Joshua 5

1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

1 在约旦河西岸一带的亚摩利众王和沿海一带的迦南众王，听说耶和华使约旦河成为干地、让以色列人穿过，都吓得胆战心惊，勇气尽失。

2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”

2 那时，耶和华对约书亚说：“你要制作火石刀，再次给以色列人行割礼。”

3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

3 约书亚便制作火石刀，在割礼山给以色列人行了割礼。

4 Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.

4 约书亚给他们举行割礼，是因为所有从埃及出来、能够作战的男子之后都死在旷野的路上。

5 Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

5 从埃及出来的男子都受过割礼，而后来在旷野的路上出生的以色列人都没有受过割礼。

6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

6 以色列人在旷野飘泊了四十年，直到从埃及出来可以作战的男子都死了为止，因为他们不听从耶和华的话。耶和华曾向他们祖先起誓，要把奶蜜之乡赐给他们，但后来祂向他们起誓，不让他们看见那片土地。

7 And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

7 耶和华立他们的子孙代替他们。这些人没有受过割礼，因为在路上没有为他们行过割礼，约书亚就为他们行了割礼。

8 And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

8 全体民众受了割礼后，都留在自己的营内，直到康复为止。

9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

9 耶和华对约书亚说：“今天我除去了你们在埃及受的羞辱。”因此，那地方叫吉甲 ，沿用至今。

10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

10 以色列人都在耶利哥平原上的吉甲扎营，并于一月十四日傍晚在那里守逾越节。

11 The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

11 逾越节次日他们就吃当地的出产，包括无酵饼和烤麦穗。

12 And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

12 他们吃了当地出产后的第二天，吗哪便不再降下，以色列人再没有吗哪吃了。那一年他们开始吃迦南的出产。

13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

13 约书亚走近耶利哥，举目看见一个人站在他面前，手里拿着拔出来的剑。约书亚上前去问道：“你是来帮助我们的，还是来帮助我们敌人的？”

14 “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

14 那人答道：“都不是，我来是做耶和华军队的统帅。”约书亚就俯伏下拜说：“我主，有什么话要吩咐仆人？”

15 The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

15 耶和华军队的统帅对约书亚说：“把你脚上的鞋脱下！因为你站的地方是圣洁的。”约书亚便把鞋脱下来。