1 W hen all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

Todos 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.

2 A t that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”

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

3 J oshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Josué fez facas de pedra e circuncidou os israelitas em Gibeate-Aralote.

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

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

5 F or 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.

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

6 F or the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Os 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.

7 T heir children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

Assim, 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.

8 W hen they were done circumcising the whole nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

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

9 Y ahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt off of you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.

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

10 T he children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

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

11 T hey ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.

No dia seguinte ao da Páscoa, nesse mesmo dia, eles comeram pães sem fermento e grãos de trigo tostados, produtos daquela terra.

12 T he manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Um 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

13 W hen Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”

Estando 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?”

14 H e said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

“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?”

15 T he prince of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.

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.