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 from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down 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, men have come hither to-night from 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 to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have come into thy house: for they have 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 had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come 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 when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

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

⁶But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on 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, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

⁸Zvino vachigere kuvata, Rakabhi ndokukwira kwavari pamusoro pedenga,

⁸And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

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

⁹and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of 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 that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red sea before you when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to 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.

¹¹We heard [of it], and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

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

¹²And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,

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

¹³that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls 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 to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give 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.

¹⁵And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-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 to them, Go to the mountain, that the pursuers may not meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards go your way.

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

¹⁷And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us 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 in the window this line of scarlet thread by which thou hast let us down; and thou shalt gather to thee in 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 whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, -- his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.

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

²⁰And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

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

²¹And she said, According to 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 to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.

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

²³And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and went over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him everything that had happened to them.

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

²⁴And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.