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;

¹Ko pa zaslišijo kralji, ki so bili tostran Jordana, po gorah in v nižavi in po vsem obrežju velikega morja tja do Libanona, Hetejci, Amorejci, Kanaanci, Ferizejci, Hevejci in Jebusejci,

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

²so se zbrali vsi enodušno, da se vojskujejo z Jozuetom in z Izraelom.

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

³A prebivalci v Gibeonu, ko so slišali, kaj je storil Jozue Jerihu in Aju,

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;

⁴so tudi skovali zvijačo: gredo in se napravijo, kakor da bi bili poslanci, in denejo stare vreče na svoje osle in stare vinske mehove, razdrte in zašite,

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

⁵tudi staro in zakrpano obuvalo si nataknejo na noge in na sebe staro obleko; in ves kruh, ki so ga imeli za brašno, je bil trd in plesniv.

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.

⁶In pridejo k Jozuetu v tabor v Gilgalu in reko njemu in Izraelovim možem: Prišli smo iz daljnih dežel; sklenite torej zavezo z nami!

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

⁷Možje Izraelovi pa reko Hevejcem: Morebiti prebivate med nami, kako naj sklenemo zavezo z vami?

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

⁸In reko Jozuetu: Hlapci smo tvoji. Jozue pa jih vpraša: Kdo ste? In odkod 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,

⁹Odgovore mu: Hlapci tvoji so prišli iz silno daljnih dežel zaradi imena GOSPODA, tvojega Boga; zakaj slišali smo glas o njem in vse, kar je storil Egiptu,

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.

¹⁰tudi vse, kar je storil dvema kraljema Amorejcev onostran Jordana, Sihonu, kralju v Hesbonu, in Ogu, kralju v Basanu, ki je bil v Astarotu.

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.

¹¹Zato so nam rekli naši starejšine in vsi prebivalci naše dežele: Vzemite si živeža na pot in pojdite jim naproti in jim recite: Hlapci smo vaši. Zdaj torej sklenite zavezo z nami!

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:

¹²Ta kruh naš, ki smo ga iz svojih hiš vzeli za brašno, je bil še gorak, ko smo odhajali na pot k vam, zdaj pa, glej, je trd in plesniv.

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.

¹³In te vinske mehove smo napolnili nove, pa glej, razdrti so. In ta naša obleka in naše obuvalo se je prestaralo po silno dolgem popotovanju.

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

¹⁴In možje vzamejo od njih brašna, a ne vprašajo za svet GOSPODOVIH ust.

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.

¹⁵In Jozue sklene mir ž njimi in jim stori zavezo, da bodo ohranjeni pri življenju; in knezi občine so jim prisegli.

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.

¹⁶Ali po treh dneh, potem ko so storili ž njimi zavezo, jim pride na vest, da so oni njih sosedi ter da prebivajo med njimi.

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.

¹⁷Kajti ko so sinovi Izraelovi šli dalje, so tretji dan prispeli k njih mestom. Njih mesta pa so bila: Gibeon, Kefira, Beerot in Kirjat-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.

¹⁸A sinovi Izraelovi jih niso pobili, zato ker so jim bili prisegli knezi občine pri GOSPODU, Izraelovem Bogu. In mrmrala je vsa občina na kneze.

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.

¹⁹Vsi knezi pa reko vsej občini: Mi smo jim prisegli pri GOSPODU, Izraelovem Bogu, zato se jih ne moremo dotekniti.

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.

²⁰Ali to jim hočemo storiti: ostanejo naj pri življenju, da ne pride srd nad nas zavoljo prisege, ki smo jim jo prisegli.

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.

²¹In reko jim knezi: Naj le žive! A morajo sekati drva in nositi vodo vsej občini, – kakor so jim knezi bili rekli.

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?

²²Tedaj jih pokliče Jozue in jih ogovori, rekoč: Zakaj ste nas prekanili, govoreč: Silno daleč smo od vas, pa prebivate med nami?

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.

²³Zato ste zdaj prokleti, da nikdar ne nehajo biti iz vas hlapci, ki sekajo drva in nosijo vodo za hišo mojega Boga.

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.

²⁴Odgovore Jozuetu in reko: V istini je bilo povedano nam, hlapcem tvojim, kar je zapovedal GOSPOD, tvoj Bog, svojemu hlapcu Mojzesu, da vam da vso deželo in iztrebi vse prebivalce v njej izpred vas; torej smo se spričo vas silno bali za življenje svoje in smo storili to.

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

²⁵Sedaj pa glej, v roki smo tvoji: stóri, kar se ti zdi dobro in prav, da z nami storiš.

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

²⁶In tako jim je storil in jih otel iz roke Izraelovih sinov, da jih niso pobili.In Jozue jih je tisti dan postavil, da sekajo drva in nosijo vodo občini in k oltarju GOSPODOVEMU, do tega dne, na mestu, ki bi si ga izvolil.

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.

²⁷In Jozue jih je tisti dan postavil, da sekajo drva in nosijo vodo občini in k oltarju GOSPODOVEMU, do tega dne, na mestu, ki bi si ga izvolil.