1 Jesu wangena eJerikho endlula.
Ngesikhatsi sa-Ahabi, Hiyeli waseBetheli waphindze wavusa iJerikho. Wemisa sisekelo sayo ngelitubulo lakhe, Abiramu; wemisa emasango ayo ngelitfunjana lakhe lelalinguSegubi, kwaya njengekusho kwelivi laSimakadze lelakhulunywa nguJoshuwa, umsa waNuni.
Befika eJerikho. Jesu nase aphuma khona kanye nebafundzi bakhe, nesicuku lesikhulu sebantfu, Bhathimeyosi, imphumphutse, umsa waThimeyosi, abehleti ngasemgwacweni acela kuphiwa.
Jesu asasondzela ngaseJerikho wakhandza indvodza leyayiyimphumphutse ihleti elusentseni lwemgwaco icela.
Lapho-ke kwakukhona umtselisi lomkhulu kunguZakewu, futsi anjingile.
Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, wase utfumela tinhloli letimbili ngasense kusuka eShithimu, watsi: “Hambani niyewuhlola lela live, ikakhulu lidolobha laseJerikho.” Ngako-ke tahamba tefika khona, tangenisa endlini kaRahabi, ingwadla, tahlala khona.
