1 و َحِينَ سَمِعَ المُلُوكُ الأمُورِيُّونَ، غَرْبَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، وَكُلُّ المُلُوكِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ، السّاكِنُونَ عَلَى شاطِئِ البَحْرِ، أنَّ اللهَ جَفَّفَ مِياهَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أنْ عَبَرُوا النَّهْرَ، جَبُنَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ، وَلَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهِمْ شَجاعَةٌ لِمُحارَبَةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. خِتانُ بَنِي إسْرائِيل

Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.

2 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، قالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ: «اصْنَعْ لِنَفسِكَ سَكاكِينَ مِنْ حَجَرِ الصُّوّانِ، وَاختِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لِلمَرَّةِ الثّانِيَةِ.»

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”

3 ف َصَنَعَ يَشُوعُ سَكاكِينَ مِنْ صُوّانٍ، وَخَتَنَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي جَبْعَةَ هاعَرَلُوثَ.

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

4 و َهَذا هوَ سَبَبُ خَتْنِ يَشُوعَ لَهُمْ: كُلُّ الذُّكُورِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ، أي كُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ، ماتُوا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ فِي الرِّحلَةِ بَعْدَ خُرُوجَهَمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt.

5 و َمَعْ أنَّ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ كانُوا مَختُونِينَ، إلّا أنَّ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا فِي الصَّحراءِ فِي الرِّحلَةِ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَمْ يُختَنُوا.

For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

6 ل ِأنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ ارتَحَلُوا فِي البَرِّيَّةِ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً إلَى أنْ ماتَ كُلُّ المُحارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ، الَّذِينَ عَصَوْا اللهَ. وَقَدْ أقْسَمَ اللهُ لَهُمْ بِأنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَرَوْا الأرْضَ الَّتِي تَفيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً الَّتِي وَعَدَ اللهُ آباءَهُمْ بِأنْ يُعطِيَها لَهُمْ.

For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

7 ف َأقامَ أبناءَهُمْ مَكانَهُمْ، الأبْناءَ الَّذِينَ خَتَنَهُمْ يَشُوعُ. فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا قَدْ خُتِنُوا فِي أثْناءِ التَّرْحالِ فِي الصَّحراءِ.

Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way.

8 و َحِينَ أنهَى يَشُوعُ خَتْنَ جَمِيعِ الرِّجالِ، مَكَثُوا فِي أماكِنِهِمْ فِي المُخَيَّمِ إلَى أنْ تَعافَوا مِنْ جِراحِهِمْ. أوَّلُ فِصْحٍ فِي أرْضِ المَوعِد

Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed.

9 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِيَشُوعَ: «قَدْ دَحْرَجْتُ اليَومَ عَنْكُمُ العارَ الَّذِي كانَ عَلَيكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ.» وَلِذا دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ المَكانُ بِالجِلْجالِ. وَهَذا هوَ اسْمُهُ إلَى هَذا اليَومِ.

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

10 و َحِينَ كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مُخَيِّمِينَ فِي الجِلْجالِ، احتَفَلُوا بِعِيدِ الفِصْحِ فِي اليَومِ الرّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ عِنْدَ المَساءِ فِي سُهُولِ أرِيحا.

While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

11 و َفِي اليَومِ التّالِي أكَلُوا مِنْ إنتاجِ الأرْضِ خُبزاً بِلا خَمِيرٍ وَفَريكاً مَشْوِيّاً.

On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.

12 و َانْقَطَعَ المَنُّ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ حِينَ أكَلُوا مِنْ إنتاجِ الأرْضِ، وَلَمْ يَعُدِ المَنُّ يُعْطَى لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَأكَلُوا مِنْ مَحاصِيلِ أرْضِ كَنْعانَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ. قائِدُ جَيشِ الله

The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.

13 و َحِينَ كانَ يَشُوعُ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أرِيحا، نَظَرَ إلَى الأعلَى فَرَأى رَجُلاً واقِفاً أمامَهُ وَسَيفُهُ مَسلُولٌ فِي يَدِهِ. فَتَقّدَّمَ يَشُوعُ إلَيهِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أأنتَ مِنّا أمْ مِنْ أعدائِنا؟»

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite 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 ف َقالَ الرَّجُلُ: «لَسْتُ مِنْكُمْ وَلا مِنْ أعدائِكُمْ، لَكِنَّنِي أتَيتُ الآنَ كَقائِدِ جَيشِ اللهِ.» فَوَقَعَ يَشُوعُ عَلَى وَجهِهِ إلَى الأرْضِ وَسَجَدَ لَهُ، وَقالَ: «ماذا يَقُولُ سَيِّدِي لِي؟»

He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?”

15 ف َقالَ قائِدُ جَيشِ اللهِ لِيَشُوعَ: «اخلَعْ حِذاءَكَ مِنْ قَدَمَيكَ لأنَّ المَكانَ الَّذِي تَقِفُ عَلَيهِ مُقَدَّسٌ.» فَفَعَلَ يَشُوعُ ذَلِكَ.

The captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, “ Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.