UJoshuwa
1:1 Kwathi emva kokufa kukaMose inceku kaJehova.
uJehova wakhuluma kuJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, isikhonzi sikaMose, wathi:
1:2 UMose inceku yami ufile; manje suka uwele leli Jordani.
wena nabo bonke laba bantu, niye ezweni engibanika lona
kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
1:3 Yonke indawo lapho amathe onyawo lwenu ayakunyathela khona, nginayo
iphiwe kini, njengalokho ngasho kuMose.
1:4 Kusukela ehlane nakuleli Lebanoni kuze kufike emfuleni omkhulu
umfula u-Ewufrathe, lonke izwe lamaHeti, kuze kube seLwandle Olukhulu
ngasekushoneni kwelanga kuyakuba ngumkhawulo wenu.
1:5 Akuyikubakho muntu ongema phambi kwakho zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwakho
ukuphila: njengalokho nganginaye uMose, kanjalo ngiyakuba nawe; angiyikukuyeka;
futhi ungakushiyi.
1:6 Qina, ube nesibindi, ngokuba uyakubehlukanisa laba bantu
libe yifa lezwe engalifungela oyise ukubanika lona
bona.
1:7 Kuphela yiba namandla futhi isibindi kakhulu, ukuze uqaphele ukwenza
ngokomthetho wonke akuyala ngawo uMose inceku yami;
ungasuki kuwo uye kwesokunene noma ngakwesokhohlo, ukuze uphumelele
noma ngaphi lapho oya khona.
1:8 Le ncwadi yomthetho mayingasuki emlonyeni wakho; kodwa wena
zindla ngayo imini nobusuku, ukuze uqaphele ukwenza njengakho
kukho konke okulotshwe kuyo, ngokuba lapho uyakuyenza indlela yakho
uyakuphumelela, khona-ke uyophumelela kahle.
1:9 Angikuyalile yini? Qina, ume isibindi; kungabi
ungesabi, ungapheli amandla, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho unawe
noma ngaphi lapho oya khona.
1:10 UJoshuwa wayala izinduna zabantu, wathi:
1:11 Dlulani phakathi kwekamu, niyala abantu, uthi: 'Lungisani
okudliwayo; ngoba phakathi kwezinsuku ezintathu lizawela leli Jordani ukuze lingene
ukuze udle ifa lezwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona ukuba ulidle.
1:12 Futhi kwabakwaRubeni, futhi kwaGadi, futhi nengxenye yesizwe
UManase wakhuluma uJoshuwa, wathi:
1:13 Khumbulani izwi uMose inceku kaJehova aniyala ngalo.
wathi: UJehova uNkulunkulu wenu uniphumzile, waninika lokhu
umhlaba.
1:14 Omkakho, abancane benu, nezinkomo zenu, bayosala ezweni
uMose aninika lona phesheya kweJordani; kepha niyakudlula phambi kwenu
bazalwane behlomile, onke amaqhawe anamandla, nibasize;
1:15 kuze kube yilapho uJehova enike abafowenu ukuphumula, njengoba nje aninike wena, futhi
balidla izwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho abanika lona.
niyakubuyela ezweni lefa lenu, nilidle;
uMose inceku kaJehova aninika lona phesheya kweJordani ngasentshonalanga
ukuphuma kwelanga.
1:16 Base bemphendula uJoshuwa, bathi: "Konke osiyaleza kithi sizokwenza
yenza, futhi nomaphi lapho usithuma khona, sizoya.
1:17 Njengoba nje salalela uMose kukho konke, kanjalo sizolalela
kuwe: kuphela uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho makabe nawe, njengoba wayenoMose.
1:18 Noma ngubani ovukela umyalo wakho, futhi ngeke
lalela amazwi akho kukho konke omyala ngakho, uyakubekwa
ekufeni: qina kuphela, ube nesibindi.