Josué 2

1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.

2 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold,*2:2 "Behold", from "הִנֵּה", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. men of the children of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."

3 Jericho’s king sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they have come to spy out all the land."

4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from. 5 About the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, the men went out. Where the men went, I don’t know. Pursue them quickly. You may catch up with them." 6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. 7 The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. 8 Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof. 9 She said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign; 13 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death."

14 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."

15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall. 16 She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."

17 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your oath which you’ve made us to swear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household. 19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him. 20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear."

21 She said, "Let it be as you have said." She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.

22 They went and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but didn’t find them. 23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. They told him all that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us."

Ka Tonoa ngā Kaitūtei ki a Heriko

1 Nā, ka tonoa atu e Hohua, e te tama a Nunu, ētahi tāngata tokorua i Hitimi hei tūtei puku atu, i mea ia, "Tīkina, tirohia te whenua, me Heriko hoki." Nā, haere ana rāua, ā, ka tae ki te whare o tētahi wahine kairau, ko Rahapa tōna ingoa, ā, ka moe i reira.

2 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki te kīngi o Heriko, ka meatia, "Nanā, kua tae mai ētahi tāngata ki konei i te pō nei, nō ngā tama a Īharaira, he whakataki i te whenua." 3 Nā, ka tonoa atu e te kīngi o Heriko ki a Rahapa, ka mea, "Whakaputaina mai ki waho ngā tāngata i haere mai nā ki a koe, i haere atu nā ki tōu whare; i haere mai hoki rāua he mātaki i te whenua katoa."

4 Nā, ka hopu te wahine rā ki ngā tāngata tokorua, ā, hunā iho e ia; ā, ka mea atu ia, "He tika i haere mai ngā tāngata ki ahau, heoi, kīhai ahau i mōhio nō hea rānei rāua. 5 Ā, nō te wā o te tūtakitanga o te kūwaha, nō te mea ka pōuri nei, ka puta atu aua tāngata ki waho. Kāhore ahau e mōhio i haere aua tāngata ki hea. Kia hohoro te whai i muri i a rāua; ka mau hoki rāua i a koutou." 6 (Kāhore ia, kua kawea rāua e ia ki runga ki te tuanui, ā, hunā ana rāua ki ngā kakau rīnena i horahorangia e ia ki runga i te tuanui.) 7 Nā, ka whai ngā tāngata i muri i a rāua nā te huarahi ki Horano ā tae noa ki ngā whakawhitinga; ā, nō te putanga atu anō o ngā kaiwhai i a rāua ki waho ka tūtakina te kūwaha.

8 Ā, kīanō rāua i takoto noa, nā, ka haere ake ia ki a rāua ki te tuanui, 9 ka mea ki aua tāngata, "E mōhio ana ahau kua hoatu te whenua nei e Ihowā ki a koutou, kua tau mai hoki te wehi o koutou ki a mātou, ā, kei te ngohe noa ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua nei i a koutou. 10 I rongo hoki mātou ki tā Ihowā whakamaroketanga i te wai o te Moana Whero i ō koutou aroaro, i tō koutou putanga mai i Īhipa; ki ngā mea hoki i meatia e koutou ki ngā kīngi tokorua o ngā Amori i tāwāhi o Horano, ki a Hihona rāua ko Oka, i hunā nei e koutou. 11 Ā, i tō mātou rongonga anō, ka ngohe noa ō mātou ngākau, kāhore atu hoki he tokonga ake o te wairua i roto i tētahi, nā koutou hoki; nō te mea ko Ihowā, ko tō koutou Atua, ko ia te Atua i te rangi i runga, i te whenua hoki i raro. 12 Nā, tēnā, oatitia mai a Ihowā ki ahau, i te mea kua atawhaitia nei kōrua e ahau, ka atawhai hoki koutou ki te whare o tōku matua, ā, ka hōmai he tohu pono ki ahau. 13 Ka whakaora hoki koutou i tōku pāpā, i tōku whaea, i ōku tungāne, i ōku tuākana, me ā rātou mea katoa, ā, ka araarai i a mātou kei mate."

14 Nā, ka mea aua tāngata ki a ia, "Ko tō māua ora mō tō koutou, ki te kāhore koutou e whāki i tā māua take; ā tēnei ake, hei te hōmaitanga a Ihowā i te whenua ki a mātou, ka puta hoki tā mātou mahi atawhai, tā mātou mahi pono ki a koe."

15 Nā, tukua iho ana rāua e ia ki tētahi taura nā te matapihi; kei te taiepa tonu hoki o te pā tōna whare, ā, noho ai ia i runga i te taiepa. 16 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, "Haere ki te maunga, kei tūtaki ngā kaiwhai ki a kōrua; ka piri ai ki reira kia toru ngā rā, kia hoki mai rā anō ngā kaiwhai; kātahi kōrua ka haere i tō kōrua huarahi."

17 Kātahi ka mea aua tāngata ki a ia, "E kore māua e whai hara mō tēnei oati āu i whakaoati nei koe i a māua. 18 Nanā, ina tae mai mātou ki tēnei whenua, herea te miro nei, te aho whero nei ki te matapihi i tukua iho nei māua e koe nā reira; ā, me whakahuihui mai ki a koe, ki roto ki te whare, tōu pāpā, me tōu whaea, me ōu tungāne, me te nohoanga katoa o tōu pāpā. 19 Nā, ahakoa ko wai te tangata e puta atu ana ki waho o ngā tatau o tōu whare, hei runga anō i tōna māhunga ōna toto, ko māua ia ka harakore; tēnā ko ngā tāngata katoa i roto tahi koutou i te whare, hei ō māua māhunga ōna toto, ki te pā atu tētahi ringa ki a ia. 20 Otiia, ki te kōrero koe i tā māua take, ka wātea māua i tāu oati i whakaoati nei koe i a māua."

21 Anō rā ko ia, "Waiho i tā kōrua i mea nā." Ā, tukua atu ana rāua e ia, ā, haere ana rāua; ā, herea ana e ia te aho whero ki te matapihi.

22 Nā, ka haere rāua, ā, ka tae ki te maunga, ā, noho ana i reira e toru ngā rā, ā, hoki noa ngā kaiwhai; ā, rapu noa ngā kaiwhai i a rāua i te huarahi katoa, ā, kāhore i kitea. 23 Kātahi ka hoki aua tāngata tokorua, ka heke iho i te maunga, ā, ka whiti, ka tae ki a Hohua, tama a Nunu, ka kōrero ki a ia i ngā mea katoa i pono ki a rāua. 24 Ā, ka mea rāua ki a Hohua, "Koia anō, kua hōmai e Ihowā te whenua katoa ki ō tātou ringa; ā, ngohe kau ngā tāngata katoa o te whenua i a tātou."