UYoshuwa
14:1 Ngawo la ke amazwe abawahluthayo oonyana bakaSirayeli
ilizwe lakwaKanan, apho uElazare umbingeleli, noYoshuwa unyana kaNun;
neentloko zezindlu zooyise zezizwe zoonyana bakaSirayeli;
zabelwa ilifa kubo.
14:2 Ilifa labo laba ngeqashiso, njengoko uYehova abemwisele umthetho ngesandla
uMoses, kwizizwe ezisithoba, nakwisiqingatha sesizwe.
14:3 Kuba uMoses ebezinikile ilifa izizwe ezibini nesiqingatha sesizwe
phesheya kweYordan, ke abaLevi akabanikanga lifa
phakathi kwabo.
14:4 Ngokuba oonyana bakaYosefu babezizizwe ezibini, uManase noEfrayim;
ke abaLevi ababanikanga sabelo ezweni elo, babanika kuphela imizi
bahlale, namadlelo abo eenkomo zabo, nempahla yabo.
14:5 Njengoko uYehova wamwiselayo umthetho uMoses, benjenjalo oonyana bakaSirayeli, benjenjalo
wawahlula umhlaba.
14:6 Beza oonyana bakaYuda kuYoshuwa eGiligali, noKalebhi unyana
Wathi kuye uYefune umKenazi, Ùyazi wena into oyithethayo uYehova
Wathi uYehova kuMoses umfo wakwaThixo, ngenxa yam nangenxa yakho
eKadeshe-bharneya.
14:7 Ndandiminyaka imashumi mane ndizelwe, ekususweni kwam nguMoses umkhonzi kaYehova
eKadeshe-bharneha ukuba alihlole ilizwe; ndambuyisela ilizwi njengoko linjalo
bekusentliziyweni yam.
14:8 Abazalwana bam, abanyukayo nam, bayenza intliziyo yeNkosi
Banyibilika abantu, ke mna ndakuzalisa ukumlandela uYehova uThixo wam.
14:9 Wafunga ke uMoses ngaloo mini, esithi, Inene, lilizwe elinyawo zakho
liya kuba lilifa lakho, neloonyana bakho kude kuse ephakadeni;
ngokuba ukuzalisile ukumlandela uYehova uThixo wam.
14:10 Yabona, uYehova undisindisile, njengoko watshoyo, laa mashumi mane.
iminyaka emihlanu, kususela koko walithethayo uYehova elo lizwi kuMoses, kwada oko
Babebhadula oonyana bakaSirayeli entlango; ngoku ke ndim lo
namhlanje uneminyaka engamashumi asibhozo anesihlanu.
14:11 Ndisomelele nanamhla, kwanjengamini wandithumayo uMoses.
njengoko ayenjalo amandla am oko, asenjalo nangoku amandla am okulwa, ukuba ndihambe zombini
ukuphuma, nokungena.
14:12 Ke ngoko ndinike ezo ntaba wathetha zona uYehova ngaloo mini;
ngokuba weva wena ngaloo mini ukuba ama-Anaki akhona, nama-Anaki
imizi mikhulu, inqatyisiwe; ukuba uYehova woba nam, ndoba nam
abe nako ukubagqogqa, njengoko watshoyo uYehova.
14:13 UYoshuwa wamsikelela, wamnika uKalebhi unyana kaYefune iHebron
ukuba libe lilifa.
14:14 Ngoko iHebron yaba lilifa likaKalebhi unyana kaYefune
amaKenazi unanamhla, ngenxa enokuba wazalisayo ukumlandela uYehova uThixo
kwaSirayeli.
14:15 Igama leHebron ngenxa engaphambili beliyiKiriyati ka-Arbha; lowo uArbha wayemkhulu
indoda phakathi kwama-Anaki. Lazola ilizwe akwabakho mfazwe.