Joshua 2

vayyishlakh yehoshua-bbin-nun min-hashittim shenayim-anashim meraggelim kheresh lemor lekhu re'u et-ha'arets ve'et-yerikho vayyelekhu vayyavo'u bet-isha zonah ushemah rakhav vayyishkevu-shammah

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, reconnoiter the region of Jericho.” So they set out, and they came to the house of a certain prostitute named Rahab and lodged there.

vayye'amar lemelekh yerikho lemor hinneh anashim ba'u hennah hallaylah mibbene yisra'el lakhpor et-ha'arets

The king of Jericho was told, “Some men have come here tonight, Israelites, to spy out the country.”

vayyishlakh melekh yerikho el-rakhav lemor hotsi'i ha'anashim habba'im elayikh asher-ba'u levetekh ki lakhpor et-kol-ha'arets ba'u

The king of Jericho thereupon sent orders to Rahab: “Produce the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole country.”

vattiqqakh ha'isha et-shene ha'anashim vattitspeno vattomer ken ba'u elay ha'anashim velo yadati me'ayin hemmah

The woman, however, had taken the two men and hidden them. “It is true,” she said, “the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

vayehi hasha'ar lisgor bakhoshekh veha'anashim yatsa'u lo yadati anah halekhu ha'anashim ridfu maher akharehem ki tassigum

And at dark, when the gate was about to be closed, the men left; and I don’t know where the men went. Quick, go after them, for you can overtake them.”—

vehi he'elatam haggagah vattitmenem befishte ha'ets ha'arukhot lah al-haggag

Now she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax that she had lying on the roof.—

veha'anashim radefu akharehem derekh hayyarden al hammaberot vehasha'ar sagaru akhare ka'asher yatse'u harodefim akharehem

So the men pursued them in the direction of the Jordan down to the fords; and no sooner had the pursuers gone out than the gate was shut behind them.

vehemmah terem yishkavun vehi aletah alehem al-haggag

The spies had not yet gone to sleep when she came up to them on the roof.

vattomer el-ha'anashim yadati ki-natan Adonai lakhem et-ha'arets vekhi-nafelah ematkhem alenu vekhi namogu kol-yosheve ha'arets mippenekhem

She said to the men, “I know that GOD has given the country to you, because dread of you has fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land are quaking before you.

ki shamanu et asher-hovish Adonai et-me yam-suf mippenekhem betsetekhem mimmitsrayim va'asher asitem lishne malkhe ha'emori asher be'ever hayyarden lesikhon ule'og asher hekheramtem otam

For we have heard how GOD dried up the waters of the Sea of Reeds for you when you left Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, whom you doomed.

vannishma vayyimmas levavenu velo-qamah od ruakh be'ish mippenekhem ki Adonai elohekhem hu elohim bashamayim mimma'al ve'al-ha'arets mittakhat

When we heard about it, we lost heart, and no one had any more spirit left because of you; for the ETERNAL your God is the only God in heaven above and on earth below.

ve'attah hishave'u-na li ba-Adonai ki-asiti immakhem khased va'asitem gam-attem im-bet avi khesed unetattem li ot emet

Now, since I have shown loyalty to you, swear to me by GOD that you in turn will show loyalty to my family. Provide me with a reliable sign

vehakhayitem et-avi ve'et-immi ve'et-akhay ve'et-[akhyotay] (khvty) ve'et kol-asher lahem vehitsaltem et-nafshotenu mimmavet

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

vayyomeru lah ha'anashim nafshenu takhtekhem lamut im lo taggidu et-devarenu zeh vehayah betet-Adonai lanu et-ha'arets ve'asinu immakh khesed ve'emet

The men answered her, “Our lives are pledged for yours, even to death! If you do not disclose this mission of ours, we will show you true loyalty when GOD gives us the land.”

vattoridem bakhevel be'ad hakhallon ki vetah beqir hakhomah uvakhomah hi yoshavet

She let them down by a rope through the window—for her dwelling was at the outer side of the city wall and she lived in the actual wall.

vattomer lahem haharah lekhu pen-yifge'u vakhem harodefim venakhbetem shammah sheloshet yamim ad shov harodefim ve'akhar telekhu ledarkekhem

She said to them, “Make for the hills, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Stay there in hiding three days, until the pursuers return; then go your way.”

vayyomeru eleha ha'anashim neqiyyim anakhnu mishevu'atekh hazzeh asher hishbatanu

But the men warned her, “We will be released from this oath that you have made us take

hinneh anakhnu va'im ba'arets et-tiqvat khut hashani hazzeh tiqsheri bakhallon asher horadtenu vo ve'et-avikh ve'et-immekh ve'et-akhayikh ve'et kol-bet avikh ta'asfi elayikh habbayetah

[unless,] when we invade the country, you tie this length of crimson cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your family together in your house;

vehayah kol asher-yetse middalte vetekh hakhutsah damo verosho va'anakhnu neqiyyim vekhol asher yihyeh ittakh babbayit damo veroshenu im-yad tihyeh-bbo

and if anyone ventures outside the doors of your house, their blood will be on their head, and we shall be clear. But if a hand is laid on anyone who remains in the house with you, their blood shall be on our heads.

ve'im-taggidi et-devarenu zeh vehayinu neqiyyim mishevu'atekh asher hishbatanu

And if you disclose this mission of ours, we shall likewise be released from the oath that you made us take.”

vattomer kedivrekhem ken-hu vatteshallekhem vayyelekhu vattiqshor et-tiqvat hashani bakhallon

She replied, “Let it be as you say.” She sent them on their way, and they left; and she tied the crimson cord to the window.

vayyelekhu vayyavo'u haharah vayyeshevu sham sheloshet yamim ad-shavu harodefim vayevaqshu harodefim bekhol-hadderekh velo matsa'u

They went straight to the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers turned back. And so the pursuers, searching all along the road, did not find them.

vayyashuvu shene ha'anashim vayyeredu mehahar vayya'avru vayyavo'u el-yehoshua bin-nun vayesapperu-lo et kol-hammotse'ot otam

Then the two men came down again from the hills and crossed over. They came to Joshua son of Nun and reported to him all that had happened to them.

vayyomeru el-yehoshua ki-natan Adonai beyadenu et-kol-ha'arets vegam-namogu kol-yosheve ha'arets mippanenu

They said to Joshua, “GOD has delivered the whole land into our power; in fact, all the inhabitants of the land are quaking before us.”