UYoshuwa
7:1 Ke kaloku oonyana bakaSirayeli benza ubumenemene entweni esingelwe phantsi.
ka-Akan, unyana kaKarmi, unyana kaZabhedi, unyana kaZera, waseBhetelehem
isizwe sakwaYuda, sathabatha entweni esingelwe phantsi, nomsindo kaYehova
wabavutha nxamnye noonyana bakaSirayeli.
7:2 UYoshuwa wasusa amadoda eYeriko ukuba aya eAyi, engaseBhetaven, ngaseAyi
Wathetha kubo, wathi, Nyukani niye kukhangela intaba
ilizwe. Enyuka amadoda lawo, ayikhangela iAyi.
7:3 Abuyela kuYoshuwa, athi kuye, Musa ukubavumela bonke abantu
Nyuka; makunyuke amadoda amayela kumawaka amabini, nokuba mathathu, ayixabele iAyi; kwaye
Musa ukubadinisa bonke abantu ngokubasa khona; ngokuba bambalwa.
7:4 Kwenyuka ke kwaya khona ebantwini amadoda angathi angamawaka amathathu;
basaba phambi kwamadoda aseAyi.
7:5 Amadoda aseAyi abulala amadoda amalunga namashumi amathathu anamathandathu kubo
abasukela phambi kwesango besa kwaShebharim, bawaxabela
ngenxa yoko yanyibilika intliziyo yabantu, yaba ngathi
amanzi.
7:6 UYoshuwa wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wawa ngobuso emhlabeni phambi kwakhe
ityeya kaYehova kwada kwahlwa, yena namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli
bagalele uthuli entloko.
7:7 Wathi uYoshuwa, Awu, Nkosi Yehova, yini na ukuba uzise?
aba bantu phesheya kweYordan, ukuba asinikele esandleni sama-Amori, ukuba
usitshabalalise? Akwaba bekukholekile kuthi, sihlale kwamanye
ecaleni kweYordan!
7:8 Camagu, Yehova, ndiya kuthini na emveni kokuba amaSirayeli ewanikele ikhosi lawo?
iintshaba!
7:9 Aya kuva amaKanan, nabemi bonke belizwe;
asirhawule, alicime igama lethu ehlabathini;
Wenze ntoni na kwigama lakho elikhulu?
7:10 Wathi uYehova kuYoshuwa, Vuka; Yini na ukuba ulale ngolu hlobo?
ebusweni bakho?
7:11 Onile amaSirayeli; ewe, bawugqithile umnqophiso wam endawenza
ngokuba athabathile entweni esingelwe phantsi, bazuza
nokuba, nokuba kuthe kwebiwa, kwaqhatha;
izinto zakho.
7:12 Ababa nako ke oonyana bakaSirayeli ukuma phambi kweentshaba zabo.
azinikela ikhosi iintshaba zawo, ngokuba ebeyinto esingelwe phantsi.
andisayi kuphinda ndibe nani, ukuba anithanga nitshabalalise into esingelwe phantsi
phakathi kwenu.
7:13 Vuka, ubangcwalise abantu, uthi, Zingcwaliseleni ingomso;
ngokuba utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Kukho nto isingelwe phantsi phakathi kwenu
phakathi kwakho, Sirayeli, akunako ukuma phambi kweentshaba zakho;
nide niyisuse into esingelwe phantsi phakathi kwenu.
7:14 Kusasa noziswa ngokwezizwe zakowenu;
+ kuze kuthi isizwe asithabathayo uYehova sifike
ngokwemizalwane yakhe; nosapho aya kulumisela uYehova
ukuthabatha kuya kuza ngezindlu; nendlu aya kuyo uYehova
uthabatha uya kuza nomntu ngomntu.
7:15 Wothi ke lowo uthatyathwe enento esingelwe phantsi
itshiswe ngomlilo, yona nento yonke enayo, ngokuba ekreqile
umnqophiso kaYehova, nangokuba enze ubudenge kwaSirayeli.
7:16 Wavuka uYoshuwa kusasa ngengomso, wawasondeza amaSirayeli ngasecaleni lawo
izizwe; kwaza kwathatyathwa isizwe sakwaYuda.
7:17 Wayisondeza indlu kaYuda; wayithabatha intsapho yakowabo
Wawusondeza umzi wamaZera, indoda ngendoda; kwaye
Zabdi ithathwe:
7:18 wayisondeza indlu yakhe ngokwamadoda ayo; noAkan, unyana kaKarmi,
kwathatyathwa unyana kaZabhedi, unyana kaZera, wesizwe sakwaYuda.
7:19 Wathi uYoshuwa kuAkan, Nyana wam, zukisa uYehova;
Thixo kaSirayeli, uzukise kuye; ndixelele ke into oyithethayo
uyenzile; musa ukundifihlela.
7:20 UAkan wamphendula uYoshuwa, wathi, Ewe, ndonile kuYehova
Yehova, Thixo kaSirayeli, ndenjenje, ndenjenje;
7:21 ndabona emaxhobeni ingubo enkulu entle yaseBhabheli, inamakhulu amabini
Ndaba ke iishekele zesilivere, nesinqumka segolide, esiziishekele ezimashumi mahlanu ubunzima baso;
wabanqwena, wabathabatha; nanzo zimbelwe emhlabeni
Phakathi kwentente yam, isilivere iphantsi kwayo.
7:22 Wathuma uYoshuwa abathunywa; bagidima baya ententeni; nantso ke
yayifihlwe ententeni yakhe, isilivere ingaphantsi.
7:23 Bazithabatha ke phakathi kwentente, bazisa kuwo
uYoshuwa noonyana bonke bakaSirayeli, wabakhuphela phandle;
iNkosi.
7:24 UYoshuwa enamaSirayeli onke, wamthabatha uAkan unyana kaZera, wamthabatha
isilivere, nesambatho, nesiphetho segolide, noonyana bakhe, kunye
iintombi zakhe, neenkomo zakhe, namaesile akhe, nempahla yakhe emfutshane, nentente yakhe;
nako konke abenako, babasa entilini yeAkore.
7:25 Wathi uYoshuwa, Yini na ukuba usihlisele ishwangusha? uYehova uya kukuhlisela ishwangusha
namhlanje. Onke amaSirayeli amxuluba ngamatye, amtshisa ngawo
umlilo, emva kokuba bexulutywe ngamatye.
7:26 Amisa phezu kwakhe imfumba enkulu yamatye, unanamhla. Ngoko ke
Wabuya uYehova ekuvutheni komsindo wakhe. Ngako oko igama laloo nto
Loo ndawo kuthiwa yintili yeAkore unanamhla.