17 “Nankha-ke emabito alamadvodza latawunabela lelive kutsi libe lifa lenu: bo-Eleyazare, umphristi, naJoshuwa, umsa waNuni.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi:
Ngiwo lawa-ke emabito alamadvodza latfunywa nguMosi kutsi ayewuhlola lelo live. Mosi wetsa Hosheya, umsa waNuni, libito, watsi nguJoshuwa.
Ngako-ke Mosi wenta njengobe abeyalwe nguSimakadze, wabatfuma aseseHlane lasePharani. Onkhe lamadvodza abebaholi bema-Israyeli.
esiveni saka-Efrayimu kwakunguHosheya, umsa waNuni;
Beka umholi waleso naleso sive kutsi asisite ekwabeni lelive lelilifa lenu.
Kodvwa umsiti wakho, Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, utawungena kulo. Mkhutsate, ngobe utawuhola lama-Israyeli kutsi alidle.’
Leti-ke tindzawo ema-Israyeli labelwa tona taba lifa lawo eveni laseKhenani, lekwatsi Eleyazare, umphristi, naJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, nebaholi betive taka-Israyeli bawabela tona.
Lamafa abiwa ngenkatho etiveni letiyimfica nencenye, njengobe Simakadze abeshito ngaMosi.
Lawa-ke ngemave, Eleyazare, umphristi, naJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, nebaholi betive taka-Israyeli, labawaba ngenkatho eShilo embikwaSimakadze, ekungeneni kwelithende lekuhlangana. Kwaba kucedza kwabo-ke kwabelana live.