Josué 5
1 Cuando todos los reyes de los amorreos, que estaban al otro lado del Jordán, hacia el oeste, y todos los reyes de los cananeos, que estaban junto al mar, oyeron cómo Yahvé había secado las aguas del Jordán desde delante de los hijos de Israel hasta que habíamos cruzado, se les derritió el corazón, y no hubo más espíritu en ellos, a causa de los hijos de Israel.
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 aquel tiempo, Yahvé dijo a Josué: “Haz cuchillos de pedernal y vuelve a circuncidar a los hijos de Israel por segunda vez.”
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 hizo cuchillos de pedernal y circuncidó a los hijos de Israel en el monte de los prepucios.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Esta es la razón por la que Josué los circuncidó: todo el pueblo que salió de Egipto, que era varón, incluso todos los hombres de guerra, murieron en el desierto a lo largo del camino, después de que salieron de Egipto.
[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 Porque todo el pueblo que salió fue circuncidado; pero todo el pueblo que nació en el desierto a lo largo del camino al salir de Egipto no había sido circuncidado.
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 Porque los hijos de Israel anduvieron cuarenta años en el desierto hasta que toda la nación, incluso los hombres de guerra que salieron de Egipto, fueron consumidos, porque no escucharon la voz de Yahvé. Yahvé les juró que no les dejaría ver la tierra que Yahvé juró a sus padres que nos daría, una tierra que mana leche y 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 Sus hijos, a los que levantó en su lugar, fueron circuncidados por Josué, ya que eran incircuncisos, porque no los habían circuncidado en el camino.
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 Cuando terminaron de circuncidar a toda la nación, se quedaron en sus lugares en el campamento hasta que se curaron.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 El Señor le dijo a Josué: “Hoy he quitado de ti el oprobio de Egipto”. Por eso el nombre de aquel lugar se llamó Gilgal hasta el día de hoy.
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 Los hijos de Israel acamparon en Gilgal. Celebraron la Pascua el día catorce del mes, al atardecer, en las llanuras de Jericó.
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 Comieron tortas sin levadura y grano tostado de los productos de la tierra al día siguiente de la Pascua, en el mismo día.
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 El maná cesó al día siguiente, después de que comieron de los productos de la tierra. Los hijos de Israel ya no tuvieron maná, sino que comieron del fruto de la tierra de Canaán ese año.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Cuando Josué estaba junto a Jericó, alzó los ojos y miró, y he aquí que un hombre estaba frente a él con la espada desenvainada en la mano. Josué se acercó a él y le dijo: “¿Estás a favor nuestro o de nuestros enemigos?”.
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 Él dijo: “No; pero he venido ahora como comandante del ejército de Yahvé”. Josué se postró en tierra y adoró, y le preguntó: “¿Qué dice mi señor a su siervo?”.
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 El príncipe del ejército de Yahvé le dijo a Josué: “Quítate las sandalias, porque el lugar donde estás parado es sagrado”. Josué así lo hizo.
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.
