¹Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

¹Jozuė, Nūno sūnus, slaptai išsiuntė iš Šitimo du žvalgus įsakydamas: “Eikite ir apžiūrėkite kraštą ir Jerichą!” Juodu atėjo į paleistuvės Rahabos namus ir ten nakvojo.

²The king of Jericho was told, “Behold, men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land.”

²Buvo pranešta Jericho karaliui: “Naktį atėjo du vyrai iš Izraelio vaikų išžvalgyti kraštą”.

³The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land.”

³Jericho karalius nusiuntė pas Rahabą pasiuntinius, įsakydamas: “Išduok vyrus, kurie yra tavo namuose, nes jie yra žvalgai”.

⁴The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.

⁴Moteris, abu vyrus paslėpusi, tarė: “Tiesa, vyrai buvo atėję pas mane, bet aš nežinojau, iš kur jie.

⁵It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them.”

⁵Prieš uždarant vartus, temstant, tie vyrai išėjo. Aš nežinau, kur jie nuėjo. Skubiai vykitės juos, gal dar pavysite”.

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

⁶Ji buvo užvedusi juos ant stogo ir paslėpusi po nemintais linais, kurie ten buvo.

⁷The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

⁷Jericho vyrai vijosi juos Jordano keliu iki brastos. Kai tik persekiotojai išėjo, vartus užrakino.

⁸Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;

⁸Jiems dar neatsigulus, ji užlipo pas juos ant stogo

⁹and she said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

⁹ir tarė: “Aš žinau, kad Viešpats jums atidavė šitą šalį. Mus apėmė siaubas dėl jūsų, ir visi krašto gyventojai nusiminė.

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

¹⁰Mes girdėjome, kaip Viešpats, jums išeinant iš Egipto, išdžiovino prieš jus Raudonosios jūros vandenį ir ką jūs padarėte abiem amoritų karaliams anapus Jordano, Sihonui ir Ogui, kuriuos visai sunaikinote.

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

¹¹Tai išgirdę, išsigandome ir netekome drąsos. Viešpats, jūsų Dievas, yra dangaus ir žemės Dievas.

¹²Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true token;

¹²Dabar prisiekite man Viešpačiu, kad jūs pasielgsite su mano tėvo namais taip, kaip aš pasielgiau su jumis, ir duokite man tikrą ženklą,

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

¹³kad paliksite gyvus mano tėvą, motiną, brolius, seseris ir visus, kurie jiems priklauso, ir išgelbėsite mūsų gyvybes”.

¹⁴The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”

¹⁴Žvalgai jai atsakė: “Teištinka mus mirtis jūsų vietoje! Jei neišduosi mūsų, tai, kai Viešpats mums atiduos šitą šalį, mes gerai ir teisingai pasielgsime su tavimi”.

¹⁵Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

¹⁵Tada Raaba nuleido juos virve pro langą, nes ji gyveno miesto mūro sienoje.

¹⁶She said to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way.”

¹⁶Ji tarė jiems: “Eikite į kalnus, kad jūsų nesutiktų besivejantieji, ten slapstykitės tris dienas, kol jie sugrįš; po to eikite savo keliu”.

¹⁷The men said to her, “We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made us to swear.

¹⁷Vyrai jai atsakė: “Mes laisvi būsime nuo tau duotos priesaikos,

¹⁸Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

¹⁸jei, mums įeinant į kraštą, nepririši raudonos virvės prie lango, pro kurį mus nuleidai, ir savo tėvo, motinos, brolių ir visų namiškių neatsivesi į savo namus.

¹⁹It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.

¹⁹Kiekvienas, kuris išeis į gatvę iš tavo namų, bus pats kaltas dėl savo mirties, mes būsime nekalti. O kas pasiliks tavo namuose ir bus nužudytas, jo kraujas kris ant mūsų.

²⁰But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.”

²⁰Tačiau jei mus išduosi, mes būsime laisvi nuo tau duotos priesaikos, kuria mus prisaikdinai”.

²¹She said, “According to your words, so be it.” She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.

²¹Ji tarė: “Tebūna, kaip sakote”. Ji išleido juos, ir jie nuėjo. Tuomet ji pririšo raudoną virvę lange.

²²They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn’t find them.

²²Jie nuėjo į kalnus ir ten pasiliko tris dienas, kol sugrįžo tie, kurie juos vijosi. Jie ieškojo jų kelyje, bet nieko nerado.

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

²³Tuodu vyrai, grįžę pas Jozuę, Nūno sūnų, jam papasakojo visa, kas jiems atsitiko.

²⁴They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”

²⁴Ir jie sakė: “Viešpats tikrai atidavė mums visą šitą kraštą, nes tos šalies gyventojai labai išsigando dėl mūsų atėjimo”.