1 Yahawashawai (Joshua) the ban (son) of Nawan (Nun) charash (secretly) shalach (send) shanayam (two) ban (son) out of Shatayam (Shittim) as maragalayam (spies), amar (said), “yalak (go), raah (see / saw) the aratz (Earth/land), including Yarayachaw (Jericho).” They yalak (went) and bawaa (bring) into the ayashah (woman / wife) of a prostitute whose sham (name) was Rachab (Rahab), and shakab (slept) there.
2 The malak (king) of Yarayachaw (Jericho) was amar (said), “Behold, anashayam (men) of the banay (my son) of Yashar-Al (Israel) bawaa (bring) in here tonight to spy out the aratz (Earth/land).”
3 The malak (king) of Yarayachaw (Jericho) shalach (send) to Rachab (Rahab), amar (said), “yatzaa (go out / come out) out the anashayam (men) who bawaa (bring) come to you, who bawaa (bring) entered into your bayath (house); for they bawaa (bring) come to spy out all the aratz (Earth/land).”
4 The ayashah (woman / wife) laqach (take / seize) the shanayam (two) anashayam (men) and tzapan (hid) them. Then she amar (said), “Yes, the anashayam (men) bawaa (bring) to me, but I didn't yadai (know) ayan (NO ONE) they came from.
5 It happened about the time of the sagar (shutting) of the shair (gate), when it was chashak (darkness), that the anashayam (men) yatzaa (go out / come out) out. Where the anashayam (men) halak (move), I don't yadai (know). Radap (pursue) them mahar (quickly); for you will nashag (overtake) them.”
6 But she had ilah (go up / offer) them up to the gag (roof), and taman (hid) them with the itz (stalks) of pashathah (flax), which she had irak (laid) in order on the gag (roof).
7 The anashayam (men) radap (pursued) them the darak (way) to the Yaradan (Jordan) to the maibarawath (fords): and as soon as those who radap (pursued) them yatzaa (go out / come out) gone out, they sagar (shut) the shair (gate).
8 Before they had shakab (laid) down, she ilah (go up / offer) up to them on the gag (roof);
9 And she amar (spoke) to the anashayam (men), “I yadai (know) that Yahawah () nathan (give) given you the aratz (Earth/land), and that the ayamah (fear) of you napal (fall / be cast down) fallen on us, and that all the yashabay (inhabitants) of the aratz (Earth/land) mawag (melt) away panayam (face) you.
10 For we have shamai (hearken / hear) how Yahawah () yabash (dry land) up the mayam (Waters) of the sawap (red) yam (sea/waters) panayam (face) you, when you yatzaa (go out / come out) out of Matzarayam (Egypt); and what you ishah (make) to the shanayam (two) malakay (kings) of the Amaray (Amorites), who were ibar (beyond) the Yaradan (Jordan), to Sayachawan (Sihon) and to Iwag (Og), whom you charam (utterly) destroyed.
11 As soon as we had shamai (hearken / hear) it, our labab (hearts) masas (melted), neither did there qawam (rise up) any more rawach (spirit / wind) in any ayash (man / husband), panayam (face) of you: for Yahawah () your Alahayam (), he is Alahayam () in shamayam (Shamayam / Heavens) mail (top/above), and on aratz (Earth/land) beneath.
12 Now therefore, please shabai (swear / take oath) to me by Yahawah (), kay (surely) I ishah (make) dealt chasad (grace) with you, that you also will ishah (make) chasad (grace) with my ab (father) bayath (house), and nathan (give) me a amath (truth) awath (sign / mark / miracle);
13 And that you will chayah (save) alive my ab (father), my am (mother), my ach (brother/kinsman), and my achawath (sisters), and natzal (all) that they have, and will deliver our lives from mawath (death).”
14 The anashayam (men) amar (spoke) to her, “Our napash (soul) for yours, if you don't talk about this dabar (word / matter) of ours; and it shall be, when Yahawah () nathan (give) us the aratz (Earth/land), that we will ishah (make) chasad (grace) and truly with you.”
15 Then she yarad (let) them down by a chabal (cord) baid (through) the chalawan (window); for her bayath (house) was on the qayar (side) of the chawamah (wall), and she lived on the chawamah (wall).
16 She amar (said) to them, “yalak (go) to the har (mountain), lest the radapayam (pursuers) find you; and chabah (hide) yourselves there shalawash (three) yamayam (days), until the radapayam (pursuers) have shawab (turn). Afterward, you may yalak (go) your darak (way).”
17 The anashayam (men) amar (said) to her, “We will be naqay (guiltless) of this your shabawaih (oath) which you have made us to shabai (swear / take oath).
18 Behold, when we bawaa (bring) into the aratz (Earth/land), you shall qashar (bind) this line of shanay (second) chawat (thread) in the chalawan (window) which you used to let us down. You shall asap (gather) to yourself into the bayath (house) your ab (father), your am (mother), your ach (brother/kinsman), and all your ab (father) bayath (house).
19 It shall be that whoever yatzaa (go out / come out) out of the dalathay (doors) of your bayath (house) into the chawatz (street), his dam (blood) will be on his raash (head), and we will be naqay (guiltless). Whoever is with you in the bayath (house), his dam (blood) shall be on our raash (head), if any yad (hand) is on him.
20 But if you talk about this dabar (word / matter) of ours, then we shall be naqay (guiltless) of your shabawaih (oath) which you have made us to shabai (swear / take oath).”
21 She amar (said), “According to your dabar (word / matter), so be it.” She shalach (send) them away, and they departed. She tied the shanay (second) line in the chalawan (window).
22 They yalak (went), and bawaa (bring) to the har (mountain), and stayed there shalawash (three) yamayam (days), until the radapayam (pursuers) had shawab (turn). The radapayam (pursuers) baqash (sought) them throughout all the darak (way), but didn't matzaa (find) them.
23 Then the shanayam (two) anashayam (men) shawab (turn), descended from the har (mountain), ibar (pass over/through) over, and bawaa (bring) to Yahawashawai (Joshua) the ban (son) of Nawan (Nun); and they sapar (book) him all that matzaa (had) happened to them.
24 They amar (spoke) to Yahawashawai (Joshua), “kay (surely) Yahawah () nathan (give) delivered into our yad (hand) all the aratz (Earth/land). Moreover, all the yashabay (inhabitants) of the aratz (Earth/land) mawag (melt) away panayam (face) us.”