Joshua 9
1 यह सुनकर हित्ती, एमोरी, कनानी, परिज्जी, हिव्वी, और यबूसी, जितने राजा यरदन के इस पार पहाड़ी देश में और नीचे के देश में, और लबानोन के साम्हने के महानगर के तट पर रहते थे,
2 वे एक मन हो कर यहोशू और इस्राएलियों से लड़ने को इकट्ठे हुए॥
3 जब गिबोन के निवासियों ने सुना कि यहोशू ने यरीहो और ऐ से क्या क्या किया है,
4 तब उन्होंने छल किया, और राजदूतों का भेष बनाकर अपने गदहों पर पुराने बोरे, और पुराने फटे, और जोड़े हुए मदिरा के कुप्पे लादकर
5 अपने पांवों में पुरानी गांठी हुई जूतियां, और तन पर पुराने वस्त्र पहिने, और अपने भोजन के लिये सूखी और फफूंदी लगी हुई रोटी ले ली।
6 तब वे गिलगाल की छावनी में यहोशू के पास जा कर उस से और इस्राएली पुरूषों से कहने लगे, हम दूर देश सें आए हैं; इसलिये अब तुम हम से वाचा बान्धो।
7 इस्राएली पुरूषों ने उन हिव्वियों से कहा, क्या जाने तुम हमारे मध्य में ही रहते हो; फिर हम तुम से वाचा कैसे बान्धे?
8 उन्होंने यहोशू से कहा, हम तेरे दास हैं। तब यहोशू ने उन से कहा, तुम कौन हो? और कहां से आए हो?
9 उन्होंने उस से कहा, तेरे दास बहुत दूर के देश से तेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा का नाम सुनकर आए हैं; क्योंकि हम ने यह सब सुना है, अर्थात उसकी कीर्ति और जो कुछ उसने मिस्र में किया,
10 और जो कुछ उसने एमोरियों के दोनों राजाओं से किया जो यरदन के उस पार रहते थे, अर्थात हेश्बोन के राजा सीहोन से, और बाशान के राजा ओग से जो अश्तारोत में था।
11 इसलिये हमारे यहां के वृद्धलोगों ने और हमारे देश के सब निवासियों ने हम से कहा, कि मार्ग के लिये अपने साथ भोजनवस्तु ले कर उन से मिलने को जाओ, और उन से कहना, कि हम तुम्हारे दास हैं; इसलिये अब तुम हम से वाचा बान्धो।
12 जिस दिन हम तुम्हारे पास चलने को निकले उस दिन तो हम ने अपने अपने घर से यह रोटी गरम और ताजी ली थी; परन्तु अब देखो, यह सूख गई है और इस में फफूंदी लग गई है।
13 फिर ये जो मदिरा के कुप्पे हम ने भर लिये थे, तब तो नये थे, परन्तु देखो अब ये फट गए हैं; और हमारे ये वस्त्र और जूतियां बड़ी लम्बी यात्रा के कारण पुरानी हो गई हैं।
14 तब उन पुरूषों ने यहोवा से बिना सलाह लिये उनके भोजन में से कुछ ग्रहण किया।
15 तब यहोशू ने उन से मेल करके उन से यह वाचा बान्धी, कि तुम को जीवित छोड़ेंगे; और मण्डली के प्रधानों ने उन से शपथ खाई।
16 और उनके साथ वाचा बान्धने के तीन दिन के बाद उन को यह समाचार मिला; कि वे हमारे पड़ोस के रहने वाले लोग हैं, और हमारे ही मध्य में बसे हैं।
17 तब इस्राएली कूच करके तीसरे दिन उनके नगरों को जिनके नाम गिबोन, कपीरा, बेरोत, और किर्यत्यारीम है पहुंच गए,
18 और इस्राएलियों ने उन को न मारा, क्योंकि मण्डली के प्रधानों ने उनके संग इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा की शपथ खाई थी। तब सारी मण्डली के लोग प्रधानों के विरुद्ध कुड़कुड़ाने लगे।
19 तब सब प्रधानों ने सारी मण्डली से कहा, हम ने उन से इस्राएल के परमेश्वर यहोवा की शपथ खाई है, इसलिये अब उन को छू नहीं सकते।
20 हम उन से यही करेंगे, कि उस शपथ के अनुसार हम उन को जीवित छोड़ देंगे, नहीं तो हमारी खाई हुई शपथ के कारण हम पर क्रोध पड़ेगा
21 फिर प्रधानों ने उन से कहा, वे जीवित छोड़े जाएं। सो प्रधानों के इस वचन के अनुसार वे सारी मण्डली के लिये लकड़हारे और पानी भरने वाले बने।
22 फिर यहोशू ने उन को बुलवाकर कहा, तुम तो हमारे ही बीच में रहते हो, फिर तुम ने हम से यह कहकर क्यों छल किया है, कि हम तुम से बहुत दूर रहते हैं?
23 इसलिये अब तुम शापित हो, और तुम में से ऐसा कोई न रहेगा जो दास, अर्थात मेरे परमेश्वर के भवन के लिये लकड़हारा और पानी भरनेवाला न हो।
24 उन्होंने यहोशू को उत्तर दिया, तेरे दासों को यह निश्चय बतलाया गया था, कि तेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा ने अपने दास मूसा को आज्ञा दी थी कि तुम को वह सारा देश दे, और उसके सारे निवासियों तुम्हारे साम्हने से सर्वनाश करे; इसलिये हम लोगों को तुम्हारे कारण से अपने प्राणों के लाले पड़ गए, इसलिये हम ने ऐसा काम किया।
25 और अब हम तेरे वश में हैं, जैसा बर्ताव तुझे भला लगे और ठीक जान पड़े, वैसा ही व्यवहार हमारे साथ कर।
26 तब उसने उन से वैसा ही किया, और उन्हें इस्राएलियों के हाथ से ऐसा बचाया, कि वे उन्हें घात करने न पाए।
27 परन्तु यहोशू ने उसी दिन उन को मण्डली के लिये, और जो स्थान यहोवा चुन ले उसमें उसकी वेदी के लिये, लकड़हारे और पानी भरने वाले नियुक्त कर दिया, जैसा आज तक है॥
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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.