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Ikawa, wafalme wa Waamori, waliokaa ng'ambo ya Yordani pande za magharibi, na wafalme wote wa Wakanaani, waliokuwa karibu na bahari, waliposikia jinsi Bwana alivyoyakausha maji ya Yordani mbele ya wana wa Israeli, hata tulipokwisha kuvuka, basi mioyo yao iliyeyuka, wala haikuwamo roho ya nguvu ndani yao tena; kwa ajili ya wana wa Israeli.
Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
2
Wakati huo Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, Haya, jifanyie visu vya mawe ya gumegume, watahiri tena wana wa Israeli mara ya pili.
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
3
Basi Yoshua akajifanyia visu vya mawe ya gumegume, akawatahiri wana wa Israeli huko Gibea-haaralothi.
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
4
Na sababu ya Yoshua kutahiri ni hii; watu wote waliotoka Misri, waliokuwa waume, hao watu waume wote waendao vitani walikufa katika bara njiani, baada ya wao kutoka Misri.
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
5
Kwa kuwa watu wote waliotoka walikuwa wamekwisha kutahiriwa; lakini watu wote waliozaliwa katika bara njiani walipokwisha kutoka Misri, hao hawakutahiriwa.
Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
6
Kwa kuwa wana wa Israeli walitembea muda wa miaka arobaini barani, hata hilo taifa zima, yaani, watu waume waendao vitani, waliotoka Misri, walipokuwa wameangamia; kwa sababu hawakuisikiza sauti ya Bwana; nao ndio Bwana aliowaapia ya kwamba hatawaacha waione hiyo nchi, ambayo Bwana aliwaapia baba zao kwamba atatupa sisi; nchi ijaayo maziwa na asali.
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Na watoto wao, aliowainua badala yao ndio hao aliowatahiri Yoshua; kwa kuwa wao walikuwa hawakutahiriwa, kwa maana walikuwa hawakuwatahiri njiani.
And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
8
Ilikuwa walipokwisha kutahiriwa taifa zima, wakakaa kila mtu mahali pake maragoni, hata walipopoa.
And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
9
Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, Siku hii ya leo nimeivingirisha hiyo aibu ya Misri iondoke juu yenu. Kwa hiyo jina la mahali pale likaitwa Gilgali, hata hivi leo.
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
10
Basi wana wa Israeli wakapanga hema zao huko Gilgali; nao wakala sikukuu ya pasaka siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi, jioni, katika nchi tambarare za Yeriko.
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
11
Nao wakala katika mazao ya nchi siku ya pili ya kuiandama hiyo sikukuu ya pasaka, mikate isiyotiwa chachu, na bisi, siku iyo hiyo.
The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
12
Ndipo ile mana ikakoma siku ya pili yake, baada ya wao kuyala hayo mazao ya nchi; na hao wana wa Israeli hawakuwa na mana tena; lakini wakala katika viliwa vya nchi ya Kanaani mwaka huo.
And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
13
Ikawa hapo Yoshua alipokuwa karibu na mji wa Yeriko, akavua macho yake na kuangalia, na tazama, mtu mume akasimama kumkabili mbele yake, naye alikuwa na upanga wazi mkononi mwake; Yoshua akamwendea, na kumwambia, Je! Wewe u upande wetu, au upande wa adui zetu?
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
14
Akasema, La, lakini nimekuja sasa, nili amiri wa jeshi la Bwana. Yoshua akapomoka kiusouso hata nchi, naye akasujudu, akamwuliza, Bwana wangu aniambia nini mimi mtumishi wake?
“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
15
Huyo amiri wa jeshi la Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, Vua viatu vyako miguuni mwako; kwa kuwa mahali hapo usimamapo ni patakatifu. Yoshua akafanya vivyo.
The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.