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OET (OET-RV) They addressed Yehoshua, “We are your servants.”
¶ Yehoshua asked them, “Who are you? And where have you come from?”
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.
UHB וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ מִ֥י אַתֶּ֖ם וּמֵאַ֥יִן תָּבֹֽאוּ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmərū ʼel-yəhōshuˊa ˊₐⱱādeykā ʼₐnāḩənū vayyoʼmer ʼₐlēhem yəhōshuˊa miy ʼattem ūmēʼayin tāⱱoʼū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Ἰησοῦν, οἰκεται σου ἐσμέν· καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς, πόθεν ἐστὲ, καὶ πόθεν παραγεγόνατε;
(Kai eipan pros Yaʸsoun, oiketai sou esmen; kai eipe pros autous Yaʸsous, pothen este, kai pothen paragegonate; )
BrTr And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?
ULT And they said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where have you come from?”
UST But they replied to Joshua, “We are willing to become your subjects.” But Joshua answered, “What people-group do you belong to, and from what place did you come from?”
BSB “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB ‘We are at your service,’ they said to Joshua. ‘But who are you,’ Joshua asked, ‘and where do you come from?’
WEBBE They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”
¶ Joshua said to them, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”
LSV And they say to Joshua, “We [are] your servants.” And Joshua says to them, “Who [are] you? And where do you come from?”
FBV “We are your servants,” they replied.
¶ “But who are you? Where do you come from?” Joshua asked.
T4T They replied to Joshua, “If you make a peace agreement with us, we will be your servants.”
¶ But Joshua answered, “What people-group are you? Where do you come from?”
LEB No LEB JOS book available
BBE And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?
Moff “We are at your service,” they said to Joshua. “But who are you,” Joshua asked, “and where do you come from?”
JPS And they said unto Joshua: 'We are thy servants.' And Joshua said unto them: 'Who are ye? and from whence come ye?'
ASV And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
DRA But they said to Josue: We are thy servants. Josue said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?
YLT and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we [are].' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?'
Drby And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
RV And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
(And they said unto Joshua, We are thy/your servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence/where come ye? )
SLT And they will say to Joshua, We thy servants. And Joshua will say to them, Who are ye? and from whence will ye come?
Wbstr And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?
KJB-1769 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
(And they said unto Joshua, We are thy/your servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence/where come ye? )
KJB-1611 And they said vnto Ioshua, Wee are thy seruants. And Ioshua said vnto them, Who are ye? And from whence come ye?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps No Bshps JOS book available
Gnva And they said vnto Ioshua, We are thy seruants. Then Ioshua saide vnto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye?
(And they said unto Yoshua, We are thy/your servants. Then Yoshua said unto them, Who are ye? and whence/where come ye? )
Cvdl No Cvdl JOS book available
Wycl No Wycl JOS book available
Luth No Luth JOS book available
ClVg At illi ad Josue: Servi, inquiunt, tui sumus. Quibus Josue ait: Quinam estis vos? et unde venistis?
(But them to Yosue: Servi, inquiunt, yours(sg) we_are. To_whom Yosue he_said: Whyam you_are you? and whence I_camestis? )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOS book available
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.
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]