¹And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [of it],

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 assembled 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 to Jericho and to Ai,

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

⁴then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied 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 and patched sandals 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 to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant 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 to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

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 to 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 to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah 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 the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who 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.

¹¹And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant 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 warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become 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 flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals 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, but they did not inquire at the mouth of Jehovah.

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

¹⁵And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore 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 covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.

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 to their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

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 did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel. Then all the assembly 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.

¹⁹And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now 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, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

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

²¹And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to 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 spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; whereas ye dwell in our midst?

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.

²³And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be 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 Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did 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 thy hand: as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us, do.

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

²⁶And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.

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 assembly, and for the altar of Jehovah, to 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.