Amanani
13:1 Wathetha uYehova kuMoses, esithi,
13:2 Thumela amadoda, aye kuhlola ilizwe lakwaKanan endilinikayo
koonyana bakaSirayeli nize nithi, esizweni ngasinye sooyise
Thumani indoda, elowo abe yingànga phakathi kwabo.
13:3 Wabathuma ke uMoses, esentlango, ngokomlomo kaYehova
kwaParan: onke loo madoda eziintloko zoonyana bakaSirayeli.
13:4 Ngawo la amagama abo: kwisizwe sakwaRubhen, nguShamuwa, unyana ka
Zaccur.
13:5 kwisizwe sakwaSimon, ibinguShafati, unyana kaHori;
13:6 kwisizwe sakwaYuda, ibinguKalebhi, unyana kaYefune;
13:7 kwisizwe sakwaIsakare, ibinguIgali, unyana kaYosefu;
13:8 kwisizwe sakwaEfrayim, ibinguOsheya, unyana kaNun;
13:9 kwisizwe sakwaBhenjamin, ibinguPalti, unyana kaRafu;
13:10 kwisizwe sakwaZebhulon, ibinguGadiyeli, unyana kaSodi;
13:11 kwisizwe sakwaYosefu, kwisizwe sakwaManase, ibinguGadi, unyana.
kaSusi.
13:12 kwisizwe sakwaDan, ibinguAmiyeli, unyana kaGemali;
13:13 kwisizwe sakwa-Ashere, ibinguSeture, unyana kaMikayeli;
13:14 kwisizwe sakwaNafetali, ibinguNabhi, unyana kaVofesi;
13:15 kwisizwe sakwaGadi, ibinguGehuweli, unyana kaMaki;
13:16 Ngawo lawo amagama amadoda awawathumayo uMoses, ukuba aye kuhlola ilizwe. Kwaye
UMoses wambiza uOsheya unyana kaNun, wathi nguYoshuwa.
13:17 Wabathuma uMoses ukuba baye kuhlola ilizwe lakwaKanan, wathi kubo.
nyuka uye ezantsi, unyuke uye entabeni;
13:18 nilikhangeleni ilizwe ukuba linjani na; nabantu abahleli khona;
nokuba bomelele, okanye babuthathaka, bambalwa okanye baninzi;
13:19 ukuba linjani na ilizwe abemi kulo, lihle, libi, kusini na; kwaye
ukuba injani na imizi abahlala kuyo, nokuba kusezintenteni, nokuba kusezingxangxasi
ibamba;
13:20 ukuba linjani na ilizwe elo, liyachuma, liyachulumacha, kusini na;
kuyo, okanye hayi. Yomelelani nize nesiqhamo sawo
umhlaba. Ke kaloku yayilixesha leediliya eziziintlahlela.
13:21 Enyuka ke, alihlola ilizwe, ethabathela entlango yaseTsin, esa
eRehobhi ekuyeni eHamati.
13:22 Benyuka ngezantsi, befika eHebron; apho uAhiman,
uSheshayi noTalemayi, oonyana baka-Anaki. (Ke kaloku yayisakhiwe iHebron
iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kweTsohan yaseYiputa.)
13:23 Bafika emlanjaneni wakwa-Eshkoli, bagawula khona aa
isebe linesihloko esinye seediliya, basithwala phakathi kwababini phezu kweqhina
abasebenzi; bazisa neerharnati namakhiwane.
13:24 Loo ndawo kwathiwa sisihlambo sakwaEshkoli, ngenxa yesihloko seediliya
awayinqumla khona apho oonyana bakaSirayeli.
13:25 Abuya ekulihloleni ilizwe ekupheleni kweentsuku ezimashumi mane.
13:26 Eza afika kuMoses, nakuAron, nakubantu bonke;
Ibandla loonyana bakaSirayeli, lesa entlango yaseParan
eKadeshe; wabuyisela ilizwi kubo, nakwibandla lonke;
Wababonisa neziqhamo zelizwe elo.
13:27 Bamxelela bathi, Safika kwelo zwe wawuthumele kulo
Ewe, libaleka amasi nobusi; kwaye esi sisiqhamo se
yona.
13:28 Kodwa bomelela abantu abemiyo kwelo zwe, nemizi;
zibiyelwe, zinkulu kunene; kananjalo sababona oonyana baka-Anaki
Pha.
13:29 Ama-Amaleki ahleli ezweni lasezantsi, namaHeti, namaHeti
AmaYebhusi nama-Amori ahleli ezintabeni, namaKanan
hlala ngaselwandle, naselunxwemeni lwaseYordan.
13:30 Wabazolisa uKalebhi abantu phambi koMoses, wathi, Masinyuke ke
kube kanye, ulidle ilifa; ngokuba sinako ukuweyisa.
13:31 Ke amadoda abenyuke naye athi, Asinakunyuka siye kulwa naye
abantu; ngokuba bomelele kunathi.
13:32 Ahambisa udaba olubi ngelizwe elo abelihlolile
koonyana bakaSirayeli, besithi, Ilizwe esinalo
kuhambe ilizwe eliya kuligocagoca, lilizwe elibadlayo abemi balo; kwaye
bonke abantu esababonayo kulo babengabafo abade.
13:33 Sazibona khona iingxilimbela, oonyana baka-Anaki, abavela kumaRafa.
sasuka emehlweni ethu saba njengeentethe, saba njalo nakuzo
ukubona.