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.

¹A Jozua, syn Núnov, poslal zo Šittíma dvoch mužov vyzvedačov, tajne, povediac: Iďte a prehliadnite zem i Jericho. A tak išli a prišli do domu ženy smilnice, ktorej bolo meno Rachab a tam ľahli, aby prenocovali.

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

²Ale bolo oznámené kráľovi Jericha, a povedali mu: Hľa, nejakí mužovia prišli sem vnoci zo synov Izraelových prešpehovať zem.

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.”

³A kráľ Jericha poslal k Rachabi a odkázal jej: Vyveď tých mužov, ktorí prišli k tebe, ktorí vošli do tvojho domu, lebo prišli nato, aby prešpehovali celú zem.

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.

⁴A žena pojala tých dvoch mužov a skryla ich a povedala: Tak je, mužovia prišli ku mne, ale som nevedela, odkiaľ sú.

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.”

⁵A stalo sa o tom čase, keď mali zavrieť bránu, za tmy, že vyšli mužovia. Neviem, kam išli tí mužovia. Hoňte ich rýchle, lebo ich ešte dostihnete.

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.

⁶Ale ona ich vyviedla hore na postrešie a pokryla ich ľanovými steblami, ktoré mala poukladané na postreší.

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.

⁷A vyslaní mužovia ich honili cestou smerom k Jordánu až ku brodom. A bránu zavreli, hneď ako vyšli tí, ktorí ich honili.

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

⁸No, prv ako by si oni boli ľahli spať, vyšla ona k nim na postrešie

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.

⁹a povedala mužom: Viem, že vám Hospodin dal túto zem, a že váš strach padol na nás, a že zmalátneli pred vami všetci obyvatelia zeme, ani čo by sa boli rozplynuli jako voda.

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.

¹⁰Lebo sme počuli o tom, že Hospodin vysušil vody Rudého mora pred vami, keď ste vyšli z Egypta, jako aj o tom, čo ste učinili dvom amorejským kráľom, ktorí boli za Jordánom, Síchonovi a Ógovi, ktorých ste zariekli na úplnú záhubu a zničili.

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.

¹¹Keď sme to počuli, ochablo naše srdce, ani čo by sa bolo rozlialo, ani nezostalo viacej v nikom ducha odvahy pred vami, lebo len Hospodin, váš Bôh, je Bohom na nebesiach hore i na zemi dole.

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;

¹²A tak teraz mi prisahajte, prosím, na Hospodina, pretože som učinila milosrdenstvo s vami, a že aj vy učiníte milosrdenstvo s domom môjho otca a dáte mi znamenie pravdy

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.”

¹³a zachováte pri živote môjho otca i moju matku i mojich bratov i moje sestry a všetko, čo majú, a vytrhnete naše duše zo smrti.

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.”

¹⁴A mužovia jej povedali: Náš život nech je za vás na smrť, ak neoznámite tejto našej veci, a bude, keď nám dá Hospodin zem, že učiníme s tebou milosrdenstvo a pravdu.

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.

¹⁵A spustila ich po povraze cez oblok, lebo jej dom bol na múre hradby mesta, a bývala na hradbe.

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.”

¹⁶A povedala im: Iďte na vrch, aby sa nestretli s vami tí, ktorí vás honia, a skrývajte sa tam tri dni, dokiaľ sa nenavrátia tí, ktorí vás honia, a potom pojdete svojou cestou.

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

¹⁷A mužovia jej povedali: Prostí budeme tejto tvojej prísahy, ktorou si nás zaviazala, ak neučiníš tohoto:

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.

¹⁸Hľa, my prijdeme do zeme. Tento povrázok z nití z červca, dvakrát farebného, uviažeš na oblok, ktorým si nás spustila, a svojho otca i svoju matku a svojich bratov ako i celý dom svojho otca shromaždíš k sebe do domu.

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.

¹⁹A bude, že ktokoľvek by vyšiel von zo dverí tvojho domu, toho krv bude na jeho hlavu, a my budeme bez viny, a zase krv každého, kto bude s tebou v dome, bude na našu hlavu, keby sa ho dotkla niečia ruka.

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

²⁰A keď oznámiš túto našu vec, tiež budeme prostí od tvojej prísahy, ktorou si nás zaviazala.

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

²¹Na to povedala: Nech je tak, ako ste riekli. Potom ich prepustila, a išli, a uviazala povrázok z červca, dvakrát farebného, na oblok.

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.

²²A oni odíduc prišli na vrch a zostali tam tri dni, dokiaľ sa nenavrátili tí, ktorí ich honili. A tí, ktorí ich honili, hľadali ich po všetkých cestách, ale teda nenašli.

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.

²³A tí dvaja mužovia sa vrátili a sišli s vrchu a prejdúc cez Jordán prišli k Jozuovi, synovi Núnovmu, a porozprávali mu všetko, čo sa im prihodilo.

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.”

²⁴A riekli Jozuovi: Je isté, že Hospodin dal celú zem do našej ruky, jako aj že zmalátneli všetci obyvatelia zeme pred nami.