YuēShūyàjì 9:22

22 Yuēshūyà zhào le tāmen lái , duì tāmen shuō , wèishénme qī hōng wǒmen shuō wǒmen lí nǐmen shén yuǎn ne . qíshí nǐmen shì zhù zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān .

YuēShūyàjì 9:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:22

And Joshua called for them
The Gibeonites, who came as ambassadors for their people, who were detained at Gilgal until the children of Israel returned from Gibeon; and upon their return, and having made their report to Joshua that they found it to be true that they were near neighbours, Joshua ordered them to be brought before him:

and he spake unto them, saying, wherefore have ye beguiled us?
what is your reason and motive for so doing? what has induced you to act such a deceitful part, to tell such lies and falsehoods, and impose upon us after this manner?

saying, we [are] very far from you, when ye dwell among us:
pretending to come from a very far country, when they were inhabitants of the land Israel were come to possess.

YuēShūyàjì 9:22 In-Context

20 Wǒmen yào rúcǐ daì tāmen , róng tāmen huó zhe , miǎndé yǒu fèn nù yīn wǒmen suǒ qǐ de shì líndào wǒmen shēnshang .

21 Shǒulǐng yòu duì huì zhòng shuō , yào róng tāmen huó zhe . yúshì tāmen wéi quánhuì zhòng zuò le pǐ chái tiǎo shuǐ de rén , zhēng rú shǒulǐng duì tāmen suǒ shuō de huà .

22 Yuēshūyà zhào le tāmen lái , duì tāmen shuō , wèishénme qī hōng wǒmen shuō wǒmen lí nǐmen shén yuǎn ne . qíshí nǐmen shì zhù zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān .

23 Xiànzaì nǐmen shì beì zhòuzǔ de . nǐmen zhōngjiān de rén bì duàn bú le zuò núpú , wéi wǒ shén de diàn zuò pǐ chái tiǎo shuǐ de rén .

24 Tāmen huídá Yuēshūyà shuō , yīnwei yǒu rén shízaì gàosu nǐde púrén , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén céng fēnfu tāde púrén Móxī , bǎ zhè quán dì cìgĕi nǐmen , bìng zaì nǐmen miànqián mièjué zhè dì de yīqiè jūmín , suǒyǐ wǒmen wéi nǐmen de yuángù shén pà sàngméng , jiù xíng le zhè shì .