Yozuwe
11: 1 Yabini umwami wa Hazori amaze kubyumva,
Kohereza kuri Yobabu umwami wa Madoni, no ku mwami wa Shimoni, no kuri
umwami wa Akashafu,
2 Abami bari mu majyaruguru y'imisozi n'iy'Uwiteka
ikibaya cyo mu majyepfo ya Chinneroti, no mu kibaya, no ku mbibi za Dor
iburengerazuba,
3 Abanyakanani mu burasirazuba no mu burengerazuba, no ku Bamori,
n'Abaheti, na Perizite, na Yebusite ku misozi,
no kuri Hivite munsi ya Herumoni mu gihugu cya Mizpeh.
4: 4 Barasohoka, bo hamwe n'ingabo zabo zose hamwe na bo, abantu benshi, ndetse
nk'umusenyi uri ku nkombe y'inyanja ari benshi, hamwe n'amafarashi na
amagare menshi cyane.
5 Abami bose bateraniye hamwe, baraza barashinga
hamwe ku mazi ya Meromu, kurwanya Isiraheli.
Uwiteka abwira Yosuwa ati: Ntutinye kubo, kuko kuri
Ejo nko muri iki gihe nzabaha abiciwe bose imbere ya Isiraheli:
Uzatere amafarasi yabo, utwike amagare yabo umuriro.
7 Yozuwe araza, abantu bose barwana na we, babarwanya
amazi ya Merom mu buryo butunguranye; baragwa kuri bo.
8 Uwiteka abashyira mu maboko ya Isiraheli, abakubita, kandi
babirukana kuri Zidoni nini, no muri Misirefoti, no kuri Uhoraho
ikibaya cya Mizpeh iburasirazuba; barabakubita, kugeza igihe babasize
nta n'umwe usigaye.
9 Yozuwe abakorera nk'uko Uwiteka yamutegetse, ahobera amafarasi yabo,
batwika amagare yabo umuriro.
11 Yozuwe icyo gihe arahindukira, afata Hazori, akubita umwami
Inkota yayo, kuko Hazori mbere yari umutwe w'abo bose
ubwami.
11:11 Bakubita ubugingo bwose bwari buhari ku nkombe z'Uwiteka
inkota, kubatsemba rwose: nta wasigaye guhumeka: na
yatwitse Hazori umuriro.
Yosuwa akora imigi yose y'abo bami, n'abami babo bose
fata, ubakubite inkota y'inkota, arangije rwose
yarabatsembye, nk'uko Mose umugaragu w'Uwiteka yabitegetse.
11:13 Naho imigi yari ihagaze mu mbaraga zabo, Isiraheli yaratwitse
ntanumwe murimwe, usibye Hazor gusa; ibyo Yozuwe yatwitse.
11 Iminyago yose yo muri iyo migi, n'inka, abana ba
Isiraheli yishakira umuhigo; ariko umuntu wese bakubise
inkota y'inkota, kugeza igihe babatsembye, nta n'umwe basize
icyaricyo cyose cyo guhumeka.
11:15 Nkuko Uwiteka yategetse Mose umugaragu we, ni ko Mose yategetse Yozuwe,
na Yozuwe na we; Nta kintu na kimwe yasize mu byo Uhoraho yategetse
Mose.
11:16 Yozuwe afata igihugu cyose, imisozi, n'igihugu cyose cyo mu majyepfo, kandi
igihugu cyose cya Gosheni, ikibaya, ikibaya, n'umusozi
ya Isiraheli, n'ikibaya kimwe;
11:17 Ndetse no ku musozi wa Halak, uzamuka i Seyiri, ndetse ukagera i Baalgadi
ikibaya cya Libani munsi y'umusozi wa Herumoni: n'abami babo bose arabatwara,
arabakubita, arabica.
Yozuwe yarwanye igihe kirekire n'abami bose.
Nta mujyi wigeze ugirana amahoro n'Abisiraheli, keretse
Abahivi batuye i Gibeyoni: abandi bose bafashe ku rugamba.
11:20 Kuberako Uwiteka yakomantaje imitima yabo, kugira ngo baze
kurwanya Isiraheli ku rugamba, kugira ngo abarimbure burundu, kandi
ntibashobora gutoneshwa, ariko kugira ngo abatsemba, nk'Uwiteka
yategetse Mose.
11:21 Muri icyo gihe, Yozuwe araza, atema Abanaki
imisozi, i Heburoni, i Debir, i Anab, no muri byose
imisozi y'u Buyuda, no mu misozi yose ya Isiraheli: Yozuwe
Yabatsembye rwose n'imigi yabo.
11:22 Nta n'umwe mu ba Anakimu wasigaye mu gihugu cy'abana ba
Isiraheli: hasigaye gusa i Gaza, i Gati, no muri Ashidodi.
11:23 Yozuwe yigarurira igihugu cyose, nk'uko Uwiteka yabibwiye byose
Mose; Yozuwe ayiha Isiraheli umurage nk'uko bivugwa
amacakubiri yabo n'imiryango yabo. Igihugu cyaruhutse intambara.