¹[Ny nanirahana ny mpisafo-tany roa lahy] Ary Josoa, zanak'i Nona, dia naniraka mpisafo roa lahy mangingina avy tany Sitima ka niteny taminy hoe: Mandehana, izahao ny tany, indrindra fa Jeriko. Dia niainga izy roa lahy ary niditra tao an-tranon'ny vehivavy janga anankiray atao hoe Rahaba, ka nandry tao.

¹And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land — and Jericho;` and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down there.

²Ary nisy nilaza tamin'ny mpanjakan'i Jeriko hoe: Injao, misy olona avy tamin'ny Zanak'Isiraely tonga atỳ izao alina izao hisafo ny tany.

²And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.

³Dia naniraka tao amin'i Rahaba ny mpanjakan'i Jeriko ka nanao hoe: Avoahy ireo lehilahy tonga ato an-tranonao ireo; fa hisafo ny tany no nihaviany.

³And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, `Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.

⁴Dia nalain-dravehivavy izy roa lahy ka nafeniny ary hoy izy: Tonga tatỳ amiko ihany tokoa ireny lehilahy ireny, nefa tsy fantatro izay nihaviany;

⁴And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they [are];

⁵ary rehefa maizina ny andro, ka hohidiana ny vavahady, dia lasa nivoaka izy, ka tsy fantatro indray izay nalehany; enjeho faingana izy, fa ho tratranareo.

⁵and it cometh to pass — the gate is to [be] shut — in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;`

⁶Kanjo efa nampiakarin-dravehivavy any an-tampon-trano izy ka nafeniny ao amin'ny tahon-drongony, izay efa nalahany teo amin'ny tampon-trano.

⁶and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.

⁷Ary ireo olona dia nanenjika azy tamin'ny lalana mankany Jordana hatrany amin'ny fitàna; ary rehefa lasa nivoaka izay nanenjika azy, dia nohidiana ny vavahady.

⁷And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.

⁸Ary raha mbola tsy natory izy roa lahy, dia niakatra nankao aminy tao an-tampontrano ravehivavy

⁸And — before they lie down — she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

⁹ka nanao taminy hoe: Fantatro fa efa nomen'i Jehovah anareo ny tany, ary efa latsaka aminay ny fahatahorana anareo, sady efa ketraka ny mponina rehetra amin'ny tany noho ny tahotra anareo.

⁹and she saith unto the men, `I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.

¹⁰Fa efa renay ny nanamainan'i Jehovah ny Ranomasina Mena teo anoloanareo tamin'ny nivoahanareo avy tany Egypta, sy izay nataonareo tamin'ny mpanjaka roa tamin'ny Amorita, izay tany an-dafin'i Jordana, dia Sihona sy Oga, izay novonoinareo.

¹⁰`For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.

¹¹Koa nony efa renay izany, dia ketraka ny fonay, ka very hevitra avokoa izahay noho ny aminareo; fa Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, Izy no Andriamanitra any amin'ny lanitra ambony sy etỳ amin'ny tany ambany.

¹¹And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in [any] man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He [is] God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.

¹²Koa ankehitriny, masìna ianareo, mba ianiano amin'i Jehovah aho fa araka ny namindrako fo taminareo no mba hamindranareo fo amin'ny ankohonan'ny raiko kosa, ka omeo famantarana mahatoky aho

¹²`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah — because I have done with you kindness — that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,

¹³fa hovelominareo ny raiko sy ny reniko sy ny anadahiko sy ny rahavaviko ary izay rehetra mety ho azy; dia hamonjy ny ainay tsy ho faty ianareo.

¹³and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.`

¹⁴Dia hoy izy roa lahy taminy: Ny ainay no ho faty hisolo anareo, raha tsy holazainareo izao raharahanay izao; ary raha omen'i Jehovah anay ny tany, dia hamindra fo sy hanao izay marina aminao izahay.

¹⁴And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours — to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah`s giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.`

¹⁵Dia nampidina azy tamin'ny mahazaka avy teo amin'ny varavarankely izy; fa teo amin'ny màndan'ny tanàna ny tranony, ary teo amin'ny manda no nitoerany.

¹⁵And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and in the wall she [is] dwelling;

¹⁶Dia hoy izy taminy: Mandehana any an-tendrombohitra, fandrao hifanena aminareo ny mpanenjika, ka miere any hateloana mandra-piveriny; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia vao mandehana any amin'izay halehanareo.

¹⁶and she saith to them, `To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.`

¹⁷Ary hoy izy roa lahy taminy: Izao no tsy hanananay tsiny ny amin'izany fianianana nampianianinao anay izany:

¹⁷And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:

¹⁸Indro, rehefa tonga eto amin'ny tany izahay, dia hafehinao eo amin'ny varavarankely izay nampidinanao anay io kofehy jaky io; ary ny rainao sy ny reninao sy ny anadahinao mbamin'ny ankohonan'ny rainao rehetra dia hovorinao ho ao an-tranonao;

¹⁸lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;

¹⁹ary izay rehetra mivoaka eo am-baravaran'ny tranonao ho eny ivelany, dia ho eo an-dohany ihany ny ràny, ary izahay tsy hanan-tsiny; fa izay rehetra mitoetra ao aminao ao an-trano, dia ho eo an-dohanay kosa ny ràny, raha tàhiny misy olona maninona azy akory;

¹⁹and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood [is] on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood [is] on our head, if a hand is on him;

²⁰fa raha tàhiny hambarambaranao izao raharahanay izao, dia ho afaka amin'ny fianianana izay nampianianinao anay izahay.

²⁰and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.`

²¹Dia hoy ravehivavy: Eny ary, fa marina izany. Dia nampandehaniny izy roa lahy, ka lasa izy; ary nafehiny teo amin'ny varavarankely ilay kofehy jaky.

²¹And she saith, `According unto your words, so it [is];` and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.

²²Dia nandeha izy roa lahy ka nankany an-tendrombohitra ary nitoetra tany hateloana mandra-piverin'ny mpanenjika; ary nitady azy tamin'ny lalana rehetra ny mpanenjika, nefa tsy nahita.

²²And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.

²³Dia niverina izy roa lahy ka nidina avy tany an-tendrombohitra, dia nita ny ony ary nankany amin'i Josoa, zanak'i Nona, ka nilaza ny zavatra rehetra izay efa nihatra taminy,ka hoy izy tamin'i Josoa: Efa natolotr'i Jehovah eo an-tanantsika tokoa ny tany rehetra; ary efa ketraka ny mponina rehetra amin'ny tany noho ny tahotra antsika.

²³And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them;

²⁴ka hoy izy tamin'i Josoa: Efa natolotr'i Jehovah eo an-tanantsika tokoa ny tany rehetra; ary efa ketraka ny mponina rehetra amin'ny tany noho ny tahotra antsika.

²⁴and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.`