約書亞記 2
1 農的兒子若蘇厄由史廷暗中派出兩個人作偵探說：「你們去察看那地和耶利哥! 」他們就去了，來到一個名叫辣哈布的妓女家中，就住在那裏。
And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, 'Go, see the land — and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down there.
2 有人報告耶里哥王說：「夜間有兩個以色列人到了這裡，偵探這地方。」
And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, 'Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.
3 耶里哥王遂派人到辣哈布那裡說：「將那來到你家中的兩個人交出來，因為他們是來偵探這地方的。」
And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, 'Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in.
4 但是那女人預先將那兩個人藏起來，就這樣回答說：「那兩個人的確來過我這裡，但他們是從那裡來的，我卻不知道。
And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: 'The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they [are];
5 天黑快關城門時，他們兩人出去了；往那裡去了，我也不知道。你們快去追趕，也許還可趕上他們。」
and it cometh to pass — the gate is to [be] shut — in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;'
6 原來她叫那兩個人上了屋頂，藏在她屋頂上堆積的麻秸內。
and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof.
7 來問的人便沿著約但河，直向渡口去追趕；追趕的人一出去，城門就關了。
And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.
8 他們還沒有睡，那女人就上到屋頂，
And — before they lie down — she hath gone up unto them on the roof,
9 對他們二人說：「我知道上主已將這地方交給了你們；你們真叫我們害怕，此地所有的居民，對你們都恐懼不已。
and she saith unto the men, 'I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
10 因為我們聽說，你們出埃及時，上主怎樣使紅海在你們面前乾涸；你們又怎樣對待了約但河東岸的兩個阿摩黎王，即息紅和敖格，將他們完全消滅。
'For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.
11 我們聽了，心都冷了，沒有一人再有勇氣來對抗你們，因為上主你們的天主，就是上天下地的天主。
And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in [any] man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He [is] God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.
12 現在請你們指著上主對我起誓，我既然恩待了你們，你們也要恩待我的父家，請給我一個安全的保證，
'And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah — because I have done with you kindness — that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,
13 使我的父母、兄弟、姊妹和他們所有的一切人，都能生存，救我們的性命免於死亡。」
and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'
14 他們二人回答她說：「如果你不洩漏我們的約定，我們願拿性命為你們擔保；當上主將這地方交給我們時，我們必慈善忠厚地對待你。」
And the men say to her, 'Our soul for yours — to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah's giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.'
15 那女人於是用繩子將他們二人由窗戶縋下去，因為她的房屋是在城牆上，她也住在城牆上。
And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and in the wall she [is] dwelling;
16 她又對他們說：「你們要往山中去，免得追趕的人遇見你們。你們在那裡躲藏三天，等追趕的人回來，然後再上道。」
and she saith to them, 'To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.'
17 他們二人對她說：「如果你不這樣作，你叫我們所起的誓，我們將不負責：
And the men say unto her, 'We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:
18 就是當我們再到這地方時，你應將這根朱紅線繫在你縋下我們的窗戶上，並且叫你的父母、兄弟和你父親全家人口，都聚集在你這屋內。
lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;
19 誰若走出你的屋門，他的血應由他自己承當，我們不負責任；但凡同你在屋內的，如有人下手加害他，他的血將由我們承當。
and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood [is] on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood [is] on our head, if a hand is on him;
20 但是你若洩漏了我們的約定，那麼，你叫我們所起的誓，我們便不負責。」
and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'
21 她回答說：「就照你們說的做罷！」於是打發他們二人走了。他們走後，她遂把那根朱紅線繫在她的窗戶上。
And she saith, 'According unto your words, so it [is];' and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window.
22 他們出去，到了山上，在那裡住了三天，直到追趕的人回去。追趕的人一路尋找他們，結果沒有找到。
And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.
23 他們二人轉身，由山上下來，渡過了約但河，回到農的兒子若蘇厄那裡，將他們所遇見的事，一一報告給他。
And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them;
24 他們對若蘇厄說：「上主實在已將那整個地域交在我們手中，因為那地方的居民對我們都十分恐懼。」
and they say unto Joshua, 'Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'
