout le peuple né dans le désert, en chemin, après être sorti d’Égypte, aucun n’avait 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 fils d’Israël avaient marché dans le désert 40 ans, jusqu’à ce qu’ait péri toute la nation des hommes de guerre sortis d’Égypte, qui n’avaient pas écouté la voix de l’Éternel, auxquels l’Éternel avait juré de ne point leur faire voir le pays que l’Éternel avait juré à leurs pères de nous donner, pays ruisselant de lait et de 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 Et il suscita leurs fils à leur place: ceux-là, Josué les circoncit, car ils étaient incirconcis, parce qu’on ne les avait pas circoncis en chemin.
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 Et il arriva que, lorsqu’on eut achevé de circoncire toute la nation, ils demeurèrent à leur place dans le camp, jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient guéris.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 Et l’Éternel dit à Josué: Aujourd’hui j’ai roulé de dessus vous l’opprobre de l’Égypte. Et on appela le nom de ce lieu-là Guilgal, 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 Et les fils d’Israël campèrent à Guilgal; et ils célébrèrent la Pâque, le quatorzième jour du mois, au 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 Et dès le lendemain de la Pâque, ils mangèrent du vieux blé du pays, des pains sans levain et du grain rôti, en ce même jour-là.
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 dès le lendemain, après qu’ils eurent mangé du vieux blé du pays; et il n’y eut plus de manne pour les fils d’Israël; et ils mangèrent du cru du pays de Canaan cette année-là.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Et il arriva, comme Josué était près de Jéricho, qu’il leva ses yeux et vit; et voici, un homme se tenait debout devant lui, son épée nue dans sa main; et 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 Et il dit: Non, car c’est comme chef de l’armée de l’Éternel que je suis venu maintenant. Et Josué tomba sur sa face contre terre, et lui rendit hommage, 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 l’Éternel dit à Josué: Ôte ta sandale de ton pied, 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.
