UJOSHUWA 16

₁Isabelo sabantwana bakwaJosefa sasuka eJordani ngaseJeriko emanzini aseJeriko ngasempumalanga, ihlane elenyuka eJeriko ezintabeni ukuya eBethele;

₂saphuma eBethele, saya eLuze, sadlula saya emkhawulweni wama-Araki ngaseAtharoti;

₃sehlela ngasentshonalanga emkhawulweni wamaJafeleti kuze kube-semkhawulweni weBeti-Horoni laseNzansi naseGezeri; ukuphuma kwaso kwakuselwandle.

₄Abantwana bakwaJosefa, oManase noEfrayimi, base belidla ifa labo.

₅Umkhawulo wabantwana bakwaEfrayimi ngemindeni yabo wawunje: umkhawulo wefa labo ngasempumalanga wawuyiAtharoti-Adari kuze kube-seBeti-Horoni laseNhla;

₆umkhawulo waphuma ngasentshonalanga ngaseMikemetha ngasenyakatho; umkhawulo wawusujika ngasempumalanga, waya eTawanati-Shilo, walidlula ngasempumalanga kwaseJanowa;

₇wehla eJanowa, waya eAtharoti naseNahara, wafika eJeriko, waphumela eJordani.

₈Kusukela eTaphuwa umkhawulo waya ngasentshonalanga, wafika emfudlaneni iKhana; ukuphuma kwawo kwakuselwandle. Lelo liyifa lesizwe sabantwana bakwaEfrayimi ngemindeni yabo

₉kanye nemizi eyahlukaniselwa abantwana bakwaEfrayimi phakathi kwefa labantwana bakwaManase, yonke imizi nemizana yayo.

₁₀Kodwa abawoxoshanga amaKhanani ahlala eGezeri, kepha amaKhanani ahlala phakathi kukaEfrayimi kuze kubenamuhla, aba-yizinceku zokusebenza.