Joshuwa 16
Live lelabelwa baka-Efrayimu nebakaManase labasenshonalanga
1Live lelalisabelo saJosefa lalisuka eJordane malungana neJerikho, ngasemphumalanga netiyalu taseJerikho, lenyuke lidzabule lihlane licondze eveni letintsaba laseBetheli. 2Lelive lalisuka eBetheli, licondze eLuzi, lewelele ngesheya kwelive lema-Akhi, e-Atharothe, 3lehlele ngasenshonalanga eveni lesive semaJafulethi, kuze kuyewufika esifundzeni saseBhethi Horoni Lengentasi, lendlulele eGezeri, ligcine elwandle. 4Ngako-ke Manase na-Efrayimu, titukulwane taJosefa, tabelwa lelo lifa.
Efrayimu
5Leli-ke bekulive lebaka-Efrayimu, lusendvo ngelusendvo:
Umnyele wesabelo sabo wawusuka e-Atharothe Adari ngasemphumalanga, ucondze enhla neBhethi Horoni Lengenhla, 6uchubeke uze ufike elwandle. Wawusuka eMikmethathi ngasenyakatfo, ujikele ngasemphumalanga ucondze eThanathi Shilo, ushaye edvute nayo, ucondze eJanoha ngasemphumalanga. 7Wawusuka eJanoha ucondze e-Atharothe naseNara, utsintse eJerikho, uphumele ngale eJordane. 8Kusuka eThaphuwa lomnyele wawucondza ngasenshonalanga emfudlaneni iKhana, ugcine elwandle. Leso-ke kwaba sabelo sesive saka-Efrayimu, lusendvo ngelusendvo. 9Sasifaka ekhatsi onkhe emadolobha kanye nemiti yawo leyayehlukaniselwe sive saka-Efrayimu kanye nesabelo sesive sakaManase.
10Atizange tikhone kuwacosha emaKhenani labehlala eGezeri; nalamuhla loku emaKhenani seloku ahlala ndzawonye nesive saka-Efrayimu, kodvwa asetjentiswa kamatima.
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