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 son of Nun silently sends two men, spies, from Shittim, saying, “Go, see the land—and Jericho”; and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down 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 is told to the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men have come in here tonight, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.”
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 sends to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who are coming to you, who have come into your house, for they have come to search the entirety of the land.”
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 takes the two men, and hides them, and says thus: “The men came to me, and I have not known where they [are] from;
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 comes to pass—the gate is to [be] shut—in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known to where the men have gone; pursue, hurry after them, for you overtake them”;
6 Toe nendese’e an-tafo traño vaho naeta’e an-tahon-dène ao, o fa nalafi’e an-tafoo.
and she has caused them to go up on the roof, and hides them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her 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 have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and they have shut the gate afterward when the pursuers have gone out after them.
8 Aa ie mbe tsy nandre iareo le nanganike mb’ am’ iereo an-tafo mb’eo;
And before they lie down, she has gone 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 says to the men, “I have known that YHWH has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
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 YHWH dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which you have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom you devoted.
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 we hear, and our heart melts, and there has not stood anymore spirit in [any] man from your presence, for He, your God YHWH, [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
12 Aa le miambane ama’ areo, mifantà amako añam’ Iehovà, kanao nitretrèzeko, le ho tretreze’ areo ka ty akiban-draeko—ehe anoloro antoke-to—
And now, please swear to me by YHWH—because I have done kindness with you—that you have done, even you, kindness with the house of my father, and have given a true token to me,
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 have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls 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 say to her, “Our soul to die for yours; if you do not declare this—our matter, then it has been, in YHWH’s giving this land to us, that we have done kindness and truth 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.
And she causes them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and she [is] dwelling in 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 says to them, “Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers come on you; and you have been hidden there three days until the turning back of the pursuers, and afterward you go on your way.”
17 Aa hoe ondatio ama’e, Ho haha amy fanta nampifantà’o anaiy zahay,
And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to 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, we are coming into the land, bind this line of scarlet thread to the window by which you have caused us to go down, and gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all the house of your father to you, to the house;
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 has been, anyone who goes out from the doors of your house outside, his blood [is] on his head, and we are innocent; and anyone who is with you in the house, his blood [is] on our head, if a hand is on him;
20 Aa naho saontsie’o o fitoloña’ay zao, le halio-tahin-jahay amy fanta nampititihe’o anaiy.
and if you declare this—our matter, then we have been acquitted from your oath which you have caused 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 says, “According to your words, so it [is]”; and she sends them away, and they go; and she binds the scarlet line to 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 go, and come to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.
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.
And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come to Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that has come on 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 say to Joshua, “Surely YHWH has given all the land into our hand; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.”
