¹Zvino Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni, wakatuma varume vaviri pakavanda, vachibva Shitimi, kuti vandoshora, achiti, Endai mundotarira nyika neJeriko. Vakaenda, vakapinda muimba yechifeve, chainzi Rakabhi, vakavatapo.

¹And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.

²Zvino mambo weJeriko akaudzwa, zvichinzi, Tarirai, varume vavana vaIsiraeri vakapinda muno usiku huno kuzoshora nyika.

²And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

³Zvino mambo weJeriko akatuma shoko kuna Rakabhi, akati, Budisa varume vakasvika kwauri, vapinda mumba mako, nekuti vauya kuzoshora nyika yose.

³And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

⁴Mukadzi akatora varume avo vaviri, akavavanza, akati, Hongu, varume vakasvika havo kwandiri, asi ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti vaibvepi.

⁴And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

⁵Zvino nenguva yokupfigwa kwesuwo, kwasviba, varume vakabudazve; kwavakazoenda ivo varume, ini handikuzivi; kurumidzai kuvatevera, nekuti mungandovabata.

⁵and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

⁶Asi wakange avakwidza pamusoro pedenga, akavavanza pasi povutanda hwamasosoori, hwakanga hwakarongwa naye padenga.

⁶But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

⁷Varume vakavateverera nenzira inoenda Joridhani, kusvikira kumazambuko; zvino vakavatevera vakati vabuda, suwo rikazarirwa.

⁷And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

⁸Zvino vachigere kuvata, Rakabhi ndokukwira kwavari pamusoro pedenga,

⁸And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

⁹akati kuvarume, Ndinoziva kuti Jehovha wakakupai nyika, tinokutyai kwazvo, vanhu vose vagere munyika vavhunduka pamberi penyu.

⁹and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

¹⁰Nekuti takanzwa kuti Jehovha wakapwisa mvura yeGungwa Dzvuku pamberi penyu, nguva yokubuda kwenyu Egipita, nezvamakaitira madzimambo maviri avaAmori, vakanga vari mhiri kwaJoridhani, ivo Sihoni naOgi, vamakaparadza chose.

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

¹¹Zvino pakarepo takati tichinzwa izvozvo moyo yedu ikavhunduka, hakuna munhu uchinokutsunga pamoyo pake nokuda kwenyu, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu, ndiye Mwari kudenga kumusoro napanyika pasi.

¹¹And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

¹²Naizvozvo zvino ndipikirei henyu naJehovha, kuti zvandakakuitirai zvakanaka, nemiwo muchaitira imba yababa vangu zvakanaka; mundipeiwo chiratidzo chakasimba,

¹²Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

¹³kuti muchararamisa baba vangu namai vangu nehanzvadzi dzangu navanin'ina vangu, nezvose zvavanazvo, nokurwira upenyu bwedu parufu.

¹³and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

¹⁴Ipapo varume vakati kwaari, Isu ngatife panzvimbo yenyu, kana musingabudisi pachena basa redu iri; kana Jehovha achitipa nyika iyi, tichakuitira zvakanaka nechokwadi.

¹⁴And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

¹⁵Ipapo akavaburusira pasi nebote napahwindo, nekuti imba yake yakanga iri pamusoro porusvingo rweguta, naiye wakange agere pamusoro porusvingo.

¹⁵Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

¹⁶Akati kwavari, Tizirai henyu kumakomo, kuti vateveri verege kusangana nemi, muvandepo mazuva matatu, kusvikira vateveri vadzoka; pashure mungaenda henyu.

¹⁶And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

¹⁷Zvino varume vakati kwaari, Hatingasungwi nemhiko yako iyi yawakatipikisa.

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

¹⁸Tarira, nguva yatinopinda panyika ino, unofanira kusungira bote iri dzvuku rakakoshwa pahwindo pawakatiburusira pasi napo; unofanirawo kuunganidza mumba mako baba vako, namai vako, nehanzvadzi dzako, navose veimba yababa vako.

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

¹⁹Zvino ani naani unobuda kunze kwemikova yeimba yako, ropa rake richava pamusoro pomusoro wake, asi isu hatingavi nemhosva; ani naani unewe mumba mako, ropa rake richava pamusoro pemisoro yedu, kana akaitirwa zvakaipa noruoko rwomunhu.

¹⁹And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

²⁰Asi kana ukabudisa pachena basa redu iri, isu hatingasungwi nemhiko yako yawakatipikisa.

²⁰But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

²¹Iye akati, Ngazviitwe sezvamakataura; akavaendesa, vakabva, iye ndokusungira bote dzvuku pahwindo.

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

²²Ivo vakaenda, vakasvika kumakomo, vakagarapo mazuva matatu, kusvikira vateveri vadzoka; vateveri vakavatsvaka panzira iyo yose, asi havana kuvawana.

²²And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

²³Zvino varume avo vaviri vakadzoka, vakaburuka pamakomo, vakayambuka, vakasvikazve kuna Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni; vakamuudza zvose zvavakanga vaitirwa.

²³Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

²⁴Vakati kuna Joshua, Zvirokwazvo, Jehovha wakaisa nyika yose mumaoko edu; uye vanhu vose vagere panyika iyo vavhunduka pamberi pedu.

²⁴And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.