Yeşu 2

¹Nave oğlu Yeşu, Şattim’den gözetlemek üzere iki genç gönderip onlara, "Yukarı çıkın, ülkeyi ve Eriha’yı inceleyin" dedi. İki genç giderek Eriha’ya girdiler ve Rahav adında fahişe bir kadının evine girip orada konakladılar.

²Eriha kralına, "İşte, İsrailoğulları’ndan bazı adamlar ülkeyi gözetlemek için buraya girmiş bulunuyorlar" diye bildirildi.

³Bunun üzerine Eriha kralı Rahav’a haber gönderip şöyle dedi: "Geceleyin evine girmiş olan adamları dışarı çıkar; çünkü onlar tüm ülkeyi gözetlemek için gelmişlerdir."

⁴Ama kadın iki adamı alıp gizledi ve onlara şöyle dedi: "Adamlar bana geldiler,

⁵karanlık çöktüğünde ve kapı kapatılıyorken adamlar çıktılar. Nereye gittiklerini bilmiyorum. Ardlarından gidin, belki onlara yetişirsiniz."

⁶Oysa kadın onları çatıya çıkarmış ve çatının üzerinde kendisi için istiflenmiş olan keten saplarının arasına gizlemişti.

⁷Böylece adamlar, Şeria Irmağı’nın geçitlerine doğru giden yol boyunca onların ardına düştüler ve kapı kapandı.

⁸Onları kovalayanlar çıktıktan sonra, adamlar henüz uyumadan önce, kadın çatıya yanlarına çıktı

⁹ve onlara şöyle dedi: "Rab’bin bu ülkeyi size verdiğini biliyorum; çünkü sizin korkunuz üzerimize çökmüş bulunuyor.

¹⁰Çünkü Mısır ülkesinden çıktığınızda, Rab Tanrı’nın Kızıldeniz’i önünüzde nasıl kuruttuğunu ve Şeria’nın ötesindeki iki Amori kralına, tamamen yok ettiğiniz Sihon ile Og’a neler yaptığını duyduk.

¹¹Bunu duyduğumuzda yüreğimiz şaşkına döndü ve sizin yüzünüzden hiçbirimizde artık derman kalmadı; çünkü Tanrınız Rab, yukarıda gökte ve aşağıda yerde Tanrı’dır.

¹²Şimdi lütfen Rab Tanrı adına bana ant için ki, ben size merhamet ettiğim gibi, siz de babamın evine merhamet edeceksiniz.

¹³Babamın evini, annemi, kardeşlerimi, bütün ev halkımı ve onlara ait olan her şeyi sağ kurtaracaksınız ve canımı ölümden çekip çıkaracaksınız."

¹⁴Adamlar ona, "Sizin canınız yerine bizim canımız ölüme gitsin" dediler. Kadın da, "Rab kenti size teslim ettiğinde, bana merhamet ve sadakat göstereceksiniz" dedi.

¹⁵Bunun üzerine kadın onları pencereden aşağı sarkıttı.

¹⁶Ve onlara, "Dağlık bölgeye gidin ki sizi kovalayanlarla karşılaşmayasınız" dedi, "kovalayanlar arkanızdan geri dönene dek orada üç gün gizlenin; ondan sonra yolunuza gidersiniz."

¹⁷Adamlar ona dediler ki: "Bize ettirdiğin bu ant konusunda suçsuzuz.

¹⁸İşte, biz kentin bir bölgesine girdiğimizde, sen bu işareti koyacaksın; bizi kendisinden aşağı indirdiğin pencereye bu kırmızı ipi bağlayacaksın. Babanı, anneni, kardeşlerini ve babanın bütün ev halkını kendi evinde bir araya toplayacaksın.

¹⁹Ve kim senin evinin kapısından dışarı çıkarsa, sorumluluğu kendisine ait olacaktır, biz ise bize ettirdiğin bu ant konusunda suçsuz olacağız. Ama seninle birlikte evde olanların başına bir şey gelirse, sorumlusu biz olacağız.

²⁰Ama biri bize haksızlık eder ya da bu sözlerimizi ifşa ederse, bize ettirdiğin bu ant konusunda suçsuz olacağız."

²¹Kadın onlara, "Sözünüze göre olsun" dedi ve onları gönderdi.

²²Böylece gidip dağlık bölgeye ulaştılar ve orada üç gün kaldılar. Onları kovalayanlar her yolu aradılarsa da bulamadılar.

²³Sonra iki genç geri döndü, dağdan inip karşıya geçtiler ve Nave oğlu Yeşu’nun yanına gelerek başlarına gelen her şeyi ona anlattılar.

²⁴Ve Yeşu’ya, "Rab bütün ülkeyi elimize teslim etti" dediler, "üstelik o ülkenin bütün sakinleri korkumuzdan dehşete kapılıp sindi."

¹ΚΑΙ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Ιησοῦς υἱὸς Ναυὴ ἐκ Σαττὶν δύο νεανίσκους κατασκοπεῦσαι λέγων· ἀνάβητε καὶ ἴδετε τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν ῾Ιεριχώ. καὶ πορευθέντες οἱ δύο νεανίσκοι εἰσήλθοσαν εἰς ῾Ιεριχὼ καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν εἰς οἰκίαν γυναικὸς πόρνης, ᾗ ὄνομα Ῥαάβ, καὶ κατέλυσαν ἐκεῖ.

²καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ ῾Ιεριχὼ λέγοντες· εἰσπεπόρευνται ὧδε ἄνδρες τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν γῆν.

³καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ῾Ιεριχὼ καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Ῥαὰβ λέγων· ἐξάγαγε τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς εἰσπεπορευμένους εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου τὴν νύκτα, κατασκοπεῦσαι γὰρ τὴν γῆν ἥκασι.

⁴καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοὺς δύο ἄνδρας ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λέγουσα· εἰσεληλύθασι πρός με οἱ ἄνδρες·

⁵ὡς δὲ ἡ πύλη ἐκλείετο ἐν τῷ σκότει, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἐξῆλθον, οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ποῦ πεπόρευνται· καταδιώξατε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, εἰ καταλήψεσθε αὐτούς.

⁶αὕτη δὲ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα καὶ ἔκρυψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ λινοκαλάμῃ τῇ ἐστοιβασμένῃ αὐτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος.

⁷καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου ἐπὶ τὰς διαβάσεις, καὶ ἡ πύλη ἐκλείσθη.

⁸καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξήλθοσαν οἱ διώκοντες ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὶν ἢ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτούς, αὕτη δὲ ἀνέβη πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα

⁹καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν Κύριος τὴν γῆν, ἐπιπέπτωκε γὰρ ὁ φόβος ὑμῶν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς·

¹⁰ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ ὅτι κατεξήρανε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, ὅτε ἐξεπορεύεσθε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὅσα ἐποίησε τοῖς δυσὶ βασιλεῦσι τῶν ᾿Αμορραίων, οἳ ἦσαν πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, τῷ Σηὼν καὶ ῎Ωγ, οὓς ἐξωλοθρεύσατε αὐτούς.

¹¹καὶ ἀκούσαντες ἡμεῖς ἐξέστημεν τῇ καρδίᾳ ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστη ἔτι πνεῦμα ἐν οὐδενὶ ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν Θεὸς ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κάτω.

¹²καὶ νῦν ὀμόσατέ μοι Κύριον τὸν Θεόν, ὅτι ποιῶ ὑμῖν ἔλεος καὶ ποιήσατε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔλεος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου

¹³καὶ ζωγρήσατε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου, τὴν μητέρα μου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐξελεῖσθε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ οἱ ἄνδρες· ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ἀνθ’ ὑμῶν εἰς θάνατον. καὶ αὐτὴ εἶπεν· ὡς ἂν παραδῷ Κύριος ὑμῖν τὴν πόλιν, ποιήσετε εἰς ἐμὲ ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν.

¹⁵καὶ κατεχάλασεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς θυρίδος

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν ἀπέλθετε, μὴ συναντήσωσιν ὑμῖν οἱ καταδιώκοντες, καὶ κρυβήσεσθε ἐκεῖ τρεῖς ἡμέρας, ἕως ἂν ἀποστρέψωσιν οἱ καταδιώκοντες ὀπίσω ὑμῶν, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτὴν οἱ ἄνδρες· ἀθῷοί ἐσμεν τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ·

¹⁸ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς εἰσπορευόμεθα εἰς μέρος τῆς πόλεως, καὶ θήσεις τὸ σημεῖον, τὸ σπαρτίον τὸ κόκκινον τοῦτο ἐκδήσεις εἰς τὴν θυρίδα, δι’ ἧς κατεβίβασας ἡμᾶς δι’ αὐτῆς, τὸν δὲ πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου καὶ πάντα τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου συνάξεις πρὸς σεαυτὴν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου.

¹⁹καὶ ἔσται πᾶς, ὃς ἂν ἐξέλθῃ τὴν θύραν τῆς οἰκίας σου ἔξω, ἔνοχος ἑαυτῷ ἔσται, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ. καὶ ὅσοι ἐὰν γένωνται μετὰ σοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου, ἡμεῖς ἔνοχοι ἐσόμεθα.

²⁰ἐὰν δέ τις ἡμᾶς ἀδικήσῃ ἢ καὶ ἀποκαλύψῃ τοὺς λόγους ἡμῶν τούτους, ἐσόμεθα ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ.

²¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ὑμῶν ἔστω· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτούς.

²²καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ κατέμειναν ἐκεῖ τρεῖς ἡμέρας· καὶ ἐξεζήτησαν οἱ καταδιώκοντες πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ οὐχ εὕροσαν.

²³καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ δύο νεανίσκοι καὶ κατέβησαν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους καὶ διέβησαν πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν υἱὸν Ναυὴ καὶ διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ συμβεβηκότα αὐτοῖς.

²⁴καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν ὅτι παραδέδωκε Κύριος πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν, καὶ κατέπτηχε πᾶς ὁ κατοικῶν τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην ἀφ’ ἡμῶν.

¹And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy [the land], saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name [was] Raab, and lodged there.

²And it was reported to the king of Jericho, saying, Men of the sons of Israel have come in hither to spy the land.

³And the king of Jericho sent and spoke to Raab, saying, Bring out the men that entered into thine house this night; for they are come to spy out the land.

⁴And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,

⁵but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.

⁶But she [had] brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.

⁷And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

⁸And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;

⁹and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

¹⁰For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

¹¹And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your god [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.

¹²And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do ye also deal mercifully with the house of my father:

¹³and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.

¹⁴And the men said to her, Our life for yours [even] to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, ye shall deal mercifully and truly with me.

¹⁵And she let them down by the window;

¹⁶and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards ye shall depart on your way.

¹⁷And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.

¹⁸Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall go outside the door of thy house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this thine oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with thee in thy house.

²⁰But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.

²¹And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.

²²And they came to the hill-country, and remained there three days; and the pursuers searched all the roads, and found them not.

²³And the two young men returned, and came down out of the mountain; and they went over to Joshua the son of Naue, and told him all things that had happened to them.

²⁴And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.