¹And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.

¹A Jozua, syn Núnov, poslal zo Šittíma dvoch mužov vyzvedačov, tajne, povediac: Iďte a prehliadnite zem i Jericho. A tak išli a prišli do domu ženy smilnice, ktorej bolo meno Rachab a tam ľahli, aby prenocovali.

²And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come hither to-night from the children of Israel to search out the land.

²Ale bolo oznámené kráľovi Jericha, a povedali mu: Hľa, nejakí mužovia prišli sem vnoci zo synov Izraelových prešpehovať zem.

³And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have come into thy house: for they have come to search out all the land.

³A kráľ Jericha poslal k Rachabi a odkázal jej: Vyveď tých mužov, ktorí prišli k tebe, ktorí vošli do tvojho domu, lebo prišli nato, aby prešpehovali celú zem.

⁴And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

⁴A žena pojala tých dvoch mužov a skryla ich a povedala: Tak je, mužovia prišli ku mne, ale som nevedela, odkiaľ sú.

⁵and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

⁵A stalo sa o tom čase, keď mali zavrieť bránu, za tmy, že vyšli mužovia. Neviem, kam išli tí mužovia. Hoňte ich rýchle, lebo ich ešte dostihnete.

⁶But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

⁶Ale ona ich vyviedla hore na postrešie a pokryla ich ľanovými steblami, ktoré mala poukladané na postreší.

⁷And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

⁷A vyslaní mužovia ich honili cestou smerom k Jordánu až ku brodom. A bránu zavreli, hneď ako vyšli tí, ktorí ich honili.

⁸And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

⁸No, prv ako by si oni boli ľahli spať, vyšla ona k nim na postrešie

⁹and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

⁹a povedala mužom: Viem, že vám Hospodin dal túto zem, a že váš strach padol na nás, a že zmalátneli pred vami všetci obyvatelia zeme, ani čo by sa boli rozplynuli jako voda.

¹⁰For we have heard that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red sea before you when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

¹⁰Lebo sme počuli o tom, že Hospodin vysušil vody Rudého mora pred vami, keď ste vyšli z Egypta, jako aj o tom, čo ste učinili dvom amorejským kráľom, ktorí boli za Jordánom, Síchonovi a Ógovi, ktorých ste zariekli na úplnú záhubu a zničili.

¹¹We heard [of it], and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

¹¹Keď sme to počuli, ochablo naše srdce, ani čo by sa bolo rozlialo, ani nezostalo viacej v nikom ducha odvahy pred vami, lebo len Hospodin, váš Bôh, je Bohom na nebesiach hore i na zemi dole.

¹²And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,

¹²A tak teraz mi prisahajte, prosím, na Hospodina, pretože som učinila milosrdenstvo s vami, a že aj vy učiníte milosrdenstvo s domom môjho otca a dáte mi znamenie pravdy

¹³that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.

¹³a zachováte pri živote môjho otca i moju matku i mojich bratov i moje sestry a všetko, čo majú, a vytrhnete naše duše zo smrti.

¹⁴And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

¹⁴A mužovia jej povedali: Náš život nech je za vás na smrť, ak neoznámite tejto našej veci, a bude, keď nám dá Hospodin zem, že učiníme s tebou milosrdenstvo a pravdu.

¹⁵And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

¹⁵A spustila ich po povraze cez oblok, lebo jej dom bol na múre hradby mesta, a bývala na hradbe.

¹⁶And she said to them, Go to the mountain, that the pursuers may not meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards go your way.

¹⁶A povedala im: Iďte na vrch, aby sa nestretli s vami tí, ktorí vás honia, a skrývajte sa tam tri dni, dokiaľ sa nenavrátia tí, ktorí vás honia, a potom pojdete svojou cestou.

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

¹⁷A mužovia jej povedali: Prostí budeme tejto tvojej prísahy, ktorou si nás zaviazala, ak neučiníš tohoto:

¹⁸Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind in the window this line of scarlet thread by which thou hast let us down; and thou shalt gather to thee in the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household;

¹⁸Hľa, my prijdeme do zeme. Tento povrázok z nití z červca, dvakrát farebného, uviažeš na oblok, ktorým si nás spustila, a svojho otca i svoju matku a svojich bratov ako i celý dom svojho otca shromaždíš k sebe do domu.

¹⁹and it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, -- his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.

¹⁹A bude, že ktokoľvek by vyšiel von zo dverí tvojho domu, toho krv bude na jeho hlavu, a my budeme bez viny, a zase krv každého, kto bude s tebou v dome, bude na našu hlavu, keby sa ho dotkla niečia ruka.

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

²⁰A keď oznámiš túto našu vec, tiež budeme prostí od tvojej prísahy, ktorou si nás zaviazala.

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

²¹Na to povedala: Nech je tak, ako ste riekli. Potom ich prepustila, a išli, a uviazala povrázok z červca, dvakrát farebného, na oblok.

²²And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.

²²A oni odíduc prišli na vrch a zostali tam tri dni, dokiaľ sa nenavrátili tí, ktorí ich honili. A tí, ktorí ich honili, hľadali ich po všetkých cestách, ale teda nenašli.

²³And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and went over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him everything that had happened to them.

²³A tí dvaja mužovia sa vrátili a sišli s vrchu a prejdúc cez Jordán prišli k Jozuovi, synovi Núnovmu, a porozprávali mu všetko, čo sa im prihodilo.

²⁴And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.

²⁴A riekli Jozuovi: Je isté, že Hospodin dal celú zem do našej ruky, jako aj že zmalátneli všetci obyvatelia zeme pred nami.