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

₄Abantwana bakwaJosefa, oManase no-Efrayimi, base belidla ifa labo.

₅Umkhawulo wabantwana bakwa-Efrayimi ngemindeni yabo wawunje: umkhawulo wefa labo ngasempumalanga wawuyi-Atharoti Adari kuze kube seBeti Horoni laseNhla; ₆umkhawulo waphuma ngasentshonalanga ngaseMikemetha ngasenyakatho; umkhawulo wawusujika ngasempumalanga, waya eTawanati Shilo, walidlula ngasempumalanga kwaseJanowa; ₇wehla eJanowa, waya e-Atharoti naseNahara, wafika eJeriko, waphumela eJordani. ₈Kusukela eTaphuwa umkhawulo waya ngasentshonalanga, wafika emfudlaneni iKhana; ukuphuma kwawo kwakuselwandle. Lelo liyifa lesizwe sabantwana bakwa-Efrayimi ngemindeni yabo ₉kanye nemizi eyahlukaniselwa abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi phakathi kwefa labantwana bakwaManase, yonke imizi nemizana yayo.

₁₀Kodwa abawaxoshanga amaKhanani ahlala eGezeri, kepha amaKhanani ahlala phakathi kuka-Efrayimi kuze kube namuhla, aba yizinceku zokusebenza.