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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) your_servants we and_he/it_said to_them Yəhōshūˊa who [are]_you_all and_from_where do_you_all_come.
OET (OET-RV) They addressed Yehoshua, “We are your servants.”
¶ Yehoshua asked them, “Who are you? And where have you come from?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֲנָ֑חְנוּ
your=servants we
By saying We are your servants, the Gibeonites do not mean that they are willing to become slaves, such as they eventually do become in this episode. Rather, they are agreeing to let Joshua be their ruler. They mean implicitly that they will accept the terms he specifies, such as paying tribute. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “We are willing to serve you as our ruler”
9:1-27 Joshua once again failed to consult God (9:14; cp. 7:2-4), this time over an unexpected request. Other ancient Near Eastern accounts tell only of a leader’s triumphs; this author also recorded the shortcomings of Joshua and Israel’s elders. The real hero of the story is God, whose accomplishments the author wished to tell.
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) your_servants we and_he/it_said to_them Yəhōshūˊa who [are]_you_all and_from_where do_you_all_come.
OET (OET-RV) They addressed Yehoshua, “We are your servants.”
¶ Yehoshua asked them, “Who are you? And where have you come from?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.