1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
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.
2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
Wakati huo Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, Haya, jifanyie visu vya mawe ya gumegume, watahiri tena wana wa Israeli mara ya pili.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Basi Yoshua akajifanyia visu vya mawe ya gumegume, akawatahiri wana wa Israeli huko Gibea-haaralothi.
4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
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.
5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
Kwa kuwa watu wote waliotoka walikuwa wamekwisha kutahiriwa; lakini watu wote waliozaliwa katika bara njiani walipokwisha kutoka Misri, hao hawakutahiriwa.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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.
7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
Na watoto wao, aliowainua badala yao ndio hao aliowatahiri Yoshua; kwa kuwa wao walikuwa hawakutahiriwa, kwa maana walikuwa hawakuwatahiri njiani.
8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Ilikuwa walipokwisha kutahiriwa taifa zima, wakakaa kila mtu mahali pake maragoni, hata walipopoa.
9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
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.
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
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.
11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
Nao wakala katika mazao ya nchi siku ya pili ya kuiandama hiyo sikukuu ya pasaka, mikate isiyotiwa chachu, na bisi, siku iyo hiyo.
12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
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.
Fall of Jericho
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
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?
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
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?
15 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Huyo amiri wa jeshi la Bwana akamwambia Yoshua, Vua viatu vyako miguuni mwako; kwa kuwa mahali hapo usimamapo ni patakatifu. Yoshua akafanya vivyo.
