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.