¹And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

¹In Jozue, sin Nunov, pošlje skrivaj iz Sitima dva moža kot oglednika in veli: Pojdita, oglejta deželo in Jeriho! Ta gresta in prideta v hišo neke nečistnice, po imenu Rahab, in ondi počineta.

²And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

²Povedal je pa nekdo kralju v Jerihu, rekoč: Glej, nocoj sta sem prišla moža od Izraelovih sinov, da ogledata deželo.

³And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

³In pošlje kralj v Jerihu k Rahabi in ji sporoči: Izroči mi tista moža, ki sta prišla k tebi in sta stopila v hišo tvojo; zakaj prišla sta ogledovat vso deželo.

⁴And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

⁴Žena pa je vzela moža in ju skrila. In reče: Res, prišla sta moža k meni, pa nisem vedela, odkod sta;

⁵And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

⁵in ko so se zapirala vrata, pri temi, sta šla moža ven; kam sta šla, ne vem. Hitite precej za njima, ker ju še dotečete.

⁶But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

⁶Ona pa ju je peljala na streho in ju skrila pod lanena stebla, ki jih je imela po strehi razgrnjena.

⁷And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

⁷In možje so hiteli za njima po poti k Jordanu, do broda; in brž ko so odšli tisti, ki so ju zasledovali, so zaprli mestna vrata.

⁸And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

⁸Preden pa sta legla, stopi ona k njima na streho

⁹And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

⁹in reče možema: Vem, da vam je dal GOSPOD to deželo, ker nas je obšel strah spričo vas in zavoljo vas obupavajo vsi prebivalci te dežele.

¹⁰For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

¹⁰Zakaj slišali smo, kako je posušil GOSPOD vode Rdečega morja pred vami, ko ste šli iz Egipta; in kar ste storili dvema kraljema Amorejcev, ki sta bila onostran Jordana, Sihonu in Ogu, ki ste ju s prokletjem pokončali.

¹¹And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

¹¹In ko smo to slišali, nam je kopnelo srce in nič ni ostalo poguma v nikomer zaradi vas; zakaj GOSPOD, vaš Bog, je Bog v nebesih zgoraj in na zemlji spodaj.

¹²Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

¹²Sedaj pa, prisezita mi pri GOSPODU, ker sem vama storila milost, da tudi storita milost hiši mojega očeta, in dajta mi zanesljivo znamenje,

¹³And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

¹³da žive ohranite mojega očeta in mater mojo, brate in sestre moje in vse, kar jih imajo, in otmete smrti duše naše.

¹⁴And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

¹⁴In moža ji odgovorita: Najino življenje bodi namesto vas v smrt! Če ne izdaste tega našega opravila, hočemo, ko nam da GOSPOD deželo, tebi izkazati milost in zvestobo.

¹⁵Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

¹⁵Potem ju spusti po vrvi skozi okno; kajti njena hiša je bila pri mestnem obzidju in na obzidju je prebivala.

¹⁶And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

¹⁶In jima reče: Pojdita na gorovje, da vaju ne srečajo, ki so šli za vama, in ondi se skrijta tri dni, dokler se ne vrnejo vajini zasledovalci, in potem pojdita svojo pot.

¹⁷And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

¹⁷Moža pa ji rečeta: Prosta bodeva te prisege, s katero si naju zavezala:

¹⁸Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

¹⁸glej, kadar pridemo v deželo, priveži to vrvico iz karmezinastih niti na okno, skozi katero si naju doli spustila; zberi tudi k sebi v hišo svojega očeta in mater svojo, brate svoje in vso rodbino očeta svojega.

¹⁹And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

¹⁹In kdorkoli pride iz vrat tvoje hiše na ulice, njegova kri bodi nad glavo njegovo, in midva bodeva nedolžna; ako se pa kdo dotakne kogarkoli teh, ki bodo s teboj v hiši, njega kri pridi nad najino glavo.

²⁰And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

²⁰Ali če izdaš to naše opravilo, prosta bodeva prisege, s katero si naju zavezala.

²¹And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

²¹Ona reče: Bodi tako, kakor sta rekla. In odpravi ju, in odideta. In priveže karmezinasto vrvico na okno.

²²And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

²²Ona pa gresta in prideta na gorovje, in ondi ostaneta tri dni, dokler se niso vrnili njiju zasledovalci; ti so ju iskali po vsej poti, a ju niso našli.

²³So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

²³Nato se vrneta tista dva moža doli z gorovja ter prestopita na ono stran in prideta k Jozuetu, sinu Nunovemu, in mu povesta vse, kar se jima je prigodilo.In rečeta Jozuetu: Res nam je dal GOSPOD v roke vso deželo, tudi vsi prebivalci v njej obupavajo spričo nas.

²⁴And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

²⁴In rečeta Jozuetu: Res nam je dal GOSPOD v roke vso deželo, tudi vsi prebivalci v njej obupavajo spričo nas.