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,

¹And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who [are] beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear —

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

²that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel — one mouth.

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

³And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,

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,

⁴and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,

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.

⁵and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry — it was crumbs.

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

⁶And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;`

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

⁷and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?`

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

⁸and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we [are].` And Joshua saith unto them, `Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?`

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,

⁹And they say unto him, `From a land very far off have thy servants come, for the name of Jehovah thy God, for we have heard His fame, and all that He hath done in Egypt,

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

¹⁰and all that He hath done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who [is] in Ashtaroth.

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!

¹¹`And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we [are], and now, make with us a covenant;

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.

¹²this our bread — hot we provided ourselves with it out of our houses, on the day of our coming out to go unto you, and now, lo, it is dry, and hath been crumbs;

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.

¹³and these [are] the wine-bottles which we filled, new, and lo, they have rent; and these, our garments and our sandals, have become old, from the exceeding greatness of the way.`

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

¹⁴And the men take of their provision, and the mouth of Jehovah have not asked;

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

¹⁵and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.

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.

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they [are] their neighbours — that in their midst they are dwelling.

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.

¹⁷And the sons of Israel journey and come in unto their cities on the third day — and their cities [are] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-Jearim —

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.

¹⁸and the sons of Israel have not smitten them, for sworn to them have the princes of the company by Jehovah God of Israel, and all the company murmur against the princes.

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

¹⁹And all the princes say unto all the company, `We — we have sworn to them by Jehovah, God of Israel; and now, we are not able to come against them;

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

²⁰this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.`

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

²¹And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.`

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

²²And Joshua calleth for them, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, and ye in our midst dwelling?

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

²³and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off [from being] a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.`

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.

²⁴And they answer Joshua and say, `Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing;

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

²⁵and now, lo, we [are] in thy hand, as [it is] good, and as [it is] right in thine eyes to do to us — do.`

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.

²⁶And he doth to them so, and delivereth them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they have not slain them;

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.

²⁷and Joshua maketh them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the company, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, at the place which He doth choose.