UYoshuwa
18:1 Labizelwa ndawonye lonke ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli
eShilo, wayimisa khona intente yokuhlangana. Kwaye i
loyiswa ilizwe phambi kwabo.
18:2 Kwasala phakathi koonyana bakaSirayeli izizwe ezisixhenxe, ezinezothe
abakalifumani ilifa labo.
18:3 Wathi uYoshuwa koonyana bakaSirayeli, Koda kube nini na ninqena ukumka?
ukuba nilihluthe ilizwe elo aninikileyo uYehova uThixo wooyihlo?
18:4 Ndithabatheleni kuni amadoda abe mathathu, esizweni ngasinye, ndiwathume;
basuke bahambe, balicande ilizwe, balibhale ngokufanelekileyo
kwilifa labo; baya kubuyela kum.
18:5 alabe libe zizabelo ezisixhenxe, ahlale uYuda ententeni yakhe
Ngasezantsi, indlu kaYosefu ihlale emideni yayo
ngasentla.
18:6 Nina ke nilibhale ilizwe libe zizabelo ezisixhenxe, nizizise
Ndichazele apha, ukuze ndinenzele amaqashiso apha phambi koYehova
UYehova uThixo wethu.
18:7 Ke abaLevi abanasabelo phakathi kwenu; ngenxa yobubingeleli bukaYehova
lilifa labo: noGadi, noRubhen, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaSirayeli
Balifumene ilifa labo uManase nganeno kweYordan ngasempumalanga;
awabanikayo uMoses umkhonzi kaYehova.
18:8 Esuka amadoda lawo, emka; uYoshuwa wabawisela umthetho abo baya khona
lichazeni ilizwe, nithi, Hambani nilihambe ilizwe, nilibhale
nize nize nize kum apha, ndiniwisele amaqashiso phambi koYehova
UYehova eShilo.
18:9 Ahamba amadoda lawo, alicanda ilizwe, alichaza ngokwemizi
zaza zahluma ezisixhenxe encwadini, zabuya zabuyela kuYoshuwa emkhosini
Shilo.
18:10 UYoshuwa wawawisela amaqashiso eShilo phambi koYehova, apho
Wababela ke uYoshuwa ilizwe oonyana bakaSirayeli ngokokwabo
izahlulo.
18:11 Kwavela iqashiso lesizwe soonyana bakaBhenjamin, ngokweqashiso;
Umda weqashiso labo waphuma phakathi kwelizwe
oonyana bakaYuda noonyana bakaYosefu.
18:12 Umda wabo ngecala langasentla wathabathela eYordan; wahamba umda
wenyuka waya egxalabeni laseYeriko ngasentla, wenyuka waya kuyo
iintaba ngasentshona; nokuphuma kwawo kwakusentlango
eBhethaven.
18:13 wegqitha umda khona, waya eLuzi, egxalabeni laseLuzi;
yiBheteli ke leyo, ngasezantsi; wehla umda waya eAtaroti-adare;
kufuphi nentaba engasezantsi kweBhete-horon yasezantsi.
18:14 Watsalwa umda, wajika wazunguleza ulwandle
uthabathela entabeni ephambi kweBhete-horon ngasezantsi; kwaye i
Ukuphuma kwawo, wema eKiriyati-bhahali (yiKiriyati-yeharim ke leyo), umzi
yoonyana bakaYuda, elo yayilicala lasentshonalanga.
18:15 Icala lasezantsi lathabathela ekupheleni kweKiriyati-yeharim, nomda
waphuma waya ngasentshonalanga, waphuma waya kumthombo wamanzi aseNefetowa.
18:16 Wehla umda waya ekupheleni kwentaba ephambi kwayo
eNtilini kaBhen-hinom, esemfuleni waseJiputa
amaRefa ngasentla, wehla ngomfula wakwaHinom, ecaleni
kumaYebhusi ngasezantsi, wehla waya e-Enrogele;
18:17 Watsalwa entla, waphuma waya e-Enshemeshe, wahamba
liphuma libheke eGeliloti, emalunga nokunyuka kweAdumim;
wehla waya etyeni likaBhohan unyana kaRubhen.
18:18 wegqitha waya egxalabeni elimalunga neArabha entla, wahamba
wehla waya eArabha;
18:19 wegqitha umda waya egxalabeni laseBhete-hogela entla;
ukuphuma komda waya kwichweba loLwandle lweTyuwa, ngasemntla
Icala elingasezantsi ke leJordan.
18:20 IYordan ibe ngumda walo ngasempumalanga. Le yayiyiyo
Ilifa loonyana bakaBhenjamin ngokwemida yalo ngeenxa zonke
malunga, ngokweentsapho zabo.
18:21 Ke imizi yesizwe soonyana bakaBhenjamin yayingokwaloo
imizalwane yabo yiYeriko, neBhete-hogela, nomfula waseKetsitse;
18:22 neBhete-arabha, neTsemaraim, neBheteli;
18:23 noAvim, noPara, noOfra;
18:24 neKefar-hamonayi, neOfeni, neGabha; izixeko ezilishumi elinambini kunye nazo
iilali:
18:25 iGibheyon, neRama, neBheroti;
18:26 neMizpa, neKefira, neMotsa;
18:27 neRekem, neIripeyeli, neTarala;
18:28 neTsela, ne-Elefe, neYebhusi (yiYerusalem ke leyo), neGibheya, neKiriyati;
Izixeko ezilishumi elinesine zinemizana yazo. Lilo eli ilifa likaYehova
oonyana bakaBhenjamin ngokwemizalwane yabo.