Giosuè 2

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Misit ergo Iosue filius Nun de Settim duos viros exploratores in abscondito et dixit eis; “Ite et considerate terram urbemque Iericho ”. Qui pergentes ingressi sunt domum mulieris meretricis nomine Rahab et quieverunt ibi.	1 And Josue the son of Nun sent from Setim two men, to spy secretly: and said to them: Go, and view the land and the city of Jericho. n They went and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot named Rahab, and lodged with her.
2 Nuntiatumque est regi Iericho et dictum: “ Ecce viri ingressi sunt huc per noctem de filiis Israel, ut explorarent terram ”.	2 And it was told the king of Jericho, and was said : Behold there are men come in hither, by night, of the children of Israel, to spy the land.
3 Misitque rex Iericho ad Rahab dicens: “ Educ viros, qui venerunt ad te et ingressi sunt domum tuam; exploratores quippe sunt et omnem terram considerare venerunt ”.	3 And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying: Bring forth the men that came to thee, and are entered into thy house: for they are spies, and are come to view all the land.
4 Tollensque mulier viros abscondit et ait: “ Fateor, venerunt ad me, sed nesciebam unde essent;	4 And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:
5 cumque porta clauderetur in tenebris, et illi pariter exierunt, nescio quo abierunt. Persequimini cito et comprehendetis eos ”.	5 And at the time of shutting the gate in the dark, they also went out together. I know not whither they are gone: pursue after them quickly, and you will overtake them.
6 Ipsa autem fecit ascendere viros in solarium domus suae operuitque eos lini stipula, quae ibi erat.	6 But she made the men go up to the top of her house, and covered them with the stalks of flax, which was there.
7 Hi autem, qui missi fuerant, secuti sunt eos per viam, quae ducit ad vadum Iordanis; illisque egressis, statim porta clausa est.	7 Now they that were sent, pursued after them, by the way that leadeth to the fords of the Jordan: and as soon as they were gone out, the gate was presently shut.
8 Necdum obdormierant qui latebant, et ecce mulier ascendit ad eos et ait:	8 The men that were hidden were not yet asleep, when behold the woman went up to them, and said:
9 “ Novi quod tradiderit Dominus vobis terram, et irruit in nos terror vester, et elanguerunt omnes habitatores terrae coram vobis.
10 Audivimus enim quod siccaverit Dominus aquas maris Rubri ad vestrum introitum, quando egressi estis ex Aegypto, et quae feceritis duobus Amorraeorum regibus, qui erant trans Iordanem, Sehon et Og, quos interfecistis.	10 the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: Sehon and Og whom you slew.
11 Et haec audientes pertimuimus, et elanguit cor nostrum, nec remansit in nobis spiritus ad introitum vestrum; Dominus enim Deus vester ipse est Deus in caelo sursum et in terra deorsum.	11 I know that the Lord hath given this land to you: for the dread of you is fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength.
12 Nunc ergo iurate mihi per Dominum, ut, quomodo ego feci vobiscum misericordiam, ita et vos faciatis cum domo patris mei detisque mihi signum verum,	12 We have heard that
13 ut salvetis patrem meum et matrem, fratres ac sorores meas et omnia, quae eorum sunt, et eruatis animas nostras de morte ”.	13 And hearing these things we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.
14 Qui responderunt ei: “ Anima nostra sit pro vobis in mortem, si tamen non prodideris; cumque tradiderit nobis Dominus terram, faciemus in te misericordiam et veritatem ”.	14 Now therefore swear ye to me by the Lord, that as I have shewn mercy to you, so you also will shew mercy to my father's house: and give me a true token,
15 Demisit ergo eos per funem de fenestra; domus enim eius haerebat muro, et in muro habitabat.	15 That you will save my father and mother, my brethren end sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death.
16 Dixitque ad eos: “ Ad montana pergite, ne forte occurrant vobis persecutores, ibique latete diebus tribus, donec redeant; et postea ibitis per viam vestram.	16 They answered her: Be our lives for you unto death, only if thou betray us not. And when the Lord shall have delivered us the land, we will shew thee mercy and truth.
17 Qui dixerunt ad eam: “ Innoxii erimus a iuramento hoc, quo adiurasti nos,	17 Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall.
18 si, ingredientibus nobis terram, signum fuerit funiculus iste coccineus, et ligaveris eum in fenestra, per quam nos demisisti, et patrem tuum ac matrem fratresque et omnem cognationem tuam congregaveris in domum tuam.	18 And she said to them: Get ye up to the mountains, lest perhaps they meet you as they return: and there lie ye hid three days, till they come back, and so you shall go on your way.
19 Qui ostium domus tuae egressus fuerit, sanguis ipsius erit in caput eius, et nos erimus innoxii; cunctorum autem sanguis, qui tecum fuerint in domo, redundabit in caput nostrum, si eos aliquis tetigerit.	19 And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear:
20 Quod si prodideris hoc verbum, erimus mundi ab hoc iuramento, quo adiurasti nos ”.	20 If when we come into the land, this scarlet cord be a sign, and thou tie it in the window, by which thou hast let us down: and gather together thy father and mother, and brethren and all thy kindred into thy house.
21 Et illa respondit: “ Sicut locuti estis, ita fiat ”. Dimittensque eos, ut pergerent, appendit funiculum coccineum in fenestra.	21 Whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we shall be quit. But the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house, shall light upon our head, if any man touch them.
22 Illi vero ambulantes pervenerunt ad montana et manserunt ibi tres dies, donec reverterentur, qui fuerant persecuti; quaerentes enim per omnem viam non reppererunt eos.	22 But if thou wilt betray us, and utter this word abroad, we shall be quit of this oath which thou hast made us swear.
23 Duo viri reversi sunt et descenderunt de monte et, transmisso Iordane, venerunt ad Iosue filium Nun narraveruntque ei omnia, quae acciderant sibi,	23 And she answered: As you have spoken, so be it done. And sending them on their way, she hung the scarlet cord in the window.
24 atque dixerunt: “ Tradidit Dominus in manus nostras omnem terram, et timore prostrati sunt cuncti habitatores eius in conspectu nostro ”.	24 But they went and came to the mountains, and stayed there three days till they that pursued them were returned. For having sought them through all the way, they found them not.
	25 And when they were gone back into the city, the spies returned, and came down from the mountain: and passing over the Jordan, they came to Josue the son of Nun, and told him all that befel them.