< Jozye 2 >

1 Lè sa a, Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, rete Sitim kote yo te ye a, li voye de nèg an kachèt al wè jan sa ye lavil Jeriko. Li di yo: -Ale vizite peyi a ak lavil Jeriko. Se konsa mesye yo ale, yo antre lakay yon jennès ki te rele Rarab. Se la yo desann.
Then Joshua, son of Nun, secretly sent out two spies from Shittim. “Go and explore the land, especially around Jericho,” he told them. So they went, and stayed at the house of woman named Rahab, a prostitute. There they spent the night.
2 Men, nouvèl la tonbe nan zòrèy wa Jeriko a. Yo vin di l' konsa: -Gen kèk moun nan pèp Izrayèl la ki antre isit la lannwit lan pou espyonnen nou.
But the king of Jericho was told, “Look, some Israelites have come here this evening to spy out the land.”
3 Lè wa a tande sa, li voye di Rarab konsa: -Mesye ki vin lakay ou yo, se espyonnen yo vin espyonnen tou sa k'ap fèt nan peyi a, tande! Mete yo deyò lakay ou.
So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab, telling her, “Hand over the men who came to visit you and stay in your house, for they've come to spy out our whole country.”
4 Men, fanm lan menm pa fè ni de ni twa, li pran de mesye yo, li kache yo. Apre sa, li voye di wa a: -Wi, te gen kèk mesye ki te vin lakay mwen. Mwen pa t' konnen ki bò yo soti.
The woman had taken the two men and had hidden them. She told the king's messengers, “Yes, it's true—the men did come to visit me, but I didn't know where they were from.
5 Men, lè yo tapral fèmen pòtay la apre solèy fin kouche, mesye yo soti, y' ale fè wout yo. Mwen pa konn ki wout yo fè. Si nou fè vit rapouswiv yo, n'a jwenn yo.
They left at sundown, just as the city gate was closing. I've no idea where they went. If you're quick, you can chase after them and maybe catch up with them.”
6 Men madanm lan te fè de mesye yo moute sou teras anwo kay li a, li te kache yo anba yon pakèt kòs bwa ki te blayi atè sou teras la pou yo cheche.
(She had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under some bundles of flax that she had lying there.)
7 Sòlda wa yo menm soti sou wout ki mennen larivyè Jouden an, yo pati dèyè mesye yo pou yo pran yo anvan yo rive nan pas la. Soti sòlda yo soti, yo fèmen pòtay la.
The king's messengers went chasing after the men down the road that leads to the Jordan River fords. As soon as the pursuers had left, the city gate was shut behind them.
8 Anvan mesye yo gen tan dòmi, Rarab moute bò kote yo, sou teras la.
Before the spies went to sleep, Rachel came up to the roof to talk to them.
9 Li di yo: -Mwen konnen Seyè a lage peyi a nan men nou. Mwen rekonèt tout moun pè nou, tout moun nan peyi a pa konn sa pou yo fè devan nou.
She told them, “I know that the Lord has given this land to you. We're all terrified of you. Everyone who lives here is dying of fright since you people arrived.
10 Paske, nou tande ki jan Seyè a te cheche dlo Lanmè Wouj la devan nou lè nou t'ap soti kite peyi Lejip la. Nou tande sa nou te fè Siyon ak Og, de wa peyi Amori yo, ki rete lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, jan nou te touye yo pou Seyè a.
We've heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you completely destroyed.
11 Lè nou tande sa, kè nou fann. Tout moun pèdi kouraj lè yo wè nou, paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se li menm vre ki Bondye anwo nan syèl la ak sou latè a.
When we heard all this, our courage melted away. Nobody had any fighting spirit left because of you. For the Lord your God is God of heaven above and the earth below.
12 Koulye a, m'ap mande nou pou nou fè sèman devan Seyè a pou nou pwomèt n'ap aji byen avèk fanmi mwen, menm jan mwen aji byen avèk nou tou. Men sa m'ap mande nou pou nou fè pou mwen.
So now promise me in the name of the Lord that because I have acted in good faith to you, then you will do the same for my family. Give me some sign that I can trust you,
13 Tanpri, sove lavi manman m' ak papa m', sove lavi frè m' yo ak sè m' yo ansanm ak tout fanmi m' yo. Pa kite yo touye nou.
that you will spare my father and mother and brothers and sisters—and all who are part of their families—that you will save them from death.”
14 Mesye yo reponn li. -Nou pwomèt ou n'a pito mouri nou menm pase pou n' kite yo touye ou. Si ou pa di pesonn sa nou vin fè isit la, lè Seyè a va ban nou peyi a, n'a aji byen avè ou, n'a kenbe pawòl nou.
“Our lives for yours!” the men told her. “If you don't tell anyone about this, we will treat you honestly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”
15 Rarab te rete nan yon kay ki te bati nan miray ranpa lavil la. Se konsa, li file yon kòd desann nan fennèt lakay li a, li fè mesye yo desann sou deyò.
Then she lowered them down by a rope through the window since the house where she lived was built into the outside of the city wall.
16 Li di yo: -Ale nan mòn yo pou nou pa kontre ak moun yo voye dèyè nou yo. N'a rete kache la pandan twa jou. Sa va ba yo tan pou yo tounen. Apre sa, nou mèt al fè wout nou.
“Run to the hills,” she told them. “That way those searching for you won't find you. Stay there three days until they've gone home, and then you can be on your way.”
17 Mesye yo di l': -N'ap kenbe pwomès ou te fè nou fè ou la.
The men had told her, “We will be freed from the promise you made us swear,
18 Tande byen. Lè n'a anvayi peyi a, w'a mare kòdon wouj sa a nan fennèt kote ou fè nou desann lan. W'a pran manman ou ak papa ou, frè ou yo ak tout lòt moun ki nan fanmi ou lan, w'a fè yo reyini lakay ou.
unless when we enter this land, you hang a scarlet cord in the window through which you lowered us. You must gather together in the house your father and mother and brothers—all the family.
19 Lè sa a, nenpòt kilès ladan yo ki va soti lakay ou, sa ki rive l' se pa l'. Se p'ap fòt nou. Men, si anyen rive yon moun andedan lakay ou, se va fòt pa nou.
If anyone leaves your house and is killed, that's their fault—we're not responsible for their death. But if anyone lays a hand on someone who is inside your house, we take full responsibility for their death.
20 Konsa tou, si ou di yon moun sa nou te vin fè a, nou p'ap gen ankenn obligasyon kenbe pwomès nou te fè ou la ankò.
But if you tell anyone about this then we will be freed from the promise you made us swear.”
21 Fanm lan di yo: -Mwen dakò ak sa nou di a! Epi li voye yo ale, yo pati. Apre sa, li pran ti kòdon wouj la, li mare l' nan fennèt la.
“I agree—may it be as you say,” she replied. She sent them off, and hung a scarlet cord in the window.
22 De mesye yo menm ale, yo rive nan mòn yo. Yo rete kache la pandan twa jou. Moun yo te voye dèyè yo menm t'ap chache yo sou tout wout la, men yo pa jwenn yo. Bout pou bout, yo tounen lavil Jeriko.
They went up into the hill country and stayed there three days. The men searching for them looked all along the road, but couldn't find them, so they returned home.
23 Lè sa a, de mesye yo tounen, yo desann soti nan mòn yo, yo janbe larivyè Jouden an, y' al jwenn Jozye, pitit Noun lan, yo rakonte l' tou sa ki te rive yo.
Then the two men started back. They came down from the hill country and crossed over the Jordan. They went to Joshua and explained to him all that had happened to them.
24 Yo di l' konsa: -Seyè a lage tout peyi a nan men nou. Tout moun nan peyi a ap tranble tèlman yo pè nou.
“The Lord has placed this land in our hands,” they assured him. “All the people who live there are scared to death of us!”

< Jozye 2 >