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وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ غَرْبًا، وَجَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ يَبَّسَ مِيَاهَ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى عَبَرْنَا، ذَابَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَلَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهِمْ رُوحٌ بَعْدُ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ١ 1
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.
فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «ٱصْنَعْ لِنَفْسِكَ سَكَاكِينَ مِنْ صَوَّانٍ، وَعُدْ فَٱخْتُنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَانِيَةً». ٢ 2
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].”
فَصَنَعَ يَشُوعُ سَكَاكِينَ مِنْ صَوَّانٍ وَخَتَنَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي تَلِّ ٱلْقُلَفِ. ٣ 3
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
وَهَذَا هُوَ سَبَبُ خَتْنِ يَشُوعَ إِيَّاهُمْ: أَنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، ٱلذُّكُوِرَ، جَمِيعَ رِجَالِ ٱلْحَرْبِ، مَاتُوا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ. ٤ 4
[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.
لِأَنَّ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا كَانُوا مَخْتُونِينَ، وَأَمَّا جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ فَلَمْ يُخْتَنُوا. ٥ 5
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.
لِأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَارُوا أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي ٱلْقَفْرِ حَتَّى فَنِيَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ، رِجَالُ ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِقَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلَّذِينَ حَلَفَ ٱلرَّبُّ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ لَا يُرِيهِمِ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي حَلَفَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَنَا إِيَّاهَا، ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا. ٦ 6
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].
وَأَمَّا بَنُوهُمْ فَأَقَامَهُمْ مَكَانَهُمْ. فَإِيَّاهُمْ خَتَنَ يَشُوعُ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قُلْفًا، إِذْ لَمْ يَخْتِنُوهُمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ. ٧ 7
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].
وَكَانَ بَعْدَمَا ٱنْتَهَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ ٱلِٱخْتِتَانِ، أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا فِي أَمَاكِنِهِمْ فِي ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ حَتَّى بَرِئُوا. ٨ 8
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ: «ٱلْيَوْمَ قَدْ دَحْرَجْتُ عَنْكُمْ عَارَ مِصْرَ». فَدُعِيَ ٱسْمُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَكَانِ «ٱلْجِلْجَالَ» إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. ٩ 9
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.
فَحَلَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ، وَعَمِلُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ مَسَاءً فِي عَرَبَاتِ أَرِيحَا. ١٠ 10
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].
وَأَكَلُوا مِنْ غَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرْضِ فِي ٱلْغَدِ بَعْدَ ٱلْفِصْحِ فَطِيرًا وَفَرِيكًا فِي نَفْسِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. ١١ 11
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.
وَٱنْقَطَعَ ٱلْمَنُّ فِي ٱلْغَدِ عِنْدَ أَكْلِهِمْ مِنْ غَلَّةِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَنٌّ. فَأَكَلُوا مِنْ مَحْصُولِ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ. ١٢ 12
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَشُوعُ عِنْدَ أَرِيحَا أَنَّهُ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ، وَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ وَاقِفٍ قُبَالَتَهُ، وَسَيْفُهُ مَسْلُولٌ بِيَدِهِ. فَسَارَ يَشُوعُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَلْ لَنَا أَنْتَ أَوْ لِأَعدَائِنَا؟» ١٣ 13
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?”
فَقَالَ: «كَلَّا، بَلْ أَنَا رَئِيسُ جُنْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ. ٱلْآنَ أَتَيْتُ». فَسَقَطَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «بِمَاذَا يُكَلِّمُ سَيِّدِي عَبْدَهُ؟» ١٤ 14
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].”
فَقَالَ رَئِيسُ جُنْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيَشُوعَ: «ٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَكَ مِنْ رِجْلِكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَكَانَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ مُقَدَّسٌ». فَفَعَلَ يَشُوعُ كَذَلِكَ. ١٥ 15
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.

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