1 ث ُمَّ أرسَلَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ مِنْ مُخَيَّمِ شِطِّيمَ رَجُلَينِ لِيَسْتَكشِفا الأرْضَ سِرّاً، وَقالَ لَهُما: «اذْهَبا وَانْظُرا الأرْضَ، وَأرِيحا بِشَكلٍ خاصٍّ.» فَذَهَبا وَدَخَلا بَيْتَ عاهِرَةٍ اسْمُها راحابُ. وَقَضَيا الَّلَيلَةَ هُناكَ.

And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.

2 و َقِيلَ لِمَلِكِ أرِيحا: «أتَى رَجُلانِ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى هُنا الَّليلَةَ لِيَتَجَسَّسا عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come hither to-night from the children of Israel to search out the land.

3 ف َأرْسَلَ مَلِكُ أرِيحا رِسالَةً إلَى راحابَ يَقُولُ لَها فِيها: «أخْرِجِي الرَّجُلَينِ اللَّذَينِ أتَيا إلَى بَيتِكِ، لِأنَّهُما قَدْ أتَيا لِيَتَجَسَّسا عَلَى أرْضِنا كُلِّها.»

And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that have come to thee, who have come into thy house: for they have come to search out all the land.

4 و َلَكِنَّ المَرأةَ كانَتْ قَدْ أخَذَتِ الرَّجُلَينِ وَخَبَّأتْهُما، فَقالَتْ: «هَذا صَحِيحٌ، أتَى رَجُلانِ إلَيَّ، وَلَمْ أعرِفْ مِنْ أينَ هُما،

And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

5 و َحِينَ أتَى وَقتُ إَغلاقِ البَوّابَةِ فِي المَساءِ خَرَجا، وَلا أعرِفُ أينْ ذَهَبا. الحَقُوا بِهِما بِسُرعَةٍ لِأنَّكُمْ تَستَطِيعُونَ الإمساكَ بِهِما.»

and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

6 و َكانَتْ قَدْ أصْعَدَتْهُما إلَى السَّطحِ وَخَبَّأتْهُما بَينَ عِيدانِ الكِتّانِ الَّتِي كانَتْ قَدْ وَضَعَتْها هُناكَ.

But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.

7 ف َلَحِقَ رِجالُ المَلِكِ بالرَّجُلينِ حَتَّى مَعابِرِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَأُغلِقَتِ البَوّاباتُ فَورَ خُرُوجِ الَّذِينَ لَحِقُوهُما.

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

8 و َقَبلَ أنْ يَناما، صَعِدَتْ راحابُ إلَيهِما إلَى السَّطْحِ،

And before they had lain down, she went up to them upon the roof;

9 و َقالَتْ لَهُما: «أعرِفُ أنَّ اللهَ أعطاكُمُ الأرْضَ. فَنَحْنُ مُرْتَعِبُونَ مِنْكُمْ، وجَمِيعُ السّاكِنِينَ فِي الأرْضِ يَذُوبُونَ خَوفاً بِسَبَبِكُمْ.

and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

10 ف َقَدْ سَمِعْنا أنَّ اللهَ يَبَّسَ ماءَ البَحْرِ الأحمَرِ أمامَكُمْ حِينَ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَسَمِعْنا بِما عَمِلتُمْ لِلمَلِكَينِ اللَّذَينِ كانا فِي شَرقِ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ، سَيحُونَ وَعُوجَ اللَّذَينِ قَضَيتُمْ عَلَيهِما.

For we have heard that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red sea before you when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11 ف َحِينَ سَمِعْنا بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ ارتَعَبْنا، وَلَمْ تَبقَ شَجاعَةٌ فِي قَلْبِ أحَدٍ مِنّا بِسَبَبِكُمْ. فَإلَهُكُمْ هُوَ إلَهُ السَّماءِ مِنْ فَوقُ وَإلَهُ الأرْضِ مِنْ تَحتُ.

We heard, and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

12 و َالآنَ، أقسِما لِي بِاللهِ ، لِأنِّي عَمِلْتُ مَعْكُما إحساناً، بِأنَّكُما أنتُما أيضاً سَتَعمَلانِ إحْساناً لِعائِلَتِي. أكِّدا لِي تَماماً،

And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,

13 ب ِأنَّكُما سَتَحفَظانِ حَياةَ أبِي وَأُمِّي وَإخوَتِي وَأخَواتِي وَكُلَّ ما يخصُّهُمْ. وَبِأنَّكُما سَتُخَلِّصانِ أنفُسَنا مِنَ المَوتِ.»

that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.

14 ف َقالَ الرَّجُلانِ لَها: «نَفْديكُمْ بِحَياتِنا! فَإنْ لَمْ تُخبِرِي بِما نَعمَلُهُ، فَحِينَ يُعْطِينا اللهُ الأرْضَ، سَنَتَعامَلُ مَعَكِ بِوَفاءِ وَإحْسانٍ.»

And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15 ف َأنزَلَتْهُمَ بِحَبلٍ مِنَ النّافِذَةِ لِأنَّ بَيتَها كانَ مَبنِيّاً عَلَى سُورِ المَدِينَةِ، وَقَدْ كانَتْ تَسكُنُ فِي السُّورِ.

And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16 و َقالَتْ لَهُما: «اذْهَبا إلَى التِّلالِ كَي لا يَجِدَكُمُ الرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ يَبحَثُونَ عَنْكُمْ. اخْتَبِئا هُناكَ ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ إلَى أنْ يَعُودَ الَّذِينَ يَبحَثُونَ عَنْكُمْ إلَى المَدِينَةِ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُمكِنُكُما الذَّهابُ فِي طَرِيقِكُما.»

And she said to them, Go to the mountain, that the pursuers may not meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards go your way.

17 و َقالَ الرَّجُلانِ لَها: «سَنَكُونُ بَرِيئَينِ مِنْ قَسَمِنا لَكِ الَّذِي جَعَلْتِنا نُقسِمُهُ،

And the men said to her, We will be quit of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

18 إ نْ جِئْنا لِكَي نَأخُذَ الأرْضَ، وَلَمْ تَرْبِطِي هَذا الحَبلَ القِرْمِزِيَّ الَّذِي أنزَلْتِنا بِهِ، وَلَمْ تَجمَعِي فِي بَيتِكِ أبِيكِ وَأُمَّكِ وَأُخوَتَكِ وَكُلَّ عائِلَتَكِ.

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind in the window this line of scarlet thread by which thou hast let us down; and thou shalt gather to thee in the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household;

19 ف َكُلُّ مَنْ يَخرُجُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ بابِ بَيتِكِ إلَى الشّارِعِ سَيَكُونُ مَسؤُولاً عَنْ مَوْتِهِ. وَنَحنُ سَنَكُونُ بَرِيئَينِ. لَكِنْ إنْ تَأذَّى أحَدٌ داخِلَ بَيتِكِ، فَإنَّنا سَنَكُونُ مَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ.

and it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street,—his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be innocent; but every one who shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be upon our head, if any hand be upon him.

20 و َإنْ كَشَفْتِ خِطَّتَنا، فَإنَّنا نَكُونُ بَرِيئَينِ مِنَ القَسَمِ الَّذِي جَعَلْتِنا نُقسِمُهُ لَكِ.»

And if thou make known this our business, we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

21 ف َقالَتْ: «اتَّفَقْنا!» وَأرسَلَتْهُما فَذَهَبا، ثُمَّ رَبَطَتِ الحَبلَ القِرْمِزِيَّ بَنافِذَتِها.

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 ف َغادَرا وَذَهَبا إلَى التِّلالِ، وَبَقِيا هُناكَ لِثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ إلَى أنْ رَجِعَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَبحَثُونَ عَنْهُما إلَى أرِيحا، بَعدَ أنْ بَحَثُوا عَنْهُما فِي كُلِّ الطَّرِيقِ، وَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُما.

And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.

23 ث ُمَّ نَزَلَ الرَّجُلانِ مِنَ التِّلالِ وَعَبَرا نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ وَأتَيا إلَى يَشُوعَ بْنِ نُونَ وَأخبَراهُ بَكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ لَهُما.

And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and went over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him everything that had happened to them.

24 و َقالا لِيَشُوعَ: «قَدْ أعطانا اللهُ الأرْضَ كُلَّها! كُلُّ ساكِنِي الأرْضِ مُرتَعِبُونَ مِنّا.»

And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.