UGWA­LO

LU­KA­JO­SHU­WA

Ama­lu­ngi­se­le­lo oku­nqo­ba ili­zwe la­ma­Kha­na­ni

1Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si, iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni, ince­ku ka­Mo­zi­si, isi­thia:

2 UMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­mi use­fi­leb; nga­kho-ke su­ku­ma ucha­phe le iJo­da­ni, we­na la­bo bo­nke la­ba­ba­ntu, li­ye eli­zwe­ni engi­li­ni­ka bo­na, eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

3 Yo­nke inda­wo la­pho inga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwe­nu eza­nya­the­la kho­na ngi­li­ni­ke yo­nac, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­mi ku­Mo­zi­sid.

4 Ku­su­ke­la enka­nga­lae la­le iLe­bha­no­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke emfu­le­ni omkhu­lu, umfu­la iYu­fra­thif, ili­zwe lo­nke la­ma­He­thi, nja­lo ku­fi­ke elwa­ndle olu­khu­lu la­pho oku­tsho­na kho­na ila­nga, ku­za­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu.

5 Ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­khog. Nje­nga­lo­khu nga­ngi­lo­Mo­zi­sih, ngi­za­ku­ba la­wei; ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­ya, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­la­hlaj.

6 Qi­na, ume isi­bi­ndi, ngo­ba we­na uza­kwe­nza la­ba­ba­ntu ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe enga­li­fu­nge­la oyi­se uku­ba­ni­ka lo­nak.

7 Ku­phe­la qi­na, ube le­si­bi­ndi esi­khu­lul, uku­gci­na ukwe­nza ngo­ko­mla­yo wo­nke uMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­mi aku­la­ya wo­nam; unga­pha­mbu­ki ku­wo uye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, uku­ze uphu­me­le­le lo­ba nga­phi la­pho oya kho­nan.

8 Ugwa­lo lwa­lu­mla­yo lu­nga­su­ki emlo­nye­ni wa­kho, ko­dwa uzi­ndle ku­wo emi­ni le­bu­su­ku, uku­ze uqa­phe­le ukwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo ku­loo, ngo­ba kho­na uza­kwe­nza indle­la ya­kho iphu­me­le­le, ubu­su­phu­me­le­la.

9 Ka­ngi­ku­la­ya­nga yi­ni? Qi­na, ume isi­bi­ndip; unge­sa­biq, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lor, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ila­we lo­ba nga­phi la­pho oya kho­nas.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­la­ya izi­ndu­na za­ba­ntu, esi­thit:

11 Da­bu­la­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba li­la­ye aba­ntu li­thi: Zi­lu­ngi­se­le­ni umpha­ko, ngo­ba ku­se­se­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu li­za­cha­pha le iJo­da­ni, uku­ze li­nge­ne li­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­ni­ka lo­na uku­thi li­dle ili­fa la­lou.

12 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­khu­lu­ma kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se esi­thi:

13 Khu­mbu­la­ni ili­zwi uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ali­la­ya nga­lo esi­thi: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iya­li­phu­mu­za, ili­ni­ka le­li­li­zwev.

14 Omke­nu, aba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu, le­zi­fu­yo ze­nu ku­za­hla­la eli­zwe­ni uMo­zi­si ali­ni­ka lo­na nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni; ko­dwa li­na li­za­cha­pha li­hlo­mi­le pha­mbi kwa­ba­fo­we­nu, wo­nke ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, li­ba­si­ze,

15 INko­si ize iphu­mu­ze aba­fo­we­nu nje­nga­ni, la­bo nja­lo ba­dle ili­fa le­li­zwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eba­ni­ka lo­naw. Li­za­bu­ye­la-ke eli­zwe­ni le­li­fa le­nu, li­dle ili­fa la­lo, uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ali­ni­ka lo­na, nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, empu­ma­la­ngax.

16 Ba­se­be­mphe­ndu­la uJo­shu­wa be­si­thi: Ko­nke osi­la­ya kho­na si­za­kwe­nza, la­lo­ba nga­phi la­pho oza­si­thu­ma kho­na si­za­ha­mba.

17 Nje­nga­kho ko­nke esa­mla­le­la uMo­zi­si nga­kho, ngo­ku­nja­lo si­za­ku­la­le­la. Ku­phe­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ibe la­we nje­ngo­ba ya­yi­lo­Mo­zi­siy.

18 Wo­nke umu­ntu oza­vu­ke­la umlo­mo wa­kho, anga­la­le­li ama­zwi akho, ku­kho ko­nke omla­ya kho­na, uza­bu­la­waz. Ku­phe­la qi­na, ume isi­bi­ndia.

UJo­shu­wa uthu­ma izi­nhlo­li eKha­na­ni

2UJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni wa­se­thu­ma ese­Shi­thi­mi ama­do­da ama­bi­li aba zi­nhlo­li ensi­tha, esi­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­bo­ne ili­zwe, le­Je­ri­koa. Ase­ha­mba, aya­fi­ke­la endli­ni yo­mfa­zi, iwu­leb, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Ra­ha­bic, ala­la kho­na.

2 Kwa­tshe­lwa inko­si ye­Je­ri­ko kwa­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, ku­fi­ke la­pha ebu­su­ku ama­do­da aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uku­hlo­la ili­zwe.

3 Inko­si ye­Je­ri­ko ya­si­thu­me­la ku­Ra­ha­bi isi­thi: Khu­pha la­wo ama­do­da afi­ke­le ku­we, ange­na endli­ni ya­kho, ngo­ba aze­hlo­la ili­zwe lo­nke.

4 Ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­the­the la­wo­ma­do­da ama­bi­li, wa­wa­fi­hla, wa­khu­lu­ma ka­nje: Afi­ki­le ki­mi ama­do­da, ko­dwa be­ngi­nga­zi la­pha ave­la kho­nad.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­ku­za­va­lwa isa­ngo la­pho se­ku­mnya­ma ama­do­da aphu­ma. Ka­ngi­kwa­zi la­pho ama­do­da aye kho­na; axhu­me­ni ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa li­wa­la­nde­le, ngo­ba li­za­wa­fi­ca.

6 Ko­dwa ye­na wa­ye­we­nyu­se­le epha­hle­ni, wa­wa­fi­hla pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­hla­nga efi­la­ki­si aye­cha­ye­lwe ye­na epha­hle­ni.

7 Ama­do­da ase­wa­xhu­ma nge­ndle­la ye­Jo­da­ni aze afi­ka ema­zi­bu­kwe­ni; ba­va­la ama­sa­ngo emva ko­ku­phu­ma kwa­ba­wa­xhu­ma­yo be­wa­la­nde­la.

8 Kwa­thi wo­na enga­ka­la­li, ye­na we­nyu­ke­la ku­wo epha­hle­ni

9 wa­se­si­thi ema­do­de­ni: Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi iNko­si ili­ni­ki­le ili­zwe, lo­ku­thi ukwe­sa­be­ka kwe­nu ku­we­le phe­zu kwe­thu, lo­ku­thi bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eli­zwe­ni ba­ya­nci­bi­li­ka nge­nxa yo­bu­kho­na be­nue.

10 Ngo­ba si­zwi­le uku­thi iNko­si yo­mi­sa ama­nzi oLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu pha­mbi kwe­nu eku­phu­me­ni kwe­nu eGi­bhi­thef, la­lo­kho ela­kwe­nza ema­kho­si­ni ama­bi­li amaA­mo­ri aye­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, uSi­ho­ni loO­gig ela­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa­yoh.

11 Sa­thi si­ku­zwa lo­khoi inhli­zi­yo ye­thu ya­nci­bi­li­kaj, ka­ku­se­kho isi­bi­ndi emu­ntwi­ni nge­nxa ye­nuk. Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ngu­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu ema­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu­lu le­mhla­be­ni pha­nsil.

12 Nga­kho-ke ake li­fu­nge ki­mi nge­Nko­si, ngo­ba ngi­le­nze­le umu­sa, la­ni-ke li­za­ye­nze­la umu­sa indlu ka­ba­bam, li­ngi­ni­ke isi­bo­ni­so esi­qi­ni­le­yon,

13 uku­thi li­gci­ne be­phi­la uba­ba lo­ma­ma, la­ba­ne­we­thu la­bo­da­de­we­thu, la­kho ko­nke aba­la­kho, li­khu­lu­le impi­lo ye­thu eku­fe­ni.

14 La­ma­do­da athi ku­ye: Umphe­fu­mu­lo we­thu ufe esi­khu­ndle­ni se­nu, uba unga­ve­zi oba­la lo­lu­da­ba lwe­thu. Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi la­pho iNko­si isi­si­ni­ki­le ili­zwe, si­za­kwe­nze­la umu­sa le­qi­ni­soo.

15 Wa­se­we­hli­sa nge­nta­mbo ewi­ndi­ni, ngo­ba indlu ya­khe ya­yi­se­mdu­li­ni wo­mu­zi, wa­ye­hla­la phe­zu ko­mdu­lip.

16 Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Ya­ni­ni enta­be­ni, hle­zi aba­xhu­mi ba­hla­nga­ne la­ni, li­ca­tshe kho­na insu­ku ezi­nta­thu, ba­ze ba­bu­ye aba­xhu­mi, le­mva kwa­lo­kho li­ha­mbe nge­ndle­la ye­nu.

17 Ama­do­da ase­si­thi ku­ye: Thi­na si­za­khu­lu­le­ka esi­fu­ngwe­ni sa­kho le­si osi­fu­ngi­se so­naq.

18 Kha­nge­la, eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­thu eli­zwe­ni uza­bo­phe­la li­nta­mbo yo­mnxe­bar obo­mvu ewi­ndi­ni ose­hli­se nga­los, nja­lo uzi­bu­tha­ni­se­le endli­ni ya­kho oyi­hlo lo­nyo­ko la­ba­ne­we­nu le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­hlot.

19 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ophu­me­la pha­ndle kwe­mi­nya­ngo ye­ndlu ya­kho, iga­zi la­khe li­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khe, thi­na-ke si­za­ku­ba si­nge­la­ca­la. Nja­lo lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­ba la­we endli­ni, iga­zi la­khe li­za­ku­ba se­kha­nda le­thu, uba isa­ndla si­si­ba phe­zu kwa­kheu.

20 Ko­dwa uba ulu­ve­za oba­la lo­lu­da­ba lwe­thu, si­za­khu­lu­le­ka esi­fu­ngwe­ni sa­kho osi­fu­ngi­se so­nav.

21 Wa­se­si­thi: Nje­nga­ma­zwi enu, ka­ku­be nja­lo. Wa­se­wa­ye­ke­la eha­mba, aha­mba, wa­bo­phe­la inta­mbo ebo­mvu ewi­ndi­ni.

22 Ase­ha­mba afi­ka enta­be­ni, ahla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­nta­thu, ba­ze ba­bu­ya aba­xhu­mi, ngo­ba aba­xhu­mi ba­wa­di­nga endle­le­ni yo­nke, ko­dwa ka­ba­wa­tho­la­nga.

23 Nga­kho ama­do­da wo­ma­bi­li aphe­ndu­ka ase­se­hla enta­be­ni, acha­pha, afi­ka ku­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­niw, amtshe­la ko­nke oku­we­hle­le­yox.

24 Athi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Isi­bi­li iNko­si ili­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­thu ili­zwe lo­nke, fu­thi-ke bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwe ba­nci­bi­li­ki­le nge­nxa yo­bu­kho­na be­thuy.

UI­sra­ye­li ucha­pha iJo­da­ni

3UJo­shu­wa wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ba­su­ka eShi­thi­mi, ba­fi­ka eJo­da­ni, ye­na la­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; ba­se­be­la­la kho­na be­nga­ka­cha­phia.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thub indu­na za­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mbac

3 za­la­ya aba­ntu zi­si­thi: Nxa li­bo­na umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, la­ba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vi, be­wu­thwe­le, li­na-ke li­su­ke enda­we­ni ye­nu li­wu­la­nde­led.

4 Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba kho­na iba­nga pha­ka­thi kwe­nu la­wo, pho­se inga­lo ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li nge­si­li­nga­ni­so; li­nga­so­nde­li ku­wo; uku­ze la­zi indle­la eli­za­ha­mba nga­yo, ngo­ba ka­li­dlu­la­nga nga­li­ndle­la ma­ndu­loe.

5 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Zi­ngcwe­li­se­ni, ngo­ba ku­sa­sa iNko­si iza­kwe­nza izi­ma­nga­li­so pha­ka­thi kwe­nuf.

6 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­pri­sti esi­thi: Pha­ka­mi­sa­ni umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no, le­dlu­le pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu. Ba­se­be­wu­pha­ka­mi­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no, ba­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntug.

7 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: La­mu­hla ngi­za­qa­la uku­ku­khu­li­sa eme­hlwe­ni kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkeh uku­ze ba­zi uku­thi nje­nga­lo­kho nga­ngi­lo­Mo­zi­si, ngi­za­ku­ba la­wei.

8 We­na-ke uza­la­ya aba­pri­sti aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no uthi: Nxa se­li­fi­ki­le ekhu­nji­ni lwa­ma­nzi eJo­da­nij, li­za­ku­ma eJo­da­nik.

9 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li: So­nde­la­ni la­pha, li­zwe ama­zwi eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi: Nga­lo­khu li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yo upha­ka­thi kwe­nul, lo­ku­thi uza­wa­xo­tsha lo­ku­wa­xo­tsham eli­fe­ni ama­Kha­na­ni la­ma­He­thi la­ma­Hi­vi la­ma­Pe­ri­zi la­ma­Gi­ri­ga­shi la­maA­mo­ri la­ma­Je­bu­si asu­ke nga­pha­mbi kwe­nun.

11 Kha­nge­la­ni, umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si yo­mhla­ba wo­nke uza­cha­pha pha­mbi kwe­nu eJo­da­nio.

12 Nga­kho-ke zi­tha­the­le­ni ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ezi­zwe­ni za­koI­sra­ye­lip, indo­da ibe­nye ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zweq.

13 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho inga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo za­ba­pri­sti aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­sir, iNko­si yo­mhla­ba wo­nke, zi­za­ku­ma ema­nzi­ni eJo­da­ni, ama­nzi eJo­da­ni aza­qu­nywa, ama­nzi ehla­yo eve­la phe­zu­lus; aza­ku­ma abe yi­nqwa­ba eyo­dwat.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­ntu be­su­ka ema­the­nte­ni abo uku­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, aba­pri­sti ba­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntuu.

15 La­la­pho aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho be­fi­ka eJo­da­ni, le­nya­wo za­ba­pri­sti aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho zi­gxa­nyu­zwa ephe­the­lwe­ni la­ma­nziv (ngo­ba iJo­da­ni li­ya­gcwa­la enku­nji­ni zo­nke za­low zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zo­ku­vu­nax),

16 ama­nzi ehla­yo eve­la phe­zu­lu ema, apha­ka­ma aba yi­nqwa­ba eyo­dwa, kha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu lo­mu­zi iA­da­mu, ose­ce­le­ni kwe­Za­re­tha­niy; la­la­wo ehle­la elwa­ndle lwa­ma­gce­kez, ulwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yi, aphe­la aqu­nywa. La­ba­ntu ba­cha­pha ma­qo­nda­na le­Je­ri­koa.

17 La­ba­pri­sti aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si be­ma emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni be­qi­ni­le, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­cha­pha emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yo, isi­zwe so­nke sa­ze sa­qe­da uku­cha­pha iJo­da­nib.

Ama­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li atha­thwa eJo­da­ni abe yi­si­khu­mbu­zo

4Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho isi­zwe so­nke se­si­qe­de uku­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, iNko­si ya­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­shu­wa isi­thia:

2 Zi­tha­the­le ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li eba­ntwi­ni, indo­da ibe­nye ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zweb,

3 uwa­la­ye uthi: Zi­tha­the­le­ni oku­ve­la la­pha pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni ku­le­yo­nda­wo, la­pho obe­ku­mi kho­na inya­wo za­ba­pri­sti zi­qi­ni­lec, ama­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, li­wa­thwa­le li­cha­phe la­wod, li­wa­be­ke enda­we­ni yo­ku­la­la la­pho eli­za­la­la kho­na ebu­su­kue.

4 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bi­za ama­do­da ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li aye­wa­lu­ngi­si­le eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, indo­da ya­ba­nye ku­le­so la­le­so­si­zwe.

5 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Dlu­la­ni pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, li­nge­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni, li­zi­tha­the­le, lo­wo la­lo­wo, ili­tshe eli­lo­dwa, ale­tsha­te ehlo­mbe, nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li,

6 uku­ze lo­khu ku­be yi­si­bo­ni­so pha­ka­thi kwe­nu. Nxa aba­ntwa­na be­nu be­bu­za ku­sa­sa be­si­thi: Ayi­ni la­ma­tshe ki­nif?

7 Li­za­ba­tshe­la-ke: Ngo­ba ama­nzi eJo­da­ni aqu­nywa pha­mbi ko­mtsho­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si. La­pho ucha­pha iJo­da­ni, ama­nzi eJo­da­ni aqu­nywag. Nga­kho la­ma­tshe aza­ku­ba yi­si­khu­mbu­zo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nih.

8 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­nza nja­lo nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Jo­shu­wa, ba­tha­tha ama­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­Jo­shu­wa, ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; ba­wa­thwa­la ba­cha­pha la­wo, ba­ya enda­we­ni la­pho aba­la­la kho­na, ba­wa­be­ka kho­na.

9 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­mi­sa ama­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni enda­we­ni la­pho inya­wo za­ba­pri­sti aba­be­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no eza­zi­mi kho­na. Nja­lo ase­kho­na la­pho ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlai.

10 Ngo­ba aba­pri­sti aba­be­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho be­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni kwa­ze kwa­phe­la yo­nke into iNko­si eya­yi­mla­ye yo­na uJo­shu­wa uku­yi­tshe­la aba­ntu, nje­nga­kho ko­nke uMo­zi­si aye­ku­la­ye uJo­shu­wa. La­ba­ntu ba­pha­ngi­sa ba­cha­pha.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi bo­nke aba­ntu se­be­qe­di­le uku­cha­pha, umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si wa­cha­pha, la­ba­pri­sti pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu.

12 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­cha­pha be­hlo­mi­le pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lij, nje­ngo­ku­ba­tshe­la ku­ka­Mo­zi­sik.

13 Pho­se izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne be­hlo­me­le impi, ba­cha­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uku­ya empi­ni, ema­gce­ke­ni eJe­ri­ko.

14 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku iNko­si ya­mkhu­li­sa uJo­shu­wa eme­hlwe­ni kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, nja­lo ba­me­sa­ba nje­nga­lo­khu ba­be­me­sa­ba uMo­zi­si insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khel.

15 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­shu­wa isi­thi:

16 La­ya aba­pri­sti aba­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho wo­bu­fa­ka­zi uku­thi ba­khu­phu­ke eJo­da­nim.

17 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­la­ya aba­pri­sti esi­thi: Khu­phu­ka­ni eJo­da­ni.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho aba­pri­sti aba­be­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si se­be­khu­phu­ki­le pha­ka­thi kwe­Jo­da­ni, le­nga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo za­ba­pri­sti isi­pha­ka­nyi­se­lwe emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yo, ama­nzi eJo­da­ni abu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­wo, aha­mba nje­nga­ma­ndu­lo aphu­phu­ma enku­nji­ni zo­nke za­yon.

19 La­ba­ntu ba­khu­phu­ka be­su­ka eJo­da­ni ngo­lwe­tshu­mi lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eGi­li­ga­li ephe­the­lwe­ni le­mpu­ma­la­nga ye­Je­ri­koo.

20 La­la­wo­ma­tshe ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li aba­wa­tha­tha eJo­da­ni uJo­shu­wa wa­wa­mi­sa eGi­li­ga­lip.

21 Wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Nxa aba­ntwa­na be­nu be­bu­za ku­sa­sa ku­bo­yi­se be­si­thi: Ayi­ni la­ma­tsheq?

22 Li­za­ba­zi­sa-ke aba­ntwa­na be­nu li­si­thi: UI­sra­ye­li wa­yi­cha­pha le iJo­da­ni emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yor.

23 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ye­nza ama­nzi eJo­da­ni atsha pha­mbi kwe­nu la­ze la­cha­pha, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ku­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvu eya­lo­mi­sa pha­mbi kwe­thu sa­ze sa­cha­phas,

24 uku­ze zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba za­zi isa­ndla se­Nko­sit, uku­thi si­la­ma­ndlau, uku­ze li­ye­sa­be iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu zo­nke izi­nsu­kuv.

Uku­so­kwa kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li

5Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho wo­nke ama­kho­si amaA­mo­ri aye­nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni nge­ntsho­na­la­nga la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si ama­Kha­na­ni aye­nga­se­lwa­ndlea esi­zwa uku­thi iNko­si ye­nza ama­nzi eJo­da­ni atsha nga­pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lib sa­ze sa­cha­pha, inhli­zi­yo ya­wo ya­nci­bi­li­kac, ka­ku­sa­ba­nga kho­na mo­ya ki­wo, nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lid.

2 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi iNko­si ya­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Ze­nze­le ingqa­mu ze­nse­nge­tshe, uba­so­ke fu­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li okwe­si­bi­li.

3 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ze­nze­la ingqa­mu ze­nse­nge­tshe, wa­ba­so­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li oqa­qe­ni lwa­ma­jwa­bu.

4 Nja­lo yi­le­si­si­za­tho uJo­shu­wa aba­so­ke­la so­na; bo­nke aba­ntu aba­phu­ma eGi­bhi­the, abe­si­li­sa, ama­do­da wo­nke empi, afe­la enka­nga­la endle­le­ni ese­phu­mi­le eGi­bhi­thee.

5 Ngo­ba bo­nke aba­ntu aba­phu­ma­yo ba­be­so­ki­we, ko­dwa bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­za­le­lwe enka­nga­la endle­le­ni se­be­phu­mi­le eGi­bhi­the ba­be­nga­ba­so­ka­nga.

6 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ha­mba enka­nga­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne sa­ze sa­bhu­bha isi­zwe so­nke sa­ma­do­da empi aye­phu­me eGi­bhi­the, ngo­ba enga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­sif; iNko­si eya­yi­fu­ngi­le ku­wo uku­thi ka­yi­yi­ku­wa­tshe­ngi­sa ili­zwe iNko­si eya­yi­fu­nge­le oyi­se uku­si­ni­ka lo­nag, ili­zwe eli­ge­le­za ucha­go lo­lu­juh.

7 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­wo ya­ba­vu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­wo; bo­na uJo­shu­wa wa­ba­so­ka, ngo­ba ba­be­nga­so­kwa­nga, ngo­ba ba­be­nga­ba­so­ka­nga endle­le­nii.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­qe­di­le uku­so­ka isi­zwe so­nke, ba­hla­la enda­we­ni ya­bo enka­mbe­ni ba­ze ba­pho­laj.

9 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: La­mu­hla ngi­gi­qi­le nga­su­sa ki­ni ihla­zo le­Gi­bhi­thek. Nga­kho ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo la­thi­wa yi­Gi­li­ga­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlal.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­gci­na ipha­si­ka eGi­li­ga­li

10 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­mi­sa inka­mba eGi­li­ga­li, ba­gci­na ipha­si­ka ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga ku­si­hlwa ema­gce­ke­ni eJe­ri­kom.

11 Ba­se­be­si­dla izi­the­lo ze­li­zwe, nge­ku­se­ni eya­la­nde­la ipha­si­ka, izi­nkwa ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo la­ma­be­le akha­nzi­ngi­we­yo, nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­kun.

12 Ima­na ya­ci­na nge­la­nga ela­la­nde­la aba­dla nga­lo izi­the­lo ze­li­zwe; la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ba­sa­ba­nga le­ma­na, ko­dwa ba­dla izi­the­lo ze­li­zwe le­Kha­na­ni nga­lo­wo­mnya­kao.

Indu­na le­bu­tho le­Nko­si

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJo­shu­wa ese­Je­ri­ko, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, indo­da imi ma­qo­nda­na la­yep ile­nke­mba ya­yo ehwa­tshi­we­yo ise­sa­ndle­ni sa­yoq. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­ya ku­yo wa­thi ku­yo: Ungo­wa­ki­thi yi­ni, ku­mbe ungo­we­zi­tha ze­thu?

14 Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­tshi; ko­dwa ngi­yi­ndu­na ye­bu­tho le­Nko­si; se­ngi­bu­yi­le. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­nza esi­thi ku­ye: INko­si ya­mi ithi­ni ence­kwi­ni ya­yor?

15 Indu­na ye­bu­tho le­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Khu­lu­la inya­the­la la­kho enya­we­ni lwa­kho, ngo­ba inda­wo omi ki­yo ingcwe­le. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­nza nja­los.

Uku­chi­thwa kwe­Je­ri­ko

6IJe­ri­ko ya­yi­va­li­we-ke ngci nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li. Ka­kho owa­phu­ma­yo, nja­lo ka­kho owa­nge­na­yo.

2 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Bo­na, ngi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho iJe­ri­ko le­nko­si ya­yo la­ma­qha­wea ala­ma­ndlab.

3 Li­za­wu­bho­da-ke umu­zi, wo­nke ama­do­da empi, awu­bho­de umu­zi ka­nye. Uza­kwe­nza nja­lo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha.

4 La­ba­pri­sti aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­za­thwa­la impo­ndoc ze­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sad pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho; ku­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa li­za­wu­bho­da umu­zi ka­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ba­pri­sti be­vu­the­la impo­ndoe.

5 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho be­kha­li­sa upho­ndo lwe­nqa­ma isi­kha­thi esi­def, nxa li­si­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, aba­ntu bo­nke ba­za­me­me­za ngo­ku­kla­ba­la­la oku­khu­lu, lo­mdu­li wo­mu­zi uza­di­li­ke­la pha­nsi; la­ba­ntu ba­za­kwe­nyu­ka, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ma­qo­nda­na la­ye.

6 Nga­kho uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni wa­bi­za aba­pri­sti wa­thi ki­bo: Thwa­la­ni umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no, la­ba­pri­sti aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­thwa­le impo­ndo ze­zi­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si.

7 Wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Dlu­la­ni li­wu­zi­nge­le­ze­le umu­zi, lo­hlo­mi­le­yo ka­dlu­le pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJo­shu­wa ese­khu­lu­me eba­ntwi­ni, aba­pri­sti aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa be­thwe­le impo­ndo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ze­nqa­ma ba­kho­khe­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ba­vu­the­la impo­ndo, lo­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si wa­ba­la­nde­la.

9 Aba­hlo­mi­le­yo ba­se­be­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­ba­pri­sti aba­be­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo, le­si­ga­ba sa­se­mu­va sa­la­nde­la umtsho­ko­tsho, ba­ha­mba be­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­ye­la­ye-ke aba­ntu esi­thi: Li­nga­me­me­zi, lo­ba li­zwa­ka­li­se ili­zwi le­nu; ku­nga­phu­mi li­zwi emlo­nye­ni we­nu ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku engi­za­li­tshe­la nga­lo uku­thi li­me­me­ze; be­se­li­me­me­za.

11 Nga­kho umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si wa­wu­bho­da umu­zi, uzi­nge­le­ze­la ka­nye; ba­se­be­si­za enka­mbe­ni, ba­la­la enka­mbe­ni ebu­su­ku.

12 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, la­ba­pri­sti ba­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­sig.

13 La­ba­pri­sti aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa be­phe­the impo­ndo ze­zi­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si ba­qhu­be­ka be­ha­mba, be­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo, la­ba­hlo­mi­le­yo ba­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­bo, le­si­ga­ba sa­se­mu­va sa­la­nde­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, ba­ha­mba be­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo.

14 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li ba­wu­zi­nge­le­ze­la umu­zi ka­nye, ba­bu­ye­la enka­mbe­ni. Be­nza nja­lo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­thu­pha.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, ba­wu­bho­da umu­zi ka­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­ndle­la efa­na­na­yo. Ku­phe­la nga­lo­lo­su­ku ba­wu­bho­da umu­zi ka­si­kho­mbi­sa.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­si­kha­thi se­si­kho­mbi­sa, aba­pri­sti ba­vu­the­la impo­ndo, uJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Me­me­za­ni, ngo­ba iNko­si ili­ni­ki­le umu­zi.

17 Ko­dwa umu­zi wo­na la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­wo ku­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa eNko­si­ni; ngu­Ra­ha­bi iwu­le ku­phe­la oza­phi­la, ye­na la­bo bo­nke ala­bo endli­ni ya­khe, ngo­ba wa­fi­hla izi­thu­nywa esa­zi­thu­ma­yoh.

18 Ko­dwa li­na si­bi­li zi­gci­ne­ni ko­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo, hle­zi li­ze­nze aba­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo nxa li­tha­tha ko­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo, le­nze inka­mba ya­koI­sra­ye­li ibe yi­nto eqa­le­ki­si­we­yoi, li­yi­hlu­phej.

19 Ko­dwa so­nke isi­li­va le­go­li­de, le­zi­tsha ze­thu­si le­ze­nsi­mbi, ku­ngcwe­le eNko­si­ni. Ku­za­ku­za endli­ni yo­ku­li­gu­gu kwe­Nko­si.

20 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­me­me­za, kwa­vu­the­lwa izi­mpo­ndo. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­ntu be­si­zwa uku­kha­la kwe­mpo­ndo, aba­ntu ba­me­me­za ngo­ku­kla­ba­la­la oku­khu­lu, umdu­li wa­di­li­ke­la pha­nsi, la­ba­ntu be­nyu­ke­la emzi­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ma­qo­nda­na la­ye, ba­wu­thu­mba umu­zik.

21 Ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa ko­nke oku­se­mzi­ni, ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­na, ku­su­ke­la ko­mu­tsha ku­si­ya ko­mda­la, ku­ze ku­be se­nka­bi­ni le­mvi­ni lo­ba­bhe­mi, ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbal.

22 La­ku­la­wo­ma­do­da ama­bi­li aye­ye­hlo­la ili­zwe uJo­shu­wa wa­thi: Nge­na­ni endli­ni yo­we­si­fa­za­na oli­wu­le, li­khu­phe ku­yo owe­si­fa­za­na la­kho ko­nke ala­kho, nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwe­nu ku­yem.

23 La­ma­ja­ha izi­nhlo­li ange­na akhu­pha uRa­ha­bi lo­yi­se lo­ni­na la­ba­ne­wa­bo la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho; akhu­pha zo­nke izi­hlo­bo za­khe, azi­be­ka nga­pha­ndle kwe­nka­mba ya­koI­sra­ye­lin.

24 Ba­se­be­wu­tshi­sa umu­zi ngo­mli­lo la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ki­wo; ku­phe­la isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha ze­thu­si le­ze­nsi­mbi ba­ku­fa­ka ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­sio.

25 Nga­kho uRa­ha­bi iwu­le, le­ndlu ka­yi­se, la­bo bo­nke aye­la­bo, uJo­shu­wa wa­ba­ye­ke­la be­phi­la; wa­hla­la pha­ka­thi koI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ngo­ba wa­fi­hla izi­thu­nywa uJo­shu­wa aye­zi­thu­me uku­hlo­la iJe­ri­kop.

26 UJo­shu­wa waba­fu­ngi­sa esi­thiq: Uqa­le­ki­si­we umu­ntu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si osu­ku­ma akhe lu­mu­zi iJe­ri­ko. Uza­wu­se­ke­la nge­zi­bu­lo la­khe, ami­se ama­sa­ngo awo nge­ci­na­thu­nja­na la­kher.

27 Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­ba lo­Jo­shu­was, lo­du­mo lwa­khe lwa­ba se­li­zwe­ni lo­nket.

Ica­la li­kaA­ka­ni

7Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­pha­mbu­ka nge­si­pha­mbe­ko ngo­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo. Ngo­ba uA­ka­ni indo­da­na ka­Ka­rmi indo­da­na ka­Za­bi­di indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da wa­tha­tha ko­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo; ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­se­lu­ba­vu­the­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lia.

2 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­thu­ma aba­ntu be­su­ka eJe­ri­ko be­si­ya eA­yi eli­se­du­ze le­Be­ti-A­ve­nib empu­ma­la­nga kwe­Bhe­the­li, wa­khu­lu­ma ki­bo esi­thi: Ye­nyu­ka­ni li­ye­hlo­la ili­zwe. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka ba­yi­hlo­la iA­yic.

3 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la ku­Jo­shu­wa ba­thi ku­ye: Ka­ku­nge­nyu­ki bo­nke aba­ntu; ka­kwe­nyu­ke pho­se ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li lo­ba pho­se ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu uku­tsha­ya iA­yi. Unga­di­ni­si bo­nke aba­ntu ngo­ku­ya kho­na, ngo­ba ba­lu­tshwa­na.

4 Kwa­se­ku­se­nyu­ke­la kho­na aba­ve­la eba­ntwi­ni ama­do­da apho­sa abe zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu; aba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­ma­do­da eA­yid.

5 La­ma­do­da eA­yi atsha­ya pho­se ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha, axo­tsha­na la­wo pha­mbi kwe­sa­ngo aze afi­ka eShe­ba­ri­mi, awa­tsha­ye­la ekwe­hle­ni. Nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntu ya­nci­bi­li­ka ya­ba nga­ma­nzie.

6 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si kwa­ze kwa­hlwa, ye­na la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­lif, ba­the­la uthu­li ema­kha­nda abog.

7 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi: Ma­ye Nko­si Je­ho­va! Uba­cha­phi­se­le­ni lo­ku­ba­cha­phi­sa la­ba­ba­ntu iJo­da­ni uku­si­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­maA­mo­ri uku­si­bhu­bhi­sa? Ku­nga­thi nga­be se­ne­li­swa sa­hla­la nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nih!

8 O Nko­si, ngi­za­ku­thi­ni, emva ko­ku­thi uI­sra­ye­li ese­phe­ndu­le inta­mo ezi­the­ni za­khe?

9 Ngo­ba ama­Kha­na­ni la­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eli­zwe­ni ba­za­ku­zwa, ba­si­ha­nqe, ba­li­qu­me ibi­zo le­thu li­su­ke emhla­be­nii. Pho, uza­le­nze­la­ni ibi­zo la­kho eli­khu­luj?

10 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Su­ku­ma we­na, uwe­le­ni ka­nje ngo­bu­so ba­kho?

11 UI­sra­ye­li wo­ni­le; nja­lo ba­se­qi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi enga­ba­la­ya so­nak, ba­the­the fu­thi ko­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo, nja­lo be­bi­le, ba­qa­mba ama­nga fu­thi, ye­bo ba­ku­be­ki­le empa­hle­ni za­bol.

12 Nga­lo­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­nge­la­ku­ma pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­bom, ba­phe­ndu­la umhla­na pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­bon, ngo­ba be­qa­le­ki­si­weo. Ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­ba la­ni uba li­nga­bhu­bhi­si oku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nup.

13 Su­ku­ma, ngcwe­li­sa aba­ntu, uthi: Zi­ngcwe­li­se­le­le­ni iku­sa­saq; ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ku­kho­na oku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­kho, rI­sra­ye­li; unge­ke ume pha­mbi kwe­zi­tha za­kho li­ze li­khu­phe oku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nus.

14 Nga­kho eku­se­ni li­za­so­nde­zwa nge­zi­zwe ze­nu; ku­za­ku­thi-ke isi­zwe iNko­si eza­si­ba­mba si­za­so­nde­la nge­nse­ndo, lo­se­ndo iNko­si eza­lu­ba­mba lu­za­so­nde­la nge­zi­ndlu, le­ndlu iNko­si eza­yi­ba­mba iza­so­nde­la nga­ba­ntut.

15 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke lo­wo oza­ba­njwa lo­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yo uza­tshi­swa ngo­mli­lo, ye­na la­kho ko­nke ala­khou, ngo­ba eqe isi­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si, la­ngo­ba enze ubu­phu­ku­phu­ku koI­sra­ye­liv.

16 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, we­nza uI­sra­ye­li wa­so­nde­la nge­zi­zwe za­khe; le­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da sa­ba­njwa;

17 wa­se­se­nza use­ndo lwa­ko­Ju­da lu­so­nde­le, wa­ba­mba use­ndo lwa­ko­Ze­raw; we­nza use­ndo lwa­ko­Ze­ra lu­so­nde­le nga­ba­ntu; uZa­bi­di wa­se­ba­njwa;

18 wa­se­se­nza indlu ya­khe iso­nde­le nga­ba­ntu; uA­ka­nix, indo­da­na ka­Ka­rmi, indo­da­na ka­Za­bi­di, indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra, owe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da, wa­se­ba­njway.

19 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi kuA­ka­ni: Ndo­da­na ya­mi, ake uni­ke iNko­si udu­mo, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­liz, uvu­me ku­yea; ake ungi­tshe­le lo­kho okwe­nzi­le­yo, unga­ngi­fi­hle­lib.

20 UA­ka­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la uJo­shu­wa wa­thi: Isi­bi­li mi­na ngo­ni­le eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li. Ngo­ku­nje la­ngo­ku­nje ngi­kwe­nzi­le.

21 Kwa­thi ngi­bo­na pha­ka­thi kwe­mpa­ngo ise­mba­tho se­Bha­bhi­lo­ni esi­hle esi­so­dwa, la­ma­she­ke­li esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, lo­li­mi lwe­go­li­de olu­lo­dwa osi­si­ndo sa­lo si­nga­ma­she­ke­li anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, nga­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, nga­ku­tha­tha, kha­nge­la-ke, ku­thu­ku­zi­we emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­the­nte la­mi, le­si­li­va si­nga­pha­nsi kwa­khoc.

22 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa, za­gi­ji­ma za­ya ethe­nte­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­fi­hli­we ethe­nte­ni la­khe, le­si­li­va si­nga­pha­nsi kwa­kho.

23 Ba­ku­khu­pha pha­ka­thi kwe­the­nte, ba­ku­le­tha ku­Jo­shu­wa le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni bo­nke ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ba­ku­thu­lu­le­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

24 UJo­shu­wa loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke eka­nye la­ye ba­se­be­mtha­tha uA­ka­ni indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra, le­si­li­va, le­se­mba­tho, lo­li­mi lwe­go­li­de, la­ma­do­da­na akhe, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe, le­nka­bi za­khe, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi ba­khe, le­zi­mvu za­khe, le­the­nte la­khe, la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho, ba­kwe­nyu­se­la esi­ho­tshe­ni seA­ko­rid.

25 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi: Usi­hlu­phe­le­ni? INko­si iza­ku­hlu­pha la­mu­hlae. LoI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe; ba­ba­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo, ba­ba­kha­nda nga­ma­tshef.

26 Ba­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­khe inqwa­ba enku­lu ya­ma­tshe ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlag. Nga­lo­kho iNko­si ya­phe­ndu­ka eku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka lwa­yoh. Nga­kho ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo la­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi yi­si­ho­tsha seA­ko­ri, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlai.

Uku­chi­thwa kweA­yi

8INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Unge­sa­bi, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo; tha­tha ka­nye la­we bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpi, usu­ku­me we­nyu­ke­le eA­yia; bo­na, ngi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho inko­si yeA­yi, la­ba­ntu ba­yo, lo­mu­zi wa­yo, le­li­zwe la­yob.

2 Uza­kwe­nza-ke eA­yi le­nko­si­ni ya­yo nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho eJe­ri­ko le­nko­si­ni ya­yoc. Ku­phe­la impa­ngo ya­yo le­zi­fu­yo za­yo li­za­zi­pha­nge­la. Uzi­be­ke­le aba­ca­tha­me­li nga­se­mzi­ni emva kwa­wod.

3 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­su­ku­ma la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpi ukwe­nyu­ke­la eA­yi; uJo­shu­wa wa­se­khe­tha ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, wa­wa­thu­ma ebu­su­ku.

4 Wa­wa­la­ya esi­thi: Bo­na­ni, li­za­wu­ca­tha­me­la umu­zi nge­mva ko­mu­zi. Li­nga­bi kha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu lo­mu­zi, ko­dwa lu­nga­ni lo­nkee.

5 Mi­na-ke la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­la­mi si­za­so­nde­la emzi­ni. Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho be­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­thi nje­nga­ku­qa­la si­ba­le­ke pha­mbi kwa­bo.

6 Nja­lo ba­za­phu­ma emva kwe­thu si­ze si­ba­do­nse ba­su­ke emzi­ni. Ngo­ba ba­za­ku­thi: Ba­ya­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwe­thu nje­nga­ku­qa­la. Nga­kho si­za­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­bof.

7 Li­na-ke li­za­su­ku­ma eku­ca­tha­me­ni, li­wu­thu­mbe umu­zi; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iza­wu­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nu.

8 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke se­li­wu­thu­mbi­le umu­zi, li­wu­tshi­se umu­zi ngo­mli­lo, li­za­kwe­nza nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si. Bo­na­ni, ngi­li­la­yi­leg.

9 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­thu­ma, ba­ya eku­ca­tha­me­ni, ba­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­Bhe­the­li leA­yi, entsho­na­la­nga kweA­yi, ko­dwa uJo­shu­wa wa­la­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu nga­lo­bo­bu­su­kuh.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­ba­la aba­ntu, we­nyu­ka, ye­na la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li, pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu, wa­ya eA­yi.

11 La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpi aba­be­la­ye be­nyu­ka, ba­so­nde­la, be­za ma­qo­nda­na lo­mu­zi, ba­mi­sa inka­mba enya­ka­tho kweA­yi. Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­si­ho­tsha pha­ka­thi kwa­bo leA­yi.

12 Wa­se­tha­tha pho­se ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu, wa­wa­ca­tha­mi­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­Bhe­the­li leA­yi entsho­na­la­nga ko­mu­zi.

13 La­pho se­be­mi­sa aba­ntu, lo­nke ibu­tho ela­li­se­nya­ka­tho ko­mu­zi, la­ba­ca­tha­mi nga­se­ntsho­na­la­nga ko­mu­zi, uJo­shu­wa wa­ya pha­ka­thi kwe­si­ho­tsha nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si yeA­yi iku­bo­na, apha­ngi­sa avu­ka ngo­vi­vi; la­ma­do­da omu­zi aphu­ma impi eme­la­ne loI­sra­ye­li, yo­na la­ba­ntu ba­yo bo­nke, nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo, pha­mbi kwa­ma­gce­ke; ko­dwa yo­na ya­yi­nga­zi uku­thi ku­kho­na aba­yi­ca­tha­me­le­yo emva ko­mu­zii.

15 UJo­shu­wa loI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­tsha­ywa pha­mbi kwa­wo, ba­ba­le­ka nge­ndle­la ye­nka­nga­laj.

16 Kwa­se­ku­bi­zwa bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­se­mzi­ni uku­xo­tsha­na la­bo. Nxa be­xo­tsha­na lo­Jo­shu­wa ba­do­nswa ba­su­ka emzi­nik.

17 Nja­lo ka­ku­sa­la­nga mu­ntu eA­yi ku­mbe eBhe­the­li, aba­nga­phu­ma­nga uku­la­nde­la uI­sra­ye­li; ba­wu­tshi­ya umu­zi ukha­mi­si­le, ba­xo­tsha­na loI­sra­ye­li.

18 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Ye­lu­le­la umkho­nto ose­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho eA­yi, ngo­ba ngi­za­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­lu­le­la umkho­nto ose­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe emzi­ni.

19 Aba­ca­the­me­yo ba­se­be­su­ku­ma ma­si­nya­ne enda­we­ni ya­bo; ba­gi­ji­ma esa­nda ukwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe, ba­nge­na emzi­ni, ba­wu­thu­mba, ba­pha­ngi­sa, ba­wu­tshi­sa umu­zi ngo­mli­lo.

20 Kwa­thi la­pho ama­do­da eA­yi enye­mu­ku­la abo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, intu­thu yo­mu­zi ye­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, nja­lo aye­nge­la­nda­wo yo­ku­ba­le­ke­la nga­pha la­nga­pha, ngo­ba aba­ntu aba­be­ba­le­ke­le enka­nga­la ba­phe­ndu­ke­la ababa­xo­tsha­yol.

21 Kwa­thi uJo­shu­wa loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke be­bo­na uku­thi aba­ca­the­me­yo se­be­wu­thu­mbi­le umu­zi lo­ku­thi intu­thu yo­mu­zi ye­nyu­ka, ba­phe­ndu­ka ba­tsha­ya ama­do­da eA­yi.

22 La­la­ba ba­phu­ma emzi­ni uku­me­la­na la­wo, aze aba pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, aba­nye nga­pha la­ba­nye nga­le; ba­se­be­wa­tsha­ya, ka­kwa­ze kwa­sa­la mu­ntu ku­wo, owa­si­la­yo ku­mbe owa­phu­nyu­ka­yom.

23 Ko­dwa inko­si yeA­yi ba­yi­ba­mba iphi­la, ba­yi­so­nde­za ku­Jo­shu­wa.

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uI­sra­ye­li ese­qe­di­le uku­bu­la­la bo­nke aba­hla­li beA­yi ega­nge­ni, enka­nga­la la­pho aba­be­ba­xo­tshe­le kho­na, ba­be­wi­le bo­nke ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, ba­ze ba­qe­dwa, uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­bu­ye­la eA­yi, ba­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, bo­nke aba­wa­yo mhla­lo­kho, ku­su­ke­la kwa­be­si­li­sa ku­si­ya kwa­be­si­fa­za­na, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, bo­nke aba­ntu beA­yi.

26 Nja­lo uJo­shu­wa ka­si­fi­nye­za­nga isa­ndla sa­khe aye­lu­le umkho­nto nga­so ba­ze ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa bo­nke aba­hla­li beA­yi.

27 Ku­phe­la izi­fu­yo le­mpa­ngo ya­lo­wo­mu­zi uI­sra­ye­li wa­zi­pha­nge­la, nje­nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­la­ya uJo­shu­wan.

28 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­yi­tshi­sa iA­yi, wa­yi­mi­sa ya­ba yi­nqwa­ba pha­ka­de, unxi­wa, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlao.

29 Le­nko­si yeA­yi wa­yi­pha­nye­ka esi­hla­hle­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­si­kha­thi sa­nta­mba­map. Le­ku­tsho­ne­ni kwe­la­nga uJo­shu­wa wa­la­ya uku­thi be­thu­le isi­du­mbu sa­yo esi­hla­hle­ni, ba­si­pho­se­le emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo lo­mu­ziq, ba­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­so inqwa­ba enku­lu ya­ma­tshe, ekho­na ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlar.

Umla­yo ufu­ndwa ngu­Jo­shu­wa enta­be­ni yeE­bha­li

30 Kho­na uJo­shu­wa wa­ya­khe­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ila­thi enta­be­ni yeE­bha­lis.

31 Nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nje­nga­lo­khu ubha­lwe egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si, ila­thi la­ma­tshe aphe­le­le­yo, oku­nga­za­nge ku­se­tshe­nzi­swe nsi­mbi phe­zu kwa­lot. Ba­se­be­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwa­lo eNko­si­ni imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, ba­hla­ba imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lau.

32 Wa­se­bha­la la­pho ema­tshe­ni impi­nda yo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si, ayi­bha­la pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liv.

33 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke-ke, la­ba­da­la ba­bo, le­zi­ndu­na, la­ba­hlu­le­li ba­bo, be­ma nga­pha la­nga­pha ko­mtsho­ko­tsho, be­qo­nde­ne la­ba­pri­sti, ama­Le­viw, aba­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­six, owe­zi­zwe nje­ngo­wo­ku­za­lwa. Ingxe­nye ya­bo ima­qo­nda­na le­nta­ba ye­Ge­ri­zi­mi, le­ngxe­nye ya­bo ma­qo­nda­na le­nta­ba yeE­bha­liy, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si, uku­bu­si­sa aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li ku­qa­laz.

34 La­nge­mva kwa­lo­kho wa­me­me­ze­la wo­nke ama­zwi omla­yoa, isi­bu­si­sob le­si­qa­le­ki­soc, nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo.

35 Akwa­ba­kho ili­zwi ku­kho ko­nke uMo­zi­si aku­la­ya­yo uJo­shu­wa anga­li­me­me­ze­la­nga pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li la­be­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­nya­nad la­be­zi­zwe­ni aba­be­ha­mba pha­ka­thi kwa­boe.

Ubu­qi­li ba­be­Gi­be­yo­ni

9Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho wo­nke ama­kho­si aye­nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni, enta­be­ni, le­si­ho­tshe­nia, le­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle olu­khu­lu, ma­qo­nda­na le­Le­bha­no­nib, ama­He­thi la­maA­mo­ri, ama­Kha­na­ni, ama­Pe­ri­zi, ama­Hi­vi la­ma­Je­bu­si ezwac,

2 abu­tha­na nda­wo­nye uku­lwa lo­Jo­shu­wa loI­sra­ye­li nga­nhli­zi­yo­nye.

3 Kwa­thi aba­hla­li be­Gi­be­yo­nid se­be­zwi­le lo­kho uJo­shu­wa aye­kwe­nzi­le eJe­ri­ko la­seA­yie,

4 la­bo ba­se­be­se­nza ngo­bu­qi­li; ba­ha­mba ba­ze­nza izi­thu­nywa, ba­thwa­li­sa oba­bhe­mi ba­bo ama­sa­ka agu­gi­le­yo le­mi­go­dla ye­wa­yi­ni egu­gi­le­yo le­da­bu­ki­le­yo le­be­ke­lwe­yo,

5 la­ma­nya­the­la agu­gi­le­yo la­be­ke­lwe­yo enya­we­ni za­bof, le­zi­gqo­ko ezi­gu­gi­le­yo be­zi­gqo­ki­le, le­zi­nkwa zo­nke zo­mpha­ko wa­bo se­zo­mi­le zi­khu­nti­leg.

6 Ba­se­be­si­ya ku­Jo­shu­wa enka­mbe­ni eGi­li­ga­lih, ba­thi ku­ye le­ma­do­de­ni akoI­sra­ye­li: Si­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na, nga­kho-ke ye­nza­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­thi.

7 Ko­dwa ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li athi ku­ma­Hi­vii: Mhla­wu­mbe li­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­thu; pho, si­nge­nza nja­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­nuj?

8 Ase­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Si­zi­nce­ku za­khok. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ki­wo: Li­ngo­ba­ni? Nja­lo li­ve­la nga­phi?

9 Ase­si­thi ku­ye: Izi­nce­ku za­kho zi­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu, nge­nxa ye­bi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khol, ngo­ba si­zwi­le indu­me­la ya­yo la­kho ko­nke eya­kwe­nza eGi­bhi­them,

10 la­kho ko­nke eya­kwe­nza ema­kho­si­ni ama­bi­li amaA­mo­ri aye­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, uSi­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni, loO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni, eya­yi­seA­shi­ta­ro­thin.

11 Nga­kho aba­da­la be­thu la­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thi ba­khu­lu­ma ki­thi be­si­thi: Tha­tha­ni umpha­ko we­ndle­la esa­ndle­ni se­nu, li­ha­mbe li­ye­hla­nga­na la­bo, li­thi ki­bo: Si­zi­nce­ku ze­nu; nga­kho-ke ye­nza­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­thi.

12 Le­si­si­nkwa se­thu sa­si­tha­tha si­tshi­sa si­ngu­mpha­ko we­thu ezi­ndli­ni ze­thu mhla si­phu­ma­yo si­si­za ki­ni; ko­dwa kha­the­si, kha­nge­la, se­so­mi­le sa­khu­nta.

13 La­li­mi­go­dla ye­wa­yi­ni esa­yi­gcwa­li­sa­yo ya­yi­mi­tsha; ko­dwa kha­nge­la, isi­da­bu­ki­le. La­le­zi­zi­gqo­ko ze­thu la­ma­nya­the­la ethu se­ku­gu­gi­swe lu­ha­mbo olu­de ka­khu­lu.

14 Nga­kho ama­do­da atha­tha ko­ko­mpha­ko wa­bo, enga­bu­za­nga umlo­mo we­Nko­sio.

15 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­nza uku­thu­la la­bo, we­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo so­ku­ba­ye­ke­la ba­phi­le, le­zi­ndu­na ze­nhla­nga­no za­fu­nga ki­bop.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu emva ko­ku­thi se­be­nzi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo, be­zwa uku­thi ba­ngo­ma­khe­lwa­ne ba­bo, lo­ku­thi ba­be­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

17 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­ka ba­fi­ka emi­zi­ni ya­bo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu. Nja­lo imi­zi ya­bo ya­yi­yi­Gi­be­yo­ni le­Ke­fi­ra le­Bhe­ro­thiq le­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mir.

18 Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ba­ba­tsha­ya­nga ngo­ba izi­ndu­na ze­ba­ndla za­zi­ba­fu­nge­le nge­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li; inhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­si­ngu­ngu­ne­la izi­ndu­na.

19 Ko­dwa zo­nke izi­ndu­na za­thi enhla­nga­nwe­ni yo­nke: Thi­na si­fu­ngi­le ki­bo nge­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, nga­kho-ke ka­si­la­ku­ba­thi­nta.

20 Si­za­kwe­nza lo­khu ki­bo, si­ba­ye­ke­le ba­phi­le, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na ula­ka phe­zu kwe­thus nge­nxa ye­si­fu­ngo esa­si­fu­nga ki­bot.

21 Le­zi­ndu­na za­thi ku­bo: Ba­ye­ke­le­ni ba­phi­le, ko­dwa ka­ba­be nga­ba­ga­mu­li be­nku­ni la­ba­khi ba­ma­nzi enhla­nga­nwe­ni yo­nkeu, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­zi­ndu­na ku­bov.

22 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­bi­za, wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo esi­thi: Li­si­kho­hli­se­le­ni, li­si­thi: Si­kha­tsha­na ka­khu­lu la­niw; ka­nti li­na li­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­thux?

23 Nga­kho-ke li­qa­le­ki­si­wey, nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­qu­nywa pha­ka­thi kwe­nu izi­gqi­liz la­ba­ga­mu­li be­nku­ni la­ba­khi ba­ma­nzi be­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mia.

24 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la uJo­shu­wa ba­thi: Ngo­ba kwa­tshe­lwa lo­ku­tshe­lwa ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­la­ya uMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­yo uku­li­ni­ka ili­zwe lo­nke lo­ku­chi­tha bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwe pha­mbi kwe­nub. Nga­kho se­sa­ba ka­khu­lu nge­mpi­lo ye­thu nge­nxa ye­nu. Yi­kho se­nze le intoc.

25 Kha­the­si-ke, kha­nge­la, se­si­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho; ye­nza nje­ngo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo la­nje­ngo­ku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho uku­kwe­nza ki­thid.

26 Nga­kho we­nza nja­lo ku­bo, wa­bo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze ba­nga­ba­bu­la­li.

27 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­be­nza nga­lo­lo­su­ku ba­ba nga­ba­ga­mu­li be­nku­ni la­ba­khi ba­ma­nzi be­nhla­nga­no, la­be­la­thi le­Nko­si, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlae, enda­we­ni eza­yi­khe­thaf.

Uku­nqo­tshwa kwa­maA­mo­ri

10Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uA­do­ni­ze­de­ki inko­si ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ese­zwi­le uku­thi uJo­shu­wa uyi­thu­mbi­le iA­yi, wa­yi­tsha­ba­la­li­sa, nje­nga­lo­kho akwe­nza eJe­ri­ko le­nko­si­ni ya­yoa, we­nze nja­lo eA­yi le­nko­si­ni ya­yob, lo­ku­thi aba­hla­li be­Gi­be­yo­ni be­nza uku­thu­la loI­sra­ye­li, ba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­boc,

2 be­sa­ba ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba iGi­be­yo­ni ya­yi­ngu­mu­zi omkhu­lu nje­ngo­mu­nye we­mi­zi ye­nko­si, la­ngo­ba ya­yi­nku­lu ku­leA­yi, la­ma­do­da ayo wo­nke enga­ma­qha­wed.

3 Nga­kho uA­do­ni­ze­de­ki inko­si ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ya­thu­me­la ku­Ho­ha­mu inko­si ye­He­bro­nie, la­ku­Pi­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ja­ri­mu­thif, la­ku­Ja­fi­ya inko­si ye­La­ki­shig, la­ku­De­bi­ri inko­si yeE­gi­lo­nih, esi­thi:

4 Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni ki­mi li­ngi­si­ze, uku­ze si­yi­tsha­ye iGi­be­yo­ni; ngo­ba ye­nzi­le uku­thu­la lo­Jo­shu­wa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

5 Nga­kho ama­kho­si ama­hla­nu amaA­mo­ri, inko­si ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, inko­si ye­He­bro­ni, inko­si ye­Ja­ri­mu­thi, inko­si ye­La­ki­shi, inko­si yeE­gi­lo­ni, ahla­nga­na enyu­ka, wo­na la­ma­bu­tho awo wo­nke, ami­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na le­Gi­be­yo­ni, alwa la­yoi.

6 Ama­do­da eGi­be­yo­ni ase­thu­me­la ku­Jo­shu­wa enka­mbe­ni ye­Gi­li­ga­li esi­thi: Isa­ndla sa­kho si­nga­tshi­yi izi­nce­ku za­kho; ye­nyu­ke­la ki­thi ma­si­nya­ne usi­si­ndi­se usi­si­ze, ngo­ba ama­kho­si wo­nke amaA­mo­ri ahla­la ezi­nta­be­ni ase­si­hla­nga­nye­le.

7 Nga­kho uJo­shu­wa we­nyu­ka esu­ka eGi­li­ga­li, ye­na la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpi ka­nye la­ye, la­wo wo­nke ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndlaj.

8 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Unga­be­sa­bi, ngo­ba ngi­ba­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho; ka­ku­la­mu­ntu wa­bo oza­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­khok.

9 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­ju­ma, enyu­ke ubu­su­ku bo­nke esu­ka eGi­li­ga­li.

10 INko­si ya­ba­sa­nga­ni­sa pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, ya­ba­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu eGi­be­yo­nil, ya­xo­tsha­na la­bo endle­le­ni enyu­ke­la eBhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni, ya­ba­tsha­yam kwa­ze kwa­ba seA­se­kan kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ma­ke­dao.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­sa­ba­le­ka pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ekwe­hle­ni kwe­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­nip, iNko­si ya­pho­se­la phe­zu kwa­bo ama­tshe ama­khu­lu eve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, kwa­ze kwa­ba seA­ze­ka, nja­lo ba­fa. Ba­be­ba­ne­ngi aba­fa nge­si­qho­tho okwe­dlu­la la­bo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ba­bu­la­la nge­nke­mbaq.

12 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uJo­shu­wa wa­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni mhla iNko­si ini­ke­la amaA­mo­ri pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­thi pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li: La­nga, ma­na eGi­be­yo­nir, la­we nya­nga, esi­ho­tshe­ni seA­ja­lo­nis.

13 Le­la­nga la­thi mpo le­nya­nga ye­ma, aba­ntu ba­ze ba­zi­phi­ndi­se­la ezi­the­ni za­bo. Lo­khu ka­ku­bha­li­we yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Ja­sha­ri? Nga­kho ila­nga le­ma pha­ka­thi ko­mkha­thi, ka­la­ze la­pha­ngi­sa uku­tsho­na pho­se oko­su­ku olu­phe­le­le­yot.

14 Ka­lu­za­nga lu­be kho­na usu­ku olu­nja­lo nga­pha­mbi kwa­lo lo­ba emva kwa­lo la­pho iNko­si eya­li­zwa kho­na ili­zwi lo­mu­ntuu, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­mlwe­la uI­sra­ye­liv.

15 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bu­ye­la enka­mbe­ni eGi­li­ga­li loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­yew.

16 Ko­dwa la­wo­ma­kho­si ama­hla­nu aba­le­ka, aca­tsha ebha­lwi­ni eMa­ke­da.

17 Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa ku­Jo­shu­wa uku­thi: Ama­kho­si ama­hla­nu atho­lwe eca­tshi­le ebha­lwi­ni eMa­ke­dax.

18 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi: Gi­qe­la­ni ama­tshe ama­khu­lu emlo­nye­ni wo­bha­lu, li­mi­se ama­do­da ku­lo uku­wa­li­nda.

19 Ko­dwa li­na li­nga­mi; xo­tsha­na­ni le­zi­tha ze­nu, li­zi­tsha­ye nge­mu­va kwa­zo, li­nga­zi­ye­ke­li zi­nge­ne emi­zi­ni ya­zo, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu izi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­nu.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uJo­shu­wa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li se­be­qe­di­le uku­zi­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu­ka­zi za­ze za­qe­dwa, insa­li eya­sa­la­yo ya­zo ya­nge­na emi­zi­ni evi­ke­lwe­yoy.

21 La­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­bu­ye­la enka­mbe­ni ku­Jo­shu­wa eMa­ke­da ngo­ku­thu­la; ka­kho owa­nyi­ki­nya uli­mi lwa­khe eme­la­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liz.

22 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi: Vu­la­ni umlo­mo wo­bha­lu, li­khu­phe­le ki­mi la­wo­ma­kho­si ama­hla­nu eve­la ebha­lwi­ni.

23 Ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo, ba­wa­khu­phe­la ku­ye la­wo­ma­kho­si ama­hla­nu eve­la ebha­lwi­ni: Inko­si ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, inko­si ye­He­bro­ni, inko­si ye­Ja­ri­mu­thi, inko­si ye­La­ki­shi, inko­si yeE­gi­lo­ni.

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­wa­khu­phe­le ku­Jo­shu­wa la­wo­ma­kho­si, uJo­shu­wa wa­bi­za wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li, wa­thi ezi­ndu­ne­ni za­ma­do­da empi eza­zi­ha­mbe la­ye: So­nde­la­ni, li­be­ke inya­wo ze­nu enta­nye­ni za­la­ma­kho­si. Za­se­zi­so­nde­la, za­be­ka inya­wo za­zo enta­nye­ni za­wo.

25 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Li­nge­sa­bi li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­loa; qi­na­ni li­me isi­bi­ndib, ngo­ba iNko­si iza­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­zo zo­nke izi­tha ze­nu eli­lwa li­me­le­ne la­zoc.

26 Emva kwa­lo­kho uJo­shu­wa wa­se­wa­tsha­ya wa­wa­bu­la­la, wa­wa­le­ngi­sa ezi­hla­hle­ni ezi­nhla­nu; nja­lo aye­le­nga ezi­hla­hle­ni kwa­ze kwa­hlwad.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­tsho­na kwe­la­nga uJo­shu­wa wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­we­thu­le ezi­hla­hle­ni, ba­wa­pho­se­le ebha­lwi­ni aye­ca­tshe kho­na; ba­se­be­fa­ka ama­tshe ama­khu­lu emlo­nye­ni wo­bha­lu, akho­na ku­ze ku­be yi­lo­na lo­lu­su­kue.

28 UJo­shu­wa wa­thu­mba la­yo iMa­ke­da nga­lo­lo­su­ku, wa­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa le­nko­si ya­yo, bo­na, la­yo yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eya­yi­ki­yo, ka­tshi­ya­nga insa­lif. Wa­se­se­nza enko­si­ni ye­Ma­ke­da nje­nga­lo­kho akwe­nza enko­si­ni ye­Je­ri­kog.

29 UJo­shu­wa, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke la­ye, wa­se­dlu­la esu­ka eMa­ke­da wa­ya eLi­bhi­na, wa­lwa eme­le­ne le­Li­bhi­nah.

30 INko­si ya­si­yi­ni­ke­la la­yo le­nko­si ya­yo esa­ndle­ni si­kaI­sra­ye­li; wa­se­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo yo­nke eya­yi­ki­yo; ka­tshi­ya­nga insa­li ki­yo; we­nza enko­si­ni ya­yo nje­nga­lo­kho akwe­nza enko­si­ni ye­Je­ri­ko.

31 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­dlu­la esu­ka eLi­bhi­na, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, wa­ya eLa­ki­shi, wa­mi­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na la­yo, wa­lwa eme­le­ne la­yo.

32 INko­si ya­si­yi­ni­ke­la iLa­ki­shi esa­ndle­ni si­kaI­sra­ye­li; wa­se­yi­thu­mba ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li, wa­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba la­yo yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eya­yi­ki­yo, nje­nga­kho ko­nke akwe­nza eLi­bhi­na.

33 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uHo­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ge­ze­ri we­nyu­ka uku­si­za iLa­ki­shi; ko­dwa uJo­shu­wa wa­mtsha­ya la­ba­ntu ba­khe, kwa­ze kwa­thi ka­mtshi­ye­la­nga insa­lii.

34 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­dlu­la esu­ka eLa­ki­shi, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, ba­ya eE­gi­lo­ni, ba­mi­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na la­yo, ba­lwa be­me­le­ne la­yo.

35 Ba­yi­thu­mba nga­lo­lo­su­ku, ba­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo yo­nke eya­yi­ki­yo ba­yi­tsha­ba­la­li­sa nga­lo­lo­su­ku, nje­nga­kho ko­nke akwe­nza eLa­ki­shi.

36 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka eE­gi­lo­ni loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, ba­ya eHe­bro­ni, ba­lwa be­me­le­ne la­yo,

37 ba­yi­thu­mba, ba­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, le­nko­si ya­yo le­mi­zi ya­yo yo­nke la­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo owa­wu­ki­yo; ka­tshi­ya­nga insa­li, nje­nga­kho ko­nke akwe­nza eE­gi­lo­ni, wa­wu­tsha­ba­la­li­sa la­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo owa­wu­ki­yo.

38 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bu­ye­la eDe­bi­rij loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, ba­lwa be­me­le­ne la­yo,

39 ba­yi­thu­mba le­nko­si ya­yo la­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­yo, ba­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo owa­wu­ki­yo; ka­tshi­ya­nga insa­li. Nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­khe eHe­bro­ni we­nza nja­lo eDe­bi­ri le­nko­si­ni ya­yo, la­nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­khe eLi­bhi­na le­nko­si­ni ya­yo.

40 Nga­kho uJo­shu­wa wa­li­tsha­ya ili­zwe lo­nke le­zi­nta­ba le­le­ni­ngi­zi­mu le­le­si­ho­tsha le­la­ma­wa­tha la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si abok; ka­tshi­ya­nga insa­li, ko­dwa wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa ko­nke oku­phe­fu­mu­la­yo, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lil.

41 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­tsha­ya ku­su­ke­la eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yam kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ga­zan, le­li­zwe lo­nke le­Go­she­ni, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Gi­be­yo­nio.

42 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­thu­mba wo­nke la­ma­kho­si le­li­zwe la­wo nga­si­kha­thi si­nye, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­mlwe­la uI­sra­ye­lip.

43 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bu­ye­la, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, enka­mbe­ni eGi­li­ga­liq.

UJo­shu­wa unqo­ba ili­zwe lo­nke

11Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uJa­bi­nia inko­si ye­Ha­zo­rib eku­zwa, wa­thu­me­la ku­Jo­ba­bic inko­si ye­Ma­do­nid, le­nko­si­ni ye­Shi­mi­ro­nie, le­nko­si­ni yeA­ki­sha­fif,

2 le­ma­kho­si­ni aye­nge­nya­ka­tho ezi­nta­be­ni, le­ma­gce­ke­ni, eni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­Ki­ne­ro­thig, le­si­ho­tshe­ni, le­ma­qa­qe­ni eDo­ri entsho­na­la­ngah,

3 ama­Kha­na­ni empu­ma­la­nga le­ntsho­na­la­nga, la­maA­mo­ri la­ma­He­thi la­ma­Pe­ri­zi la­ma­Je­bu­si enta­be­nii, la­ma­Hi­vij nga­pha­nsi kwe­He­rmo­nik eli­zwe­ni le­Mi­zi­pal.

4 Ase­phu­ma, wo­na la­wo wo­nke ama­bu­tho awo ka­nye la­wo, aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be eli­se­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle ngo­bu­ne­ngi, la­ma­bhi­za le­nqo­la oku­ne­ngi ka­khu­lum.

5 Wo­nke la­ma­kho­si ase­hla­nga­na, eza ami­sa inka­mba nda­wo­nye ema­nzi­ni eMe­ro­ma, uku­lwa eme­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Unge­sa­bi nge­nxa ya­bo, ngo­ba ku­sa­sa pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ngi­za­wa­ni­ke­la wo­nke ese­bu­le­we pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­lin; uza­qu­ma imi­si­pha ya­ma­bhi­za awoo, utshi­se inqo­la za­wo ngo­mli­lop.

7 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­za, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­mpi ka­nye la­ye, be­me­le­ne la­wo ema­nzi­ni eMe­ro­ma ba­wa­ju­maq, ba­wa­du­me­la.

8 INko­si ya­si­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­kaI­sra­ye­li, owa­wa­tsha­ya wa­xo­tsha­na la­wo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Si­do­ni enku­lu, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Mi­si­re­fo­thi-Ma­yi­mi, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­Mi­zi­pa empu­ma­la­ngar. Ba­wa­tsha­ya, ka­ba­ze ba­tshi­ya insa­li ku­bo.

9 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­se­nza ki­wo nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ku­ye; wa­qu­ma imi­si­pha ya­ma­bhi­za awo, wa­tshi­sa inqo­la za­wo ngo­mli­los.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bu­ya nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, wa­thu­mba iHa­zo­ri, wa­tsha­ya inko­si ya­yo nge­nke­mba. Ngo­ba ku­qa­la iHa­zo­ri ya­yi­yi­nhlo­ko ya­yo yo­nke le­yo­mi­bu­so.

11 Ba­tsha­ya yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eya­yi­ki­yo ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, ba­yi­tsha­ba­la­li­sa; ka­ku­sa­la­nga lo­ku­ko­dwa oku­phe­fu­mu­la­yo; wa­se­tshi­sa iHa­zo­ri ngo­mli­lo.

12 Yo­nke-ke imi­zi ya­la­wo­ma­kho­si la­ma­kho­si ayo wo­nke uJo­shu­wa wa­ku­thu­mba, wa­ku­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, wa­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­sa, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­sit.

13 Ku­phe­la imi­zi yo­nke eya­yi­mi ema­du­ndu­lwi­ni ayo uI­sra­ye­li ka­yi­tshi­sa­nga, nga­pha­ndle kwe­Ha­zo­ri ku­phe­la uJo­shu­wa ayi­tshi­sa­yo.

14 La­yo yo­nke impa­ngo ya­li­mi­zi le­zi­fu­yo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­zi­pha­nge­la. Ku­phe­la bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ba­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba ba­ze ba­ba­chi­tha; ka­ba­tshi­ya­nga lo­ye­dwa ophe­fu­mu­la­yo.

15 Nje­nga­lo­khu iNko­si ya­yi­mla­yi­le uMo­zi­si ince­ku ya­you, ngo­ku­nja­lo uMo­zi­si wa­mla­ya uJo­shu­wav, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo uJo­shu­wa wa­kwe­nza; ka­su­sa­nga lu­tho ku­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­ku­la­ya uMo­zi­siw.

16 Nga­kho uJo­shu­wa wa­li­tha­tha le­lo­li­zwe lo­nke, izi­nta­ba, le­ni­ngi­zi­mu yo­nkex, le­li­zwe lo­nke le­Go­she­ni, le­si­ho­tsha, la­ma­gce­key, le­nta­ba za­koI­sra­ye­li, le­si­go­di sa­khez,

17 ku­su­ke­la enta­be­ni ye­Ha­la­kia eye­nyu­ke­la eSe­yi­rib, ku­ze ku­be se­Bha­li-Ga­di esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Le­bha­no­nic nga­pha­nsi kwe­nta­ba ye­He­rmo­nid. Wa­wa­thu­mba wo­nke ama­kho­si abo, wa­wa­tsha­ya wa­wa­bu­la­la.

18 UJo­shu­wa wa­yi­lwa-ke impi insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi la­wo wo­nke la­wo­ma­kho­si.

19 Ka­ku­ba­nga la­mu­zi owe­nza uku­thu­la la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­Hi­vi aba­hla­li be­Gi­be­yo­nie; ba­yi­tha­tha yo­nke nge­mpi.

20 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­ve­la eNko­si­ni ukwe­nza lu­khu­ni inhli­zi­yo za­bo uku­ze ba­hla­nga­be­za­ne loI­sra­ye­li empi­ni, uku­ze aba­tsha­ba­la­li­sef, uku­ze ba­nga­zu­zi umu­sa, ko­dwa uku­ze aba­bhu­bhi­se, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­sig.

21 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­za nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, wa­qu­ma amaA­na­ki asu­ke ezi­nta­be­nih, eHe­bro­nii, eDe­bi­rij, eA­na­bi, le­nta­be­ni zo­nke za­ko­Ju­da, la­ku­zo zo­nke inta­ba za­koI­sra­ye­li; uJo­shu­wa wa­wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa le­mi­zi ya­wo.

22 Ka­ku­sa­la­nga amaA­na­ki eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; ku­phe­la eGa­zak, eGa­thil, leA­shi­do­di, asa­lam.

23 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­tha­tha ili­zwe lo­nke nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­ku­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­sin. UJo­shu­wa wa­se­li­ni­ka la­ba yi­li­fa kuI­sra­ye­lio, nje­ngo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwa­bo nge­zi­zwe za­bop. Ili­zwe la­se­li­phu­mu­la empi­niq.

Ama­kho­si anqo­tshwa ngu­Mo­zi­si

12La­la nga­ma­kho­si eli­zwe aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­wa­tsha­ya­yo, ba­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe la­wo nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, ku­su­ke­la esi­fu­le­ni seA­ri­no­nia ku­si­ya enta­be­ni ye­He­rmo­ni, la­ma­gce­ke wo­nke nge­mpu­ma­la­ngab:

2 USi­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri owa­ye­hla­la eHe­shi­bo­nic, ebu­sa ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri ese­khu­nji­ni lwe­si­fu­la seA­ri­no­ni la­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­fu­la, le­ngxe­nye ye­Gi­le­ya­did ku­ze ku­fi­ke esi­fu­le­ni iJa­bo­ki, umngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nie,

3 la­ma­gce­ke ku­ze ku­fi­ke elwa­ndle lwe­Ki­ne­ro­thi, ku­ze ku­be se­lwa­ndle lwa­ma­gce­ke, uLwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yi, empu­ma­la­ngaf, indle­la ye­Be­ti-Je­shi­mo­thi, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la eni­ngi­zi­mu nga­pha­nsi kweA­shi­do­di-Pi­si­gag;

4 lo­mngce­le kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­nih owe­nsa­li ze­zi­qhwa­gai owa­ye­hla­la eA­shi­ta­ro­thi leE­dre­yij,

5 wa­bu­sa enta­be­ni ye­He­rmo­nik le­Sa­le­ka le­Ba­sha­ni lo­nkel, ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni wa­ma­Ge­shu­ri la­ma­Ma­ha­ka­thi, le­ngxe­nye ye­Gi­le­ya­di, umngce­le ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­nim.

6 UMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ba­tsha­yan. UMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si wa­se­li­ni­ka aba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se uku­ba yi­li­fao.

Ama­kho­si anqo­tshwa ngu­Jo­shu­wa

7 La­la nga­ma­kho­si eli­zwe uJo­shu­wa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­wa­tsha­ya­yo nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni entsho­na­la­nga, ku­su­ke­la eBha­li-Ga­di esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Le­bha­no­ni ku­si­ya enta­be­ni elu­gwa­du­lep eye­nyu­ke­la eSe­yi­riq. UJo­shu­wa wa­li­ni­ka-ke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba yi­li­fa nje­ngo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwa­zor:

8 Ezi­nta­be­ni, le­zi­ho­tshe­ni, le­ma­gce­ke­ni, le­ma­wa­the­ni, le­nka­nga­la, le­ni­ngi­zi­mus: Ama­He­thi, amaA­mo­ri, la­ma­Kha­na­ni, ama­Pe­ri­zi, ama­Hi­vi, la­ma­Je­bu­sit.

9 Inko­si ye­Je­ri­ko, eyo­dwau; inko­si yeA­yi, ese­ce­le­ni kwe­Bhe­the­li, eyo­dwav;

10 inko­si ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, eyo­dwa; inko­si ye­He­bro­ni, eyo­dwa;

11 wi­nko­si ye­Ja­ri­mu­thi, eyo­dwax; inko­si ye­La­ki­shi, eyo­dway;

12 inko­si yeE­gi­lo­ni, eyo­dwaz; inko­si ye­Ge­ze­ri, eyo­dwaa;

13 inko­si ye­De­bi­ri, eyo­dwab; inko­si ye­Ge­de­ri, eyo­dwac;

14 inko­si ye­Ho­rma, eyo­dwad; inko­si yeA­ra­di, eyo­dwae;

15 inko­si ye­Li­bhi­na, eyo­dwaf; inko­si yeA­du­la­mu, eyo­dwag;

16 inko­si ye­Ma­ke­da, eyo­dwah; inko­si ye­Bhe­the­li, eyo­dwai;

17 inko­si ye­Ta­pu­wa, eyo­dwaj; inko­si ye­He­fe­ri, eyo­dwak;

18 inko­si yeA­fe­ki, eyo­dwa; inko­si ye­La­sha­ro­ni, eyo­dwal;

19 inko­si ye­Ma­do­ni, eyo­dwam; inko­si ye­Ha­zo­ri, eyo­dwan;

20 inko­si ye­Shi­mi­ro­ni-Me­ro­ni, eyo­dwao; inko­si yeA­ki­sha­fi, eyo­dwap;

21 inko­si ye­Tha­ha­na­khi, eyo­dwaq; inko­si ye­Me­gi­do, eyo­dwar;

22 inko­si ye­Ke­de­shi, eyo­dwas; inko­si ye­Jo­ki­ne­ya­mut eKha­rme­li, eyo­dwau;

23 inko­si ye­Do­ri emngce­le­ni we­Do­ri, eyo­dwav; inko­si ye­zi­zwew ze­Gi­li­ga­li, eyo­dwax;

24 inko­si ye­Ti­ri­za, eyo­dway; wo­nke ama­kho­si anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nye.

INko­si ila­ya uJo­shu­wa uku­thi abe­le izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li ili­zwe eli­nqo­tshi­we­yo

13UJo­shu­wa wa­ye­se­mda­la ele­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi. INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Usu­mda­la, ule­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi, ku­sa­se­le ili­zwe eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu uku­dla ili­fa la­loa.

2 Yi­le­li ili­zwe eli­se­le­yob: Yo­nke imi­ngce­le ya­ma­Fi­li­stic, le­Ge­shu­ri yo­nked,

3 ku­su­ke­la eShi­ho­ri eli­pha­mbi kwe­Gi­bhi­the, ku­si­ya emngce­le­ni weE­khi­ro­ni enya­ka­tho, eli­ba­le­lwa ku­ma­Kha­na­nie; aba­bu­si aba­hla­nu ba­ma­Fi­li­stif, abe­Ga­za, la­beA­shi­do­di, abeA­shi­ke­lo­ni, abe­Ga­thi, la­beE­khi­ro­nig, la­beA­vih,

4 ku­su­ke­la eni­ngi­zi­mu, ili­zwe lo­nke la­ma­Kha­na­ni, le­Me­ya­ra eli­nge­la­ma­Si­do­ni, ku­ze ku­fi­ke eA­fe­kii, ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni wa­maA­mo­rij,

5 le­li­zwe la­ma­Ge­ba­li, le­Le­bha­no­ni lo­nke, ku­si­ya empu­ma­la­ngak, ku­su­ke­la eBha­li-Ga­di nga­pha­nsi kwe­nta­ba ye­He­rmo­nil, ku­si­ya eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thim.

6 Bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo ezi­nta­be­ni, ku­su­ke­la eLe­bha­no­ni ku­si­ya eMi­si­re­fo­thi-Ma­yi­mi, wo­nke ama­Si­do­nin, mi­na ngi­za­ba­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lio. Ku­phe­la ula­be­le uI­sra­ye­li nge­nka­tho li­be yi­li­fa, nje­ngo­ba ngi­ku­la­yi­lep.

7 Nga­kho-ke ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa ili­zwe le­li li­be yi­li­fa ezi­zwe­ni ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Ru­be­ni le­sa­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se

8 Ka­nye la­bo aba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di be­mu­ke­la ili­fa la­bo, uMo­zi­si owa­ba­ni­ka lo­na, nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, nje­nga­lo­kho uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si wa­ba­ni­kaq:

9 Ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri ese­khu­nji­ni lwe­si­fu­la seA­ri­no­ni, lo­mu­zi opha­ka­thi kwe­si­fu­lar, la­ma­gce­ke wo­nkes eMe­de­bat ku­ze ku­be se­Di­bo­niu,

10 le­mi­zi yo­nke ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri owa­bu­sa eHe­shi­bo­niv, ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni,

11 le­Gi­le­ya­diw lo­mngce­le wa­ma­Ge­shu­ri la­ma­Ma­ha­ka­thix le­nta­ba yo­nke ye­He­rmo­niy le­Ba­sha­ni lo­nke ku­ze ku­be se­Sa­le­kaz,

12 umbu­so wo­nke kaO­gi eBa­sha­ni owa­bu­sa eA­shi­ta­ro­thi leE­dre­yia. Ngu­ye owa­sa­la ku­nsa­li ye­zi­qhwa­gab. UMo­zi­si wa­ye­ba­tsha­ye-ke wa­ba­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni la­bo.

13 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ba­wa­xo­tsha­nga eli­fe­ni ama­Ge­shu­ri la­ma­Ma­ha­ka­thi; ko­dwa ama­Ge­shu­ri la­ma­Ma­ha­ka­thi ahla­la pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlac.

14 Ku­phe­la esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Le­vi ka­ni­ka­nga ili­fa; imi­ni­ke­lo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li eye­nzi­we ngo­mli­lo iyi­li­fa la­sod, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo ku­soe.

15 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka isi­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

16 Lo­mngce­le wa­so wa­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­rif ese­khu­nji­ni lwe­si­fu­la seA­ri­no­ni, lo­mu­zi opha­ka­thi kwe­si­fu­la, la­ma­gce­keg wo­nke eMe­de­bah,

17 iHe­shi­bo­ni, le­mi­zi ya­yo yo­nke ese­ma­gce­ke­nii, iDi­bo­nij le­Ba­mo­thi-Bha­li le­Be­ti-Bha­li-Me­yo­ni,

18 le­Ja­ha­zak le­Ke­de­mo­thil le­Me­fa­ha­thim,

19 le­Ki­ri­ya­tha­yi­min le­Si­bi­ma le­Ze­re­thi-Sha­ha­ri enta­be­ni ye­si­go­dio,

20 le­Be­ti-Pe­yo­rip leA­shi­do­di-Pi­si­ga le­Be­ti-Je­shi­mo­thiq,

21 le­mi­zi yo­nke ya­ma­gce­ke, lo­mbu­so wo­nke ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ya­maA­mo­ri, owa­ye­bu­sa eHe­shi­bo­nir, uMo­zi­si amtsha­yas le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­Mi­di­ya­nit, oE­vi lo­Re­ke­mi lo­Zu­ri lo­Hu­ri lo­Re­ba, ama­kho­sa­na ka­Si­ho­ni, aba­khi­le­yo be­li­zweu.

22 Lo­Ba­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Pe­yo­riv, ovu­mi­sa­yo, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mbu­la­la nge­nke­mba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­bu­le­we­yo ba­bo.

23 Lo­mngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni wa­wu­yi­Jo­da­ni lo­mngce­le wa­yo. Lo­khu kwa­ku­yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

24 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka isi­zwe sa­ko­Ga­di, ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

25 Lo­mngce­le wa­bo wa­wu­yi­Ja­ze­riw la­yo yo­nke imi­zi ye­Gi­le­ya­di le­ngxe­nye ye­li­zwe la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nix, ku­si­ya eA­ro­we­ri, epha­mbi kwe­Ra­bay,

26 nja­lo ku­su­ke­la eHe­shi­bo­ni ku­si­ya eRa­ma­thi-Mi­zi­pa le­Be­to­ni­miz, nja­lo ku­su­ke­la eMa­ha­na­yi­mia ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni we­De­bhi­rib;

27 le­si­go­di­ni, iBe­ti-Ha­ra­mac le­Be­ti-Ni­mi­rad le­Su­ko­thi le­Za­fo­ni, insa­li yo­mbu­so ka­Si­ho­ni inko­si ye­He­shi­bo­ni, iJo­da­ni lo­mngce­lee, ku­ze ku­be se­ku­phe­le­ni ko­lwa­ndle lwe­Ki­ne­re­thi nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni empu­ma­la­ngaf.

28 Le­li yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le­mi­za­na ya­bo.

29 UMo­zi­si wa­se­ni­ka ingxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ili­fa; nja­lo ya­yi­nge­ye­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

30 Lo­mngce­le wa­bo wa­su­ke­la eMa­ha­na­yi­mi, iBa­sha­ni lo­nke, umbu­so wo­nke kaO­gi inko­si ye­Ba­sha­ni, la­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ye­Ja­yi­ri ese­Ba­sha­ni, imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­phag.

31 Le­ngxe­nye ye­Gi­le­ya­di, leA­shi­ta­ro­thi, leE­dre­yi, imi­zi yo­mbu­so kaO­gi eBa­sha­ni, ya­yi­nge­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­seh, ngi­tsho eye­ngxe­nye ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­ki­ri ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­boi.

32 La yi­wo uMo­zi­si awa­ni­ka aba yi­li­fa ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko empu­ma­la­ngaj.

33 Ko­dwa esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Le­vi uMo­zi­si ka­ni­ka­nga ili­fak; iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, iyi­li­fa la­bo, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo ku­bol.

Ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni la­bi­wa nge­nka­tho

14La­la nga­ma­zwe aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­wa­dla abe yi­li­fa eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, uE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se be­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ba­ni­ka wo­na aba yi­li­faa,

2 nge­nka­tho ye­li­fa la­bo, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si, nge­zi­zwe ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zweb.

3 Ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­ye­se­ni­ke ili­fa izi­zwe ezi­mbi­li le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni; ko­dwa ku­ma­Le­vi ka­ni­ka­nga ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­zoc.

4 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa ba­be­yi­zi­zwe ezi­mbi­li, uMa­na­se loE­fra­yi­mid. Nja­lo ka­ba­wa­ni­ka­nga ama­Le­vi isa­be­lo eli­zwe­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­zi yo­ku­hla­la, la­ma­dle­lo ayo ezi­fu­yo za­bo le­mpa­hla za­boe.

5 Nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si ku­Mo­zi­si, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­nza nja­lo, ba­la­ba ili­zwef.

UKa­le­bi uni­kwa iHe­bro­ni

6 Kho­na aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ba­so­nde­la ku­Jo­shu­wa eGi­li­ga­li; uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne umKe­ni­zi wa­se­si­thi ku­yeg: We­na uya­la­zi ili­zwi iNko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma ku­Mo­zi­sih umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ma­ye­la­na la­we la­ma­ye­la­na la­mi eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­yai.

7 Nga­ngi­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­pho uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ingi­thu­ma ngi­su­ka eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­ya uku­hlo­la ili­zwe. Nga­se­ngi­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye umbi­ko nje­ngo­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mij.

8 Ko­dwa aba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi aba­be­nyu­ke la­mik be­nza inhli­zi­yo za­ba­ntu za­nci­bi­li­kal; ko­dwa mi­na nga­yi­la­nde­la ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mim.

9 UMo­zi­si wa­se­fu­nga mhla­lo­kho esi­thi: Isi­bi­li umhla­ban olu­nya­the­le ku­wo unya­wo lwa­kho uza­ku­ba ngo­wa­kho ube yi­li­fa, le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nio, ngo­ba uyi­la­nde­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mip.

10 Kha­the­si-ke kha­nge­la, iNko­si ingi­lo­ndo­lo­ze ngi­phi­la nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo okwa­le imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu, ku­su­ke­la esi­kha­thi­ni iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma nga­so le­li­li­zwi ku­Mo­zi­si, uI­sra­ye­li esa­ha­mba enka­nga­laq. Kha­the­si-ke kha­nge­la, la­mu­hla ngi­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­nhla­nur.

11 Ngi­sa­qi­ni­le la­la­mu­hla nje­nga­so­su­kwi­ni uMo­zi­si angi­thu­ma nga­los. Nje­nga­ma­ndla ami nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, ase­nja­lo ama­ndla ami kha­the­si, awe­mpi la­wo­ku­phu­ma la­wo­ku­nge­nat.

12 Nga­kho-ke ngi­ni­ka li­nta­ba iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma nga­yo nga­lo­lo­su­ku, ngo­ba we­na we­zwa mhla­lo­kho uku­thi amaA­na­ki aye­kho­na la­pho le­mi­zi emi­khu­lu ebi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­lau. Alu­ba iNko­si ila­mi, ngi­za­wa­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si.

13 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­mbu­si­sav wa­ni­ka uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne iHe­bro­ni ibe yi­li­faw.

14 Nga­lo­kho-ke iHe­bro­ni ya­ba nge­ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne umKe­ni­zi ya­ba yi­li­fa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ngo­ba wa­yi­la­nde­la ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lix.

15 Le­bi­zo le­He­bro­ni ku­qa­la la­li­yi­Ki­ri­ya­thi-A­rba, owa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu omkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­maA­na­kiy. Ili­zwe la­se­li­phu­mu­la empi­niz.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da

15Le­nka­tho ye­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo ya­yi­se­mngce­le­ni weE­do­maa, inka­nga­la ye­Zi­ni nge­ni­ngi­zi­mub ephe­the­lwe­ni eni­ngi­zi­muc.

2 Lo­mngce­le wa­bo we­ni­ngi­zi­mu wa­wu­su­ka ephe­the­lwe­ni lo­Lwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yi, ku­su­ke­la ethe­kwi­ni eli­kha­nge­la eni­ngi­zi­mud.

3 Wa­phu­ma wa­ya eni­ngi­zi­mu emqa­nswe­ni weA­ki­ra­bi­mi, we­dlu­le­la eZi­ni, we­nyu­ka usu­ka eni­ngi­zi­mu ku­si­ya eKa­de­shi-Bha­ne­ya, we­dlu­le­le eHe­zi­ro­ni, we­nyu­ke­le eA­da­ri, uphe­ndu­ke­le eKa­ri­kae,

4 we­dlu­le­le eA­zi­mo­nif, uphu­me­le esi­fu­le­ni se­Gi­bhi­the; lo­ku­phu­ma ko­mngce­le kwa­ku­se­lwa­ndle. Lo uza­ku­ba ngu­mngce­le we­nu eni­ngi­zi­mu.

5 Nja­lo umngce­le we­mpu­ma­la­nga wa­wu­lu­Lwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yi, ku­si­ya ephe­the­lwe­ni le­Jo­da­ni. Lo­mngce­le ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­nya­ka­tho wa­su­ke­la ethe­kwi­ni lo­lwa­ndle, ku­su­ke­la ephe­the­lwe­ni le­Jo­da­ni.

6 Lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ke­la eBe­ti-Ho­gi­lag, we­dlu­la ku­su­ka enya­ka­tho ku­si­ya eBe­ti-A­ra­bah; lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ke­la eli­tshe­ni li­ka­Bo­ha­ni indo­da­na ka­Ru­be­nii.

7 Lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ke­la eDe­bi­rij ku­su­ka esi­ho­tshe­ni seA­ko­rik, usi­ya enya­ka­tho ukha­nge­le eGi­li­ga­li, oma­qo­nda­na lo­mqa­nso weA­du­mi­mil, onge­ni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­si­fu­la. Lo­mngce­le we­dlu­la usi­ya ema­nzi­ni eE­ni-She­me­shim, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo kwa­ku­seE­ni-Ro­ge­lin.

8 Lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ka nge­si­ho­tsha se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­muo usi­ya ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­ma­Je­bu­si eni­ngi­zi­mu, oku­yi­Je­ru­sa­le­map. Lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ke­la engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba epha­mbi kwe­si­ho­tsha se­Hi­no­mu entsho­na­la­ngaq, eli­se­phe­the­lwe­ni le­si­ho­tsha se­zi­qhwa­ga enya­ka­thor.

9 Lo­mngce­le wa­go­ba usu­ka engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba ku­ze ku­be se­mtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi eNe­fi­to­was, wa­phu­me­la emi­zi­ni ye­nta­ba yeE­fro­ni. Lo­mngce­le wa­go­ba usi­ya eBha­ha­lat, oku­yi­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­miu.

10 Lo­mngce­le wa­bho­da usu­ka eBha­ha­la nge­ntsho­na­la­nga wa­ya enta­be­ni ye­Se­yi­ri, we­dlu­le­le ece­le­ni kwe­nta­ba ye­Je­ya­ri­mi, eyi­Ke­sa­lo­ni, we­hle­le eBe­ti-She­me­shiv, we­dlu­le eThi­mi­na­thiw.

11 Lo­mngce­le wa­phu­ma uye ece­le­ni kweE­khi­ro­ni enya­ka­thox; lo­mngce­le wa­go­ba uye eShi­ke­ro­ni, we­dlu­la inta­ba ye­Bha­ha­lay, wa­phu­me­la eJa­bi­ne­li; lo­ku­phu­ma ko­mngce­le kwa­ku­se­lwa­ndle.

12 Lo­mngce­le we­ntsho­na­la­nga wa­wu­lu­lwa­ndle olu­khu­lu lo­khu­mbiz. Lo ngu­mngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

UKa­le­bi unqo­ba iHe­bro­ni le­De­bi­ri

13 Wa­se­mu­pha uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­nea isa­be­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ku­Jo­shu­wa, iKi­ri­ya­thi-A­rba, uyi­se kaA­na­ki, eyi­He­bro­ni.

14 UKa­le­bi wa­se­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu kaA­na­ki asu­ke la­pho, uShe­sha­yi loA­hi­ma­ni lo­Ta­li­ma­yi, aba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­na­ki.b

15 Wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka la­pho wa­ya kwa­ba­hla­li be­De­bi­ric. Le­bi­zo le­De­bi­ri ku­qa­la la­li­yi­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Se­fe­ri.

16 UKa­le­bi wa­se­si­thid: Lo­wo otsha­ya iKi­ri­ya­thi-Se­fe­ri, ayi­thu­mbe, ngi­za­mu­pha uA­ki­sa indo­da­ka­zi ya­mi abe ngu­mkakhe.

17 UO­thi­ni­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ke­na­zie, umna­wa­khe ka­Ka­le­bi, wa­se­yi­thu­mba; wa­se­mni­ka uA­ki­sa indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe uku­ba ngu­mkakhe.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe wa­mkhu­tha­za uku­thi ace­le ku­yi­se insi­mu; wa­se­se­hla ku­ba­bhe­mif, uKa­le­bi wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ukha­la nga­ni?

19 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­pha isi­bu­si­sog. Nje­ngo­ba ungi­phe ili­zwe elo­mi­le­yo, ngi­pha nja­lo imi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzi. Wa­se­mni­ka imi­tho­mbo enga­phe­zu­lu le­mi­tho­mbo enga­pha­nsih.

Imi­zi ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da

20 Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

21 Le­mi­zi esu­ke­la eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ku­si­ya emngce­le­ni weE­do­ma yi­le: IKa­bhi­se­ye­lii leE­de­rij le­Ja­gu­ri

22 le­Ki­na le­Di­mo­na leA­da­da

23 le­Ke­de­shik le­Ha­zo­ri leI­thi­na­ni,

24 iZi­fil le­Te­le­ma le­Be­ya­lo­thim

25 le­Ha­zo­ri-Ha­da­tha le­Ke­ri­yo­thi, iHe­zi­ro­ni oku­yi­Ha­zo­ri,

26 iA­ma­ma le­She­ma le­Mo­la­danop

27 le­Ha­za­ri-Ga­da le­He­shi­mo­ni le­Be­ti-Pe­le­tiq

28 le­Ha­za­ri-Shu­wa­lirs le­Bhe­ri­she­bha le­Bi­zi­yo­thi­yatu,

29 iBha­ha­lav leI­yi­mi leE­ze­mawx

30 leE­li­to­la­diyz le­Ke­si­li le­Ho­rmaab

31 le­Zi­ki­la­gicd le­Ma­di­ma­na le­Sa­nsa­na

32 le­Le­ba­yo­thi le­Shi­li­hi­mie leE­nifg le­Ri­mo­nihi. Yo­nke imi­zi inga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­mi­za­na ya­yoj.

33 Esi­ho­tshe­ni: IE­shi­ta­wo­lik le­Zo­ral leA­shi­na

34 le­Za­no­wa leE­ni-Ga­ni­mi, iTa­pu­wa leE­na­mam,

35 iJa­ri­mu­thin leA­du­la­muo, iSo­kop leA­ze­kaq

36 le­Sha­ha­ra­yi­mir leA­di­tha­yi­mi le­Ge­de­ras le­Ge­de­ro­tha­yi­mi; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­ne le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

37 IZe­na­ni le­Ha­da­sha le­Mi­gi­da­li-Ga­dit

38 le­Di­le­ya­ni le­Mi­zi­pa le­Jo­khi­the­ye­liu,

39 iLa­ki­shiv le­Bho­zi­kha­thiw leE­gi­lo­nix

40 le­Kha­bho­ni le­La­hi­ma­sa le­Ki­ti­li­shi

41 le­Ge­de­ro­thi, iBe­ti-Da­go­ni, le­Na­ha­ma, le­Ma­ke­day; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

42 ILi­bhi­naz leE­the­ria leA­sha­nib

43 le­Ji­fi­tha leA­shi­na le­Ne­zi­bhi

44 le­Ke­yi­lac leA­ki­zi­bid le­Ma­re­shae; imi­zi eyi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

45 IE­khi­ro­nif le­mi­zi ya­yo le­mi­za­na ya­yog.

46 Ku­su­ke­la eE­khi­ro­ni ku­si­ya elwa­ndle, yo­nke ese­ce­le­ni kweA­shi­do­di le­mi­za­na ya­yoh:

47 IA­shi­do­di, imi­zi ya­yo le­mi­za­na ya­yoi; iGa­zaj, imi­zi ya­yo le­mi­za­na ya­yok; ku­si­ya esi­fu­le­ni se­Gi­bhi­thel, lo­lwa­ndle olu­khu­lu, lo­mngce­lem.

48 Le­zi­nta­be­ni: ISha­mi­ri le­Ja­ti­rin le­So­koo

49 le­Da­na le­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Sa­na oku­yi­De­bi­rip,

50 leA­na­bi leE­shi­the­mo leA­ni­miq

51 le­Go­she­nir le­Ho­lo­nis le­Gi­lot; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nye le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

52 IA­ra­bi le­Du­ma leE­sha­niu

53 le­Ja­ni­mi le­Be­ti-Ta­pu­wav leA­fe­ka

54 le­Hu­mta le­Ki­ri­ya­thi-A­rbaw, oku­yi­He­bro­ni, le­Zi­yo­ri; imi­zi eyi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

55 IMa­yo­nix, iKha­rme­liy le­Zi­fiz le­Ju­taa

56 le­Ji­ze­re­ye­li le­Jo­ki­de­ya­ma le­Za­no­yab,

57 iKa­yi­ni, iGi­be­ya le­Ti­mi­nac; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

58 IHa­li­hu­li, iBe­ti-Zu­ri le­Ge­do­rid

59 le­Ma­ra­thi le­Be­ti-A­no­thi leE­li­te­ko­ni; imi­zi eyi­si­thu­pha le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

60 iKi­ri­ya­thi-Bha­li, oku­yi­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi, le­Ra­ba; imi­zi emi­bi­li le­mi­za­na ya­yoe.

61 Enka­nga­la: IBe­ti-A­ra­ba, iMi­di­ni le­Se­ka­kaf

62 le­Ni­bi­sha­ni, lo­mu­zi we­tshwa­yi, leE­nge­di; imi­zi eyi­si­thu­pha le­mi­za­na ya­yog.

63 Ko­dwa ama­Je­bu­si, aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­wa­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni; nga­kho ama­Je­bu­si ahla­la la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.h

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­koE­fra­yi­mi

16Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma inka­tho ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa ku­su­ke­la eJo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko, ku­si­ya ema­nzi­ni eJe­ri­ko nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, inka­nga­la ise­nyu­ka isu­ka eJe­ri­ko enta­be­ni ye­Bhe­the­lia;

2 ya­si­phu­ma eBhe­the­li isi­ya eLu­zib, ya­dlu­le­la emngce­le­ni wa­maA­ri­ki eA­ta­ro­thic,

3 ye­hle­la entsho­na­la­nga emngce­le­ni wa­ma­Ja­fi­le­thi, isi­ya emngce­le­ni we­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni nga­pha­nsid, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ge­ze­rie; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­yo kwa­ku­se­lwa­ndle.

4 Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa, uMa­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi, ba­li­dla ili­faf.

5 Lo­mngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo wa­wunje: Ngi­tsho umngce­le we­li­fa la­bo empu­ma­la­nga wa­wu­yiA­ta­ro­thi-A­da­rig ku­ze ku­fi­ke eBhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni nga­phe­zu­luh.

6 Umngce­le wa­su­phu­me­la elwa­ndle, eMi­ki­me­tha­thi enya­ka­thoi; lo­mngce­le wa­phe­ndu­ke­la empu­ma­la­nga eTa­na­thi-Shi­loj, we­dlu­la empu­ma­la­nga usi­ya eJa­no­wa;

7 wa­su­se­hla usu­ka eJa­no­wa usi­ya eA­ta­ro­thi le­Na­ha­ra, wa­gu­dla iJe­ri­ko, wa­phu­me­la eJo­da­nik.

8 Ku­su­ke­la eTa­pu­wa umngce­le wa­ya entsho­na­la­ngal esi­fu­le­ni iKa­nam, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo wa­ba se­lwa­ndle. Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

9 Le­mi­zi eya­ye­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwe aba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi ya­yi­pha­ka­thi kwe­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se, yo­nke imi­zi le­mi­za­na ya­yon.

10 Ko­dwa ka­ba­wa­xo­tsha­nga eli­fe­ni ama­Kha­na­ni aye­hla­la eGe­ze­rio. Nga­kho ama­Kha­na­ni ahla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­koE­fra­yi­mi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, aye­se­be­nza nje­nge­zi­bha­lwap.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se

17Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­nka­tho ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, ngo­ba wa­ye­li­zi­bu­lo li­ka­Jo­se­faa, enge­ka­Ma­ki­ri izi­bu­lo li­ka­Ma­na­se uyi­se ka­Gi­le­ya­dib; ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu we­mpi; nga­kho wa­ba le­Gi­le­ya­di le­Ba­sha­nic.

2 Ya­yi­kho­na nja­lo eya­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bod, eya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­bi­ye­ze­ri, le­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­He­le­ki, le­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­si­ri­ye­li, le­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­ke­mae, le­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­He­fe­rif, le­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­She­mi­dag. La­ba nga­ba­ntwa­na be­si­li­sa ba­ka­Ma­na­se indo­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

3 Ko­dwa uZe­lo­fe­ha­di indo­da­na ka­He­fe­ri indo­da­na ka­Gi­le­ya­di indo­da­na ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se wa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­na, ko­dwa ama­do­da­ka­zi. La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­ka­zi akhe: OMa­hla lo­No­wa, uHo­gi­la, uMi­lka lo­Ti­ri­zah.

4 Ase­so­nde­la pha­mbi ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti la­pha­mbi ku­ka­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­nii la­pha­mbi kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, esi­thi: INko­si ya­la­ya uMo­zi­si uku­si­ni­ka ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­we­thuj. Nga­kho wa­wa­ni­ka ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­yi­se.

5 Nga­kho kwa­we­la inka­tho ezi­li­tshu­mi ku­Ma­na­sek, nga­pha­ndle kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­le­ya­di le­Ba­sha­ni, eli­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nil.

6 Ngo­ba ama­do­da­ka­zi ka­Ma­na­se adla ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na akhe. Le­li­zwe le­Gi­le­ya­di la­ba nge­la­ba­se­le­yo ba­ma­do­da­na ako­Ma­na­se.

7 Umngce­le wa­ko­Ma­na­se wa­su­su­ke­la eA­she­ri usi­ya eMi­ki­me­tha­thim epha­mbi kwe­She­ke­man; lo­mngce­le wa­ya nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne ku­ba­hla­li beE­ni-Ta­pu­wao.

8 UMa­na­se wa­ba le­li­zwe le­Ta­pu­wap, ko­dwa iTa­pu­wa emngce­le­ni ka­Ma­na­se ya­yi­nge­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi.

9 Lo­mngce­le we­hle­la esi­fu­le­ni iKa­na eni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­si­fu­la. Imi­zi le nge­ya­koE­fra­yi­mi pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­zi ya­ko­Ma­na­seq. Lo­mngce­le wa­ko­Ma­na­se use­nya­ka­tho kwe­si­fu­la, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo ku­se­lwa­ndle.

10 Eni­ngi­zi­mu la­li­nge­la­koE­fra­yi­mi, le­nya­ka­tho la­li­nge­la­ko­Ma­na­se, lo­lwa­ndle lu­ngu­mngce­le wa­khe. LeA­she­ri ba­hla­nga­na enya­ka­tho, leI­sa­ka­ri empu­ma­la­nga.

11 Ngo­ba koI­sa­ka­ri loA­she­ri uMa­na­ser wa­ye­le­Be­ti-She­ya­ni le­mi­za­na ya­yos, leI­bi­le­ya­mu le­mi­za­na ya­yot, la­ba­hla­li be­Do­ri le­mi­za­na ya­yo, la­ba­hla­li beE­ni-Do­ri le­mi­za­na ya­you, la­ba­hla­li be­Tha­ha­na­khi le­mi­za­na ya­yov, la­ba­hla­li be­Me­gi­do le­mi­za­na ya­yow: Ama­du­ndu­lu ama­tha­thu.

12 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni le­yo­mi­zix, ko­dwa ama­Kha­na­ni aye­fu­na uku­hla­la ku­le­lo­li­zwe.

13 Ko­dwa kwa­thi la­pho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li se­be­la­ma­ndla ba­wa­se­be­nzi­sa ama­Kha­na­ni nje­nge­zi­bha­lwa, ko­dwa ka­ba­wa­xo­tsha­nga lo­ku­wa­xo­tsha eli­fe­niy.

14 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­faz ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­shu­waa be­si­thi: Ungi­ni­ke­le­ni inka­tho eyo­dwa le­sa­be­lo esi­so­dwa uku­ba yi­li­fab, ku­be ka­nti ngi­yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ingi­bu­si­si­le ku­ze ku­be la­phac?

15 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Uba uyi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu, we­na ye­nyu­ke­la egu­swi­nid, uzi­ce­nte­le kho­na eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Pe­ri­zi le­le­zi­qhwa­gae, nxa inta­ba ya­koE­fra­yi­mi imi­nye­ne ku­wef.

16 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa ba­se­be­si­thi: Inta­ba ka­yi­sa­ne­la­nga, nja­lo ku­le­nqo­la ze­nsi­mbig la­ma­Kha­na­ni wo­nke ahla­la eli­zwe­ni le­si­ho­tsha, la­wa­se­Be­ti-She­ya­ni le­mi­za­na ya­yo, la­wa­se­si­go­di­ni se­Ji­ze­re­ye­lih.

17 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­ndlu ka­Jo­se­fa, kuE­fra­yi­mi la­ku­Ma­na­se esi­thi: Uyi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu, fu­thi ula­ma­ndla ama­khu­lu; ka­wu­yi­ku­ba le­nka­tho eyo­dwa,

18 ko­dwa inta­ba iza­ku­ba nge­ya­kho; ngo­ba ili­gu­su, uza­li­ce­nta, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­lo ku­be ngo­kwa­kho, ngo­ba uza­wa­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni ama­Kha­na­ni, la­nxa ele­nqo­la ze­nsi­mbi, la­nxa ela­ma­ndlaij.

Ukwa­bi­wa kwe­li­zwe eShi­lo

18Inhla­nga­no yo­nke-ke ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ya­bu­tha­na eShi­loa, ya­mi­sa kho­na ithe­nte le­nhla­nga­no. Le­li­zwe la­le­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­bo.

2 Kwa­se­ku­se­le pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li izi­zwe ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eza­zi­nga­be­lwa­nga ili­fa la­zo.

3 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni li­do­nda uku­ya­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zweb iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo eli­ni­ke lo­na?

4 Zi­ni­ke­ni ama­do­da ama­tha­thu nge­si­zwe, ngi­wa­thu­me, asu­ku­me aha­mbe ada­bu­le ili­zwe, ali­bha­le ngo­kwe­li­fa la­zo, abu­ye ki­mi.

5 Aza­le­hlu­ka­ni­sa li­be yi­za­be­lo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; uJu­dac uza­hla­la emngce­le­ni wa­khe eni­ngi­zi­mu, la­be­ndlu ka­Jo­se­fad ba­hla­le emngce­le­ni wa­bo enya­ka­tho.

6 La­ni li­za­bha­la ili­zwe nge­zi­ga­ba ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, be­se­li­le­tha ki­mi la­pha, uku­thi ngi­li­pho­se­le inka­tho la­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thue.

7 Ngo­ba ama­Le­vi ka­wa­la­sa­be­lo pha­ka­thi kwe­nuf, ngo­ba ubu­pri­sti be­Nko­si bu­yi­li­fa la­bo. Lo­Ga­dig lo­Ru­be­ni le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se se­be­the­the ili­fa la­bo nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni empu­ma­la­nga, uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si eya­ba­ni­ka lo­na.

8 Ase­su­ka ama­do­da aha­mba. UJo­shu­wa wa­wa­la­ya aha­mba­yo uku­bha­la ili­zwe esi­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­da­bu­le ili­zwe li­li­bha­le, li­bu­ye­le ki­mi, uku­ze ngi­li­pho­se­le inka­tho la­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si eShi­lo.

9 Nga­kho ama­do­da aha­mba ada­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe, ali­bha­la nge­mi­zi nge­zi­ga­ba ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa egwa­lwe­ni; ase­bu­ya ku­Jo­shu­wa enka­mbe­ni eShi­lo.

10 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­pho­se­la inka­tho eShi­lo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; uJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­be­la la­pho ili­zwe aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ngo­kwe­zi­ga­ba za­boh.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni

11 Inka­tho ye­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ya­ve­la ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo. Lo­mngce­le we­nka­tho ya­bo wa­phu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa.

12 Lo­mngce­le wa­bo nge­nya­ka­tho wa­su­ke­la eJo­da­nii, lo­mngce­le we­nyu­ka ewa­the­ni le­Je­ri­ko enya­ka­tho, wa­su­se­nyu­ka uda­bu­la enta­be­ni usi­ya entsho­na­la­nga, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo wa­ba se­nka­nga­laj ye­Be­ti-A­ve­nik.

13 Lo­mngce­le we­dlu­la usu­ka la­pho wa­ya eLu­zi, ewa­the­ni le­Lu­zi, eyi­Bhe­the­lil, nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu; lo­mngce­le we­hle­la eA­ta­ro­thi-A­da­rim, edu­ze le­nta­ba enge­ni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­nin enga­pha­nsi.

14 Umngce­le wa­go­ba-ke, wa­phe­ndu­ka wa­ya ece­le­ni le­ntsho­na­la­nga nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu, ku­su­ke­la enta­be­ni ema­qo­nda­na le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­nio eni­ngi­zi­mu; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo kwa­ba eKi­ri­ya­thi-Bha­li, eyi­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mip, umu­zi wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da. Lo­lu lu­hla­ngo­thi lwe­ntsho­na­la­nga.

15 Lo­hla­ngo­thi lwe­ni­ngi­zi­mu lu­se­phe­the­lwe­ni le­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi; lo­mngce­le wa­phu­ma wa­ya entsho­na­la­nga, wa­phu­ma wa­ya emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi we­Ne­fi­to­waq.

16 Umngce­le wa­su­se­hla usi­ya ephe­the­lwe­ni le­nta­ba ema­qo­nda­na le­si­ho­tsha se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mu esi­se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­zi­qhwa­ga enya­ka­thor, wa­su­se­hle­la esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Hi­no­mus ewa­the­ni la­ma­Je­bu­si eni­ngi­zi­mu, we­hle­la eE­ni-Ro­ge­lit;

17 wa­go­ba usu­ke­la enya­ka­tho wa­phu­ma eE­ni-She­me­shiu, wa­phu­me­la eGe­li­lo­thi ema­qo­nda­na lo­mqa­nso weA­du­mi­miv, we­hle­la eli­tshe­ni li­ka­Bo­ha­ni indo­da­na ka­Ru­be­niw;

18 wa­dlu­le­la ewa­the­ni ma­qo­nda­na leA­ra­ba enya­ka­tho, we­hle­la eA­ra­ba.

19 Umngce­le wa­su­se­dlu­le­la ewa­the­ni le­Be­ti-Ho­gi­la enya­ka­thox, lo­ku­phu­ma ko­mngce­le kwa­ku­se­the­kwi­ni lo­Lwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yi enya­ka­tho, ephe­the­lwe­ni le­Jo­da­ni nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu. Lo ngu­mngce­le we­ni­ngi­zi­mu.

20 Le­Jo­da­ni ingu­mngce­le wa­lo ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­mpu­ma­la­nga. Le­li yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni nge­mi­ngce­le ya­lo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

21 Le­mi­zi ye­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo yi­le: IJe­ri­koy le­Be­ti-Ho­gi­laz leE­me­ki-Ke­zi­zi

22 le­Be­ti-A­ra­baa le­Ze­ma­ra­yi­mib le­Bhe­the­lic

23 leA­vi­mi le­Pa­ra leO­fi­rad

24 le­Ke­fa­ri-A­mo­ni leO­fi­ni le­Ge­bae; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

25 IGi­be­yo­nif le­Ra­mag le­Be­ye­ro­thih

26 le­Mi­zi­pai le­Ke­fi­raj le­Mo­za

27 le­Re­ke­mi leI­ri­phe­ye­li le­Ta­ra­la

28 le­Ze­lak, iE­le­fi, le­Je­bu­sil, oku­yi­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, iGi­be­ya­thim, iKi­ri­ya­thin; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­ne le­mi­za­na ya­yo. Le­li yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni

19Inka­tho ye­si­bi­li ya­si­ve­la ya­ya ku­Si­me­yo­ni, eye­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo. Le­li­fa la­bo la­li­pha­ka­thi kwe­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­daa.

2 Eli­fe­nib la­bo-ke ba­be­le­Bhe­ri­she­bhac le­She­bhad le­Mo­la­da

3 le­Ha­za­ri-Shu­wa­lie le­Ba­la leE­ze­maf

4 leE­li­to­la­dig le­Be­thu­li le­Ho­rmah

5 le­Zi­ki­la­gii le­Be­ti-Ma­ri­ka­bo­thi le­Ha­za­ri-Su­sa

6 le­Be­ti-Le­ba­wo­thij le­Sha­ru­he­ni; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

7 IE­nik, iRi­mo­nil leE­the­rim leA­sha­nin; imi­zi emi­ne le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

8 La­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ezi­nge­le­ze­le imi­zi le, ku­ze ku­fi­ke eBa­ha­la­thi-Be­rio, iRa­ma ye­ni­ngi­zi­mup. Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

9 Ili­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni la­ve­la enka­thwe­ni ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da; ngo­ba isi­ga­ba sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da sa­si­si­khu­lu ka­khu­lu ki­bo; nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni ba­dla ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwe­li­fa la­boq.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni

10 Inka­tho ye­si­tha­thu ya­si­ve­la ya­ya ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo. Lo­mngce­le we­li­fa la­bo wa­fi­ka eSa­ri­di.

11 Umngce­le wa­bo-ke we­nyu­ke­la entsho­na­la­nga le­Ma­ra­la, wa­fi­nye­le­la eDa­be­she­thi wa­fi­nye­le­la esi­fu­le­nir esi­pha­mbi kwe­Jo­ki­ne­ya­mus;

12 wa­phe­ndu­ka uve­la eSa­ri­di usi­ya empu­ma­la­nga la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­nga emngce­le­ni we­Ki­si­lo­thi-Tha­bho­rit, wa­phu­ma wa­ya eDa­be­ra­thiu, we­nyu­ke­la eJa­fi­ya;

13 usu­su­ka la­pho we­dlu­le­la empu­ma­la­nga, enda­we­ni yo­ku­phu­ma kwe­la­nga, usi­ya eGi­thav-He­fe­riw leI­tha-Ka­zi­ni, wa­phu­me­la eRi­mo­ni, uphe­ndu­ke­la eNe­ya.

14 Lo­mngce­le wa­yi­zi­nge­le­ze­la enya­ka­tho eHa­na­tho­ni; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo kwa­ba se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­Ji­fi­ta­he­li.

15 Le­Ka­ta­thi le­Na­ha­la­lix le­Shi­mi­ro­niy le­Ji­da­la le­Bhe­the­le­he­maz, imi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li le­mi­za­na ya­yoa.

16 Le­li yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo: Imi­zi le le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­koI­sa­ka­ri

17 Inka­tho ye­si­ne ya­ve­la ya­ya ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

18 Umngce­le wa­bo-ke wa­wu­yi­Ji­ze­re­ye­lib le­Ke­su­lo­thic le­Shu­ne­mid

19 le­Ha­fa­ra­yi­mi le­Shi­yo­ni leA­na­ha­ra­thi

20 le­Ra­bi­thi le­Ki­shi­yo­nie leA­be­zi

21 le­Re­me­thi leE­ni-Ga­ni­mif leE­ni-Ha­da le­Be­ti-Pa­ze­zi.

22 Lo­mngce­le wa­fi­nye­le­la eTha­bho­rig le­Sha­ha­zi­ma le­Be­ti-She­me­shih; lo­ku­phu­ma ko­mngce­le wa­bo kwa­ku­se­Jo­da­ni; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

23 Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sa­ka­ri ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­koA­she­ri

24 Inka­tho ye­si­hla­nu ya­si­ve­la ya­ya esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

25 Umngce­le wa­bo-ke wa­wu­yi­He­lka­thii le­Ha­li le­Be­te­ni leA­ki­sha­fij

26 leA­la­me­le­ki leA­ma­di le­Mi­sha­lik; wa­su­fi­nye­le­la eKha­rme­lil entsho­na­la­nga le­Shi­ho­ri-Li­bhi­na­thi,

27 wa­phe­ndu­ke­la la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­nga usi­ya eBe­ti-Da­go­ni, wa­fi­nye­le­la eZe­bu­lu­ni le­si­ho­tsha se­Ji­fi­ta­he­lim enya­ka­tho wa­ya eBe­ti-E­me­ki le­Ne­yi­ye­li, wa­phu­me­la eKa­bu­lin kwe­so­kho­hlo,

28 leE­bro­ni le­Re­ho­bio le­Ha­mo­ni le­Ka­na, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Si­do­ni enku­lup.

29 Umngce­le wa­su­phe­ndu­ke­la eRa­ma, wa­ya emzi­ni obi­ye­lwe­yo we­Ti­re; lo­mngce­le wa­phe­ndu­ke­la eHo­sa; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo kwa­ku­se­lwa­ndle, uve­la esi­ga­be­ni usi­ya eA­ki­zi­biq

30 leU­ma leA­fe­kir le­Re­ho­bis; imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li le­mi­za­na ya­yot.

31 Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­she­ri ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li

32 Inka­tho ye­si­thu­pha ya­ve­la ya­ya ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, eya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

33 Umngce­le wa­bo wa­su­su­ka eHe­le­fi, esi­hla­hle­ni se-o­khi*u eZa­ha­na­ni­mi leA­da­mi-Ne­ke­bi le­Ja­bi­ne­li, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­La­ku­mi; lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­wo wa­wu­se­Jo­da­ni.

34 Umngce­le wa­su­phe­ndu­ke­la entsho­na­la­ngav usi­ya eA­zi­no­thi-Tha­bho­riw, wa­phu­ma la­pho wa­ya eHu­ko­ki, wa­fi­nye­le­la eZe­bu­lu­ni nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu, leA­she­ri wa­fi­nye­le­la entsho­na­la­nga, le­Ju­da eJo­da­ni la­pho oku­phu­ma kho­na ila­nga.

35 Nja­lo imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo yi­le: IZi­di­mi, iZe­ri, le­Ha­ma­thix, iRa­ka­thi, le­Ki­ne­re­thiy,

36 leA­da­ma, le­Ra­ma, le­Ha­zo­riz,

37 le­Ke­de­shia, leE­dre­yi, leE­ni-Ha­zo­ri,

38 le­Yi­ro­ni, le­Mi­gi­da­li-E­lib, iHo­re­ma, le­Be­ti-A­na­thic, le­Be­ti-She­me­shid; imi­zi eli­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­mi­za­na ya­yoe.

39 Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Na­fi­tha­li ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa isi­zwe sa­ko­Da­ni

40 Inka­tho ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­ve­la ya­ya esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo.

41 Lo­mngce­le we­li­fa la­bo wa­wu­yi­Zo­raf leE­shi­ta­wo­lig leI­ri-She­me­shi

42 le­Sha­ha­la­bi­nih leA­ja­lo­nii le­Ji­thi­la

43 leE­lo­ni le­Ti­mi­na­thaj leE­khi­ro­nik

44 leE­li­te­ke le­Gi­be­tho­nil le­Ba­ha­la­thim

45 le­Je­hu­di le­Be­ne-Be­ra­ki le­Ga­thi-Ri­mo­nin

46 le­Me-Ja­rko­ni le­Ra­ko­ni ka­nye lo­mngce­le oqo­nde­ne le­Ja­fo.

47 Lo­mngce­le wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni wa­ve­la umnci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu ku­boo. Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni be­nyu­ka uku­ya­ku­lwa be­me­le­ne le­Le­she­map; se­be­yi­thu­mbi­le ba­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba, ba­dla ili­fa la­yo, ba­hla­la ki­yo, ba­yi­bi­za iLe­she­ma ngo­ku­thi yi­Da­ni, nge­bi­zo li­ka­Da­ni uyi­se.

48 Le­li yi­li­fa le­si­zwe sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Da­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, imi­zi le le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

Ili­zwe ela­ni­kwa uJo­shu­wa

49 Kwa­thi se­be­qe­di­le ukwa­ba ili­zwe li­be yi­li­fa ngo­kwe­mi­ngce­le ya­lo, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mni­ka uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

50 Ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si ba­mni­ka umu­zi awu­ce­la­yo, iThi­mi­na­thi-Se­raq enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi, wa­se­sa­kha umu­zi, wa­hla­la ki­wo.

51 La nga­ma­fa uE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti lo­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ze­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lir aba­wa­ba aba yi­li­fa nge­nka­tho eShi­los pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no. Ba­qe­da-ke uku­la­ba ili­zwe.

Imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­la

20INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­shu­wa isi­thi:

2 Khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li uthi: Zi­khe­the­le­ni imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­laa enga­khu­lu­ma nga­yo ki­ni nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si,

3 uku­ze umbu­la­li obu­la­la umu­ntu ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mob enga­zic aba­le­ke­le kho­na. Nja­lo iza­ku­ba yi­si­phe­phe­lo ki­ni ku­mphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi.

4 Nxa eba­le­ke­la ko­mu­nye wa­li­mi­zi uza­ku­ma emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo lo­mu­zid, akhu­lu­me uda­ba lwa­khe ezi­ndle­be­ni za­ba­da­la ba­lo­wo­mu­zi; ba­be­se­be­me­mu­ke­la ku­bo emzi­ni, ba­mni­ke inda­wo uku­thi ahla­le la­bo.

5 Uba-ke umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi exo­tsha­na la­ye, ka­ba­yi­ku­ni­ke­lae umbu­la­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ngo­ba utsha­ye uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe enga­zif, ebe­nga­mzo­ndi ma­ndu­lo.

6 Uza­hla­la ku­lo­wo­mu­zi aze eme pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­no ku­se­nze­lwa ukwa­hlu­le­lwag, ku­ze ku­be lo­ku­fa ko­mpri­sti omkhu­luh oya­be ekho­na nga­le­zo­nsu­ku. Umbu­la­li use­nga­bu­ye­la eze emzi­ni wa­ki­bo le­ndli­ni ya­khe, aye emzi­ni aba­le­ke kho­na.

7 Ba­se­be­ngcwe­li­sa iKe­de­shii eGa­li­li enta­be­ni ya­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, le­She­ke­maj enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mik, le­Ki­ri­ya­thi-A­rbal oku­yi­He­bro­ni enta­be­ni ya­ko­Ju­da.

8 La­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni eJe­ri­ko empu­ma­la­nga ba­ni­ka iBe­ze­rim enka­nga­la ema­gce­ke­nin esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni, le­Ra­mo­thi eGi­le­ya­di esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­dio, le­Go­la­ni eBa­sha­ni esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ma­na­sep.

9 Le yi­mi­zi eya­yi­mi­se­lwe bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li lo­we­zi­zwe ohla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe pha­ka­thi kwa­boq, uku­ze lo­ba ngu­ba­ni obu­la­la umu­ntu ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­bo­mo aba­le­ke­le kho­nar, uku­ze anga­fi nge­sa­ndla so­mphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi, aze eme pha­mbi kwe­nhla­nga­nos.

Imi­zi ya­ma­Le­vi

21Kwa­se­ku­so­nde­la inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ma­Le­vi kuE­le­ya­za­re umpri­stia la­ku­Jo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni la­ku­zo inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se be­zi­zwe za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li,

2 ba­khu­lu­ma ku­bo eShi­lob eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, be­si­thi: INko­si ya­la­ya nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si uku­si­ni­ka imi­zi yo­ku­hla­lac, la­ma­dle­lo ayo ezi­fu­yo ze­thu.

3 Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ni­ka ama­Le­vi okwe­li­fa la­bo ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si, li­mi­zi la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

4 Kwa­se­ku­ve­la inka­tho ye­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thi. Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ro­ni umpri­stid, aba­ve­la ku­ma­Le­vi, nge­nka­tho esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ju­dae le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Si­me­yo­ni le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ba­se­be­si­ba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu.

5 La­ba­se­le­yo ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ko­ha­thif, nge­nka­tho ense­ndwe­ni ze­si­zwe sa­koE­fra­yi­mi le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Da­ni le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, ba­ba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi.

6 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ge­ri­sho­nig, nge­nka­tho ense­ndwe­ni ze­si­zwe sa­koI­sa­ka­ri le­si­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se eBa­sha­ni, ba­ba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu.

7 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­ra­rih ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, ba­ba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

8 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ni­ka ama­Le­vi le imi­zi la­ma­dle­lo ayo nge­nka­thoi, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

9 Ba­se­be­ni­ka esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni le imi­zi, eqa­njwa nge­bi­zo,

10 eya­yi­nge­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ro­nij, be­ve­la ku­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thi eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Le­vi, ngo­ba ba­ba le­nka­tho yo­ku­qa­la.

11 Ba­se­be­ba­ni­kak iKi­ri­ya­thi-A­rba, uyi­se kaA­no­kil, oku­yi­He­bro­ni, ezi­nta­be­ni za­ko­Ju­dam la­ma­dle­lo inhla­ngo­thi za­yo zo­nke.

12 Ko­dwa insi­mu yo­mu­zi le­mi­za­na ya­wo ba­ku­ni­ka uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­nen uku­ba nge­ya­khe.

13 Nga­kho ba­ni­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ro­ni umpri­sti umu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la wo­mbu­la­li, iHe­bro­nio, la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Li­bhi­nap la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

14 le­Ja­ti­riq la­ma­dle­lo ayo, leE­shi­the­mo­war la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

15 le­Ho­lo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­De­bi­ris la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

16 leA­yi­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ju­tat la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Be­ti-She­me­shiu la­ma­dle­lo ayo; imi­zi eyi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ku­le­zi­zi­zwe ezi­mbi­liv.

17 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: IGi­be­yo­niw la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iGe­ba la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

18 iA­na­tho­thix la­ma­dle­lo ayo, leA­li­mo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

19 Yo­nke imi­zi ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­ro­ni, aba­pri­sti, ya­yi­le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

20 Le­nse­ndo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ko­ha­thiy, ama­Le­vi, asa­la­yo eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ko­ha­thi, ba­ba le­mi­zi ye­nka­tho ya­bo esi­zwe­ni sa­koE­fra­yi­mi.

21 Ba­se­be­ba­ni­ka umu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la umbu­la­li, iShe­ke­maz la­ma­dle­lo ayo enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi, le­Ge­ze­ria la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

22 le­Ki­bi­za­yi­mi la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­nib la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

23 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Da­ni iE­li­te­kec la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iGi­be­tho­nid la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

24 iA­ja­lo­nie la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iGa­thi-Ri­mo­nif la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

25 Le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, iTha­ha­na­khig la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ga­thi-Ri­mo­nih la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­bi­li.

26 Yo­nke imi­zi ye­nse­ndo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ko­ha­thi aba­se­le­yo ya­yi­li­tshu­mi la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

27 La­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ge­ri­sho­nii, be­nse­ndo za­ma­Le­vi, ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, iGo­la­ni eBa­sha­nij, umu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la umbu­la­li, la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Bhe­ye­shi­the­rak la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­bi­li.

28 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­koI­sa­ka­ri, iKi­shi­yo­nil la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iDa­be­ra­thim la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

29 iJa­ri­mu­thin la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iE­ni-Ga­ni­mio la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

30 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri, iMi­sha­lip la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iA­bi­do­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

31 iHe­lka­thiq la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Re­ho­bir la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

32 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, iKe­de­shis eGa­li­li, umu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la umbu­la­li, la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ha­mo­thi-Do­rit la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ka­ri­ta­niu la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­tha­thu.

33 Yo­nke imi­zi ya­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­wo ya­yi­yi­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

34 Le­nse­ndo za­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­ra­riv, ama­Le­vi ase­le­yo, za­ba le­Jo­ki­ne­ya­muw esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ka­ri­ta la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

35 iDi­mi­na la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iNa­ha­la­lix la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

36 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni, iBe­ze­riy la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ja­ha­zaz la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

37 iKe­de­mo­thia la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Me­fa­ha­thib la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne.

38 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di, iRa­mo­thi eGi­le­ya­dic, umu­zi wo­ku­phe­phe­la umbu­la­li, la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ma­ha­na­yi­mid la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

39 iHe­shi­bo­nie la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iJa­ze­rif la­ma­dle­lo ayo: Imi­zi emi­ne isi­yo­nke.

40 Yo­nke imi­zi ya­yi­nge­ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Me­ra­ri, ngo­kwe­nse­ndo za­bo, aba­se­le­yo ense­ndwe­ni za­ma­Le­vi. Le­nka­tho ya­bo ya­yi­yi­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

41 Yo­nke imi­zi ya­ma­Le­vi pha­ka­thi kwe­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ya­yi­yi­mi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­dle­lo ayog.

42 Le imi­zi, lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­wu­la­ma­dle­lo awo inhla­ngo­thi za­wo zo­nke. Kwa­ku­nja­lo ku­le­yo yo­nke imi­zi.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­tha­tha ili­zwe

43 INko­si ya­si­ni­ka uI­sra­ye­li ili­zwe lo­nke eya­fu­nga uku­ba­ni­ka lo­na oyi­seh; ba­se­be­si­dla ili­fa la­lo ba­hla­la ku­lo.

44 INko­si ya­si­ba­ni­ka uku­phu­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkei nje­ngo­ku­fu­nga kwa­yo ko­nke ku­bo­yi­se. Ka­ku­ma­nga mu­ntu pha­mbi kwa­bo ku­zo zo­nke izi­tha za­boj. INko­si ya­zi­ni­ke­la izi­tha zo­nke za­bo esa­ndle­ni sa­bok.

45 Ka­kwe­hlu­le­ka­nga la­lu­tho lwa­yo yo­nke into enhle iNko­si eya­yi­khu­lu­ma ku­yo indlu kaI­sra­ye­lil; ko­nke kwe­nze­ka.

Ila­thi nga­se­Jo­da­ni

22Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uJo­shu­wa wa­bi­za aba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ba­ko­Ma­na­se,

2 wa­thi ku­bo: Li­na li­gci­ni­le ko­nke uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si eya­li­la­ya kho­naa, la­li­la­le­la ili­zwi la­mi ku­kho ko­nke enga­li­la­ya kho­na.

3 Ka­li­ba­tshi­ya­nga aba­fo­we­nu ku­le­zi­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla; ko­dwa li­gci­ni­le imfa­ne­lo yo­mla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

4 Kha­the­si-ke, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iba­ni­ki­le aba­fo­we­nu uku­phu­mu­lab, nje­nga­lo­kho aku­khu­lu­ma ku­bo. Nga­kho-ke bu­ye­la­ni li­na li­ye ema­the­nte­ni enu eli­zwe­ni le­li­fa le­nu, ali­ni­ka lo­na uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­nic.

5 Ku­phe­la li­qa­phe­li­si­se ukwe­nza umla­yo lo­mthe­thod uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ali­la­ya wo­na, uku­tha­ndae iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, lo­ku­ha­mba endle­le­ni za­yo zo­nke, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo, lo­ku­na­ma­the­laf ku­yo, lo­ku­yi­kho­nza nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­nu wo­nke.

6 Wa­se­ba­bu­si­sag uJo­shu­wa eba­ye­ke­la be­ha­mba, ba­ya ema­the­nte­ni abo.

7 Nja­lo ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se uMo­zi­si wa­ye­yi­ni­ke inda­wo eBa­sha­ni; ko­dwa ku­ngxe­nye ya­yo uJo­shu­wa wa­yi­ni­ka inda­wo la­ba­fo­wa­bo nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­nih entsho­na­la­nga. Nja­lo-ke nxa uJo­shu­wa eba­ye­ke­la be­ha­mba be­si­ya ema­the­nte­ni abo, wa­ba­bu­si­sa.

8 Wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo esi­thi: Bu­ye­la­ni ema­the­nte­ni enu li­le­no­thoi ene­ngi le­zi­fu­yo ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu li­le­si­li­va le­go­li­de le­thu­si le­nsi­mbi le­zi­gqo­ko ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu; le­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­nej impa­ngo ye­zi­tha ze­nu la­ba­fo­we­nu.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­se­be­bu­ye­la, be­su­ka eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­phu­ma eShi­lok ese­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, uku­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­dil, eli­zwe­ni le­li­fa la­bo aba­be­li­zu­zi­le, ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

10 Kwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le emi­ngce­le­ni ye­Jo­da­ni ese­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­kha kho­na ila­thi nga­se­Jo­da­ni, ila­thi eli­khu­lu ngo­ku­bo­na­ka­la.

11 Kwa­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­si­zwa ku­thi­wam: Kha­nge­la­ni, aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­khi­le ila­thi ma­qo­nda­na le­li­zwe le­Kha­na­ni emi­ngce­le­ni eJo­da­ni ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

12 Kwa­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li beku­zwa, inhla­nga­no yo­nken ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ya­bu­tha­na eShi­lo ukwe­nyu­ke­la ku­bo empi­ni.

13 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­thu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­nio la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­di uPhi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­rep umpri­sti,

14 le­zi­ndu­na ezi­li­tshu­mi la­ye, indu­na eyo­dwa nge­ndlu nga­yi­nye ya­bo­yi­se ive­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li; nga­yi­nye ya­yi­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ndlu ya­bo­yi­seq, ku­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­li.

15 Ba­se­be­fi­ka ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­di, ba­khu­lu­ma la­bo be­si­thi:

16 Itsho nja­lo inhla­nga­no yo­nke ye­Nko­si: Ku­yi­si­pha­mbe­ko ba­ni ese­li­pha­mbe­ke nga­so li­me­la­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, li­pha­mbu­ka la­mu­hla eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, eku­za­khe­le­ni ila­thi, uku­ze li­hla­mu­ke­ler iNko­si la­mu­hla?

17 Nga­be isi­pha­mbe­ko se­Pe­yo­ris si­nci­nya­ne ka­khu­lu ki­thi yi­ni, esi­nga­hla­nju­lu­lwa­nga ku­so ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, la­nxa inhlu­phe­ko ya­yi­pha­ka­thi kwe­nhla­nga­no ye­Nko­si,

18 uku­ze li­na li­phe­ndu­ke la­mu­hla eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si? Ku­za­ku­thi uba li­na li­yi­hla­mu­kat iNko­si la­mu­hla, ku­sa­sa iza­yi­thu­ku­the­le­la inhla­nga­no yo­nkeu ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

19 Ko­dwa nge­qi­ni­so, uba ili­zwe le­mfu­yo ye­nu li­ngco­li­le, cha­phe­la­ni li­na eli­zwe­ni le­mfu­yo ye­Nko­si la­pho itha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­si eli­hla­la kho­nav, li­zi­zu­ze­le imfu­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­thu; ko­dwa li­nga­yi­hla­mu­ke­liw iNko­si nja­lo li­nga­si­hla­mu­ke­li eku­za­khe­le­ni kwe­nu ila­thi nga­pha­ndle kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

20 UA­ka­ni indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra ka­pha­mbe­ka­nga yi­ni nge­si­pha­mbe­ko entwe­ni eqa­le­ki­si­we­yox, kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­la­ka phe­zu kwe­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li? Le­yo­ndo­da ka­yi­bhu­bha­nga-ke yo­dwa esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni sa­yo.

21 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­nhlo­ko ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­li:

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­luy, iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu, iNko­si, uya­ziz, loI­sra­ye­li ka­kwa­zi; uba be­ku­ngo­ku­hla­mu­ka ku­mbe uba ngo­ku­pha­mbu­ka eNko­si­ni, li­nga­si­si­ndi­si la­mu­hla,

23 uku­thi si­za­khe­le ila­thi uku­pha­mbu­ka eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, lo­ba si­ni­ke­le­le phe­zu kwa­lo umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­ba umni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, lo­ba ukwe­nza phe­zu kwa­lo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, iNko­si uqo­bo ka­yi­ku­di­ngea.

24 Ko­dwa nge­qi­ni­so si­kwe­nze ngo­ku­nqi­ne­ka ngalo­lu­da­ba si­si­thi: Ku­sa­sa aba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­za­khu­lu­ma ku­ba­ntwa­na be­thu ba­thi: Li­la­ni le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li?

25 Ngo­ba iNko­si iye­nzi­le iJo­da­ni ya­ba ngu­mngce­le pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­ni, li­na ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di, ka­li­la­sa­be­lo eNko­si­ni. Nga­lo­kho aba­ntwa­na be­nu be­nze aba­ntwa­na be­thu uku­thi ba­ye­ke­le uku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si.

26 Nga­kho sa­thi: Ka­si­zi­lu­ngi­se­le­ni kha­the­si ukwa­kha ila­thi, li­nga­bi nge­lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, nja­lo li­nga­bi nge­lo­mhla­tshe­lo,

27 ko­dwa li­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zib pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­ni le­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na ze­thu emva kwe­thu, uku­thi si­kho­nze inko­nzo ye­Nko­si pha­mbi kwa­yo nge­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­thu yo­ku­tshi­swac la­nge­mi­hla­tshe­lo ye­thu la­nge­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­thu yo­ku­thu­la, uku­ze aba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­nga­thi eba­ntwa­ne­ni be­thu ku­sa­sa: Ka­li­la­sa­be­lo eNko­si­ni.

28 Sa­se­si­si­thi: Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nxa be­khu­lu­ma lo­khu ki­thi le­si­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni se­thu ku­sa­sa, si­za­ku­thi: Bo­na­ni umfa­ne­ki­sod we­la­thi le­Nko­si oba­ba aba­la­kha­yo, ku­nge­yi­si­lo lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa li­nge­yi­si­lo lo­mhla­tshe­lo, ko­dwa li­yi­bu­fa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­ni.

29 Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­thi uku­thi si­yi­hla­mu­ke iNko­sie, lo­ku­thi si­phe­ndu­ke la­mu­hla eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, ukwa­kha ila­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa le­lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla le­lo­mhla­tshe­lo, nga­pha­ndle kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu eli­pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le la­yo.

30 Kwa­thi uPhi­ne­ha­sif umpri­sti le­ndu­na ze­nhla­nga­no le­nhlo­ko ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­koI­sra­ye­li eza­zi­la­ye be­we­zwa ama­zwi aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se aba­wa­khu­lu­ma­yo, kwa­ku­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni abo.

31 UPhi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­se: La­mu­hla si­ya­zi uku­thi iNko­si ipha­ka­thi kwe­thug, ngo­ba ka­li­pha­mbe­ka­nga le­si­si­pha­mbe­ko eNko­si­ni; kha­the­si li­khu­lu­le aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li esa­ndle­ni se­Nko­si.

32 UPhi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re umpri­sti le­zi­ndu­na ba­se­be­bu­ye­la be­ve­la eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ru­be­ni le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Ga­di eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­dih, be­si­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ba­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi ku­bo.

33 Lo­da­ba lwa­lu­lu­hle eme­hlwe­ni aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­mbu­si­sa uNku­lu­nku­lui, ka­ba­sa­khu­lu­ma­nga ngo­kwe­nyu­ke­la ku­bo empi­ni uku­chi­tha ili­zwe aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di aba­be­hla­la ku­lo.

34 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di ba­li­bi­za ila­thi ngo­ku­thi: Li­yi­bu­fa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwe­thu bo­ku­thi iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

UJo­shu­wa ula­ya aba­ntu uku­thi ba­the­mbe­ke

23Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi emva ko­ku­thi iNko­si isi­mphu­mu­zi­lea uI­sra­ye­li ezi­the­ni zo­nke za­bo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, lo­Jo­shu­wa wa­ye­se­mda­lab ele­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi,

2 uJo­shu­wa wa­bi­za uI­sra­ye­li wo­nkec, aba­da­la ba­bo, le­nhlo­ko za­bo, la­ba­hlu­le­li ba­bo, le­ndu­na za­bod, wa­thi ku­bo: Mi­na se­ngi­mda­la ngi­le­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

3 Li­na se­li­bo­ni­le ko­nke iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ekwe­nzi­le­yo ku­le­zi­zi­zwe zo­nke nge­nxa ye­nu, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu yi­yo eli­lwe­le­yoe.

4 Bo­na­ni, ngi­la­be­le nge­nka­thof le­zi­zi­zwe ezi­se­le­yo zi­be yi­li­fa le­zi­zwe ze­nu, ku­su­ke­la eJo­da­ni, la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe engi­zi­qu­mi­le­yo, ngi­tsho ku­ze ku­be se­lwa­ndle olu­khu­lu gla­pho oku­tsho­na kho­na ila­nga.

5 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iza­zi­xo­tsha-keh pha­mbi kwe­nu, izi­xo­tshe eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwe­nu, nja­lo li­za­ku­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe, nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ikhu­lu­mi­le ki­nii.

6 Nga­kho qi­na­ni ka­khu­lu uku­gci­na lo­kwe­nza ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­sij, uku­ze li­nga­pha­mbu­ki ku­wo li­ye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlok,

7 uku­ze li­nga­nge­ni ku­le­zi izi­zwel, le­zi ezi­se­le la­ni, li­nga­pha­thi ibi­zo la­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zom, li­nga­fu­ngi­si nga­bon, li­nga­ba­kho­nzi, li­nga­kho­tha­mi ku­bo,

8 ko­dwa li­na­ma­the­leo eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu nje­ngo­ba le­nzi­le ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

9 Ngo­ba iNko­si ixo­tshi­le eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwe­nu izi­zwe ezi­nku­lu le­zi­la­ma­ndlap; li­na-ke ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ome pha­mbi kwe­nuq ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

10 Umu­ntu oye­dwa ki­ni uza­xo­tsha inku­lu­ngwa­ner, ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu yi­yo eli­lwe­la­yo, nje­nga­lo­kho ikhu­lu­mi­le ki­nis.

11 Nga­kho zi­qa­phe­li­si­se­nit uku­tha­nda iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu.

12 Ngo­ba uba li­bu­ye­la lo­ku­bu­ye­lau, li­na­ma­the­le ku­nsa­li ya­le­zi­zi­zwe, le­zi ezi­se­le la­ni, li­tha­tha­ne la­zov, li­nge­ne ku­zo, la­zo ki­ni,

13 ya­zi­ni lo­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ka­yi­yi­ku­qhu­be­ka ngo­ku­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni le­zi­zi­zwe pha­mbi kwe­nuw; ko­dwa zi­za­ku­ba yi­si­fu lo­mji­bi­la ki­nix, zi­be lu­swa­zi enhla­ngo­thi­ni ze­nu, la­me­va eme­hlwe­ni enu, li­ze li­bhu­bhe li­phe­le ku­le­li­li­zwe eli­hle, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­ni­ke lo­na.

14 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ngi­ha­mba la­mu­hla nge­ndle­la yo­mhla­ba wo­nkey. Nja­lo li­ya­zi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­nu yo­nke le­mphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni we­nu wo­nke uku­thi aku­kho le­li­zwi eli­lo­dwa ele­hlu­le­ka­yo ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwi ama­hle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ewa­khu­lu­mi­le­yo phe­zu kwe­nuz; wo­nke ezi­le ki­ni, aku­kho le­li­zwi eli­lo­dwa ele­hlu­le­ka­yo ku­wo.

15 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nje­nga­lo­khu zo­nke izi­nto ezi­nhle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eya­zi­khu­lu­ma ki­ni se­zi­le­hle­le, ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si iza­le­hli­se­la zo­nke izi­nto ezi­mbia, ize ili­bhu­bhi­se li­phe­le ku­le­li­li­zwe eli­hle iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eli­ni­ke lo­na.

16 Uba li­se­qa isi­vu­me­lwa­nob se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu eya­li­la­ya so­na, li­su­ke li­ye­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, li­kho­tha­me ki­bo, kho­na ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lu­za­li­vu­the­la, li­bhu­bhe ma­si­nya­ne li­phe­le ku­le­li­li­zwe eli­hle eli­ni­ke lo­na.

Inku­lu­mo yo­ku­ci­na ka­Jo­shu­wa

24UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li eShe­ke­maa, wa­bi­za aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­lib le­nhlo­ko za­bo la­ba­hlu­le­li ba­bo le­ndu­na za­boc, ba­zi­mi­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

2 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Endu­lo oyi­hlo ba­be­hla­la nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­lae, uTe­ra uyi­se kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­yi­se ka­Na­ho­ri, ba­be­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu.

3 Nga­se­ngi­mtha­tha uyi­hlo uA­bra­ha­ma ngi­msu­sa nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­laf, nga­mha­mbi­sa wa­da­bu­la eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Kha­na­ni, nga­ya­ndi­sa inza­lo ya­khe, nga­mni­ka uI­sa­kag.

4 La­kuI­sa­ka nga­ni­ka uJa­ko­be loE­sa­wuh. La­kuE­sa­wu nga­ni­ka inta­ba ye­Se­yi­rii uku­dla ili­fa la­yo, ko­dwa uJa­ko­be la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe be­hle­la eGi­bhi­thej.

5 Nga­se­ngi­thu­ma uMo­zi­si loA­ro­nik, nga­tsha­ya iGi­bhi­thel, nje­nga­lo­kho enga­kwe­nza­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­yo; le­mva kwa­lo­kho nga­li­khu­pha.

6 Nga­se­ngi­ba­khu­pha oyi­hlo eGi­bhi­them, la­fi­ka elwa­ndlen, ama­Gi­bhi­the ase­xo­tsha­na la­ni nge­nqo­la la­nga­ma­bhi­za aze afi­ka eLwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvuo.

7 Kwa­thi be­kha­la eNko­si­nip, ya­be­ka umnya­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­nu la­ma­Gi­bhi­theq, ya­le­tha ulwa­ndle phe­zu kwa­bor, ya­ba­si­be­ke­la. La­me­hlo enu abo­na enga­kwe­nza eGi­bhi­thes. La­hla­la enka­nga­la insu­ku ezi­ne­ngit.

8 Nga­se­ngi­li­le­tha eli­zwe­ni la­maA­mo­ri aye­hla­la nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, ase­si­lwa la­niu, nga­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nu, la­li­dla ili­fa le­li­zwe la­wo, nga­wa­chi­tha pha­mbi kwe­nu.

9 UBa­la­ki indo­da­na ka­Zi­po­riv inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­lwa loI­sra­ye­li, wa­thu­ma wa­bi­za uBa­la­mi indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri uku­thi ali­qa­le­ki­sew.

10 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­tha­nda­nga uku­la­le­la uBa­la­mix; nga­kho wa­li­bu­si­sa lo­ku­li­bu­si­say, nga­se­ngi­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

11 La­cha­pha iJo­da­niz, la­fi­ka eJe­ri­ko, iza­kha­mi­zia ze­Je­ri­ko za­lwa zi­me­le­ne la­nib, amaA­mo­ri, la­ma­Pe­ri­zi, la­ma­Kha­na­ni, la­ma­He­thi, la­ma­Gi­ri­ga­shi, ama­Hi­vi, la­ma­Je­bu­si; nga­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nu.

12 Nga­thu­ma olo­nyo­vu pha­mbi kwe­nuc aba­wa­xo­tsha pha­mbi kwe­nu, ama­kho­si ama­bi­li amaA­mo­ri; ha­tshi nge­nke­mba ya­khod nja­lo ha­tshi nge­da­ndi­li la­kho.

13 Nga­se­ngi­li­ni­ka ili­zwe eli­nga­li­se­be­nze­la­nga, le­mi­zi eli­nga­ya­kha­ngae, li­hla­la ki­yo. Li­dla okwe­zi­vi­ni le­zi­va­nde ze­mi­hlwa­thi eli­nga­ku­hla­nye­la­nga.

14 Kha­the­si-ke ye­sa­be­ni iNko­sif, li­yi­kho­nze ngo­bu­qo­tho la­nge­qi­ni­sog, li­su­se onku­lu­nku­lu oyi­hlo aba­ba­kho­nza nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­lah le­Gi­bhi­thei, nja­lo li­kho­nze iNko­si.

15 Uba-ke ku­ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni enu uku­yi­kho­nza iNko­si, zi­khe­the­le­ni la­mu­hla lo­wo eli­za­mkho­nzaj; ku­mbe onku­lu­nku­lu aba­ba­kho­nza­yo oyi­hlo aba­be­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­lak, lo­ba onku­lu­nku­lu ba­maA­mo­ril eli­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­wo. Ko­dwa mi­na le­ndlu ya­mi si­za­yi­kho­nza iNko­sim.

16 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la aba­ntu be­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­thi uku­thi si­tshi­ye iNko­si, si­kho­nze aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu.

17 Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu iyi­yo eya­se­nyu­sa­yo la­bo­ba­ba si­ve­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, endli­ni yo­bu­gqi­lin, eye­nza pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ethu le­zi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­nku­lu, ya­si­lo­ndo­lo­za endle­le­ni yo­nke esa­ha­mba ki­yo, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ese­dlu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

18 INko­si ya­si­xo­tsha pha­mbi kwe­thu zo­nke izi­zwe, la­maA­mo­ri aye­hla­la eli­zwe­ni. Thi­na la­thi si­za­yi­kho­nza iNko­si, ngo­ba ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

19 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Ka­li­la­ku­yi­kho­nza iNko­sio, ngo­ba ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ongcwe­lep, ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu olo­bu­khwe­leq. Ka­yi­yi­ku­the­the­le­la izi­pha­mbe­ko ze­nu le­zo­no ze­nur.

20 Uba li­yi­tshi­ya iNko­sis li­kho­nze onku­lu­nku­lu abe­zi­zwe, iza­phe­ndu­ka ye­nze oku­bi ki­nit, ili­qe­de, emva ko­ku­thi ile­nze­le oku­hle.

21 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa si­za­yi­kho­nza iNko­si.

22 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Li­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi nga­ni uku­thi li­na li­zi­khe­the­le iNko­siu uku­yi­kho­nza. Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi.

23 Kha­the­si-ke, su­sa­niv onku­lu­nku­lu abe­zi­zwe aba­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, li­tho­be­le inhli­zi­yo ye­nu eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

24 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Jo­shu­wa: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu si­za­yi­kho­nza, le­li­zwi la­yo si­li­la­le­le.

25 Nga­kho uJo­shu­wa wa­se­be­nze­la aba­ntu isi­vu­me­lwa­no nga­lo­lo­su­kuw, wa­ba­be­ke­la isi­mi­so le­si­mi­se­lox eShe­ke­ma.

26 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­bha­la la­wo­ma­zwi egwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy; wa­tha­tha ili­tshe eli­khu­luz, wa­li­mi­sa la­pho nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khia eli­nga­se­ndli­ni engcwe­le ye­Nko­si.

27 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke: Kha­nge­la­ni, le­li­li­tshe li­za­ku­ba yi­bu­fa­ka­zi nga­thib, ngo­ba li­we­zwi­le wo­nke ama­zwi eNko­si eya­wa­khu­lu­ma ki­thic; nga­kho li­za­ku­ba yi­bu­fa­ka­zi nga­ni, hle­zi le­nze inko­hli­so ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nud.

28 UJo­shu­wa wa­se­ba­ye­ke­la aba­ntu uku­thi ba­ha­mbee, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya eli­fe­ni la­khe.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Jo­shu­wa lo­ku­kaE­le­ya­za­re

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ka­Nu­ni, ince­ku ye­Nko­si, wa­fa ele­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu le­tshu­mi.

30 Ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emngce­le­ni we­li­fa la­khe eThi­mi­na­thi-Se­raf ese­nta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi enya­ka­tho kwe­nta­ba iGa­ha­shig.

31 Nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li wa­yi­kho­nza iNko­si zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­Jo­shu­wa la­zo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­ba­da­la abe­lu­la insu­ku emva ku­ka­Jo­shu­wa, nja­lo aba­be­wa­zi wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­Nko­sih eya­we­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li.

32 La­ma­tha­mbo ka­Jo­se­fai aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­be­nyu­ke la­wo be­ve­la eGi­bhi­the ba­wa­ngcwa­ba eShe­ke­ma, esi­qi­nti­ni se­nsi­mu uJa­ko­be asi­the­nga ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ha­mo­ri uyi­se ka­She­ke­maj nge­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­li­khu­lu; sa­ba-ke yi­li­fa la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa.

33 UE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na kaA­ro­ni wa­se­si­fa, ba­mngcwa­ba eqa­qe­ni lu­ka­Phi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na ya­khek, aye­lu­phi­we enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mil.