Joshua 5
1 Nígbà tí gbogbo àwọn ọba Amori ti ìlà-oòrùn Jordani àti gbogbo àwọn ọba Kenaani tí ń bẹ létí òkun gbọ́ bí Olúwa ti mú Jordani gbẹ ní iwájú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli títí ti a fi kọjá, ọkàn wọn pami, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò ní ìgboyà mọ́ láti dojúkọ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
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 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa wí fún Joṣua pé, “Fi akọ òkúta ṣe abẹ kí o sì kọ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ní ilà ní ìgbà ẹ̀ẹ̀kejì.”
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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Joṣua sì ṣe abẹ akọ òkúta, ó sì kọ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ní ilà, ní Gibiati-Haralotu.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Wàyí o, ìdí tí Joṣua fi kọ wọ́n nílà nìyìí. Gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó ti Ejibiti jáde wá, gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin ogun kú ní aginjù ní ọ̀nà lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
[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 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé, gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin tó jáde láti Ejibiti ni a ti kọ ní ilà, síbẹ̀ gbogbo ènìyàn tí a bí nínú aginjù lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n jáde ní Ejibiti ni wọn kò kọ ní ilà.
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 Àwọn ará Israẹli rìn ní aginjù fún ogójì ọdún títí gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó tó ogun n jà nígbà tí wọ́n kúrò ni Ejibiti fi kú, nítorí wọn kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí Olúwa. Nítorí Olúwa ti búra fún wọn pé wọn kò ní rí ilẹ̀ tí òun ṣe ìlérí fún àwọn baba wọn láti fi fun wa, ilẹ̀ tí ń sàn fún wàrà àti fún oyin.
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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó gbé àwọn ọmọ wọn dìde dípò wọn, àwọn wọ̀nyí sì ni Joṣua kọ ní ilà. Wọ́n wà ní aláìkọlà nítorí a kò tí ì kọ wọ́n ní ilà ní ojú ọ̀nà.
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 Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè náà kọ ilà tan, wọ́n dúró ní ibi tí wọ́n wà ní ibùdó títí ilà wọn fi jinná.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 Nígbà náà ní Olúwa wí fún Joṣua pé, “Ní òní ni mo yí ẹ̀gàn Ejibiti kúrò ní orí yín.” Nítorí náà ni a ṣe ń pe orúkọ ibẹ̀ ní Gilgali títí ó fi di òní yìí.
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 Ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ ọjọ́ kẹrìnlá oṣù náà, nígbà tí wọ́n pàgọ́ ní Gilgali ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ Jeriko, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì ṣe ọdún àjọ ìrékọjá.
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 Ní ọjọ́ kejì àjọ ìrékọjá, ní ọjọ́ náà gan an ni, wọ́n jẹ nínú àwọn ìre oko ilẹ̀ náà: àkàrà aláìwú, àti ọkà yíyan.
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 Manna náà sì tan ní ọjọ́ kejì tí wọ́n jẹ oúnjẹ tí ilẹ̀ náà mú jáde, kò sì sí manna kankan mọ́ fún àwọn ará Israẹli, ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún náà wọ́n jẹ ìre oko ilẹ̀ Kenaani.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Nígbà tí Joṣua súnmọ́ Jeriko, ó wo òkè ó sì rí ọkùnrin kan tí ó dúró ní iwájú rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú idà ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀. Joṣua sì tọ̀ ọ́ lọ, ó sì bi í pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ wà fún wa tàbí fún ọ̀tá a wa?”
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 “Kì í ṣe fún èyíkéyìí ó fèsì, ṣùgbọ́n gẹ́gẹ́ bí olórí ogun Olúwa ni mo wá nísinsin yìí.” Nígbà náà ni Joṣua sì wólẹ̀ ní iwájú u rẹ̀ ní ìbẹ̀rù, ó sì bi í léèrè, “Kí ni Olúwa ní í sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀?”
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 Olórí ogun Olúwa sì dá a lóhùn pé, “Bọ́ sálúbàtà rẹ kúrò ní ẹsẹ̀ rẹ, nítorí pé ibi tí ìwọ dúró sí yìí, ilẹ̀ mímọ́ ni.” Joṣua sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.
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.
