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 当下，嫩的儿子约书亚从什亭暗暗打发两个人作探子，吩咐说：「你们去窥探那地和耶利哥。」于是二人去了，来到一个妓女名叫喇合的家里，就在那里躺卧。

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：「今夜有以色列人来到这里窥探此地。」

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 耶利哥王打发人去见喇合说：「那来到你这里、进了你家的人要交出来，因为他们来窥探全地。」

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 女人将二人隐藏，就回答说：「那人果然到我这里来；他们是哪里来的我却不知道。

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，他们出去了，往哪里去我却不知道。你们快快地去追赶，就必追上。」（

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 先是女人领二人上了房顶，将他们藏在那里所摆的麻秸中。）

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 那些人就往约旦河的渡口追赶他们去了。追赶他们的人一出去，城门就关了。

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

8 二人还没有躺卧，女人就上房顶，到他们那里，

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 对他们说：「我知道耶和华已经把这地赐给你们，并且因你们的缘故我们都惊慌了。这地的一切居民在你们面前心都消化了；

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 因为我们听见你们出埃及的时候，耶和华怎样在你们前面使红海的水干了，并且你们怎样待约旦河东的两个亚摩利王西宏和噩，将他们尽行毁灭。

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 我们一听见这些事，心就消化了。因你们的缘故，并无一人有胆气。耶和华—你们的 神本是上天下地的 神。

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 现在我既是恩待你们，求你们指着耶和华向我起誓，也要恩待我父家，并给我一个实在的证据，

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 要救活我的父母、弟兄、姊妹，和一切属他们的，拯救我们性命不死。」

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 二人对她说：「你若不泄漏我们这件事，我们情愿替你们死。耶和华将这地赐给我们的时候，我们必以慈爱诚实待你。」

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 于是女人用绳子将二人从窗户里缒下去；因她的房子是在城墙边上，她也住在城墙上。

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 她对他们说：「你们且往山上去，恐怕追赶的人碰见你们；要在那里隐藏三天，等追赶的人回来，然后才可以走你们的路。」

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

17 二人对她说：「你要这样行。不然，你叫我们所起的誓就与我们无干了。

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 我们来到这地的时候，你要把这条朱红线绳系在缒我们下去的窗户上，并要使你的父母、弟兄，和你父的全家都聚集在你家中。

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 凡出了你家门往街上去的，他的罪 必归到自己的头上，与我们无干了。凡在你家里的，若有人下手害他，流他血的罪就归到我们的头上。

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

20 你若泄漏我们这件事，你叫我们所起的誓就与我们无干了。」

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 女人说：「照你们的话行吧！」于是打发他们去了，又把朱红线绳系在窗户上。

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，在那里住了三天，等着追赶的人回去了。追赶的人一路找他们，却找不着。

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 二人就下山回来，过了河，到嫩的儿子约书亚那里，向他述说所遭遇的一切事；

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 又对约书亚说：「耶和华果然将那全地交在我们手中；那地的一切居民在我们面前心都消化了。」