¹And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

¹Eb li rey li cuanqueb jun pacßal li nimaß Jordán saß li oeste queßrabi resil li cßaßru queßxbânu laj Israel. Eb li rey aßan cuanqueb saß eb li naßajej li tzûl ru ut li ru takßa ut cuanqueb ajcuiß chire li Palau Mediterráneo chiru li naßajej Líbano. Aßaneb laj heteo, eb laj amorreo, eb laj cananeo, eb laj ferezeo, eb laj heveo ut eb laj jebuseo.

²That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

²Chixjunileb aßan queßxcßûb rib re nak teßoc chi pletic saß comonil riqßuin laj Josué ut eb lix soldado.

³And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

³Eb laj heveo li cuanqueb Gabaón queßrabi resil chixjunil li quixbânu laj Josué riqßuineb li tenamit Jericó ut Hai.

⁴They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

⁴Queßxcßûb ru chanru nak teßxbalakßiheb laj Israel. Teßxbânu rib nak aßaneb li yôqueb chi xic chi âtinac saß xcßabaß lix tenamiteb. Queßxsicß xtzacaêmkeb ut queßxqßue saß eb li kßel coxtal ut queßxtaksi chirix lix bûreb. Ut queßxcßam ajcuiß li bôls tzßûm re li vino pejel ut xitinbileb.

⁵And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

⁵Queßxqßue kßel xâb chi rokeb xitinbileb ut queßxqßue ajcuiß rakßeb kßel chirixeb. Ut lix tzacaêmkeb li queßxcßam re teßxcuaß saß be moß ru.

⁶And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

⁶Queßcuulac Gilgal saß li naßajej li yôqueb cuiß chi hilânc laj Israel. Ut queßxye re laj Josué: —Lâo xochal saß najtil tenamit ut takaj nak tâbânu junak contrato kiqßuin, chanqueb.

⁷And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

⁷Ut eb laj Israel queßxchakßbe laj heveo ut queßxye: —Mâre anchal nachß cuanquex kiqßuin. ¿Chanru nak takabânu junak contrato êriqßuin lâex?—

⁸And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

⁸Eb laj Gabaón queßxye re laj Josué: —Lâo tocßanjelak chêru, chanqueb re. Ut laj Josué quixye reheb: —¿Anihex tzßakal lâex? Ut, ¿bar xexchal chak?—

⁹And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

⁹Ut eb aßan queßchakßoc ut queßxye: —Lâo xochal chak saß najtil tenamit xban nak xkabi chixjunil li yô chixbânunquil li Kâcuaß lê Dios. Xkabi resil chixjunil li quilajxbânu chak aran Egipto.

¹⁰And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

¹⁰Ut xkabi ajcuiß resil li quixbânu reheb li cuib chi rey li queßcuan chokß xreyeb laj amorreo li cuanqueb jun pacßal li nimaß Jordán. Xkabi resil nak queßsach ruheb li rey Sehón aran Hesbón ut laj Og, lix rey eb laj Basán, li quicuan Astarot.

¹¹Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.

¹¹Joßcan nak eb li nequeßcßamoc be saß kayânk ut eb li kech tenamitil xeßxye ke: “Cßamomak lê tzacaêmk ut ayukex riqßuineb laj Israel. Ut têye reheb nak lâo tocßanjelak chiruheb. Ut têye ajcuiß reheb nak lâo takaj xbânunquil junak contrato riqßuineb.”

¹²This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

¹²Saß li cutan nak co-el chak saß li kochoch tik chi us li kacaxlan cua li kacßam chak re takacuaß saß li be. Ut anakcuan ac xchakic ut moß chic ru.

¹³And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

¹³Joßcan ajcuiß li bôls tzßûm toj acß nak kaqßue li vino chi saß ut anakcuan kßel chic chi us. Ut xeßkßeloß li kakß ut li kaxâb xban xnajtil xochal cuiß chak, chanqueb.

¹⁴And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

¹⁴Eb laj Israel queßxchap lix cuaheb ut queßril. Abanan incßaß queßxtzßâma chiru li Dios cßaßru us teßxbânu.

¹⁵And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

¹⁵Joßcan nak laj Josué quixbânu li contrato re nak teßxcßam rib saß usilal riqßuineb laj Gabaón. Ut quixyechißi reheb nak incßaß tixcamsiheb. Ut joßcan ajcuiß queßxbânu eb laj cßamol be saß xyânkeb laj Israel.

¹⁶And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

¹⁶Nak ac xnumeß chic oxib cutan xbânunquil li contrato riqßuineb laj Gabaón, eb laj Israel queßrabi resil nak eb aßan nachß cuan lix naßajeb riqßuineb.

¹⁷And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

¹⁷Nak ac xnumeß oxib cutan chic queßcôeb laj Israel chixsicßbaleb saß lix tenamiteb. Eb li tenamit aßan, aßaneb Gabaón, Cafira, Beerot, ut Quiriat-jearim.

¹⁸And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

¹⁸Abanan eb laj Israel incßaß queßxcamsiheb li tenamit aßan xban nak eb laj cßamol be saß xyânkeb laj Israel ac xeßxbânu li contrato riqßuineb saß xcßabaß li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb. Joßcan nak chixjunileb laj Israel yôqueb chixcuechßinquil rixeb laj cßamol be saß xyânkeb.

¹⁹But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

¹⁹Chixjunileb laj cßamol be saß xyânkeb queßxye re li tenamit: —Mâcßaß naru takabânu reheb xban nak ac xkabânu jun li contrato riqßuineb saß xcßabaß li Kâcuaß Dios.

²⁰This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

²⁰Incßaß takacamsiheb. Mâre tâchâlk xjoskßil li Dios saß kabên cui takakßet li contrato li xkabânu riqßuineb.

²¹And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

²¹Incßaß takacamsiheb. Abanan teßcanâk chokß aj sicßol siß ut aj cßamol haß chokß ke lâo aj Israel, chanqueb laj cßamol be saß xyânkeb laj Israel. Joßcan queßxbânu re nak teßxbânu li cßaßru queßxyechißi reheb.

²²And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

²²Ut chirix aßan laj Josué quixbokeb laj Gabaón ut quixye reheb: —¿Cßaßut nak xoêbalakßi? ¿Cßaßut nak xeye ke nak najt êtenamit? Moco yâl ta nak najt cuanquex kiqßuin. Nachß ban cuanquex.

²³Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

²³Xban nak xoêbalakßi, anakcuan tenebanbil li raylal saß êbên. Lâex texcanâk joß môs junelic. Junes yocßoc siß têbânu ut belânc haß nak tâajmânk ru li haß ut li siß nak takalokßoni li Dios, chan laj Josué.

²⁴And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

²⁴Eb aßan queßxye re laj Josué: —Lâo xexkabalakßi xban kaxiu. Xkabi resil nak li Kâcuaß lê Dios quixye re laj Moisés laj cßanjel chiru nak tixkßaxtesi êre li naßajej aßin ut têsach ruheb chixjunileb li cuanqueb arin. Lâo xkacßoxla nak toêcamsi.

²⁵And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

²⁵Anakcuan takacanab kib rubel âcuanquil. Bânu li cßaßru nacacßoxla nak us xbânunquil, chanqueb laj Gabaón.

²⁶And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

²⁶Ut laj Josué incßaß quixcanabeb re nak teßcamsîk xbaneb laj Israel.Abanan quixqßueheb chi cßanjelac joß môs. Queßyocßoc siß ut queßbelan haß re tâcßanjelak chiruheb laj Israel ut re ajcuiß tâcßanjelak saß lix artal li Kâcuaß Dios saß li naßajej li quisiqßueß ru xban li Kâcuaß. Ut toj chalen anakcuan aßan ajcuiß li cßanjel li nequeßxbânu.

²⁷And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.

²⁷Abanan quixqßueheb chi cßanjelac joß môs. Queßyocßoc siß ut queßbelan haß re tâcßanjelak chiruheb laj Israel ut re ajcuiß tâcßanjelak saß lix artal li Kâcuaß Dios saß li naßajej li quisiqßueß ru xban li Kâcuaß. Ut toj chalen anakcuan aßan ajcuiß li cßanjel li nequeßxbânu.