Joshua
17:1 Ndiwo mugove worudzi rwaManase; nokuti akanga ari dangwe
waJosefa; kureva Makiri dangwe raManase, baba va
Giriyadhi, nekuti akanga ari munhu wokurwa, wakapiwa Giriyadhi neBhashani.
17:2 Mujenya wacho waivawo wevamwe vanakomana vaManase maererano navo
mhuri; zvavanakomana vaAbhiezeri, navana vaHereki;
nokuvana vaAsirieri, nokuvana vaShekemu, nokuvana
vanakomana vaHeferi, uye vanakomana vaShemidha;
navanakomana vaManase, mwanakomana waJosefa, nemhuri dzavo.
17:3 Asi Zerofehadhi, mwanakomana waHeferi, mwanakomana waGireadhi, mwanakomana waMakiri.
mwanakomana waManase akanga asina vanakomana, asi vanasikana chete; mazita ndiwo
pavanasikana vake: Mara, naNowa, naHogira, naMirika, naTiriza.
17:4 Ivo vakaswedera kumupristi Ereazari, uye pamberi Joshua mwanakomana
waNuni napamberi pamachinda, akati, Jehovha wakaraira Mozisi kuti ape
isu nhaka pakati pehama dzedu. Naizvozvo maererano ne
murayiro waJehovha wakavapa nhaka pakati pehama
kwababa vavo.
17:5 Uye kwakapiwa migove gumi kuna Manase kunze kweGireadhi uye
Bhashani, raiva mhiri kwaJoridhani;
nekuti vanasikana vaManase vakanga vane nhaka pakati pavanakomana vake;
vamwe vanakomana vaManase vakanga vasara panyika yeGiriyadhi.
17:7 Muganhu waManase wakabva kwaAsheri, ndokusvika paMikimetati pedo;
pamberi peShekemu; uye muganhu wakapfuurira kuruoko rworudyi kusvikira kugungwa
vagari vomuEntapua.
17:8 Zvino Manase akanga ane nyika yeTapua, asi Tapua pamuganhu
Manase akanga ari worudzi rwavana vaEfuremu;
Zvino muganhu ndokuburuka kurukova Kana, nechezasi korwizi;
maguta iwayo aEfuremu ari pakati pamaguta aManase;
Manase akanga ari nechokumusoro kworwizi, nokumagumo kwarwo
rakanga riri pagungwa.
17:10 Kurutivi rwezasi yakanga iri yaEfuremu, uye nechokumusoro yakanga iri yaManase, uye gungwa.
ndiwo muganhu wake; vakasangana kwaAsheri kumusoro, napakati
kwaIsakari kumabvazuva.
17:11 Manase akanga ane Bhetisheani nemisha yaro, muIsakari naAsheri.
Ibhireami nemisha yaro, nevagari veDhori nemisha yaro, nemisha yaro
vakanga vagere Endori nemisha yaro, navagari veTaanaki nemisha yaro
misha yaro, navakanga vagere Megidho nemisha yaro, matatu
nyika.
17:12 Asi vana vaManase vakanga vasingagoni kudzinga vakanga vagere
maguta iwayo; asi vaKanani vakaramba kugara munyika iyo.
17:13 Asi vana vaIsiraeri vakati vava nesimba, izvozvo
vakabatisa vaKanani, asi havana kuvadzinga chose.
Vana vaJosefa vakataura naJoshua, vakati, Waitirei?
akandipa mugove mumwe chete nomugove mumwe chete kuti ive nhaka yangu, nokuti ndiri mukuru
imwi vanhu, Jehovha zvaakandiropafadza kusvikira zvino?
Joshua akati kwavari, Kana muri vanhu vazhinji, endai henyu
ugozvitemera imomo munyika yavahedheni
VaPerizi navaRefaimu, kana nyika yamakomo yaEfuremu ikakurikira iwe.
Vana vaJosefa vakati, Gomo haringatikwaniri, isu tose
vaKenani vagere munyika yomupata vane ngoro dzavo
simbi, vose vari veBhetisheani nemisha yaro, nevekwavo
mupata weJezireeri.
Joshua akataura neimba yaJosefa, ivo Efuremu, nokuna
Manase akati, Imi muri vanhu vazhinji, mune simba guru;
haungavi nomugove mumwe chete;
17:18 Asi gomo richava renyu; nekuti ihuni, unofanira kuitema
pasi, kubuda kwayo kuchava kwako, nekuti ndiwe uchadzinga
vaKanani, kunyange vane ngoro dzamatare, uye kunyange varidzo
yakasimba.