UJOSHUWA 6

₁IJeriko lalivalile amasango alo ngenxa yabantwana bakwaIsrayeli; kwakungaphumi-muntu, kungangeni-muntu.

₂UJehova wathi kuJoshuwa: Bheka, nginikele esandleni sakho iJeriko, nenkosi yalo, namaqhawe anamandla.

₃Niyakuhaqa umuzi, onke amadoda empi, niwuzungeze umuzi kanye. Uyakwenze njalo izinsuku eziyisithupha.

₄Abapristi abayisikhombisa bayakuthwala amacilongo ayisikhombisa ejubili* phambi komphongolo; ngosuku lwesikhombisa niyakuwuzungeza umuzi kasikhombisa, abapristi babethe amacilongo.

₅Kuyakuthi lapho bekhalisa kade uphondo lwejubili* nalapho nilizwa izwi lecilongo, bonke abantu bakhamuluke ngokukhamuluka okukhulu, ugange lomuzi luwele phansi endaweni yalo, abantu bakhuphuke, yilowo nalowo aqonde phambili nje.

₆UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wabiza abapristi, wathi kubo: Phakamisani umphongolo wesivumelwano, abapristi abayisikhombisa bathwale amacilongo ayisikhombisa ejubili* phambi komphongolo kaJehova.

₇Kubantu wathi: Dlulani, niwuzungeze umuzi, abahlomileyo badlule phambi komphongolo kaJehova.

₈Kwathi lapho uJoshuwa esekhulumile kubantu, abapristi abayisikhombisa bethwele amacilongo ayisikhombisa ejubili* phambi kukaJehova badlula, babetha amacilongo, umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova wabalandela.

₉Abahlomileyo bahamba phambi kwabapristi ababetha amacilongo, nesigaba sasemuva sawulandela umphongolo, bebetha amacilongo besahamba.

₁₀UJoshuwa wayala abantu, wathi: Aniyikukhamuluka; ningalizwakalisi izwi lenu, kungaphumi-gama emlonyeni wenu, kuze kufike usuku engiyakuthi ngalo kini: Khamulukani! Besenikhamuluka.

₁₁Wayesenza ukuba umphongolo kaJehova uzungeze umuzi, wawuhaqa kanye; base befika ekamu*, balala ubusuku ekamu.

₁₂UJoshuwa wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, abapristi bathatha umphongolo kaJehova.

₁₃Abapristi abayisikhombisa, bethwele amacilongo ayisikhombisa ejubili* phambi komphongolo kaJehova, bahamba njalo bewabetha amacilongo; abahlomileyo bahamba phambi kwabo, nesigaba sasemuva sawulandela umphongolo kaJehova, bebetha amacilongo besahamba.

₁₄Ngosuku lwesibili bawuzungeza umuzi kanye, babuyela ekamu*; benze njalo izinsuku eziyisithupha.

₁₅Kwathi ngosuku lwesikhombisa bavuka ukuntwela kokusa, bawuzungeza umuzi ngandlelanye kasikhombisa; ngalolosuku kuphela bawuzungeza umuzi kasikhombisa.

₁₆Kwathi ngokwesikhombisa abapristi sebebethile amacilongo, uJoshuwa wathi kubantu: Khamulukani, ngokuba uJehova uninikile umuzi.

₁₇Umuzi uyakwahlukaniselwa uJehova, wona nakho konke okukuwo; uRahabi isifebe kuphela uyakusinda, yena nabo bonke abakuye endlini, ngokuba wazithukusa izithunywa esazithumayo.

₁₈Kodwa zigcineni nina kukho okuqalekisiweyo, funa lapho senikuqalekisile nithathe kukho okuqalekisiweyo, nilenze ikamu* libe-ngeliqalekisiweyo, nilihluphe.

₁₉Kepha lonke isiliva, negolide, nezitsha zethusi nezensimbi kungcwele kuJehova; kuyakungena endlini yengcebo kaJehova.

₂₀Abantu base bekhamuluka, amacilongo abethwa; kwathi lapho abantu bezwa ukukhala kwecilongo, abantu bakhamuluka ngokukhamuluka okukhulu, ugange lwawela phansi endaweni yalo, abantu benyukela emzini, yilowo nalowo waqonda phambili nje, bawuthatha umuzi.

₂₁Baqalekisa konke okusemzini, isilisa nesifazane, abasha nabadala, nezinkabi, nezimvu, nezimbongolo, ngosiko lwenkemba.

₂₂UJoshuwa wathi kulawomadoda amabili ayelihlolile izwe: Ngenani endlini yesifebe, nikhiphe kuyo owesifazane nabo bonke anabo, njengalokho namfungela.

₂₃Izinsizwa ezaziyizinhloli zangena, zamkhipha uRahabi, noyise, nonina, nabafowabo, nabo bonke anabo, zakhipha bonke abomuzi wakhe, zababeka ngaphandle kwekamu* lakwaIsrayeli.

₂₄Bawushisa umuzi ngomlilo, nakho konke okukuwo; isiliva kuphela, negolide, nezitsha zethusi nezensimbi bakufaka endlini yengcebo endlini kaJehova.

₂₅Kepha uRahabi isifebe, nabendlu kayise, nabo bonke anabo, uJoshuwa wabasindisa; uhlala phakathi kukaIsrayeli kuze kube-namuhla, lokhu wathukusa izithunywa uJoshuwa azithuma ukuba zihlole iJeriko.

₂₆UJoshuwa wabafungisa ngalesosikhathi, wathi: Makaqalekiswe phambi kukaJehova umuntu osuka akhe lomuzi waseJeriko; uyakubeka isisekelo sawo ngokulahlekelwa yizibulo lakhe, amise amasango awo ngokulahlekelwa ngomncinyane wakhe.

₂₇UJehova wayenaye uJoshuwa; udumo lwakhe lwalukhona ezweni lonke.