UYoshuwa
1:1 Kwathi emva kokufa kukaMoses, umkhonzi kaYehova.
wathetha uYehova kuYoshuwa unyana kaNun, umlungiseleli kaMoses, wathi,
1:2 UMoses umkhonzi wam ufile; sukani ngoko, niwele le Yordan;
wena naba bantu bonke, niye kwelo zwe ndibanika lona
koonyana bakaSirayeli.
1:3 Indawo yonke, ethe yanyathelwa yintende yonyawo lwenu, ndinayo
njengoko ndathethayo kuMoses.
1:4 kuthabathela entlango nakwiLebhanon le, kuse emlanjeni omkhulu
nomlambo umEfrati, lonke ilizwe lamaHeti, kuse elwandle olukhulu
ekutshoneni kwelanga woba ngumda wenu.
1:5 Akuyi kuma mntu phambi kwakho, yonke imihla yokuphila kwakho
njengoko ndandinoMoses, ndoba nawe; andiyi kukuyekela;
nokuba ungakushiyi.
1:6 Yomelela ukhaliphe; ngokuba uya kubahlulela aba bantu
libe lilifa lelizwe elo, endafungayo kooyise ukuba ndobanika
bona.
1:7 Kodwa ke yomelela, ukhaliphe kunene, ukuze ugcine ukwenza
ngokomyalelo wonke, awakuwiselayo uMoses umkhonzi wam;
ungasuki kuwo uye ekunene nasekhohlo, ukuze ube nempumelelo
naphi na apho uya khona.
1:8 Ize ingesuki incwadi yomyalelo emlonyeni wakho; kodwa wena
camngca ngayo imini nobusuku, ukuze ugcine, ukwenze;
kuko konke okubhaliweyo kuyo; ngokuba woba ulungisa indlela yakho
wandule ke ukuba nempumelelo.
1:9 Andikuwiselanga mthetho na? Yomelela ukhaliphe; hayi
yoyika, ungaqhiphuki umbilini; ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho unawe
naphi na apho uya khona.
1:10 UYoshuwa wabawisela umthetho abathetheli babantu, wathi,
1:11 Candani eminqubeni, nibawisele umthetho abantu, nithi, Lungisani nina
ukutya; kuba ngeentsuku ezintathu noyiwela le Yordan, ningene
ukuba ulihluthe ilizwe elo akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba ulime.
1:12 neyamaRubhen, neyamaGadi, nakwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaGadi
Wathetha uYoshuwa uManase, esithi,
1:13 Likhumbuleni ilizwi awaniwisela umthetho ngalo uMoses umkhonzi kaYehova.
besithi, UYehova uThixo wenu uniphumzile, uninike oku
umhlaba.
1:14 Abafazi benu, nabantwana benu, nemfuyo yenu, bosala kweli lizwe;
awaninikayo uMoses nganeno kweYordan; nodlula phambi kwenu
bazalwana bexhobile, onke amagorha anobukroti, bancedeni;
1:15 ade uYehova abaphumze abazalwana benu, njengoko waninikayo nina
balihluthe nabo ilizwe abanikayo uYehova uThixo wakho.
nandule nibuyele ke ezweni enilihluthileyo, nilidle;
aninikayo uMoses umkhonzi kaYehova nganeno kweYordan, ngasentshonalanga
ukuphuma kwelanga.
1:16 Bamphendula ke uYoshuwa, besithi, Yonke into osiyalele yona soyenza
wenze, nalapho sukuba usithuma khona, soya.
1:17 Njengoko samphulaphulayo uMoses ezintweni zonke, siya kwenjenjalo ukuva
kodwa uYehova uThixo wakho makabe nawe, njengokuba wayenoMoses.
1:18 Bonke abasukuba begwilika elizwini lakho, bangavumi
Wawabekele indlebe amazwi akho ezintweni zonke othe wamwisela umthetho ngazo, wobekwa
ekufeni: kodwa yomelela, ukhaliphe.