Joshua 2
1 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].
Josva Nunsson sende i løynd tvo spæjarar ut frå Sittim, og sagde til deim: «Tak av stad, og sjå dykk um i landet, helst i Jeriko!» So for dei i veg, og då dei kom fram, gjekk dei inn til ei skjøkja som heitte Rahab, og der fekk dei hus.
2 But someone [saw them and] told the king of Jericho, “Some Israeli men have come here tonight to spy out the land!”
Då vart det sagt kongen i Jeriko at nokre israelitiske menner var komne der um kvelden og vilde spæja ut landet.
3 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!”
So sende kongen bod til Rahab, og sagde: «Kom fram med dei mennerne som er komne til deg, og som du hev lånt hus! Dei vil spæja ut heile landet; det er det dei er komne for.»
4 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.
Men kvinna tok og løynde båe mennerne, og so sagde ho: «Ja, det er fulla so at det kom nokre menner til meg, men eg visste ikkje kvar dei var ifrå;
5 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!”
og i skumingi, då porten skulde stengjast, tok dei ut att; eg veit ikkje kvar dei for av. Nøyt dykk og set etter deim, so tek de deim nok att!»
6 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.
Dette sagde ho; men ho hadde sjølv fylgt deim upp på taket, og løynt deim under noko lin som ho hadde breidt utyver der.
7 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].
So tok kongsmennerne ut, og sette etter deim på vegen til Jordan, burtåt vadi; og porten vart stengd med same dei var farne.
8 Before the two men lay down [to sleep] that night, Rahab went up to the roof
Fyrr ferdamennerne hadde lagt seg til å sova, kom Rahab upp på taket
9 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.
og sagde til deim: «Eg veit at Herren hev gjeve dykk dette landet. For dykkar skuld hev det kome ein otte yver oss, og alle som bur her i landet, er so rædde dykk at dei skjelv.
10 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].
For me hev fenge spurt at Herren turka ut Sevhavet framfyre dykk då de for frå Egyptarland, og me hev høyrt kva de gjorde med båe amoritarkongarne på hi sida Jordan, Sihon og Og, dei som de bannstøytte.
11 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.
Då me høyrde det, kolna me all igjenom, so rædde vart me, og no finst det ingen meir som hev hug til å møta dykk; for Herren, dykkar Gud, han er Gud både uppi himmelen og nedpå jordi.
12 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.
So sver meg no ved Herren, at sidan eg hev gjort vel imot dykk, so skal de gjera vel mot folket mitt, og gjev med trygd for
13 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].”
at de vil spara foreldri og syskini mine og alt husfolket deira, og berga livet vårt!»
14 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.”
Då sagde mennerne: «Med vårt eige liv skal me svara for livet dykkar, so sant de ikkje let nokon få vita kva ærend me fer i; og når Herren gjev oss dette landet, so skal me vera trugne og gjera vel mot deg.»
15 [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.
So fira ho deim med eit reip ned frå vindauga; for ho budde attmed bymuren, og huset hennar gjekk i eitt med muren.
16 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.”
Og ho sagde til deim: «Far no til fjells, so de ikkje møter deim som leitar etter dykk, og haldt dykk løynde der i tri dagar, til dei kjem att; sidan kann de fara kvar de vil.»
17 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.
Då sagde mennerne til henne: «Gjer du ikkje som me no segjer, so held me oss for løyste frå den eiden du let oss sverja:
18 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.
Når me kjem inn i landet, skal du binda denne raude snori i vindauga som du fira oss ned frå, og so skal du samla foreldri og brørne dine og alt skyldfolket ditt i huset hjå deg.
19 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.
Gjeng då nokon ut or husdøri di, so er det hans eigi skuld um han vert drepen, og me er skuldlause; men vert det lagt hand på nokon av deim som er i huset hjå deg, so skal me svara for livet hans.
20 But if you tell anyone what we [are planning to] do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”
Og talar du til nokon um ærendi vår, so er me og løyste frå den eiden du tok av oss.»
21 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.
«Det skal vera som de segjer, » svara ho. So bad ho farvel med deim, og dei gjekk. Sidan batt ho den raude snori i vindauga.
22 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.
Dei gjekk til dei kom upp i fjellet; der heldt dei seg i tri dagar, til dei som hadde sett etter deim, var attkomne; dei hadde leita etter heile vegen, men ingen funne.
23 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.
So tok dei tvo ferdamennerne på heimvegen og gjekk ned frå fjellet, og sette yver elvi, og kom til Josva Nunsson, og sagde frå um alt det som hadde hendt deim.
24 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.”
«Herren hev gjeve heile landet i våre hender, » sagde dei til Josva, «og alle som bur der, er so rædde oss at dei skjelv.»
