UYOSHUWA 12

₁AmaSirayeli ayesele oyisa awuthimba nomhlaba ongasempumalanga yeJordan, ukususa kuloo ngingqi yeAnon, kunyuse loo ntili yeJordan, kuye kutsho kwintaba iHermon. ₂Owokuqala ukumkani owoyiswayo yaba nguSihon umAmori owayelawula ummandla waseHeshbhon. Icala leGiliyadi laliphantsi kwakhe, ukususela eArure (engakumlambo iAnon) nasembindini wengingqi leyo, ukwenjenjeya ukusa eJabhoko (engumda welama-Amon). ₃Intili yeJordan ukususela kuLwandle lwaseGalili nayo yayikwalapho, ukusa ezantsi eBhete-yeshimoti (engasempumalanga yoLwandle oluFileyo) kwenjenjeya kuse emazantsi entaba iPisga.

₄Woyiswa naye ukumkani uOgi waseBhashan owayengowokugqibela kumaRafa. Wayephethe iAshtaroti kunye ne-Edreyi. ₅Intaba iHermon, iSaleka, kunye nayo yonke iBhashan, kuse kwimida yeGeshuri neMahaka, necala leGiliyadi, kuye kutsho kummandla kakumkani uSihon waseHeshbhon, nazo zazikwalawulwa yile kumkani.

₆Ezi kumkani zombini zoyiswa nguMosis namaSirayeli. Umhlaba wazo uMosis isicaka *sikaNdikhoyo wawunika isizwe sakwaRubhen nesakwaGadi nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase.

₇UYoshuwa kunye namaSirayeli bazoyisa iikumkani ezazimi kummandla ongasentshonalanga yeJordan, ukusuka eBhali-gadi kwintili vaseLebhanon kuse kwintaba iHalaki ezantsi kufuphi neSeyire. Wawohlulela izizwe zakwaSirayeli lo mmandla uYoshuwa, ukuba ziwume.

₈Nazi iziphaluka zalo mmandla: eleenduli, amazantsi eentaba zasentshona, intili yeJordan namazantsi eentaba zayo, iingingqi zangasempuma, kunye nentlango engasezantsi. Lo mmandla yayingumhlaba wamaHiti, ama-Amori, amaKanana, amaPerezi, amaHivi, namaJebhusi. ₉AmaSirayeli oyisa iikumkani zezixeko iJeriko, iAyi (ngaseBhetele), ₁₀iJerusalem, iHebron, ₁₁iYarmuti, iLakishe, ₁₂iEglon, iGezere, ₁₃iDebhiri, iGedere, ₁₄iHoma, iAradi, ₁₅iLibhena, iAdulam, ₁₆iMakeda, iBhetele, ₁₇iTapuwa, iHefere, ₁₈iAfeki, iLasharon, ₁₉iMadon, iHazore, ₂₀iShimron-meron, iAkeshafi, ₂₁iTanaki, iMegido, ₂₂iKedeshe, iYokeneham (eKarmele), ₂₃iDore (elunxwemeni), iGoyim (eGiligali), ₂₄kunye neTirza. Yayingamashumi mathathu ezikumkani zizonke.