Joshua 9

1 And it came to pass, when they heard, —namely, all the kings who were over the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland, and in all the coast of the great sea, over against the Lebanon, —the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; —

١ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمُلُوكِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ وَفِي ٱلسَّهْلِ وَفِي كُلِّ سَاحِلِ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْكَبِيرِ إِلَى جِهَةِ لُبْنَانَ، ٱلْحِثّيُونَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيُّونَ وَٱلْحِوِّيُّونَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيُّونَ،

2 then gathered they themselves together as one man, to fight with Joshua, and with Israel, —with one accord.

٢ ٱجْتَمَعُوا مَعًا لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَشُوعَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ.

3 Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai;

٣ وَأَمَّا سُكَّانُ جِبْعُونَ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِمَا عَمِلَهُ يَشُوعُ بِأَرِيحَا وَعَايٍ

4 they, however, acted craftily, and went and started, —and took old sacks for their asses, and leathern wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

٤ فَهُمْ عَمِلُوا بِغَدْرٍ، وَمَضَوْا وَدَارُوا وَأَخَذُوا جَوَالِقَ بَالِيَةً لِحَمِيرِهِمْ، وَزِقَاقَ خَمْرٍ بَالِيَةً مُشَقَّقَةً وَمَرْبُوطَةً،

5 and sandals, old and patched, upon their feet, and worn-out mantles upon them, —and, all the bread of their provision, was dry and broken.

٥ وَنِعَالًا بَالِيَةً وَمُرَقَّعَةً فِي أَرْجُلِهِمْ، وَثِيَابًا رَثَّةً عَلَيْهِمْ، وَكُلُّ خُبْزِ زَادِهِمْ يَابِسٌ قَدْ صَارَ فُتَاتًا.

6 So they took their journey unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Gilgal, —and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, From a far country, are we come, Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant.

٦ وَسَارُوا إِلَى يَشُوعَ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ فِي ٱلْجِلْجَالِ، وَقَالُوا لَهُ وَلِرِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ جِئْنَا. وَٱلْآنَ ٱقْطَعُوا لَنَا عَهْدًا».

7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, —Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant?

٧ فَقَالَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلْحِوِّيِّينَ: «لَعَلَّكَ سَاكِنٌ فِي وَسَطِي، فَكَيْفَ أَقْطَعُ لَكَ عَهْدًا؟»

8 And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye?

٨ فَقَالُوا لِيَشُوعَ: «عَبِيدُكَ نَحْنُ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَشُوعُ: «مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمْ؟»

9 And they said unto him—From a very far country, have thy servants come, because of the name of Yahweh thy God, —because we had heard his fame, and all that he had done in Egypt;

٩ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ جِدًّا جَاءَ عَبِيدُكَ عَلَى ٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لِأَنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا خَبَرَهُ وَكُلَّ مَا عَمِلَ بِمِصْرَ،

10 and all that he had done unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan, —unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, and unto Og, king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

١٠ وَكُلَّ مَا عَمِلَ بِمَلِكَيِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱللَّذَيْنِ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ: سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ ٱلَّذِي فِي عَشْتَارُوثَ.

11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spake unto us, saying—Take ye, in your hand, provision for the journey, and go your way to meet them, —then shall ye say unto them, Your servants, we are. Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant.

١١ فَكَلَّمَنَا شُيُوخُنَا وَجَمِيعُ سُكَّانِ أَرْضِنَا قَائِلِينَ: خُذُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ زَادًا لِلطَّرِيقِ، وَٱذْهَبُوا لِلِقَائِهِمْ وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ: عَبِيدُكُمْ نَحْنُ. وَٱلْآنَ ٱقْطَعُوا لَنَا عَهْدًا.

12 This our bread, took we, hot, for our provision, out of our houses, on the day we came forth to journey unto you, —but, now, lo! it is dry, yea it is broken;

١٢ هَذَا خُبْزُنَا سُخْنًا تَزَوَّدْنَاهُ مِنْ بُيُوتِنَا يَوْمَ خُرُوجِنَا لِكَيْ نَسِيرَ إِلَيْكُمْ، وَهَا هُوَ ٱلْآنَ يَابِسٌ قَدْ صَارَ فُتَاتًا.

13 and, these leathern wine bottles, which we filled new, lo! also, they are rent, —and, as for these our mantles and our sandals, they are worn out, by reason of the very long journey.

١٣ وَهَذِهِ زِقَاقُ ٱلْخَمْرِ ٱلَّتِي مَلَأْنَاهَا جَدِيدَةً، هُوَذَا قَدْ تَشَقَّقَتْ. وَهَذِهِ ثِيَابُنَا وَنِعَالُنَا قَدْ بَلِيَتْ مِنْ طُولِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ جِدًّا».

14 So the men took of their provision, —but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked.

١٤ فَأَخَذَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ زَادِهِمْ، وَمِنْ فَمِ ٱلرَّبِّ لَمْ يَسْأَلُوا.

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, —and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.

١٥ فَعَمِلَ يَشُوعُ لَهُمْ صُلْحًا وَقَطَعَ لَهُمْ عَهْدًا لِٱسْتِحْيَائِهِمْ، وَحَلَفَ لَهُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ.

16 And it came to pass, at the end of three days after they had solemnised with them a covenant, that they heard that, near neighbours, they were unto them, and, in their midst, they were dwelling.

١٦ وَفِي نِهَايَةِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَمَا قَطَعُوا لَهُمْ عَهْدًا سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُمْ قَرِيبُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ سَاكِنُونَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

17 So the sons of Israel brake up, and came in unto their cities on the third day, —their cities, being Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

١٧ فَٱرْتَحَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى مُدُنِهِمْ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ. وَمُدُنُهُمْ هِيَ جِبْعُونُ وَٱلْكَفِيرَةُ وَبَئِيرُوتُ وَقَرْيَةُ يَعَارِيمَ.

18 And the sons of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Yahweh, God of Israel, —but all the assembly murmured against the princes.

١٨ وَلَمْ يَضْرِبْهُمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ حَلَفُوا لَهُمْ بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَتَذَمَّرَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ عَلَى ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ.

19 And all the princes said unto all the assembly, We, have sworn unto them, by Yahweh, God of Israel, —now, therefore, we may not touch them.

١٩ فَقَالَ جَمِيعُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ حَلَفْنَا لَهُمْ بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَٱلْآنَ لَا نَتَمَكَّنُ مِنْ مَسِّهِمْ.

20 This, will we do unto them, even let them live, —lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them.

٢٠ هَذَا نَصْنَعُهُ لَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْيِيهِمْ فَلَا يَكُونُ عَلَيْنَا سَخَطٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْحَلْفِ ٱلَّذِي حَلَفْنَا لَهُمْ».

21 And the princes said unto them—Let them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them.

٢١ وَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ: «يَحْيَوْنَ وَيَكُونُونَ مُحْتَطِبِي حَطَبٍ وَمُسْتَقِي مَاءٍ لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ».

22 And Joshua called for them, and spake unto them, saying, —Wherefore did ye deceive us, saying—We are, very far, from you, whereas, ye, in our midst, are dwelling?

٢٢ فَدَعَاهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «لِمَاذَا خَدَعْتُمُونَا قَائِلِينَ: نَحْنُ بَعِيدُونَ عَنْكُمْ جِدًّا، وَأَنْتُمْ سَاكِنُونَ فِي وَسَطِنَا؟

23 Now, therefore, accursed, ye are, —and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.

٢٣ فَٱلْآنَ مَلْعُونُونَ أَنْتُمْ. فَلَا يَنْقَطِعُ مِنْكُمُ ٱلْعَبِيدُ وَمُحْتَطِبُو ٱلْحَطَبِ وَمُسْتَقُو ٱلْمَاءِ لِبَيْتِ إِلَهِي».

24 And they responded to Joshua, and said—Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, —therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing.

٢٤ فَأَجَابُوا يَشُوعَ وَقَالوُا: «أُخْبِرَ عَبِيدُكَ إِخْبَارًا بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مُوسَى عَبْدَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكُمْ كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُبِيدَ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ. فَخِفْنَا جِدًّا عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا مِنْ قِبَلِكُمْ، فَفَعَلْنَا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ.

25 Now, therefore, here we are, in thy hand, —as may be good and right in thine eyes, to do unto us, do.

٢٥ وَٱلْآنَ فَهُوَذَا نَحْنُ بِيَدِكَ، فَٱفْعَلْ بِنَا مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَحَقٌّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَنْ تَعْمَلَ».

26 And he did to them so, —and rescued them out of the hand of the sons of Israel, and they slew them not.

٢٦ فَفَعَلَ بِهِمْ هَكَذَا، وَأَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَقْتُلُوهُمْ.

27 And Joshua appointed them that day to be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the assembly, —and unto the altar of Yahweh, [as they are] until this day, in the place which he should choose.

٢٧ وَجَعَلَهُمْ يَشُوعُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مُحْتَطِبِي حَطَبٍ وَمُسْتَقِي مَاءٍ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ وَلِمَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ.