UJoshuwa 6 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UJoshuwa 6 UJoshuwa uyala abantu

¹ IJeriko lalivaliwe ngenxa yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; akuphumi muntu kungangeni muntu.

² UJehova wathi kuJoshuwa: “Bheka, nginikela esandleni sakho iJeriko nenkosi yalo namaqhawe anamandla;

³ Kumelwe nizungeze umuzi, wonke amadoda enu empi, nizungeze umuzi kanye. Ngakho kufanele wenze izinsuku eziyisithupha.

⁴ Abapristi abayisikhombisa bayakuthwala izimpondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komphongolo; ngosuku lwesikhombisa niyakuwuzungeza umuzi kasikhombisa, abapristi bashaye amacilongo.

⁵ Lapho bebetha uphondo lwenqama isikhathi eside, lapho nizwa ukukhala kwecilongo, bonke abantu bayakukhamuluka ngokukhamuluka okukhulu; ugange lomuzi luyakuwa, abantu bakhuphuke, kube yilowo nalowo phambi kwakhe.

⁶ UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wabiza abapristi, wathi kubo: “Phakamisani umphongolo wesivumelwano, abapristi abayisikhombisa baphathe izimpondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komphongolo kaJehova.

⁷ Wathi kubantu: “Sukani nizungeze umuzi, abahlomileyo mabadlule phambi komphongolo kaJehova.”

⁸ Kwathi uJoshuwa ekhuluma ebantwini, abapristi abayisikhombisa abathwele izimpondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa bahamba phambi kukaJehova, babetha amacilongo, umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova wabalandela.

⁹ Abahlomileyo baphuma phambi kwabapristi ababetha amacilongo, umvuzo walandela umphongolo, abapristi bahamba bevuthela izimpondo.

¹⁰ UJoshuwa wayala abantu, wathi: “Aniyikukhamuluka, ningakhamuki ngezwi lenu, kungaphumi lizwi emlonyeni wenu, kuze kufike usuku enginiyala ngalo ukuba nimemeze; khona-ke kufanele umemeze.

¹¹ Umphongolo kaJehova wawuzungeza umuzi, waya khona kanye, bangena ekamu, balala ekamu.

¹² UJoshuwa wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, abapristi bawuthwala umphongolo kaJehova.

¹³ Abapristi abayisikhombisa abathwala izimpondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komphongolo kaJehova badabula, babetha izimpondo; abahlomileyo baphuma phambi kwabo; kodwa umvuzo wafika ngemva komphongolo kaJehova, abapristi bahamba bevuthela izimpondo.

¹⁴ Ngosuku lwesibili bawuzungeza umuzi kanye, babuyela ekamu; benze njalo izinsuku eziyisithupha.

¹⁵ Ngosuku lwesikhombisa bavuka ekuseni kakhulu, bawuzungeza umuzi kasikhombisa ngendlela efanayo; kodwa ngalolo suku bawuzungeza umuzi kasikhombisa.

¹⁶ Kwathi ngokwesikhombisa abapristi sebevuthela amacilongo, uJoshuwa wathi kubantu: “Khamulukani! ngoba uJehova uninikile umuzi.

¹⁷ Umuzi uyakuqalekiswa, wona nakho konke okukuwo, kuJehova; uRahabi isifebe kuphela oyakuphila, yena nabo bonke abanaye endlini, ngokuba wafihla izithunywa esazithumayo.

¹⁸ Kumelwe niziqaphe empahleni eyenqatshelwe, funa niqalekiswe, uma namukela empahleni echithiweyo, nenze ikamu lika-Israyeli libe yisiqalekiso, niliqalekise.

¹⁹ Kepha lonke isiliva negolide nezitsha zethusi nezensimbi kungcweliselwe uJehova; kufanele ingene endlini yengcebo kaJehova.

²⁰ Abantu basebekhamuluka lapho abapristi bebetha amacilongo; lapho abantu bezwa ukukhala kwecilongo, abantu bekhamuluka ngokukhamuluka okukhulu, ugange lwawa bhusma, kangangokuthi abantu bakhuphuka. Bangena emzini, wonke umuntu ephambi kwakhe, bawuthatha umuzi.

²¹ Bachitha bonke ababesemzini ngesiqalekiso, owesilisa nowesifazane, abasha nabadala, nezinkomo, nezimvu, nezimbongolo, ngosiko lwenkemba.

²² Kodwa uJoshuwa wathi emadodeni amabili ayehlola ilizwe: Ngenani endlini yesifebe likhuphe lapho owesifazana lakho konke alakho, njengokufunga kwenu kuye.

²³ Izinsizwa ezaziyizinhloli zangena, zamkhipha uRahabi, noyise, nonina, nabafowabo, nakho konke anakho; bakhipha zonke izizukulwane zakhe, bazishiya ngaphandle kwekamu lika-Israyeli.

²⁴ Bawushisa umuzi ngomlilo nakho konke okwakukuwo, isiliva kuphela, negolide, nezinto zethusi, nezensimbi, bakubeka endlini yengcebo yendlu kaJehova.

²⁵ UJoshuwa wayesebasindisa uRahabi isifebe, nendlu kayise, nabo bonke anabo; wahlala kwa-Israyeli kuze kube namuhla; ngoba wafihla izithunywa uJoshuwa azithuma ukuhlola iJeriko.

²⁶ UJoshuwa wabaqalekisa ngaleso sikhathi, wathi: “Makaqalekiswe phambi kukaJehova umuntu osuka akhe lo muzi waseJeriko; uyakubeka isisekelo salo ngezibulo lakhe, futhi indodana yakhe encane iyomisa amasango alo.

²⁷ UJehova waba njalo noJoshuwa; udumo lwakhe lwaba lukhulu ezweni lonke.