Joshua
18:1 Zvino ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri yakaungana
paShiro, ndokudzikapo tende rokusangana. Uye the
nyika yakanga yakundwa pamberi pavo.
18:2 Asi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri kwakanga kwasara marudzi manomwe akanga ane
vasati vagamuchira nhaka yavo.
Zvino Joshua akati kuvana vaIsiraeri, Muchanonoka kuenda kusvikira rinhiko?
kuti mutore nyika, yamakapiwa naJehovha Mwari wamadzibaba enyu?
18:4 Ipai varume vatatu kurudzi rumwe norumwe, ndivatume.
vachasimuka, vofamba nenyika, nokuirondedzera zvakafanana
kunhaka yavo; uye vachauyazve kwandiri.
Vanofanira kuiganhura vachiita migove minomwe; vaJudha vanofanira kugara panzvimbo yavo
muganhu wezasi, uye veimba yaJosefa vanofanira kugara panyika yavo
nechokumusoro.
18:6 Naizvozvo munofanira kurondedzera nyika kuita migove minomwe, mugouya nayo
tsanangurai pano, kuti ndikukandirei mijenya pano pamberi paJehovha
Jehovha Mwari wedu.
18:7 Asi vaRevhi havana mugove pakati penyu; nokuda kwoupristi hwaJehovha
ndiyo nhaka yavo; naGadhi, naRubheni, nehafu yorudzi
Manase akagamuchira nhaka yavo mhiri kwaJoridhani kumabvazuva.
zvavakanga vapiwa naMozisi muranda waJehovha.
Varume vakasimuka, vakaenda; Joshua akaraira vaienda
rondedzerai nyika, muchiti, Endai, mufambe nenyika, murondedzera
mugodzoka kwandiri, ndikukandirei mijenya pano pamberi paJehovha
Jehovha paShiro.
18:9 Varume vakaenda, vakafamba nenyika, vakarondedzera namaguta ayo
akaita migove minomwe mubhuku, ndokudzokera kuna Joshua kuhondo
Shiloh.
Joshua akavakandira mijenya paShiro pamberi paJehovha;
Joshua akagovera vana vaIsiraeri nyika sezvavakagoverwa
mapoka.
Rudzi rwavana vaBhenjamini vakagoverwa mugove wavo;
kumhuri dzavo; muganhu womujenya wavo wakabuda pakati penyika yose
vana vaJudha navana vaJosefa.
Muganhu wavo kurutivi rwokumusoro wakabva paJoridhani; muganhu ukaenda
ndokukwira kurutivi rweJeriko nechokumusoro, ndokukwira naparutivi rwokumusoro
makomo kumavirazuva; uye mabudiro awo akasvika murenje re
Bhethaven.
18:13 Muganhu ndokupfuura ipapo, wakananga Ruzi, kurutivi rweRuzi.
ndiro Bheteri kurutivi rwezasi; muganhu ndokuburukira Ataroti-adhari;
pedo negomo riri kurutivi rwezasi rweBhetihoroni rezasi.
18:14 Muganhu ndokutarwa kubva ipapo, uye ukapoterera kukona yegungwa
kurutivi rwezasi, kubva pachikomo chakatarisana neBhetihoroni zasi; uye
ndokubuda paKiriati-bhaari (ndiro Kiriati-jearimi), guta
wavana vaJudha ndirwo rutivi rwamavirazuva.
Rutivi rwezasi rwakabva pamugumo weKiriati-jearimi, ndirwo muganhu
wakabuda uchienda kumavirazuva, ndokubudira kutsime remvura yeNefitoa;
18:16 Muganhu ndokuburukira kumugumo wegomo rakanga riri pamberi
Mupata womwanakomana waHinomi, uri muMupata weGomo
vaRefaimu kurutivi rwokumusoro, ndokuburukira kumupata waHinomi kurutivi rwokumusoro
waJebhusi kurutivi rwezasi, ndokuburukira Enirogeri;
18:17 Zvino wakatarwa kubva kumusoro, akabuda Enishemeshi, uye akaenda
ndokubudira kuGeriroti, pakatarisana nemukwidza weAdhumimi;
ndokuburukira kubwe raBhohani mwanakomana waRubheni;
zvino wakapfuura kurutivi rwakatarisana neArabha, kumusoro, ndokuenda
kusvikira kuArabha;
18:19 Muganhu ndokupfuura kurutivi rweBheti-hogira kumusoro;
muganhu wakandobudira kurutivi rwokumusoro apo panopinda Gungwa roMunyu pagungwa
muganhu wezasi waJoridhani ndiwo waiva muganhu wezasi.
18:20 Joridhani ndiwo waiva muganhu wayo kumabvazuva. Iyi yaive iyo
nhaka yavana vaBhenjamini pamiganhu yayo kunhivi dzose
maererano nemhuri dzavo.
18:21 Maguta orudzi rwavana vaBhenjamini akanga akaenzana
mhuri dzavo dzaiva Jeriko, neBheti-hogira, nomupata weKezizi;
18:22 neBheti-arabha, neZemaraimi, neBheteri;
18:23 uye Avhimu, uye Para, uye Ofra;
18:24 neKefari-amoni, neOfini, neGhebha; maguta ane gumi namaviri pamwechete naiwo
misha:
18:25 Gibhiyoni, neRama, neBheeroti;
18:26 neMizpa, neKefira, neMoza;
18:27 naRekemu, naIripeeri, neTarara;
neZera, neErefi, neJebhusi (ndiro Jerusaremu), neGibhiyati, neKiriati;
maguta ane gumi namana nemisha yawo. Iyi ndiyo nhaka yaJehovha
vana vaBhenjamini nemhuri dzavo.