8 esiveni saka-Efrayimu kwakunguHosheya, umsa waNuni;
naNuni, umsa wakhe, naJoshuwa, umsa wakhe.
Mosi kanye nemsiti wakhe labenguJoshuwa batilungiselela; benyuka baya eNtsabeni yaNkulunkulu.
Joshuwa watsi kube eve bantfu bamemeta, wakhuluma kuMosi watsi: “Kunemsindvo wemphi enkambu.”
Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, labengumsiti waMosi kusukela ebusheni bakhe, wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “Nkhosi yami, Mosi, bathulise!”
Ngiwo lawa-ke emabito alamadvodza latfunywa nguMosi kutsi ayewuhlola lelo live. Mosi wetsa Hosheya, umsa waNuni, libito, watsi nguJoshuwa.
esiveni saka-Isakhari kwakungu-Igali, umsa waJosefa;
esiveni sakaBhenjamini kwakunguPhaliti, umsa waRafu;
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “Manje lilanga lakho selisondzele. Bita Joshuwa ute naye ethendeni lekuhlangana, lapho ngitamnikela khona imiyalo nangimbeka.” Ngako boMosi naJoshuwa beta ethendeni lekuhlangana.
Simakadze wanika lowo myalo kuJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, watsi: “Cina ube nesibindzi, ngobe nguwe lotawungenisa ema-Israyeli eveni lengabetsembisa lona ngesifungo, mine matfupha ngiyawuba nawe.”
Mosi weta naJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, wawakhuluma onkhe emavi alengoma sive sonkhe silalele.
Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, abesagcwaliswe ngaMoya wekuhlakanipha, ngobe Mosi abeke wabeka tandla takhe etikwakhe. Ngako-ke sive sema-Israyeli samlalela senta loko Simakadze labeyale Mosi kutsi sikwente.
Baphendvula Joshuwa, batsi: “Konkhe losiyale ngako kutsi sikwente, sitakwenta, kantsi nome kukuphi lapho usitfuma khona sitakuya.
njengobe Simakadze abeyalile. Bamnika lidolobha labelicelile, iThimnathi Sera, liseveni letintsaba ka-Efrayimu. Walakha lelidolobha, wase uhlala kulo.