1 T odos os reis amorreus que habitavam a oeste do Jordão e todos os reis cananeus que viviam ao longo do litoral souberam como o Senhor tinha secado o Jordão diante dos israelitas até que tivéssemos atravessado. Por isso, desanimaram-se e perderam a coragem de enfrentar os israelitas.

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 N aquela ocasião o Senhor disse a Josué: “Faça facas de pedra e circuncide os israelitas”.

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

3 J osué fez facas de pedra e circuncidou os israelitas em Gibeate-Aralote.

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

4 E le fez isso porque todos os homens aptos para a guerra morreram no deserto depois de terem saído do Egito.

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 T odos os que saíram haviam sido circuncidados, mas todos os que nasceram no deserto, no caminho, depois da saída do Egito, não passaram pela circuncisão.

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 O s israelitas andaram quarenta anos pelo deserto, até que todos os guerreiros que tinham saído do Egito morressem, visto que não tinham obedecido ao Senhor. Pois o Senhor lhes havia jurado que não veriam a terra que prometera aos seus antepassados que nos daria, terra onde manam leite e mel.

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 A ssim, em lugar deles colocou os seus filhos, e estes foram os que Josué circuncidou. Ainda estavam incircuncisos porque não tinham sido circuncidados durante a viagem.

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 E , depois que a nação inteira foi circuncidada, eles ficaram onde estavam, no acampamento, até se recuperarem.

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

9 E ntão o Senhor disse a Josué: “Hoje removi de vocês a humilhação sofrida no Egito”. Por isso até hoje o lugar se chama Gilgal.

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 N a tarde do décimo quarto dia do mês, enquanto estavam acampados em Gilgal, na planície de Jericó, os israelitas celebraram a Páscoa.

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 N o dia seguinte ao da Páscoa, nesse mesmo dia, eles comeram pães sem fermento e grãos de trigo tostados, produtos daquela terra.

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 U m dia depois de comerem do produto da terra, o maná cessou. Já não havia maná para os israelitas, e naquele mesmo ano eles comeram do fruto da terra de Canaã. A Queda de Jericó

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 E stando Josué já perto de Jericó, olhou para cima e viu um homem em pé, empunhando uma espada. Aproximou-se dele e perguntou-lhe: “Você é por nós, ou por nossos inimigos?”

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 “ Nem uma coisa nem outra”, respondeu ele. “Venho na qualidade de comandante do exército do Senhor.” Então Josué prostrou-se, rosto em terra, em sinal de respeito, e lhe perguntou: “Que mensagem o meu senhor tem para o seu servo?”

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 O comandante do exército do Senhor respondeu: “Tire as sandálias dos pés, pois o lugar em que você está é santo”. E Josué as tirou.

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.