¹迦南人闻风丧胆

¹And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel.

²以色列在吉甲行割礼那时，耶和华对约书亚说：“你要制造火石刀，第二次给以色列人行割礼。”

²At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, `Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;`

³约书亚就制造了火石刀，在包皮山那里给以色列人行了割礼。

³and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.

⁴约书亚给以色列人行割礼的原因是这样：所有从埃及出来的人民，就是所有能作战的男丁，出埃及以后，都死在旷野的路上。

⁴And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁵因为所有从埃及出来的人民都受过割礼；唯有从埃及出来以后，所有在旷野的路上出生的人民，都没有受过割礼。

⁵for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;

⁶以色列人在旷野走了四十年，直到全国的人，就是从埃及出来能作战的男丁，都灭尽了，因为他们不听耶和华的话；耶和华曾经向他们起誓，必不容许他们看见耶和华向他们列祖起誓要赐给我们的地，就是流奶与蜜的地。

⁶for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

⁷他们的子孙，就是耶和华兴起来代替他们的，约书亚给他们行了割礼；这些人是未受割礼的人，因为他们在路上没有受过割礼。

⁷and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.

⁸全国的人受了割礼之后，都住在营中自己的地方，直到痊愈。

⁸And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;

⁹耶和华对约书亚说：“我今日把埃及的耻辱从你们身上辊去了。”因此，那地方名叫吉甲（“吉甲”意即“辊”），直到今日。

⁹and Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `To-day I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you;` and [one] calleth the name of that place Gilgal unto this day.

¹⁰以色列人守逾越节以色列人在吉甲安营；正月十四日晚上，他们在耶利哥的平原守逾越节。

¹⁰And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;

¹¹逾越节后次日，他们吃了那地的出产；就在那一天，吃了无酵饼和烘的谷物。

¹¹and they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted [corn], in this self-same day;

¹²吗哪停止降下他们吃了那地的出产之后，第二天吗哪就停止降下；以色列人不再有吗哪了；那一年他们却吃迦南地的出产。

¹²and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.

¹³约书亚与耶和华军队的元帅约书亚走近耶利哥的时候，抬头观看，看见一个人站在他对面，手里拿着拔出来的刀。约书亚走到他那里，对他说：“你是我们的人，还是我们的仇敌呢？”

¹³And it cometh to pass in Joshua`s being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?`

¹⁴那人回答：“不是的；我现在来是作耶和华军队的元帅。”约书亚就脸伏在地，向他下拜，对他说：“我主有什么事要吩咐仆人呢？”

¹⁴And He saith, `No, for I [am] Prince of Jehovah`s host; now I have come;` and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, `What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?`

¹⁵耶和华军队的元帅对约书亚说：“把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你站的地方是圣地。”约书亚就照着行了。

¹⁵And the Prince of Jehovah`s host saith unto Joshua, `Cast off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou art standing is holy;` and Joshua doth so;