9 Ngako Joshuwa wabakhipha, baya endzaweni lapho bafike babhaca khona emkhatsini weBetheli ne-Ayi, enshonalanga ne-Ayi. Joshuwa wacitsa lobo busuku nebantfu enkambu.
Wesuka waya etintsabeni tangasemphumalanga neBetheli, wafike wemisa lithende lakhe khona; iBetheli beyingasenshonalanga, i-Ayi beyingasemphumalanga. Nakhona lapho wafike wakhela Simakadze lilati; wakhuleka kuSimakadze.
Ngako-ke letipho takhe tahamba embili, yena Jakobe wasala ngemuva esikanekisweni, wabucitsa khona busuku.
emadvodza aseBetheli nase-Ayi abengema-223,
emadvodza aseBetheli nase-Ayi abeli-123,
Joshuwa wabe sewutfumela emadvodza aseseJerikho kutsi aye e-Ayi, lesedvute neBhethi Aveni, emphumalanga neBetheli, wabatjela watsi: “Yenyukani niyewuhlola lelive.” Ngako lamadvodza enyuka ayawuhlola i-Ayi.
Ekuseni ngakusasa Joshuwa wabutsa emabutfo, wase uhlela baholi besive kanye nesive sema-Israyeli, bawahola bacondza nawo e-Ayi.
Joshuwa abetsetse emadvodza labengaba ti-5 000, wawabhacisa emkhatsini weBetheli ne-Ayi, kuya ngasenshonalanga nelidolobha.
Nitawutsi ningalidla lelidolobha, bese niyalishisa. Yentani loko Simakadze laniyale ngako. Nankho-ke umyalo wami lengininika wona.”
Wasitfumela kulabo lababeseBetheli, naseRamothi yaseningizimu, naseJathiri;