Joshua 5
1 Mgbe ndị eze ndị Amọrait niile, ndị bi nʼofe ọzọ nke osimiri Jọdan, nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ, na ndị eze ndị Kenan niile bi nʼakụkụ oke osimiri Mediterenịa, nụrụ na Onyenwe anyị emeela ka osimiri Jọdan takpọọ nʼihu ụmụ Izrel, ruo mgbe anyị niile gafesịrị, obi lọrọ ha mmiri. Ọ dịkwaghị ike ọbụla fọdụụrụ ha iguzo nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
Therefore, after all the kings of the Amorites, who were living across the Jordan toward the western region, and all the kings of Canaan, who possessed the places beside the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel, until they crossed over it, their heart was broken, and there remained in them no spirit, out of fear at the entrance of the sons of Israel.
2 Ma nʼoge ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Joshua okwu sị ya, “Jiri nkume mee mma ị ga-eji bie ụmụ Izrel niile ugwu ọzọ.”
So at that time, the Lord said to Joshua: “Make for yourself knives of stone, and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.”
3 Ya mere, Joshua ji nkume mee mma ntakịrị e ji bie ụmụ Izrel niile ugwu. Ebe a nọ bie ụmụ Izrel ugwu bụ ebe a na-akpọ Gibịat Haaralot.
He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4 Nke a bụ ihe mere o ji mee otu a: Ndị ikom niile si nʼIjipt pụta, ndị tozuru ije agha, nwụrụ nʼụzọ, nʼime ọzara, mgbe ha hapụchara Ijipt.
Now this is the reason for the second circumcision: All the people who departed from Egypt of the male gender, all the men fit for war, died in the desert during the very long wandering way;
5 Mgbe ụmụ Izrel niile si Ijipt pụta, e biri ndị nwoke niile nọ nʼetiti ha ugwu. Ma nʼime iri afọ anọ ahụ ha na-awagharị nʼọzara, o nweghị ụmụ ha ndị nwoke a mụrụ nʼoge a e biri ugwu.
all these had been circumcised. But the people who were born in the desert,
6 Ndị Izrel niile awagharịala nʼọzara iri afọ anọ tutu ruo mgbe ndị ikom niile toruru ije agha, bụ ndị hapụrụ Ijipt nwụchara, ebe ọ bụ na ha jụrụ irubere Onyenwe anyị isi. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ṅụrụ iyi sị ha na ha agaghị ahụ ala ahụ anya, bụ ala ahụ o kwere nna nna ha na nkwa, inye anyị, ala mmiri ara ehi na mmanụ aṅụ na-eru na ya.
throughout the forty years of the journey in the very broad wilderness, were uncircumcised, until the ones who had not listened to the voice of the Lord were consumed. For he had sworn to them before, that he would not reveal to them the land flowing with milk and honey.
7 Onyenwe anyị mere ka ụmụ ndị nnupu isi a mụtara nọchie anya ha. Ọ bụkwa ndị a ka Joshua biri ugwu, nʼihi na tutu ruo ugbu a, e bibeghị ha ugwu.
The sons of these ones succeeded to the place of their fathers, and they were circumcised by Joshua. For they were uncircumcised, just as they had been born, and no one had circumcised them along the way.
8 Mgbe e bizuru mba niile ahụ ugwu, ha nọdụrụ nʼebe ahụ ha mara ụlọ ikwu tutu ọnya obibi ugwu ha alaa.
Then, after they were all circumcised, they remained in the same place of the camp until they were healed.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Joshua okwu sị, “Taa, ewezugala m site nʼebe unu nọ ihe nkọcha nke ya na Ijipt so.” Nʼihi nke a, ha kpọrọ ebe ahụ Gilgal. Ọ bụkwa aha ya ruo taa.
And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And the name of that place was called Gilgal, even to the present day.
10 Mgbe ụmụ Izrel mara ụlọ ikwu ha na Gilgal nʼala ihe nʼadịghị nke Jeriko, ha mere Mmemme Ngabiga nʼuhuruchi nke ụbọchị iri na anọ nke ọnwa ahụ.
And the sons of Israel stayed at Gilgal, and they kept the Passover, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the plains of Jericho.
11 Nʼụbọchị sotere ụbọchị ngabiga, nʼotu ụbọchị ahụ, ha riri ụfọdụ ihe ubi nke ala Kenan. Ọ bụ achịcha a na-ejighị ihe na-eko achịcha mee, na ọka ahụrụ nʼọkụ ka ha tara.
And on the following day, they ate unleavened bread from the grain of the land, and cooked grain, of the same year.
12 Mánà kwụsịkwara nʼechi ya mgbe ha riri nri sitere nʼala ahụ. Ụmụ Izrel ahụkwaghị mánà anya ọzọ, ma nʼafọ ahụ ha riri ihe omume ubi si nʼala Kenan.
And the manna ceased after they ate from the grain of the land. And the sons of Israel no longer made use of that food. Instead, they ate from the grain of the present year, from the land of Canaan.
13 Mgbe Joshua nọ nso obodo Jeriko, o weliri anya ya elu hụ otu nwoke ka o guzo nʼihu ya. Nwoke a mịpụtara mma agha ya jide ya nʼaka ya. Joshua jekwuru ya jụọ ya sị ya, “Ị dịnyeere anyị ka ị dịnyeere ndị iro anyị?”
And when Joshua was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and he saw a man standing opposite him, holding a drawn sword. And he went to him and said, “Are you one of ours, or one of our adversaries?”
14 Nwoke ahụ zaghachiri ya sị, “Ọ dịghị onye m dịnyeere, kama abịara m ugbu a dịka ọchịagha usuu ndị agha Onyenwe anyị.” Joshua dara nʼala kpuo ihu ya nʼala kpọọ isiala nye ya, sị ya, “Ejikerela m ime ihe ọbụla i nyere nʼiwu. Onyenwe m, gịnị ka ị chọrọ ka m mee?”
And he responded: “Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived.” Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
15 Ọchịagha usuu ndị agha Onyenwe anyị zara sị Joshua, “Yipụ akpụkpọụkwụ gị, nʼihi na ebe ahụ i guzo bụ ala dị nsọ.” Joshua mere dịka ọ gwara ya.
He said: “Remove your shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy.” And Joshua did just as he had been commanded.
