32 Ngako-ke kubotsi ebusuku wena nebantfu bakho nite nitewubalalela ematsafeni.
Utsi alele abe akha emachinga ekuganga, sewuhamba ngendlela lembi, akakwenyanyi lokubi aphambane nako.
Bantfu lababi abalali bangakenti lokubi, bayacwasha bangalali nabangakoni muntfu.
Tinyawo tabo tiyashesha kuya ekucitseni ingati.
Ngako Joshuwa waphuma kanye nayo yonkhe imphi yakhe, ayewuhlasela i-Ayi. Wakhetsa emadvodza latingwazi aba ti-30 000, wawakhipha ebusuku,
wawayala watsi: “Lalelani kahle. Kufanele lelidolobha nilihlasele ngekulinyonyobela ngemuva. Ningayi khashane nalo. Kufanele nonkhe nihlale niciphile.
Wakhipha tigijimi ngasense, watitfumela ku-Abimeleki, watsi: “Gali, umsa wa-Ebedi, nabomnakabo sebatseleke lapha eShekhemu, manje sebasusa umsindvo wekutsi lelidolobha lonkhe alivukele wena likuhlasele!
Kutawutsi ekuseni nakuphuma lilanga, nivumbuke nilihlasele lelidolobha. Kutawutsi boGali nalamabutfo akhe nabaphuma bakuhlasele, wente loko sandla sakho lesingakwenta kubo.”