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.