Joshua 2
1 And Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land and the city of Jericho. They went and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot named Rahab, and lodged with her.
Wuta na Shitimi, Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, atindaki na nkuku banongi mibale; alobaki na bango: — Bokende kononga mokili, mingi-mingi Jeriko. Boye, bakendeki mpe bakotaki na ndako ya mwasi moko ya ndumba, Raabi, mpe bavandaki kuna.
2 And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said: Behold there are men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land.
Bayebisaki mokonzi ya Jeriko: — Tala, bato moko kati na bana ya Isalaele bayaki awa na butu mpo na kononga mokili.
3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land.
Boye, mokonzi ya Jeriko atindaki maloba oyo epai ya Raabi: — Bimisa mibali oyo bayaki epai na yo mpe bakotaki na ndako na yo, pamba te bayei nde mpo na kononga mokili mobimba.
4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:
Kasi mwasi yango akamataki mibali wana mibale mpe abombaki bango. Alobaki: — Solo, mibali bayaki epai na ngai, kasi nayebaki te esika bango bawutaki.
5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.
Bakendeki na pokwa na tango oyo bakangaka ekuke ya engumba. Nayebi mpe te soki bakendeki na nzela nini. Bolanda bango noki. Bokoki solo kokanga bango.
6 But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.
Nzokande amatisaki bango likolo ya mwanza ya ndako mpe abombaki bango na se ya matiti oyo basalelaka bilamba ya lino, oyo atiaki likolo ya mwanza.
7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.
Bongo, batindami ya mokonzi babimaki mpo na kolanda banongi na nzela oyo ekenda kino na esika oyo bakatiselaka ebale Yordani na makolo. Tango kaka batindami yango babimaki na engumba, bakangaki mpe mbala moko ekuke.
8 The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:
Na butu, liboso ete banongi balala, Raabi amataki likolo ya mwanza
9 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.
mpe alobaki na bango: — Nayebi ete Yawe apesi mokili oyo na maboko na bino. Tozali na somo makasi mpo na bino mpe bavandi nyonso ya engumba oyo bazali kolenga na somo likolo na bino.
10 We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: Sehon and Og whom you slew.
Toyokaki ndenge nini Yawe akawusaki Ebale monene ya Barozo liboso na bino tango bobimaki na Ejipito, mpe makambo oyo bosalaki Sikoni mpe Ogi, bakonzi mibale ya bato ya Amori, oyo bobomaki penza na ngambo ya este ya Yordani.
11 And hearing these things we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.
Tango toyokaki sango yango, mitema na biso ebukanaki mpe makasi ya moko na moko kati na biso esilaki likolo na bino, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali Nzambe ya likolo, kuna penza na lola, mpe Nzambe ya se, awa na mabele.
12 Now therefore swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewn mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father’s house: and give me a true token,
Boye sik’oyo, bolapa ndayi liboso na ngai na Kombo na Yawe ete bokosalela libota na ngai bolamu ndenge ngai nasaleli bino. Bopesa ngai elembo ya solo;
13 That you will save my father and mother, my brethren and sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death.
elembo oyo ekolakisa ete bokobikisa bomoi ya tata mpe ya mama na ngai, ya bandeko na ngai ya mibali mpe ya basi mpe ya bato nyonso oyo bavandaka elongo na bango, mpe lisusu ete bokobikisa biso na kufa.
14 They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth.
Banongi bayebisaki ye: — Solo, tolapi ndayi, tokondima kokufa mpo na bino soki olobi te makambo oyo tozali kosala. Tokosalela bino bolamu mpe ngolu tango Yawe akopesa biso mokili oyo.
15 Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall.
Boye, Raabi abimisaki bango na lininisa mpe akitisaki bango na singa, pamba te ndako oyo azalaki kovanda ezalaki ya kokangama na eteni ya mir ya engumba.
16 And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return: and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back, and so you shall go on your way.
Alobaki na bango: — Bokende na nzela ya bangomba ya mikuse mpo ete bato oyo bazali kolanda bino bamona bino te. Bobombama kuna mikolo misato kino tango bakozonga, bongo nde bokoki kokoba nzela na bino.
17 And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear:
Banongi balobaki na ye: — Tokozala na ngambo te na ndayi oyo olapisi biso
18 If when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kindred into thy house.
soki, tango tokokota na mokili, okokangisa singa oyo ya motane na lininisa oyo okitiseli biso mpe okosangisa, kati na ndako na yo, tata mpe mama na yo, bandeko mpe bato nyonso ya libota na yo.
19 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.
Soki moto moko abimi libanda ya ndako na yo mpe akei na balabala, makila na ye ekotangama na moto na ye moko; ekozala ngambo na biso te. Kasi soki babomi moto moko kati na bato oyo bakozala kati na ndako na yo, wana makila na ye ekotangama na mito na biso.
20 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.
Soki mpe olobi makambo oyo biso tozali kosala, tokozala na ngambo te liboso ya ndayi oyo olapisi biso.
21 And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.
Raabi azongisaki: — Boye, tika ete esalema ndenge bolobi. Atikaki bango kokende, mpe bakabwanaki. Bongo na sima, akangisaki singa ya motane na lininisa.
22 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.
Sima na bango kokabwana, bakendeki na bangomba mikuse mpe bavandaki kuna mikolo misato kino tango bato oyo bazalaki kolanda bango balembaki koluka bango na nzela nyonso. Lokola bamonaki bango te, bazongaki na bango.
23 And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them.
Banongi oyo mibale bazongelaki nzela na bango, babimaki na bangomba mikuse, bakatisaki ebale mpe bakomaki kino epai ya Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni. Bayebisaki ye makambo nyonso oyo ekomelaki bango.
24 And said: The Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.
Balobaki na Jozue: — Solo, Yawe apesi mokili oyo nyonso na maboko na biso; bato nyonso bazali kolenga liboso na biso.
