NUMERI 34
Masakha a shango
1Muṋe washu a ṋea Mushe 2ndayo hedzi dza Vhaisraele a ri, “Musi ni tshi dzhena Kanana, shango ḽine nda khou ni ṋea ḽone, masakha a shango ḽaṋu a ḓo vha haya: 3Masakha a thungo ya tshipembe a ḓo thoma phangani ya Tsini a tshimbila na masakha a Edomo. A ḓo thoma vhubvaḓuvha hune Lwanzhe lwa Muṋo lwa guma hone thungo ya tshipembe. 4Zwino a konou livha tshipembe a tshi ya Pharani ya Phame a fhirela phanḓa a swika Tsini a vhuya a swika tshipembe Kadeshe Barania. Zwenezwo a livha vhukovheladevhula u ya Hatsara Adara a fhirela Atsimoni, 5u bva henefho a ḓo livha govhani na masakhani a Egipita a fhelela Lwanzheni lwa Phandamashango.
6“Masakha a vhukovhela a ḓo vha Lwanzhe lwa Phandamashango.
7“Masakha a devhula a ḓo tou tswi u bva Lwanzheni lwa Phandamashango u ya thavhani ya Horo, 8u bva henefho a livha Pharani ya Hamathi. A ḓo fhirela phanḓa a tshi ya Tsedada, 9a fhirela Zifironi, a guma Hatsara Enani.
10“Masakha a vhubvaḓuvha a ḓo tou tswi a tshi bva Hatsara Enani a tshi ya Shefamu. 11U bva henefho a ḓo konou livha tshipembe a tshi ya Harabele, vhubvaḓuvha ha Aini, a fhirela mivhunduni khunzikhunzini ya vhubvaḓuvha ya dzivha ḽa Khinirethe, 12a konou fhirela tshipembe a tshi tsa na mulambo wa Jorodani a tshi ya Lwanzheni lwa Muṋo.
“Haya a ḓo vha one masakha a shango ḽaṋu thungo dzoṱhe.”
13Ndi hone Mushe a tshi vhudza Vhaisraele a ri, “Heḽo ndi ḽone shango ḽine na ḓo wana nga u ita madeṅwa, shango ḽe Muṋe washu a ḽi ṋea matsinde maṱanu na maṋa na hafu. 14Tsinde ḽa Rubeni na ḽa Gadi na hafu ya tsinde ḽa Manase vha vhubvaḓuvha vho no ḓi kovhelwa shango ḽavho, zwi tshi ya nga miṱa yavho, 15vhubvaḓuvha ha Jorodani, u livhana na Jerikho.”
Vharangaphanḓa vhe vha hweswa mushumo wa u kovhekanya shango
16Muṋe washu a amba na Mushe a ri, 17“Tshifhe Eliasara na Joshua ṅwana wa Nunu vha ḓo kovhekanya vhathu shango. 18U dzhie na murangaphanḓa muthihi kha tsinde ḽiṅwe na ḽiṅwe a farise vha tshi kovha shango.” 19-28Vhanna vho nangwaho nga Muṋe washu ngevha:
29Havho ndi vhone vhanna vhe Muṋe washu a vha hwesa mushumo wa u kovhela Vhaisraele mikovhe yavho shangoni ḽa Kanana.
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