Joshua 5
1 જયારે યર્દન નદીના પશ્ચિમ કાંઠાના બધા કનાની રાજાઓએ તથા અમોરી રાજાઓએ સાંભળ્યું કે ઇસ્રાએલીઓ યર્દન નદીને ઓળંગી ગયા ત્યાં સુધી યહોવાએ તેનાં પાણી સૂકવી નાખ્યાં હતાં, ત્યારે તેઓ હિમ્મત હારી ગયા અને ઇસ્રાએલીઓથી ભયભીત થઈ ગયાં.
2 એ વખતે યહોવાએ યહોશુઆને કહ્યું, “ચકમકનાં પથ્થર માંથી તીક્ષ્ણ છરીઓ બનાવ, અને ઇસ્રાએલીઓની સુન્નત કર.”
3 તેથી યહોશુઆએ તીક્ષ્ણ ચપ્પુ બનાવી અને ગીબત હેરોલોથ ઉપર ઇસ્રાએલીઓની સુન્નત કરી.
4 યહોશુઆએ બધાં ઇસ્રાએલી પુરુષોની સુન્નત કરી. તેને આમ કેમ કર્યું તેનું આ કારણ છે:
5 ઇસ્રાએલના લોકોએ મિસર છોડ્યા પછી જે પુરુષો સેનામાં રહી શકે તેવા હતા તેઓની સુન્નત કરવામાં આવી હતી
6 રણમાં રહેતા ત્યારે ઘણા લડાકુ લોકોએ યહોવાનું માંન્યું નહિ તેથી યહોવાએ વચન આપ્યું તે લોકો “વધારે અનાજ ઉગે છે” તે જમીન નહિ જોવે. યહોવાએ આપણા પૂર્વજોને તે ભૂમિ આપવાનું વચન આપ્યું હતું. પણ તે માંણસોને કારણે દેવે લોકોને 40 વર્ષ રણમાં ભટકવાની ફરજ પાડી તે રીતે તે લડતા લોકો મરી જશે. તે બધાં લડતા લોકો મરી ગયા અને તેમના પુત્રોએ તેઓની જગ્યાં લીધી.
7 પણ મિસરમાંથી પ્રવાસ દરમ્યાન જેઓ રણમાં જન્મ્યા હતા તેમાંનાં એકેય છોકરાની સુન્નત નહોતી થઈ. તેથી યહોશુઆએ તેમની સુન્નત કરી.
8 યહોશુઆએ બધાં પુરુષોની સુન્નત કરાવવાનું પૂરું કર્યુ. બધાં પુરુષોના ઘા રુઝાયા ત્યાં સુધી લોકો પોતપોતાને ઠેકાણે છાવણીમાં રહ્યાં.
9 પછી યહોવાએ યહોશુઆને કહ્યું, “આજે મેં તમાંરામાંથી દોષ દૂર કર્યો છે જે તમને મિસરમાં હતો.” તેથી આજથી આ જગાને ગિલ્ગાલ કહેવાશે અને આજે પણ તે એ જ નામે ઓળખાય છે.
10 યરીખોના મેદાનો પર આવેલા ગિલ્ગાલમાં ઇસ્રાએલીઓએ છાવણી કરી હતી ત્યારે તેઓએ તે મહિનાના ચૌદમાં દિવસની સાંજે પાસ્ખા પર્વ ઊજવ્યું.
11 પાસ્ખાપર્વ ઉજાણીના બીજે દિવસે તેઓએ ખેતરોમાં ઉગેલું અનાજ ખાધું; એટલે તેજ દિવસે આથા વગરની રોટલી અને ભૂંજેલા ધાન્ય ખાધું.
12 જેવું લોકોએ પ્રદેશની ઉપજનું અનાજ ખાધુ કે બીજી સવારથી સ્વર્ગમાંથી આવતો ખાસ ખોરાક (માંન્ના) બંધ થઈ ગયું અને તે વર્ષે તેઓએ કનાના ભૂમિમાં પાકતું ધાન્ય ખાધું.
13 જયારે યહોશુઆ યરીખો નજીક પહોંચ્ચોં ત્યારે તેણે પોતાની સામે ખુલ્લી તરવાર લઈને ઊભેલો એક માંણસ જોયો. તેથી યહોશુઆએ તેને પૂછયું, “તું કોના તરફ છે? તું અમાંરો મિત્ર છે કે દુશ્મન?”
14 તેણે પ્રત્યુત્તર આપ્યો, “હું તો એકે નથી,” પણ હું તો યહોવાની સેનાનો સેનાધિપતિ છું. અને એ તમને કહેવા માંટે આવ્યો છું. યહોશુઆએ તેને જમીન પર મોઢું કરીને ભજન કરીને કહ્યું, “માંરા માંલિકની તેના સેવકને શી આજ્ઞા છે?”
15 યહોવાની સેનાના સેનાપતિએ તેને કહ્યું, “તારાં પગરખાં ઉતારી નાખ, કારણ કે તું જે ભૂમિ પર ઊભો છે તે ભૂમિ પવિત્ર છે.” અને યહોશુઆએ તેમ કર્યું.
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.
2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.