Josua 5
1 Sobald die Amoriterkönige alle jenseits des Jordan im Westen und alle Kanaaniter am Meere hörten, wie der Herr das Wasser des Jordan vor den Israeliten hatte vertrocknen lassen, bis sie hinüber waren, verzagte ihr Herz, und sie hatten keinen Mut mehr gegen die Israeliten.
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 In jener Zeit gebot der Herr dem Josue: "Mach dir Steinmesser! Beschneide zum zweitenmal die Söhne Israels!"
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 Da machte sich Josue Steinmesser und beschnitt die Israeliten wieder an der Spitze der Glieder.
So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.
4 Dies war der Grund, weshalb Josue beschnitten hatte: Das ganze Volk, das aus Ägypten zog, die Männer, alle Kriegsleute, waren unterwegs in der Wüste gestorben nach ihrem Auszuge aus Ägypten.
[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 Denn das ganze Volk, das aus Ägypten auszog, war beschnitten gewesen. Dagegen hatte man niemand von dem Volke beschnitten, das nach dem Auszug aus Ägypten unterwegs in der Wüste geboren ward.
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 Denn vierzig Jahre zogen die Israeliten in der Wüste umher, bis das ganze Geschlecht weggestorben war, die Kriegsleute, die aus Ägypten gezogen, aber des Herrn Weisung nicht gehorcht hatten und denen der Herr geschworen, daß er sie das Land nicht sehen lasse, das uns zu geben der Herr ihren Vätern zugeschworen, ein Land von Milch und Honig fließend.
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 Ihre Söhne aber hatte er an ihrer Statt aufkommen lassen, und sie hatte Josue beschnitten. Denn sie waren unbeschnitten gewesen, weil man sie unterwegs nicht beschnitten hatte.
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 Als alles Volk zu Ende beschnitten war, blieben sie an ihrer Stelle im Lager bis zu ihrer Genesung.
After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.
9 Und der Herr sprach zu Josue: "Heute habe ich Ägyptens Schande von euch gewälzt." Daher heißt der Ort Gilgal bis auf diesen Tag.
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 Die Israeliten lagerten im Gilgal, und sie hielten am vierzehnten Tage des Monats am Abend in Jerichos Steppe das Passah.
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 Sie aßen am nächsten Tage nach dem Passah von den Früchten des Bodens, ungesäuerte Brote und geröstetes Korn noch am selben Tage.
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 Am nächsten Tage aber blieb das Manna aus, als sie von den Früchten des Bodens aßen. Für die Israeliten gab es kein Manna mehr. So aßen sie in jenem Jahr von dem Ertrag des Landes Kanaan.
The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.
13 Als aber Josue bei Jericho war, schaute er auf. Da sah er sich gegenüber einem Mann mit gezücktem Schwert in der Hand. Josue ging auf ihn zu und sprach zu ihm: "Bist du für uns oder für unsere Feinde?"
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 Er sprach: "Nein! Ich bin der Führer der Kriegsschar des Herrn. Eigens bin ich gekommen." Da fiel Josue auf sein Antlitz zur Erde, huldigte und fragte ihn. "Was hat mein Herr seinem Sklaven zu sagen?"
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 Da sprach der Anführer der Kriegsschar des Herrn zu Josue: "Zieh deine Schuhe aus! Denn heilig ist der Ort, worauf du stehst." Und Josue tat so.
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.
