Joshua 8
1 And the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, arise and go up to the town of Hai. Behold I have delivered into thy hand the king thereof, and the people, and the city, and the land.
Og Herren sagde til Josva: Frygt ikke og ræddes ikke, tag med dig alt Krigsfolket og gør dig rede, drag op mod Ai; se, jeg har givet Kongen af Ai og hans Folk og hans Stad og hans Land i din Haand.
2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils and all the cattle you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it.
Og du skal gøre ved Ai og dens Konge, ligesom du gjorde ved Jeriko og dens Konge, kun dens Bytte og dens Kvæg skulle I røve for eder selv; sæt dig et Baghold bag ved Staden!
3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night,
Da gjorde Josva sig rede og alt Krigsfolket at drage op til Ai, og Josva udvalgte tredive Tusinde Mand, vældige til Strid, og sendte dem hen om Natten.
4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.
Og han bød dem og sagde: Ser til, I som ere i Baghold ved Staden bag ved Staden, I skulle ikke holde eder saare langt fra Staden, og I skulle være alle sammen rede.
5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall come out against us, we will flee, and turn our backs, as we did before:
Men jeg og alt det Folk, som er med mig, vi ville komme nær til Staden, og det skal ske, naar de gaa ud imod os som i Begyndelsen, da ville vi fly for deres Ansigt.
6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.
Og de skulle gaa efter os, indtil vi faa draget dem bort fra Staden; thi de skulle tænke: De fly for vort Ansigt ligesom i Begyndelsen; og vi ville fly for deres Ansigt.
7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy the city: and the Lord your God will deliver it into our hands.
Da skulle I rejse eder af Bagholdet og indtage Staden; og Herren eders Gud skal give den i eders Haand.
8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.
Og det skal ske, naar I have indtaget Staden, da skulle I sætte Ild paa Staden; I skulle gøre efter Herrens Ord; se, jeg har befalet eder det.
9 And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the city of Hai. But Josue stayed that night in the midst of the people,
Saa sendte Josva dem, og de gik til Bagholdet, og de bleve imellem Bethel og Ai, Vesten for Ai; men Josva overnattede den samme Nat midt iblandt Folket.
10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army environed with the aid of the fighting men.
Og Josva stod tidlig op om Morgenen og mønstrede Folket; og han drog op, han og de Ældste af Israel, fremmest for Folket mod Ai.
11 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.
Og alt Krigsfolket, som var hos ham, drog op og holdt sig nær til og kom lige for Staden; og de sloge Lejr Norden for Ai, saa at Dalen var imellem ham og imellem Ai.
12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:
Og han havde taget ved fem Tusinde Mand og sat dem i Baghold imellem Bethel og imellem Ai, Vesten for Staden.
13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.
Og da Folket havde opstillet hele Lejren, som var Nord for Staden, og Bagholdet, som var Vest for Staden, drog Josva samme Nat ned midt i Dalen.
14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of the city, and set it in battle array toward the desert, not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back.
Og det skete, der Kongen af Ai saa det, da skyndte Mændene af Staden sig og stode tidlig op og gik ud imod Israel til Striden, han og hele hans Folk, paa en bestemt Tid, foran den slette Mark; men han vidste ikke, at der var et Baghold paa ham bag ved Staden.
15 But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.
Men Josva og al Israel lode sig slaa for deres Ansigt, og de flyede ad Vejen mod Ørken.
16 But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from the city,
Da blev alt Folket sammenraabt, som var i Staden, for at forfølge dem; og de forfulgte Josva, og de bleve dragne bort fra Staden.
17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,
Og der blev ikke en Mand tilovers i Ai og Bethel, som ej drog ud efter Israel; og de lode Staden aaben og forfulgte Israel.
18 The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will deliver it to thee.
Da sagde Herren til Josva: Udræk dit Kastespyd, som du har i din Haand, mod Ai, thi jeg vil give den i din Haand; og Josva udrakte Spydet, som han havde i sin Haand, mod Staden.
19 And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush that lay hid, rose up immediately: and going to the city, took it and set it on fire.
Da rejste Bagholdet sig hasteligen fra sit Sted, og de løb, der han udstrakte sin Haand, og kom i Staden og indtoge den; og de skyndte sig og satte Ild paa Staden.
20 And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven, had no more power to flee this way or that way: especially as they that had counterfeited flight, and were going toward the wilderness, turned back most valiantly against them that pursued.
Og Mændene af Ai vendte sig tilbage, og de saa, og se, Røgen af Staden steg op mod Himmelen, og der var ingen Udvej for dem at fly hid eller did; og det Folk, som flyede til Ørken, vendte sig imod dem, som forfulgte dem.
21 So Josue and all Israel seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, returned and slew the men of Hai.
Da Josva og al Israel saa, at Bagholdet havde indtaget Staden, og at Røgen steg op af Staden, da vendte de tilbage og sloge Mændene af Ai.
22 And they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out of the city to meet their own men, began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them. So that the enemies being cut off on both sides, not one of so great a multitude was saved.
Og hine gik ud af Staden mod dem, saa de vare midt imellem Israel, hine vare paa den ene Side, og disse paa den anden Side; og de sloge dem, indtil ingen blev tilovers af dem som undkommen eller undsluppen.
23 And they took the king of the city of Hai alive, and brought him to Josue.
Og de grebe Kongen af Ai levende, og de førte ham frem til Josva.
24 So all being slain that had pursued after Israel in his flight to the wilderness, and tailing by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returned and laid waste the city.
Og det skete, der Israel var kommet til Ende med at slaa alle Ais Indbyggere ihjel paa Marken i Ørken, hvor de forfulgte dem, og de vare faldne alle sammen for skarpe Sværd, indtil det var forbi med dem: Da vendte al Israel tilbage til Ai og slog den med skarpe Sværd.
25 And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons all of the city of Hai.
Og alle de, som faldt paa samme Dag, baade Mænd og Kvinder, vare tolv Tusinde, alle Folk af Ai.
26 But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.
Og Josva tog ikke sin Haand, som han havde udrakt med Spydet, tilbage, førend han havde ødelagt alle Ais Indbyggere.
27 And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.
Ikkun Kvæget og Byttet og Rovet af samme Stad røvede Israel for sig selv efter Herrens Ord, som han bød Josva.
28 And he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:
Og Josva afbrændte Ai, og han gjorde af den en stedsevarende Dynge, en øde Plads, indtil denne Dag.
29 And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Josue commanded, and they took down his carcass from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entrance of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.
Og han lod Kongen af Ai ophænge paa et Træ indtil Aftens Tid; og der Solen gik ned, bød Josva, at de skulde nedtage hans døde Krop af Træet, og de kastede den for Indgangen til Stadens Port, og de opkastede en stor Stenhob over ham, som er der indtil denne Dag.
30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,
Da byggede Josva Herren, Israels Gud, et Alter paa Ebals Bjerg,
31 As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.
ligesom Mose, Herrens Tjener, bød Israels Børn efter det, som er skrevet i Mose Lovbog: Et Alter af hele Stene, over hvilket der ikke er ført noget Jern; og de ofrede derpaa Brændofre for Herren, og de slagtede Takofre.
32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.
Og han skrev der paa Stenene en Afskrift af Mose Lov, som han havde skrevet for Israels Børns Ansigt.
33 And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by mount Garizim, and half by mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel.
Og al Israel og dets Ældste og Fogeder og Dommere stode paa begge Sider af Arken tværs over for Præsterne, Leviterne, som bare Herrens Pagts Ark, saa vel den fremmede som den indfødte, Halvdelen deraf hen imod Garizims Bjerg, og Halvdelen deraf hen imod Ebals Bjerg, saaledes som Mose, Herrens Tjener, fra først af havde budet at velsigne Israels Folk.
34 After this he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing and all things that were written in the hook of the law.
Og derefter oplæste han alle Lovens Ord, Velsignelsen og Forbandelsen, efter alt det, som er skrevet i Lovbogen.
35 He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children and strangers that dwelt among them.
Der var ikke et Ord af alt det, som Mose havde budet, hvilket Josva ej lod oplæse for al Israels Forsamling, endog for Kvinderne og smaa Børn og den fremmede, som vandrede midt iblandt dem.
