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3 Hiloko a ndzi komba muprista lonkulu Yoxuwa+ a yime emahlweni ka ntsumi ya Yehovha naswona Sathana+ a a yime evokweni rakwe ra xinene leswaku a lwa na yena. 2 Kutani ntsumi ya Yehovha yi ku eka Sathana: “Onge Yehovha a nga ku tshinya, wena Sathana,+ onge Yehovha loyi a hlawuleke Yerusalema+ a nga ku tshinya! Xana loyi a nga fani ni xisana lexi susiweke endzilweni?”
3 Yoxuwa a a ambale swiambalo leswi thyakeke, a yime emahlweni ka ntsumi. 4 Hiloko ntsumi yi byela lava a va yime emahlweni ka yena yi ku, “N’wi hluvuleni swiambalo swakwe leswi thyakeke.” Kutani yi ku eka yena, “Waswivo, ndzi suse xidyoho* xa wena naswona u ta ambexiwa swiambalo leswi fanelekaka.”*+
5 Kutani ndzi ku: “N’wi tsimbeni duku leri baseke.”+ Hiloko va n’wi tsimba duku, va tlhela va n’wi ambexa swiambalo; ntsumi ya Yehovha a yi yime ekusuhi. 6 Ntsumi ya Yehovha yi ku eka Yoxuwa: 7 “Yehovha wa mavuthu u ri, ‘Loko wo famba etindleleni ta mina, u endla leswi ndzi ku lerisaka swona, u ta avanyisa vanhu va mina endlwini ya mina,+ u khathalela* swivava* swa mina; ndzi ta ku pfumelela leswaku u ta eka mina ku fana ni lava yimeke laha.’
8 “‘Ndzi kombela u yingisa, wena Muprista Lonkulu Yoxuwa, wena ni vaprista lava tshamaka emahlweni ka wena, hikuva vavanuna lava i xikombiso xa swilo leswi nga ta endleka enkarhini lowu taka; ndzi tisa nandza wa mina+ loyi a vuriwaka Xihluke!+ 9 Vona ribye leri ndzi ri vekeke emahlweni ka Yoxuwa! Eka ribye rero ku ni matihlo ya nkombo; naswona ndzi kovotla marito eka rona,’ ku vula Yehovha wa mavuthu, ‘ndzi ta susa xidyoho xa tiko rero hi siku rin’we.’+
10 “‘Hi siku rero,’ ku vula Yehovha wa mavuthu, ‘un’wana ni un’wana wa n’wina u ta rhamba muakelani wa yena va tshama swin’we ehansi ka murhi wa yena wa madiriva ni le hansi ka nkuwa wa yena.’”+