Joshua 9
1 There were several kings [who ruled in lands that are] on the west side of the Jordan River. They were the kings of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group. They lived in the hilly area, in the foothills further west, and [on the plains] along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They heard [about what happened at Ai].
Και ότε ήκουσαν πάντες οι βασιλείς, οι εντεύθεν του Ιορδάνου, οι εν τη ορεινή και οι εν τη πεδινή και οι εν πάσι τοις παραλίοις της θαλάσσης της μεγάλης, έως κατέναντι του Λιβάνου, οι Χετταίοι και οι Αμορραίοι, οι Χαναναίοι, οι Φερεζαίοι, οι Ευαίοι και οι Ιεβουσαίοι,
2 So they all gathered [their armies] to fight Joshua and the Israeli army.
συνήχθησαν πάντες ομού, διά να πολεμήσωσι τον Ιησούν και τον Ισραήλ.
3 When the people who lived in Gibeon [city] heard that Joshua’s army had defeated the people of Jericho and Ai,
Οι δε κάτοικοι της Γαβαών ήκουσαν ό, τι έκαμεν ο Ιησούς εις την Ιεριχώ και εις την Γαί,
4 they decided to trick the Israelis. They gathered some old sacks and some old leather wine bags that had been mended after they were cracked, and they put these on the backs of their donkeys.
και έπραξαν και ούτοι μετά πανουργίας, και υπήγον και ητοιμάσθησαν με εφόδια, και έλαβον σάκκους παλαιούς επί των όνων αυτών και ασκούς οίνου παλαιούς και κατεσχισμένους και δεδεμένους,
5 They put on old sandals that had been patched, and wore old ragged clothes. And they took along bread that was dry and moldy.
και εις τους πόδας αυτών υποδήματα παλαιά και εμβαλωμένα, και ιμάτια παλαιά εφ' εαυτών· και όλος ο άρτος του εφοδιασμού αυτών ήτο ξηρός και κατατεθρυμμένος.
6 They traveled to where Joshua [and the other Israelis] had set up their tents near Gilgal. They said to Joshua and the other Israeli leaders, “We have traveled from a distant land. We want you to make a peace agreement with us.”
Και ήλθον προς τον Ιησούν εις το στρατόπεδον εις Γάλγαλα, και είπον προς αυτόν και προς τους άνδρας του Ισραήλ, Από γης μακράς ήλθομεν· τώρα λοιπόν κάμετε συνθήκην προς ημάς.
7 The Israeli leaders said to those men from [Gilead who were from] the Hiv people-group, “[We do not know if you truly live far from us]. If you live near us, we cannot [RHQ] make a peace agreement with you, [because God has commanded us to get rid of the people that are living near us].”
Και είπον οι άνδρες του Ισραήλ προς τους Ευαίους τούτους, Σεις κατοικείτε ίσως εν τω μέσω ημών, και πως θέλομεν κάμει συνθήκην προς εσάς;
8 They replied to Joshua, “[If you make a peace agreement with us], we will be your servants.” But Joshua answered, “What people-group are you? Where do you come from?”
Οι δε είπον προς τον Ιησούν, Δούλοί σου είμεθα. Είπε δε προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς, Ποίοι είσθε; και πόθεν έρχεσθε;
9 The men from Gibeon answered, “[We want to be] your [. We] have come here from a distant land, because we have heard about the great things that your god has done. We have heard about everything that he did in Egypt [to help you].
Και είπον προς αυτόν, Από πολύ μακράς γης ήλθον οι δούλοί σου διά το όνομα Κυρίου του Θεού σου· διότι ηκούσαμεν την φήμην αυτού και πάντα όσα έκαμεν εν Αιγύπτω,
10 We have heard that he [enabled you to] defeat [the armies of] two kings of the Amor people-group, on the east side of the Jordan River—Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king who ruled in Ashtaroth in the Bashan [area].
και πάντα όσα έκαμεν εις τους δύο βασιλείς των Αμορραίων, τους πέραν του Ιορδάνου, εις τον Σηών βασιλέα της Εσεβών, και εις τον Ωγ βασιλέα της Βασάν, τον εν Ασταρώθ·
11 So our leaders and the rest of our people said to us, ‘Take some food and go to talk with the Israelis. Tell them, “We want to be your servants. So make a peace agreement with us.”’
διά τούτο είπον προς ημάς οι πρεσβύτεροι ημών και πάντες οι κάτοικοι της γης ημών, λέγοντες, Λάβετε εις εαυτούς εφόδια διά την οδόν, και υπάγετε εις συνάντησιν αυτών και είπατε προς αυτούς, δούλοί σας είμεθα· τώρα λοιπόν κάμετε συνθήκην προς ημάς·
12 Look at our bread. It was fresh and warm [from having been baked] on the day that we left our area, but now it is dry and moldy.
τον άρτον ημών τούτον ζεστόν ελάβομεν εκ των οικιών ημών, καθ' ην ημέραν εξήλθομεν διά να έλθωμεν προς εσάς· και τώρα, ιδού, είναι ξηρός και κατατεθρυμμένος·
13 Look at our leather wine bags. They were new when we filled them with wine [before we left], but now they are cracked and old. Our clothes and our sandals are worn out from traveling [on the long road] to come here.”
και ούτοι οι ασκοί του οίνου, τους οποίους εγεμίσαμεν νέους, και ιδού, είναι κατεσχισμένοι· και τα ιμάτια ημών ταύτα και τα υποδήματα ημών επαλαιώθησαν διά την πολύ μακράν οδόν.
14 The Israeli leaders tasted the bread, but they did not ask Yahweh what to do.
Και εδέχθησαν τους άνδρας εξ αιτίας των εφοδίων αυτών, και δεν ηρώτησαν τον Κύριον.
15 So Joshua agreed to make a peace agreement with the men from Gibeon to not kill them. All the Israeli leaders vowed to do what Joshua said in the agreement. [Then the men from Gibeon returned home].
Και έκαμεν ο Ιησούς ειρήνην προς αυτούς και έκαμε συνθήκην προς αυτούς, να φυλάξη την ζωήν αυτών· και οι άρχοντες της συναγωγής ώμοσαν προς αυτούς.
16 Three days later the Israelis found out that the men from Gibeon lived nearby.
Και μετά τρεις ημέρας, αφού έκαμον συνθήκην προς αυτούς, ήκουσαν ότι ήσαν γείτονες αυτών και κατώκουν μεταξύ αυτών.
17 So they went to where the men from Gibeon lived. After traveling [only] three days, they came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim.
Και σηκωθέντες οι υιοί Ισραήλ υπήγον εις τας πόλεις αυτών την τρίτην ημέραν· αι δε πόλεις αυτών ήσαν Γαβαών και Χεφειρά και Βηρώθ και Κιριάθ-ιαρείμ.
18 But the Israelis did not attack the people of those cities, because they had promised [to live peacefully with them], and Yahweh had heard them promise [to do that]. All the Israeli people grumbled against their leaders [for doing that].
Και δεν επάταξαν αυτούς οι υιοί Ισραήλ, διότι οι άρχοντες της συναγωγής είχον ομόσει προς αυτούς τον Κύριον τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ. Και εγόγγυζε πάσα η συναγωγή κατά των αρχόντων.
19 But the leaders answered, “We promised to [live peacefully with them], and Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], heard us promise [to do that]. So now we cannot attack [EUP] them.
Πάντες όμως οι άρχοντες είπον προς πάσαν την συναγωγήν, Ημείς ώμόσαμεν προς αυτούς τον Κύριον τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ· τώρα λοιπόν δεν δυνάμεθα να εγγίσωμεν αυτούς·
20 This is what we will do: We will not kill them. If we kill them, God will be very angry with us [and punish us] because of not doing what we promised to do.
τούτο θέλομεν κάμει εις αυτούς· θέλομεν φυλάξει την ζωήν αυτών, διά να μη ήναι οργή Θεού εφ' ημάς, διά τον όρκον τον οποίον ώμόσαμεν προς αυτούς.
21 So we must allow them to live. But they will cut wood for us, and they will carry water for us.” So the Israeli leaders did what they had promised.
Και οι άρχοντες είπον προς αυτούς, Ας ζώσι· πλην ας ήναι ξυλοκόποι και υδροφόροι εις πάσαν συναγωγήν· καθώς οι άρχοντες υπεσχέθησαν προς αυτούς.
22 Then Joshua summoned the men from Gibeon and asked them, “Why did you lie to us? Your land was near to where we had set up our tents, but you told us that you were from a distant land!
Και συνεκάλεσεν αυτούς ο Ιησούς και είπε προς αυτούς, λέγων, Διά τι ηπατήσατε ημάς λέγοντες, πολύ μακράν είμεθα από σας, ενώ σεις κατοικείτε μεταξύ ημών;
23 So now you will become our slaves. You will always be forced to cut wood and carry water for [us Israeli people who worship in] the temple of our God.”
τώρα λοιπόν επικατάρατοι είσθε, και δεν θέλει λείψει από σας δούλος και ξυλοκόπος και υδροφόρος εις τον οίκον του Θεού μου.
24 The men from Gibeon replied, “We lied to you because we were afraid that you would kill us. We heard that Yahweh, your God, declared to his servant Moses that he would enable you to conquer all the people in this land and to kill all the people who lived in it.
Και απεκρίθησαν προς τον Ιησούν λέγοντες, Επειδή οι δούλοί σου έμαθον μετά πληροφορίας όσα Κύριος ο Θεός σου διέταξεν εις τον δούλον αυτού Μωϋσήν, να δώση εις εσάς πάσαν την γην και να εξολοθρεύση έμπροσθέν σας πάντας τους κατοίκους της γης, διά τούτο εφοβήθημεν από σας σφόδρα διά την ζωήν ημών και εκάμομεν το πράγμα τούτο·
25 So now you can decide what you will do with us. Do what you think is right.”
και τώρα, ιδού, εις τας χείρας σου είμεθα· ό, τι σοι φανή καλόν και αρεστόν να κάμης εις ημάς, κάμε.
26 So Joshua saved the lives of the people of Gibeon by not allowing the Israelis to kill them.
Και έκαμεν ούτως εις αυτούς, και ηλευθέρωσεν αυτούς εκ της χειρός των υιών Ισραήλ, και δεν εφόνευσαν αυτούς.
27 Instead, he forced them to become the Israelis’ slaves. They cut wood and carried water for the Israelis. They also brought the wood and water [that was needed for] the sacred altar of Yahweh, to whatever place Yahweh decided that they should build one. And the people of Gibeon are still doing that.
Και την ημέραν εκείνην έκαμεν αυτούς ο Ιησούς ξυλοκόπους και υδροφόρους μέχρι τούδε, εις την συναγωγήν και εις το θυσιαστήριον του Κυρίου, εις τον τόπον όντινα εκλέξη.
