Josvas 5

1 Alle amoritarkongarne vestanfor Jordan og alle kananitarkongarne utmed havet vart so rædde at dei reint vilde uvita då det spurdest at Herren hadde turka ut Jordan for Israels-folket medan dei for yver, og dei hadde ingen hug meir til å taka att med Israels-sønerne.

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

2 I det same bilet sagde Herren til Josva: «Gjer deg steinknivar og umskjer Israels-sønerne att!»

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

3 So gjorde Josva seg steinknivar og umskar Israels-sønerne på ein haug som sidan vert kalla Huvudhaugen.

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

4 Men at Josva laut umskjera deim, det hadde seg so: Alt folket som for frå Egyptarland, alle karar, alle våpnføre menner, hadde døytt burt i øydemarki på vegen frå Egyptarland.

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5 No var alle dei som for frå Egyptarland umskorne, men av deim som vart fødde på ferdi i øydemarki, var ingen umskoren.

Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

6 For i fyrti år laut Israels-sønerne ferdast i øydemarki, til dess heile folket, alle våpnføre menner som for frå Egyptarland, var daude og burte; dei vilde ikkje lyda Herrens ord, difor svor han deim til at dei ikkje skulde få sjå det landet han hadde lova federne deira å gjeva oss, eit land som fløymer med mjølk og honning.

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: to whom the LORD swore that he would not show them the land, which the LORD swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.

7 Men i staden for deim let han borni deira veksa upp; deim var det Josva umskar; for dei gjekk endå med huvehold, av di dei ikkje hadde vorte umskorne på ferdi.

And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

8 Då dette var frå seg gjort, og heile folket var umskore, heldt dei seg i ro i lægret til såri hadde batna.

And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

9 Og Herren sagde til Josva: «I dag hev eg velt av dykk egyptarskammi.» Sidan hev den staden vore kalla Gilgal alt til denne dag.

And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Why the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.

10 Medan Israels-sønerne låg i læger attmed Gilgal, heldt dei påske på Jerikomoarne den fjortande dagen i månaden, um kvelden.

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

11 Og dagen etter påske åt dei av landsens grøda; usyrt brød og steikte aks åt dei den dagen.

And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

12 Same dagen traut manna; for no åt Israels-folket av landsens grøda, og sidan fekk dei ikkje meir manna, men tok same året til å eta av det som var avla i Kana’ans-landet.

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

13 Då Josva var innmed Jeriko, hende det honom noko: Best som han lyfte upp augo, vart han var ein mann som stod beint framfyre honom med eit drege sverd i handi. Då gjekk Josva burt til mannen og sagde: «Er du av våre folk, eller høyrer du til fienden?»

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?

14 «Nei», svara han, «eg er hovdingen yver Herrens her. No er eg komen.» Josva fall på kne og bøygde seg til jordi og sagde: «Kva hev herren min å segja tenaren sin?»

And he said, No; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my Lord to his servant?

15 Då svara hovdingen yver Herrens her: «Drag skoen av foten din! for den staden du stend på, er heilag.» Og Josva gjorde so.

And the captain of the LORD’s host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place where on you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.