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;

¹A stalo sa, keď to počuli všetci kráľovia, ktorí boli za Jordánom, na vrchoch i na nížinách, i na celom pobreží Veľkého mora naproti Libanonu: hetejský, amorejský, kananejský, ferezejský, hevejský a jebuzejský,

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

²že sobrali sa dovedna bojovať s Jozuom a s Izraelom jednomyseľne.

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

³Ale obyvatelia Gibeona počujúc to, čo učinil Jozua Jerichu a mestu Haj,

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;

⁴učinili aj oni chytre. Lebo odišli a vydávali sa za poslov z ďaleka a vzali vetché vrecia na svojich poslov i staré vetché kožice na víno, potrhané a pozaväzované,

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

⁵i starú, zodranú obuv plátenú na svojich nohách i vetché rúcho zodrané na sebe, i všetok chlieb ich potravy na cestu bol suchý a zdrobený.

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.

⁶A tak odišli k Jozuovi do tábora v Gilgale a riekli mu i mužovi Izraelovmu: Prišli sme z ďalekej zeme, a tak teraz učiňte s nami smluvu.

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

⁷A muž Izraelov riekol Hevejovi: Možno, že ty bývaš v mojom strede, jakože potom učiním s tebou smluvu?

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

⁸Na to povedali Jozuovi: Sme tvoji služobníci. A Jozua im riekol: Kto ste a odkiaľ ste prišli?

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,

⁹A oni mu povedali: Tvoji služobníci prišli z veľmi ďalekej zeme, pre meno Hospodina, tvojho Boha, lebo sme počuli jeho povesť i všetko to, čo učinil v Egypte,

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.

¹⁰i všetko to, čo učinil dvom kráľom Amoreja, ktorí boli za Jordánom, Síchonovi, kráľovi Chešbona, a Ógovi, kráľovi Bázana, ktorý býval v Aštaróte.

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.

¹¹Preto nám povedali naši starší i všetci obyvatelia našej zeme a riekli: Naberte do svojej ruky potravy na cestu a iďte im vústrety a poviete im: Sme vašimi služobníkmi, a tak teraz učiňte s nami smluvu.

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:

¹²Toď hľa, náš chlieb! Teplý sme si ho vzali zo svojich domov na cestu toho dňa, keď sme vyšli, aby sme išli k vám, a teraz hľa, je už suchý a je podrobený.

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.

¹³A toto sú kožice na víno, ktoré sme boli naplnili nové, a hľa, už sú dotrhané. A toto naše rúcho a naša obuv, zodraly sa od cesty, veľmi dlhej.

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

¹⁴A mužovia vzali z ich potravy a neopýtali sa úst Hospodinových.

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.

¹⁵A Jozua učinil s nimi pokoj a uzavrel s nimi smluvu, že ich zachová pri živote a prisahali im aj kniežatá obce.

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.

¹⁶A stalo sa po troch dňoch, po tom, čo spravili s nimi smluvu, že počuli, že sú z blízka neho, Izraela, a že bývajú v jeho strede.

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.

¹⁷A synovia Izraelovi sa rušali a prišli k ich mestám, tretieho dňa. A ich mestá boly Gibeon, Kefíra, Beerót a Kirjat-jearím.

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.

¹⁸Ale ich nepobili synovia Izraelovi, lebo im prisahali kniežatá obce na Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, a preto reptala celá obec proti kniežatám.

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.

¹⁹A riekly všetky kniežatá celej obci: My sme im prisahali na Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, a preto sa ich teraz nemôžeme dotknúť.

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.

²⁰Toto im urobíme a necháme ich žiť, aby nebolo na nás hnevu pre prísahu, ktorú sme im prisahali.

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.

²¹A tak im povedaly kniežatá: Nech žijú. A rúbali drevo a nosili vodu celej obci, tak ako im vraveli kniežatá.

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?

²²A Jozua ich povolal, hovoril im a riekol: Prečo ste nás preľstili hovoriac: Sme veľmi ďalekí od vás, a vy hľa, bývate v našom strede.

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.

²³Preto teraz zlorečení ste, a vždy bude z vás sluha, a budú takí, ktorí rúbu drevo a nosia vodu domu môjho Boha.

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.

²⁴A oni odpovedali Jozuovi a riekli: Preto, lebo s istotou bolo oznámené tvojim služobníkom to, čo prikázal Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, Mojžišovi, svojmu služobníkovi, dať vám celú túto zem a zahladiť všetkých obyvateľov zeme zpred vašej tváre, preto sme sa veľmi báli pred vami o svoje životy, a tak sme vykonali túto vec.

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

²⁵A teraz hľa, sme v tvojej ruke; tak ako je dobré a jako spravedlivé v tvojich očiach nám učiniť, učiň.

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

²⁶A učinil im tak a vytrhol ich z ruky synov Izraelových, a nepobili ich.

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.

²⁷A Jozua ich dal toho dňa, aby rúbali drevo a nosili vodu obci a oltáru Hospodinovmu, a robia to až do tohoto dňa, na miesto, ktoré kedy vyvolil Hospodin.