Joshua 9

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1nangenxa yookumkani bonke ababephesheya kweYordan ezintabeni, nasezimbombeni, nasezindaweni zonke zolwandle olukhulu, malungana neLebhanon, namaHeti, nama-Amori, namaKanan, namaPersi amaHivi namaYebhusi eva oko;

2bahlanganisana ndawonye ukuba balwe noYoshuwa namaSirayeli.

3Beva abemi baseGibheyon into ayenzileyo uYoshuwa eYeriko naseAyi.

4Benza ngobuchule baza bahamba baza bazenza oonozakuzaku baza bathabatha iingxowa ezindala kwiidonki zabo neentsuba zewayini ezindala, ezikrazukileyo, zabotshelelwa;

5neembadada ezonakeleyo, ezigugileyo ezinyaweni, zambethe iingubo ezindala; sonke isonka sabo saba somile kwaye singenanto.

6Eza kuYoshuwa emkhosini eGiligali, athi kuye nakumadoda akwaSirayeli, Sivela ezweni elikude; ngoku usenza umnqophiso nathi.

7Athi amadoda akwaSirayeli kumaHebhere, Mhlawumbi nihleli naphakathi kwethu; sothini na ukunimisela umnqophiso?

8Bathi kuYoshuwa, Singabakhonzi bakho. Wathi uYoshuwa kubo, Ningoobani na? ungowaphi?

9Bathi kuye, Abakhonzi bakho bavela ezweni elikude ngenxa yegama likaYehova uThixo wakho, ekubeni siyivile ingxelo yakhe, nako konke awakwenzayo eYiputa;

10nako konke awakwenzayo kookumkani ababini bama-Amori, ababephesheya kweYordan, uSihon ukumkani waseHeshbhon, no-Ogi ukumkani waseBhashan, obeseAshtaroti.

11Asixelela ngoko amadoda amakhulu, nabemi bonke belizwe lakowethu, esithi, Thabathani ukudla kwenu endleleni, niye kuwakhawulela, nithi kuwo, Singabakhonzi benu; ke ngoko, yenza umnqophiso kunye nathi ngoku.

12Esi sonka sethu sasithabatha sisoma ezindlwini zethu, sakukudla, ngemini esaphuma ngayo ukuza kuni; ngoku yomile, kwaye uyakrokra;

13Iintsuba zewayini esazizalisa zisentsha; kwaye khangela, zazikrazukile, kwaye iimpahla zethu nezihlangu zethu zazigugile ngenxa yohambo olude.

14Loo madoda athabatha ukuziphilisa kwawo, yaye akamceli uYehova.

15Wenza uxolo nabo uYoshuwa, wabamisela umnqophiso wokubasindisa; zafunga izikhulu zebandla kubo.

16Kwathi ekupheleni kweentsuku ezintathu emveni kokuba benze umnqophiso nabo, beva ukuba bakufuphi kubo, nokuba babehlala phakathi kwabo.

17Bemka oonyana bakaSirayeli, bafika emizaneni yabo ngomhla wesithathu. Imizi yabo yayiyiGibheyon, neKefira, neBheroti, neKiriyati-yeharim.

18Oonyana bakaSirayeli abababanga bona, ngokuba izikhulu zebandla zibe zifunge uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli kubo. Lazikrokrela izikhulu lonke ibandla.

19Zathi zonke izikhulu kwibandla lonke, Thina sifunge uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli kubo; ke ngoko asisayi kubachukumisa ngoku.

20Siya kwenjenjalo ke kubo; nathi siya kuwayeka aphile, hleze kufike umsindo phezu kwethu ngenxa yesifungo esabafungela wona.

21Zathi kubo izikhulu, Mabadle ubomi; kodwa yayingabathanda iinkuni, nabathanda amanzi ebandla lonke; njengoko zathethayo izikhulu kubo.

22Wababiza ke uYoshuwa, wathetha kubo, wathi, Nisinyulele, nathi, Sikude kakhulu kuni; uhlala phakathi kwethu?

23Kungenxa yoko le nto niqalekisiweyo, yaye akukho namnye kuni oya kukhululwa ebukhobokeni nakwabo bagawula iinkuni namaqula amanzi endlu kaThixo wam.

24Bamphendula uYoshuwa, bathi, Baxelelwa abakhonzi bakho ukuba uYehova uThixo wakho wamwisela uMoses umkhonzi wakhe umthetho, ukuba uya kuninika lonke ilizwe, nokuba uya kubatshabalalisa bonke abemi belizwe eliphambi kwenu; ngenxa yoko saba buhlungu kakhulu, boyika ubomi bethu ngenxa yenu, senza le nto.

25Ngoku niyabona, sisesandleni senu; yenza kuthi njengoko kulungileyo, njengoko kuthe tye emehlweni akho.

26Wenjenjalo ke kubo, wabahlangula esandleni soonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuze bangababulali.

27Ngaloo mini uYoshuwa wabenzela loo mini abo bagawula iinkuni namaqula amanzi, ebandleni nasesibingelelweni sikaYehova, kude kube namhla kuloo ndawo abeya kuyinyula.

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