2–BOB
Yoshua Yerixoga aygʻoqchilarni yuboradi
1 Yoshua Shitimdagi qarorgohdan ikki kishini yashirincha aygʻoqchi qilib yubordi. Yuborishdan oldin ularga: “Borib, Kanʼon yurtini, ayniqsa, Yerixo shahrini yaxshilab koʻrib kelinglar”, dedi. Aygʻoqchilar Yerixoga ketishdi. Borib, Rahoba ismli bir fohishaning uyida tunab qolishdi. 2 Yerixo shohiga: “Bugun kechqurun Isroil xalqidan bir nechtasi butun yurtimizni tekshirish uchun kelishibdi” degan xabar yetib bordi. 3 Shunda shoh Rahobaga xabar yuborib: “Yurtimizni tekshirishga kelgan kishilar sening uyingga kiribdi. Endi ularni tashqariga olib chiq”, deb buyurdi. 4 Lekin ayol oʻsha kishilarni yashirib qoʻygan edi. U shohning odamlariga shunday dedi: “Toʻgʻri, oʻsha kishilar menikiga kelgan edi, lekin ularning qayerdan kelganini bilmagandim. 5 Kech tushib, shahar darvozasi yopilishidan oldin ular chiqib ketishdi. U kishilar qayerga ketganini bilmayman. Agar tez orqasidan borsangiz, ularni ushlashingiz mumkin.” 6 Aslida Rahoba ularni tomga olib chiqib, quritish uchun yoyib qoʻyilgan zigʻir bogʻlamlari tagiga yashirib qoʻygan edi. 7 Shohning odamlari shahardan chiqib ketishi bilanoq, shahar darvozasi yopildi . Ular aygʻoqchilarni qidirib, Iordan daryosining kechuv joyigacha borishdi.
8 Aygʻoqchilar uxlashga yotishdan oldin Rahoba tomga chiqib, 9 ularga shunday dedi: “Egangiz bizning yurtimizni sizlarga berganligini bilaman. Butun xalqimiz bilan sizlardan qoʻrqib qolganmiz. Shu yerda yashaydiganlarning hammasi sizlar haqingizda eshitib vahimaga tushgan. 10 Biz eshitdik, sizlar Misrdan chiqqaningizdan keyin, Egangiz oldingizda Qizil dengiz suvlarini quritibdi. Iordanning sharq tomonidagi Amor xalqining shohlari Oʻg va Sixoʻnni nima qilganingizni, ularning odamlarini butunlay qirib tashlaganingizni ham eshitdik. 11 Bu voqealar haqida eshitishimiz bilanoq yuraklarimiz orqaga tortib ketdi, sizlardan qoʻrqqanimiz uchun jasoratimizdan asar ham qolmadi. Chunki Egangiz Xudo yeru samodagi Xudodir. 12 Men sizlarga marhamat koʻrsatdim. Endi shuning uchun Egangiz haqi qasam ichib, sening oilangga ham mehribonlik qilamiz, deb kafolat bering. 13 Mana shu kafolat ota–onam, aka–ukam, opa–singillarim va ularga qarashli boʻlganlarni saqlab qolishingizni, bizni oʻlimdan qutqarishingizni bildirsin.” 14 Aygʻoqchilar unga shunday deyishdi: “Agar biz haqimizda hech kimga aytmasang, Egamiz bizga shu yerni berganda, sen va sening oilangga marhamat koʻrsatamiz, deb vaʼda beramiz. Sizlarga biror narsa boʻlsa, Xudo jonimizni olsin.”
15 Rahobaning uyi shahar devorlariga taqalib qurilganligi uchun , derazasi shahardan tashqariga qarab turgan edi. Rahoba mana shu derazadan arqon tushirib, aygʻoqchilarning qochishiga yordam berdi. 16 Ular ketishidan oldin, Rahoba: “Sizlarni quvayotganlar topib olmasligi uchun qirlarga boringlar. Oʻsha yerda uch kun yashirininglar. Ular qaytib kelganlaridan keyin oʻz yoʻlingizga ketaverasiz”, — degan edi. 17-18 Aygʻoqchilar Rahobaga javoban shunday deyishgan edi: “Biz bu yerga hujum qilganimizda mana shu qizil arqonni biz tushadigan derazangga bogʻlab, osiltirib qoʻygin. Oilangdagilarning hammasi — ota–onang, aka–ukang, qarindosh–urugʻlaring uyingda boʻlishi kerak, boʻlmasa, biz senga ichgan qasamimizdan xalos boʻlamiz. 19 Birortasi eshigingdan tashqariga, koʻchaga chiqsa, oʻz oʻlimiga oʻzi javobgar boʻladi, biz gunohkor boʻlmaymiz. Lekin sen bilan uy ichida boʻlganlarga birortasi qoʻl tekkizsa, ularning oʻlimiga biz javobgar boʻlamiz. 20 Lekin mabodo biz haqimizda birovga ogʻiz ochsang, sen bizga ichtirgan qasamdan xalos boʻlamiz.” 21 Rahoba: “Sizlar nima desangiz shunday boʻlsin” degan soʻzlar bilan aygʻoqchilarni chiqarib yubordi. Ular oʻz yoʻllariga ketishdi. Keyin Rahoba qizil arqonni derazasiga bogʻlab qoʻydi.
22 Oʻsha aygʻoqchilar borib, qirlarda uch kun, ularni izlab yurganlar qaytguncha turishdi. Ularni quvib ketganlar yoʻl boʻyidagi hamma joylarni izlab ham hech kimni topa olmadilar. 23 Aygʻoqchilar qirdan qaytib tushishdi. Ular daryoni kechib oʻtib , Yoshuaning oldiga kelib, boʻlgan voqealarning hammasini unga aytib berishdi. 24 Ular Yoshuaga: “Haqiqatan ham Egamiz butun yurtni bizning qoʻlimizga bergan. U yerda yashovchilarning hammasi bizlarni deb vahimaga tushgan”, deyishdi.
1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 ¶ And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things , our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token: 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23 ¶ So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
