Josoa 2
1 Nirahe’Iehosoa ana’ i None, boake Sitime aman’ etake ty mpitingañe, ami’ty hoe: Akia, tiliho i taney naho Ierikò. Aa le nienga mb’eo iereo naho nivotrak’ añ’ anjomba’ ty karapilo atao Rakabe, vaho nandre ao.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2 Sinaontsy amy mpanjaka’ Ierikooy, ty hoe: Inao pok’ atoy amo haleñe zao ty boak’ amo ana’ Israeleo hitsoetsoek’ an-tane atoy.
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
3 Aa le nañirak’ amy Rakabe ty mpanjaka’ Ieriko, nanao ty hoe: Akaro ondaty nimb’ama’o mb’eoo, o nimoak’ an-traño’oo, ie te hifilo an-tane atoy ty niziliha’ iareo atoa.
And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to you, which are entered into your house: for they be come to search out all the country.
4 Fe nendese’ i rakembay indaty roe rey naho naeta’e, aa le nanoe’e ty hoe: Eka, nimb’ amako atoy ondatio, fa nofiko ty nihirifa’ iareo;
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not from where they were:
5 ie amy fandrindriñañe i lalam-beiy naho fa nimaieñe, le niavotse indaty rey; fe tsy apotako ty nomba’ indaty rey; horidaño aniany le ho trà’ areo.
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.
6 Toe nendese’e an-tafo traño vaho naeta’e an-tahon-dène ao, o fa nalafi’e an-tafoo.
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
7 Aa le hinorida’ ondatio mb’an-dala’ Iardeney mb’eo pak’amo fitsahañeo añe; ie vata’e niènga o nañoridañeo, le narindriñe i lalam-beiy.
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 Aa ie mbe tsy nandre iareo le nanganike mb’ am’ iereo an-tafo mb’eo;
And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
9 le hoe re am’indaty rey: Fantako te natolo’ Iehovà ama’ areo o taneo, fa nidok’ ama’ay ty firevendreveñañe ama’areo vaho mitsolofìñe aolo’ areo ze fonga mpimoneñe an-tane atoy.
And she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10 Fa jinanji’ay te nimaihe’ Iehovà aolo’ areo i Ria-Binday, amy niavota’ areo amy Mitsaraimey; naho i nanoe’ areo amy mpanjaka roe nte-Amore, alafe’ Iardeney añe reiy, i Sihone naho i Oge, ie vata’e narotsa’ areo.
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11 Ie nahajanjiñe izay le nitranake o tro’aio, leo ondaty raike tsy aman-joton’ arofo ty ama’ areo amy te toe Andrianañahare andikerañe ambone ao naho an-tane ambane atoy t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo.
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Aa le miambane ama’ areo, mifantà amako añam’ Iehovà, kanao nitretrèzeko, le ho tretreze’ areo ka ty akiban-draeko—ehe anoloro antoke-to—
Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token:
13 te havotso’ areo ho veloñe ty raeko naho i reneko naho o rahalahikoo naho o rahavavekoo naho o vara’ iareo iabio vaho ho hahà’ areo ty fiai’ay tsy hivetrake.
And that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 Le hoe indaty rey ama’e, Hasolo ty fiai’areo ty anay, naho tsy talilie’ areo o fitoloña’aio; ie amy zao, naho atolo’ Iehovà anay o taneo, le hatarik’ ama’o an-kavañonan-jahay.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
15 Aa le nazotso’e an-taly amy lafinetiy iereo; amy te añate’ i kijoliy ty anjomba’e, fa ambone’ i rindriñey ty nitoboha’e.
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall.
16 Le hoe re am’ iereo, Akia mb’ an-kaboam-b’eo, tsy mone hifanalaka ama’ areo o mpañoridañeo, naho mietaha añe telo andro, ampara’ te mitampoly o mpañotrokeo; izay vaho hañavelo mb’eo nahareo.
And she said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way.
17 Aa hoe ondatio ama’e, Ho haha amy fanta nampifantà’o anaiy zahay,
And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.
18 naho tsy arohi’o amy lafinety nanjotsoa’o anaiy ty fole mena toy, t’ie mimoak’ an-tane atoy; le hendese’o añ’akiba’o ao ty rae’o naho i rene’o naho o longo’oo vaho o anjomban-drae’o iabio.
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father’s household, home to you.
19 Ie amy zao, ze hiakatse o lalan’ anjomba’oo mb’ an-damoke mb’eo, le ho an-doha’e ty lio’e, vaho ho afa-kakeo zahay; f’ie hitraok’ ama’o amy akibay ao, le ho an-doha’ay ty lio ze paohem-pitàñe.
And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him.
20 Aa naho saontsie’o o fitoloña’ay zao, le halio-tahin-jahay amy fanta nampititihe’o anaiy.
And if you utter this our business, then we will be quit of your oath which you have made us to swear.
21 Le hoe re: O saontsi’ areoo ro ie. Nirahe’e mb’eo le niavotse iereo vaho narohi’e amy lafineti’ey i fole menay.
And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 Ie nañavelo, le nipok’ am-bohitsey vaho nañialo ao telo andro, ampara’ te nitampoly o mpañotrokeo; tsinoetsoe’ o mpañoridañeo mb’eo mb’eo amy lalañey fe tsy nahaisake.
And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23 Aa le niavotse indaty rey, nizotso boak’ am-bohibohitse ao, le nitsake, naho niheo mb’am’ Iehosoa ana’ i None mb’eo, vaho nitalily i nifetsak’ ama’ iareoy.
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24 Le hoe ty asa’ iareo am’ Iehosoa: Toe natolo’ Iehovà am-pitàn-tikañe i tane iabiy vaho mitsolofiñe aolon-tikañe ze hene mpimoneñe amy taney.
And they said to Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
