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21 Ha morena oa Arade+ oa Mokanana ea neng a lula Negebe a utloa hore Baiseraele ba tlile ka tsela ea Atharime, a loantša Baiseraele ’me a nka ba bang ba bona hore e be batlamuoa. 2 Kahoo, Baiseraele ba itlama ho Jehova ’me ba re: “Haeba u ka fana ka batho bana matsohong a rona, re tla felisa metse ea bona.” 3 Kahoo, Jehova a mamela lentsoe la Baiseraele ’me a fana ka Bakanana ho bona eaba ba ba felisa hammoho le metse ea bona. Kahoo, ba reha sebaka seo lebitso la Horma.*+

4 Ha batho ba ntse ba tsamaea ho tloha Thabeng ea Hore+ ka tsela ea Leoatle le Lefubelu e le hore ba potolohe naha ea Edomo,+ ba qala ho khathala ka lebaka la leeto. 5 Sechaba sa ’na sa bua Molimo le Moshe+ hampe sa re: “Ke hobane’ng ha le re ntšitse naheng ea Egepeta hore re tl’o shoella lefeelleng? Ha ho na lijo le metsi+ ’me re hloile* bohobe bona bo nyatsehang.”+ 6 Kahoo, Jehova a romela linoha tse chefo har’a sechaba ’me tsa ’na tsa loma sechaba, hoo Baiseraele ba bangata ba ileng ba shoa.+

7 Kahoo, sechaba sa tla ho Moshe sa re: “Re entse sebe ka ho bua Jehova le uena hampe.+ Re buelle ho Jehova e le hore a tlose linoha ho rona.” Eaba Moshe o buella sechaba.+ 8 Joale Jehova a re ho Moshe: “Etsa setšoantšo sa noha e chefo ’me u e behe holim’a palo. Haeba motho a lonngoe, o tla e sheba e le hore a tsoele pele a phela.” 9 Hang-hang Moshe a etsa noha ea koporo+ eaba o e beha holim’a palo.+ Ha noha e lomme motho ’me motho eo a sheba noha ea koporo, o ne a phela.+

10 Ka mor’a moo, Baiseraele ba tloha ’me ba hloma litente tsa bona Obothe.+ 11 Joale ba tloha Obothe ’me ba hloma litente tsa bona Iye-abarime+ lefeelleng le shebaneng le Moabe, ho elella ka bochabela. 12 Ho tloha moo ba tsamaea ’me ba hloma litente tsa bona pel’a Khohlo* ea Zerede.+ 13 Ha ba tloha moo ba tsamaea ’me ba hloma litente tsa bona sebakeng sa Arnone+ se lefeelleng le nammeng ho tloha moeling oa Baamore, etsoe Arnone ke moeli oa Moabe, pakeng tsa Moabe le Baamore. 14 Ke ka lebaka leo buka ea Lintoa tsa Jehova e buang ka “Vahebe e Sufa le likhohlo* tsa Arnone. 15 Arnone e ea sebakeng sa Are le linokana tsa eona ’me e itšetlehile ka moeli oa Moabe.”

16 Ka mor’a moo ba ea Beere. Sena ke seliba seo ho sona Jehova a itseng ho Moshe: “Bokella sechaba ’me ke se fe metsi.”

17 Ka nako eo, Baiseraele ba bina pina ena:

“Hlaha, Uena seliba! Arabelang ho sona!*

Eaba ba tloha lefeelleng ba ea Matana, 19 ho tloha Matana ba ea Nahaliele ’me ho tloha Nahaliele ba ea Bamothe.+ 20 Ba tloha Bamothe ba ea khohlong e naheng* ea Moabe,+ ka holim’a Pisga,+ e hlahellang ka holim’a Jeshimone.*+

21 Baiseraele ba romela baromuoa ho Sihone, morena oa Baamore ba re:+ 22 “Re lumelle hore re fete naheng ea hao. Re ke ke ra khelohela tšimong kapa serapeng sa morara. Re ke ke ra noa metsi a seliba leha e le sefe. Re tla tsamaea Tseleng ea Morena* ho fihlela re fetile naheng ea hao.”+ 23 Empa Sihone ha aa ka a lumella Baiseraele hore ba fete naheng ea hae. Ho e-na le hoo, Sihone o ile a bokella batho bohle ba hae ’me a tsoa ho ea loantša Baiseraele lefeelleng ’me a fihla Jahaze eaba o qala ho loana le Baiseraele.+ 24 Empa Baiseraele ba ile ba mo hlola ka sabole+ ’me ba hapa naha+ ea hae ho tloha Arnone+ ho ea Jaboke,+ haufi le Baamone hobane Jazere+ ke moeli oa naha ea Baamone.+

25 Baiseraele ba hapa metse ena eohle, ’me ba qala ho lula metseng eohle ea Baamore,+ Heshbone le metsaneng eohle e haufi* le eona. 26 Heshbone e ne e le motse oa morena Sihone, e leng morena oa Baamore, ea neng a kile a loana le morena oa Moabe ’me a hapa naha eohle ea hae ho ea fihla Arnone. 27 Ke kahoo ho ileng ha e-ba le maele a kobisang a reng:

“Tloo motseng oa Heshbone.

Motse oa Sihone o ke o hahoe ’me o thehoe ka matla.

28 Mollo o ile oa tsoa Heshbone, lelakabe motseng oa Sihone.

O chesitse Are ea Moabe, marena a libaka tse phahameng tsa Arnone.

29 Ho malimabe uena, Moabe. Le tla felisoa, Lona batho ba Kemoshe.+

O etsa hore bara ba hae e be babalehi le hore barali ba hae e be batlamuoa ba Sihone morena oa Baamore.

31 Kahoo, Baiseraele ba qala ho lula naheng ea Baamore. 32 Joale Moshe a romela banna ba bang ho ea hloela* motse oa Jazere.+ Ba ile ba hapa metsana e haufi* le oona ’me ba leleka Baamore ba neng ba le moo. 33 Ka mor’a moo, ba tsamaea ka Tsela ea Bashane. Oge+ morena oa Bashane a tsoa le batho bohle ba hae ho ea ba loantša motseng oa Edrei.+ 34 Jehova a re ho Moshe: “U se ke oa mo tšaba+ hobane ke tla fana ka eena le batho bohle ba hae le naha ea hae letsohong la hao+ ’me u tla mo etsa seo u neng u se etse Sihone morena oa Baamore, ea neng a lula Heshbone.”+ 35 Kahoo, ba ’na ba mo loantša hammoho le bara ba hae le batho bohle ba hae, ho fihlela batho bohle ba hae ba shoele+ eaba ba hapa naha ea hae.+