Josua 5
1 Då nu alla de Amoreers Konungar, som på den sidan Jordan vesterut bodde, och alla de Cananeers Konungar vid hafvet, hörde huru Herren hade förtorkat Jordans vatten för Israels barn, så länge de gingo deröfver, vardt deras hjerta bäfvande, och intet mod var mer i dem, för Israels barns skull.
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 På den tiden sade Herren till Josua: Gör dig stenknifvar, och omskär Israels barn annan gång.
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 Då gjorde Josua sig stenknifvar, och omskar Israels barn på den högen Araloth.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Och detta är saken, hvarföre Josua omskar allt folket, som utur Egypten draget var, mankön; ty allt krigsfolket var dödt blifvet i öknene på vägenom, då de drogo utur Egypten;
[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 Ty allt det folk, som utdrog, var omskoret; men allt det folk, som i öknene föddes på vägenom, då de drogo utur Egypten, det var icke omskoret.
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 Förty Israels barn vandrade i fyratio år i öknene, tilldess allt folket af krigsmännerna, som utur Egypten dragne voro, förgingos; derföre, att de icke lydde Herrans röst, såsom Herren dem svorit hade, att de icke skulle få se det landet, som Herren deras fäder svorit hade, att gifva oss ett land, der mjölk och hannog uti flyter.
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 Deras barn, som i deras stad uppkomne voro, dem omskar Josua; förty de hade förhud, och voro intet omskorne på vägenom.
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 Och då hela folket omskoret var, blefvo de på sitt rum i lägrena, tilldess de voro läkte.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 Och Herren sade till Josua: I denna dag hafver jag vändt ifrån eder Egypti skam; och det rummet vardt kalladt Gilgal, intill denna dag.
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 Och som Israels barn så hade deras lägre i Gilgal, höllo de Passah, på fjortonde dagen i den månadenom, om aftonen, uppå Jericho mark;
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 Och åto af landsens säd på annan dagen i Passah, nämliga osyradt bröd, och torkad ax, rätt uppå samma dagen.
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 Och Man vände åter på den andra dagen, sedan de hade ätit af landsens säd, så att Israels barn intet Man mera hade, utan åto af landsens Canaans säd, utaf det samma året.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Och det begaf sig, då Josua var vid Jericho, att han upplyfte sin ögon, och vardt varse att en man stod der för honom, och hade ett draget svärd i sine hand; och Josua gick till honom, och sade till honom: Hörer du oss, eller våra fiendar till?
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 Han sade: Nej; utan jag är Förste öfver Herrans här, och är rätt nu kommen. Då föll Josua neder på jordena på sitt ansigte, och tillbad, och sade till honom: Hvad säger min Herre till sin tjenare?
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 Och Försten öfver Herrans här sade till Josua: Drag dina skor af dina fötter; ty rummet, som du står uppå, är heligt. Och Josua gjorde så.
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.
