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.

¹Huan Nun tapa Josuain, A gam leh Jeriko khua te vaen vel vel dih ua, chiin mi nih Sitim mun akipanin a sima enkhe ding a sawl hi. Huan, a vahoh ua, kijuak khat, a min Rahab in ah a valut ua, huaiah a tung uh.

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

²Huan, min, Ngaiin, tujanin gam entel dingin Israel suante a hong uh, chiin Jeriko kho kumpipa a hilh ua.

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.”

³Huan, Jeriko kho kumpipan, Na ina hongtung mikhualte honpiin: gam pumpi entel dinga hong ahi uhi, chia hilh dingin Rahab kiangah mi a sawla.

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.

⁴Huchiin, numeiin huai mi nihte a pia, a sel a, huchiin, a kiang uah, He, mite ka kiangah hong ngei ngut ua, himahleh koi akipana hongpai uh ahi ua chih jaw ka theikei:

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.”

⁵Huan, hichi ahi a, kho mial, kulh kongpi khak hunding lai khawngin huai mite a pawtkhe nawnta ua: koilamah ahia a pai uh ka theita kei hi: delh meng le uchiin, na pha lai ding u e, a chi a.

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.

⁶Ahihhangin in tungah a pitou a, in tunga ji ja kung siat khawmna lakah a sel hi.

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.

⁷Huan, miten Jordan lui lamah, gal kaina tanin a vadelh ua; huan, a delhmite a pawt khiak tak un kulh kongpi a khak uhi.

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

⁸Huan, a lup ma un in tungah a kiang uah a vahoh toua;

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.

⁹Huai mite kiangah, Hiai gam jaw TOUPAN nou a honpetaa, na kihtakhuaina un a hondelhkhuma, hiai gama tengte tengteng na ma uah a zul khin uh ahi chih ka thei hi.

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.

¹⁰Aigupta gam akipan na hongpawt un TOUPAN Tuipi San a honhihkan saka, Jordan lui gala Amorte kumpite nih Sihon leh Og te tunga na hihdante uh, huchibanga na hihman dan te uh lah ka naza ngal ua.

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.

¹¹Huai ka najak tak un ka lungtangte uh a zul khina, noute jiaka lunglau lou himhim a om kei uh: TOUPA na Pathian u lah tunglam van ah leh nuailam lei ah Pathian ahi ngala.

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;

¹²Huchiin tun na tunguah ka honhehpihdan ka nakilangsakta hi, nou leng ka pa inkote tungah na hehpihna uh honkilangsak sam unla,

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.”

¹³Ka nu lehka pa te, ka sanggampasalte, ka sanggam numeite leh a neih khempeuh uh hawi unla, sihna lak akipan ka hinna uh honhumbitsak dinginTOUPA min louin hehpih takin ka kiangahkichiam unla, chiamtehna tak petpet honbawlsak un, a chi a.

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.”

¹⁴Huan miten a kiangah, ka thilhih uh na gen khiak kei ding leh na sih tang un ka si ding uh; huchiin hichi ahi dinga, TOUPAN gam a honpiak hun chiangin, ka hon hehpih ding ua, na tungah muanhuai takin ka hih ding uh, a chi ua.

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.

¹⁵Huchiin tohlet ah khauhual a zankhe suk a; a in lah khopi kulh khoua om ahi ngala, kulh tunga om ahi.

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.”

¹⁶Huan, a kiang uah, Tang lam juanin paita un, huchilouinjaw nou hondelhten a honmu kha ding uh; huan, huailaiah ni thum vabu un; nou hondelhte a hongkiknawn masiah uh: huaizoh chiangin ahihleh na pai nawn na ding uhi, a chi a.

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

¹⁷Huan, miten a kiangah, Na kichiamna nah on kichiam sak lel injaw moh na honmawk tansak sin kei hial ahi.

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.

¹⁸Ngaiin, hiai gama ka honglut hun chiang un hiai khausan na honkhiakna tohlet ah na nagak belh in; huan, in sungah na kiangah na nute, na sanggam pasalte leh na pa inkote tengteng pilut vek in.

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.

¹⁹Huan, hichi ahi dinga, na in kongpi akipana kholaka pawtkhia peuhmah amah lu tungah a sisan a om dia, kou a hihleh mohin ka om kei ding uh: huan, kuapeuh in sunga na kiang ua om peuhmah a tung ua khut a khak uhleh, ka lu tunguah a sisan uh a om ding hi.

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

²⁰Himahleh ka thil hih uh na genkhiak leh non kichiam sakna ah mohin ka om kei ding uh, a chi ua.

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

²¹Huan, aman, Na thu bang jel uh hi leh ake, a chi a. Huchiin amau a paisaka, a paita ua: huan, tohlet ah khau san a gak den hi.

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.

²²Huchiin a pai ua, huai tang a vatung ua, huailaiah ni thum, amau delhte a kiknawn masiah uh a vaom uh: delhmiten lam tawnin a zong ua, himahleh a mu zou kei uhi.

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.

²³Huchiin huai mi nihte a kik nawn ua, huai tangakipan a pai suk ua, a galkah ua, Nun tapaJosua kiang a vatung ua; a tung ua thiltung tengteng a hilh uh.Huan, Josua kiangah, TOUPAN a gampumpi ikhut uah a honnape petmah ve, huai kia leng hilou, huai gama tengte tengteng I ma uah zul jel maimah uhi, a chi ua.

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.”

²⁴Huan, Josua kiangah, TOUPAN a gampumpi ikhut uah a honnape petmah ve, huai kia leng hilou, huai gama tengte tengteng I ma uah zul jel maimah uhi, a chi ua.