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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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];

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.

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;`

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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,

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

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.`

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.

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.`

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

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;

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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;

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.

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;

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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

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.`