Ukuhlulwa kwaka-Ogi ikosi yeBhatjhani
1Sajika-ke sakhuphuka ngendlela yeBhatjhani. U-Ogi ikosi yakhona yaphuma nebutho layo loke bonyana isisahlele ngepi e-Edreyi. 2Kodwana uSomnini wathi kimi: “Ungamesabi ngombana ngimnikele esandleni sakho, yena nabo boke abantu bakhe kanye nenarhakhe. Umenze isenzo owasenza uSirhoni ikosi yama-Amori ogade ahlala eRhetjhibhoni.”
3Yeke uSomnini uZimethu wanikela u-Ogi ikosi yeBhatjhani esandleni sethu kanye nabo boke abantu bakhe. Samumadlha bekwatlhoga namunye wabantu bakhe ophunyurhako. 4Sathatha woke amadorobhakhe ngesikhatheso. Akunadorojana esingazange simemuke lona. Kwakumadorobho amatjhumi asithandathu, sahlanganisa soke isifunda i-Arigobho, okumbuso ka-Ogi eBhatjhani. 5Woke lawo bekumadorobho aqiniswe ngemithangala ephakamileko, amasango neenqabo. Sathatha godu nemizi eminengi enganamithangala. 6Sawarhayila nya njengombana senza kuSirhoni ikosi yeRhetjhibhoni nasirhayila elinye nelinye idorobho, okutjho amadoda, abafazi nababuthakathaka. 7Kodwana yoke ifuyo nepango yedorobho sazithathela yona.
8Nje-ke ngesikhatheso samuka amakhosi amabili wama-Amori ebegade angepumalanga yeJordani inarha, ukusuka emrhobeni we-Arinoni ukuya entabeni iRherimoni.
9(AmaTsidoni abiza iRherimoni bona yiSiriyoni khibe ama-Amori wona athi yiSeniri.) 10Iye, sathatha woke amadorobho wenarha yemibundu eligagadu, okutjho iGiliyadi yoke neBhatjhani yoke ukuyokufika eSaleka ne-Edreyi okumadorobho wombuso ka-Ogi weBhatjhani.
11(Ngu-Ogi yedwa ikosi yeBhatjhani owasalako kumisalela yamaRafa. Qala, umbhedakhe gade wenziwe ngesimbi, useRabha okuyihlokodorobho yama-Amoni. Gade umamitha amane ubude, ulimitha nesiquntu nesiqunjwana ububanzi ngesilinganiso esijayelekileko.)
Ukwabiwa kwenarha ngepumalanga yeJordani
12Lokha nasithumba inarha le ngesikhatheso, nganikela amaRubeni namaGadi isifunda ukusuka e-Aroweri okulidorobho elingemrhobeni we-Arinoni ukuyela ngetlhagwini kanye nesiquntu senarha yemibundu yakwaGiliyadi namadorobho wakhona. 13Inarha eseleko yakwaGiliyadi nayo yoke iBhatjhani, okumbuso waka-Ogi, ngakunikela isiquntu sekoro kaManase.
(Soke isifunda se-Arigobho, okutjho yoke iBhatjhani, godu sibizwa bonyana yinarha yeRafa. 14UJayire osizukulwana sakaManase wathatha soke isifunda se-Arigobho okutjho iBhatjhani, ukuyokufika emkhawulweni wamaGetjhuri newamaMakathi. Wathiyelela isifundeso ngebizo lakhe wathi yiRhavothi-Jayire njengombana saziwa njalo nanamhlanje.)
15UMakiri ngamnikela isifunda esingetlhagwini yeGiliyadi 16bese amaRubeni namaGadi ngawanikela isifunda esingesewula yeGiliyadi ukuyokufika emrhobeni we-Arinoni. Imikhawulo yawo bekumlanjana we-Arinoni ngesewula, umlanjana weJabokhi ngetlhagwini, isifunda sama-Amoni ngetlhagwini-pumalanga, 17umrhoba i-Araba ngetjingalanga (okutjho umlambo iJordani ukusuka eKinerethi ukuyokufika elwandle le-Araba, okulilwandle leTswayi). Umkhawulo ngesewula-pumalanga bekumathomo wentaba iPisiga.
18Nganiyala ngesikhatheso ngathi: “USomnini uZimenu uninikele inarha le bona ibe lilifa lenu. Woke amadoda anesibindi azakuyama ahlomile ngaphambi kwabafowenu ama-Israyeli. 19Kodwana abafazi benu, ababuthakathaka benu kanye nefuywenu njengombana ninefuyo enengi nje, bazakusala ngemadorobheni engininikele wona; 20bekube kulapha uSomnini anikela khona abafowenu ukuphumula njengombana wenza kini, nabo bathumba inarha ebayiphiwa nguSomnini uZimenu ngaphetjheya kweJordani. Ngemva kwalapho-ke nizakubuyela omunye nomunye endawenakhe enganinikela yona.”
Ukubekwa kwakaJotjhuwa esikhundleni sakaMosi
21Ngesikhatheso ngayala uJotjhuwa ngathi: “Amehlwakho abone koke uSomnini uZimenu akwenze emakhosini amabili la. USomnini uzakwenza soneso nemibusweni enizokudabula kiyo. 22Anizuyesaba ngombana nguSomnini uZimenu onilwelako.”
23Yeke ngabawa uSomnini ngesikhatheso ngathi: 24“Awu, Somnini Somandla, sewuthome ukutjengisa incekwakho ubukhulu bakho nesandla sakho esinamandla. Ngimuphi uzinyana emkayini namkha ephasini ongenza imisebenzi engaka kanye nezenzo ezikulu ezinjengezakho na? 25Bengithi uSomnini akangivumele ngiyame, ngiyokubona inarha ehle ngaphetjheya kweJordani, inarha ehle yeentatjana kanye neLibhanoni.”
26Kodwana uSomnini wangithukuthelela ngebanga lenu, azange angilalele, wathi kimi: “Sekwanele, ungabe usakhuluma litho kimi ngendaba le. 27Yenyukela esiqongolweni sePisiga, uphakamisele amehlwakho ngetjingalanga, ngetlhagwini, ngesewula nangepumalanga, uzibonele wena ngokwakho ngombana awuzokuyama iJordani le. 28Kodwana yala uJotjhuwa, umkhuthaze bewumqinise ngombana nguye ozakuyama nabantwaba. Yena uzabathumbisa inarha ozayibona.”
29Nje-ke sahlala emrhobeni ngaphetjheya kweBhethe-Pewori.
