Joshua 2
1 तब नून के पुत्र यहोशू ने दो भेदियों को शित्तीम से चुपके से भेज दिया, और उन से कहा, जा कर उस देश और यरीहो को देखो। तुरन्त वे चल दिए, और राहाब नाम किसी वेश्या के घर में जा कर सो गए।
2 तब किसी ने यरीहो के राजा से कहा, कि आज की रात कई एक इस्राएली हमारे देश का भेद लेने को यहां आए हुए हैं।
3 तब यरीहो के राजा ने राहाब के पास यों कहला भेजा, कि जो पुरूष तेरे यहां आए हैं उन्हें बाहर ले आ; क्योंकि वे सारे देश का भेद लेने को आए हैं।
4 उस स्त्री ने दोनों पुरूषों को छिपा रखा; और इस प्रकार कहा, कि मेरे पास कई पुरूष आए तो थे, परन्तु मैं नहीं जानती कि वे कहां के थे;
5 और जब अन्धेरा हुआ, और फाटक बन्द होने लगा, तब वे निकल गए; मुझे मालूम नहीं कि वे कहां गए; तुम फुर्ती करके उनका पीछा करो तो उन्हें जा पकड़ोगे।
6 उसने उन को घर की छत पर चढ़ाकर सनई की लकडिय़ों के नीचे छिपा दिया था जो उसने छत पर सजा कर रखी थी।
7 वे पुरूष तो यरदन का मार्ग ले उनकी खोज में घाट तक चले गए; और ज्योंही उन को खोजने वाले फाटक से निकले त्योंही फाटक बन्द किया गया।
8 और ये लेटने न पाए थे कि वह स्त्री छत पर इनके पास जा कर
9 इन पुरूषों से कहने लगी, मुझे तो निश्चय है कि यहोवा ने तुम लोगों को यह देश दिया है, और तुम्हारा भय हम लोगों के मन में समाया है, और इस देश के सब निवासी तुम्हारे कारण घबरा रहे हैं।
10 क्योंकि हम ने सुना है कि यहोवा ने तुम्हारे मिस्र से निकलने के समय तुम्हारे साम्हने लाल समुद्र का जल सुखा दिया। और तुम लोगों ने सीहोन और ओग नाम यरदन पार रहने वाले एमोरियों के दोनों राजाओं को सत्यानाश कर डाला है।
11 और यह सुनते ही हमारा मन पिघल गया, और तुम्हारे कारण किसी के जी में जी न रहा; क्योंकि तुम्हारा परमेश्वर यहोवा ऊपर के आकाश का और नीचे की पृथ्वी का परमेश्वर है।
12 अब मैं ने जो तुम पर दया की है, इसलिये मुझ से यहोवा की शपथ खाओ कि तुम भी मेरे पिता के घराने पर दया करोगे, और इसकी सच्ची चिन्हानी मुझे दो,
13 कि तुम मेरे माता-पिता, भाइयों और बहिनों को, और जो कुछ उनका है उन सभों को भी जीवित रख छोड़ो, और हम सभों का प्राण मरने से बचाओगे।
14 तब उन पुरूषों ने उस से कहा, यदि तू हमारी यह बात किसी पर प्रगट न करे, तो तुम्हारे प्राण के बदले हमारा प्राण जाए; और जब यहोवा हम को यह देश देगा, तब हम तेरे साथ कृपा और सच्चाई से बर्ताव करेंगे।
15 तब राहाब जिसका घर शहरपनाह पर बना था, और वह वहीं रहती थीं, उसने उन को खिड़की से रस्सी के बल उतार के नगर के बाहर कर दिया।
16 और उसने उन से कहा, पहाड़ को चले जाओ, ऐसा न हो कि खोजने वाले तुम को पाएं; इसलिये जब तक तुम्हारे खोजने वाले लौट न आएं तब तक, अर्थात तीन दिन वहीं छिपे रहता, उसके बाद अपना मार्ग लेना।
17 उन्होंने उस से कहा, जो शपथ तू ने हम को खिलाई है उसके विषय में हम तो निर्दोष रहेंगे।
18 तुम, जब हम लोग इस देश में आएंगे, तब जिस खिड़की से तू ने हम को उतारा है उस में यही लाल रंग के सूत की डोरी बान्ध देना; और अपने माता पिता, भाइयों, वरन अपने पिता के घराने को इसी घर में अपने पास इकट्ठा कर रखना।
19 तब जो कोई तेरे घर के द्वार से बाहर निकले, उसके खून का दोष उसी के सिर पड़ेगा, और हम निर्दोष ठहरेंगे: परन्तु यदि तेरे संग घर में रहते हुए किसी पर किसी का हाथ पड़े, तो उसके खून का दोष हमारे सिर पर पड़ेगा।
20 फिर यदि तू हमारी यह बात किसी पर प्रगट करे, तो जो शपथ तू ने हम को खिलाई है उस से हम निर्बन्ध ठहरेंगे।
21 उसने कहा, तुम्हारे वचनों के अनुसार हो। तब उसने उन को विदा किया, और वे चले गए; और उसने लाल रंग की डोरी को खिड़की में बान्ध दिया।
22 और वे जा कर पहाड़ तक पहुंचे, और वहां खोजने वालों के लौटने तक, अर्थात तीन दिन तक रहे; और खोजने वाले उन को सारे मार्ग में ढूंढ़ते रहे और कहीं न पाया।
23 तब वे दोनों पुरूष पहाड़ से उतरे, और पार जा कर नून के पुत्र यहोशू के पास पहुंचकर जो कुछ उन पर बीता था उसका वर्णन किया।
24 और उन्होंने यहोशू से कहा, निसन्देह यहोवा ने वह सारा देश हमारे हाथ में कर दिया है; फिर इसके सिवाय उसके सारे निवासी हमारे कारण घबरा रहे हैं॥
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.
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.