Joshua
9 Eitse hang ha marena+ ’ohle a neng a le ka lehlakoreng lena la Jordane sebakeng se lithaba le Shefela le ho sika le lebōpo lohle la Leoatle le Leholo+ esita le ka pel’a Lebanone,+ Bahethe+ le Baamore, Bakanana,+ Bapereze,+ Baheve le Bajebuse,+ a utloa seo, 2 a qala ho bokana kaofela ho loantša Joshua le Baiseraele ka tumellano.+
3 Baahi ba Gibeone+ ba utloa seo Joshua a neng a se entse Jeriko+ le Ai.+ 4 Kahoo bona, esita le ka ho rata ha bona, ba etsa ka masene eaba baa ea ba itlhomella ka mefaho ’me ba nka mekotla e tsofetseng bakeng sa liesele tsa bona, le makuka a veine a tsofetseng le a phatlohileng le a thatetsoeng,+ 5 ’me ba roala meqathatso e tsofetseng le e lapiloeng, ’me ba apara liaparo tse tsofetseng, ’me bohobe bohle ba mefaho ea bona bo ne bo omeletse bo bile bo kumeha. 6 Joale ba ea ho Joshua liahelong Gilgale+ ’me ba re ho eena le ho banna ba Iseraele: “Re tsoa naheng e hōle. Joale hlabang selekane+ le rōna.” 7 Eaba banna ba Iseraele ba re ho Baheve:+ “Mohlomong le lula tikolohong ea rōna. Joale re ka hlaba selekane joang le lōna?”+ 8 Eaba ba re ho Joshua: “Re bahlanka ba hao.”+
Joale Joshua a re ho bona: “Le bo-mang, ’me le tsoa hokae?” 9 Eaba ba re ho eena: “Bahlanka ba hao ba tsoa naheng e hōle+ haholo ka lebaka la lebitso+ la Jehova Molimo oa hao, hobane re utloile ka botumo ba hae le ka sohle seo a se entseng Egepeta,+ 10 le ka sohle seo a se entseng ho marena a mabeli a Baamore a neng a le ka lehlakoreng lane la Jordane, e leng, Sihone+ morena oa Heshbone le Oge+ morena oa Bashane, ea neng a le Ashtarothe.+ 11 Kahoo banna ba rōna ba baholo le baahi bohle ba naha ea rōna ba ile ba re ho rōna,+ ‘Nkang mefaho matsohong a lōna bakeng sa leeto ’me le ee ho kopana le bona, le re ho bona: “Re bahlanka ba lōna.+ Joale hlabang selekane le rōna.”’+ 12 Bohobe bona ba rōna, bo ne bo chesa ha re bo nka e le mefaho ea rōna matlung a rōna letsatsing leo re tsoileng ka lona ho tla mona ho lōna, joale, bonang! bo omeletse ebile boa kumeha.+ 13 Ana ke makuka a veine ao re ileng ra a tlatsa a le macha, bonang! a phatlohile,+ ’me liaparo tsena le meqathatso ea rōna, li tsofetse ka lebaka la bolelele bo boholo ba leeto.”
14 Eaba banna bao ba nka e meng ea mefaho ea bona, ’me ha baa ka ba botsa letho molomong oa Jehova.+ 15 Joshua a etsa khotso le bona+ ’me a hlaba selekane le bona sa ho ba tlohela ba phela, kahoo marenana+ a phutheho a ba hlapanyetsa.+
16 Eitse bofelong ba matsatsi a mararo, ka mor’a hore ba hlabe selekane le bona, ba utloa hore ba ne ba le haufi le bona le hore ba ne ba lula tikolohong ea bona. 17 Joale bara ba Iseraele ba tloha eaba ba fihla metseng ea bona letsatsing la boraro, ’me metse ea bona e ne e le Gibeone+ le Kefira le Beerothe+ le Kiriathe-jearime.+ 18 Bara ba Iseraele ha baa ka ba ba bolaea, hobane marenana a phutheho a ne a ba hlapanyelitse+ ka Jehova Molimo oa Iseraele.+ Phutheho eohle ea qala ho korotlela marenana.+ 19 Eaba marenana ’ohle a re ho phutheho eohle: “Re ba hlapanyelitse ka Jehova Molimo oa Iseraele, joale ha rea lumelloa ho ba utloisa bohloko.+ 20 Sena ke seo re tla ba etsa sona ha re ntse re ba tlohetse hore ba phele, e le hore khalefo e se ke ea re tlela ka lebaka la kano eo re ba hlapanyelitseng ka eona.”+ 21 Kahoo marenana a re ho bona: “Ba ke ba tloheloe ba phela ’me e be ba roallang patsi le ba khang metsi bakeng sa phutheho eohle,+ feela joalokaha marenana a ba tšepisitse.”+
22 Joale Joshua a ba bitsa ’me a bua le bona, a re: “Ke hobane’ng ha le ile la re qhekella, la re, ‘Re hōle le lōna,’+ athe le lula har’a rōna?+ 23 Joale le batho ba rohakiloeng,+ ’me boemo ba lekhoba+ le ho ba ba roallang patsi le ba khang metsi bakeng sa ntlo ea Molimo oa ka le ka mohla bo ke ke ba tlosoa ho lōna.”+ 24 Joale ba araba Joshua ’me ba re: “Ke hobane bahlanka ba hao ba ile ba bolelloa ka ho hlakileng hore Jehova Molimo oa hao o ne a laetse mohlanka oa hae Moshe ho le fa naha eohle le ho felisa baahi bohle ba naha hore ba tlohe ka pel’a lōna,+ ’me re ile ra tšoha haholo bakeng sa meea ea rōna ka lebaka la lōna.+ Kahoo ra etsa ntho ena.+ 25 Joale ke rōna bana, letsohong la hao. Etsa feela joalokaha ho le hotle ’me ho nepahetse mahlong a hao hore u etse ho rōna.”+ 26 A ba etsa joalo ’me a ba lopolla matsohong a bara ba Iseraele, ’me ha baa ka ba ba bolaea.+ 27 Ka lebaka leo letsatsing leo Joshua a ba etsa+ ba roallang patsi le ba khang metsi bakeng sa phutheho+ le bakeng sa aletare ea Jehova, ho fihlela letsatsing lena, sebakeng seo a neng a tla se khetha.+