Joshua 2
1 Then Joshua [chose] two men from [their camp at] Acacia. He told them, “Go [across the Jordan River] and secretly find out all that you can about the land on that side of the river, especially about Jericho [city].” So the two men crossed [the river and entered Jericho]. They entered the house of a prostitute, whose name was Rahab. They stayed in her house [that night].
Και απέστειλεν Ιησούς ο υιός του Ναυή εκ Σιττείμ δύο άνδρας να κατασκοπεύσωσι κρυφίως, λέγων, Υπάγετε, ίδετε την γην και την Ιεριχώ. Οι δε υπήγον και εισήλθον εις οικίαν γυναικός πόρνης, ονομαζομένης Ραάβ, και κατέλυσαν εκεί.
2 But someone [saw them and] told the king of Jericho, “Some Israeli men have come here tonight to spy out the land!”
Απήγγειλαν δε προς τον βασιλέα της Ιεριχώ, λέγοντες, Ιδού, ήλθον ενταύθα την νύκτα άνδρες εκ των υιών Ισραήλ, διά να κατασκοπεύσωσι την γην.
3 So the king sent some messengers to tell Rahab, “Bring out the men who came and entered your house, [so that we can kill them], because they have come [here] to (spy out/find out all they can about) this land!”
Και απέστειλεν ο βασιλεύς της Ιεριχώ προς την Ραάβ, λέγων, Εξάγαγε τους άνδρας τους εισελθόντας προς σε, οίτινες εισήλθον εις την οικίαν σου· διότι ήλθον να κατασκοπεύσωσι πάσαν την γην.
4 She told them that the two men had gone to her house. But she had hidden the two men there. So when the messengers came to her house, she told them, “Two men came here, but I did not know where they had come from.
Και λαβούσα η γυνή τους δύο άνδρας έκρυψεν αυτούς και είπε, Ναι μεν εισήλθον προς εμέ οι άνδρες και δεν εξεύρω πόθεν ήσαν·
5 At dusk, just before (guards closed the city gate/the city gates were closed), the two men left. I do not know where they went. So, go quickly and search for them! Perhaps you may catch them!”
ενώ δε έμελλε να κλεισθή η πύλη, ότε εσκότασεν, οι άνδρες εξήλθον· δεν εξεύρω που υπήγον οι άνδρες· τρέξατε ταχέως κατόπιν αυτών, διότι θέλετε προφθάσει αυτούς.
6 But [she was lying, ] she had taken the two men up to the [flat] roof of her house and had hidden them under the piles of flax that she had laid on the roof.
Αυτή όμως είχεν αναβιβάσει αυτούς επί το δώμα και σκεπάσει αυτούς με λινοκαλάμην, την οποίαν είχεν εστοιβαγμένην επί του δώματος.
7 The messengers went out of the city to search for the two men. Immediately, the guards shut the city gate. The messengers went along the road that leads down to the place where people can walk across the Jordan [River], [but they did not find the two men].
Και οι άνδρες έτρεξαν κατόπιν αυτών διά της οδού της προς τον Ιορδάνην, μέχρι των διαβάσεων· και ευθύς αφού ανεχώρησαν οι τρέχοντες κατόπιν αυτών, εκλείσθη η πύλη.
8 Before the two men lay down [to sleep] that night, Rahab went up to the roof
Και πριν εκείνοι πλαγιάσωσιν, αυτή ανέβη προς αυτούς επί το δώμα.
9 and said to them, “We know that Yahweh [is about to] give this land to you Israelis, and as a result all the people living in this land are terrified because of you.
Και είπε προς τους άνδρας, Γνωρίζω ότι ο Κύριος έδωκεν εις εσάς την γήν· και ότι ο τρόμος σας επέπεσεν εφ' ημάς, και ότι πάντες οι κάτοικοι της γης ενεκρώθησαν εκ του φόβου σας·
10 We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea for you to cross it when you left Egypt. And we have heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two kings of the tribe of Amor who lived east of the Jordan [River]. You [Israelis] totally destroyed everyone [and everything in their kingdom].
επειδή ηκούσαμεν πως ο Κύριος εξήρανε τα ύδατα της Ερυθράς θαλάσσης έμπροσθέν σας, ότε εξήλθετε εξ Αιγύπτου· και τι εκάμετε εις τους δύο βασιλείς των Αμορραίων, τους πέραν του Ιορδάνου, εις τον Σηών και εις τον Ωγ, τους οποίους εξωλοθρεύσατε·
11 When we heard about those things, we were very dismayed. We no longer have enough courage to fight against you, because we know that Yahweh, the God whom you [worship], is helping you. [And we know that] he rules everything in heaven and here on earth.
και καθώς ηκούσαμεν, διελύθη καρδία ημών, και δεν έμεινε πλέον πνοή εις ουδένα εκ του φόβου σας· διότι Κύριος ο Θεός σας, αυτός είναι Θεός εν τω ουρανώ άνω και επί της γης κάτω.
12 So now [I want you to] solemnly promise me, and ask Yahweh to punish you if you do not do what you promise. Solemnly promise me that you will act kindly to me and my family, because I have acted kindly to you.
Και τώρα, ομόσατέ μοι, παρακαλώ, εις τον Κύριον ότι, καθώς εγώ έκαμα έλεος εις εσάς, θέλετε κάμει και σεις έλεος εις την οικογένειαν του πατρός μου· και δότε εις εμέ σημείον πίστεως,
13 Do something to prove that you will (spare the lives of/not kill) my father and my mother, my brothers and sisters, and all of their families. Promise me that you [Israelis] will not kill us [when you destroy this city].”
ότι θέλετε φυλάξει την ζωήν εις τον πατέρα μου και εις την μητέρα μου και εις τους αδελφούς μου και εις τας αδελφάς μου και πάντα όσα έχουσι, και θέλετε σώσει την ζωήν ημών εκ του θανάτου.
14 The two men replied, “We desire that God will cause us to die if we do not do as we say! If you do not tell others what we [are planning to] do, we will act kindly toward you all when Yahweh enables us to possess the land.”
Και απεκρίθησαν προς αυτήν οι άνδρες, Η ζωή ημών εις θάνατον ας παραδοθή αντί της ιδικής σας, αν μόνον δεν φανερώσητε ταύτην την υπόθεσιν ημών, εάν ημείς, όταν ο Κύριος παραδώση εις ημάς την γην, δεν δείξωμεν έλεος και πίστιν εις σε.
15 [One of] the outside walls of the house where Rahab lived was part of the wall [that was around] the city. So she fastened a rope outside the window [that was in that wall], by which the men could climb down the wall.
Τότε κατεβίβασεν αυτούς με σχοινίον διά της θυρίδος· διότι η οικία αυτής ήτο εν τω τείχει της πόλεως και εν τω τείχει κατώκει.
16 Then she said to them, “When you leave the city, go up into the hills so that the men who are searching for you will not find you. Hide in caves in the hills for three days, until the men who are searching for you return to the city. Then you can return safely to your camp.”
Και είπε προς αυτούς, Απέλθετε εις την ορεινήν, διά να μη σας συναντήσωσιν οι καταδιώκοντες· και κρύφθητε εκεί τρεις ημέρας, εωσού επιστρέψωσιν οι καταδιώκοντες· και έπειτα θέλετε υπάγει εις την οδόν σας.
17 The two men [gave her a red cord, and] said to her, “This is what you must do; if you do not do this, we will not be required to do what we have vowed to do.
Και είπαν προς αυτήν οι άνδρες, Ούτω θέλομεν είσθαι καθαροί από του όρκου σου τούτου, τον οποίον έκαμες ημάς να ομόσωμεν·
18 You must tie this red cord in the window that has the rope by which we will climb down. You must let the cord hang there. And you must bring your father and your mother and your brothers and all the others in your family inside the house. Then, when our army enters your land, we will see the cord, and we will not kill the people in your house.
ιδού, όταν ημείς εισερχώμεθα εις την γην, θέλεις δέσει το σχοινίον τούτου του κοκκίνου νήματος εις την θυρίδα, από της οποίας κατεβίβασας ημάς· και τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα σου και τους αδελφούς σου και πάσαν την οικογένειαν του πατρός σου, θέλεις συνάξει προς σεαυτήν εις την οικίαν·
19 If anyone in your family goes outside this house into the street, [our soldiers] will kill them, and we will not be guilty [MTY] for doing that. But if anyone who is in this house with you is injured, we will be guilty for causing that.
και πας όστις εξέλθη εκ της θύρας της οικίας σου, το αίμα αυτού θέλει είσθαι επί της κεφαλής αυτού, ημείς δε θέλομεν είσθαι καθαροί· όστις δε μένη μετά σου εν τη οικία, το αίμα αυτού θέλει είσθαι επί της κεφαλής ημών, εάν τις βάλη χείρα επ' αυτόν·
20 But if you tell anyone what we [are planning to] do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”
αλλ' εάν φανερώσης την υπόθεσιν ημών ταύτην, τότε θέλομεν είσθαι λελυμένοι από του όρκου σου, τον οποίον έκαμες ημάς να ομόσωμεν.
21 Rahab said, “I agree to do what you say.” So they climbed down the rope and left. And she left the red cord tied in the window.
Και είπε, Κατά τους λόγους σας, ούτως, ας γείνη. Και εξαπέστειλεν αυτούς, και ανεχώρησαν· αυτή δε έδεσε το κόκκινον σχοινίον εις την θυρίδα.
22 When the two men left the city, they went up into the hills. They stayed there for three days, while the men [who had been sent by the king] continued to search for them. They searched all along the road, but they did not find the two men. So they returned to the city.
Και ανεχώρησαν και ήλθον εις την ορεινήν και έμειναν εκεί τρεις ημέρας, εωσού επέστρεψαν οι καταδιώκοντες· και εζήτησαν αυτούς οι καταδιώκοντες καθ' όλην την οδόν, πλην δεν εύρηκαν.
23 Then the two men started back toward their camp. They went down from the hills, went down to the river, crossed it at the place where people can walk across it, and returned to their camp. They told Joshua everything that had happened to them.
Και υπέστρεψαν οι δύο άνδρες και κατέβησαν εκ του όρους και διέβησαν και ήλθον προς Ιησούν τον υιόν του Ναυή, και διηγήθησαν προς αυτόν πάντα όσα συνέβησαν εις αυτούς.
24 They said to Joshua, “We are sure that Yahweh is going to enable us to possess everything that is in that land. The people there are terrified [IDM] because of us.”
Και είπον προς τον Ιησούν, Βεβαίως ο Κύριος παρέδωκεν εις τας χείρας ημών πάσαν την γήν· και μάλιστα πάντες οι κάτοικοι του τόπου ενεκρώθησαν εκ του φόβου ημών.
