Joshua 9

1 And it came to pass, when all the kings who [were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard [these things],

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 That they assembled themselves, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

٢ ٱجْتَمَعُوا مَعًا لِمُحَارَبَةِ يَشُوعَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ.

3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

٣ وَأَمَّا سُكَّانُ جِبْعُونَ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِمَا عَمِلَهُ يَشُوعُ بِأَرِيحَا وَعَايٍ

4 They did work craftily, and went and made as if they had been embassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and 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 old shoes and patched upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] moldy.

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

6 And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

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 to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?

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

8 And they said to Joshua, we [are] thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?

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

9 And they said to him, From a very far country thy servants have come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did 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 did to the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who [was] at Ashtaroth.

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

11 Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us:

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 we took hot [for] our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy:

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

13 And these bottles of wine which we filled, [were] new, and behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old 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 And the men took of their provisions, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD.

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

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to 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 made a league with them, that they heard that they [were] their neighbors, and [that] they dwelt among them.

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

17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

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

18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

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

19 But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD 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 we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.

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

21 And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.

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

22 And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We [are] very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

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

23 Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and 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 answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for our lives because of you, and have done 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 And now, behold, we [are] in thy hand: do as it seemeth good and right to thee to do to us,

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

26 And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

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

27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to 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.