Josue 9
Ang Biblia (1978)
Ang mga Cananeo ay humanda sa pakikipagbaka. Ang katusuhan ng mga Gabaonita.
9 At nangyari, nang mabalitaan ng lahat ng hari na nangasa dako roon ng Jordan sa lupaing (A)maburol, at sa mga kapatagan, at sa lahat ng baybayin ng (B)malaking dagat sa tapat ng Libano, ng (C)Hetheo, at ng Amorrheo, ng Cananeo, ng Pherezeo, ng Heveo, at ng Jebuseo;
2 (D)Ay nagpipisan upang labanan si Josue at ang Israel, na may pagkakaisa.
3 Nguni't (E)nang mabalitaan ng mga taga (F)Gabaon ang ginawa ni Josue sa Jerico at sa Hai,
4 Ay gumawa naman silang may katusuhan at yumaon at nagpakunwaring sila'y mga sugo, at nagpasan ng mga lumang bayong sa kanilang mga asno at mga sisidlang balat ng alak na luma, at punit at tinahi;
5 At mga tagpi-tagping pangyapak na nakasuot sa kanilang mga paa, at ng mga lumang bihisan na suot nila; at ang lahat na tinapay na kanilang baon ay tuyo at inaamag.
6 At sila'y nagsiparoon kay (G)Josue sa kampamento sa Gilgal, at nangagsabi sa kaniya at sa mga lalake ng Israel, Kami ay mula sa malayong lupain: ngayon nga'y makipagtipan kayo sa amin.
7 At sinabi ng mga lalake ng Israel sa mga (H)Heveo, Marahil kayo'y nananahang kasama namin; (I)at paanong kami ay makikipagtipan sa inyo?
8 At kanilang sinabi kay Josue, (J)Kami ay iyong mga lingkod. At sinabi ni Josue sa kanila, Sino kayo at mula saan kayo?
9 At sinabi nila sa kaniya, Mula sa totoong malayong lupain (K)ang iyong mga lingkod, dahil sa pangalan ng Panginoon mong Dios: sapagka't aming nabalitaan ang (L)kabantugan niya, at ang lahat niyang ginawa sa Egipto,
10 At lahat ng kaniyang ginawa sa dalawang hari ng mga Amorrheo, na nasa dako roon ng Jordan, kay Sehon na hari sa Hesbon, at kay Og, na hari sa Basan, na nasa (M)Astaroth.
11 At ang aming mga matanda at ang lahat na tagaroon sa aming lupain ay nagsalita sa amin, na sinasabi, Magbaon kayo sa inyong kamay ng maipaglalakbay, at yumaon kayo na salubungin ninyo sila, at inyong sabihin sa kanila, Kami ay inyong mga lingkod: at ngayo'y makipagtipan kayo sa amin.
12 Itong aming tinapay ay kinuha naming mainit na pinakabaon namin mula sa aming mga bahay nang araw na kami ay lumabas na patungo sa inyo; nguni't ngayon, narito, tuyo at inaamag:
13 At ang mga sisidlang balat ng alak na ito na aming pinuno ay bago; at, narito, mga hapak: at itong aming mga bihisan at aming mga pangyapak ay naluma dahil sa totoong mahabang paglalakbay.
14 At kumuha ang mga tao sa Israel ng kanilang baon, at (N)hindi humingi ng payo sa bibig ng Panginoon.
15 At si Josue ay (O)nakipagpayapaan sa kanila at nakipagtipan sa kanila, na pabayaan silang mabuhay: at ang mga prinsipe ng kapisanan ay sumumpa sa kanila.
16 At nangyari, sa katapusan ng tatlong araw, pagkatapos na sila'y makapagtipanan sa kanila, na kanilang nabalitaan na sila'y kanilang kalapit bayan, at sila'y nananahang kasama nila.
17 At ang mga anak ni Israel ay naglakbay, at naparoon sa kanilang mga bayan sa ikatlong araw. (P)Ang kanila ngang mga bayan ay Gabaon, Caphira, at Beeroth, at (Q)Kiriath-jearim.
18 At hindi sila sinaktan ng mga anak ni Israel, sapagka't ang mga prinsipe ng kapisanan ay sumumpa sa kanila sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel. At inupasala ng buong kapisanan ang mga prinsipe.
19 Nguni't sinabi ng lahat ng mga prinsipe sa buong kapisanan, Kami ay sumumpa sa kanila sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel: ngayon nga'y hindi natin magagalaw sila.
20 Ito ang ating gagawin sa kanila at sila'y ating pababayaang mabuhay; (R)baka ang pagiinit ay sumaatin dahil sa sumpa na ating isinumpa sa kanila.
21 At sinabi ng mga prinsipe sa kanila, Pabayaan silang mabuhay: sa gayo'y sila'y naging (S)mamumutol ng kahoy at mananalok ng tubig sa buong kapisanan; gaya ng sinalita ng mga prinsipe sa kanila.
Ang Gabaon ay naging alipin.
22 At ipinatawag sila ni Josue, at nagsalita siya sa kanila, na sinasabi, Bakit kayo'y nagdaya sa amin na nagsasabi, Kami ay totoong malayo sa inyo; (T)dangang nananahan kayong kasama namin?
23 Ngayon nga'y (U)sumpain kayo, at hindi mawawalan sa inyo kailan man ng mga alipin, ng mamumutol ng kahoy at gayon din ng mananalok ng tubig sa bahay ng aking Dios.
24 At sila'y sumagot kay Josue, at nagsabi, Sapagka't tunay na nasaysay sa iyong mga lingkod, kung paanong (V)iniutos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios kay Moises na kaniyang lingkod na ibibigay sa inyo ang buong lupain, at inyong lilipulin ang lahat na nananahan sa lupain sa harap ninyo; kaya't (W)ikinatakot naming mainam ang aming buhay dahil sa inyo, at aming ginawa ang bagay na ito.
25 At ngayon, narito, kami ay (X)nasa iyong kamay: kung ano ang inaakala mong mabuti at matuwid na gawin sa amin, ay gawin mo.
26 At gayon ang ginawa niya sa kanila, at iniligtas niya sila sa kamay ng mga anak ni Israel, na hindi sila pinatay.
27 At ginawa sila ni Josue nang araw na yaon na mga mamumutol ng kahoy at mga mananalok ng tubig sa kapisanan, at sa dambana ng Panginoon, hanggang sa araw na ito, sa dakong kaniyang (Y)pipiliin.
Joshua 9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 9
Confederacy Against Israel. 1 When the news reached all the kings west of the Jordan, in the mountain regions and in the Shephelah, and all along the coast of the Great Sea as far as the Lebanon: Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,(A) 2 they gathered together to launch a common attack against Joshua and Israel.
The Gibeonite Deception. 3 On hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, the inhabitants of Gibeon(B) 4 formed their own scheme. They chose provisions for a journey, making use of old sacks for their donkeys, and old wineskins, torn and mended. 5 They wore old, patched sandals and shabby garments; and all the bread they took was dry and crumbly. 6 Thus they journeyed to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal, where they said to him and to the Israelites, “We have come from a far-off land; now, make a covenant with us.”(C) 7 But the Israelites replied to the Hivites,[a] “You may be living in land that is ours. How, then, can we make a covenant with you?” 8 But they answered Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?” 9 They answered him, “Your servants have come from a far-off land, because of the fame of the Lord, your God. For we have heard reports of all that he did in Egypt(D) 10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan,(E) Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. 11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land said to us, ‘Take along provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Say to them: “We are your servants; now make a covenant with us.”’ 12 This bread of ours was still warm when we brought it from home as provisions the day we left to come to you, but now it is dry and crumbly. 13 Here are our wineskins, which were new when we filled them, but now they are torn. Look at our garments and sandals; they are worn out from the very long journey.” 14 Then the Israelite leaders partook of their provisions, without inquiring of the Lord.(F) 15 So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant to let them live,(G) which the leaders of the community sealed with an oath.
Gibeonites Made Vassals. 16 Three days after the covenant was made, the Israelites heard that these people were from nearby, and would be living in Israel. 17 The third day on the road, the Israelites came to their cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim, 18 but did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. When the entire community grumbled against the leaders, 19 these all remonstrated with the community, “We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we cannot harm them. 20 Let us therefore let them live, and so deal with them that no wrath fall upon us because of the oath we have sworn to them.”(H) 21 Thus the leaders said to them, “Let them live, and become hewers of wood and drawers of water[b] for the entire community.” So the community did as the leaders advised them.(I)
22 Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, “Why did you deceive us and say, ‘We live far off from you’?—You live among us! 23 Now are you accursed: every one of you shall always be a slave, hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.” 24 They answered Joshua, “Your servants were fully informed of how the Lord, your God, commanded Moses his servant that you be given the entire land and that all its inhabitants be destroyed before you. Since, therefore, at your advance, we were in great fear for our lives, we acted as we did.(J) 25 And now that we are in your power, do with us what is good and right in your eyes.” 26 [c]Joshua did what he had decided: while he saved them from being killed by the Israelites, 27 on that day he made them, as they still are, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the community and for the altar of the Lord, in the place the Lord would choose.
Footnotes
- 9:7 The Hivites: apparently the Gibeonites belonged to this larger ethnic group (cf. also 11:19), although in 2 Sm 21:2 they are classed as Amorites; both groups are listed among the seven nations of Canaan whom, according to Dt 7:1–2, the Israelites were to dispossess.
- 9:21 Hewers of wood and drawers of water: proverbial terms for those who do menial work; cf. Dt 29:10–11.
- 9:26–27 Later on, Saul violated the immunity of the Gibeonites, but David vindicated it; cf. 2 Sm 21:1–9.
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