UJoshuwa 7 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Icala likaAkani

¹ Kodwa abakoIsrayeli bawephula umthetho omayelana lezinto ezinikwe iNkosi ukuba zibhujiswe. Ngoba uAkani indodana kaKarmi kaZabidi kaZera owesizwe sakoJuda wathatha ezinye zazo; iNkosi yabathukuthelela abakoIsrayeli.

² UJoshuwa eseJeriko wathumela abantu eAyi eliseduze leBeti‐Aveni ngasempumalanga kweBetheli, wathi kibo: Hambani liyehlola ilizwe. Basebehamba bayahlola eAyi.

³ Babuyela kuJoshuwa bathi kuye: Kakungaphumi bonke abantu, kodwa kakuphume nje izinkulungwane ezimbili loba ezintathu ukuhlasela iAyi. Ungakhathazi yonke impi ngokuya khona, ngoba abantu bakhona bayingcosana nje.

⁴ Kwasekuphuma abantu abaphosa babe zinkulungwane ezintathu; babaleka phambi kwabantu baseAyi,

⁵ labantu baseAyi babulala abangamatshumi amathathu lesithupha, baxotshana labo kusukela esangweni baze bafika emigodini, bababulalela ekwehleni. Abantu baphelelwa yisibindi, besaba.

⁶ UJoshuwa labadala bakoIsrayeli basebedabula izigqoko zabo, bathi mbo ngobuso phansi phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi kwaze kwahlwa, bathela uthuli emakhanda abo.

⁷ UJoshuwa wasesithi: Maye Nkosi Nkulunkulu! Ubachaphiseleni lababantu iJordani ukuba usinikele ezandleni zamaAmori ukusibhubhisa na? Kungathi ngabe saneliswa yikuhlala ngaphetsheya kweJordani!

⁸ Nkosi, kambe ngingathini lapho uIsrayeli esebalekela izitha zakhe na?

⁹ Ngoba amaKanani labo bonke abakhileyo elizweni bazakukuzwa, basihanqe, baliqede ibizo lethu emhlabeni. Phoke, wena uzakwenza njani ngebizo lakho elikhulu na?

¹⁰ INkosi yasisithi kuJoshuwa: Vuka, uweleni ngobuso bakho na?

¹¹ UIsrayeli wonile; baseqile isivumelwano sami engabalaya sona, bathethe okunye kwezinto ezinikelwe eNkosini, bebile, baqamba amanga, bakubekile empahleni zabo.

¹² Ngalokhoke abakoIsrayeli kabalakuma phambi kwezitha zabo, bayazibalekela ngoba sebeyinto yokubhujiswa. Kangisayikuba lani futhi uba lingabhubhisi izinto ezinikelwe eNkosini phakathi kwenu.

¹³ Suka, ubuthanise abantu, uthi kibo: Zihlambululeni ngenxa yosuku lwakusasa libe ngcwele; ngoba iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ithi: Kukhona izinto ezinikelwe eNkosini eziphakathi kwenu, lina Israyeli; lingeke lime phambi kwezitha zenu lingakakhuphi phakathi kwenu izinto ezinikelweyo.

¹⁴ Ngakhoke ekuseni lizasondela ngezizwe zenu, kuthi isizwe esizadliwa yinkatho yeNkosi sisondele ngensendo zaso, kuthi usendo oludliwa yinkatho yeNkosi lusondele ngezindlu zalo, kuthi indlu ezadliwa yinkatho yeNkosi isondele umuntu ngamunye ngamunye,

¹⁵ kuthi lowo ozafunyaniswa elezinto ezinikelwe eNkosini atshiswe ngomlilo, lakho konke alakho, ngoba usaphule isivumelwano seNkosi, wenza into elihlazo koIsrayeli.

¹⁶ UJoshuwa wasevuka ekuseni kakhulu, wasondeza uIsrayeli ngesizwe ngesizwe, inkatho yadla isizwe sakoJuda;

¹⁷ wasesondeza insendo zakoJuda, kwadliwa usendo lwakoZera; wasesondeza izindlu zakoZera indlu nganye, kwadliwa indlu yakoZabidi;

¹⁸ wasesondeza indlu yakhe ngamunye ngamunye, kwadliwa uAkani indodana kaKarmi kaZabidi kaZera, owesizwe sakoJuda.

¹⁹ UJoshuwa wasesithi kuAkani: Ndodana yami, inike iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli, udumo, uvume isono sakho kuyo; ungitshele lokho okwenzileyo, ungangifihleli.

²⁰ UAkani wasemphendula esithi: Impela ngonile eNkosini, uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli, yilokhu engikwenzileyo;

²¹ kwathi ngibona phakathi kwempango ingubo yaseBabiloni enhle, lamashekeli esiliva angamakhulu amabili, lomgqala wegolide ubunzima bawo bungamashekeli angamatshumi amahlanu, ngakuhawukela, ngakuthatha; ngikuthukuzile phansi ethenteni lami, lesiliva singaphansi.

²² UJoshuwa wasethuma izithunywa, zaya ethenteni, zakufumanisa kufihliwe ethenteni, isiliva singaphansi.

²³ Bakukhupha ethenteni, bakuletha kuJoshuwa lebantwini bonke bakoIsrayeli, bakubeka phansi phambi kweNkosi.

²⁴ Kwathi uJoshuwa loIsrayeli wonke ayelaye sebemthethe uAkani indodana kaZera kanye lesiliva, lengubo, lomgqala wegolide, lamadodana lamadodakazi akhe, lenkabi zakhe, labobabhemi bakhe, lezimvu zakhe, lethente lakhe, kanye lakho konke ayelakho, bakusa esihotsheni saseAkori.

²⁵ UJoshuwa wathi kuye: Usihlupheleni na? INkosi kayikulethele inhlupheko lamuhla. Bonke abakoIsrayeli bamkhanda ngamatshe waze wafa; babakhanda ngamatshe abendlu yakhe, babatshisa ngomlilo.

²⁶ Babuthelela phezu kwakhe inqwaba enkulu yamatshe; isekhona lalamhla. Kwasekuphela ukuvutha kolaka lweNkosi. Ngakho leyondawo isabizwa ngokuthi yisihotsha saseAkori, okutsho inhlupheko.