¹It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it

¹Kui kõik kuningad, kes olid siinpool Jordanit mäestikus, madalikul ja kogu suure mere rannikul Liibanoni suunas, hetid, emorlased, kaananlased, perislased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased, sellest kuulsid,

²that they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

²siis nad kogunesid kokku üksmeelselt, et sõdida Joosua ja Iisraeli vastu.

³But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

³Aga kui Gibeoni elanikud olid kuulnud, kuidas Joosua oli talitanud Jeerikoga ja Aiga,

⁴they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,

⁴siis tegutsesid ka nemad, aga kavalasti: nad läksid ja tegid endid käskjalgadeks. Nad panid oma eeslite selga kulunud kotid ja vanad veinilähkrid, lõhkised ja kokkuseotud,

⁵and old and patched shoes on their feet, and wore old garments. All the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

⁵iseendile jalga kulunud ja paigatud sandaalid, selga kulunud riided, ja kõik leib teeroaks oli kuivanud ja murenenud.

⁶They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country. Now therefore make a covenant with us.”

⁶Siis nad läksid Joosua juurde Gilgali leeri ja ütlesid temale ja Iisraeli meestele: 'Me tuleme kaugelt maalt; tehke nüüd meiega leping!'

⁷The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us. How could we make a covenant with you?”

⁷Aga Iisraeli mehed vastasid hiivlastele: 'Võib-olla te elate meie keskel? Kuidas võiksime siis teha teiega lepingu?'

⁸They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”

⁸Siis nad ütlesid Joosuale: 'Me oleme sinu sulased!' Ja Joosua küsis neilt: 'Kes te olete ja kust te tulete?'

⁹They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,

⁹Ja nad vastasid temale: 'Su sulased tulevad väga kaugelt maalt Issanda, su Jumala nime pärast, sest me oleme kuulnud temast kuuldusi ja kõike, mis ta tegi Egiptuses,

¹⁰and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

¹⁰ja kõike, kuidas ta talitas kahe emorlaste kuningaga, kes olid sealpool Jordanit: Siihoniga, Hesboni kuningaga, ja Oogiga, Baasani kuningaga, kes oli Astarotis.

¹¹Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, ‘Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, “We are your servants. Now make a covenant with us.”’

¹¹Meie vanemad ja kõik meie maa elanikud rääkisid meile, öeldes: Võtke enestega kaasa moona teekonna tarvis, minge neile vastu ja öelge neile: Me oleme teie sulased, tehke nüüd meiega leping!

¹²This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we went out to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and has become moldy.

¹²See on meie leib; me võtsime selle soojalt oma kodadest teeroaks päeval, kui lahkusime, et tulla teie juurde; ja vaata, see on nüüd kuivanud ja murenenud.

¹³These wineskins, which we filled, were new; and behold, they are torn. These our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.”

¹³Ja need veinilähkrid, mis me täitsime, olid uued, aga vaata, need on nüüd lõhkenud. Ja meie riided ja jalatsid on kulunud väga pikal teel.'

¹⁴The men sampled their provisions, and didn’t ask counsel from the mouth of Yahweh.

¹⁴Siis mehed võtsid nende teeroast ega küsinud nõu Issandalt.

¹⁵Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.

¹⁵Ja Joosua tegi nendega rahu ning sõlmis nendega lepingu, et ta jätab nad elama; ja koguduse ülemad vandusid neile.

¹⁶It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

¹⁶Aga pärast kolme päeva möödumist, kui nad olid teinud nendega lepingu, said nad kuulda, et need olid nende lähedalt ja elasid nende keskel.

¹⁷The children of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

¹⁷Siis Iisraeli lapsed läksid teele ja jõudsid kolmandal päeval nende linnade juurde; nende linnad olid Gibeon, Kefiira, Beerot ja Kirjat-Jearim.

¹⁸The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

¹⁸Aga Iisraeli lapsed ei löönud neid maha, sest koguduse ülemad olid neile vandunud Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala juures; ent terve kogudus nurises ülemate pärast.

¹⁹But all the princes said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.

¹⁹Siis ütlesid kõik ülemad tervele kogudusele: 'Me oleme neile vandunud Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala juures, nüüd ei või me neisse puutuda.

²⁰This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”

²⁰Me teeme nendega seda, et jätame nad elama, et meie peale ei tuleks viha vande pärast, mille neile vandusime.'

²¹The princes said to them, “Let them live, so they became wood cutters and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.”

²¹Ja ülemad ütlesid neile, et nad jäävad elama ja neist saavad puuraiujad ja veekandjad tervele kogudusele, nagu ülemad neile on öelnud.

²²Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, “Why have you deceived us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you live among us?

²²Ja Joosua kutsus nad ning rääkis nendega, öeldes: 'Miks petsite meid ja ütlesite: Me oleme teist väga kaugel, ise aga elate meie keskel?

²³Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

²³Seepärast olge nüüd neetud! Ärgu lõppegu iialgi teie hulgast sulased, puuraiujad ja veekandjad mu Jumala koja tarvis!'

²⁴They answered Joshua, and said, “Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

²⁴Ja nemad vastasid Joosuale ning ütlesid: 'Et su sulastele oli kindlasti räägitud, kuidas Issand, su Jumal, oma sulast Moosest oli käskinud anda teile kogu maa ja hävitada teie eest kõik maa elanikud, siis me kartsime teie ees väga oma elu pärast ja tegime seda.

²⁵Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”

²⁵Ja nüüd, vaata, me oleme sinu käes, talita meiega, nagu sinu silmis hea ja õige on teha!'

²⁶He did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they didn’t kill them.

²⁶Ja ta talitas nendega nõnda: ta päästis nad Iisraeli laste käest ja neid ei tapetud.

²⁷That day Joshua made them wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.

²⁷Ja sel päeval pani Joosua nad puuraiujaiks ja veetoojaiks kogudusele ning Issanda altarile kuni tänapäevani paigas, mille tema välja valib.