Joshua, 5

1. Therefore, after all the kings of the Amorites, who were living across the Jordan toward the western region, and all the kings of Canaan, who possessed the places beside the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel, until they crossed over it, their heart was broken, and there remained in them no spirit, out of fear at the entrance of the sons of Israel.

1. Pošto su èuli svi kraljevi amorejski na zapadnoj strani Jordana i svi kraljevi kanaanski koji bijahu uz more da je Jahve osušio Jordan pred Izraelcima dok ne prijeðoše, zastade im srce i nestade im junaštva pred Izraelcima.

2. So at that time, the Lord said to Joshua: “Make for yourself knives of stone, and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.”

2. U to vrijeme Jahve reèe Jošui: "Naèini sebi kamene noževe i ponovo obreži Izraelce."

3. He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

3. Jošua naèini sebi kamene noževe i obreza Izraelce na brežuljku Aralotu.

4. Now this is the reason for the second circumcision: All the people who departed from Egypt of the male gender, all the men fit for war, died in the desert during the very long wandering way;

4. A evo zašto ih je Jošua obrezao: sve ljudstvo što je izišlo iz Egipta, sve što mogaše nositi oružje, pomrlo je na putu kroz pustinju.

5. all these had been circumcised. But the people who were born in the desert,

5. Svi oni bijahu obrezani, ali nije bio obrezan nitko koji se rodio na putu kroz pustinju, poslije izlaska iz Egipta,

6. throughout the forty years of the journey in the very broad wilderness, were uncircumcised, until the ones who had not listened to the voice of the Lord were consumed. For he had sworn to them before, that he would not reveal to them the land flowing with milk and honey.

6. jer su èetrdeset godina Izraelci lutali pustinjom dok ne pomriješe svi za oružje sposobni koji bijahu izišli iz Egipta; nisu slušali glasa Jahvina te im se Jahve zakleo da njihove oèi neæe vidjeti zemlju koju je obeæao njihovim ocima - zemlju u kojoj teèe mlijeko i med.

7. The sons of these ones succeeded to the place of their fathers, and they were circumcised by Joshua. For they were uncircumcised, just as they had been born, and no one had circumcised them along the way.

7. Na njihovo je mjesto podigao sinove njihove i njih je Jošua obrezao: nisu bili obrezani jer se na putu nije obrezivalo.

8. Then, after they were all circumcised, they remained in the same place of the camp until they were healed.

8. Kad je bio obrezan sav narod, poèivali su u taboru sve dok nisu ozdravili.

9. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And the name of that place was called Gilgal, even to the present day.

9. Tada reèe Jahve Jošui: "Danas skidoh s vas sramotu egipatsku." I prozva se ono mjesto Gilgal sve do naših dana.

10. And the sons of Israel stayed at Gilgal, and they kept the Passover, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the plains of Jericho.

10. Izraelci se, dakle, utaboriše u Gilgalu i ondje na Jerihonskim poljanama proslaviše Pashu uveèer èetrnaestoga dana u mjesecu.

11. And on the following day, they ate unleavened bread from the grain of the land, and cooked grain, of the same year.

11. A sutradan poslije Pashe, upravo toga dana, blagovali su od uroda one zemlje: beskvasna kruha i pržena zrnja.

12. And the manna ceased after they ate from the grain of the land. And the sons of Israel no longer made use of that food. Instead, they ate from the grain of the present year, from the land of Canaan.

12. I mÓana je prestala padati èim su poèeli jesti plodove zemlje. Tako Izraelci nisu više imali mane, nego su se te godine hranili plodovima zemlje kanaanske.

13. And when Joshua was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and he saw a man standing opposite him, holding a drawn sword. And he went to him and said, “Are you one of ours, or one of our adversaries?”

13. Kad se Jošua približio gradu Jerihonu, podiže oèi i ugleda èovjeka kako pred njim stoji s isukanim maèem u ruci. Jošua mu pristupi i upita ga: "Jesi li ti s nama ili s našim neprijateljima?"

14. And he responded: “Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived.”

14. A on odgovori: "Ne, ja sam voða vojske Jahvine i upravo sam došao ..." Tada Jošua pade nièice, pokloni mu se i reèe: "Što zapovijedaš Gospodaru, sluzi svome?"

15. Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

15. A voða vojske Jahvine odgovori Jošui: "Skini obuæu s nogu svojih, jer je sveto mjesto na kojem stojiš." I Jošua uèini tako.

16. He said: “Remove your shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy.” And Joshua did just as he had been commanded.

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