Josua 5

1 Men da alle Amoriterkongerne vesten for Jordan og alle Kana'anæerkongerne ved Havet hørte, at HERREN havde ladet Jordans Vand tørre bort foran Israeliterne, indtil de var gået over, blev de slaget af Rædsel og tabte Modet over for Israeliterne.

Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

2 På den Tid sagde HERREN til Josua: "Lav dig Stenknive og omskær på ny Israeliterne!"

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

3 Da lavede Josua sig Stenknive og omskar Israeliterne ved Forhudshøjen.

So Joshua made stone knives and gave the children of Israel circumcision at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

4 Og dette var Grunden til, at Josua omskar dem: Alt Mandkøn af Folket, som drog ud af Ægypten, alle våbenføre Mænd, var døde undervejs i Ørkenen, efter at de var draget ud af Ægypten.

And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5 Hele Folket, som drog ud, havde nok været omskåret, men af det Folk, som var født i Ørkenen under Vandringen, efter at de var draget ud af Ægypten, var ingen blevet omskåret;

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.

6 thi i fyrretyve År havde Israeliterne vandret i Ørkenen, indtil hele Folket, de våbenføre Mænd, som var draget ud af Ægypten, var døde, fordi de ikke havde adlydt HERRENs Røst, hvorfor HERREN havde svoret, at han ikke vilde lade dem se det Land, HERREN havde tilsvoret deres Fædre at ville give os, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

For the children of Israel were wandering in the waste land for forty years, till all the nation, that is, all the fighting-men, who had come out of Egypt, were dead, because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: to whom the Lord said, with an oath, that he would not let them see the land which the Lord had given his word to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

7 Men deres Børn, som han havde ladet træde i deres Sted, dem omskar Josua; thi de var uomskårne, eftersom de ikke var blevet omskåret under Vandringen.

And their children, who came up in their place, now underwent circumcision by the hands of Joshua, not having had it before: for there had been no circumcision on the journey.

8 Da så hele Folket var blevet omskåret, holdt de sig i Ro, hvor de var i Lejren, indtil de kom sig.

So when all the nation had undergone circumcision, they kept in their tents till they were well again.

9 Men HERREN sagde til Josua: "I Dag har jeg bortvæltet Ægypternes Forsmædelse fra eder." Og han kaldte dette Sted Gilgal, som det hedder den Dag i Dag.

And the Lord said to Joshua, Today the shame of Egypt has been rolled away from you. So that place was named Gilgal, to this day.

10 Medens Israeliterne lå i Lejr i Gilgal, fejrede de Påsken om Aftenen den fjortende Dag i Måneden på Jerikos Sletter;

So the children of Israel put up their tents in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the lowlands of Jericho.

11 og Dagen efter Påsken spiste de af Landets Afgrøde, usyrede Brød og ristet Korn;

And on the day after the Passover, they had for their food the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and dry grain on the same day.

12 selv samme Dag hørte Mannaen op, da de nu spiste af Landets Afgrøde; Israeliterne fik ikke Manna mer, men spiste det År af Høsten i Kana'ans Land.

And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.

13 Og det skete, medens Josua opholdt sig ved Jeriko, at han så op og fik Øje på en Mand, som stod foran ham med draget Sværd i Hånden. Josua gik da hen til ham og sagde: "Er du en af vore eller en af vore Fjender?"

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

14 Han svarede: "Ingen af Delene, jeg er Fyrsten over HERRENs Hær; lige nu er jeg kommet!" Da faldt Josua til Jorden på sit Ansigt og tilbad og sagde til ham: "Hvad har min Herre at sige sin Tjener?"

And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

15 Og Fyrsten over HERRENs Hær svarede Josua: "Drag dine Sko af Fødderne, thi det Sted, du står på, er helligt!" Det gjorde Josua.

And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.