Yozuwe
6: 1 Yeriko yarafunzwe kubera Abisirayeli: nta n'umwe
arasohoka, nta n'umwe winjiye.
2 Uwiteka abwira Yozuwe ati: Dore, natanze mu kuboko kwawe
Yeriko, n'umwami wacyo, n'abantu bakomeye b'intwari.
6 Muzenguruke umujyi, yemwe bantu bose b'intambara, muzenguruke Uwiteka
umujyi rimwe. Ukore iminsi itandatu.
Abatambyi barindwi bazitwaza imbere y'isanduku impanda ndwi z'intama '.
amahembe: kandi umunsi wa karindwi uzazenguruka umujyi inshuro zirindwi, kandi
abatambyi bavuza impanda.
6: 5 Kandi nibaturika igihe kirekire hamwe na
ihembe ry'intama, kandi iyo wumvise ijwi ry'impanda, abantu bose
Azataka n'ijwi rirenga; Urukuta rw'umujyi ruzasenyuka
igorofa, abantu bazazamuka buri muntu wese imbere ye.
6: 6 Yozuwe mwene Nunu ahamagara abatambyi, arababwira ati: Fata
uzamure isanduku y'isezerano, ureke abatambyi barindwi bitwaze impanda ndwi
amahembe y'intama imbere y'isanduku y'Uhoraho.
7: 7 Abwira abantu ati: “Genda, uzenguruke umujyi, umureke
ibyo bitwaje imbunda bitambuka imbere y'isanduku y'Uwiteka.
8: 8 Yozuwe abwira rubanda, Uwiteka
abapadiri barindwi bitwaje impanda ndwi z'amahembe y'intama
Uwiteka avuza impanda, isanduku y'isezerano ry'Uwiteka
Uhoraho arabakurikira.
9 Abitwaje ibirwanisho baja imbere y'abatambyi bavuza impanda,
kandi ibihembo byaje nyuma yubwato, abatambyi baragenda, bavuza
n'inzamba.
6:10 Yozuwe ategeka abantu ati: "Ntimuzasakuze, cyangwa ngo
vuga urusaku n'ijwi ryawe, nta jambo na rimwe rishobora gusohoka
umunwa wawe, kugeza umunsi ngusabye induru; hanyuma uzataka.
Isanduku y'Uwiteka yazengurutse umugi, uzenguruka rimwe gusa, na bo
yinjira mu nkambi, acumbika mu nkambi.
6:12 Yozuwe arabyuka kare mu gitondo, abatambyi bafata isanduku ya
Uhoraho.
6 Abatambyi barindwi bitwaje impanda ndwi z'amahembe y'intama imbere y'isanduku
Uhoraho akomeza guhora, avuza impanda, na Uhoraho
abantu bitwaje imbunda bagiye imbere yabo; ariko ibihembo byaje nyuma yisanduku y Uwiteka
Uhoraho, abatambyi bakomeza, bavuza impanda.
Umunsi wa kabiri bazenguruka umujyi rimwe, basubira mu Uwiteka
nkambi: nuko bakora iminsi itandatu.
15 Ku munsi wa karindwi, bahaguruka kare kare
bucya, azenguruka umujyi nyuma yuburyo bumwe burindwi
ibihe: gusa kuri uriya munsi bazengurutse umujyi inshuro zirindwi.
6:16 Biba ku nshuro ya karindwi, ubwo abatambyi bavuzaga Uwiteka
impanda, Yozuwe abwira abantu ati: Rangurura; kuko Uhoraho yatanze
wowe mujyi.
Umujyi uzavumwa, ndetse, n'ibirimo byose, kugeza
Uwiteka: Rahabu wenyine maraya ni we uzabaho, we n'abari kumwe bose
we mu nzu, kuko yahishe intumwa twohereje.
6:18 Namwe, mu bwenge ubwo ari bwo bwose, mwirinde ikintu cyavumwe, kugira ngo mutazabona
nimwivume, mugihe mutwaye ikintu cyavumwe, mugakora
inkambi ya Isiraheli umuvumo, kandi igatera ibibazo.
6:19 Ariko ifeza zose, zahabu, nibikoresho byose bikozwe mu muringa nicyuma
Biyeguriwe Uhoraho, bazinjira mu bubiko bw'Uwiteka
NYAGASANI.
6:20 Abantu bavuza induru igihe abatambyi bavuzaga impanda, kandi
byaje gusohora, abantu bumvise amajwi y'inzamba, na
abantu bavugije induru n'ijwi rirenga, ko urukuta rwaguye hasi, ku buryo
abantu barazamuka bajya mu mujyi, abantu bose bamubanjirije, kandi
bafata umugi.
Barimbura burundu ibyari mu mujyi, umugabo n'umugore,
abato n'abakuru, n'inka, n'intama, n'indogobe, bakoresheje inkota.
6:22 Yozuwe abwira abo bagabo bombi bari barigeze kuneka igihugu, Genda
mu nzu y'indaya, hanyuma usohokemo umugore, n'ibindi byose
afite nk'uko mubimusezeranije.
6:23 Abasore bari intasi barinjira, basohora Rahabu, na
ise, na nyina, n'abavandimwe be, n'ibyo yari afite byose; na
basohora bene wabo bose, babasiga nta nkambi ya
Isiraheli.
6:24 Batwika umujyi umuriro n'ibirimo byose: ni Uhoraho gusa
barashyira ifeza, na zahabu, n'ibikoresho by'umuringa n'ibyuma, barabishyira
mu bubiko bw'inzu y'Uwiteka.
6:25 Yozuwe akiza Rahabu maraya ari muzima, n'urugo rwa se, kandi
ibyo yari afite byose; kandi aba muri Isiraheli kugeza na n'ubu; kubera
ahisha intumwa, Yozuwe yohereje kuneka Yeriko.
6:26 Icyo gihe Yozuwe arabasezeranya, arababwira ati 'havumwe uwo muntu mbere
Uwiteka uhaguruka akubaka uyu mujyi wa Yeriko: azaryama
Urufatiro rwarwo mu mfura ye, no mu muhungu we muto
yashyizeho amarembo yacyo.
Uwiteka abanye na Yozuwe; kandi icyamamare cye cyamamaye muri byose
igihugu.