Yozuwe 1: 1 Nyuma y'urupfu rwa Mose umugaragu w'Uwiteka, Uwiteka abwira Yosuwa mwene Nun, umukozi wa Mose, aravuga ati 1: 2 Mose umugaragu wanjye yarapfuye; Noneho rero haguruka, jya kuri Yorodani, wowe, n'aba bantu bose, mu gihugu nabahaye, ndetse ku Bisirayeli. 1: 3 Ahantu hose ikirenge cyawe kizakandagira, mfite njye Nabihawe nk'uko nabibwiye Mose. 1: 4 Kuva mu butayu no muri Libani kugeza no ku ruzi runini, Uwiteka uruzi rwa Efurate, igihugu cyose cy'Abaheti, no ku nyanja nini izuba rirenze, izuba ryawe rizaba inkombe yawe. 1: 5 Nta muntu n'umwe uzashobora guhagarara imbere yawe iminsi yawe yose ubuzima: nkuko nabanye na Mose, niko nzabana nawe: Sinzakunanira, cyangwa ngo agutererane. Komera kandi ushire amanga, kuko uzagabana abo bantu umurage igihugu narahiye ba sekuruza ngo bazagire bo. 1: 7 Gusa komera kandi ushire amanga, kugirango ubone kwitegereza gukora nkurikije amategeko yose, umugaragu wanjye Mose yagutegetse: hindukira ntabwo biva muri byo iburyo cyangwa ibumoso, kugirango utere imbere aho uzajya hose. 1: 8 Iki gitabo cy'amategeko ntikizava mu kanwa kawe; ariko uzabikora Bitekerezeho amanywa n'ijoro, kugira ngo ubone uko ukora ku byanditswemo byose, kuko ari bwo uzakora inzira yawe gutera imbere, hanyuma uzagira intsinzi nziza. 1: 9 Sinagutegetse? Komera kandi ushire amanga; ntukabe ntutinye, kandi ntucike intege, kuko Uwiteka Imana yawe iri kumwe nawe aho uzajya hose. 1:10 Yozuwe ategeka abatware b'abantu ati: 1:11 Genda unyuze mu ngabo, utegeke abantu, uvuga ngo, Witegure ibiryo; kuko muminsi itatu uzambuka iyi Yorodani, kugirango winjire gutunga igihugu Uwiteka Imana yawe yaguhaye kugitunga. 1:12 Na Rubeni, n'Abagadi, na kimwe cya kabiri cy'umuryango wa Manase, yavuze Yozuwe, ati: 1:13 Ibuka ijambo Mose umugaragu w'Uwiteka yagutegetse, ati: "Uwiteka Imana yawe yaguhaye ikiruhuko, kandi yaguhaye ibi." butaka. 1:14 Abagore banyu, abana banyu, n'inka zanyu, bazaguma mu gihugu Mose yaguhaye hakurya ya Yorodani; ariko uzanyura imbere yawe bavandimwe bitwaje imbunda, abanyembaraga bose b'intwari, kandi mubafashe; 1:15 Kugeza aho Uwiteka aruhukiye abavandimwe bawe nk'uko yaguhaye, kandi batunze igihugu Uwiteka Imana yawe yabahaye: ni bwo muzasubira mu gihugu cyanyu, mukaryishimira, Mose umugaragu wa Yehova yaguhaye hakurya ya Yorodani yerekeza kuri Uhoraho izuba rirashe. 1:16 Basubiza Yozuwe, bati: "Ibyo udutegetse byose tuzabikora." kora, kandi aho uzatwohereza hose, tuzagenda. 1:17 Nkuko twumvaga Mose muri byose, natwe tuzumva kuri wowe: Uwiteka Imana yawe yonyine ni kumwe nawe, nk'uko yari kumwe na Mose. 1:18 Umuntu uwo ari we wese wigometse ku itegeko ryawe, ntabikore umva amagambo yawe mubyo wamutegetse byose, azashyirwa kugeza gupfa: komera gusa n'ubutwari bwiza.