Joshua 2

1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

1 嫩的儿子约书亚暗中从什亭派出两个探子，去侦察那片土地，特别是耶利哥的情况。他们进到一个名叫喇合的妓女家中，就住在那里。

2 And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

2 有人告诉耶利哥王说：“今晚有以色列人来这里刺探。”

3 So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”

3 耶利哥王便派人到喇合那里，对她说：“把来到你家里的人交出来，因为他们是来刺探这地方的。”

4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

4 但喇合已经把二人藏起来了，她答道：“不错，他们来过，可是我不知他们是从哪里来的。

5 At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

5 天黑要关城门的时候，他们就离开了，我不知道他们去哪里了。你们快去追吧，还可以追上。”

6 (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

6 其实喇合已经把二人带到屋顶上，藏在那里的麻秆堆里了。

7 So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

7 追捕的人便沿着通往约旦河渡口的路追去，他们一出城，城门便关闭了。

8 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof

8 在两个探子睡觉前，喇合上到屋顶对他们说：

9 and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

9 “我知道耶和华已经把这地方赐给你们，我们对你们充满恐惧。这里所有的居民都吓得胆战心惊。

10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.

10 因为你们离开埃及过红海的时候，耶和华怎样使红海在你们面前成为干地，你们怎样对付约旦河东的两个亚摩利王西宏和噩，把他们彻底消灭，我们都听说了。

11 When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

11 我们听了这些事，感到心惊胆战、勇气尽失。你们的上帝耶和华是天地万物的上帝。

12 Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

12 我既然恩待了你们，现在请你们凭耶和华向我起誓，你们同样会恩待我家，并且给我一个可靠的凭据，

13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

13 保证放过我的父母、兄弟、姊妹和他们所有的亲人，救我们脱离死亡。”

14 “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”

14 二人便对她说：“只要你不泄露我们的事，我们愿意用性命担保，当耶和华把这地方赐给我们的时候，我们一定守信善待你。”

15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

15 喇合的房子就在城墙边，她就住在城墙上，于是她用绳子把二人从窗口缒下去，

16 “Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

16 并对他们说：“你们往山上去，免得被追捕的人发现。你们要在那里躲三天，等追捕的人回城后再走。”

17 The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

17 二人对她说：“要让我们信守誓言，你必须这样做：

18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

18 我们来攻占这座城的时候，你要把这条朱红色绳子系在缒我们下去的窗户上，并且把你的父母、兄弟、姊妹和他们的亲人都召集到你家里。

19 If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

19 倘若有人离开这房子跑到街上遭遇不测，我们不负任何责任。我们一定保证屋内所有人的性命安全。

20 And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

20 如果你泄露我们的事，你要我们起的誓也就作废了。”

21 “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

21 喇合说：“一言为定！”于是她送走他们，把朱红色的绳子系在窗户上。

22 So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.

22 二人到山上躲藏了三天，等追捕的人回去。追捕的人沿途搜索，毫无所获，便回去了。

23 Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.

23 二人便下山，过河回到嫩的儿子约书亚那里，向他禀告整个经过，

24 “The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”

24 又说：“耶和华确实将那整片土地交给我们了，那里的居民听到我们的消息，都吓得胆战心惊。”