< Joshua 2 >
1 Nígbà náà ni Joṣua ọmọ Nuni rán àwọn ayọ́lẹ̀wò méjì jáde ní àṣírí láti Ṣittimu. Ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ lọ wo ilẹ̀ náà, pàápàá Jeriko.” Wọ́n sì lọ, wọ́n wọ ilé panṣágà kan, tí à ń pè ní Rahabu wọ́n sì dúró síbẹ̀.
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 A sì sọ fún ọba Jeriko, “Wò ó! Àwọn ará Israẹli kan wá ibí ní alẹ́ yìí láti wá yọ́ ilẹ̀ yí wò.”
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 Ọba Jeriko sì ránṣẹ́ sí Rahabu pé, “Mú àwọn ọkùnrin nì tí ó tọ̀ ọ́ wá, tí ó wọ inú ilé rẹ jáde wá, nítorí wọ́n wá láti yọ́ gbogbo ilẹ̀ yìí wò ni.”
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 Ṣùgbọ́n obìnrin náà ti mú àwọn ọkùnrin méjì náà o sì fi wọ́n pamọ́. Ó sì wí pé, “Lóòtítọ́ ní àwọn ọkùnrin náà wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ mi, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò mọ ibi tí wọ́n ti wá.
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 Nígbà tí ilẹ̀ ṣú, nígbà tí ó tó àkókò láti ti ìlẹ̀kùn ẹnu ibodè, àwọn ọkùnrin náà sì jáde lọ. Èmi kò sì mọ ọ̀nà tí wọ́n gbà lọ. Ẹ lépa wọn kíákíá. Ẹ̀yin yóò bá wọn.”
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 (Ṣùgbọ́n ó ti mú wọn gòkè àjà ó sì fi wọ́n pamọ́ sí abẹ́ pòròpòrò ọkà tó tò jọ sí orí àjà.)
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 Àwọn ọkùnrin náà jáde lọ láti lépa àwọn ayọ́lẹ̀wò náà ní ọ̀nà tí ó lọ sí ìwọdò Jordani, bí àwọn tí ń lépa wọn sì ti jáde, wọ́n ti ìlẹ̀kùn ẹnu ibodè.
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 Kí àwọn ayọ́lẹ̀wò náà tó sùn ní alẹ́, ó gòkè tọ̀ wọ́n lọ lókè àjà.
And before they lie down, she has gone up to them on the roof,
9 Ó sì sọ fún wọn, “Èmi mọ̀ pé Olúwa ti fún un yín ní ilẹ̀ yìí àti pé ẹ̀rù u yín ti sọ wá di ojo dé ibi pé ìdí gbogbo àwọn tí ó n gbé ilẹ̀ yìí ti di omi nítorí i yín.
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 Àwa ti gbọ́ bí Olúwa ti mú omi Òkun Pupa gbẹ níwájú u yín nígbà tí ẹ̀yin jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, àti ohun tí ẹ̀yin ṣe sí Sihoni àti Ogu, àwọn ọba méjèèjì ti Amori ti ìlà-oòrùn Jordani, tí ẹ̀yin parun pátápátá.
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 Bí a ti gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ọkàn wa pami kò sì sí okun kankan fún wa mọ́ nítorí i yín, nítorí pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ni Ọlọ́run ní òkè ọ̀run àti ní ayé.
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 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, ẹ jọ̀wọ́ ẹ búra fún mi ní ti Olúwa pé ẹ̀yin yóò ṣe àánú fún ìdílé mi, nítorí pé mo ti ṣe yín ní oore. Ẹ̀yin yóò fún mi ní àmì tó dájú:
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 pé ẹ̀yin yóò dá ẹ̀mí baba àti ìyá mi sí; arákùnrin mi àti arábìnrin mi, àti ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n ní, àti pé ẹ̀yin yóò gbà wá là lọ́wọ́ ikú.”
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 “Ẹ̀mí wa fún ẹ̀mí in yín!” àwọn ọkùnrin náà mú dá a lójú. “Tí ìwọ kò bá sọ ohun tí àwa ń ṣe, àwa yóò sì fi òtítọ́ àti àánú bá ọ lò nígbà tí Olúwa bá fún wa ní ilẹ̀ náà.”
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 Nígbà náà ní ó fi okùn sọ̀ wọ́n kalẹ̀ ní ojú u fèrèsé, nítorí ilé tí ó ń gbé wà ní ara odi ìlú.
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 Ó sì ti sọ fún wọn pé, “Ẹ lọ sí orí òkè, kí ẹ sì fi ara pamọ́ níbẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta kí àwọn tí ń lépa yín má ba à rí i yín títí tí wọn yóò fi darí. Lẹ́yìn náà kí ẹ máa bá ọ̀nà yín lọ.”
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 Àwọn arákùnrin náà sì sọ fún un pé, “Kí ọrùn un wa ba à lè mọ́ kúrò nínú ìbúra tí ìwọ mú wa bú yìí.
And the men say to her, “We are acquitted of this, your oath, which you have caused us to swear:
18 Nígbà tí àwa bá wọ ilé è rẹ, ìwọ yóò so okùn aláwọ̀ aró yìí sí ojú fèrèsé èyí tí ìwọ fi sọ̀ wá kalẹ̀, kí ìwọ kí ó mú baba rẹ, ìyá rẹ, àwọn arákùnrin in rẹ àti gbogbo ìdílé è rẹ kí wọ́n wá sí inú ilé è rẹ.
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 Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá jáde sí ìta láti inú ilé è rẹ sí inú ìgboro ìlú, ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀ yóò sì wà ní orí ara rẹ̀; ẹ̀bi rẹ̀ yóò sì wà lórí i rẹ̀. Fún ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá wà nínú ilé pẹ̀lú rẹ, ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀ yóò wà ní orí i wa bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá fi ọwọ́ kàn án.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìwọ bá sọ ohun tí àwa ń ṣe, àwa yóò bọ́ nínú ìbúra tí ìwọ mú wa bú.”
and if you declare this—our matter, then we have been acquitted from your oath which you have caused us to swear.”
21 Ó dáhùn pé, “Ó dára bẹ́ẹ̀. Ẹ jẹ́ kí ó rí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin tí sọ.” Ó sì rán wọn lọ wọ́n sì lọ. Ó sì so okùn òdòdó náà sí ojú fèrèsé.
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 Nígbà tí wọ́n kúrò, wọ́n sì lọ sí orí òkè wọ́n sì dúró ní ibẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ mẹ́ta, títí àwọn alépa fi wá wọn ní gbogbo ọ̀nà wọ́n sì padà láìrí wọn.
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 Nígbà náà ni àwọn ọkùnrin méjì náà padà. Wọ́n sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí òkè, wọ odò, wọ́n sì wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Joṣua ọmọ Nuni wọ́n sì sọ fún un gbogbo ohun tí ó ti ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wọn.
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 Wọ́n sì sọ fún Joṣua, “Nítòótọ́ ni Olúwa tí fi gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà lé wa lọ́wọ́; gbogbo olùgbé ilẹ̀ náà ni ìbẹ̀rùbojo ti mú nítorí i wa.”
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.”