Joshua 2
1 Nun capa Joshua loh hlang panit te Shittim lamloh longyam la duem a tueih tih, “Khohmuen te so rhoi lamtah Jerikho la cet rhoi lah,” a ti nah. Tedae a caeh rhoi vaengah tah Rakhab aka ming nah pumyoi nu im la pawk rhoi tih te pahoi ah yalh rhoi.
Then Joshua [chose] two men from [their camp at] Acacia. He told them, “Go [across the Jordan River] and secretly find out all that you can about the land on that side of the river, especially about Jericho [city].” So the two men crossed [the river and entered Jericho]. They entered the house of a prostitute, whose name was Rahab. They stayed in her house [that night].
2 Te dongah, “Khohmuen hip hamla Israel ca khui lamkah khoyin ah hlang tarha halo,” a ti nah tih Jerikho manghai taengah a puen pah.
But someone [saw them and] told the king of Jericho, “Some Israeli men have come here tonight to spy out the land!”
3 Jerikho manghai loh Rakhab te a tah tih, “Na taengla aka pawk hlang rhoi te hang khuen. Amih te khohmuen boeih hip hamni halo tih na im khuila ha kun dae,” a ti nah.
So the king sent some messengers to tell Rahab, “Bring out the men who came and entered your house, [so that we can kill them], because they have come [here] to (spy out/find out all they can about) this land!”
4 Tedae tekah huta loh hlang rhoi te a khuen tih a thuh. Te phoeiah hlang rhoi te, “Kai taengla halo ngawn ue. Tedae amih rhoi te me lamkah rhoi nim ka ming moenih.
She told them that the two men had gone to her house. But she had hidden the two men there. So when the messengers came to her house, she told them, “Two men came here, but I did not know where they had come from.
5 Khohmuep kah vongka khaih ham a om vaengah tekah hlang rhoi te cet rhoi coeng. Tekah hlang rhoi loh mela a caeh ka ming pawt dae a hnukah tlek na hloem uh atah na kae uh khaming,” a ti nah.
At dusk, just before (guards closed the city gate/the city gates were closed), the two men left. I do not know where they went. So, go quickly and search for them! Perhaps you may catch them!”
6 Tedae anih long ngawn tah amih rhoi te imphu la a yoeng puei tih imphu kah a yaan hlamik kong khuila a det.
But [she was lying, ] she had taken the two men up to the [flat] roof of her house and had hidden them under the piles of flax that she had laid on the roof.
7 Te dongah amih rhoi te Jordan longpuei kah lamkai due la tongpa rhoek loh a hloem uh. Amih rhoi aka hloem rhoek loh a caeh uh van neh vongka khaw tloep a khaih uh.
The messengers went out of the city to search for the two men. Immediately, the guards shut the city gate. The messengers went along the road that leads down to the place where people can walk across the Jordan [River], [but they did not find the two men].
8 Tedae amih rhoi a ih hlanah Rakhab te imphu la yoeng tih tekah hlang rhoi taengah,
Before the two men lay down [to sleep] that night, Rahab went up to the roof
9 “Khohmuen he BOEIPA loh nangmih taengah m'paek tih na mueirhih loh kaimih n'nan khaw ka ming. Te dongah diklai khosa boeih loh nangmih mikhmuh ah paci uh.
and said to them, “We know that Yahweh [is about to] give this land to you Israelis, and as a result all the people living in this land are terrified because of you.
10 Egypt lamkah na lo uh vaengah BOEIPA loh carhaek li kah tui te na mikhmuh ah metlam a haang sak tih Jordan rhalvangan kah Amori manghai rhoi Sihon neh Oga na saii uh tih na thup uh khaw ka yaak uh.
We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea for you to cross it when you left Egypt. And we have heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two kings of the tribe of Amor who lived east of the Jordan [River]. You [Israelis] totally destroyed everyone [and everything in their kingdom].
11 Ka yaak uh vaengah ka thinko paci tih nangmih mikhmuh ah pakhat khaw a mueihla om voel pawh. BOEIPA na Pathen amah te tah vaan so neh diklai khuila aka om Pathen pai ni.
When we heard about those things, we were very dismayed. We no longer have enough courage to fight against you, because we know that Yahweh, the God whom you [worship], is helping you. [And we know that] he rules everything in heaven and here on earth.
12 Te dongah BOEIPA rhang neh kai taengah olcaeng rhoi mai laeh. Nangmih taengah sitlohnah ka saii van dongah nangmih long khaw a pa imkhui ah sitlohnah hang khueh van lamtah oltak la kai taengah miknoek m'pae lah.
So now [I want you to] solemnly promise me, and ask Yahweh to punish you if you do not do what you promise. Solemnly promise me that you will act kindly to me and my family, because I have acted kindly to you.
13 A nu neh a pa khaw, ka nganpa neh kamah kah tanu takhong, amih taengkah aka om rhoek boeih te hlun mai lamtah kaimih kah hinglu he duek khui lamloh han huul mai,” a ti nah.
Do something to prove that you will (spare the lives of/not kill) my father and my mother, my brothers and sisters, and all of their families. Promise me that you [Israelis] will not kill us [when you destroy this city].”
14 Te dongah hlang loh anih te, “Kaimih kah hinglu he a duek hil nangmih ham ni. Kaimih kah olka he na thui pawt mak atah. Ana om van bitni, BOEIPA loh kaimih taengla khohmuen te m'paek van neh nang taengah sitlohnah neh oltak he kan saii uh bitni,” a ti rhoi.
The two men replied, “We desire that God will cause us to die if we do not do as we say! If you do not tell others what we [are planning to] do, we will act kindly toward you all when Yahweh enables us to possess the land.”
15 Te dongah amih rhoi te bangbuet lamloh rhuivaeh neh a hlak. Anih im te khopuei vongtung pangbueng kaep ah om tih amah khaw vongtung kaepah kho a sak.
[One of] the outside walls of the house where Rahab lived was part of the wall [that was around] the city. So she fastened a rope outside the window [that was in that wall], by which the men could climb down the wall.
16 Te phoeiah amih rhoi te, “Tlang la cet rhoi, aka hloem rhoek loh nangmih rhoi te m'hmuh ve. Aka hloem rhoek ha bal due hnin thum khaw thuh uh lamtah namah longpuei ah cet rhoi,” a ti nah.
Then she said to them, “When you leave the city, go up into the hills so that the men who are searching for you will not find you. Hide in caves in the hills for three days, until the men who are searching for you return to the city. Then you can return safely to your camp.”
17 Te dongah hlang rhoi loh anih te, “Kaimih taengah na toem na ngam bangla na olhlo lamloh ka ommongsitoe rhoi.
The two men [gave her a red cord, and] said to her, “This is what you must do; if you do not do this, we will not be required to do what we have vowed to do.
18 Kho khuila kaimih ka kun uh atah ngaiuepnah rhui a lingdik he kaimih nan hlak nah bangbuet ah khit lamtah na nu na pa khaw, na nganpa neh na pa imkhui boeih khaw im khuiah namah taengla coi.
You must tie this red cord in the window that has the rope by which we will climb down. You must let the cord hang there. And you must bring your father and your mother and your brothers and all the others in your family inside the house. Then, when our army enters your land, we will see the cord, and we will not kill the people in your house.
19 Te vaengah na im kah thohkhaih lamloh tollong la aka coe boeih te tah amah thii te amah lu dongla kap vetih kaimih tah ka ommongsitoe uh ni. Tedae im khuiah namah taengla aka om khat khat te ni kut a hlah thil oeh atah a thii te kaimih lu dongla tla saeh.
If anyone in your family goes outside this house into the street, [our soldiers] will kill them, and we will not be guilty [MTY] for doing that. But if anyone who is in this house with you is injured, we will be guilty for causing that.
20 Tedae mamih kah olka he na doek atah mamih taengah na toem na ngam, na olhlo lamloh ommongsitoe la ka om uh van ni,” a ti nah.
But if you tell anyone what we [are planning to] do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”
21 Huta long khaw, “Na ol bangla om van saeh,” a ti nah tih amih rhoi te a tueih. A caeh rhoi van neh ngaiuepnah rhui a lingdik te bangbuet ah a khih.
Rahab said, “I agree to do what you say.” So they climbed down the rope and left. And she left the red cord tied in the window.
22 Te dongah cet rhoi tih tlang la pawk rhoi. Amih aka hloem rhoek halo hlan khuiah teah te hnin thum kho a sak rhoi. Aka hloem rhoek loh longpuei tom ah a tlap uh dae hmu uh pawh.
When the two men left the city, they went up into the hills. They stayed there for three days, while the men [who had been sent by the king] continued to search for them. They searched all along the road, but they did not find the two men. So they returned to the city.
23 Te phoeiah hlang rhoi te bal rhoi. Tlang lamloh suntla tih rhaelrham rhoi. Tedae Nun capa Joshua taengla a pawk rhoi vaengah amih taengkah a hmuh rhoi te boeih a thui pah rhoi.
Then the two men started back toward their camp. They went down from the hills, went down to the river, crossed it at the place where people can walk across it, and returned to their camp. They told Joshua everything that had happened to them.
24 Joshua taengah, “Khohmuen pum he BOEIPA loh mamih kut ah rhep m'paek coeng dongah khohmuen kah khosa rhoek khaw mamih mikhmuh ah boeih paci uh,” a ti rhoi.
They said to Joshua, “We are sure that Yahweh is going to enable us to possess everything that is in that land. The people there are terrified [IDM] because of us.”
