Joshua

9 Ha marena ’ohle a neng a le ka lehlakoreng le ka bophirimela ho Jordane,+ a lulang lithabeng le a lulang Shefela le pel’a lebopo lohle la Leoatle le Leholo*+ le ka pel’a Lebanone, a utloa ka se etsahetseng, marena ana a Bahethe, Baamore, Bakanana, Bapereze, Baheve le Bajebuse,+ 2 a ile a ikopanya hore a loantše Joshua le Baiseraele.+

3 Baahi ba Gibeone+ le bona ba utloa ka seo Joshua a neng a se entse Jeriko+ le Ai.+ 4 Kahoo, ba tla ka leqheka. Ba kenya mefaho ka har’a mekotla ea khale, ba e beha holim’a litonki tsa bona hammoho le makuka* a veine a khale a neng a phatlohile ’me a rokiloe. 5 Hape ba ne ba roetse lieta* tsa khale tse seng li rokiloe ebile li lapiloe, ba apere liaparo tsa khale tse tabohileng. Bohobe bohle boo ba neng ba bo nkile bo ne bo omeletse bo bile bo foforeha. 6 Joale ba ea ho Joshua liahelong tse Gilgale+ ’me ba re ho eena le ho banna ba Iseraele: “Re tsoa naheng e hole. Etsang tumellano le rona.” 7 Empa banna ba Iseraele ba re ho Baheve:+ “Mohlomong le lula naheng e haufi le rona, re ka etsa tumellano joang le lona?”+ 8 Ba re ho Joshua: “Re bahlanka* ba hao.”

Joshua a re ho bona: “Le bo-mang hona le tsoa hokae?” 9 Ba re ho eena: “Bahlanka ba hao ba tsoa naheng e hole haholo+ ka lebaka la lebitso la Jehova Molimo oa hao hobane re utloile ka botumo ba hae le ka lintho tsohle tseo a li entseng Egepeta+ 10 le ka lintho tsohle tseo a li entseng ho marena a mabeli a Baamore a neng a le ka lehlakoreng lane* la Jordane e leng Morena Sihone+ oa Heshbone le Morena Oge+ oa Bashane, ea neng a le Ashtarothe. 11 Kahoo, baholo ba rona le baahi bohle ba naha ea rona ba ile ba re ho rona, ‘Nkang mefaho bakeng sa leeto ’me le tsamaee le e’o kopana le bona. Le re ho bona: “Re tla ba basebeletsi ba lona.+ Etsang tumellano le rona.”’+ 12 Bohobe bona boo re bo nkileng e le mefaho ea rona, bo ne bo ntse bo chesa ha re tloha matlong a rona re tla mona ho lona. Joale lea bo bona hore bo omeletse ebile boa foforeha.+ 13 Makuka* ana a veine a ne a le macha ha re a tlatsa empa hona joale a phatlohile.+ Liaparo tsa rona le lieta* tsa rona li tabohile ebile li senyehile hobane re tsamaile leeto le lelelele.”

14 Eaba banna ba Iseraele ba nka* e meng ea mefaho ea bona empa ha baa ka ba botsa Jehova+ hore na ba etse’ng. 15 Kahoo, Joshua a etsa khotso le bona+ ’me a etsa tumellano le bona ea hore a ke ke a ba bolaea. Likhosana tsa sechaba tsa ikana hore li tla tšepahalla tumellano eo.+

16 Matsatsi a mararo ka mor’a hore ba etse tumellano le bona, ba ile ba utloela hore ba lula sebakeng se haufinyane le bona. 17 Joale Baiseraele ba tloha eaba ba fihla metseng ea bona letsatsing la boraro. Metse ea bona e ne e le Gibeone,+ Kefira, Beerothe le Kiriathe-jearime.+ 18 Empa Baiseraele ha baa ka ba ba hlasela hobane likhosana tsa sechaba li ne li ikanne ka Jehova+ Molimo oa Iseraele. Kahoo, sechaba sohle sa qala ho korotlela likhosana. 19 Eaba likhosana tsohle li re ho sechaba: “Kaha re ile ra ikana ho bona ka Jehova Molimo oa Iseraele, ha rea lumelloa ho ba utloisa bohloko. 20 Joale re tla etsa tjena: Re tla ba tlohela hore ba phele e le hore Molimo a se ke a re halefela ka lebaka la kano eo re e entseng ho bona.”+ 21 Likhosana tsa boela tsa re: “Le se ke la ba bolaea empa mosebetsi oa bona e tla ba ho roalla patsi le ho kha metsi bakeng sa sechaba.” Ena ke qeto eo likhosana li e entseng mabapi le bona.

22 Joale Joshua a ba bitsa ’me a re ho bona: “Ke hobane’ng ha le ile la re qhekella la re le tsoa hole empa le ntse le lula haufi le rona moo?+ 23 Ho tloha hona joale ho ea pele, le rohakiloe+ ’me le tla lula le le makhoba a roallang patsi le a khang metsi bakeng sa ntlo ea Molimo oa ka.” 24 Ba araba Joshua ba re: “Ke hobane bahlanka ba hao ba ile ba bolelloa ka ho hlakileng hore Jehova Molimo oa hao o laetse mohlanka oa hae Moshe hore o lokela ho le fa naha eohle le ho felisa baahi bohle ba eona hore ba tlohe ka pel’a lona.+ Kahoo, re ne re tšohile hore le tl’o re bolaea,+ ke ka lebaka leo re entseng ntho ena.+ 25 Joale re mohaung oa hao.* Etsa eng kapa eng ka rona eo u bonang e lokile ebile e nepahetse.” 26 Joshua a etsa joalo, a ba lopolla matsohong a Baiseraele ’me ha baa ka ba ba bolaea. 27 Empa letsatsing leo, Joshua a ba etsa ba roallang patsi le ba khang metsi bakeng sa sechaba+ le bakeng sa aletare ea Jehova sebakeng seo Molimo a neng a tla se khetha+ ’me ba ntse ba etsa joalo le letsatsing lena.+