UYoshuwa Chapter 18

1. Labizelwa ndawonye lonke ibandla lakwaSirayeli eShilo; bayimisa khona intente yokuhlangana. Leyiseka ilizwe phambi kwabo.

2. Kwasala phakathi koonyana bakaSirayeli izizwe ezisixhenxe, ezingabelwanga lifa lazo.

3. Wathi uYoshuwa koonyana bakaSirayeli, Koda kube nini na nikunqena ukuya kulihlutha elo zwe aninike lona uYehova uThixo wooyihlo?

4. Khuphani amadoda abe mathathu esizweni ngesizwe, ndiwathume, asuke acande ezweni, alibhale ngokwamafa azo, aze abuyele kum,

5. alabe libe zizabelo ezisixhenxe; uYuda eme emdeni wakhe ngasezantsi, indlu kaYosefu ime emdeni wayo ngasentla.

6. Nina ke nilibhale ilizwe lezabelo ezo zisixhenxe, niyizise ingxelo kum apha, ndiniwisele amaqashiso phambi koYehova uThixo wethu apha.

7. Kuba abaLevi abanasabelo phakathi kwenu, kuba ilifa labo bububingeleli bukaYehova; ke uGadi noRubhen nesiqingatha sesizwe sikaManase basebelithabathile ilifa labo awabanika lona uMoses, umkhonzi kaYehova, phesheya kweYordan ngasempumalanga.

8. Asuka ke amadoda lawo ahamba. UYoshuwa wabawisela umthetho abo bahambayo beya kulibhala ilizwe, esithi, Yiyani, nilihambe ilizwe, nilibhale, nize nibuyele kum, ndiniwisele amaqashiso phambi koYehova eShilo apha.

9. Aya ke amadoda lawo, acanda ezweni apho, alibhala ngokwemizi, ngokwezabelo ezi sixhenxe encwadini; eza ke kuYoshuwa eminqubeni eShilo.

10. Waza uYoshuwa wawawisela amaqashiso eShilo phambi koYehova; uYoshuwa wababela ilizwe oonyana bakaSirayeli khona ngokweentlantlu zabo.

11. Kwavela iqashiso lesizwe soonyana bakaBhenjamin ngokwemizalwane yabo; umda weqashiso labo waphuma phakathi koonyana bakaYuda noonyana bakaYosefu.

12. Umda wabo ngasecaleni lasentla wathabathela eYordan, wenyuka waya egxalabeni laseYeriko ngasentla, wenyuka waya ezintabeni ngasentshonalanga; ukuma kwawo, waya wema ngentlango yaseBhetaven;

13. wegqitha umda khona, waya eLuzi, egxalabeni leLuzi ngasezantsi (yiBheteli ke leyo); wehla umda waya eAtaroti-adare, ngasezintabeni ezingasezantsi kweBhete-horon yasezantsi.

14. Wahlaba umda, wajika waya ecaleni lasentshonalanga ngasezantsi, usuka entabeni ephambi kweBhete-horon ngasezantsi; ukuma kwawo, waya wema ngeKiriyati-bhahali (yiKiriyati-yeharim ke leyo), umzi woonyana bakaYuda. Lilo elo icala lasentshonalanga.

15. Icala lasezantsi lathabathela ekupheleni kweKiriyati-yeharim; waphuma umda entshonalanga, waphuma waya emthonjeni wamanzi aseNefetowa.

16. Wehla umda waya ekupheleni kwentaba ephambi komfula woonyana kaHinom, osentilini yamaRafa ngasentla; wehla ngomfula wakwaHinom, waya egxalabeni lamaYebhusi ngasezantsi, wehla waya e-En-rogele;

17. wahlaba uvela entla, waphuma waya e-En-shemeshe, waphuma waya eGeliloti, emalunga nokunyuka kweAdumim; wehla waya etyeni likaBhohan, unyana kaRubhen;

18. wegqitha waya egxalabeni elimalunga neArabha entla, wehla waya eArabha;

19. wegqitha umda waya egxalabeni laseBhete-hogela entla; ukuma komda, waya wema ngechweba loLwandle lweTyuwa, ekupheleni kweYordan ngasezantsi; nguwo lowo umda wasezantsi.

20. IYordan ibe ingumda walo ngecala lasempumalanga. Lilo elo ilifa loonyana bakaBhenjamin ngokwemida yalo ngeenxa zonke, ngokwemizalwane yabo.

21. Ke imizi yesizwe soonyana bakaBhenjamin, ngokwemizalwane yabo, ibe iyiYeriko, neBhete-hogela, nentili yaseKetsitse,

22. neBhete-arabha, neTsemarayim, neBheteli,

23. neAvim, nePara, neOfra,

24. neKefar-amoni, neOfeni, neGabha: imizi elishumi elinamibini inemizana yayo;

25. iGibheyon, neRama, neBheheroti,

26. neMizpa, neKefira, neMotsa,

27. neRekem, neIrpeli, neTarala,

28. neTsela, ne-Elefe, nowamaYebhusi (yiYerusalem ke leyo); neGibheha, neKiriyati: imizi elishumi elinamibini inemizana yayo. Lilo ke elo ilifa loonyana bakaBhenjamin ngokwemizalwane yabo.