UJoshuwa
16:1 Inkatho yabantwana bakwaJosefa yawela eJordani ngaseJeriko
amanzi aseJeriko ngasempumalanga, ehlane elikhuphukayo
iJeriko kuyo yonke intaba yaseBethele,
16:2 Waphuma eBethele, waya eLuze, wadabula emikhawulweni yase
i-Archi ukuya e-Ataroti,
16:3 Futhi wehlela ngasentshonalanga, kuze kufike ogwini Japhleti, kuze kube semngceleni
iBeti Horoni lasezansi, neGezeri; nokuphuma kwawo kuse
ulwandle.
16:4 Ngakho, amadodana kaJosefa, uManase no-Efrayimi, bathatha ifa labo.
16:5 Futhi umngcele wabantwana bakwa-Efrayimi ngemindeni yabo
kwaba njalo: umkhawulo wefa labo ohlangothini lwasempumalanga wawu
e-Atharotha-Dara kwaze kwaba seBeti Horoni laseNhla;
16:6 Umkhawulo waphuma waya olwandle, eMikimetha ngasenyakatho;
umkhawulo wawusuzungeza ngasempumalanga, waya eThahanati Shilo, wadlula kulo
ngasempumalanga kwaze kwaba seJanowa;
16:7 Wehla usuka eJanowa, waya e-Atharoti, naseNaarati, wafika e-Atharoti, naseNaarati.
eJeriko, waphuma eJordani.
16:8 Umkhawulo waphuma eTaphuwa, waya ngasentshonalanga, waya emfuleni iKhana; kanye ne
ukuphuma kwawo kwakusolwandle. Leli yifa lesizwe
kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi ngemindeni yabo.
16:9 Futhi imizi ehlukanisiwe abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi yayiphakathi
ifa labantwana bakwaManase, yonke imizi kanye nayo
imizana.
16:10 Abawaxoshanga amaKhanani ayakhe eGezeri, kepha
AmaKhanani ahlala phakathi kwabakwa-Efrayimi kuze kube namuhla, akhonza ngaphansi
intela.