Josua 11
1 Då nu Jabin, konungen i Hasor, hörde detta, sände han bud till Jobab, konungen i Madon, och till konungen i Simron och konungen i Aksaf
When King Jabin of Hazor [city] heard [about all those things that had happened], he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon [city], to the king of Shimron [city], and to the king of Acshaph [city], [requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis].
2 och till de konungar som bodde norrut, i Bergsbygden och på Hedmarken, söder om Kinarot, och i Låglandet, så ock i Nafot-Dor, västerut,
He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan [River] Valley, south of Galilee [Lake] and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor [in the west]
3 vidare till kananéerna österut och västerut och till amoréerna, hetiterna, perisséerna och jebuséerna i Bergsbygden, så och till hivéerna nedanför Hermon, i Mispalandet.
and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon [Mountain] in the Mizpah area.
4 Dessa drogo nu ut med alla sina härar, en folkskara så talrik som sanden på havets strand, jämte hästar och vagnar i stor myckenhet.
So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. [There seemed to be] [HYP] as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.
5 Alla dessa konungar rotade sig samman; och de kommo och lägrade sig tillhopa vid Meroms vatten, för att strida mot Israel.
All of those kings [and their armies] gathered together at Merom Pond, [and they set up their tents there]. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis.
6 Men HERREN sade till Josua: "Frukta icke för dem, ty i morgon vid denna tid vill jag själv giva dem allasammans slagna i Israels våld. På deras hästar skall du avskära fotsenorna, och deras vagnar skall du bränna upp i eld."
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
7 Och Josua kom med allt sitt krigsfolk plötsligt över dem vid Meroms vatten och anföll dem.
So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
8 Och HERREN gav dem i Israels hand, och de slogo dem och förföljde dem ända till Stora Sidon, till Misrefot-Maim och till Mispedalen, österut; de slogo dem och läto ingen slippa undan.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon [city in the far north], and to Misrephoth-Maim [in the northwest], and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until (they were all dead/there were no survivors).
9 Och Josua gjorde med dem såsom HERREN hade befallt honom: på deras hästar lät han avskära fotsenorna, och deras vagnar lät han bränna upp i eld.
Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
10 Därefter, vid samma tid, vände Josua tillbaka och intog Hasor och slog dess konung med svärd; ty Hasor var fordom huvudstaden för alla dessa riken.
The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king.
11 Alla de som voro därinne blevo slagna med svärdsegg och givna till spillo, så att intet som anda hade lämnades kvar; och själva Hasor brände han upp i eld.
They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
12 Likaledes underkuvade Josua alla de andra konungastäderna med alla deras konungar, och han slog deras invånare med svärdsegg och gav dem till spillo, såsom HERRENS tjänare Mose hade bjudit.
Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had commanded them to do.
13 Dock brände Israel icke upp någon av de städer som lågo på höjder, utom Hasor allena, ty det uppbrändes av Josua.
Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
14 Och allt rovet från dessa städer, så ock boskapen, togo Israels barn såsom sitt byte; men alla människor i dem slogo de med svärdsegg, till dess att de hade förgjort dem; de läto intet som anda hade bliva kvar.
The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else [that was valuable] [DOU]. But they killed all the people.
15 Såsom HERREN hade bjudit sin tjänare Mose, så hade Mose bjudit Josua, och så gjorde Josua; han underlät icke något av allt det som HERREN hade bjudit Mose.
[Many years before], Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
16 Så intog Josua hela detta land: Bergsbygden, hela Sydlandet och hela landet Gosen, Låglandet och Hedmarken, så ock Israels bergsbygd och dess lågland,
Joshua’s [army] defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan [River] Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains.
17 landet från Halakberget, som höjer sig mot Seir, ända till Baal-Gad i Libanonsdalen nedanför berget Hermon; och alla konungar där tog han till fånga och slog dem till döds.
They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain [in the south] up to the Seir [hilly area] as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley [in the north], at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them.
18 I lång tid förde Josua krig mot alla dessa konungar.
Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
19 Om man undantager de hivéer som bodde i Gibeon, fanns ingen stad som ingick fred med Israels barn, utan dessa intogo dem alla med strid.
There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles.
20 Ty från HERREN kom det att de förstockade sina hjärtan och mötte Israel med krig, för att de skulle givas till spillo, och för att nåd icke skulle vederfaras dem; i stället skulle de förgöras, såsom HERREN hade bjudit Mose.
Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
21 Under denna tid drog Josua åstad och utrotade anakiterna i Bergsbygden, i Hebron, Debir och Anab, i hela Juda bergsbygd och i hela Israels bergsbygd; Josua gav dem med deras städer till spillo.
Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah [cities]. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities.
22 I Israels barns land lämnades inga anakiter kvar; allenast i Gasa, Gat och Asdod blevo några kvar.
As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [cities].
23 Så intog Josua hela landet, alldeles såsom HERREN hade lovat Mose; och Josua gav det till arvedel åt Israel, efter deras avdelningar och stammar. Och landet hade nu ro från krig.
Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh [long ago] had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was (peace/no more battles) in the land.
