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1Sajika, senyuka ngendlela yaseBhashan; waphuma uOgi ukumkani waseBhashan, wasihlangabeza yena nabantu bakhe bonke, ukuba kuliwe e-Edreyi. 2Wathi uYehova kum, Musa ukumoyika; ngokuba ndimnikele esandleni sakho, nabantu bakhe bonke, nelizwe lakhe; uya kwenza kuye njengoko wenza ngako kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, obemi eHeshbhon. 3UYehova uThixo wethu wamnikela ke ezandleni zethu uOgi ukumkani waseBhashan, nabantu bakhe bonke; sambulala, kwada akwabakho namnye usindayo. 4Sayithimba yonke imizi yakhe ngelo xesha, akwabakho mzi singawuthabathanga kubo; imizi yaba mashumi mathandathu, wonke ummandla waseArgobhi, ubukumkani bukaOgi eBhashan. 5Yonke loo mizi ibinqatyiswe ngodonga oluphakamileyo, namasango, nemivalo; iyodwa imizi yabasemaphandleni, eyabe imininzi kunene. 6Sayisingela phantsi, njengoko senzayo kuSihon ukumkani waseHeshbhon; sasingela phantsi amadoda emizi yonke, nabafazi, nabantwana. 7Ke zona iinkomo zonke namaxhoba aloo mizi sazithimbela.
8Salithabatha ke ngelo xesha ilizwe esandleni sookumkani bobabini bama-Amori, elingaphonoshono kweYordan, lisusela kumlanjana oyiArnon, lada lesa entabeni yeHermon 9(amaTsidon athi iHermon leyo yiSiriyon, ke ama-Amori athi yiSenire), 10yonke imizi yehewu, neyelaseGiliyadi lonke, neBhashan yonke, kwada kwesa eSaleka ne-Edreyi, imizi yobukumkani bukaOgi eBhashan. 11Ngokuba nguOgi yedwa, ukumkani waseBhashan, impunde eyayisele kumaRafa. Nantso ikoyi yakhe, ikoyi yentsimbi; asiyiyo na leya iseRabha yakoonyana baka-Amon? Iziikubhite• ezisithoba ubude bayo, iziikubhite eziné ububanzi bayo, ngokwekubhite yabantu.
12Elo lizwe salihlutha ngelo xesha, sithabathela eArohere ekumlanjana oyiArnon; nesiqingatha sentaba yeGiliyadi, nemizi yayo ndayinika amaRubhen namaGadi. 13Amasalela aseGiliyadi naweBhashan yonke, ubukumkani bukaOgi, ndawanika isiqingatha sesizwe sikaManase; wonke ummandla weArgobhi neBhashan yonke, leyo bekusithiwa lilizwe lamaRafa. 14UYahire, unyana kaManase, wathabatha wonke ummandla weArgobhi, wada wesa emdeni wamaGeshuri namaMahakati, wawubiza ngegama lakhe, wathi iBhashan yiHavotiyahire,• unanamhla. 15UMakire ndamnika elaseGiliyadi. 16AmaRubhen namaGadi ndawanika, ndithabathela kwelaseGiliyadi, ndada ke ndesa kumlanjana oyiArnon, empholokhohlweni wesihlambo, naloo mmandla waso, ndada ndesa naseYabhoki emlanjaneni, emdeni woonyana baka-Amon; 17neArabha, neYordan nommandla wayo, ndithabathela eKinerete, ndada ndesa elwandle lweArabha, uLwandle lweTyuwa, phantsi kwamaxandeka ePisga ngasempumalanga.
18Ndaniwisela umthetho ngelo xesha, ndisithi, uYehova uThixo wenu uniniké eli lizwe ukuba nilihluthe. Welani nixhobile phambi kwabazalwana benu, oonyana bakaSirayeli, nonke nina bafo banobukroti. 19Kodwa abafazi benu, nabantwana benu, nemfuyo yenu (ndiyazi ukuba ninemfuyo eninzi), mabahlale emizini yenu endininike yona; 20ade uYehova abaphumze abazalwana benu njengani, balimé nabo ilizwe elo abanika lona uYehova uThixo wenu phesheya kweYordan; nibuyele ke elowo elifeni lakhe endininike lona. 21UYoshuwa ndamwisela umthetho ngelo xesha, ndisithi, Amehlo akho akubonile konke oku akwenzileyo uYehova uThixo wenu kwaba kumkani bobabini; úya kwenjenjalo ke uYehova kwizikumkani zonke owelela kuzo. 22Ize ningaboyiki; ngokuba uYehova uThixo wenu nguye onilwelayo.
23Ndatarhuzisa kuYehova ngelo xesha, ndisithi, Nkosi yam, 24Yehova, uqalile ukumbonisa umkhonzi wakho ubukhulu bakho, nesandla sakho esithe nkqi; ngokuba nguwuphi na uthixo emazulwini nasehlabathini, ongenza ngokwezenzo zakho, nangokwemisebenzi yakho yobugorha? 25Makhe ndiwele kaloku, ndilibone ilizwe elo lihle, liphesheya kweYordan, loo ntaba intle, neLebhanon.
26Wandiphuphumela uYehova ngomsindo ngenxa yenu, akandiphulaphula; wathi uYehova kum, Yanela, musa ukuba saphinda uthethe kum ngale ndawo. 27Nyuka uye encotsheni yePisga, uphose amehlo akho entshonalanga, nasentla, nasezantsi, nasempumalanga, ulikhangele ngamehlo; ngokuba akuyi kuyiwela le Yordan. 28UYoshuwa mwisele umthetho, umomeleze, umkhaliphise; ngokuba yena uya kuwela yena phambi kwaba bantu; yena uya kubadlisa ilifa, elilelo lizwe uya kulibona. 29Sahlala ke esihlanjeni malungana neBhete-pehore.
