Joshua 5
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.
Quando tutti i re degli Amorrei, che sono oltre il Giordano ad occidente, e tutti i re dei Cananei, che erano presso il mare, seppero che il Signore aveva prosciugato le acque del Giordano davanti agli Israeliti, finché furono passati, si sentirono venir meno il cuore e non ebbero più fiato davanti agli Israeliti.
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].”
In quel tempo il Signore disse a Giosuè: «Fatti coltelli di selce e circoncidi di nuovo gli Israeliti».
3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
Giosuè si fece coltelli di selce e circoncise gli Israeliti alla collina Aralot.
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.
La ragione per cui Giosuè fece praticare la circoncisione è la seguente: tutto il popolo uscito dall'Egitto, i maschi, tutti gli uomini atti alla guerra, morirono nel deserto dopo l'uscita dall'Egitto;
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.
mentre tutto quel popolo che ne era uscito era circonciso, tutto il popolo nato nel deserto, dopo l'uscita dall'Egitto, non era circonciso.
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].
Quarant'anni infatti camminarono gli Israeliti nel deserto, finché fu estinta tutta la nazione, cioè gli uomini atti alla guerra usciti dall'Egitto, i quali non avevano ascoltato la voce del Signore e ai quali il Signore aveva giurato di non mostrare loro quella terra, dove scorre latte e miele, che il Signore aveva giurato ai padri di darci,
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].
ma al loro posto fece sorgere i loro figli e questi circoncise Giosuè; non erano infatti circoncisi perché non era stata fatta la circoncisione durante il viaggio.
8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
Quando si terminò di circoncidere tutta la nazione, rimasero al loro posto nell'accampamento finché furono guariti.
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.
Allora il Signore disse a Giosuè: «Oggi ho allontanato da voi l'infamia d'Egitto». Quel luogo si chiamò Gàlgala fino ad oggi.
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].
Si accamparono dunque in Gàlgala gli Israeliti e celebrarono la pasqua al quattordici del mese, alla sera, nella steppa di Gerico.
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.
Il giorno dopo la pasqua mangiarono i prodotti della regione, azzimi e frumento abbrustolito in quello stesso giorno.
12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
La manna cessò il giorno dopo, come essi ebbero mangiato i prodotti della terra e non ci fu più manna per gli Israeliti; in quell'anno mangiarono i frutti della terra di Canaan.
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?”
Mentre Giosuè era presso Gerico, alzò gli occhi ed ecco, vide un uomo in piedi davanti a sé che aveva in mano una spada sguainata. Giosuè si diresse verso di lui e gli chiese: «Tu sei per noi o per i nostri avversari?».
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].”
Rispose: «No, io sono il capo dell'esercito del Signore. Giungo proprio ora». Allora Giosuè cadde con la faccia a terra, si prostrò e gli disse: «Che dice il mio signore al suo servo?».
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.
Rispose il capo dell'esercito del Signore a Giosuè: «Togliti i sandali dai tuoi piedi, perché il luogo sul quale tu stai è santo». Giosuè così fece.
