Joshua 5
English Standard Version
The New Generation Circumcised
5 As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites (A)who were by the sea, (B)heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts (C)melted and (D)there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.
2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make (E)flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.[a] 4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: (F)all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. 5 Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. 6 For the people of Israel walked (G)forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord (H)swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, (I)a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 So it was (J)their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
8 When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the (K)reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called (L)Gilgal[b] to this day.
First Passover in Canaan
10 While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover (M)on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. 11 And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. 12 And (N)the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
The Commander of the Lord's Army
13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, (O)a man was standing before him (P)with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua (Q)fell on his face to the earth and worshiped[c] and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, (R)“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
Footnotes
- Joshua 5:3 Gibeath-haaraloth means the hill of the foreskins
- Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for to roll
- Joshua 5:14 Or and paid homage
Josué 5
La Bible du Semeur
5 Tous les rois des Amoréens établis sur la rive occidentale du Jourdain et tous les rois des Cananéens établis sur le littoral de la mer Méditerranée apprirent que l’Eternel avait asséché le Jourdain devant les Israélites jusqu’à ce qu’ils l’aient traversé. Alors le courage leur manqua et ils perdirent tous leurs moyens en face des Israélites.
La circoncision de la nouvelle génération
2 A cette même époque, l’Eternel dit à Josué : Fais-toi des couteaux de silex et circoncis cette deuxième génération d’Israélites.
3 Josué se munit de couteaux de silex et circoncit les Israélites sur la colline d’Araloth.
4 Voici pourquoi Josué les circoncit : tous les hommes en âge de porter les armes qui étaient sortis d’Egypte étaient morts en chemin dans le désert après avoir quitté l’Egypte. 5 Ils étaient tous circoncis. Mais les garçons nés pendant la traversée du désert, après la sortie d’Egypte, ne l’avaient pas été. 6 Pendant quarante ans, les Israélites avaient marché dans le désert jusqu’à l’extinction de toute la génération des hommes en âge de porter les armes au moment de la sortie d’Egypte. En effet, parce qu’ils n’avaient pas obéi à l’Eternel, l’Eternel avait juré de ne pas leur laisser voir le pays qu’il avait promis par serment à leurs ancêtres de nous donner, ce pays ruisselant de lait et de miel. 7 Mais il leur substitua leurs fils : ce sont eux que Josué circoncit puisqu’ils ne l’avaient pas été pendant la marche dans le désert.
8 Après que tout le peuple eut été circoncis, ils restèrent sur place dans le camp jusqu’à leur guérison. 9 Puis l’Eternel dit à Josué : Aujourd’hui, j’ai fait rouler loin de vous l’opprobre de l’Egypte.
C’est pourquoi cet endroit fut appelé Guilgal (Le roulement), nom qu’il a conservé jusqu’à ce jour.
La célébration de la Pâque – fin de la manne
10 Pendant que les Israélites campaient à Guilgal, ils célébrèrent la Pâque le soir du quatorzième jour du mois, dans les plaines de Jéricho. 11 Le lendemain, ils mangèrent des produits du pays : des pains sans levain et des épis grillés. 12 A partir du lendemain de ce jour-là, la manne[a] cessa de tomber puisqu’ils pouvaient se nourrir des produits du pays ; il n’y eut plus de manne pour les Israélites qui vécurent des productions du pays de Canaan cette année-là.
L’arrivée du chef de l’armée de l’Eternel
13 Un jour où Josué se trouvait près de Jéricho, il vit soudain un individu qui se tenait debout devant lui, avec son épée dégainée à la main. Josué s’avança vers lui et lui demanda : Es-tu des nôtres ou de nos ennemis ?
14 – Non, répondit l’homme. Je suis le chef de l’armée de l’Eternel et je viens maintenant.
Alors Josué se prosterna, le visage contre terre, et lui dit : Seigneur, je suis ton serviteur, quels sont tes ordres ?
15 Le chef de l’armée de l’Eternel lui répondit : Ote tes sandales de tes pieds, car l’endroit où tu te tiens est un lieu saint.
Et Josué obéit.
Footnotes
- 5.12 Voir Ex 16.13-35.
Joshua 5
New King James Version
The Second Generation Circumcised
5 So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites (A)who were by the sea, (B)heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until [a]we had crossed over, that [b]their heart melted; (C)and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.
2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make (D)flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at [c]the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: (E)All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt. 5 For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked (F)forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were [d]consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that (G)He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, (H)“a land flowing with milk and honey.” 7 Then Joshua circumcised (I)their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp (J)till they were healed. 9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away (K)the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of the place is called (L)Gilgal[e] to this day.
10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover (M)on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. 11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and [f]parched grain, on the very same day. 12 Then (N)the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.
The Commander of the Army of the Lord
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, (O)a Man stood opposite him (P)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 So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.”
And Joshua (Q)fell on his face to the earth and (R)worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”
15 Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, (S)“Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.
Footnotes
- Joshua 5:1 So with Kt.; Qr., some Heb. mss. and editions, LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. they
- Joshua 5:1 their courage failed
- Joshua 5:3 Heb. Gibeath Haaraloth
- Joshua 5:6 destroyed
- Joshua 5:9 Lit. Rolling
- Joshua 5:11 roasted
约书亚记 5
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
迦南人闻风丧胆
5 在约旦河西，亚摩利人的众王和靠近海边迦南人的众王，听见耶和华怎样使约旦河的水在以色列人面前干了，直到他们都过河去，他们都心里惊怕，因以色列人的缘故，勇气全失。
以色列在吉甲行割礼
2 那时，耶和华对约书亚说：“你要制造火石刀，第二次给以色列人行割礼。” 3 约书亚就制造了火石刀，在包皮山那里给以色列人行了割礼。 4 约书亚给以色列人行割礼的原因是这样：所有从埃及出来的人民，就是所有能作战的男丁，出埃及以后，都死在旷野的路上。 5 因为所有从埃及出来的人民都受过割礼；唯有从埃及出来以后，所有在旷野的路上出生的人民，都没有受过割礼。 6 以色列人在旷野走了四十年，直到全国的人，就是从埃及出来能作战的男丁，都灭尽了，因为他们不听耶和华的话；耶和华曾经向他们起誓，必不容许他们看见耶和华向他们列祖起誓要赐给我们的地，就是流奶与蜜的地。 7 他们的子孙，就是耶和华兴起来代替他们的，约书亚给他们行了割礼；这些人是未受割礼的人，因为他们在路上没有受过割礼。 8 全国的人受了割礼之后，都住在营中自己的地方，直到痊愈。 9 耶和华对约书亚说：“我今日把埃及的耻辱从你们身上辊去了。”因此，那地方名叫吉甲（“吉甲”意即“辊”），直到今日。
以色列人守逾越节
10 以色列人在吉甲安营；正月十四日晚上，他们在耶利哥的平原守逾越节。 11 逾越节后次日，他们吃了那地的出产；就在那一天，吃了无酵饼和烘的谷物。
吗哪停止降下
12 他们吃了那地的出产之后，第二天吗哪就停止降下；以色列人不再有吗哪了；那一年他们却吃迦南地的出产。
约书亚与耶和华军队的元帅
13 约书亚走近耶利哥的时候，抬头观看，看见一个人站在他对面，手里拿着拔出来的刀。约书亚走到他那里，对他说：“你是我们的人，还是我们的仇敌呢？” 14 那人回答：“不是的；我现在来是作耶和华军队的元帅。”约书亚就脸伏在地，向他下拜，对他说：“我主有甚么事要吩咐仆人呢？” 15 耶和华军队的元帅对约书亚说：“把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你站的地方是圣地。”约书亚就照着行了。
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